Xiu Yan gave him a frosty glance, and Lei Er, under the gaze of Ji Nuan who enjoyed watching the situation unfold, drew back his neck.
He flashed his big white teeth, handing over a flattering smile.
An orc even more robust than Xiu Yan acted all submissive before him, much like a bullied little wife.
Ji Nuan’s eyes gleamed. Had she accidentally discovered some undeniable subtle dynamic between these two orcs?
Really, fujoshi see the world through different lenses.
Ignoring Ji Nuan’s strange gaze, Xiu Yan lifted his chin towards Lei Er: "What do you want to do? Let him."
Ji Nuan’s eyes brightened, her greyish face instantly gaining some colour, she carefully opened her arms and said, "I would like a wooden bucket this wide, and up to here on my chest."
Xiu Yan and Lei Er exchanged looks, their faces somewhat confused.
"What is a wooden bucket?"
Ji Nuan was silent.
"Hollow out a tree trunk from one side, but leave a base, it shouldn’t be too thin, I need it to hold water."
Lei Er twitched his mouth corner:"Just like that?"
Ji Nuan thought about it: "There should also be a shorter one, about..."
She gestured, about one meter in height: "this tall!"
"Anything else?" Lei Er asked again.
Ji Nuan, excited, nodded with her little head: "No, no, nothing else!"
God knows she was almost killed by her own filth, now she can finally take a bath.
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Lei Er worked quickly. In about ten minutes, Ji Nuan saw a golden lion carrying two large wooden buckets tied together with vines galloping towards her. It even carried a small wooden bucket, no thicker than Ji Nuan’s waist and half an arm tall, in its mouth.
Ji Nuan immediately ran forward: "Lei Er, could you help me put the buckets into my cave?"
The lion, hearing this, nodded his head and walked into Ji Nuan’s cave with a proud step, following Ji Nuan’s direction and placing the items in the food storage cave.
Lei Er shook off his golden mane, transforming back into an orc form: "Do you need help with anything else?"
This little female brat was tiny and utterly weak, Lei Er felt a pang of pity in his heart.
Ji Nuan, who was excitedly circling the bathtub, looked up at these words: "Could you help me fill this shorter bucket with water, and the taller one just halfway?"
Lei Er looked at Ji Nuan, picked up the two large buckets and ran off. The poor little female brat, she got this excited over two wooden buckets.
Ji Nuan, who was pitied, ran to the neighboring cave, her dirty little face wearing a stupid smile: "Brother Xiu Yan, thank you so much. I’ll prepare today and heal your arm tomorrow."
Xiu Yan, with an indifferent face, said: "Mm."
Ji Nuan kept chattering: "Then I’ll move on, see you later, Brother Xiu Yan."
Continuing with a cold face, said: "Mm."
When she got back to her cave, Ji Nuan lit the fire under her little cook-stove and began boiling the remaining water in the stone pot.
Lei Er returned with the water and placed the two large buckets where Ji Nuan had indicated earlier. He squatted down to observe the peculiar object that had a fire seed.
Ji Nuan came back with the clean beast skin and saw the large golden-haired orc looking very concentrated at her little cook-stove.
When Lei Er heard Ji Nuan’s footsteps, he turned back in surprise. He pointed at the stone pot and coal stove: "What is this thing?"
Ji Nuan laughed: "This is used to boil water, and also to cook food. This way, we won’t have to worry about the fire seed burning other things."
Lei Er’s eyes lit up after hearing this. This little she-brat was really clever: "I’ll make one back home too. That way, I can have roasted meat every day."
"I should go now."
Watching the energetic Lei Er, Ji Nuan shook her head in amusement.