Chapter 9: Perceptions (1)_1
After they had finished the chicken egg soup, the four of them ate more than half of the raspberries, finally feeling somewhat satiated. By the time Mo Yan had cleaned up the bowls and chopsticks, the two youngest had already snuggled up and fallen asleep.
Having folded the now dry clothes and packed them into their bundle, Mo Yan also lay down next to Mo Xin, seizing the opportunity to rest. They needed to continue on their journey once the harsh afternoon sun had waned.
Mo Qingze looked at the three sleeping children, a faint smile on his face, unable to resist reaching out to touch their heads. However, as his hand brushed against Mo Yan’s exquisite features, identical to that other person’s, a surge of coldness shot through his eyes, mixed with hate and resentment...
After more than an hour had passed, Mo Qingze saw that the sun outside was no longer as fierce and woke the three children up. The family packed up their belongings and stepped out of the small cave, heading towards Jing City.
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The Mo Family’s luck wasn’t great this time; not long after they left the small mountain range, they still hadn’t found a place to stay even as nightfall approached.
Traveling at night was unsafe and it was easy to lose one’s direction, so Mo Qingze didn’t plan to continue on. Seeing the sky ablaze with wildfire on the western horizon and knowing there wouldn’t be rain, he chose a spot near a water source for the family to rest.
After moving for more than two hours, Mo Qingze was also quite worn out, not to mention Mo Yan and her siblings. The food they had eaten at noon had been completely used up, and now their stomachs were singing louder than one another, playing the ’Empty City Strategy’.