Chapter 55: Why Are They All Rushing to Have Babies for Her? p1
That day, Xue Yu and Mo Li walked along the beach, hand in hand, saying nothing, with only the low hum of the sea breeze and the sound of the waves crashing.
The sun was very strong. Xue Yu really wanted to say, “Mo Li, why don’t we stop walking? There are other things we can do on a date.”
But looking at Mo Li’s serene and leisurely profile, she swallowed her words.
She felt like she and Mo Li were two poor people on a date. They had no money for movies or meals, so they could only walk and drink the northwest wind.
She had thought that Mo Li liked to walk. Finally, after walking for three hours, Mo Li was the first to stop. “Do you like to walk?”
Xue Yu smiled. “It’s alright.”
After walking for another hour, Mo Li said, “I didn’t know you liked to walk so much.”
Xue Yu was sweating profusely. “I never said I liked to walk!”
Mo Li was also sweating. “…I thought you liked it. I didn’t want to spoil the mood, so I walked with you for so long.”
“I thought you liked it, so I wanted to accompany you,” Xue Yu said, stretching out her sore legs and shaking them. “My feet are sore from walking.”
Mo Li also stretched his legs slightly. “Me too.”
The two of them looked at each other, and Xue Yu burst out laughing. “We’re so silly!”
Mo Li also laughed, and the two of them had no choice but to continue walking back.
The next day, Xue Yu woke up very early.
She turned her back to the sea and looked around the island. The vegetation was lush, the canopies of the trees were wide, and everything was so full of life. This vigorous vitality was just like her. This was her dream home!
She didn’t want to go back to that lifeless metal city of the White Tower to be a good-for-nothing.
Mo Li packed his bag and walked over to ask, “What are you thinking about?”
Xue Yu touched her chin. “Should I find a way to mark this island? Otherwise, if I leave and someone comes to the island and takes my territory, what will I do?”
“No one will come,” Mo Li said with certainty.
Xue Yu didn’t understand. “Such a good island. Why would no one come?”
Mo Li thought for a moment but couldn’t come up with a reason. He just said, “Most people won’t leave their own safe zone. Even if they wander, they will wander around the safe zone. They won’t come to such a remote place.”
“You people are so particular about returning to your roots,” Xue Yu shook her head.
Anyway, she had no attachment or sense of belonging to the White Tower. She liked this island much more. She thought about it and decided that she had to leave something to prove that she was the first to discover this island.
In case she came back to transport equipment for infrastructure in the future and found that someone had beaten her to it, that would be terrible.
There was a towering reef on the beach, three or four meters high, very conspicuous. It could be considered a landmark of this island.
Xue Yu unfolded her folding military knife and went to the reef, preparing to carve words on it as a mark.
She first used the charcoal left from the fire to write a string of words on the reef: This island has a master. Island Master—Xue Yu.
Then, she lowered her head and began to carve the words with her military knife. Mo Li also came over to help.
Xue Yu carved from the beginning of the words, and Mo Li carved from the end. The sound of the knife tip hitting the rock surface filled the air.
When she reached the last word, “master,” Xue Yu said to Mo Li, “Leave this word to me. You’re not in a good condition. You should rest for a while. Don’t get too tired.”
“Okay.”
Mo Li went around to the back of the reef. Xue Yu thought he was just going to hide from the sun and didn’t pay much attention.
After she had carved the last word, she still didn’t see Mo Li. He was still hiding behind the rock.
Xue Yu put away her folding military knife, rubbed her wrist, and leaned over to look. “Mo Li, what are you doing hiding behind there? Are you giving birth?”
“Come over,” Mo Li said.
Xue Yu went around and saw Mo Li standing behind the reef, carving something on the rock with a dagger in his hand.
She looked closely and saw two childish little people holding hands on the rock, with a line of small words carved below: Xue Yu & Mo Li.
“You’ve been hiding behind here all this time just to do this?” Xue Yu walked to his side.
Mo Li wiped the powder from the rock with his thumb, a faint smile hidden at the corner of his mouth. “I just carved it casually. If you don’t like it, I’ll get rid of it.”
“No, no! It’s great! It’s especially good!” Xue Yu gave a thumbs up. “You’re so romantic.”
“You’re very romantic too,” Mo Li said.
Xue Yu was a little annoyed. “Am I romantic? I’ve never given you a gift. Sigh, I’m so poor.”
Mo Li took her hand and pressed it against his own abdomen. “This is the most expensive and best gift you’ve given me.”
Xue Yu smiled so wide her teeth showed.
