Chapter 137
Chapter 137
The two of them ate an especially awful meal.
And their mouths were pitch-black too.
Jiang Yunsui had it the worst. It was bad enough that the food was terrible; her eyebrows and hair were gone too.
At that moment, her little face was dark as soot and puffed up with anger. Every so often, she shot Song Jin a resentful little glare.
Song Jin wiped his mouth.
“What are you looking at me for? I never said I knew how to cook.”
Jiang Yunsui shouted at the top of her lungs, “Coming out with you has been nothing but suffering!”
Song Jin said, “Wasn’t there someone in the group who could cook? They just didn’t keep up with us, that’s all.”
Little Mushroom rolled her eyes at him as hard as she could.
Song Jin really couldn’t hold back his laughter.
Hahaha… That little look of hers was way too funny.
With such a hilarious little thing along for the ride, the journey hadn’t been boring at all.
He wasn’t bored, but the more Jiang Yunsui thought about it, the angrier she got. She stood up, stomped on Song Jin’s foot, and tried to run.
But she didn’t get away. Her short little legs slowed her down, and Song Jin was quick with his hands.
Little Mushroom was caught.
With her little face drooping in misery, she got two smacks on the bottom.
“I’m going to tell on you. The moment we find Ji Yan’an, the first thing I’m doing is telling on you. You’re abusing a child.”
Song Jin had a piece of dry grass between his teeth as he leaned against a rock with his arms crossed.
“Do whatever you want. We’ll talk after we find him. Stop making a fuss and let me rest for a bit, or I won’t have the energy to keep searching.”
Facing his direction, Jiang Yunsui threw a flurry of Mushroom Punches at the air.
Only then did she stomp off in a huff.
“Zuozuo Youyou, come here. I want to sleep too.”
The two dogs ran over, wagging their tails.
They had already eaten their fill while they were out hunting.
Dogs really had it good. Out here in the wild, they could eat raw meat with no problem at all.
Jiang Yunsui leaned against them. They were fluffy and soft.
She yawned too, then fell asleep.
Song Jin, lying on the rock, glanced down at her. The corner of his mouth lifted as he sighed.
“Short little legs sure are nice.”
Sleeping on top of dogs was definitely much more comfortable than lying on a rock like he was.
After resting for a while and waking up, they felt much more energized.
The horse had eaten its fill too, so they continued on their way.
As soon as Jiang Yunsui thought about how she would have to live with Song Jin for the days to come, her mushroom life felt utterly hopeless.
Did that mean she was going to go hungry this whole time?
“What’s wrong? Cheer up. Why the long face? It’s not like I owe you money.”
Song Jin pinched her chubby little cheeks, manually squeezing them into a smile.
Then he looked at his fingers and quietly wiped them on the little one’s clothes.
This Little Dirty Mushroom.
Tsk… He would have to gather some snow and boil water so he could wash this little one’s face.
“Am I going to be hungry from now on?”
Little Mushroom lay weakly over the horse’s back.
“Following you is so miserable.”
Song Jin rubbed his chin and said, “We’ll always be able to find something to eat. It might not taste great, but it’ll fill your stomach. It’s not like I’ll let you starve to death.”
“Sigh… It’s all your fault for never learning how to cook.”
He had the nerve to blame her first.
Little Mushroom turned her head and stared at him in disbelief, then bared her teeth and claws as she lunged at him.
“Hey, hey, hey… How can a little kid be so fierce?”
The big one and the small one bickered noisily while the horse followed the two dogs in front.
Another day passed. Jiang Yunsui clutched her little belly.
“I’m so hungry~~~~”
Song Jin handed her the mushrooms he had roasted.
“Want some?”
Jiang Yunsui was beyond disgusted. “I’d rather gnaw on them raw!”
Song Jin looked at the mushrooms in his hand, roasted so dry and shriveled that they didn’t look the least bit appetizing, then rubbed his chin.
