I shouldn't have let that inferior orc go. Cui Ling was so hungry that he just wanted to eat Liang Tan alive.
"A chirp!"
A sneeze suddenly came from the entrance of the cave. Cui Ling suddenly opened his eyes. When he saw Liang Tan reappear, there was a trace of obvious surprise in his eyes.
"I don't have a cold, why did I sneeze suddenly? Did someone scold me?" Liang Tan threw the things on his back to the ground, mumbling, "I've been waiting for a long time. I was just planning to pick some wild fruits, but I got lucky and happened to meet a group of orcs hunting. I hid and waited for them to fight fiercely. I stole five rabbits. I also wanted a pig, but I couldn't carry it, so I had to give up."
Liang Tan wiped his dirty face and said, "There is still a lot of dry firewood, it seems to have been struck by lightning. I can't take it anymore, so I only took some back. You quickly light the fire, and we will roast the rabbit... By the way, these are wild fruits. You can eat two to fill your stomach. I just ate one, it's very sweet, not sour at all."
This was the first time in her life that she had survived in the wilderness. She was a little excited for a moment, but after she said a lot of things, she realized that Cui Ling was just staring at her without responding to her at all.
"...What's wrong?" she wondered.
"Why did you come back?" Cui Ling asked.
Liang Tan smiled: "I didn't say I was leaving, so of course I have to come back."
"But I said, I don't need a partner." Cui Ling's voice was heavy.
Liang Tan shrugged and walked towards him in the moonlight: "Then let's not talk about this for now, let's talk about it after your injury is healed."
After saying that, she fumbled for the flint from the ground and looked at him expectantly.
Cui Ling was silent for a moment. Before he could speak, Liang Tan quickly reminded him, "Can you start a fire with your wolf body?"
Cui Ling looked at her speechlessly.
"...Just give it a try, maybe it will work. Your wound is recovering now, so it's not good for you to go back and forth." Liang Tan flattered.
Cui Ling silently took the flint and fixed it with his two front paws before trying. His wolf form was very large, and his paws were naturally long. Although he was not very skilled at the beginning, he soon struck a fire.
Liang Tan breathed a sigh of relief and quickly put his hands in front of the fire to warm them up: "It's too cold here. Once your wound heals, we still have to find a suitable place to build a house as soon as possible. Otherwise, when winter comes, no matter how thick your fur is, it won't be able to keep you warm."
Planning for the future has already begun between words.
Cui Ling was too lazy to pay attention to her monologue. He quickly used his fingernails to clean the rabbit and put it on the fire. Then he picked up the wild fruit and began to eat it bite by bite. This series of actions was as smooth as flowing water, as if the wolf had become a spirit.
Liang Tan looked at the wolf in front of him, who looked like a human, and suddenly felt that it was hot to the eyes. Then he looked at him staring at the rabbit, and couldn't help but feel curious: "Orcs can eat raw or cooked food, why don't you eat something raw first?"
"Fishy." Cui Ling said concisely.
Liang Tan: "...You are quite picky."
Cui Ling glanced at her and turned the rabbit over.
As the roasting time got longer, the fragrance gradually spread. Liang Tan, who had been eating wild fruits all day, swallowed his saliva and stared at the five rabbits eagerly.
Cui Ling snorted, poked it with his paw to make sure it was cooked, and gave her three.
"Give me so much?" Liang Tan was flattered. She thought he wouldn't let her eat it. After all, although there were a lot of rabbits, it was still not enough for a wolf of his size, not to mention that he had been hungry for so many days.
Cui Ling said expressionlessly: "You called."
He has always been fair, but he has never been treated fairly.
Liang Tan was touched and returned two more: "Inferior orcs have small appetites. You eat four and I'll eat one."
Cui Ling's eyes moved slightly: "Why?" He had only seen people desperately asking for more when they were overwhelmed, and had never seen anyone take the initiative to ask for less. "Are you afraid that I will threaten you?"
After he finished his guess, he paused for a moment before continuing, "From the moment you took the initiative to bring the prey back, you are no longer my prey."
The implication was to let her rest assured that her life was safe now.
Liang Tan was even more moved, but he didn't explain too much. He just smiled and thanked him, but still insisted that he eat four.
Cui Ling stopped refusing and took a bite of the roasted rabbit. Liang Tan saw his rough way of eating and also had a good appetite, imitating him and took a bite.
Although the rabbit had no seasoning and tasted very woody, for the two starving people, it was the best delicacy in the world.
