Farm Girl's Manor
Chapter 655: The Omen of Entering Dreams (4)_1

Chapter 655: Chapter 655: The Omen of Entering Dreams (4)_1

"Haha, then it’s settled! You guys need to prepare lots of tasty food. In three days, I’ll be bringing the whole family over, and don’t you complain then, haha!"

Han Zhiyun laughed heartily, and didn’t insist any further. If Mo Qingze wasn’t going to that small courtyard, he had planned to head straight home and sleep for three days and nights, as he truly didn’t have the spare energy to properly entertain a good friend.

Having agreed on a date to meet, they were eager to hop into their own carriages, and after waving goodbye, they departed in two different directions.

As the carriage rocked back and forth, Mo Qingze, who hadn’t had a proper rest these past few days, was overwhelmed with sleepiness. After speaking briefly to Mo Yan, he leaned against the carriage wall and slowly closed his eyes.

Mo Yan asked Da HongZao to slow down, and once they were out of the city gate, she crept into the carriage, opened the right seat, and took out a rabbit fur blanket to gently cover her father.

Mo Qingze didn’t sleep soundly, his brow furrowed into a little mound, as though he was encountering insoluble problems in his dreams.

Seeing this, Mo Yan unconsciously furrowed her brows too. Although her father had placed a lot of importance on this periodic examination and had shown anxiety before it, now that it was over, the results were decided. Given her father’s character, he shouldn’t be worried about the outcome of the examination.

Could her father’s current distress be due to something she was unaware of?

Mo Yan racked her brains for a long time but still had no clue, so she temporarily set aside these worries and started chatting with Xuetuan in her space.

Xuetuan had lived for many years and had existed in different spaces, knowing many things Mo Yan had never heard or seen before. One kept talking without pause, and the other listened with excitement, and before they knew it, the carriage had reached the territory of Liu Yang Village, by which time the last light of the western sky had disappeared.

Mo Yan, still captivated by Xuetuan’s vivid stories, was just about to wake her father when she saw his face, though asleep, displaying an extremely anxious expression, and sweat beaded on his forehead, streaming down like a small creek, clearly trapped in a deep nightmare.

Alarmed, Mo Yan quickly pushed Mo Qingze, "Father, wake up, please wake up!" She couldn’t guess what bad thing her father was dreaming about, but her intuition told her that this dream was related to her father’s previous frown.

Mo Qingze, however, did not wake up and instead muttered unintelligibly in his sleep.

When Mo Yan leaned closer to listen, she heard her father’s voice, frantic and frightened, "Yanyan, run! Yanyan... hurry, run, it’s dangerous... it’s dangerous here!"

A chill ran through Mo Yan’s heart. Looking at her father deeply ensconced in a nightmare, she didn’t stop to think but continued to nudge her father, her shouting growing louder, "Father, you’re dreaming, those bad things aren’t real, please wake up quickly..."

Perhaps it was the loudness of her voice that jolted Mo Qingze awake. He sat up, breathing heavily, and on seeing the worried face of Mo Yan, he joyfully said, "Yanyan, you’ve escaped?"

Upon hearing that, Mo Yan knew her father wasn’t fully awake yet and tentatively asked, "Father, who is trying to harm me?"

Anger flickered across Mo Qingze’s face, and just as he was about to speak, the carriage jolted abruptly, jarring him back to full consciousness. Seeing the worry on Mo Yan’s face, he forced a smile and said, "Don’t worry, Yanyan, your father just had a nightmare, no one is out to harm you!"

"No one? It’s good if there’s no one, the way you looked just now really scared me!" Mo Yan released a deep sigh of relief, speaking in a relaxed tone, as if she truly believed her father’s words.

In truth, she was far from convinced by her father’s pretexts, but seeing the residual fright on her father’s face, she couldn’t bring herself to press further. If her father was indeed keeping something from her, there must be a reason for it. If he didn’t wish to tell, then she would just have to investigate on her own.

Hearing her, Mo Qingze also exhaled in relief, touching his eldest daughter’s head and said earnestly, "No matter what happens in the future, even if I have to risk my life, I will protect you and your siblings at all costs!"

Mo Yan’s eyelids twitched as she hugged her father’s arm to comfort him, "Father, even if we truly run into trouble, I will do everything in my power to keep our family safe! And even if I can’t manage it, The Emperor still owes me a promise. If I ask for his help, he surely can’t go back on his word!"

"That’s true, with the promise of The Emperor, your father is reassured!" Mo Qingze said with a comforting smile on his face, yet the worry in his eyes deepened.

Mo Yan’s gaze darkened, and she pressed her lips together, saying no more.

When they arrived home, there were already two large pots of hot water boiled in the kitchen. Mo Qingze set aside the heavy thoughts for a moment and happily took a hot bath.

After Mo Qingze changed his clothes and saw the plain porridge, side dishes, and coarse grain cakes on the table, he knew these were specially instructed by Mo Yan. These past days had been spent on light meals, and if there had been a table full of rich meats and fish, not to mention whether he had the appetite to eat, his stomach wouldn’t have been able to handle it. Some plain porridge and grain cakes couldn’t be more appropriate.

The dinner table was very quiet, no one brought up the subject of the exams, fearing it would put pressure on Mo Qingze. The results of the periodic examination would be released on the tenth day of October; whether good or bad, they would find out then. Why worry about it now?

Mo Qingze put down his bowl and retired to his room to rest early. Tomorrow, the Wu family would be hosting a banquet in their warm room, and Mo Yan and her siblings definitely needed to go early to help, so they each took a hot bath and also went to bed early.