Chapter 322: Preparation
Xie Chong skillfully shaved the beard off his face with a dagger, while Qin Wanwan sat on a small stool and watched.
Seeing her father’s rugged and handsome face, she felt both happy and heartbroken.
She touched the small scars on his face, his increasingly rough skin, and his chapped lips.
She quickly went to get face cream and lip balm.
“Daddy, don’t move, I’ll apply it for you.”
She applied it to his face and lips.
Xie Chong’s skin was already a bit chapped, and it stung a little after applying the face cream, but this pain was negligible to him.
The stuff on his lips, however, made his tense lips much more comfortable.
A grown man sat obediently, letting his daughter fuss over his face.
“All done. From now on, Daddy, you have to apply it every day so your face and lips won’t be dry or hurt anymore.”
“Daddy, let me see your hands.”
As expected, Xie Chong’s hands were also chapped.
After all, he had been traveling outdoors, facing wind and snow; it would be strange if his skin didn’t chap.
“Daddy, let me put on some hand cream.”
Her small hands were busy, and she scooped out a large dollop of medicated hand cream and applied it to his hands.
Xie Chong felt it was a bit oily, but it truly didn’t hurt anymore.
“Father Xie, you should go rest and sleep. You have dark circles under your eyes.”
Xie Chong touched his eyes. He hadn’t slept for several days, but this combat had been very successful, killing thousands of Tartars.
“Okay.”
Although he wanted to say many things to Wanwan, he really needed to rest.
Xie Chong almost fell asleep the moment his head hit the pillow. He still held a dagger in his hand, and there was a weapon hidden under his pillow. Even though he was asleep, his body was tense and vigilant, as if he could wake up at any moment.
This was a habit he had formed since he started fighting wars.
Qin Wanwan felt heartbroken watching him. She leaned over the bed and cautiously approached.
Xie Chong slightly opened his eyes, but unlike before, he didn’t grab his dagger and spring up.
The familiar smell made him turn slightly, and he wrapped an arm around her, pulling her gently into an embrace.
Qin Wanwan nestled in his arms, her small hands gently patting his shoulder.
“Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid, Daddy is safe at home.”
Whether it was her or her words that had an effect, Xie Chong’s tense body gradually relaxed, and he fell into a deep sleep.
Once Xie Chong was completely asleep, Qin Wanwan carefully climbed out of bed.
“Daddy Yu.”
Yu Wuyou hummed and ignored her.
Qin Wanwan ran to his side and her little head quickly poked in front of him.
Yu Wuyou hummed again and turned his head.
The little fatty continued to peek.
“Daddy Yu, what’s wrong?”
Yu Wuyou mumbled, “Nothing. Don’t you like Xie Chong more? Why are you looking for me?”
Heh, he’s jealous.
Qin Wanwan, with a thick skin, climbed into Yu Wuyou’s lap.
“But Wanwan likes Daddy Yu a lot too! It’s just that Father Xie was injured and I haven’t seen him for a long time, so I was a bit clingy. If I hadn’t seen Daddy Yu for a long time, I would be clingy to you too.”
The little one’s voice was tender and her reasoning was sound.
Then she sat in his lap, tilting her beautiful little face up and staring at him eagerly.
“Daddy Yu, please don’t be angry~”
Faced with such a beautiful and good daughter acting spoiled, Yu Wuyou couldn’t hold on and burst into a smile.
“Right, the things we bought.”
“It’s over. Time has passed, and they’re locked away. We have to pay Merit Points to get them out.”
Yu Wuyou immediately said, “This is too much of a rip-off!”
Suddenly, his eyes darted around. “Does your mall have space storage? Wouldn’t it be better to put our things in the space and take them to the snow mountain?”
That would be much more convenient.
Qin Wanwan blinked her eyes. “I’ll ask.”
She put her hands together. “Uncle Heavenly Dao, can this mall space help carry things?”
After a while, a voice sounded in her mind.
‘Yes, 100,000 Merit Points, ten cubic meters of space, valid for six months, only mall items can be stored.’
Qin Wanwan told Yu Wuyou what she heard.
Yu Wuyou immediately bristled. “A hundred thousand? Why doesn’t He go rob someone!”
If it was 100,000 for Wanwan, then they would need 300,000.
Qin Wanwan’s current total balance of Merit Points in the mall was only 150,000!
“No, we’ll carry it ourselves!”
Ten cubic meters of space wasn’t that large, and it could only hold items from the mall. It was a loss no matter how you looked at it.
“Wanwan, take out the things and let me see.”
Qin Wanwan obediently took out all the outdoor gear.
Father and daughter squatted on the ground, examining everything one by one, and asked Keke if they didn’t understand something.
“That’s a backpack. This thing has a large capacity. If you pull open the zipper, you can put things in it.”
“What is this?”
“That’s a tent. Don’t let its lightness fool you; it’s made of warm, windproof, waterproof, and fireproof material.”
The rolled-up tent fabric was about the size of a basketball, and a bamboo tube as thick as a wrist next to it contained the tent poles and assembly instructions.
“This is good, it doesn’t take up much space.”
Seeing that the tent was so small, Yu Wuyou immediately felt reassured.
Especially the hiking backpack, it was big and black, and it could really hold a lot of things. There were even places to hang things next to the backpack.
And the water canteen was even insulated.
“These things are so convenient! Where did Heavenly Dao get them?”
Keke replied, “Heavenly Dao manages the Three Thousand Realms. These items are from technological planes, centuries ahead of this plane.”
Yu Wuyou, who only had memories of this lifetime, was indeed amazed by these things.
Even a lighter could keep him playing happily for a long time.
He kept opening and closing the flashlight in his hand.
He packed everything into that black hiking backpack and found that there was more than enough space.
“Indeed, we don’t need the space storage. It’ll be a bit tiring, but that’s okay.”
As for food, Wanwan could buy it directly from the mall, so they wouldn’t bring much. They could just use this backpack as a disguise in front of outsiders later.
