Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
âThis wonât do. Give Anâan to me. Iâll feed her a bit more milk,â Bai Qingqing said.
Parker stroked Anâanâs back gently and said, âYou just fed her. If Anâan eats too much, she might puke.â
âThatâs true.â Bai Qingqing sat down once again.
The bedroom door was pushed open and Harvey brought in a basin of green medicine.
âThis medicine has the effect of inducing sleep. Female children over one month old canât take it, so just leave it in the room to let her smell it. Itâll have some effect,â he said.
Bai Qingqing said gratefully, âThank you. Leave it on the bed-stove. Itâll keep it warm.â
Harvey was about to put it on the table. Hearing that, he stopped and took a look around the room, asking while feeling confused, âPut where?â
Winston took the stone basin from Harvey and placed it on the hot stone slab.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
Harvey hesitated for a moment before walking over. When his bare feet stepped onto the warm stone slab, he was so surprised that he jumped up and backed off a few meters.
Bai Qingqing couldnât help but laugh. âI forgot to introduce you to it. Thereâs a stove below this and fire is used to heat it.â
Harvey was struck by understanding and stepped on it again. âItâs like the iron-smelting underground furnace, right? â
âEn, theyâre similar.â
The small joke dissipated some of the depression, but Anâan suddenly cried.
âWah! Wah!â
Anâan howled with all her might. Winston said that the poison would get weaker over time, but Anâanâs cry was louder than previously. It could be that she had grown bigger and had more strength.
Bai Qingqing quickly said to Parker, âGive Anâan to me. Iâm her Mommy, sheâll definitely be closer to me.â
Parker handed her to Bai Qingqing and said, âIf you canât carry her anymore, pass her to me.â
âIâm done with my confinement, itâs fine.â Bai Qingqing carried Anâan and cradled her gently. Seeing that the child was crying so badly that her face was flushed, she felt so bad as if something was tugging at her heart.
âAnâan, what can we do?â Bai Qingqing was prepared for this, but when she heard Anâan crying, she still panicked.
She carried her, and Winston hugged her from the back. âDonât be sad. Itâll all pass. Anâan will be fine.â
âWhat if she canât get better?â
Bai Qingqing looked up at him, her small face pale. Her helpless expression pierced Winstonâs eyes.
He hugged Bai Qingqing even tighter and said, as if making an oath, âSheâll definitely get better! Trust me!â
This was why he had to do whatever he could to make the village stronger, becoming the strongest influence in this land. If Anâan wasnât able to get better, heâd use the lives of all the scorpion beastmen for Anâanâs health!
âEn,â Bai Qingqing replied and leaned in Winstonâs embrace.
No matter how she coaxed Anâan, she just continued to cry loudly.
Bai Qingqing gave up on coaxing her and just carefully carried her.
The medicine on the bed-stove kept on vaporizing. The white steam shrouded the bedroom with a thin layer of fog. The medicine didnât have any effect on Anâan, but it caused Bai Qingqingâs eyes to gradually close. Her head tilted and lay at Winstonâs arm.
Feeling a weight in his arm, Winston called out softly, âQingqing?â
Parker walked over and said, âShe fell asleep.â
He picked up the crying Anâan from Bai Qingqingâs arms, and Winston carried Qingqing, placing her in the nest.
Bai Qingqing didnât feel too deeply asleep. The moment she lay down on the nest, she opened her eyes and immediately wanted to get up.
âLay down. Weâll keep an eye on Anâan.â Winston pressed down on her shoulders with a forceful attitude.
Bai Qingqing turned her head and looked toward Parker, who was carrying Anâan. She replied with an âEnâ and then closed her eyes.
Amidst the babyâs sharp cries, Bai Qingqing was half-asleep and half-awake. She seemed to have been hacked into two parts, with one part keeping a lookout for Anâanâs condition while the other part sinking into her dreams.