The Porter Under the Moon

Bai Yang got his driver's license at nineteen. He often drove Bai Jianjun's car and was pretty skilled, but he'd never driven a heavy truck before. Still, the principles were mostly the same, and since the suburbs were so empty at night even ghosts could hold a meeting there, he wasn't worried about anything going wrong.

He never even considered the serious question of whether his license allowed him to drive a heavy truck...

After parking the heavy truck on a desolate suburban road with not a ghost in sight, the next step was the key!

"It's night over there too, the timber is in the village, but when they prepared the wood I had them put it in an inconspicuous corner. If I'm careful, it should be fine."

As for how the villagers would react the next day when the timber disappeared, he didn't think about that at all...

After some thought, Bai Yang made up his mind. He pulled out the key, set the handbrake, closed the door, and walked around to the cargo compartment.

He had rented a box-type heavy truck. It had a good twenty wheels and could haul forty or fifty tons like it was nothing.

He struggled to close the cargo door from inside, went to the very back, looked around, nodded in satisfaction, and vanished from the compartment. The next moment, he appeared in the wooden house bedroom of the Wildling Village.

"Good thing lighting is scarce here. Dark as hell makes for easy work." Listening to the silent village, Bai Yang nodded with satisfaction.

He carefully opened the bedroom door, but he underestimated the villagers' alertness. In the dim moonlight, the moment he opened the door, he saw the girl sleeping on the floor of the 'living room' sit up and stare at him.

"Nothing to see, go back to sleep. I'm just going to the bathroom."

Whether she understood or not, Bai Yang gestured nervously as he spoke.

The girl muttered something unintelligible, pulled the animal hide over herself, and went back to sleep, but her eyes blinked in the darkness, and her heart beat a little faster.

In the pitch black, Bai Yang was sneaking out—what did he plan to do? The answer seemed obvious. The girl felt a little shy, a little nervous, and a little expectant...

Lost in this dazed train of thought, she waited for a while, but instead of Bai Yang creeping over to her, she heard barking from under the house, followed by Bai Yang's startled yells.

All thoughts vanished. The girl threw off the animal hide, grabbed a stick from somewhere, and rushed out the door, down the stairs. In the moonlight, she saw Bai Yang surrounded by dogs.

With a sharp shout, the two big dogs whimpered and slunk away. The girl hurried over to check on Bai Yang.

Bai Yang was a mess. If he hadn't jumped onto a tree branch used for drying clothes in time, he might have become dog food by now. Looking down at the girl staring up at him, he was both shaken and embarrassed.

"I just wanted to take a walk..." He scrambled down, embarrassed, saying things she probably couldn't understand anyway.

The girl chattered at him in a pleasant voice. Bai Yang guessed she was saying that if he wanted to go out, she had to come with him...

"I didn't see any dogs in the village during the day. Damn, are these dogs some kind of mutant breed around here? They're almost as big as lions or tigers!"

As he grumbled to himself, Bai Yang felt a lingering fear. If one of those bit him, he'd be half dead!

Isn't that just miserable? Luckily, his savior arrived in time...

But then there was the problem: with her standing right there, how could he move the timber without a sound? Knocking her out wasn't a bad idea, but Bai Yang figured he probably couldn't beat this seemingly delicate soft girl. If he used the Electric Rod to ambush her, he estimated he had a good chance of success, but he couldn't bring himself to do it...

A dozen meters away was a pile of Red Sandalwood planks stacked in a corner. Beside him was a hazy beauty in the moonlight. Bai Yang gritted his teeth and stomped his foot. Screw it!

"I hope she's as obedient as usual."

Muttering to himself, Bai Yang walked over to the girl, thought for a moment, and pointed to the side, signaling her to move. She understood this gesture and stood there watching him, puzzled.

Then Bai Yang went up to her and gestured wildly. Seeing she didn't understand, he simply reached out and covered her eyes. When he let go, her eyes were open again. He covered them again...

After a few rounds, she understood what he meant. She closed her eyes, didn't speak, didn't move, but her breathing quickened. In the moonlight, her eyelashes trembled, creating a hazy, beautiful scene.

Bai Yang almost forgot his real purpose. Shaking off the flutter in his heart, he backed away from her, step by step, until he reached the pile of Red Sandalwood planks. Carefully climbing to the top, he saw she still hadn't opened her eyes. He grabbed a plank and vanished instantly.

Back in the truck compartment on Earth, he tossed the plank aside and flashed back...

The girl hadn't opened her eyes. Good. Keep going!

After several trips, she was still standing there obediently with her eyes closed. Bai Yang grew bolder, only checking every few trips to see if she had opened them.

But soon, Bai Yang was drenched in sweat, half from tension, half from exhaustion.

Even though the Red Sandalwood had been cut into planks, they weren't dry yet. Each one weighed several dozen jin. Moving them didn't require him to carry them on his back, but for a semi-homebody like him, it was still a hell of a physical workout.

"I'm an idiot. Why do I have to lift them every time? Can't I just grab them?"

Cursing himself for his stupidity, Bai Yang experimented. Sure enough, it worked. He didn't need to lift them; just grabbing them was enough to bring them over. This improved his efficiency. He could move two at a time, and faster!

With higher efficiency, Bai Yang kept flashing back and forth. The huge pile of Red Sandalwood planks shrank steadily. In less than half an hour, it was all done. The truck compartment on the other side still wasn't full...

Finished, Bai Yang breathed a sigh of relief. He saw the girl still standing obediently in the moonlight, but her mouth was pouting, looking a little resentful...

"All done. Let's go back," Bai Yang said as he walked over.

She didn't react. He realized she couldn't understand him. Thinking for a moment, he reached out and pried her eyes open.

The moment he touched her, she threw herself into his arms, sobbing, her whole body trembling with heartbreak...

Awkward. Bai Yang didn't know what to do. I didn't bully you, why are you crying? You're making it look like I did something terrible to you...

Just treat her like a 'girl,' Bai Yang thought to himself.

He gently patted her back and comforted her, "There, there, don't cry. You won't be pretty if you keep crying. I didn't do anything to you, right? Besides, we don't speak the same language. I can't understand what you're trying to say..."

Even though she couldn't understand, Bai Yang babbled nonsense for half an hour until she finally calmed down. Then she lowered her head and walked ahead, looking utterly dejected...

Bai Yang had no idea what that meant. He scratched his head and followed.

Back in the treehouse, she lay down on the floor, covered herself with the animal hide, and curled up to sleep. Bai Yang, deeply conflicted, went back to his room, closed the door, and couldn't figure out what was wrong with her. With a sigh, he vanished again.

Back in the heavy truck, looking at the half-full compartment of timber piled haphazardly, all he saw was money!

He closed the compartment, went to the cab, shut the door, and pulled out his phone to check the time. It was just past midnight. He set an alarm for eight in the morning and went back to the treehouse to sleep.

But the sound of the girl's sobbing lingered in his ears, impossible to shake.

"What the hell is this? Looks like that girl has latched onto me. But the problem is, I have no idea why she's like this. I don't know the customs or situation around here. I don't dare to even think about anything..."

His mind a jumble of thoughts, Bai Yang couldn't fall asleep no matter how hard he tried.

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