Watching their cub behave like a bear, Ge Rou, who knew the truth, felt her face burning with embarrassment and awkwardly cleared her throat.
She laughed awkwardly: "Dear Ji Nuan, the... Xiu Yan cub’s still injured and has been hurt again this time.
I’m not quite adept at using fire seed to cook food. Could you perhaps care for him a bit after while? When he’s better, he can go back and live in his cave."
"Roar!" The chubby cub enjoying a chin scratch brightened up at her words, looking towards his amu (mother) with twinkling eyes. So awesome, right?
Quickly, he reached out his paw and patted his amu’s beast skin and received a disdainful glance in return.
Whining~ How heartbroken! He buried his fat head in Ji Nuan’s bosom and received countless gentle strokes in return. He was delighted~
Ge Rou turned her eyes away as she could not bear it any longer: "Then I’ll go first. Xiu Qi’s amu is still out gathering and hasn’t returned. I’ll take care of him and leave Xiu Yan to you Ji Nuan."
Ji Nuan hurriedly nodded: "Don’t worry, I’ll definitely take good care of Xiu Yan... brother."
Ge Rou hurriedly nodded, did not even glance at the chubby cub in Ji Nuan’s arms, and walked out of the cave.
The clueless Xiu Yan, who had been disregarded by his own amu, fell asleep in the comfortable brushing of his fur.
Taking the herbs packaged by Grandma Shaman, after saying goodbye to her, Ji Nuan carefully held the chubby cub in her arms and returned to the cave.
She moved the soft grass nest from the corner and placed it on the stone bed and replaced it with a new soft beast skin.
The cub in the grass nest slept soundly and Ji Nuan also felt a little drowsy.
...
The evening breeze lifted the beast skin curtain, caressing Ji Nuan’s cheek with a bit of coolness, waking her from her dream.
Feeling a bit dazed, she walked out of the small cave. The temperature outside was getting a bit chilly. Ji Nuan knitted her eyebrows. The winter was still some time away, why was it getting cold now?
Suppressing the unease deep in her heart, she touched her belly.
Well, let’s fill up the stomach first!
Seeing only a little bit of Green Bull Beast meat and two Giggle Beasts left in the Food Storage Cave, Ji Nuan sighed: it was more spending than earning!
She cut the remaining Green Bull Beast meat into chunks with the stone knife, put it in the wooden bucket, and carried it to the river to clean it.
She lit the fire, boiled the soup, and kneaded the dough.
The aroma of noodles slowly wafted into the small cave. Xiu Yan’s small nose twitched, and a pearl of drool rolled from his mouth.
He opened his pink mouth, stretched his plump body, yawned, sprang off the stone bed with agility, and walked to the Food Storage Cave. He sat obediently next to the stone pot, from which an amazing aroma was coming, and salivated.
Looking at his gluttonous lust for food, Ji Nuan couldn’t contain her laughter. Who wouldn’t laugh when you saw this little chubby cub who looked nothing like the powerful and dominant orc he was during the day!
She placed a big bowl of noodles in front of him: "Don’t eat just yet; cool down a bit first, it’s too hot!"
Xiu Yan nodded his head.
While waiting for the noodles to cool down, he took a look around the Food Storage Cave. Apart from the several stinky fruits in the corner and some other fruits, there were only two withered Giggle Beasts left. He wrinkled his small face, looks like he needed to go hunting soon. He’d let the little she-cub save the kills with the Fruit of Divine Punishment for the winter.
(When did she say she would spend the winter with you though?)
He devoured his meal greedily. Ji Nuan cleaned up the stone pot and bowls, and then swayed back to the small cave holding the cub to take a nap.
As the breathing of the little she-cub gradually calmed, Xiu Yan opened his eyes, lightly jumped over Ji Nuan to the bottom of the stone bed. The plump little cub transformed under intermittent light into a tall, slender orc with long silver hair glowing in the moonlight.
He covered Ji Nuan with the beast skin that had slid off her, and stepped out of the cave silently lifting the beast skin curtain.
The next moment, he transformed into a massive Silver Wolf and disappeared into the vast night with a few leaps.
"Huh? That was Xiu Yan, right! Where is he going so late at night?" One of the orc guards who saw the conspicuous silver figure was somewhat puzzled.
"Probably out hunting because he is hungry! Mind your own business and quickly resume your patrol. The rogues from the Tumang Tribe have been more active lately," said another.
Whispers of the two orcs faded as they moved away.
The forest was more perilous at night with many large beasts roam to hunt.
As soon as Xiu Yan changed back to the Silver Wolf from the Golden Lion Orc, he felt twice the power than before, which bolstered his daring to openly hunt at night.
Seeing the tapping out Tiger Beast under his feet, Xiu Yan’s black pupils were filled with delight. The little she-cub always complained that there was not enough bedding for her big stone bed. This Tiger Beast was big enough, and its fur was still intact, which was perfect to take back, skin, and make a bed for her.
Tiger Beast: Silver Wolf, I @#￥%...
...
"Hmm~comfortable!" Ji Nuan woke up from some noise, stretched lazily, lifted the beast skin curtain and stepped out.
"Thump!" It felt like she heard the sound of her dropping jaw.
Could someone tell her what was the deal with all these orcs surrounding her cave? What was with the mounts of game in front of her cave?