I sat up abruptly, a bitter taste and a tearing pain shooting through my mouth. It was from the bite I'd taken yesterday; the pain was excruciating.

She has another important question

system

The system is now open…

[System: Host, I have a name, and I like it when you call me Tie Da.]

Guo Xiaoxiao: I'm asking you, the skill you gave me isn't working! Lionheart is malfunctioning.

[System: How could that be? You activated Lionheart twice and succeeded both times.]

Guo Xiaoxiao: Bullshit! I cast the skill, but nothing happened. It was completely useless.

[System: It's useful! Don't you feel like you've become bolder?]

Guo Xiaoxiao: Ah!!?

[System: You're usually so timid and submissive, but would you dare to threaten someone with a knife, or bite your lip and act like you're going to die? If you didn't have the heart of a lion, where would you get the guts?]

Guo Xiaoxiao: Wait a minute, so it's for boosting courage?

[System: The correct way to say it is to stir up emotions, stimulate the adrenaline, and unleash one's full potential.]

Guo Xiaoxiao: You damn system, you've screwed me over again!

[System: I didn't trick you. I said from the beginning that this skill heals the soul.]

Guo Xiaoxiao: Is this kind of healing method any different from scamming me?

[System: I even helped you escape two disasters.]

Guo Xiaoxiao: Meeting you was truly the worst thing that ever happened to me.

[System: Don't be angry, Cang Jue is not bad either, powerful and reliable. Completing the partnership will grant you a resurrection spell. You deserve it. So, do you want to accept the quest?]

Guo Xiaoxiao: Close, bye

Guo Xiaoxiao shut down the system, hiss… her mouth still hurt and tasted bitter.

"You're awake?"

A deep, magnetic male voice came from behind, startling Guo Xiaoxiao so much that she almost fell to the ground.

Fortunately, Cang Jue caught her.

"careful"

Guo Xiaoxiao clutched the animal hide to her chest, watching the man warily. "No way!" she thought.

Seeing her nervous expression, Cang Jue chuckled softly.

"Don't be nervous. I just saw you were awake and came to see if you were hungry. Don't be afraid, I won't mate with you right now."

"Let me go..."

Back home, her mouth hurt, feeling like it was torn. Guo Xiaoxiao clutched the animal hide with one hand and covered her mouth with the other, her brows furrowed.

Seeing how much pain she was in, Cang Jue's heart softened.

"Don't move, I'll apply the medicine for you."

As he spoke, Cang Jue brought over a stone bowl containing what appeared to be crushed herbs and a green liquid, and stirred it with his hand.

Seeing that Cang Jue meant no harm, and besides, her mouth really hurt, Guo Xiaoxiao nodded.

Cang Jue carefully prepared the herbs, then applied them to Guo Xiaoxiao's mouth wound with his hands.

Guo Xiaoxiao stepped back and shook her head. "No need, I can do it myself. I don't want Cang Jue to put his hand in my mouth."

She dipped her finger in the medicine in the bowl, then put it in her mouth.

It was cool and melted in my mouth. I didn't know what it was. It started out sweet but then turned bitter, like the taste in my throat when I woke up in the morning.

Okay?

Cang Jue was quite satisfied with Guo Xiaoxiao's obedient use of the medicine.

Cang Jue picked up the herbal medicine, wiped the remaining medicine from the corner of her mouth with his other hand, and then gestured for her to drink the medicine completely.

"Mmm~"

Guo Xiaoxiao shook her head to avoid it.

Cang Jue looked at her swollen lips. They weren't this bad last night; drinking this would help them heal faster. His eyes, which held a hidden meaning, turned into a teasing smile.

"Don't refuse, or else... I won't mind feeding you with my mouth, since the herbs are bitter and you're sweet."

Guo Xiaoxiao stopped immediately upon hearing this, exclaiming, "Perverted!"

Having no other choice, he quietly took the bowl and drank the herbs he brought, with an expression of resignation. He downed it in one gulp; it was sweet at first, then bitter, and drinking too much at once made it very bitter.

Cang Jue seemed to remember something, and took a stone bowl sealed with animal hide from the corner of the wooden house. He opened it and presented it to Guo Xiaoxiao.

Guo Xiaoxiao glanced at it and saw a bowl of dark yellow, viscous substance with a strong smell. She immediately recognized it as honey. Honey in the Beast World?

"Have some. The females in our tribe especially love the excrement of the Spiny Beasts. I forgot about the last batch I got, so you should try it, it's very sweet."

Excrement! It's clearly honey! Can't they even name something? Guo Xiaoxiao wanted to refuse, but she couldn't resist the temptation of the sweets. She dipped her finger in it and put it in her mouth. The pure, sweet but not cloying taste spread throughout her mouth—natural and pure, a taste she couldn't find in this world, with an unforgettable aftertaste, sweet to the core. Guo Xiaoxiao dipped her finger in it again and put it in her mouth.

Seeing that she had eaten, Cang Jue realized that, as expected, females were most susceptible to sweetness. He just needed to gradually cater to her preferences, and one day this female would accept him.

There's something else important to do right now: he tore the female's strange animal hide to shreds, leaving her practically naked. He needs to get her a new animal hide.

He handed the bowl to Guo Xiaoxiao.

"Eat first, I'll be back in a bit."

Then they went out to find animal hides that Guo Xiaoxiao could wear.

Taking advantage of this opening, Guo Xiaoxiao used her healing spell to treat the bite wound in her mouth. As soon as she activated the skill, the pain in her mouth disappeared instantly.

This skill was still the most reliable. Cang Jue didn't go far; he found a suitable animal skin skirt and immediately returned to the wooden house.

He placed the animal skin skirt at her feet, and Cang Jue knelt before her, speaking softly.

"Put this on. This is what the females in our tribe wear when they are not yet adults. You should be able to wear it. Your animal skin is worn out, so take it off to avoid catching a cold."

Guo Xiaoxiao glanced at her loose-fitting clothes and her bare shoulders. "It's all your fault," she thought, "last night you insisted on doing that..."

"Get out, I'll dress myself."

She was afraid he would take advantage of her.

Cang Jue shamelessly said

"You can wear it, don't worry about me. I'll just look and not do anything."

"you….."

I promise I won't lay a hand on you.

Guo Xiaoxiao glared at him. Was it a matter of whether or not to lay a hand on him?

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