I Start with a Mysterious Island

Chapter 529: Chapter 349: More or Less the Same Habits

In a room on the second floor of a beautiful and elegant villa, the breathtakingly beautiful Qin Muqing lay on her side in a bodice embroidered with a lotus pattern, her arms folded across her chest.

Her glossy black hair fanned out across the bed, and she slept soundly, her eyes closed and her rosy lips breathing evenly.

"CHIRP CHIRP CHIRP..."

The crisp chirping of birds drifted in from outside the window. The sleeping Qin Muqing’s eyelashes fluttered, and she slowly opened her eyes.

"YAWN~"

Letting out a yawn, she stretched a slender, fair arm out from under the light quilt.

She raised a hand to rub her eyes. Eyes still heavy with sleep, Qin Muqing sat up.

The thin quilt covering her slipped from her well-defined curves, and in that instant, a breathtaking scene was revealed.

Now fully awake, Qin Muqing got out of bed, took her clothes from the rack, and put them on, concealing the alluring sight completely.

Once dressed, she sat down at her vanity. Looking at her own breathtakingly beautiful face in the mirror, she raised a hand to touch her fair, rosy cheeks.

Then, she opened a drawer in the vanity and took out a small, unremarkable cloth pouch.

Qin Muqing tipped a round, pigeon’s-egg-sized jade pearl from the small cloth pouch. As she activated the Spiritual Artifact in her hand, she muttered to herself in a voice so low only she could hear.

’Mr. Lin has been gone for two days and still hasn’t returned. Could something have happened to him?’

A moment later, Qin Muqing’s breathtaking beauty vanished. Now with a plain and unremarkable appearance, she walked out of the room and headed for the villa’s first floor.

Breakfast was simple: white rice porridge with small pickled vegetables, plus a steamed bun and an egg.

After breakfast, Qin Muqing went into the villa’s courtyard with a watering can in hand to water some of the flowers.

The previous owner who built this villa had quite good taste. He’d had someone plant many fine varieties of flowers in the courtyard.

It was a shame. He had hired someone to meticulously design and build this villa, but he sold it to the next owner before ever moving in to enjoy it. All these flowers in the courtyard ended up as a free gift for someone else.

Although the flowers in the courtyard were far less rare than those in her family’s garden, she was a flower lover at heart and wouldn’t look down on them simply because their varieties weren’t uncommon.

"CHIRP CHIRP CHIRP..."

On a large, leafy tree not far away, a few sparrows perched on the branches, watching Qin Muqing as she watered the courtyard flowers. They hopped about, letting out bursts of chirps.

Qin Muqing, still watering the flowers, turned toward the birdsong. The corners of her lips curved up as she smiled at the chirping sparrows and said, "You must be the ones who woke me up earlier!"

Even though the constant chirping of the sparrows living in the courtyard tree was a bit disruptive, Qin Muqing had no intention of driving them away.

She was living all alone in the house now, and it felt a bit desolate. Having a few noisy sparrows around actually made the place feel a bit livelier.

"Miss Qin."

Qin Muqing was watching the chirping sparrows when she suddenly heard a familiar voice call out to her. She immediately turned to look.

Looking through the iron bars of the villa’s fence, she saw Ms. Zhang, the woman who sold lunch boxes, standing outside and waving to her.

"Ms. Zhang, don’t you usually only come out around noon? Why is your stall out so early today?" Qin Muqing asked, puzzled, as she walked toward the villa’s main gate.

The construction workers building houses nearby went home for dinner, so Ms. Zhang only sold lunch boxes for the midday meal.

And now, early in the morning, it clearly wasn’t time for Ms. Zhang to be out selling lunch boxes. As for teaching Qin Muqing how to cook, this wasn’t their scheduled lesson time either.

When Qin Muqing opened the villa’s gate, Ms. Zhang and her pushcart were right in front of her. She then explained.

"I got up early to sell breakfast today and just sold out, so I thought I’d stop by and check on you... By the way, Miss Qin, have you had breakfast? If not, I can give you half of what I saved for myself," Ms. Zhang said with a cheerful laugh.

"Thank you, but that’s alright. I’ve already had breakfast..." Qin Muqing said, shaking her head.

"Alright then. I’ll head home to prepare the lunch boxes for noon and come back later to teach you how to cook," Ms. Zhang said.

Qin Muqing murmured in acknowledgment and watched Ms. Zhang push her cart away.

’Ms. Zhang works so hard! This is the life of an ordinary person... If I hadn’t met Mr. Lin, my situation would probably be even more difficult than hers.’

Watching Ms. Zhang recede into the distance, Qin Muqing sighed with emotion. Her gaze lingered until Ms. Zhang and her pushcart disappeared around the corner at the end of the road.

Next, while the sun was shining brightly, she planned to wash the clothes she had changed out of after her bath the previous day.

Back home, she had never had to lift a finger, but now that she’d run away, she not only had to do her own laundry but also cook her own meals. It was tiring, but it was her own choice.

After stuffing himself with a huge breakfast at a teahouse, Lin Li was ready to leave.

The waiter, who had received a generous tip of Fifty Copper Coins from Lin Li, enthusiastically escorted him all the way to the teahouse entrance.

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