Gu Mengmeng watched as Jialue used his tiny hands, that could barely reach his ears, to fold them on his head, his bright doe eyes sparkling innocently at herself. Smiling lovingly, she peeled Jialue’s tiny hands off and held it in hers, hmm, how warm.
“Tell me, what happened… after the eavesdropping?”
Jialue looked as if he suddenly recalled something, as his face lit with excitement, asking, “I heard mommy and mother-in-law mentioning barbequing together at night, is it the kind with the campfire? The kind where many people come together to eat and chat, and also to hear mommy sing?”
Gu Mengmeng shook her head gently, “No, it is just a few close friends eating together. No campfire, not many people, neither will I sing.”
Jialue sagged his little head, with a disappointed expression, “Oh…”
Gu Mengmeng used her finger to raise Jialue’s little face, asking, “Why? Do you want a gathering with a bonfire, many people, and singing?”
Jialue nodded while pouting, “We could have attended the last one… It was all the weird snake’s fault for kidnapping us, and I could only watch mommy sing and dance from afar, not even getting to hear properly because I was so drowsy…”
Gu Mengmeng looked at Jialue’s disappointed expression, as he looked like he was on the verge of tears, and felt her heart ache. Her gaze swept across the room, and saw Hede, Kanwu and the sleeping Chixuan who were peeking their heads out from behind the door.
The other two watched Gu Mengmeng look over, and hid immediately. A while later, they all lowered their heads and came out from hiding, lining up in front of Gu Mengmeng.
“When the four of us were trapped in the cell underground, what we mentioned most was how mommy looked when you sang and danced that day, and the aroma of barbecued meat… We made an agreement, that the next time there was a gathering, we would stick tightly to mommy’s side, watching you sing and dance in close proximity, and eat a lot of fragrant meat… Mommy, do you think Chixuan would wake up, if our dream was realised? He clearly wanted to see mommy sing and dance the most…”
Hede carried the sleeping Chixuan in his arms. The three of them stuck to Chixuan every day, as if they were Siamese quadruplets, taking turns to carry Chixuan, not allowing anyone to snatch him away from them other than Gu Mengmeng.
Gu Mengmeng thought, perhaps this kidnapping incident, really created trauma for her three sons…
Looking into the three pairs of expectant eyes, Gu Mengmeng lost her courage to shake her head, taking a deep breath and turned around to say to Lea, “Decorate a little, today the whole tribe shall gather, and there will be a campfire tonight.”
Lea smiled, “Reason?”
Reason…
There had to be a reason for celebration, to call the whole tribe over for a campfire.
If she said directly “My sons want to see, so I will hold one”, is truthful but not that nice.
Gu Mengmeng lightly rubbed her own ear, “Celebrating the mating of the messenger of the Beast Deity and the snow fox witch doctor. Is that good enough of a reason?”
Lea was stunned, his gaze soft.
He thrusted Gu Mengmeng and Chixuan into his arms, kissing Gu Mengmeng’s lips, deeply, lingering, uncontrollably.
A long while later, Lea finally released Gu Mengmeng, replying in a husky voice, “Although it is just a reason, but I am very blissful.”