After her luck was taken away, she fell in love with the woman who traveled through time.

Liang Tan suddenly got angry and simply stopped calling him. Now the two of them started a complete cold war.

It was said to be a cold war, but they slept in the same room and ate from the same pot every day. They just ignored each other and did everything else they were supposed to do. Liang Tan looked stubborn on the outside, but he was still anxious in his heart.

After all, as the weather got colder, the ground also got colder. Just standing on the ground, one could feel the chill rising from the earth's core, not to mention sleeping on it. Cui Ling's fur had grown thicker because of the cold weather, but every night when he slept on the ground, he would still be woken up by the cold from time to time.

Liang Tan had discovered it several times. She thought about asking him to come to bed, but with his temper, he would definitely not agree.

Winter was approaching and a heavy snow might come at any time, but the two had not reconciled. In order to prevent someone from freezing to death, Liang Tan thought about it and finally called a few friendly orcs for help after he went out hunting one day.

"There are only two of you, why do you need to make another bed?" an orc asked puzzled.

Liang Tan smiled awkwardly: "I want to make a bed that can keep me warm."

"A bed that can keep you warm?" The orc became even more curious.

Liang Tan nodded seriously, thought for a moment and explained: "To put it simply, it is... a kang."

It was too troublesome to explain what a kang was, so she just told her how to build it. Although the beastmen didn't understand, they started to help.

Cui Ling and his friends went out this time to stock up on food for the winter, so they were away for three or five days before coming back, and they brought back food for the winter.

This was the first time they had been apart for such a long time since they met. Although they were still in a cold war, Cui Ling couldn't wait to see her, but -

"What is this?" He looked at the new things in the room with a dark face.

Liang Tan glanced at him and said, "Bed, starting today, you don't have to sleep on the floor anymore. We each have a bed."

"I don't want to! Only couples who are not in harmony will sleep in two beds!" Cui Ling reacted very strongly.

Liang Tan sneered: "Are we in a good relationship now?"

"If there aren't two beds, there won't be any discord." Cui Ling has his own understanding.

Liang Tan was too lazy to pay attention to him. Cui Ling was so angry that she wanted to smash the new bed immediately. However, before she could do anything, she received a warning look from Liang Tan.

"If you dare to smash it, I will move away."

Cui Ling immediately transformed into a wolf and bared his teeth at her.

"I'll move away even if you keep showing your teeth."

Cui Ling retracted his teeth in an instant.

Perhaps realizing that he was losing face by listening to Liang Tan too much, Cui Ling remained silent for three seconds before changing back to human form: "Anyway, I don't sleep in separate beds."

"Then sleep with me." Liang Tan crossed his arms.

Cui Ling was stubborn: "I won't sleep with you either." He just wanted to sleep on his own floor.

"It's up to you to sleep or not." Liang Tan glanced at him.

That night, Cui Ling lay down on the ground again. The ground in winter was as cold as ice. Despite the thick fur, there was still a constant stream of coldness coming up from the center of the earth. He could not get warm no matter what he did, and he curled up unconsciously.

Liang Tan glanced at him and was about to walk out, but Cui Ling immediately stopped him: "Where are you going?"

"Make a fire." Liang Tan replied.

"Where can we get a fire at this time?" Cui Ling still remembered her words about moving away and refused to let her leave.

"It's hard to explain in a few words. If you are really curious, just follow me." Liang Tan said and walked out.

Cui Ling hurriedly chased after him.

Liang Tan didn't even leave the yard. She walked to the back of the house, stuffed some firewood into the newly dug hole, and then lit it with a flint. Her behavior was very strange. Cui Ling didn't understand it, but he didn't stop her. He didn't ask until she stood up, "Are you going back to the house?"

"...Is this all you care about?" Shouldn't I ask her if she's burning the house down at this point?

The big white wolf's face was gloomy: "Don't even think about leaving."

Liang Tan looked at him helplessly and went straight into the house. Cui Ling breathed a sigh of relief and followed her slowly.

The moment its front paws were buried in the room, Cui Ling immediately noticed something different.

"Not so cold anymore, right?" Liang Tan was about to laugh, but then realized that they were still in a cold war, so he immediately put on a stern face.

Cui Ling closed the door silently and looked back at the big bed she had just made.

"Do you want to sleep? It's very warm." Liang Tan tempted.

Cui Ling snorted and lay down on the ground. Liang Tan knew that he was very stubborn, so when he first built the bed, he didn't make an ordinary small bed. Now that he didn't want to sleep on the kang, he calmly returned to his own bed.

