Chapter 57 Ex- Wife
Li Yue lowered her head, her lips twitched as she forced herself to avoid the upcoming argument. After all she was no longer the stupid and arrogant Li Yue. "We were playing hide and seek." Of course, this didn"t mean that her shamelessness was going to disappear too. "You said… If I could find you …. You would give me some money for my studies abroad."
Mo Li coughed. "Really?" The two started walking towards the forest, looking for a huge tree that they could use as shelter or perhaps a small cave. "That doesn"t sound like me."
"Well… that"s what happened." Shrugging, she decided to ignore him and examined her surroundings. Li Yue didn"t know how they arrived in such a dense forest. In front of them were woven tree roots, the canopy formed from the leaves made the area darker, gloomier. It was just enough to make someone tremble in fear. However, she hadn"t heard of such a place before.Was it possible that this was already the back of the Woying Mountains? If that was the case, then this place should not be a part of the City anymore but the neighboring province. What was the province next to the city? Wasn"t that the Province of Ru? Li Yue frowned. She was not very familiar about this place as this was not one of the maps that she had studied for her mission to save him.
"What"s that?" Mo Li pointed at a boulder that was twice as tall as him. The rock formed like the upper half of the letter C. "We should go there." Li Yue nodded and supported him towards the boulder. The dense forest blocked the drizzle. Because of this, the path that they were walking was not that wet. It was littered with twigs that cracked under their feet and leaves. A thick pile of dead leaves that protected their feet from the rocks.
After a grueling five minutes, the two finally reached the cave-like boulder and heaved a sigh of relief. "You should find some food. I am hungry." Mo Li"s voice almost made her rage. Why was he ordering her around? For a few seconds, Li Yue stared at him, wondering if this man was only pretending to have forgotten everything.
But wasn"t that too cruel? Just like Mo Li, Li Yue was also exhausted, her feet were wounded and she… she was cold. However, the thought of Mo Li carrying her earlier seemed to replay in her mind. He had saved her. At that time, if Mo Li hadn"t carried her, that bear would have… She s.h.i.+vered at the thought. Dying at the claws of a bear should be very painful, right?
"I am thirsty as well." Mo Li continued. Li Yue grumbled as she forced herself to stand up and left. "Hey!" Mo Li called out. "You"re not leaving me alone, right?"
Li Yue turned towards him. Did she just see a flash of sadness in the man"s eyes? No, she shook her head. She must be hallucinating. "How can I leave my brother?" She countered before turning her head away and walking back to the river. Should she catch something? But she was truly exhausted, she couldn"t even raise her arm anymore. There was also the option of the crackers. However, she wasn"t sure until when they would stay in this place. She would not want to…
Shaking her head, Li Yue decided to give the crackers to Mo Li. What was the point of saving the crackers if Mo Li died? Li Yue decided to gather some firewood instead and head back towards Mo Li. After a couple of minutes, Li Yue indeed came back, dragging a dead tree about the size of her small arm.
Seeing this, Mo Li"s pupil shook as he lowered his head. Then an unfathomable expression flashed in his eyes.
"Are you just going to sit there? What kind of older brother are you?" he heard her say. Mo Li immediately stood and helped her.
"Is it safe to start a fire here?" he asked.
"If we don"t, we will die from the cold." Li Yue answered without looking at him. Then she got her match and started a.s.sembling the small pieces of firewood and tree barks that she had gathered.
"You seem to know a lot about camping. Say, did you kidnap me and bring me here?"
Li Yue only rolled her eyes in response. Of course, she would know how to start a fire. After all, she spent some time researching this matter. Minutes pa.s.sed and soon, a small fire flickered from the firewood. Li Yue let out a sigh of relief as she bathed at the warmness in front of her.
"I am—" Before Mo Li could even finish his sentence, Li Yue already threw a cracker towards him. "This—"
"Take it. I"m not hungry." She lied. She couldn"t really eat the other cracker for herself. She needed to save it. With her head lowered, Li Yue failed to see the complicated look that Mo Li was giving her.
"You—" Mo Li pa.s.sed the cracker towards her. "Take it. I lost my appet.i.te."
"…" This time Li Yue looked at him— she stared at his side profile, her face solemn. This man … this man was pretending! "Mo Li…" She started. Mo Li was extremely good at acting. However, this man should be the selfish villain in this world. How could a villain give his food to another person that he didn"t know? Moreover, she was sure that Mo Li didn"t believe her when she told him that she was his sister. This should have made her more suspicious. Wasn"t that enough reason for him to be on guard all the time?
This was not the Mo Li — the Villain Mo Li!
Li Yue stared at him for a few seconds, waiting for him to turn his head towards her. "Mo Li…" she called out. "I lied." This was enough to attract the other"s attention. "I am not your sister… in fact… I am your ex- wife."