Chapter 223 What Was Forgotten
Back at their lodgings, Xiao Chong was about to wipe Shu Ning's body.
Shu Ning shook her head and refused, saying, "I can do it myself."
Xiao Chong paused, his hand holding the fur pausing, a look of sadness in his eyes, before he smiled gently and said, "Okay."
Then he handed her the fur, saying, "Here you go."
Shu Ning took the fur, turned it away, and wiped it on herself.
Seeing that she was avoiding him, Xiao Chong turned around.
A moment later, she turned around and said, "I'm all set."
"Xiao Chong, what exactly was that thing you just mentioned?"
Xiao Chong turned around and said seriously, "Ningning, you have the ability to control whether you are pregnant or not."
Upon hearing this, Shu Ning frowned and asked in confusion, "How do you control it?"
“This…” Xiao Chong looked troubled. “I don’t know the specifics either.”
“Ah…” Shu Ning replied.
“But Ningning, you told me about this before, and the others don’t know yet. We can see what your final decision is,” Xiao Chong said.
"Mm," Shu Ning nodded.
She never expected that she had this ability, but why did she only choose to tell Xiao Chong back then?
Thinking of other beastmen, she had been in relationships for some time, and wondered what her plans were at the time.
"Go to sleep," Xiao Chong said, tucking her in as she became engrossed in thought.
“Mm,” Shu Ning replied.
Shu Ning looked at Xiao Chong lying flat on his back with his eyes closed, and at this moment she had absolutely no recollection of him.
She knew absolutely nothing about the beastmen she was meeting for the first time today.
In such a world, is she really Shu Ning? Is she really the daughter of the Holy Mother of the Wolf Clan?
Why was she completely unaware of all this, and even more so of those beastly men?
She reacted to the desert that the red fox mentioned today, and I wonder if she had any experiences there before.
...
The next morning.
Shu Ning felt a chill in the air while she was asleep, and her body unconsciously curled up.
Xiao Chong noticed and covered her with a blanket, then got up.
"Is Ningning still not awake?" Yan asked as she saw Xiao Chong come out of the cave.
"Hmm." Xiao Chong looked at Yan, Mo Li, Xuan Lin, and Jin Tong, and they had all arrived.
“This morning we received news from Yi Yuan and the others that Mu Chen has been knocked unconscious by a zombie dragon beastman named Yan Ling, and they have now returned to the wolf clan,” Yan said.
Hearing this, Xiao Chong frowned slightly, "What about the zombie dragon?"
"Yiyuan and the others heard from that zombie dragon that he discovered Ningning's memories had been tampered with before he swapped Ningning's soul. Their original settlement of the zombie dragon clan, which is the East Canghai, has a way to restore Ningning's memories."
Nightmare said, "So we also brought that zombie dragon back to the wolf clan."
“Eastern Canghai…” Xiao Chong repeated these three words, his eyes narrowing slightly.
Yesterday, he was discussing the abandoned stray beasts with Shu Ning. Many of the beastmen that their abandoned beast realm didn't want had gathered in that place.
"What kind of place is the Eastern Canghai?" Jin Tong asked.
“Decades ago, the East Canghai was the most prosperous and thriving of all the seas. All kinds of sea creatures lived and multiplied there, and it was also the former settlement of the Zombie Dragon Clan,” Mo Li said.
"But since the disappearance of the Zombie Dragon Clan, the Eastern Canghai Sea has lost its Zombie Dragon guardians, and in just a few years, that place has become a dark domain with no one to govern it and sea creatures being slaughtered at will."
"Because of the treacherous terrain, and the fact that the bottom of the deep-sea cliff is the origin of the dragon vein of the zombie dragon race, many vicious and nowhere-to-go orcs choose to live there."
Upon hearing this, Jin Tong shuddered. "That place is so dangerous. If you ask me, it's not a big deal if Ning Ning loses her memory."
