nycdaug Chapter 386 Painful Experience
Chapter 386 Painful Experience
Tao Tao was stunned and subconsciously turned around to look at Li Shen.
But no one knew what Li Shen was thinking. He was adding firewood to the campfire and didn't look over here.
"and then?"
Seeing Xikang trying to hold back his laughter, He Jiaojiao knew that his next words would probably not have much harm, so she asked boldly.
"And every time he gets unhappy for some reason, the orcs all say he has a weird temper and they think he'll end up alone for the rest of his life!"
It took Tao Tao a while to react. She stared at Xikang with wide eyes. Seeing him smirking, she couldn't help but complain to He Jiaojiao.
"Jiaojiao, look at him, he's deliberately teasing me!"
He Jiaojiao couldn't help laughing and glared at Xikang in reproach, "Your Aunt Tao is timid, don't scare her." The implication was that if you knew anything bad about Li Shen that would harm Tao Tao, then don't say it.
Xikang was smart enough to know what his mother was talking about, so he smiled and replied, "I know. I just heard when I got back that she always monopolizes her and makes the fathers unhappy, so I'm playing a little trick on her."
Tao Tao's eyes widened with anger. "Well, your fathers don't dare to do anything to me, so they let you, a little brat, deal with me. I'll spank you."
Tao Tao stood up and rolled up her sleeves as she walked towards Xikang. When Xikang saw that she was serious, he quickly got up and ran around the campfire to hide.
So, the big and the small ran around the campfire for several laps. Finally, Tao Tao, who was out of breath, was hugged by Li Shen around the waist and forced to be held in his arms.
"Tao Tao asked Xi Kang about my past. What do you want to know? Why not just ask me directly?"
The sudden teasing made Tao Tao blush. She glared at Xikang who was making faces at her, then turned around and held Li Shen's face.
"I want to know about your past. Are you willing to tell me?"
Li Shen smiled and whispered in her ear, "Okay, I will tell you everything slowly."
After saying that, he picked up Tao Tao and carried her horizontally, then walked towards the other side of the beach.
Only He Jiaojiao's family was left by the campfire.
After the kids had enough fun, they all returned to He Jiaojiao and sat down obediently.
"Xikang, why don't you tell everyone about your experiences these days? We are all very curious!"
Hongyi is like a curious baby. Although his father Zhutian is strict with him, he is still full of longing for the outside world.
"Then just tell me about it!"
Mo Ran knew that the cubs were indeed very curious, so he took this opportunity to let Xikang tell them. This way, the cubs would probably be much more obedient in the future.
However, He Jiaojiao must not hear about Xikang's experience, otherwise, given her temper, she would definitely be heartbroken and might even cry.
Xikang was about to speak when he saw his father carrying his mother away.
He Jiaojiao actually wanted to know what had happened to Xikang during this period. Although she could guess that he must have suffered a lot, as a mother, she still wanted to know more.
But unexpectedly, Mo Ran actually carried her away, which made her very puzzled.
"Aran, what are you doing?"
He Jiaojiao struggled to get down, but Mo Ran hugged her even tighter.
"Jiaojiao, it's rare that their attention is on the cub, I..."
Needless to say, He Jiaojiao knew what Mo Ran meant next, but compared to all that, He Jiaojiao would rather stay and listen to the kid's story.
"Are you sure you want to listen?" Mo Ran asked somewhat unhappily when he saw that He Jiaojiao was not affected by him at all.
"Of course!" He Jiaojiao answered without even thinking. "Ah Ran, why don't you want me to listen?"
Mo Ran was silent, but still had no intention of putting He Jiaojiao down. He did not stop until they were far enough away and were sure that He Jiaojiao would not hear any sound. Then he stopped and put He Jiaojiao on a tree trunk that had fallen down at some point.
"Then Jiaojiao, do you want to hear what I went through when I was wandering around alone?"
"Wandering?" He Jiaojiao was very surprised. "Haven't you always lived in the tribe..."
He Jiaojiao suddenly remembered that, indeed, the people in the tribe did say that Mo Ran joined them later, and it was precisely because of this that no one liked him very much.
Except for females, of course!
"Yeah!" Mo Ran nodded and looked up at the bright moon in the sky. "I told you before that people in our clan are kicked out by their parents to live alone since birth. I used to have many brothers, but I was the only one who survived."
Seeing Mo Ran's indifferent expression, He Jiaojiao felt a sudden pang of pain in her heart. But she didn't know how to comfort him. After all, she had never experienced the cruelty of the orc world. Just hearing about it made it impossible for her to empathize with it.
"When I was born, I was actually the weakest among all my brothers. My parents even thought that I would be the one who died the fastest among all the children."
"So later, after we left, we all traveled together at first, but later the other brothers thought I was too weak and left me behind. At that time, my ability level was too low, and I couldn't even catch small animals, so I often went hungry."
"Later, when I finally grew up, other males would often snatch my prey away. If I gave it to them, I would go hungry. If I didn't, I would be beaten..."
"Later, I finally became stronger, but because I was a cold-blooded orc, I was not welcomed anywhere I went." Mo Ran turned to look at He Jiaojiao and said, "Do you know why the tribal leader took me in?"
He Jiaojiao shook her head, and Mo Ran continued, "That's because I paid a hundred beast crystals."
One hundred!
What a concept!
The key point is that even after paying a hundred pills, she was still treated differently by the clan leader. He Jiaojiao couldn't bear it anymore and threw herself into Mo Ran's arms, hugging him quietly.
Mo Ran was stunned for a moment, then chuckled and slowly hugged He Jiaojiao.
After a while, He Jiaojiao finally let go of Mo Ran. Mo Ran looked down at her and asked calmly, "So, are you sure you still want to go and listen to what Xi Kang has been through?"
He Jiaojiao shook her head. She knew that she would not be able to bear it.
Although Mo Ran had just brushed aside many things, He Jiaojiao knew that the suffering he had endured was far greater than what he had said, a hundred or even a thousand times greater. He knew that she would be heartbroken, so he only mentioned some of the important things.
But just this alone was enough for He Jiaojiao to imagine, so when she saw Mo Ran telling these stories calmly, He Jiaojiao felt even more distressed.
"Okay, I'm not telling you this to make you cry!" Mo Ran gently wiped the tears from He Jiaojiao's eyes.
"Aran, I will always be by your side from now on. Our family will always be together forever."
After saying that, He Jiaojiao waited for Mo Ran's answer, but Mo Ran remained silent. Just when she raised her head to look at Mo Ran, a low response came from her ears.
"Um......"