Sweet daily life of Little Tanuki and Qin Che in Love and Deep Space

He tightened his grip on you, afraid you'd continue to overthink, so he changed the subject, saying, "Now that I think about it, we should cherish this stolen time even more."

"Ok?"

"Go to sleep..."

"......oh."

After a day of mental tension, I felt "relaxed" by someone.

You quickly fell asleep in Qin Che's arms.

When he woke up the next day, Qin Che was nowhere to be found, only a note saying that he had gone to look around the neighborhood.

You were bored staying in the yurt, so you went with Tarna to herd sheep. While the sheep grazed, she took out her purse and started embroidering.

Seeing you peeking at the purse in her hand every now and then, she couldn't help but laugh.

"You seem quite interested, why don't you give it a try? It's very simple."

You hesitated, feeling a little embarrassed to trouble others: "Can I do it too?"

Tarna nodded and said, "Of course you can. Just treat it as embroidery for fun. You're just killing time anyway."

Tarna warmly took out another plain-colored purse and a ball of colorful yarn from her handbag and gave them to you.

After thinking for a moment, you picked out a single color from the ball of yarn.

Talna asked curiously, "There are so many colors of thread, why did you only use black thread for embroidery?"

"There's also the red thread, but we'll save it for last."

Although you've done some random handicrafts when you were bored before, delicate work like embroidery is a real challenge for you.

You've already conceived a complete design in your mind before you start embroidering on the purse.

Gradually, the pattern began to take shape under your hands, and you used red thread to embroider the eyes of the hastily drawn crow.

"The embroidery is a bit ugly. It's definitely too difficult for me."

Talna leaned over and examined your finished product closely: "It's already quite good for your first attempt, but the tastes of you outsiders are truly unique. Is this a... crow?"

"Hmm, you noticed. That's not bad. It means my embroidery is very lifelike." You replied with a touch of smug satisfaction after receiving Tarna's affirmation.

At midday, the sheep were full and round. You put away your purse and returned to the tribe with Tarna.

A commotion arose, and you peered out: "It's so lively up ahead, so many people, I wonder what they're doing?"

"I'll go take a look." Tarna rode ahead, then turned back excitedly after a while. "There's a horse-riding competition in the tribe, and Brother Qin is participating too!"

It had been missing all morning; it turns out it was here.

Your face instantly lit up with a smile: "Let's go take a look!"

A crowd had already gathered not far away, chanting "Qin Che's" name. Men, women, and children were all cheering for him.

You can't help but exclaim in surprise, "Wow! He seems so popular!"

"I heard Qin Che beat Tumur in archery today. He was the champion at last year's celebration," Tarna said, her eyes sparkling with excitement. "They're competing over there, do you want to come watch?"

"I'm not convinced! You won that last round, maybe it was just luck. Do you dare to race me again on horseback?" The warrior named Tumur was clearly unconvinced.

Some of the herdsmen who cheered for Qin Che were also dissatisfied with Tumur's statement.

"What is luck? They won because of their strength. If they lost, they lost. We grassland people can afford to lose."