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Spicy diced chicken, spicy blood curd, braised pork belly, pickled fish, seafood in a gravy, garlic-flavored water spinach, and stir-fried quinoa with cured pork.

While eating these things, Mo Ye was not as happy as he was yesterday.

The little female looked down on him...

But he also knew that compared to these, the meat he grilled wasn't as delicious.

"Qingqing, I can learn these things..."

"Um??"

"Sure, these are all very simple~~"

Nan Qing did not reject this idea at all. From the root of the matter, the little wolf cub clearly had a talent for cooking.

While eating the cured meat, she found several cookbooks in the Nebula Palace. She was quite interested in researching her own cooking skills, but unfortunately, those little things were not very obedient; they looked one way before going into the pot and another way after...

But then she suddenly remembered... he... couldn't understand human language, could he...?

Reluctantly, she had to put the basic recipe back.

Are you going to the hunting party tomorrow?

Mo Ye shook his head: "No need to go tomorrow."

Like the gathering teams, the hunting teams also took turns.

"Let's go fruit picking together tomorrow. I'll show you which ones are edible and how to prepare them."

"The one I just threw into the fire is called a sweet potato, also known as a rock melon. Try it when it's cooked; it's especially delicious!"

Although Mo Ye was happy to be able to spend time with the little female, he still frowned.

"The sun is very strong in the hot season, so I can go. You can rest in the stone house."

Nan Qing pointed to the small hat beside her and refused, saying, "I will wear a hat, and it's too boring to stay in the stone house all the time."

There's not much entertainment in this world, and I still have several decades of lifespan left. I can't just spend all my time watching TV dramas with Xiao Ba.

Besides, she found the things in this world quite interesting.

Mo Ye shut his mouth; whatever the little female said went.

After eating those things, Nan Qing was very full, but Mo Ye was not. In the past, he would directly transform back into his beast form and swallow his prey whole.

But for some reason, he just felt it wasn't right to have the little female around.

He picked up the stone knife and skinned the wild beasts, but now, looking at the bloodied three-headed creature, he suddenly felt that perhaps it would have been better not to skin them...

In particular, Nan Qing kept looking at him.

Nanqing was actually curious. She learned from Duoya today that male beastmen need to hunt at least two or three wild animals a day to be full, and they eat them raw.

Although she had lived among humans in several small worlds and was used to cooked food, she didn't find anything wrong with it.

In this vast world, among countless living beings, every race has its own way of surviving.

Male orcs are physically powerful, incredibly strong, and have a large beast-like form, capable of tearing apart their prey with their bare hands.

Such a body structure naturally requires the most primitive and abundant energy supply.

Orcs are "humans" but also "beasts".

Therefore, whether from the perspective of the food chain or the physical qualities and needs of male orcs, this is how it should be. The relatively complete nutrients contained in the blood and raw meat of prey are essential for male orcs to become so powerful.

Seeing Mo Ye dawdling, Nan Qing couldn't help but remind him:

"Mo Ye, aren't you going to eat?"

Her words made Mo Ye pause again. He subconsciously looked up and met Nan Qing's eyes. There was no disgust or strangeness in them, just a calm and indifferent look as she looked at him.

Her face showed only a curious expression, as if she wondered why he hadn't eaten yet.

Seeing this, Mo Ye finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Actually, this is a very ordinary thing, but he just inexplicably felt that the little female might dislike him because of it.

As for why... he didn't know either.

Or perhaps... it might be because she was too pure, like the first ray of sunshine after the cold season. He didn't want her to feel that he was no different from those untamed wild beasts, so he unconsciously wanted to restrain his wildness.

He paused for a moment, then gave a soft "hmm," before lowering his head to tear at his prey.

He didn't revert to his beast form after all. He just held the bloody prey in his hands, his sharp canines piercing into the flesh. It seemed slow, but it was actually very fast. He took bite after bite, and the raw meat was easily crushed between his teeth.

It was clearly the most primitive way of eating, but Nan Qing found it inexplicably pleasing to the eye, so she rocked in her little rocking chair while staring intently at him.

Only after he swallowed the last piece of meat, watching him roll the blood from the corner of his lips into his mouth, did Nan Qing ask softly:

Are you full?

"Um..."

Then she stretched out her hands to him and said, "Let's go to that lake from yesterday. I sweated a lot today and feel sticky and uncomfortable."

Mo Ye didn't know how he understood her gesture. Anyway, as soon as Nan Qing raised her hand, he quickly walked over. Before she could finish speaking, he had already lifted her up and put her on his shoulders.

She put her arm around Mo Ye's head and asked him to fetch the other animal skin skirt for her as well.

Mo Ye led her to the cabinet where Nan Qing kept her clothes, opened the cabinet door, and took out another set of silver-white snakeskin animal skirts. Just as he was about to close the cabinet door, Nan Qing stopped him and pointed to a small drawer inside the cabinet.

"Moye, open that drawer. There are underwear inside. Take one out too."

He obediently opened the lower drawer, inside which were some small...clothes?

He picked up the topmost garment, lifted it with both hands, and looked at it. "Where can I wear such a small piece of clothing?"

Seeing that he still wanted to study, Nanqing slapped his hand hard.

"Smack!"

"Alright, what are you looking at? Let's go."

She was still not used to wearing only an animal skin skirt, but fortunately, the Nebula Palace had also collected many underwear.

However, she quite liked the animal skin skirt from the Beast World Continent. Another animal skin skirt that Mo Ye made was also made of snakeskin, and it was silver-white. The scales on it could reflect colorful halos when folded in the sunlight, making it even more beautiful than the black one.

It's really hot now. Even wearing a sundress, I still feel stuffy. Only a fur-lined skirt of this style and texture feels comfortable to wear.

The lake water was icy cold, and the environment was very quiet. Nanqing swam in the water with the small fish for a while before reluctantly going ashore.