Ancient Eden

~End of chapter 100

While Mu Qing was fiddling with the flashlight, illuminating the cave wall to check the light, on the one hand, Li Mang was busy making a fire, but there was no expression of surprise on his face. He most likely had already studied all the things in the bag before, and that was why he looked as if nothing had happened.

Suddenly, she had a playful thought in his heart, she called out his name, and when he looked up, she shone the beam of light into his eyes.

Li Mang was clearly startled and very quickly shielded his eyes with his hand and confiscated the flashlight when he arrived in front of her. Seeing her laugh, he extended his hand and pinched her face, somewhat helpless against her.

Chapter 101 𝑏𝑒𝑑𝑛𝘰𝑣𝑒𝘭.𝑐𝑜𝑚

(32.2)

They hadn’t brought much food with them when they came out. When the fire was lit, and the grass and leaf bedding for sleeping at night was also laid out, Li Mang instructed her to sit inside and wait for him to come back. He then took his bow and arrows and sharp spear and went out. Before he left, he also used thick branches to carefully cover up the entrance of the cave.

Mu Qing sat alone by the fire, from time to time, she added one or two branches to the fire to maintain it, crackling sparks popped, and her skin felt like it was slowly being roasted.

In the past two months, perhaps because of the accidents that came at her one after another, she hardly remembered her past and the relatives she had there, or perhaps she didn’t dare to. But at this moment, she didn’t know why, but she suddenly remembered the past again.

In just two short months, the past felt blurry like a world away.

Outside, she heart the rustle of footsteps. Mu Qing thought it was Li Mang coming back, and joyfully got up to welcome him. She walked a few steps, but then she heard a somewhat hesitant voice calling out Li Mang’s name and herself.

It was Naduo.

Mu Qing hurriedly lifted the branches and leaves piled up at the entrance of the cave. Naduo and her man were standing there.

They brought a packet of potato roots and a few pieces of dried roasted meat, as well as one animal skin.

Naduo’s eyes were still a little red, she took Mu Qing’s hand and kept repeating, “You two must absolutely be well”. Her man stood there without saying anything, but his expression was also very serious.

Mu Qing suddenly had a feeling of guilt. She felt a little sorry for this kind-hearted woman in front of her. If she had not appeared here, her relative Li Mang most definitely would still be in the tribe now, and he would be a highly respected Da Wu. He wouldn’t be like he was now, banished into the jungle, where from now on, he had to rely on his own strength, with only heaven and earth as a helping hand.

There were no words to express her feelings. She simply took Naduo’s calloused and rough hands in both of hers and pulled them to her mouth for a kiss.

Naduo’s tears fell in a string. She withdrew her hand, nodded at her, and turned around, walking away with her man.

When Li Mang returned, he was carrying two chicken-like prey in his hand. He had already de-feathered and cleaned them in the water source outside. When he saw the things on the ground, he froze for a moment. When he heard Mu Qing slowly explaining, he nodded his head and smiled slightly at her. Then he skillfully forked the chicken on the branch to roast it.

Mu Qing at first was a little worried that this would arouse his sadness. When she secretly peeked at him, she saw that he was just staring at the two chickens on the fire that were gradually bubbling with oil, with a very focused expression. He seemed to have sensed that she was spying on him, for he suddenly looked up and smiled at her, his smile as warm as the firelight.

When it was time to sleep, he made her rest on one of his arms as usual, wrapped his other arm around her waist, and gently patted her back, just like the way her mother used to coax her to sleep when she was a little girl.

She suddenly felt a surge of water in her eyes and hurriedly closed her eyes to focus on sleeping.

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Mu Qing was awakened by a cold chill in the middle of the night. With her eyes closed, she leaned towards the source of warmth on her side just like usual, but there was none there. Reaching out to probe, she realized that the animal skin was wrapped around her body, but that Li Mang beside her was gone.

Her heart immediately leaped and her eyes suddenly snapped open to look around. In that moment, she actually felt a little panicked.

The cave was very dark, the moonlight outside did not shine in. The only thing she could see was what seemed to be a vague black shadow at the cave entrance. She slightly propped up her body to look, and saw that it was indeed Li Mang’s back.

He was sitting there alone, facing the direction of the settlement. It was unsure what he was thinking about. The figure did not move for a long time, just like a fossil.

Translator : Laura

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