"How's it going?" Seeing that his family members had all fallen asleep around him, Qiu Da took it upon himself to stand watch.
He couldn't sleep and noticed that his wife also had her eyes open. Out of concern, he gently patted her palm.
"We have to hit the road again in a bit, so try to get some rest."
Madam Liu shook her head, "How can I sleep? My heart feels cold whenever I think about the scene we witnessed last night."
"It's okay, I'm here."
As he spoke, Qiu Da firmly grasped Madam Liu's cold fingertips.
A grown man's body temperature is naturally higher than a woman's, and Qiu Da's grasp undoubtedly gave Madam Liu confidence.
The low murmurs of Qiu Da and his wife sounded like a lullaby to Bai Junjun, who had been merely closing her eyes to cultivate her Special Ability. Gradually, under the couple's incessant chatter, she too drifted off to sleep.
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