Morning Star

He ate the delicious barbecue contentedly, forgot about what happened before, and started talking.

"……meeting."

Even he himself didn't know why he answered her.

"Really? Then the food you cook must be delicious."

She looked at him as if she had discovered a new world.

He was stunned for a moment and turned his head: "There is food to eat. Miss Chu is still talking so much. It seems that you should continue to starve."

She pursed her lips: "...I praise you, and you are not happy."

"..."

In order to survive, he had to learn these basic things, otherwise he would have starved to death in Mohism long ago.

Mo Xinglan's words successfully made Chujiu shut up, and he quietly ate the meat in his hand.

……

After eating, he wiped his hands and asked, "How are your injuries?"

Mo Xinglan glanced at her and said, "No problem."

I was so scared by him that I couldn't speak clearly before, but now I'm asking him how his injuries are. It's true that he has forgotten the pain after the wound has healed.

Is everyone in the other world like this, or is it just her?

"By the way, where did the meat come from?" She just remembered it.

"The meat of the strange tiger from yesterday."

"Then, that little monster, isn't it the big monster?" She was shocked. She didn't expect that the monster's meat could be eaten.

He sneered and looked at her sideways: "Yes, otherwise, where do you think it came from?"

"Just pretend I didn't ask." Why did she feel weird?

I felt a little disgusted. What was going on? But when I thought about how delicious the meat was, I felt less disgusted. It was amazing.

*

The rain outside had stopped long ago, the golden sunlight was shining on the earth, and the birds began to come out to look for food.

Chujiu changed back into her own clothes, tied her hair together at the back of her head with a hairband, and then began to pick up the red fruits on the ground that had been eaten to the point where they were no longer edible.

Mo Xinglan, who had changed his clothes, stood aside and watched her pack her things, his eyes fixed on the hair tied up at the back of her head that was so tight that it was unbearable to look at.

How could a woman tie her hair so... messy?

You’re so grown up and still don’t know how to tie your hair?

"You, why are you looking at me like that?" After packing up her things, she turned around and found that he was looking at her with disgust, which made her very confused.

What had she done to make him dislike her so much?

"Let's go." He ignored her words, turned around and walked out of the cave without bothering to look at her again.

Looking at the person in front of him with leg-length hair walking out of the cave, he blinked in confusion.

He thought to himself that it was incomprehensible and followed him.

Although people are walking on the road, their minds are thinking about other things.

It seems that I will part ways with Mo Xinglan soon, but the system has not yet told me what Mo Xinglan's favorability is now, or whether there is any progress.

Alas, thinking back on the three days she spent with Mo Xinglan, these were truly the three most tiring days in her life.

Although he had not made any move to kill her since she told him that she was not her original self Chujiu, he always asked her to do this and that and treated her like a maid.

Just as Chujiu was immersed in her own world, the person in front of her stopped and she bumped into his back without noticing.

"what?"

His vision went dark, and he raised his head and touched his forehead in confusion.

"..."

Mo Xinglan turned around and lowered his head: "Miss Chu, if you don't look at the road, be careful not to fall into the pit."

She didn't really listen to what he just said and looked up at him.

I thought, but the meat he grilled is really delicious. I really don't want to give it up.

I can't bear to part with the meat he grilled.

"Aren't you here? I don't think Mr. Mo will just watch me fall into the pit, right?" She said with a smile, remembering what he said.

He turned around: "That's hard to say."

"I believe you will not let me fall into the trap." She walked to his side, looked up and smiled at him.

"..."

He was slightly startled.

She said she believed him? Did she?

After a pause, he said, "Take me to the place where you picked snow fruits before."

"okay."

After answering, she began to lead the way with her extremely poor sense of direction.

Fortunately, the direction to the snow fruit tree is single, and there is no need to turn left or right. However, apart from the tall bushes, there is basically nothing that can block the view.

So this time, she, who has always had a poor sense of direction, did not take the wrong road.

A quarter of an hour later, the two men arrived under two trees.

"Here we are." She raised her chin forward.

Looking at the tree next to the snow fruit tree, he wondered, "Huh? The fruit on this tree was clearly red before, how come it turned yellow now?"

Just two days without seeing the tree, the color of the fruits on the tree changed so quickly. What a magical world.

“When the Zhu fruit matures, it will turn from red to yellow. It is called the Yellow Dragon Fruit. It is not only non-toxic but also a top-quality spiritual fruit.” Mo Xinglan looked at the spiritual fruit tree in front of him.

After hearing this, Chujiu thought of the time when she was almost poisoned by the red fruit and fainted. She was immediately annoyed, but she didn't dare to lose her temper. She pursed her lips and dared not speak.

Mo Xinglan glanced at the person next to him and ignored him.

Then a long black hairband appeared in his hand.