Although jasmine flowers were good, she still had a big family to take care of. Zhou Siyan and Xue Xiaohai, Feng Qizhou and the sisters Xiaobei and Xiaonan, she had to take care of them all. At least she had to hurry and report their safety to them.
She shouted at the sea, “Blueberry, come back quickly! We have to go!”
The calm sea splashed, and Blueberry flew out first.
Then, Mo Li’s blue-ringed octopus, Xiaoxue, also came out. The two spirit bodies returned to their masters.
Blueberry circled Xue Yu, perched on her shoulder, and kissed her on the cheek. Xue Yu also touched its crown. “Have you had enough fun? We have to go.”
Blueberry: Okay, okay!
The blue-ringed octopus wrapped itself around Mo Li’s arm, its two watery eyes looking at its master pitifully, as if it were complaining about something.
A spirit body could only communicate with its master through brainwave induction. Xue Yu didn’t know what this octopus was saying to Mo Li, but from the surface, this octopus seemed to be in a low mood.
She asked, “Mo Li, what is Xiaoxue saying to you? Did something happen?”
Mo Li touched Xiaoxue’s tentacles and retracted it into his spiritual landscape.
Only then did he answer Xue Yu. He was very direct. “Xiaoxue said that Blueberry is a bit of a flirt, which makes it a little sad.”
Xue Yu pretended to hit Blueberry. “You! Can you give me a break for a day?”
Blueberry: Hehe.
With a magnificent flick of its caudal fin, it quickly disappeared into the air and hid in the spiritual landscape.
Xue Yu tugged at her collar and looked at Mo Li. “Well, don’t you worry. Blueberry is just a little enthusiastic. It’s still very responsible! It even often finds meteorite crystals for Xiaoxue to eat. Its sense of responsibility is stronger than mine.”
“Yes, I know,” Mo Li held her hand. “Let’s go.”
The two of them entered the sea and kept diving down to the deep sea area.
Schools of fish swam by, and colorful coral trees were magnificent, like an oil painting.
This was one of the few advantages of transmigrating that Xue Yu felt.
When she came to this world, she was affected by the environment and awakened a water-type spirit body, so she could dive freely. If she were on Earth, she didn’t know how much effort and money it would take to dive like this.
Mo Li knew the direction of the South Continent and led Xue Yu all the way.
After swimming in the deep sea for a long time, Xue Yu learned to simply construct a spiritual landscape without a teacher.
Constructing a landscape was not complicated. You just had to firmly remember the scene you saw and meditate with your eyes closed.
When your concentration reached a certain level, you could spend some spiritual power to replicate the scene you saw in your spiritual landscape.
Xue Yu tried several times and finally successfully replicated the appearance of a coral tree she had seen in her landscape.
Her landscape was originally just a vast ocean with a few water weeds. Blueberry would usually sleep pitifully under the water weeds.
Now, a colorful coral tree suddenly appeared in the landscape. Blueberry was overjoyed and circled the coral tree, looking at it repeatedly.
Xue Yu said, Are you happy? I only hit you for outsiders to see. It’s just an act. I’m still very fond of you in private.
Blueberry was so excited that it left the landscape and appeared in the water, its face pressed against its master’s. We are the best in the world.
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For the next two days, Xue Yu and Mo Li did not stop to eat. They swam continuously, only occasionally sleeping in the water for an hour or two.
Two days later, Xue Yu saw a huge object slide past overhead. A dark shadow fell on the water.
She looked up and saw that it was a huge ship. The ship’s propellers were constantly turning, and the water was churned white.
She turned her head and took Mo Li’s hand. “There’s a ship passing by. Are we almost at the South Continent?”
Mo Li looked at the diving watch on his hand. “We should be.”
“Should we continue to swim, or should we ask them for a ride?” Xue Yu was itching to go. She really wanted to take a boat.
But Mo Li said, “No. This is a pirate ship. They are all criminals or fugitives who have been kicked out of the major safe zones.”
“Alright then.”
Xue Yu had no choice but to give up the idea. She was not very afraid. She was also a fugitive. She was not a vicious person.
It was not until after four in the afternoon that Xue Yu saw the coastline.
She and Mo Li swam faster and landed on the beach.
The South Continent was a coastal city. It was actually very far from the coastline. You had to walk for two hours to enter the edge of the South Continent city.
The beach here was deserted.
She didn’t know why, but whether it was the White Tower or the South Continent, they didn’t seem to like the ocean or water-type spirit bodies.
Everyone would rather squeeze into the inland safe zones to do odd jobs than go out to sea to make a living.
After walking for two hours, they arrived at the border checkpoint of the South Continent city.
Just like the last time she had accompanied Zhou Siyan to have a baby, there were many people who had come to the South Continent for medical treatment.