Ancient Eden

~End of chapter 68

In the past, they might have used to think she was a different kind, and although they were polite to her because of Li Mang, it was an alienating kind of politeness.

But now when they met her, they smiled brightly at her, and they no longer prevented their children from playing with her. In addition to the cat cradle’s game, she also taught them the game of hopscotch, the game of cat and mouse, and she even made a swing under a tree. This game instantly won the children’s love, and not only girls, but even boys rushed to play with the swing. Mu Qing seemed to have become the queen among the children in the tribe.

Now, except for Naonao, who seemed very hostile to her, everything was going in a good direction.

But Mu Qing couldn’t be happy, on the contrary, her heart became heavier and heavier, because she couldn’t wait for her period to come.

Chapter 69

(22.4)

Since her first period, Mu Qing had always felt that periods were really a troublesome thing for women. But now, she was looking forward to her period coming as expected, just as she was looking forward to her salary coming at the end of the month, and she was even more impatient than that. At least it was unlikely that the salary would change, but this…. It was hard to say.

Originally, counting the days, she was supposed to have her menstruation yesterday, but all day until the evening, there was still nothing.

Her period had always been punctual, occasionally it was a day earlier, but it hardly came later.

Mu Qing began to have trouble sleeping and eating, feeling uneasy and overthinking. Later, she even thought that if she really got pregnant and gave birth to a child like this, and had him live like the people here, day after day, year after year, wearing animal skins, sleeping in huts, always having to fight with wild beasts to fill his belly and always having to work every day, she would be very heartbroken. It was not that she looked down on this lifestyle, on the contrary she felt that she was starting to learn to adapt to it. But when she thought that the child would have no choice but to do the same, she simply felt that it was a life of suffering, and she could not accept it.

Li Mang obviously didn’t know why her mood suddenly changed in the past two days, but he noticed this change in her and carefully coaxed her, trying to make her happy, in his own way.

Last night, he secretly brought her good food, and now he was taking out a necklace made of animal teeth and handed it to her with a smile on his face, expecting to see her smile. This was a luxury that women used to dress themselves prettily, and she had only seen one on Naonao’s neck.

But Mu Qing really was not in the mood, she took one casual glance at it, and then weakly laid down on her usual sleeping place. She even blamed him a little in her heart, blaming him for making her pregnant.

Mu Qing laid down for a while, and when she didn’t hear any movement behind her, she couldn’t help but look back. Under the light of the moon from outside, she saw that the necklace had fallen to the ground, but he was still standing there staring at her blankly, with a confused and hurt expression on his face.

Something suddenly seemed to be pulling at Mu Qing’s heart. In the end, she couldn’t help but turn over and sit up, beckoning to him.

Li Mang almost threw himself in front of her and hugged her tightly, whispering in her ear. Later he just kept repeating the sounds “Tai sa ka mu” over and over again.

Mu Qing didn’t understand, but very strangely she felt a wave of emotion in her heart, she sighed lowly, and let him hold her. When he finally let go of her, she smiled and kissed him on the forehead. It was the first time in two days she had smiled at him. 𝒃𝙚𝙙𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝒍.𝒐𝙧𝒈

Li Mang’s face immediately showed a look of joy, and the desolate expression he had just now was immediately swept away. It seemed that he wanted to hold her while sleeping. Mu Qing stopped him, leaned out and picked up the necklace that had just fallen to the ground, and handed it to him.

Li Mang was puzzled, and Mu Qing said with a smile: “When a man gives a necklace to a woman, doesn’t he have to put it on her?” As she said so, she made a gesture with the necklace.

Li Mang understood and put the necklace around her neck before pulling her long hair out of the necklace. The necklace’s length reached to her chest. It was smooth and cool and felt very comfortable. It must have taken him a lot of work to polish it.

Mu Qing lowered her head to look at it, and said with a smile: “It’s beautiful, I like it very much. Thank you, Li Mang.”

Now, not only was she learning their language diligently, but she also often spoke her language in front of Li Mang. Perhaps subconsciously, she still hoped that one day not only could she communicate in their language, but that Li Mang could also communicate with her in her language.

Li Mang seemed to understand her words, and he laughed heartily, his eyes shining with life.

Translator : Laura

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