CHAPTER 462: CHAPTER 462: YOUNG LI (PART 3)

Just out of the wooden cabin, Li’s eyes instantly became tense.

He saw a swarm of Fog Corpses heading this way outside the cabin.

If he and Xiao Jinsheng had not come out just now, they wouldn’t be able to hide in the cabin for long, and could easily be surrounded by Fog Corpses.

"Hurry up." Li found a direction without Fog Corpses and quietly reminded Xiao Jinsheng.

Although Xiao Jinsheng couldn’t see the Fog Corpses through the dense mist, she could hear their roars.

Her little heart was pounding with nervous fear, but her feet were quick to flee.

It was during this flight that Xiao Jinsheng realized that she couldn’t shake off these Fog Corpses.

After finally shaking them off, they hadn’t even rested for an hour before roaming Fog Corpses discovered them again, slowly gathering and coming over.

After hiding for another two days, no matter how sparingly they used the medicine in the first aid kit, it was exhausted.

And the dense mist still hadn’t cleared.

The two could only survive by eating wild fruits during their days of escape.

But finding wild fruits wasn’t easy either.

They had just managed to shake off a wave of Fog Corpses when they discovered two wild fruits on a tree.

Li handed both a blue and a red fruit to Xiao Jinsheng: "Eat up."

After he spoke, he searched the area, hoping to find something else to eat, but regrettably, there were only the two wild fruits.

Actually, it’s easier to find food deeper in the forest.

But he’s injured now, and there are Mutant Beasts in the forest’s interior.

Taking Xiao Jinsheng inside would be like taking her to her death.

Xiao Jinsheng carefully wiped the fruits, sniffed the red one, then sniffed the blue one.

Finally, she handed the sweeter-smelling red fruit to Li: "You eat this."

Li glanced at the red fruit and shook his head: "I don’t need it."

"Eat it, it’s sweet, not sour." Xiao Jinsheng explained: "I smelled it."

"I don’t like sweet things." Li refused.

Knowing this boy was finding reasons to give her the food.

Xiao Jinsheng saw him making excuses again and handed the blue fruit to him: "Then eat this, it’s definitely sour."

"I don’t like sour things either." The boy still shook his head.

Xiao Jinsheng gritted her teeth, feeling both angry and warm inside.

Angry that the young man completely ignored his physical condition, was clearly hungry all day with a rumbling stomach, yet found excuses to give her the food.

"Fine, if you’re not eating, I’ll eat them both." Xiao Jinsheng said angrily, taking a bite of each fruit in front of Li.

The boy Li watched her with his red eyes, seeing her trying to look fierce, but couldn’t suppress a smile.

After eating half of both fruits, Xiao Jinsheng looked over and excitedly called out to Li: "Look, a rabbit!"

"Where!" Li asked, not seeing the rabbit; instead, he saw two half-bitten fruits being pushed to his mouth.

The fruits weren’t big, and couldn’t completely fit in his mouth.

Xiao Jinsheng could only touch both fruits to Li’s lips, and when the boy looked back at her, she pretended to be disdainful: "What now, you touched the fruits, I won’t eat them now."

"Plus, I tasted for you, eating a mix of sour and sweet isn’t sour or sweet, you can eat."

"Eat quickly." Seeing the boy not taking the fruit, Xiao Jinsheng pushed the fruit directly to his mouth.

The boy’s red eyes gently watched Xiao Jinsheng, who brought the fruit close after painstakingly dividing food for her, feeling warm inside.

"Okay." He lowered his head and carefully bit the flesh as Xiao Jinsheng fed him.

Seeing the boy finally willing to eat, even if fed by her, Xiao Jinsheng smiled happily.

She dared not let go and say she wouldn’t feed him anymore to let him eat himself.

Afraid Li would find reasons again, saying he didn’t like to eat something.

With half a sour fruit and half a sweet fruit in their stomachs, the two of them, who had been hungry overnight, finally felt a bit better.

Li looked at the Fog Corpses outside the forest.