The five rabbits soon turned into a pile of bones. Liang Tan, who had eaten his fill, breathed a sigh of satisfaction and ate two more wild fruits to quench his thirst. Although Cui Ling was only half full, he was obviously much more energetic after eating meat and fruit. He casually threw a handful of dry firewood on the fire and continued to close his eyes to rest.
Liang Tan watched the wolf become more and more skilled in human affairs, speechless but also very amused. But she must not laugh out loud, otherwise he would definitely think she was crazy——
After all, in the orc world, it is not uncommon for an orc to cross his legs while embroidering.
As the night deepened, it began to rain outside the cave again, and the temperature inside the cave became lower and lower. Liang Tan added more wood to the fire, and when the fire started, he looked at the remaining firewood, then at his thin autumn clothes, and finally turned his attention to the big wolf cub.
Well, it's so dirty and tangled that you can't even tell its original color. I don't even know if there are fleas in such thick hair... Liang Tan suddenly felt despair about this long night.
As the dry firewood became less and less, the flames gradually became smaller. The last gust of wind came into the cave and directly blew out the last flame, and also blew away the little remaining temperature in the cave.
Liang Tan bravely hid in a corner, curled up in a ball and silently protected the last bit of heat in her body. However, the coldness in the cave penetrated everywhere, and soon her limbs became stiff with cold.
After a long time, she completely accepted her fate and moved to Cui Ling's side with stiff hands and feet.
"What?" he asked suddenly.
Liang Tan avoided his wounds based on her memory and carefully got into his arms. A warmth quickly surrounded her: "For the sake of the rabbit, please warm me up."
Cui Ling snorted impatiently and stretched out his claws to throw her away. Liang Tan quickly hugged her: "Please!"
"It's no use begging me!" Cui Ling was unhappy, "Get out of here, I don't want to!"
He firmly opposed it, so Liang Tan had to go back to her seat. The warmth she had absorbed from him was still there, but it made her feel even colder at the moment. She said unhappily, "What's so great about that? I even think you stink!"
Cui Ling sneered.
"It's dirty and smelly, it smells terrible!" Liang Tan continued to be mean, "Are there fleas? Or other bugs? You are so filthy."
Cui Ling was too lazy to pay attention to her.
Liang Tan cursed a few more times, but seeing that Cui Ling ignored him, he had no choice but to shut up.
The night in late autumn was already cold, and it had just rained during the day, making it even more damp. Liang Tan was almost driven crazy by this damp and cold weather, and finally had to give up sleeping and stand up and jump.
Cui Ling didn't expect her to be so troublesome, and immediately said unhappily: "Stop making noise!"
"I'll freeze to death if you don't make noise." Liang Tan rolled his eyes at him and continued jumping.
This time it was Cui Ling who was annoyed. He scolded Liang Tan twice, but Liang Tan ignored him. He immediately regretted that he should not have promised not to hurt her just for a few rabbits.
He should eat her up now.
Liang Tan knew without thinking how depressed he was, so his mood instantly became cheerful and he jumped even harder. As a result… he felt temporarily warm when he sweated, but when the breeze blew on him after sweating too much, he seemed to feel colder.
If he continued like this, he might suffer from hypothermic shock. Liang Tan began to struggle over whether to continue jumping to quench his thirst or just stop and wait for death.
Just as he was struggling, a werewolf lying on the ground said nastily, "Come here."
Liang Tan rolled over swiftly, lifted his fur and hid in his arms.
"It feels so comfortable..." she sighed.
Cui Ling adjusted his position impatiently and placed one claw directly on her.
Most of Liang Tan's body was covered by his fur, and her frozen legs gradually warmed up, finally not feeling so uncomfortable. She silently hugged Cui Ling's paw, and after her body was completely warmed up, she asked with a smile: "Are you asleep?"
"How can I sleep with you here?" Cui Ling's tone was still bad. Even when he was in the tribe, he lived alone. No orc had ever been so close to him. Even if the other party was an inferior orc who couldn't hurt him in the slightest, it was difficult for him to really sleep with his vigilant personality.
"Just get used to it. Just think of it as a good deed." Liang Tan couldn't help but rub against his thick fur, feeling more and more satisfied.
Normally, the wolf's hair should be hard, but his was very soft. Compared with a wolf, he was more like a soft orange cat, and it was very thick, like lying on a blanket. Because his hair felt so comfortable, the strange smell of blood on his body was acceptable.
