"What are you all doing here?"
Bai Xing stood there awkwardly, followed by several other white cat cubs.
They were so nervous the soft fur on their ears was standing on end.
"I... We ca to bring you sothing."
Qiao Lie walked over, his eyes sweeping over the items in their hands.
So were holding fresh at, while others had so fruit.
"We don’t need it. Go away."
Bai Xing scratched his head. "We ca to apologize."
Qiao Lie’s little face remained cold. "I know. Now leave. Don’t interrupt our al."
Their friendly gesture rejected, the white cat cubs looked a little dejected.
Beastkin all admire the strong, and these white cat cubs had actually wanted to befriend Qiao Lie.
But clearly, Qiao Lie had no such intentions.
Qiao Xixi didn’t interfere, letting Qiao Lie handle it himself.
Seeing that Qiao Lie remained unmoved no matter what they said, the white cat cubs could only take their things and leave resentfully.
"Alright, Qiao Lie. Let’s eat first."
After the family sat down, Mi Qi and Mi Lan copied Qiao Xixi and the others, using twigs as chopsticks to pick up their food.
The mont they bit into the fragrant, roasted Yellow Earth Fruits, both females’ eyes lit up.
"Why does the texture of this Yellow Earth Fruit feel different?"
"Yeah, it’s so delicious! I never knew Yellow Earth Fruit could be this good."
The two of them wolfed down a lot of food. Before they left, Qiao Xixi even packed so for them to take back.
She wouldn’t be stingy with beastkin who showed her kindness.
After they finished eating, Jin Ling went to sharpen the lumber with his claws, first making three wooden doors.
"How are we going to install these doors?"
Qiao Xixi looked at the wooden planks, troubled. ’There are no nails here.’
But Jin Ling wasn’t worried at all.
"With bone nails."
Jin Ling produced a handful of bone nails from sowhere and used them to secure the wooden doors.
Soon, all three doors were installed.
Qiao Xixi went inside, closed a door, and gave it a hard push. The door was very sturdy and sealed well. When the cold snap ca, it would be able to keep the frigid wind out.
"What kind of fence do you want for the yard?"
"Round stakes are sturdier. Let’s use those."
"Alright."
Jin Ling sharpened the remaining logs into round stakes and drove them into the ground.
Just as Qiao Xixi had instructed, he left a gap of only two fists’ width between each stake.
"The wood we brought back isn’t enough. I’ll go cut so more. If you guys are tired, take a rest. I can handle the rest."
Qiao Xixi and the cubs were mixing mud.
"We’re not tired. Leave this to us. You should go now while it’s still light out and co back soon."
Jin Ling nodded and left the stone house.
Qiao Xixi mixed small pebbles into the yellow mud and then sared it around the base of the stakes to make them more secure.
The mother and her three children were like busy little bees, running back and forth to reinforce the fence.
Hong Xi stood not far away, watching Qiao Xixi, who was so tired she had sat down on a stone stool to drink so water.
She drank hastily, and water trickled down her neck.
Her skin was so fair, and beneath the paleness was an alluring, rosy glow.
Hong Xi subconsciously swallowed.
He couldn’t help but start walking in her direction.
"Hong Xi, what are you looking at?"
Mi Li suddenly appeared, blocking Hong Xi’s line of sight.
Hong Xi looked at Mi Li.
"Nothing. Just patrolling the tribe."
Mi Li followed his gaze, and when she saw Qiao Xixi, her face fell completely.
"You were spying on that female Wandering Beast!"
Hong Xi frowned in displeasure. "Mi Li, she is our tribe’s Priest now."
Seeing Hong Xi defend Qiao Xixi made Mi Li even more upset.
’In the past, Hong Xi only had eyes for . Since when did he have room for another female?’
"Didn’t you say you wanted to be my mate? You’re coming back with right now."
Mi Li reached out to grab Hong Xi, but he dodged her.
"I still have to patrol the tribe. We can talk about whatever it is after I’m done."
Seeing that Hong Xi was about to leave, Mi Li grew anxious.
"Hong Xi, stop right there! If you don’t co back with today, you can forget about ever being my mate!"
Hong Xi was unmoved and left without a backward glance.
Mi Li stomped her foot in anger as she watched his retreating back.
She glared furiously at Qiao Xixi’s back, her eyes burning with intense rage.
"Qiao Xixi, how dare you steal my male! I’ll never let you get away with this!"
"ACHOO!"
Qiao Xixi suddenly sneezed and looked around.
"Who’s talking about ?"
"Mother, we’ve finished this side."
They had used up all the yellow mud and pebbles they had brought back.
So Qiao Xixi told the cubs to go sit on the stone stools and rest.
Qiao Xixi was just about to boil so water when she saw Hong Xi arrive outside the gate.
She got up and walked over.
"Can I help you?"
Hong Xi placed a piece of beast at on the stone table.
"My father asked to deliver food to the Priest."
This was the tribe’s offering to the Priest, so Qiao Xixi didn’t refuse.
"Alright."
Hong Xi didn’t seem to intend to leave imdiately. Instead, he looked around.
He noticed they had installed doors on the stone house and that the yard was already half-fenced. The wall looked very sturdy.
"Is there anything you need help with?"
Qiao Xixi decisively refused.
"No, thank you. We’re already done. You can go back now."
Hong Xi didn’t want to leave but couldn’t find a reason to stay, so he could only turn and go.
"First thing tomorrow morning, I’ll co find you to go up the mountain."
Qiao Xixi nodded. She wouldn’t forget about official business.
Hong Xi had barely left when Jin Ling returned, carrying more lumber.
Together, they finished fencing the rest of the yard.
When they were done, Qiao Xixi and the cubs were collapsed on the stone stools, not wanting to move an inch.
Jin Ling poured her a cup of water.
"You all sit for a while. I’ll go make dinner."
Qiao Xixi wanted to say, ’Help up, I can still go on!’
But in reality, she was so tired she felt like she could fall asleep right where she was.
Jin Ling glanced at the at on the stone table and asked casually, "Who brought this at?"
Without even lifting her eyelids, Qiao Xixi said, "Oh, Hong Xi brought it. Said it was my share as the Priest."
The corners of Jin Ling’s lips curled up faintly, but there was no mirth in the expression.
The tribe’s Priest would get a share of food even without hunting.
But that was on the condition that the tribe’s males had returned from a hunt that day.
Food wasn’t always available.
Jin Ling casually picked up the piece of at and placed it in a stone basin.
That night, he made two dishes.
But that piece of at remained in the stone basin the whole ti.
That night, Qiao Xixi slept especially soundly.
Suddenly, she felt a suffocating weight on her chest.
Qiao Xixi’s eyes flew open, and she was t with Qiao Ang’s little face, drooling in his sleep.
’These little guys...’ She had already made the bed quite large.
But every ti she woke up, she would find them sleeping on top of her.
Qiao Xixi carefully moved them aside. Thinking about having to go up the mountain today, she realized she wouldn’t be able to fall back asleep anyway.
"System, System, get out here."
"Coming, Host~"
"When I complete this gathering mission, what kind of reward can I get?"
"What does Host want?"
"I can have anything I want?"
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