“Yes, I agree,” Nightmare said.
“But that zombie dragon said that Ningning’s body has been tampered with. If we don’t find the person behind this, Ningning will probably continue to be secretly controlled,” Mo Li said.
“Then let’s go,” Xuan Lin said directly.
“I have no problem going, but is Ningning going too?” Xiao Chong asked.
“That’s right,” Nightmare said. “Only Ningning can go.”
"But Ningning has only just recovered, it's best not to take any risks," Jin Tong said worriedly. "Besides, we don't know if that zombie dragon is lying to us."
"If he dares to lie to us..." Nightmare's anger surged, and he said fiercely, "I'll kill him right now!"
Upon hearing Yan's last words, Shu Ning suddenly woke up. Her pupils widened, and after seeing that Xiao Chong was no longer beside her, she shrank further into the blankets.
"Why are you shouting so loudly?" Mo Li frowned and whispered, "Don't wake Ningning."
Nightmare covered his mouth, looked into the cave, and noticed that the blankets were trembling slightly. He immediately went inside.
Others noticed and followed.
"Ningning, I'm sorry, did I wake you up?" Yan said with a guilty look in her eyes.
Hearing the same voice that had threatened to kill her approaching from outside the blanket, Shu Ning was even more afraid to come out. She swallowed hard, broke out in a cold sweat, and quickly got her hair wet.
Seeing that she didn't react, Yan was about to continue speaking when Xiao Chong spoke first.
"Ningning, it's me, Xiao Chong. Don't be afraid." Xiao Chong sat down on the edge of the bed and gently touched the blanket covering her.
Upon hearing Xiao Chong's voice, Shu Ning's tense nerves relaxed somewhat.
She slowly peeked out, and seeing Xiao Chong's gentle yet sparkling eyes, she finally relaxed completely, "Phew..."
"She's awake," Xiao Chong said softly, taking out a dry cloth to wipe the sweat from her forehead.
Shu Ning nodded.
Yan noticed the fear in Shu Ning's eyes, and his own eyes dimmed slightly. "I'm sorry, Ning Ning, I scared you. I was talking about someone else, not you. Don't be afraid..."
Shu Ning sat up and looked at the unfamiliar men in front of her. Each of them had a cold and dignified face, but their gazes towards her were gentle and tender.
"Ningning, are you hungry? Have something to eat," Jin Tong said.
Shu Ning looked up at the food Jin Tong handed him, and took it from him. "Okay, thank you, Jin Fox."
“No, Jin… Tong.” She said awkwardly, remembering his self-introduction yesterday.
Seeing how distant Shu Ning was towards him, Jin Tong sighed inwardly and smiled, "It's alright, you can call me whatever you want, as long as Ning Ning is alright."
When Yan saw that Shu Ning had called Jin Tong by the wrong name, he immediately said, "Ning Ning, my name is Yan, do you remember me?"
"Eyes?" Shu Ning looked at the man with fiery red hair and purple-gold eyes beside her, frowned in thought, and slowed down her chewing.
"Hmm, but not the eye of the eye," Nightmare reminded.
"Oh, hehe... I'm sorry." Shu Ning was puzzled as to how he knew she had guessed that eye, but she continued eating.
"It's alright," Yan said with a smile.
"Ningning, my name is Mo Li," Mo Li said.
“I know you. You are Mo Li, the only one who saw me,” Shu Ning said with a smile, looking at Mo Li who was standing there.
This man, apart from Xiao Chong, seemed easier to get along with than the others, making her feel closer to him.
“Ningning, we can all see you now, so don’t worry,” Xiao Chong said.
Shu Ning looked at Xiao Chong and nodded, "Yes, I know."
"Ningning, do you want to regain your memories?" Xuan Lin looked at her as if she were a stranger, as if there was a wall between them.
"Recovering my memories?" Shu Ning asked the silver-haired man who had just spoken, chewing on her meat. "Did I forget something?"
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