Cui Ling was still lying on the ground, but the chill around him had dissipated a lot. The firewood burning in the kang warmed up the whole room, and the ground beneath him was no longer cold, but was easily warmed by his body temperature.

He had been out hunting these days and hadn't had a good night's sleep for a long time. At this moment, he lay in the warm room and finally fell asleep. Liang Tan listened to his breathing quietly and smiled with a headache for a long time.

Silent all night.

A new day, a new awkwardness. Cui Ling had been out for several days and missed Liang Tan terribly. Now he just wanted to see her more, but when he thought about how she refused to form a beast bond with him, wanted to sleep in a separate bed from him, and threatened to end their relationship at any time, he kept reminding himself to be more mature and not see her more often.

However, this kind of thing cannot be achieved just by being successful. Even though he kept reminding himself in his heart, he still couldn't help but look at her.

After being caught by her for the third time, he could no longer sit still, so he stood up and walked out.

"Where are you going?" Liang Tan raised his eyebrows.

"Go out for a walk!" Cui Ling said without even turning his head.

Liang Tan clicked his tongue and continued to fiddle with the fruit tree in front of him.

Her kang was very successful, the only drawback was that the firewood burned for too short a time and could only maintain warmth for a short period of time, so she wanted to try making some charcoal to see if the burning time could be extended a little.

She was studying charcoal here, while Cui Ling was wandering around over there.

Because of his excellent performance in the past few hunting trips, the people in the tribe are not only friendly to him, but also respectful. No matter where he goes, someone will greet him, and every time they greet him, they will inevitably mention Liang Tan.

Cui Ling came out just to avoid Liang Tan, but after he came out, he heard her name more and more times, which made him feel more and more uncomfortable.

He walked on the less traveled road with an expressionless face, and after turning several turns, his ears were finally quiet. But before he could breathe a sigh of relief, he met the tribe leader at the next corner.

"Cui Ling, I just happen to have something to talk to you about." The clan leader stroked his beard and said with a smile.

Cui Ling: "...I have something else to do."

"There's no need to rush for your business." The patriarch said, pulling him into the house next door and began to talk about the distribution of prey.

Cui Ling listened to him absentmindedly, but Liang Tan was on his mind.

"Although the tribe has always adhered to the principle of distribution according to the number of orcs, since you have made great contributions in these hunts and Liang Tan has also taught everyone in the tribe a lot, we have decided to give you more, but... it may not be as much as you think." The patriarch said with an apologetic look on his face.

They should have been like other tribes, where whoever killed the prey would take most of it, and the rest would be divided among the tribesmen. Although they hunted non-stop, unfortunately there were too many old, weak and sick people in the tribe. According to this way of dividing the prey, many orcs might not survive the winter, so they could only give them as much as possible.

Cui Ling was still in a daze. After noticing the prolonged silence, he came back to his senses: "What did you just say?"

Patriarch: "..."

Faced with his confusion, the patriarch had to say it again.

Cui Ling pursed her lips upon hearing this, and felt warm in her heart.

When he was in the wolf tribe, he was always the one who led the charge, but they always gave him the least and worst things on the grounds that he had no family or partner. This was the first time he heard someone say that he could take a little more.

"...If you think it's inappropriate, we can discuss it again." Seeing that he was silent, the patriarch thought he was unhappy and quickly explained.

Cui Ling didn't take it seriously: "Just divide it equally. There is still some time before the snow falls, so we can go hunt some more prey."

When the clan leader heard that he was so easy to talk to, he immediately expressed his gratitude. Cui Ling felt a headache when he heard him nagging, and the little bit of emotion he had just felt was also worn away. He immediately made an excuse to leave.

The clan leader walked him to the door while talking, and suddenly said at the end: "This time you come back, spend time with Liang Tan and don't quarrel."

Cui Ling stopped and said, "How do you know..."

"I'm so old now, there's nothing I don't know?" The patriarch looked a little proud.

Cui Ling looked at the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes and rarely did not refute.

The clan leader saw that he looked like he was in trouble and asked curiously, "Are you two in trouble?"

"Nothing." Cui Ling had no interest in telling others about family matters.

The clan leader refused to give up, so he continued to ask questions. Cui Ling was so annoyed that he said perfunctorily: "It's really nothing, just a small matter."

"What's a small matter?" The patriarch was particularly concerned about these two prides of the tribe.

