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Chapter 385: Chapter 386 Mermaid Clan
Qiu Mo clutched the skewer tightly in her hand as her tail incessantly waggled, propelling her towards home with all her might.
She dared not even take a breath, did not pause in the slightest, and along the way, she unknowingly crashed into numerous fish nests.
Finally, she saw the bright light and rushed in with a single breath.
"Thud!"
Qiu Mo headfirst crashed into a Beastman. The impact left her feeling a bit dazed.
She looked up and smiled upon seeing the figure. "Amo!" she exclaimed.
Looking at Qiu Mo’s awkward appearance, Xi furrowed his eyebrows, "What happened? Why were you in such a hurry? It’s good you bumped into me. If it was our father, he would have scolded you again."
Qiu Mo blinked her eyes and fell silent.
Xi’s gaze fell on the skewer in her hand, "What are you holding? Where did you run off to again? It’s already winter - some places in the sea are very dangerous, you mustn’t run around aimlessly."
Qiu Mo grinned, "I know that, so this time I didn’t go into the sea, I went on land~"
As she spoke, she even swayed the skewer in her hand, "Look, this is what I brought back from the land, it looks like meat and it’s super tasty, try some Amo!"
Xi was taken aback by Qiu Mo’s audacity!
He said with a shocked expression, "Did you forget what father said? We cannot go on land. It’s good that you didn’t encounter any Beastmen there, otherwise, do you think you’d be able to return?"
Qiu Mo pouted in self-pity, "But our tribe is so small, there’s no one to play with me. You’re always out fishing with our father and all I can do is talk with the little fish and shrimps and they don’t understand me at all."
Xi let out a sigh.
The Mermaid Clan has a hard time reproducing, sometimes even if cubs are born, they struggle to survive, and very few grow up safely.
At present, in the tribe, only he and Qiu Mo are the youngest. With no new cubs being born, his father and he are too worried to eat or sleep.
According to ancestral legends, the Mermaid Clan has the Profound Cold Physique, making them not easy to conceive or nurture cubs.
The blood of the Sea Dragon Fish can alleviate the cold within the mermaids, increasing their chances of conception.
With the number of tribe members dwindling, and no females becoming pregnant, at this rate, the Mermaid Clan would eventually face extinction.
Therefore, despite not knowing how the Sea Dragon Fish looks, as the next leader of the Mermaid Clan, he follows his father and other tribe members to fish in the sea every day, searching for the Sea Dragon Fish.
With this, he had been neglecting Qiu Mo.
He understood that there was no one in the tribe similar in age for Qiu Mo to play with, and she had always been lonely, hence her fondness for adventuring.
It’d have been fine if it were in the sea, but how could she run off to the land?
Xi sighed again, reaching out to stroke Qiu Mo’s smooth long hair, "Be good, Amo. Once Amo is done with his tasks, he’ll play with you, okay?"
Pushing Xi’s hand away, Qiu Mo had a hurt look on her face. "You always say this, but you’ve never spent time with me."
Xi fell silent.
He didn’t know what to say because no matter what, he didn’t have the time to accompany Qiu Mo.
Qiu Mo blinked back tears. Although no one ever told her what everyone was busy with, over time, she had faintly guessed it.
Compared to Amo, she was already living a very carefree and happy life.
Gently wiping the tear at the corner of her eye, she said, "Let’s not speak of this anymore, Amo, try the meat, it’s much tastier than the fish!"
