Chapter 49
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Li Mang found her hand, placed it on his hard place, and pressed on it.
Mu Qing let out a sigh so low it was almost imperceptible. She had thought that this night would be peaceful until dawn.
She obeyed his wishes.
His breathing beca heavy again.
Just as she thought about the possibility of succeeding once again with her old trick, the both of them suddenly froze and stopped moving.
A deep and low horn resounded in their ears. The silence of the night was broken by this sound.
Chapter 49
(16.2)
A deep trench was dug around the periter of the settlent, and it appeared to have been dug not long ago. During dayti, at the several entrances and exits, bridges-like crossbars were put on top of the trench for people to cross, and when night ca, the crossbars were removed and put away. This design was a bit like an ancient moat built for protecting the cities. And at night, the n here would take turns to keep watch.
In case there was any accident, they would use the horn to wake up the whole group of people.
Mu Qing only discovered this when she went to relieve herself, along with Li Mang, a few nights ago.
Now that the horn was suddenly resounding, it ant that so problem had probably happened.
While Mu Qing was still in a daze, Li Mang was already up, quickly packing up, and taking his weapons on the ground. He lifted the curtain, about to go outside, but then he looked back at Mu Qing, and seeing her still sitting there looking at him, he turned around and ca back to put her back on the animal skin and leaned over to kiss her quickly on her forehead. He whispered a few words, and only then walked out of the hut.
Her forehead slightly ward up because of his kiss, as if the temperature of his lips remained. According to his tone just now, he was probably comforting her, telling her not to be afraid or sothing close in aning.
Mu Qing didn’t know what was happening and listened with open ears to the sound of hurried and chaotic footsteps coming from outside. So won and children also seed to have been awakened, and she vaguely heard them talking.
As soon as Li Mang went out, she put her clothes back on and laid alone for a while, but sowhat unable to bear it, she got up and went outside to have a look. She saw that the people had dispersed and left, only a few of them were left, talking about sothing. She could not understand their conservations, so she returned to the hut.
Mu Qing slept and woke up several ti during the night, and at dawn, Li Mang still had not returned.
She felt as if she was worrying about him.
This discovery made her a little uncomfortable.
She thought about it for a while and felt that this worry of hers was mostly just based on the fact that he was the only close person that she could rely on here. His existence directly determined the state of her life here before she leaves in the future. So, she was worried about his well-being. There was no other reason apart from that.
When she thought like this, she felt so relief. Seeing that the skirt was still on the ground, she picked it up, folded it and put it on the animal skin, then got up from the ground and went to Naduo’s hut.
It was just dawn, and usually, most people were not up at this ti. But today there was sothing unusual, and all the way over to Naduo’s hut, she t so won who were already doing their work, while talking. Although Mu Qing could not understand, but she felt that they were probably still talking about the incident that happened last night, there was so anxiousness on their face that couldn’t be concealed.
Mu Qing had never been so eager to know what they were saying, so that she would not have to be in the dark and overthink about the matter. But she could only deduce from their looks that sothing unexpected had happened last night, which was why so of the n, including Li Mang, had not returned all night long.
She quickened her footsteps.
Naduo was sitting in front of the fire cooking breakfast while talking to a woman beside her. That woman lived near her hut and Mu Qing was quite familiar with her face. Her expression looked very sad, and Naduo looked like she was comforting her.
Mu Qing did not see Youyou’s father, he was probably also with Li Mang now. She sat down silently in front of the fire and started adding firewood to it.
Although there was a smile on Naduo’s face, but her eyes inadvertently still showed so traces of concern, just like the other won here as well. Even as the pot of soup on the fire was boiling in front of her, she did not notice it, until it started to overflow and make “chi chi” sounds, that’s when she lifted the lid, in a fluster.
Mu Qing’s mood suddenly beca heavy. She once again speculated on what Li Mang and the other n in this tribe had gone to do last night. Was it to track an enemy, or perhaps to track so prey?
Translator : Laura
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