Ancient Eden - Chapter 103
~End of chapter 102
Mu Qing squatted down and took a closer look under the remaining dim sky light, and found that its hindquarters and legs had traces of having been bitten, they were dripping with blood, and there were some thorns stuck on the skin, which prevented it from standing up.
Li Mang stretched out his hand, and roughly picked up the little guy’s neck all of a sudden. It looked like he was going to break its neck and send it to its next life. Mu Qing hurriedly emitted a “Ai!”, and snatched it from his hands.
The little thing was frightened, and shrank in Mu Qing’s arms, whimpering non-stop, his head vigorously rubbing against her chest.
Li Mang was somewhat puzzled to see her glare at him, hold the little thing and go forward. He could only follow after her.
Chapter 103
(32.3)
The two went back to the place that they found. Mu Qing did not care about anything else, and immediately let Li Mang hold the flashlight for her, while she herself was holding the little animal, using the tweezers on the Swiss knife to carefully pull out the thorns on its body. She then asked Li Mang to go collect some herbs from the vicinity, to chew them up and put them on its wounds.
Li Mang then understood what she meant to do, it turned out that she had taken a fancy to this little thing and wanted to take it along with them. In fact, if they followed his idea, the thing would have already been roasting on the fire, but seeing that she liked it so much, he just let her have her way.
Mu Qing carefully chewed the roasted meat, and mixed it with the juice of the fruits, before feeding the mixture to the little thing. When it was finished eating, that little thing even gripped one of her fingers in its mouth, wrapping its soft tongue around her finger, sucking at it non-stop. Feeling itchy and slippery, Mu Qing couldn’t help but laugh.
Even when sleeping at night, she also put the little thing at her foot, covering it with the animal skin, and at night she also woke up several times to see whether or not it was still there, which made Li Mang very unhappy. As she was about to get up for the third time, he finally couldn’t take it anymore and pulled her back, pressing her hard under himself.
The little thing was lying beside them, staring with its ebony eyes at the entangled and undulating two figures beside it, and along with the loud noise they made, it was softly emitting whimpers from its throat.
(33.1)
On the seventh day, they reached the end of the river.
It wasn’t really an end, it was just the place where the great river was suddenly cut off in a abrupt way, they could no longer walk along the water, for it was leaping off the high cross-section and cascading down, continuing to swing eastward in huge waves.
The sun was at its peak.
Mu Qing stood in front of the cliff, listening to the sound of roaring water, which actually brought a sensation of coolness, that coolness was coming from the water mist, lifted and swirled by the winds.
She was originally feeling hot from the walk, but at this time, she felt relaxed and carefree.
The little thing she kept holding in her arms already had its own name, she called it Xiao Hei (i.e. Little Black).
Xiao Hei, who was originally squinting its eyes and lazily sleeping, seemed to have been awakened by the loud sound, it snapped its eyes open to look up, and curiously looked around.
There was no more road ahead. And down was a cliff.
Mu Qing raised her head and looked at Li Mang.
He smiled at her and led the way, taking a turn towards the edge.
Mu Qing followed behind him, and saw him use the spear in his hand and a stone axe that he had just crafted a few days ago, in order to separate the overlapping and spreading branches and vines of the jungle in front of them, to open the way forward.
It was an uphill gradual hillock, and they walked with some difficulty.
After about an hour or so of walking this way, the ground leveled out and then it was downhill.
The descent was better than the ascent.
They went over a small hillock.
Li Mang continued to walk forward, and Mu Qing followed him closely.
Xiao Hei in her arms seemed to feel her fatigue and whimpered, a little uneasy, stretching out its tongue to lick her chest through her clothes.
Li Mang turned back, glanced at her and squatted in front of her, signaling her to get on.
He wanted to carry her on his back as he walked.
Mu Qing refused.
After two months of living in the jungle, she had gradually learned to endure. When it was appropriate, she would of course act a little coquettishly in front of Li Mang to win his affection.
But in a situation like now, as long as she still had one last ounce of strength, she knew she should clench her teeth and follow after him, instead of becoming a burden to him. In addition to opening the way ahead, he was already carrying her bag on his back, and in addition to the original content of the bag, it was also bulging with some dried food left over from the previous days and a few of those coconut fruits that she used to quench her thirst, the same kind as before.
Translator : Laura
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