Life is full of surprises that can disrupt your dream life.

"Luo Ling, let me take you out to pick flowers," Bi Xie said, placing the seasoned meat next to the stone pot and smiling as he watched the little female's tears fall in a steady stream.

Luo Ling paused for a moment, then suddenly hiccuped.

Then she blushed.

Bi Xie smiled and said, "Want to go out and play?"

Luo Ling hesitated for a moment before nodding, "Is that okay?"

Bi Xie raised an eyebrow and patted his chest: "Of course, the forest is covered in snow now, and there aren't that many dangers in the Bone Forest. We've brought bitter herbs with us, so if we encounter any danger, you can just hide behind me."

Looking at Bi Xie, who was a head taller than her, Luo Ling immediately felt safe and her heart began to stir.

In fact, she hadn't been close to the forest for a long time. Ever since that incident, she had locked herself in a dark corner, refusing to let others in and unwilling to go out herself.

Ah Feng would bring her back a bouquet of flowers every time he went hunting.

That bouquet of flowers became her only connection to the outside world.

“Okay,” Luo Ling wiped away her tears, washed her hands in the wooden basin, her voice still hoarse from crying, “Chu Xie, you’re so good. It would be even better if you were a female, then A Feng could mate with you.”

"puff--"

Bi Xie, who was drinking water with his head tilted back, quickly turned around and spat a mouthful of water onto the ground.

Luo Ling sniffed, looked at her with concern, and asked in a daze, "Are you alright? What happened?"

Bi Xie coughed a few times and gave a dry laugh: "N-nothing."

Luo Ling's face showed some melancholy as she worriedly said, "Because Ada was taken by Amu to be exchanged with the Songshan Bird Clan, Afeng has always disliked females. I'm worried that if Afeng continues to hate females like this, how will he find a female partner?"

Bi Xie remained silent.

Luo Ling suddenly thought of something, her eyes widened, and she stared intently at Bi Xie: "By the way, Chu Xie, how did you meet A Feng?"

"That day, Ah Feng told me he would find a female rabbit to mate with, get through his estrus cycle, and advance his beast markings. But why did he bring you back later? There are no wild boar tribes around here."

"And... how did Ah Feng suddenly advance to a four-star soul beast? That day, that day you seemed to have knocked me unconscious."

Bi Xie swallowed hard, chuckled dryly, and glanced around.

It's true that maintaining an unapproachable image is very important. Before, when Luo Ling wasn't familiar with her, she looked at her timidly and warily, and never asked about these things. Now that they're familiar with each other, this little female has become much bolder.

"Hey, Luo Ling, let's talk as we walk," Bi Xie said with a smile, grabbing a few bitter herbs.

Luo Ling hummed in agreement and followed closely behind her, but she clearly had no intention of being led astray. No matter how much Bi Xie rambled on, Luo Ling would always steer the conversation back to the original topic.

Bi Xie gave her a resentful look. Sure enough, one cannot underestimate the intelligence of ancient people. This little female, Luo Ling, is not easy to fool.

"Chu Xie, you haven't answered my question yet," Luo Ling said, picking a handful of purple flowers and blinking her bright eyes at Bi Xie.

Bi Xie's lips twitched, and his long eyelashes fluttered rapidly like butterfly wings. "Ahem, it's a long story. Because my transformed form was too ugly, I was constantly ridiculed and disliked by my clansmen. So I ran away from home. It was originally just a spiteful act after I was too heartbroken, but I found that I went further and further away and eventually couldn't find my way back to the clan—"

"I had been wandering in the forest for many days and was extremely hungry. I was only able to fill my stomach with a few wild fruits each day. That day, I finally managed to catch a rabbit and was about to have some meat when I ran into Yu Feng, and then we started fighting—"

As for the reason why Yu Feng took her back to Nanling Mountain, Bi Xie was naturally too embarrassed to say it was because she was soft-hearted.

Clearing his throat, Bi Xieyan insincerely praised, "He probably had a change of heart and felt sorry for me because I couldn't find my way back to the tribe. He was afraid I would starve to death in the forest, so he brought me back."

Luo Ling nodded, her gaze fixed on Bi Xie, a hint of sympathy in her eyes. "Chu Xie, from now on you will follow me and A Feng, be our family. Your clansmen laugh at you and ignore you, but A Feng and I will never despise you. I will treat you well, and A Feng will treat you well too."

Bi Xie felt a warm glow in his heart from the little female's soft voice. If she had a tail, she would definitely be beaming with pride.

Hmm, I really want to go up and hug Luo Ling, this cute and gentle little female.

"Then why did you knock me unconscious that day?" Luo Ling pressed for an answer.

Bi Xie's excited heart froze instantly. Thinking of the boy's alluring moans that day, she suddenly felt a bit hot in the middle of winter. She kicked the snow with her hooves to relieve the heat in her heart, while thinking about how to persuade Luo Ling.

Snowflakes flew across the ground, and the pig's hooves quickly dug a small snow pit.

Bi Xie had a sudden inspiration: "Luo Ling, let's build a snowman?"

"Build a snowman?" Luo Ling's attention was successfully diverted. "What's a snowman?"

Seeing that the two had picked enough flowers, and remembering that there was snow in front of the cave, Bi Xie called Luo Ling to go back together.

When the two returned, Yu Feng had not yet come back, so Bi Xie began to teach Luo Ling how to build a snowman.

After learning how to play, Luo Ling was both excited and curious, and like a child, she piled things up very seriously.

Bi Xie made a snowball and threw it at Luo Ling, who was carefully putting eyes on the snowman, with a grin. "Luo Ling, look at this!"

A cold snowball hit her, and Luo Ling cried out in surprise, shivering from the sudden chill. She turned her head and glared at Bi Xie, her soft voice filled with confusion and grievance, "Chu Xie, why did you hit me?"

Bi Xie smiled and said, "This is called a snowball fight. Luo Ling, you can throw at me too, let's see who throws more accurately~"

Luo Ling was stunned for a moment.

Bi Xie assumed she didn't know how, so he bent down to make a snowball: "Look, like this, it's very simple..."

Before I could even utter the word "de," a snowball suddenly hit me on the forehead.

Bi Xie blinked and wiped a pile of snow off his forehead.

"Hahaha, this is so much fun, hahaha..." Luo Ling's silvery laughter rang in my ears.

This was the first time Bi Xie had heard her laugh so heartily.

There was no repression, no pain; the laughter was so pure and natural.

She couldn't help but laugh too, then threw the snowball she had just made at her: "Hey Luo Ling, you can even ambush people! Let's see if you can dodge this snowball!"

Luo Ling ran over with a smile, not forgetting to make a snowball from the ground as well.

The two played outside the cave for a long time, and after exhausting themselves, they ate a lot of roasted meat, but Yu Feng did not return for a long time.

Luo Ling was still a little worried and kept looking out of the cave.

After finishing his meal, Bi Xie began tanning animal hides, not at all worried about getting into trouble in the wind.