“There’s still about half a day’s journey left, right?” Xu Song sat excitedly next to Yue Zheng, looking at the map in his hand.
“Yes, but we don’t know the exact location of the shelter in S City,” Yue Zheng furrowed his brows slightly. From the animals they encountered earlier, it seemed that the situation in S City wouldn’t be too good. Especially since S City had a large population, if anything happened, it would probably be more problematic than the previous Y City.
“The exact location…” Xu Song frowned and quickly tuned in the radio again. It had been a turbulent few days on the road, and they hadn’t found a radio station in a while.
Channel after channel, all they could hear was static noise for now. But Xu Song was patient and tried one channel after another.
“We’re done eating.”
“We’re done eating.” Two identical faces tilted their heads up, holding small bowls in their hands, eagerly looking at themselves.
Yue Zheng paused for a moment, looking at the two almost indistinguishable little ones. “Are you full?”
Both heads nodded, and they blinked their big dark eyes simultaneously, still holding the iron basins as if they were bowls.
“After you finish, hand the bowls to Auntie Shishi,” Yue Zheng said, pointing towards Liu Shishi, who was sitting next to the campfire with a resentful expression.
With a swish, the two little heads turned towards Liu Shishi, eagerly waiting for them to pounce on her. But the little ones quickly turned their heads back, wiggled their little bottoms, and leaned towards Xu Song and Yue Zheng, looking pitifully at them.
“Why are they clinging to us? Don’t children usually prefer girls?” Xu Song was puzzled, but having these two adorable children following them gave him a sense of accomplishment. Of course, if it were two beautiful women, the sense of accomplishment would be even higher…
As he thought about it, Xu Song subconsciously looked at Yue Zheng… Wait a minute, why did he automatically look at him when he thought of beautiful women?
Yue Zheng seemed to sense something and met his gaze. Flustered, Xu Song’s face turned red, and he lowered his head, focusing his attention on the two little rascals next to him.
“Uncle, your face is red,” Mo Tianyou tilted his little head, looking innocent.
This made Xu Song’s face heat up even more, and he almost wanted to explode with anger, but he had no outlet for his frustration since he was surrounded by two little kids. As for venting his anger on Yue Zheng? No way, he wasn’t that unreasonable.
“Why don’t you like Aunt Shishi? Why do you like following us?” Xu Song decided to return to the original question because these two young children were too young, and during the day, everyone was in a hurry to travel, so they didn’t have time to ask about the explosion at the gas station. Now, this responsibility naturally fell on his and Yue Zheng’s shoulders.
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“Well, and it’s fun!” Mo Tiancheng suddenly reached out his little hand and poked Xu Song’s chest.
“Fun?” Xu Song lowered his head in confusion and saw that Mo Tiancheng was poking at something on his chest. His face instantly changed as he saw the little tree in his pocket shaking and swaying, playing a hand-holding game with Mo Tiancheng!
He took a sharp breath, and Xu Song immediately looked around, seeing that the people by the campfire weren’t looking in their direction. He let out a sigh of relief.
Yue Zheng also noticed the interaction between the little tree and Mo Tiancheng. He shifted his body, blocking the view of others towards Xu Song’s chest pocket, and picked up Mo Tianyou, placing him in his arms. The two adults protected the two children in the middle, creating a warm and tender picture that made everyone who saw it feel incredibly heartwarming.
Unfortunately, the two adults in the heartwarming picture were far from at ease.
“Um… how did this happen?” Xu Song couldn’t find the right words to ask Mo Tiancheng about what just happened. After all, the child was too young, and the situation now was too bizarre.
But before he could find the right words, the little tree in his pocket twisted and turned, its roots crawling out of the pocket, planting itself in the ground. The tree trunk twisted and turned, and in an instant, it grew to the height of a small arm.
The branches and leaves shook, and two branches extended towards Mo Tiancheng and Mo Tianyou, one for each. At the top of the branches, a small yellow flower bloomed simultaneously. Soon, the flowers withered, and two green berries hung from the branches.
“Thank you,” Mo Tiancheng smiled, squinting his eyes and plucking the fruit in front of him, popping it into his mouth.
Mo Tianyou followed his older brother’s lead and picked the fruit in front of him, clumsily putting it in his mouth and mumbling, “Thank you.”
What on earth is going on?
Xu Song was speechless and looked up, seeking help from Yue Zheng.
Yue Zheng pondered for a moment and asked the two children in his arms, “How did you know about it?” He pointed to the small tree that was twisting and moving between the four of them.
“I heard it talking,” Mo Tiancheng pointed to the small tree, holding a lone fruit in his hand, still moist with saliva.
“Heard?” Yue Zheng couldn’t help but be surprised, glancing at Xu Song with widened eyes. “You can hear plants talking?!” Could it be that this child also had powers? The ability to understand what plants say?!
