sjar Chapter 9 You don't want to mate with those two male beasts, do you?
Chapter 9 You don't want to mate with those two male beasts, do you?
"It's all my fault," Ye said to Lin Ni, blaming herself.
"I'm really fine." Linni took the now-cooled shrimp from his hand and ate it. Then she directed Ye to remove the clams that were still boiling so they wouldn't be too hot and wouldn't overcook them. After eating several different kinds of river delicacies and trying a few bites of grilled fish, she successfully stuffed herself!
Seeing that she had stopped eating, Ye asked with some concern, "Why are you eating so little? Is it not to your liking?"
"No, these things are super delicious, I'm already full." Linni stood up, rubbing her bloated stomach, and rinsed her mouth at the pool. Although they were very tasty, there was still a slight fishy smell after eating. She had recently found fruits similar to lemons and chili peppers; if she added some to the water while cooking, it should perfectly remove the fishy smell. Thinking of this, she also thought of Atractylodes macrocephala and Bletilla striata. They must be searching for her everywhere right now, right?
Lin Ni walked to the cave entrance and looked outside. Outside was a pool of water larger than a football field, and the water looked very deep. She dared not go into such a deep, unnamed body of water. To enter the cave, besides swimming, she would have to climb the steep rock face. It seemed this place was quite safe; wild animals were unlikely to come here, except—Lin Ni looked up at Ye, who had followed her, and said, "Hey, Ye, you chased that giant python away, right? Will it come back?"
Ye looked at her with a strange expression and tentatively asked, "Are you scared?"
Lin Ni recalled how the giant snake flew towards her when she was flung into the air, and nodded heavily. At that moment, she was truly terrified. Even when she was almost pounced on by a black bear when she first arrived in this world, she wasn't this scared. At least then she had her back to it, which was far less terrifying than facing danger head-on.
Ye reached out and put his arm around her shoulder, letting her lean against him: "Don't worry, I'm here, there won't be any danger."
Lin Ni was forced to lean against his chest muscles, and her face flushed unconsciously. When she reached out to push him away, she accidentally touched his slightly cool abdominal muscles, but then she wanted to hug him. How did he manage to stay so cool in this hot summer? Had he been soaking in the water too much?
As darkness fell outside, Lin Ni felt a bit sleepy. She had been quite active today and had also experienced a great shock. She yawned and removed the large hands that were wrapped around her shoulders: "I'm a little sleepy and want to rest."
The two returned to the cave, and Linni climbed onto the large stone platform, where a large grassy nest had already been prepared, clearly her sleeping place for the night. Linni gathered some scattered dry grass and laid it out at the innermost part, then covered it with a layer of white cloth suitable for making clothes: this was her bed.
She turned around and saw Ye standing next to her, smiled at him, and asked, "Can I sleep on these things?"
Ye nodded, still wanting to walk towards Linni, but Linni's heart jumped. She pointed to the haystack five meters away and asked, "Isn't that where you sleep?"
Night didn't come over again; it retreated to the side.
Seeing that he had actually lay down there, Linni thought that he probably wouldn't force himself on her, and her tense heart finally relaxed. She combed her hair with her fingers; her long hair was almost completely dry. She cleaned the dust off her feet, lay down on her makeshift bed, closed her eyes, and said, "Actually, I have two more white tiger companions. Can you come with me to find them tomorrow? They must be so worried about me disappearing all of a sudden."
Upon hearing this, Ye sat up: "They're so weak, they can't protect you."
Hearing his movement, Linni also got up. She thought they were very powerful, but the incident had indeed happened right under their noses. Seeing that Ye was sitting cross-legged, she could even see the shadow between his legs, so she quickly looked away and said, "Ye, can you lie down to talk?"
Night lay down again, turning to look at her, and whispered, "They're already level three beasts, and they still can't transform into human form. They probably can't transform into human form anymore."
Linni lay back down and turned to look at him: "What did you just say?" The words were a bit strange, and she didn't quite understand what they meant.
Ye stared wide-eyed at Lin Ni and asked, "You don't want to mate with those two male beasts, do you?"
Linni was startled by his words and coughed twice before saying, "No, no! Why would I want to—mate with them?!" With a white tiger? That's terrifying!
Seeing her cough that night, he worriedly asked again, "Are you alright?"
Lin Ni quickly gestured for him not to move: "I'm fine, don't come over." Lying there, she didn't feel that much pressure.
Ye lay back down: "If you want more partners, after we become a couple I will take you to a powerful tribe to find males, but we don't need beasts."
That's quite a lot to say! Linni asked in surprise, "Are there still tribes here?"
Ye shook his head: "This is the junction of towering mountains and sheer cliffs. There are only some small and medium-sized tribes here. The powerful tribes are in more distant places."
This was the first time information about this world had entered Linni's mind, which is why finding humans was so important. Just as Linni was pondering these two place names, she heard Ye ask again, "Lin, what tribe are you from? Did you get lost from your first partner?"
"What tribe do I come from?" She didn't know how to answer, and could only give a vague reply. The people in this world must be very open-minded, otherwise Ye wouldn't have said he wanted to be her second partner and go with her to powerful tribes to find more partners. Wait, judging from his words, he shouldn't disappear from her left shoulder after they become partners, right? Then why did Yao disappear? Lost in thought, Lin Ni slowly fell asleep. In her drowsy state, she seemed to hear the roars of Bai Shu and Bai Ji? She tried to listen more closely, but drowsiness overcame her, and she fell into a deep sleep.
Unbeknownst to her, Bai Shu and Bai Ji actually came looking for her in the middle of the night. After barking a few times outside, they were whipped by Ye in her beast form and forced to behave. Ye beat the two white tigers, feeling satisfied, then returned to the cave, transformed into human form, and held Lin Ni in his arms as they fell asleep again.
When Linni woke up the next day, she had a strange feeling. She felt like she was back in her original world, hugging her big caterpillar plush toy and sleeping in an air-conditioned room. The weather had been getting hotter lately, and even staying in the cave with the White Tigers at night would leave her drenched in sweat. That's why she always spent her days playing with them, partly to escape the heat. She slept very comfortably that night, without feeling stuffy at all. Linni snuggled contentedly against her cool plush toy. Then she felt something pressing painfully between her legs. Had she grabbed the wrong plush toy? Was it the dog plush toy's nose pressing against her? No, wait, why does it feel like fur is stuck to her face? She opened her eyes abruptly and found herself clinging to Ye like an octopus, her arms and legs clasped together. Before her were his well-defined, incredibly muscular chest and abs.