He opened his lips and bit the hairband, raised his hands and held the long black hair behind him. He took the hairband from his mouth and simply tied it into a high ponytail.

Chujiu couldn't help but sigh in his heart as he watched, the black-hearted monster really had a devilish beauty in every move he made.

The black-hearted evildoer with his hair tied up looked less gentle and charming and more heroic, more like a young man.

But it's a pity that such a good-looking person has such a bad temper.

Alas, no one is perfect.

After tying his hair, Mo Xinglan ignored her gaze.

With a light tap of the toes, he flew to the tree and started picking spiritual fruits.

Chujiu stood on the ground under the tree and looked up at Mo Xinglan on the tree, who was sometimes here and sometimes there.

It did not fall until only a few small spiritual fruits were left on the two trees.

He came up to her and handed her a silver ring.

"Take it."

Just consider it as the reward for being his maid these days.

"?... Give it to, me?" She looked at the ring in front of her, then looked at him puzzledly.

"Yeah." He replied calmly.

"?" She took the ring in confusion.

He stared at the ring in his hand in confusion: "This ring is just average, what's the use of it?"

"..."

It’s good enough that I gave it to her, but she still complains?

He snorted coldly: "The storage ring contains snow fruit and yellow dragon fruit. Of course, if Miss Chu dislikes it, you can return it to me."

She immediately put the ring away, fearing that he would take it back, and she did not forget to say, "I don't mind. Besides, it's mine once you give it to me, so how can I take it back?"

Seeing that she was protecting a treasure, he ignored her and turned to walk in one direction.

Chujiu, who was behind him, saw that he had no intention of waiting for her, so she jogged and shouted, "Don't walk so fast, wait for me."

*

After a day's journey, the two finally left the Abyss Valley.

Along the way, Mo Xinglan witnessed Chujiu's ability to chirp endlessly like a bird.

He sometimes suspected that if there was someone around her who talked as much as she did, she would definitely talk for days and nights without stopping.

Since he was a child, she was the one who spoke the most to him, apart from his mother.

It was a bit noisy, but it didn't seem annoying.

But Chujiu was so scared along the way that he almost fainted several times.

There were always monsters in the jungle, and Chujiu was often chased by them, but Mo Xinglan just stood by and watched, looking gloating. Every time, he would save her only when she was crying and begging, and exhausted from running for her life. She almost fell off a cliff because of this.

She simply doubted her life.

……

The next afternoon, the two arrived at a city called Chizhong City, which was relatively close to the Abyss Ancient.

According to what Mo Xinglan said, they should first go to the Feiyi Station in Chizhong City and ride the white-winged beast to their respective homes.

Most of the means of transportation in Hualing are various low-level monsters. Among them, aerial flight is the most frequently used. And most of the time, white-winged beasts are used for aerial flight.

Each family has its own white-winged beast at the Flying Wing Station, which is convenient for disciples in the family to use. Of course, there are also white-winged beasts that do not belong to any family. If someone wants to use them, they must pay more spirit stones.

Chujiu followed Mo Xinglan to the Feiyi Station with a curious look on his face.

Mo Xinglan was planning to pay more spirit stones to ride the white-winged beast he raised at the Flying Wing Station back to the Mo family. As for Chujiu, that was not his responsibility.

Chujiu had just arrived and didn't know anything, so he just followed Mo Xinglan.

At this time, Mo Xinglan had already paid the spirit stones. He was holding the reins hanging around the neck of the white-winged beast with one hand and looking at the confused Chujiu with confusion.

Asked: "Miss Chu, are you planning to walk back?"

"Ah? What do you mean?" She looked up.

Mo Xinglan: “…”

Is it that he didn't explain it clearly?

Why is she so stupid?

He sighed silently: "Chizhong City is quite far from Wangfeng City. It only takes one hour to reach Chu's house by riding the white-winged beast."

He has reminded her of this, she should understand, right?

Chujiu thought about it and understood. He glanced at the white-winged beast in his hand and said, "Aren't you holding one? It's so big, can't it hold two people?"

Will it be overloaded?

"..."

He was silent for a while, then said with a half-smile: "Miss Chu, the Chu family is in Wangfeng City, and the Mo family is in Wuzhong City. They have different paths."

Now Chujiu finally understood: "Ah? So, that means we have to go separately?"

"..." He just smiled without saying anything, but the smile did not reach his eyes, and there was some impatience.

She looked like she didn't know that the Chu family and the Mo family were not in the same city.

"No, no, no, no."

Although she didn't want to go with him anymore, the system still hadn't told her about Mo Xinglan's favorability. If they went their separate ways, wouldn't her mission fail? She had almost died several times, and if she failed, she would be at a huge loss, and she would also be struck by lightning.

What was going on with this system? It only gave her tasks, and didn't tell her what percentage Mo Xinglan's favorability was now, leaving her completely clueless.