101: Chapter 65: The Parents’ Decision_2 101: Chapter 65: The Parents’ Decision_2 The night was not so dark here, and the young man wasn’t sure if he was seeing things, but he dared not observe any longer.
“It’s good that everyone is fine.” Xu Cheng was relieved; as a traveling rchant who often led teams on long journeys, it was normal for the occasional oddity to appear in the group.
Previously, when resupplying in the small town, Xu Cheng had told them that they might need to camp out in the wild for two or three days.
Although everyone felt that the rchant was intentionally “profiting” from them, they had no choice but to buy tents at a high price in the small town.
Late at night, Qin Ming was awakened by snoring sounds.
He quickly drew the Mutton Fat Jade Iron Blade, as if facing a great enemy.
It was ridiculous; how could there be an extra person in his tent?
There was soone else’s snoring!
In an instant, Qin Ming followed the source of the sound to discover who it was.
It turned out to be a pig!
Qin Ming had lit a Fire Stick and could clearly see it, a small one, just a little bigger than the size of a palm.
At this mont, the pig was also startled awake and stared at Qin Ming wide-eyed, making eye contact.
Despite the wild pig’s small size, sothing was not normal about it; a pair of snowy tusks had already grown out of its mouth, which was not fitting for a piglet.
The slightly larger than palm-sized wild pig even bared its teeth in a grin, startling Qin Ming almost to the point of slashing with his blade, but he held back because the situation was too abnormal.
Actually, he felt that nothing he had experienced near the desert today was normal.
He stared intently and noticed so black scales on the pig’s face, which looked sowhat familiar.
Then, he rembered the ti right after recovering from a serious illness, when he was hunting Horned Deer and Donkey-headed Wolf in the mountains, he had co across an unusually large wild pig, weighing around 1500-1600 pounds, that charged around as if mad and had even chased him for a distance.
That day, when the Moon Worm appeared, the giant wild pig trembled and quietly retreated, burying itself in the snow.
The face of that giant pig also had black Scale Armor, quite similar to the one in front of him.
However, although the giant wild pig was a mutated creature, it was very animalistic and did not seem to have “evolved” enough to have spiritual awareness.
The small pig in front of him, although it bore a great resemblance to the large one, did not have the crazed look in its eyes, lacked animalistic nature, and appeared quite profound.
It clearly looked very small, but Qin Ming always felt that it was more like an Old Boar.
Qin Ming did not act rashly and after staring at the piglet for a mont, he sheathed the Mutton Fat Jade Iron Blade and voluntarily moved to the edge of the tent.
Soon, the tent thundered with sonorous snoring sounds.
The next day, as expected, the fog was not as thick.
Xu Cheng was relieved upon checking the headcount, because so far no one had been lost, and both humans and Alien Species were alive.
Qin Ming noticed that so people looked at him with resentnt and even a bit of anger.
A middle-aged man looked at him and said, “Brother, with your clear brows and bright eyes, how co you make such a ‘ruckus’ when you sleep?
In the middle of the night, I mistook it for thunder and ca out to check.
It turned out it was you snoring in the tent!”
Qin Ming opened his mouth but didn’t say anything, feeling utterly wronged.
Should he tell them it was a mountain pig that had snored?
“Yeah, young man, you sure are sothing.
I thought it was winter thunder in the middle of the night!” an elderly person said.
Wu Zheng, with dark circles under his eyes and an expression of gloom, originally wanted to stick close to an acquaintance for support, but who would have thought that Brother Qin would have such a strong “presence” even in his sleep!
“Don’t delay, warm up so water, eat so dry food, and we’ll be on the road imdiately,” Xu Cheng urged.
Barely two hours into journeying again, the complexions of the travelers changed, for they saw a figure approaching them swiftly through the night mist.
“It’s okay, it’s a human,” Wu Zheng whispered.
The others remained silent, encountering a person outside was almost the sa as encountering a monster, especially since their group already had mbers of the Alien Species.
Soon, Xu Cheng’s expression changed.
He had recognized the person before him as the high-level martial artist who battled the Old Elephant yesterday – a man with long arms that reached below his knees and sharp, distinctive facial features, with piercing eyes like lightning.
Qin Ming knew that the long-ard man must be here for him, so he took the initiative to step forward.
“You all may go,” Cui Hong gestured dismissively to the mbers of the caravan.
Xu Cheng hesitated but ultimately sighed, knowing whatever the other party’s intentions, there was nothing he could do.
The disparity in strength between them was considerable, and he had to be responsible for many more people.
“Brother Qin, take care of yourself!” Xu Cheng led the team away.
Wu Zheng also looked repeatedly, but in the end, he turned and followed the group.
“Young Master!” Cui Hong greeted with a salute.
Qin Ming dodged, saying, “I can’t accept such a courtesy.
It was you who saved two years ago; it should be saluting you.”
“That was my duty,” Cui Hong replied.
Silence and darkness engulfed the desert.
Qin Ming’s emotions surged.
He had many questions, but the complex expression he had caught on this man’s face yesterday made him realize this reunion might be entirely different from what he had previously speculated.
“Young Master, have you been reborn?” Cui Hong asked sharply.
“Just call by my na; I’m not accustod to being addressed as ‘Young Master,'” Qin Ming said.
“Then…
alright, Chong He, have you been reborn?”
Qin Ming wanted to correct the na, but after a thought, since people he recognized called him Cui Chonghe, he decided to temporarily accept this identity.
“Yes!” Qin Ming felt that regardless of what he said, the other party could likely judge the truth.
Now that the Cui Family had co, they would inevitably investigate thoroughly in Yinteng Town and Shuangshu Village.
“Ah!” Hearing his affirmative response, Cui Hong sighed, torn and troubled, also sowhat distressed, his expression once again extrely complex.
“Is there a problem?” Qin Ming grew alert.
“Young Master, um, Chong He, do you wish to leave this remote place and go to the distant cities?” Cui Hong asked.
Qin Ming remained silent.
Now that he was already on the road, was there any need to answer?
“I’m sorry, Chong He, I can’t disobey orders.
You can’t leave this area.
You should lead an ordinary life—being wealthy and safe is enough.
Soone will arrange everything for you,” Cui Hong said with a heavy dose of regret.
“What do you an, do you want to cripple ?” Qin Ming retreated into the desert.
Indeed, so of his bad premonitions had co true.
The appearance of the long-ard man did not bring the joy of reunion but rather a wave of shock crashing into his fragnted mories.
Qin Ming staggered, feeling an intense headache.
He shouted, “Who told you to do this?!”
Cui Hong hesitated for a mont but finally inford, “Your father.”
“What about my mother?!” Qin Ming demanded, stepping back.
“Before coming here, your mother also gave such instructions,” Cui Hong said.
Qin Ming felt like his head was about to explode.
He shook violently in the desert, no wonder his life felt pieced together, sowhat false, and so of his inner beliefs had collapsed before.
How could parents do this?
He had been ragged, covered in blood and frostbite, seeking life in the frozen wilderness.
After being taken to Shuangshu Village, he had witnessed firsthand how the Lu Ze couple, for the sake of Wen Rui and Wenhui, would rather endure hunger and cold themselves than let their children suffer.
He thought all parents should be like that because with his own personality, he would do the sa.
“Why?!” Qin Ming endured the severe pain in his head, trying hard to rember, hoping to recollect the events that had transpired.
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