“That actually makes some sense.”
“But come to think of it, eating raw mushrooms really won’t poison you?”
Jiang Yunsui’s little face was smug. “I definitely won’t.”
Song Jin let out a mournful sigh. “Sleep. Sleep. We still have to keep searching tomorrow.”
So they would go hungry. It wasn’t as if they had never gone hungry before.
Jiang Yunsui was mumbling under her breath, just about to fall asleep, when Song Jin scooped her over and tucked her into his arms.
There was no helping it. The little thing was warm all over.
Little Mushroom flailed twice, then gave up.
Fine, fine. No one had it easy.
In the middle of the night, Jiang Yunsui felt something licking her face.
“Zuozuo Youyou, go away.”
“Ying, ying~”
That didn’t sound like a dog. Her dogs would never cry so delicately, and besides, it sounded so weak.
She opened her eyes and saw that it was actually the White Fox they had met during the day.
It seemed to be hurt.
Jiang Yunsui sat up and glanced at its hind leg. An arrow was lodged there.
The little fox lay pitifully on the ground, barely breathing, more air going out than coming in. A pool of blood had already spread beneath it.
“Where did you run off to get hurt like this?”
She quickly fed the little creature some Imperial Flowing Essence.
The fox, which had been listless a moment ago, perked up a little.
“There are people nearby?”
Song Jin had been woken up too. When he saw the arrow in the fox’s leg, he raised a brow.
“Hurry and help.”
Song Jin yawned. It was the middle of the night, and he could not see very clearly.
Fortunately, the baggage they had brought included medicine for external wounds.
“I’m pulling the arrow out. You’d better hold it still. If it bites me, I’m coming after you.”
As he spoke, he swiftly pulled the arrow free.
Jiang Yunsui stuffed Imperial Flowing Essence into the little fox’s mouth while applying medicine to stop the bleeding.
Meanwhile, Song Jin held the arrow and examined it.
Unfortunately, it was too dark to see much.
They would have to wait until daylight.
Jiang Yunsui’s eyes could see a little more clearly at night.
After treating the wound on the little fox’s leg, she set it aside.
“Sleep. You’ll be better tomorrow.”
The Little White Fox gently rubbed against her hand, then lay down to rest.
The next morning, Jiang Yunsui was shaken awake.
She opened her eyes in a daze and found herself staring at an enlarged face.
Smack…
Before her mind could even react, her little hand had already slapped that face.
Song Jin: “…”
His eyes instantly filled with resentment.
“I was waking you up, and you hit me.”
Jiang Yunsui said blankly, “I didn’t.”
She still had not fully come to her senses.
Song Jin said, “You just hit me. You hit me in the face.”
Jiang Yunsui denied it to the bitter end. “No, I didn’t. You must be remembering wrong.”
Song Jin took a deep breath. “Forget it. Why am I arguing with a little brat?”
“We’ve got a lead.”
He showed Jiang Yunsui the arrow he had pulled from the fox the night before.
“And this lead delivered itself right to us. Looks like your bad luck wasn’t for nothing.”
Before, every time this little brat had a run of bad luck, something good would happen afterward.
Last time, she had been chased by bears and then by wolves. He had thought it was just pure misfortune.
Who would have guessed? By nightfall, the very clue they wanted had been delivered to them.
“This arrow was used by a Ji Family Member.”
He pointed to the tail end of the arrow. There was a faint, warped character for Ji there.
“This little fox must have run into someone around Ji Yan’an. They treated it like prey. They just didn’t expect their prey to run all the way to us.”
Jiang Yunsui’s eyes lit up. “Does that mean Ji Yan’an and the others aren’t far from us?”
Song Jin gave a hum of agreement. “If we follow the direction this little fox was bleeding from and have Zuozuo Youyou track its scent, we should be able to find the place where it was injured.”
Then what were they waiting for?
Jiang Yunsui immediately called Zuozuo Youyou over to get to work.