Ancient Eden

No words were said, just such a simple action and a natural look in his eyes, but it made Mu Qing’s heart instantly soften.

She remembered that when he was surrounded by the people in the tribe earlier in the afternoon, he kept looking back at her. He must have noticed that she seemed to have lost her soul at that time, and then when he didn’t see her in the settlement, he must have gone to look for her.

Mu Qing raised her hand, tidied up a lock of long hair that fell from his forehead, and smiled lightly at him. Li Mang didn’t seem to expect her to make such a move towards him, and dazedly looked at her, not reacting for a while.

When she could get a chance, she would coax him to shave off this beard, he probably didn’t look very ugly….

As Mu Qing looked at his enlarged face in front of her, she felt that having such a thought suddenly appear in her mind was a little untimely, so she hurriedly turned around, pointed to the soup pot that was still set up on the fire and the few pieces of roasted meat that she had specially left in a clay pot for him, and she thought for a second, looked at him slowly and seriously said: “Time to eat.”

It was obvious that Li Mang understood her words, he seemed surprised but also happy, he laughed while looking at her, and took the large clay bowl on the ground, and gobbled it up with big mouthfuls. Mu Qing sat on the side watching him eat, and when he was about to choke, she handed him a bowl of soup.

He finished his meal very quickly and randomly wiped his somewhat greasy hands on the piece of fabric covering his embarrassing place. Mu Qing frowned slightly, but immediately relaxed her expression, and stood up from the stone where she was sitting. She might have to live with the man in front of her for a long time in the future. So, regarding some habits of his that she disliked, she would have to slowly remind him to change it when the time is suitable for a conversation in the future.

But the top priority now was to learn how to speak their language, at least to avoid the countless “chicken talking to a duck” situations that had happened before.

She thought he was going back to the hut, and just as she was about to walk in that direction, he unexpectedly took her by the hand and lead her towards the forest, in the direction of the stream.

As usual, he walked in big strides, and Mu Qing had to walk quickly to keep up, she followed him for a moment, but when she saw that he had no intention of slowing down at all, and not knowing what he planned to do, she was unable to bear it any longer and stopped in her steps.

Li Mang turned around and, through the half-light and half-dim skylight, saw that although one of her hands was still being pulled by him, the person was standing there and no longer moving. Her lips were slightly upturned, and the look in her eyes as she looked at him revealed a little dissatisfaction.

Without saying a word, Li Mang suddenly lowered his body slightly, and lifted her body onto his shoulders, while he ran, almost flying, into the woods, just as he had done the first time he saw her, after pulling her out of that trap.

Mu Qing was startled, and struggled a few times, but then she suddenly remembered that in such cases, he would usually hit her on the buttocks to deal with her, and so she no longer dared to move, but just tried to wrap one of her arms around his neck tightly, so that she would feel more comfortable than when she had blood rushing to her head because she was afraid of falling.

Mu Qing heard the familiar sound of gurgling water in her ears and knew that he had brought her to the stream that she had just went to in the afternoon. It was just that this section was much wider than the one she usually went to, and the water was a little deeper.

Li Mang put her down on a flat rock for her sit. He then untied the piece of animal skin around his waist and threw it beside her casually. His whole body was exposed in front of her. This still made Mu Qing feel very uncomfortable, even though just two nights ago, she was straddling his body, doing such an intimate act to him.