Chapter 844: Detour
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
After returning from the Unfinished Building, the sll of urine, feces, and perfu lingered in Famous’s nose and followed it to its dream.
In the dream.
“Famous! Famous!” Soone was calling its na.
Without opening its eyes, it sat up out of reflex, then raised a front paw next to its head and made a peace sign with its paw––the most popular pose while taking photos with its fans. It had beco its reflex.
“Famous? What are you doing…?”
As it opened its eyes, a slightly younger Old Ti Tea appeared in front of it. It stared at its peace sign, confused.
Famous quickly put the paw behind its head and pretended to scratch itself. It then tilted its head and looked around.
The long carriage parade team was resting not far away. Kitchen smoke wafted through the air, carrying the nice sll of cooking food.
The carriages ford a circle, protecting the ladies inside. They even hung fabric curtains to prevent perverted n from peeping in on them.
The n in the parade all slept around the carriages, but they were getting up now. Everybody seed so tired and were complaining and sighing in low voices.
The night watch team ca back with muskets, rifles, and long knives. Most people slept imdiately upon their return, hoping to get so sleep before departure. They could eat breakfast while walking. A few team leads were debriefing Wu Mancheng.
Wu Mancheng, Wu Ning’s father, had another sleepless night. He cheered everybody on with red eyes, promising that they would all be paid a fortune as long as they could arrive at Binhai County safely.
He was not so generous back in Foshan, but he no longer had any better options under the current circumstances.
They were in the wilderness in the middle of nowhere––a dangerous area that the wedding parade team had been trying to avoid at all costs. It was far away from the biggest road, and they could not return anyti soon.
It was pouring rain that night. The flooding river destroyed the dock and subrged the river bed. At midnight, when the sleeping people suddenly woke up from their dreams, they realized that the murky water from the river had already flooded the room. Their shoes were floating around. As the rain continued, Wu Mancheng made a quick decision to travel forward at night and take a detour. Worse things might have happened if they had stayed and waited.
The next morning, the exhausted parade team suddenly heard a loud noise behind them––from the direction of the dock––like a thunder clap in the sky.
The pulling horses suddenly stood up as if they sensed sothing. They roared and stopped following commands; the carriage drivers could not control them.
The river had broken the levee. Not a single person in that village had managed to escape.
After a sleepless night, people were on the verge of falling asleep while they walked. They started panicking after they heard the news. Had it not been Wu Mancheng’s strict discipline, then they might have left and scattered all around.
The flood chased after them at a high speed.
During the ergency, the wedding parade team took whatever road was in front of them to reach the highest ground. After they had finally escaped the flood, they were already far away from the planned route.
Luckily, in case of rogue bandits, Wu Mancheng had asked all the closest team mbers to carry hidden guns. They could use them to hunt and to protect themselves against robbers. The team was well prepared before departure, and they could replenish their food and water in the villages along the way. They would not be hungry.
Going back was as hard as moving forward, but Wu Mancheng didn’t allow them to head back. Therefore, they had to push forward.
Famous, Old Ti Tea, and Galaxy followed them all the way.
“Famous, are you okay? You seem a bit weird today…” Old Ti Tea ntioned with concern.
Famous shook its head in embarrassnt: “I’m fine… It’s hard to explain, but I’m fine.”
“That’s good.” Old Ti Tea nodded, then pointed at the forest ahead with its paw. “There’s a stream over there, and the water is clear. Famous, would you like to wash up? If you wait until everyone gets up, the stream may sll like urine and feces…”
Famous smiled bitterly. Why was it having so much trouble with urine and feces?
It looked toward the carriages and heard so won talking behind the fabric curtains. The ladies were up already; they might start washing up and dumping the toilet soon. Just as Old Ti Tea had said, with any further delay, it would have to wash upstream.
Yet, Famous was a dog; it was not as fussy as cats in terms of being clean. It didn’t really care about washing up.
“I’ll skip it. Are they leaving soon?” it asked, checking the hour in the sky.
Old Ti Tea was a bit confused as well. “Normally we’d be on the road by now… But today they are still silent. This is really weird… Famous, you can go wash up. No worries. I’ll get you when the parade leaves.”
“Fine…”
Although Famous didn’t really want to wash up, it didn’t want to be a dirty dog in front of Old Ti Tea. It ran into the forest, found the stream, drank so water, then dipped its head into the water, and shook its hair dry.
The stream water tasted so sweet––totally unlike the tap water in the real world. It tasted much better than the mineral water that claid to be drawn from mountain top lakes. Even Fina’s Evian water was not nearly as good.
After washing up, Famous ran back to where it had slept the night before. The parade team was still there and there was no sign of departure. Many people surrounded one carriage, pointed fingers, and whispered with each other. Wu Mancheng looked very worried, sighing with his hands behind his head.
“What happened?” Famous asked.
Old Ti Tea shook its head. “I don’t know. Soone seems to be sick. I just saw the accompanying doctor go inside the carriage. He has yet to co out and it has been a long ti.”
The only people who slept in the carriages at night were either won or relatives of the Wu family. It must be soone important. The ordinary, lower-class people all slept outside.
If Wu Mancheng had sent for a doctor at the cost of delaying the trip, the sick person in the carriage must be important.
“Could Wu Ning be sick?” Famous asked anxiously. It would be bad if Wu Ning, the bride, fell sick.
“No. That’s not Miss Wu’s carriage,” Old Ti Tea said in certainty.
“Oh, that’s great.” Famous was relieved. As long as Wu Ning was fine, it would be okay. The other people were not important to it. They were all extras in a film; they didn’t even play supporting roles.
Galaxy owed in the grass nearby, jumping happily toward a butterfly that was dancing on a wildflower. It seed that even the end of the world could not disturb it from catching butterflies.
Famous was hungry and wanted to ask when breakfast was. Then the curtain opened, and an old, white-bearded doctor ca out of the carriage, waving his hands at Wu Mancheng. Even if they could not hear what he was saying, they could tell from his face that the patient in the carriage was not doing well.
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