...Well, even if he has fleas, she will accept it. Liang Tan sighed and couldn't help rubbing it again.
Cui Ling snorted irritably.
Liang Tan rubbed it again, and her toes accidentally hooked on the fur on the wolf cub's belly. In order to avoid being discovered by him, she could only quietly and little by little pull her foot out.
"That's enough!" Cui Ling could no longer bear it. "Even if you seduce me, I will never become a partner with an inferior orc."
Liang Tan: “?”
Cui Ling's words shocked Liang Tan for three hundred years.
After an unknown amount of time, she came back to her senses: "...Who?!"
"I can feel it," a wolf said with a very low voice, "Take your feet out from under my belly!"
The corners of Liang Tan's mouth twitched. Although he was reluctant to give up the softness of the big blanket, he still pulled his feet out reluctantly: "What's the big deal..."
Cui Ling sneered, closed his eyes and continued to sleep.
Liang Tan didn't dare to rub against him anymore, and quietly hid under his hair, and soon fell asleep. The cave was as cold as before, but she broke out in a thin sweat because of Cui Ling's extremely high body temperature.
However, she still woke up from the cold the next morning.
Liang Tan opened her eyes and found that Cui Ling had gone to the cave entrance, leaving her alone lying next to a pile of ashes. She sat up and rubbed her arms, and couldn't help complaining: "Can you be a little more gentlemanly? Can you save a piece of meat by waiting for me to wake up before leaving?"
"Meat?" Cui Ling glanced sideways.
Liang Tan: “…”
The two looked at each other, and after a moment of silence, they realized that they were not on the same wavelength, so they turned their eyes away in a daze.
After an unknown amount of time, Liang Tan heard the furry belly growl at the entrance of the cave, and could only stand up resignedly: "I'll go find you something to eat."
"What can you find? I'll go by myself." Her only hunting skill was stealing, and Cui Ling no longer counted on her.
He was about to stand up when Liang Tan poked his head and said, "Don't move. You need to recover."
Cui Ling was unhappy: "I can..."
"You can't. Just stay at home. I'll be back soon." Liang Tan said, then turned and left.
Cui Ling's dark green eyes were filled with complex emotions. After a while, she sneered, "What kind of home is this..."
His voice was so soft that Liang Tan, who was walking far away, didn't hear it.
When she went out to look for food yesterday, she found a fruit tree on the cliff in the forest ahead, which was full of sweet wild fruits. She didn't pick too many yesterday because she wanted to steal rabbits. Today, it seems that there are no rabbits to steal, so she can only pick more fruits to fill her stomach.
Liang Tan sighed and walked to the fruit tree with ease. The fruit tree grew on a cliff, with twisted branches, which was very suitable for climbing. She stepped onto the fruit tree carefully like she did yesterday, and took a step forward with her hands hanging in the air, trying not to look at the abyss below.
A gust of wind blew, and the fruit tree trembled, and she began to sway with it. Liang Tan's heart palpitated, and she took a deep breath, stretched out her hand, picked two fruits with difficulty, and then turned back to a safe area.
After repeating this several times, there were more than a dozen ripe and juicy fruits on the ground.
Liang Tan wiped the sweat off his forehead, picked up the wild fruits in his coat and walked back. Halfway through, he suddenly heard a shout.
Encountering orc hunting again! Liang Tan's eyes lit up, and he ran over with ease. Sure enough, he saw about ten orcs surrounding a wild boar not far away.
Liang Tan looked at the pig with envy, then looked around and finally saw the spoils piled on the ground.
She licked her lips, walked over quietly, aimed at the pheasant on the top of the prey pile and was about to take action, when she suddenly felt a chill on her back. She quickly withdrew her hand and pretended to be calm and muttered, "Why don't they send someone to guard it... Forget it, I'll help them watch it first."
After saying that, he sat down pretending to be calm, then 'inadvertently' turned around and met a pair of sparkling eyes.
He looked like a boy of about seventeen or eighteen years old.
Liang Tan swallowed his saliva and said dryly: "Hello."
"Who are you?" the boy asked directly.
Liang Tan pulled the corner of his lips: "I'm just passing by, doing some good things by the way."
"No need." The boy obviously heard her mumbling and waved his hand. "I am the one who guards the prey."
"...Ah, that's good. There's a thief here, so we'd better keep a close eye on him." Liang Tan said seriously.
The young master felt the same way: "That's right, the rabbits we shot yesterday were stolen."
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