Cui Ling was speechless for a moment, and could only continue to perfunctorily: "It's just... she doesn't like to eat raw meat, I forced her to eat it, so she got angry."

"That's really wrong of you," the tribe leader patted him, "Inferior orcs have more delicate stomachs, and eating raw meat will make you sick."

"Well, it's my fault." Cui Ling said casually.

Seeing that he still didn't care, the chief couldn't help but pull him aside to talk a few more words: "You, don't take it lightly. Since you've become partners, you have to respect each other's habits, okay? Don't force her to do something she doesn't like. Inferior orcs are very sensitive. If you make her unhappy, she'll easily get into trouble."

Cui Ling was stunned: "Really?"

"Of course it's true. You don't know that there was an orc in our tribe whose partner was an inferior orc. He kept forcing her, and as a result, his partner committed suicide," the chief said, and couldn't help but sigh, "Suicide, can you imagine it?"

Cui Ling really couldn't imagine it. After all, in the orc world, trying to stay alive is the deepest instinct. Even when he was in the most pain, he never thought of ending his life.

Seeing the clan leader's emotion, Cui Ling couldn't help but ask one more question: "What did he force his partner to do? To the point where his partner committed suicide?"

"It seems that his partner doesn't like the beast-form formation, but he insists on doing this." The patriarch tried to recall.

Cui Ling was stunned.

"In fact, it's not just this one thing, there are other things. Anyway, his partner was actually very good to him, but he didn't understand anything. He regretted it until his partner died. He was too embarrassed to stay in the tribe, so he went out to wander half a year ago. He is a cripple. If he stayed in the tribe, he could still have a bite of food. If he left, he would not know..." The chief was sighing, and Cui Ling suddenly rushed out. He hurriedly asked, "Where are you going?"

Before he finished speaking, Cui Ling had disappeared.

Cui Ling ran home desperately. The sound of the wind whistled in his ears, but he still felt that his speed was too slow. In the end, he simply turned into a wolf.

When he rushed into the house, Liang Tan was holding a bone knife and pointing it at his heart. His eyes were bloodshot and he shouted in shock and pain: "Liang Tan!"

Liang Tan was startled and the bone knife in his hand fell to the ground instantly.

Cui Ling rushed over and turned back into human form the moment he hugged her.

Liang Tan was caught off guard by him and his hands subconsciously rested on his firm and smooth back. After a pause, he asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

"Don't die." Cui Ling hugged her tightly, his voice a little muffled.

Liang Tan: “?”

After a long while, Liang Tan finally figured out the situation. He didn't know whether to laugh or cry for a moment: "Don't worry, I won't commit suicide. But you, sooner or later, may be pissed off to death by me."

Cui Ling couldn't laugh: "What were you doing just now?"

"Cutting the line." Liang Tan said, letting him look at his clothes.

She was still wearing her own clothes, which were badly worn in many places, and there was a long piece of thread around her chest, which she had just wanted to cut off.

Cui Ling looked over when he heard that, and then he gradually relaxed.

"It's okay." Liang Tan couldn't help but smile when he saw his still serious expression.

Cui Ling grabbed her hand: "I'm sorry."

Liang Tan paused.

"I... I don't have to do something you don't like, but no one has taught me before that even if we don't use the beast form to conclude the marriage, it won't affect our feelings for each other," Cui Ling paused for a moment, with a deeper sense of guilt in his eyes, "No, you told me, but I always thought you were making up excuses, so I didn't believe it..."

It was not until today, after listening to the story told by the tribe leader, that he realized how much harm he had caused her. When he saw her pointing the bone knife at her heart, he was overwhelmed with regret in that instant, and it almost destroyed him completely.

He took a deep breath, not wanting to think about that scene again: "I will never be angry with you because of this matter again, and I will never force you to form a beast again. We...even if we do nothing, we are still each other's best partners."

"Really?" Liang Tan was surprised.

Cui Ling nodded solemnly: "I was too paranoid before. I apologize to you. Can you... not take it to heart?" He was still afraid that she would be sad and then do something stupid.

Liang Tan didn't notice his anxiety and nodded happily.

That night, Cui Ling returned to their bed and covered it with the tiger skin he had worked so hard to get. Lying in human form, the bed became much more spacious and less crowded.

"Is it comfortable?" Liang Tan asked as if he was presenting a treasure.

Cui Ling hugged her silently: "Yeah, very comfortable."