Free Web Novel“Is there a possibility of taking the Ice Cube and escaping, thereby preventing her from experiencing everything that will happen in the Ying Family Compound tonight?”
Li Mo, holding her cold, soft little hand, while his other hand rummaged in his pocket for snacks he’d snagged, pondered deeply.
He turned his head and asked,
“Ying Bing, do you want to go out and see?”
“Out?”
“Yeah, it’s New Year’s, Qinghe County is really lively.”
“....”
The Ice Cube didn’t speak, so Li Mo took it as her agreement.
No sooner said than done.
So he led her by her little hand and headed out of the compound.
The wind from the distant Clear Water River blew gently.
The faint fragrance of the little girl, like a secluded orchid in a valley, was carried by the wind, and occasionally some strands of her hair brushed lightly against his neck, tickling him.
She had rushed out today and hadn’t tied her hair.
“Woof woof~!”
The little yellow dog at the compound gate saw the two little ones, stood up straight, and let out a low growl, but it had no real deterrent power.
The two white spots above its eyebrows made it look not fierce at all, but rather silly and adorable.
“?”
Ying Bing frowned slightly, her eyes fixed on it, and the little yellow dog’s low growl immediately turned into a whimper.
“Good boy, don’t go tell on us.”
Li Mo seriously took out a piece of jerky and threw it to it; the dog wagged its tail submissively.
Why did he inexplicably feel a sense of sneaking again?
Wait, why did he say “again”?
Sneaking out with a little girl who never left the house in broad daylight—if they were discovered... he would definitely be hung up and beaten when he got home.
This is a dream, this is a dream....
“Have you never been out before?”
Li Mo didn’t know much about the Ice Cube’s life before she came to his house.
“I went out once to see a doctor; I woke up and I was in the medical hall.”
Little Ying Bing was led forward, looking at the scenery outside the compound, her eyes seemed to brighten a little; she felt curious about the outside world, yet also a bit shy.
The lively and bright spirit belonging to this age seemed to quietly return to her.
Li Mo smiled inwardly, deliberately let go of her little hand, and quickened his pace a bit.
The Ice Cube would purse her lips unhappily, and then patter-patter, she would run a few steps to catch up, not speaking, just quietly extending her hand, waiting for him to hold it.
She looked like a spring elf who had arrived in winter.
“Even when she’s small, she’s very cute.....”
Li Mo muttered.
Ying Bing’s little hand hung there, slightly curled: “What did you say?”
Li Mo said earnestly:
“I was saying, as the first good friend to take you out to play, shouldn’t you call me ‘Gege’?”
“But you’re younger than me.”
Little Ying Bing tilted her head, looking at him confusedly.
“This is why you’re so ignorant from staying indoors all the time.”
Li Mo declared confidently:
“Among good friends, it’s a custom in Qinghe County for girls to call boys ‘Gege.’ Look, Ying Uncle is also younger than Aunt, but Aunt sometimes still calls Ying Uncle ‘Gege’.”
“?”
Little Ying Bing’s gaze drifted, as if she was recalling, looking a bit dazed.
Mother did occasionally call Father ‘Gege,’ that’s true.....
But is this the same?
Looking at Little Li Mo’s serious, yet slightly chubby, baby-faced cheeks, the Ice Cube lowered her eyes, the frost and snow in their depths trembling.
“Ge... Gege.”
“!”
He was clearly the one who had coaxed her.
But when those crisp two words sounded in his ears, Li Mo still felt as if he had been struck by lightning, his whole body tingling.
Phoenix Heavenly Empress, the future protagonist of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths!
Normally, she would call him ‘Stinky Didi’!
Although the current Ice Cube was a cub version... not the cold, peerless, ethereal, and transcendent Han Xianzi.
But precisely because of this!
The contrast was perfectly maximized at this moment, enough to instantly drain anyone’s HP bar!
Even Ultraman couldn’t withstand it.
“Is that enough?”
“Mm... Of course! Let’s go, I’ll buy you whatever you want to eat today, rock sugar gourds, have you ever had rolling donkeys?”
Little Li Mo’s scalp tingled.
He mumbled as he led her out.
But as they walked, he noticed that the little hand in his palm had tightened, and looking at her small face, he saw a hint of pain, her fair forehead covered in sweat beads.
With every step they took further out, the pain deepened.
The pain was so intense that her eyes became unfocused, as if she couldn’t perceive anything in the outside world.
Li Mo was startled.
He came to his senses at this moment, only then clearly seeing their surroundings.
Emptiness.
The Clear Water River in the distance still flowed murmuringly, and the bustling street below, where people were rushing for the New Year’s market, was also lively and noisy. Yet, between these scenes and the Ying Family Compound, there was a large blank space, which he hadn’t seen when looking down before.
It was like a pencil drawing, where a circle of blank space had been erased by an eraser.
The mountain where the Ying Family Compound stood was like an isolated island surrounded by this blankness.
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“And everything outside this Ying Family Compound, she has never been to, so in her dream, is it also an unreachable place?”
Li Mo understood.
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Seeing her face grow increasingly pale, Li Mo dared not walk any further out and quickly led her back.
“We can’t go out, we can only stay here, so it’s impossible to escape before the ‘Year Beast’ arrives.”
“What should I do? Fight it out?”
God Hammer Little Overlord, Little Li, was indeed Hidden Dragon Fourth, capable of winning against the pressure of even Middle Stage to Late Stage sixth-grade opponents.
But this was in the Ice Cube’s dream.
He was just a child now; let alone a Disaster Beast, even the little yellow dog’s mother at the gate could chase him for two streets.
Now there was only one path: awaken the ‘owner’ of the dream.
A person is invincible in their own dream.....
“Time is running out.”
The sky was changing towards dusk, and Li Mo looked at the Ice Cube.
“Aren’t we going to the street to play?”
Little Ying Bing didn’t remember what had just happened at all.
She was still stuck on calling Li Mo ‘Gege’ and having him take her to the street to play.
Li Mo led her back:
“It’s getting late. If Uncle and Aunt can’t find us at dinner, they’ll worry.”
“?”
Little Ying Bing pulled her hand back. Her expression was cold and serious, faintly showing a hint of the big Ice Cube’s demeanor:
“Li Mo.”
“Hmm?”
“You lied to me. You’re a bad child.”
“.....”
Although he did trick the Ice Cube into calling him ‘Gege,’ he truly wanted to take her away from here more than anyone!
Unfortunately, he couldn’t do it, and the Ice Cube had no memory of what just happened, so how could he explain it!
Now the Ice Cube was angry, and she wouldn’t even let him hold her hand.
“Wait, although we can’t go out today, I can draw it for you first, okay? You can see where you want to play, and we’ll just go there next time.”
“You... can draw?”
“Heh heh, not just ‘can,’ but ‘bring forth the ink and brush!’”
Little Li Mo’s eyes flickered; as soon as he mentioned drawing, he seemed to have an idea.
Firstly, things a person has never seen won’t appear in a dream.
So, wouldn’t his drawings be things the Ice Cube had never seen?
He could draw the Qingyuan Sect, he could draw the Autumn Water Pavilion, he could even draw the grown-up big Ice Cube!
Upon seeing those unfamiliar yet familiar scenes, perhaps she would be touched, and her self-awareness would awaken?!
It was simply killing two birds with one stone!
As expected of you, Genius Little Li!
