Her Cultivation Diary-Chapter 1901 - 1699: Goodbye, Mom, I’m Setting Sail
The night in the village always arrives early.
Even if it’s past seven o’clock, when the farmers return home from the mountains and fields with sweat still dripping, the entire village falls into tranquility before nine.
Only the tall solar streetlights by the roadside emit a faint glow.
At this moment, everything is silent. Even for night owls, it’s truly hard to stay up in such an atmosphere.
Take Qin Yun, to mention a few, two workers. Despite having sneaked in some writing during the day, they decided to redeem themselves at night.
But in fact, lying in bed scrolling through their phones, it didn’t take long before they couldn’t keep their eyes open, and ultimately, gave up on themselves—
Tomorrow! Tomorrow, we’ll definitely write more!
In the family suite, in the inner room, He Tuo was also fast asleep.
After all, no matter how energized someone is, it’s hard not to be exhausted after a day like this.
In the first-floor lobby, after leaving her phone number at the front desk, Lu Jingye stretched lazily, then took out a U-shaped lock without a padlock and placed it on the glass door from the inside.
Then she went back to her room to sleep peacefully.
It’s a rural guesthouse after all, there’s no night shift around here. Just call her if anything happens—though she hasn’t been called up many times so far.
Little Ten is still guarding outside, and there are surveillance cameras everywhere; it’s as secure as can be.
All around, there was no one, and the world was silent.
This silence soaked into the deep night, with more and more fireflies gradually appearing in the flower gallery. Little Ten stood up from its prone position, stretched its paws forward, raised its hindquarters, and completed a perfect downward dog stretch.
Then it wagged its tail happily and went to the flower bushes to retrieve the bone it hadn’t finished gnawing during the day.
At this moment, pressing its paws down, it cradled the big bone and gnawed with a crunch, full of vigor.
When it got tired of gnawing, it tucked the bone into its bosom, and the whole dog buried its head and went back to sleep.
Seeing this freewheeling manner, it had nothing to do with vigilance.
This tranquility persisted into the middle of the night.
When even the streetlights were no longer lit, Little Ten was still in its slumber, but it heard a "click" sound, a slight collision between metal and the glass door.
Its ears perked up, and it snapped awake instantly.
Turning its head, it saw in the first-floor lobby, He Tuo cautiously removed the unlocked U-shaped lock from the inside, gently placed it on the ground, then with a backpack, tiptoed out the door.
"Woof..."
Little Ten stood up, emitting a low sound from its throat:
Human, what are you up to?
He Tuo held a finger to his lips, desperately "shushing" it, afraid Little Ten would start barking.
Seeing Little Ten only tilting its head and looking at him without intent to stop him, he couldn’t help but feel happy again:
"Little Ten, don’t follow me, I’m going on an adventure."
He whispered, so nervous that only a breathy sound came from his throat.
After petting the furry big dog’s head, he confidently set off, walking through the flower gallery under the weak light of the courtyard streetlights, and soon arrived on the pitch-black road.
There, he fell into bewilderment.
A child raised in the city naturally wouldn’t know that rural solar streetlights have limited energy, usually turning pitch black by midnight.
It’s nothing like the bright lights of the city.
But it’s okay.
He Tuo was fully prepared.
His smartwatch could light the way!
Moreover...
He blinked and discovered that the rural moon was surprisingly bright, illuminating the broad, flat road clearly. The atmosphere indeed felt more like a runaway!
So he perked up, gazing at the flickering fireflies in the roadside bushes, listening to the sounds of insects and birds, and once again gripped his backpack strap, taking bold strides forward.
Goodbye, Mom, tonight I’m setting sail!
...
Little Ten didn’t understand what the human child intended to do.
At this time....
It perked up, perhaps they were going up the mountain for a midnight snack? But it seemed like only workers could have midnight snacks.
But it didn’t matter, just following along was fine.
It concealed its big bone again, bouncing along happily, trailing behind him not too far, wagging its tail. Accompanied on such a stroll felt so pleasant.
He Tuo was also overflowing with excitement!
He had never done such a grand thing in his life, walking not too fast, staying on alert.
But after walking a bit, he heard a light turn on in a courtyard ahead, followed by the creak of a gate opening, and a young woman briskly shutting the door and heading toward the main road.
Oops!
He Tuo grew nervous, unsure why someone else would be up and about at midnight—
It was Liu Liu, renting a room at Granny Lianhua’s house.