Mo Tiancheng pointed to himself. “I can hear it talking, but Mo Tianyou can only talk to big cats and dogs.”
“Cats?! Dogs?! The ones you ride during the day?!” Xu Song took a sharp breath, realizing that one child could communicate with plants, and the other could communicate with mutated animals… If it was true… Their abilities would be more terrifying than anything known so far!
“Not all of them can hear,” Mo Tiancheng tilted his head. “Only some can. Many flowers and plants can only say ‘hungry, thirsty, want to eat,’ not like it.” He pointed to the twisting little tree.
Mo Tianyou nodded, “Those red-eyed animals completely ignore me. Only ones like Dabai and Dahua can talk to me.”
Could they be referring to the animals that have gone crazy and lost their sanity after mutating? As for plants… there might be very few with actual intelligence, and most of them probably only possess basic consciousness, right?
“Um… you said you can hear the small tree talking. What has it said to you?” Xu Song, full of curiosity, skipped that question for now. He had always found this little tree a bit odd, but what was it thinking? It was a mystery to both him and Yue Zheng.
“It said that uncles are good people! They will give it good food! That’s why we’re following the uncles!” Mo Tiancheng nodded firmly, and the crown of the small tree also nodded in agreement.
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“Why did it follow us in the first place?” Xu Song decided to skip that question. It seemed that the intelligence of this tree wasn’t very high, similar to these six-year-old children.
“Because the smell on the uncles was comfortable,” Mo Tiancheng said matter-of-factly.
Mo Tiancheng nodded repeatedly, “Comfortable! Just like them!” He then pulled out a rope from his chest.
At the end of the rope, there was a small handmade pouch. Seeing this, Mo Tiancheng quickly took out an identical pouch from around his neck.
The two brothers untied the pouch and emptied something very familiar from inside.
“…Where did you get those?” Yue Zheng’s expression changed as he glanced at Xu Song.
The things that spilled out of the pouch, astonishingly, were those transparent crystals!
“It was the day when Mom and Dad exploded, and those things suddenly hit us on the head,” Mo Tiancheng nodded repeatedly, “There was a lot of blood. I had it too!”
“We fell asleep, and when we woke up, Mom and Dad had exploded, only the little stones were with us. They felt comfortable, so we put them in the pouches Grandma made for us,” Mo Tiancheng finished, putting the crystals back into the pouch.
“Then… did you feel anything when you carried them?” Xu Song remembered the warmth he felt during the day. He suddenly recalled that after leaving the ancient tomb, these stones seemed to emit heat. He hadn’t paid much attention at the time, but now, looking back, it seemed that these stones had been different from the beginning.
“They become hot!” Mo Tiancheng’s eyes lit up, waving his little arms to answer.
Mo Tianyou nodded, “As long as we kill the strange trees and animals that want to eat us, they become hot.” He closed his eyes, seemingly sensing something. “They’re usually warm, but it was really hot back then.”
“So… these stones react to energy? Carrying them provides energy to the body?” These stones came out of the ancient tomb, perhaps they had some special role in relation to the energy that could change the whole world?
“Not exactly. It only works with our own stones!” Mo Tiancheng suddenly said, pointing to the small pouch on Mo Tianyou’s neck. “I swapped with Mo Tianyou, and it doesn’t work. It has to be our own!”
“Our own?” Yue Zheng was puzzled. “Why does it have to be our own?”
The two little boys stared at Yue Zheng and Xu Song with confused, wide black eyes, their heads tilted to the side, accompanied by a swaying tree… It seemed like the tree was afraid of being ignored, always trying to do something to show its existence.
“Brother Yue, could it be… that the crystals need to hit us or get blood on them to become ours?” Xu Song’s eyes lit up suddenly. He and Yue Zheng had taken the crystals out of their bodies, and the two little guys’ crystals had also broken their little heads. Did they need blood to work?
“Yeah, yeah! My gem is the one that hit my head!” Mo Tianyou quickly raised his hand.
“Mine too!” Mo Tiancheng said, then pointed back at the little tree. “Its crystal is the same!”
“It? It has one?!” Xu Song was shocked. When did the tree also have a crystal?
The crystal club! Thanks for the updates 🤣❤️🤣❤️🤣🌱
And thus began the harmonious life of the (bloody)crystal family.
Thank you for the chapter
If they got the stones when their mom and dad exploded , then who were with on the animals? since it specified that they knew about their abilities and they could communicate so it happened way before.i am confusion
the title should be a family of five ☹️☹️ little tree is going to feel left out 😭😭
Its not a family of four, more like a family of five do not leave out little tree
Should we name them “The Crystal Family” ?!