Then looked into the forest’s interior, where they might encounter Mutant Beasts.

Thankfully, now it was Mist East, Fog Corpses appear randomly when the mist rises.

And he found that Fog Corpses seemed to be able to smell Xiao Jinsheng and come searching.

Thinking of this possibility, Li turned to look at Xiao Jinsheng, noticed the boy’s gaze, Xiao Jinsheng looked up and smiled at him: "What’s wrong?"

"Come here." The boy reached out to Xiao Jinsheng.

Xiao Jinsheng approached, and Li pulled her tightly: "We’re going inside the forest, fewer Fog Corpses there, and easier to find food."

If Xiao Jinsheng truly attracts Fog Corpses.

They can’t be so unlucky as to attract Mutant Beasts too, right?

So to avoid places where Fog Corpses appear, and venture deep into the forest, the boy Li had more confidence in protecting Xiao Jinsheng and surviving.

Afraid Xiao Jinsheng would get lost, Li walked ahead, holding a long stick in one hand and gripping Xiao Jinsheng’s wrist tightly.

Watching the boy Li’s reliable back from the front, Xiao Jinsheng smiled and quickened her pace, pulling his hand over her shoulder: "I’ll support you, give you some strength."

Already having injured leg.

Leaning on her, he could walk easier.

Recalling the fifteen-day memory of fleeing as a child, Xiao Jinsheng cupped Li’s cheeks: "I want to eat wild fruits that are both sour and sweet."

"Then we have to return to Mist Continent to pick them." Hearing Xiao Jinsheng’s words, understanding she completely remembered him, Li couldn’t hide his joy in his eyes.

He lowered his head, kissed Xiao Jinsheng’s lips, and then expectantly asked: "Besides sour and sweet wild fruits, what else do you remember?"

"I remembered asking you to marry me." Xiao Jinsheng answered with a smile.

"Really!" Li looked at her with excitement, his heart pounding fiercely, unable to suppress his joy all over.

Xiao Jinsheng recalled it was the tenth day of the escape.

The boy Li had already brought her into the forest’s interior, not only catching a non-mutated wild chicken.

But also found an abandoned cave to temporarily reside.

Firelight could drive away beasts, yet it would attract Fog Corpses in the mist.

Thus, Li urgently cooked the wild chicken, quickly extinguished the fire, and brought Xiao Jinsheng into the cave.

But it was dark, without a trace of light in the cave.

For Xiao Jinsheng, it felt like being in a giant beast’s abyssal maw eating her last meal.

She could only endure her fear and strive to lean closer to Li.

Both seeking a bit of warmth and having someone to lean on, alleviating the fear of darkness.

"Here, take this." Seeing Xiao Jinsheng afraid of the dark, Li handed her a red gemstone he’d found while cleaning the wild chicken at the river.

The Blood Demon Gemstone fell into Xiao Jinsheng’s palm, shining with dazzling colors.

Although it couldn’t provide light, it calmed the fearful heart in the dark.

"Do you like this kind of stone?" Li saw Xiao Jinsheng tightly gripping the red gemstone.

"Yes, yes, I like it." Xiao Jinsheng nodded repeatedly.

"Once the mist clears and you’re back in a safe place, I’ll find you more red stones." The boy promised.

"Okay, then I want lots and lots of stones like these." Xiao Jinsheng reminded with a smile.

Seeing the boy nod, she leaned her head on his shoulder: "When I’m an adult, the terminal will pair me with a Beast Husband. Will you become my Beast Husband?"

This question was one the boy had thought about but...

He pursed his lips and weakly spoke: "I’m... discarded and expelled by the terminal."

Unlike Beastmen expelled at a young age to survive on their own.

The terminal wouldn’t pair him with a Female Master.

"Then you can just come find me." Xiao Jinsheng comforted with a laugh.

Faced with the boy Li’s confused gaze, she explained: "The terminal’s pairing is random, who knows if you can be paired as my Beast Husband."

"Precisely because the terminal doesn’t pair you, you can come find me yourself."