Chapter 1584 - 1406: Stormy Night in Jianghu
Chapter 1584: Chapter 1406: Stormy Night in Jianghu
Yun Xiao nodded, then gathered some more firewood from the surroundings and started a fire in front of the house.
It got very cold in the woods at night, and although there was a blanket inside, it was filthy from lack of washing and use. Moreover, since they had slept all afternoon, they didn’t feel cold now.
After the fire was lit, Yun Xiao sat in front of it with Xia Dabao.
There was a small patch of sky above their heads not covered by tree canopies, so by looking up, they could see the stars.
While gazing up at the stars, Xia Dabao said, “I really miss the days in Peach Blossom Village. In the high summer, my father, mother, little brother, and I would often sit in the courtyard and watch the stars. If I got tired, I would rest my head in my mother’s lap, and she’d stroke my hair until I fell asleep. Then, she would carry me back into the room.”
Yun Xiao smiled faintly and said while looking up at the sky, “I hope you can make it back.”
“Even if I can’t make it back, I hope Axian does,” she said.
“Is it really worth it to do this?” Yun Xiao had asked this question more than once.
“You don’t have any siblings. You wouldn’t understand this kind of familial bond,” Xia Dabao turned and looked at Yun Xiao.
Beside the firelight, Yun Xiao’s face appeared even more enchantingly beautiful, and she found herself staring at him blankly for a good while.
“Right, I can’t understand,” Yun Xiao said with a bitter smile.
At that moment, a thought suddenly surged in Xia Dabao’s heart. She abruptly embraced Yun Xiao and rested his head on her lap, treating him like Axian.
Yun Xiao was about to push Xia Dabao away, but when her soft hands began to caress him, he suddenly changed his mind.
He began to quietly lean against Xia Dabao’s legs.
Xia Dabao started humming a song that her mother used to sing, by the waterside:
Lush grasses abound, a vast mist surrounds, there lies a fair lady, by the waterside. Grasses grow thick, the mist is dense, there lies a fair lady, by the waterside…
Yun Xiao listened quietly, feeling an unprecedented sense of peace.
Later, somehow, he drifted off into a hazy sleep.
…
The Hong Yan Clan.
The Clan Chief’s roar was thunderous, “Utterly useless, you can’t even find a little Xia Dabao; too incompetent!”
Elder Yun hurried to kneel and respond, “Clan Chief, according to our people, Xia Dabao has been rescued by Yun Xiao, and the two of them have entered the Wolf Dog Bay.”
“Wolf Dog Bay…” The Clan Chief was so angry his eyes seemed nearly to pop out.
“Clan Chief, although Wolf Dog Bay is dangerous, with Yun Xiao there, Xia Dabao should be safe. I’ve already sent people to search for them, and I believe they will surely bring Lady Dabao back within two days.”
“Hmph, two days? In two days, my treasure down there will have been all for nothing. I command you to find them within a day!”
“Yes,” Elder Yun replied and then retreated.
…
In the middle of the night, it was still the same shadowy figure who carried a hemp sack into the Clan Chief’s house.
The Clan Chief was in a state of furor, so when he saw new prey had arrived, he was ecstatic. He tossed the person in the sack onto the bed and tortured the bed’s occupant to the point they wished for death yet couldn’t die!
The next morning.
Hong Yan carried the dried-out corpse in the hemp sack up the mountain.
She was still heading toward a secluded spot.
Only when she was certain no one was following did she begin to dig a hole with a shovel.
Even though she had done this many times, she still felt very guilty.