Chapter 118: Dagger

  I waited until I saw clearly, and then I was shocked. I hurriedly hid behind Ying Mo's back. My stomach churned with a wave of nausea, covering my mouth, almost vomiting.

  "With a temper so small, you still want to show off and run outside." Mo You said sarcastically. The python didn't move after that, and he walked forward to take out his dagger. He turned around and instructed me, "This snake is poisonous, you go back to the cave first. I'll go to the deep pool to wash my dagger."

  I nodded vigorously and then turned around hastily like a startled rabbit and ran back into the cave.

  Ying Mo Yu smiled faintly and walked into the darkness with a dagger in hand.

  ……

  I quickly ran back to the cave. The light from the bonfire made me feel a lot more at ease. I tried my best to get closer to the fire, using it to drive away the chill on my body. My heart still racing as I thought about what had just happened. But I was also worried that such a dark night might bring some unexpected event.

  He killed the cobra without even blinking his eyes, nothing should happen, right?

  I shrank back, but found that the flames of the fire were gradually dying down.

  I was flustered and didn't know what to do. In my panic, I saw a pile of branches nearby. I hastily scattered all the branches into the fire pit. The flames finally rose again.

  I silently pray: Yanmo You, please hurry back before the fire gets smaller! Otherwise, I'm doomed!

  It's as if I'm waiting for someone, but can't see anyone. The branches that were added to the fire earlier have almost burned out, and the flames are slowly dying down. I stare at the fire, unsure of what to do next.

  Finally, when the last spark of flame burned out, I fell thoroughly into boundless darkness.

  Uh, won't another python run out?

  Ying Mo Yu, why haven't you come back yet? You didn't slip and fall into the pond while washing your sword, did you?

  "Die, you heartless thing! How could you leave me here all alone?! Couldn't you have prepared enough branches before you left?! You're a pig, no, even stupider than a pig! Not an ounce of conscience! You're simply despicable...!" In the darkness, I had to keep talking nonstop to drive away the fear that the darkness brought me.

  After another moment, he still hadn't returned.

  I completely collapsed, got up and ran out of the cave, put my hands together at my mouth and shouted loudly: "Yingmoyu, come back to me quickly!" The echo drifted far away. After shouting, I fell into a dead silence again.

  I slumped to the ground, my mind a complete blank. It was only now that I realized, in this desolate wilderness, I had lost Mo Yu, and couldn't do anything. I couldn't even protect myself from venomous snakes and ferocious beasts. I had to rely on him completely. This feeling was too terrifying, and also suffocating.

  Just when I was at a loss, someone's teasing laughter came from above: "Without me, you've become like this?"

  I sprang up with a start. Only to find that You Mo had somehow appeared behind me. I punched his chest hard: "Damn you, where did you go? You scared me to death!"

  "I knew you didn't understand anything, Miss Thousand Gold. You would have used up the branches ahead of time for sure. I went to find another pile of firewood, enough for us to use."

  I wasn't angry anymore, I gave him a white eye and walked into the cave.

  Ying Mo entered the cave and soon lit a fire.

  I leaned against the cave wall and asked: "You just used a congratulatory gift to kill that python, you really have guts."

  Ying Mo Yu looked at me with a faint smile that was not quite a smile and suddenly spoke up, "When did I ever say that dagger was a gift?"