Qing Yuan sensed Ling Yun's hostility and narrowed his eyes. "That would be great! If I could return to the tribe and teach everyone how to build houses, they would be very happy. I'll tell everyone about your generosity, but I hope it won't be too difficult."

Ling Yun glanced at Song Mu and said, "Since you two know each other, take him to the tribe and find a cave that's similar. Lend him two animal skins from the tribe's warehouse so he can stay there."

Song Mu also noticed that Qing Yuan's eyes were always on Lin Qiu, so he quickly took Qing Yuan away from the doorstep.

Before Qing Yuan left, he glanced at Lin Qiu. He hurriedly caught up with Song Mu and asked, "You and the clan leader should be brothers, right? Are you both paired with the same female?"

Song Mu nodded.

"How many males are there in your family now?" Qing Yuan continued to ask.

"It's none of your business."

Qing Yuan didn't find Song Mu's cold attitude strange, as that was how he always seemed to be.

"It's nothing, I'm just asking. It's okay if you don't tell me."

Qing Yuan smiled brightly and followed Song Mu to look for caves in the tribe.

"What are you doing?"

Qing Yuan pointed to the watchtower they were building.

In the tribe, there is nothing that needs to be hidden from others except matters related to candles and textiles, otherwise they would not agree to Qingyuan entering the tribe.

Song Mu introduced, "This is a sentry tower. After it's built, our orcs will have a wide view from above. Our tribe has four sentry towers in total, allowing them to observe the entire tribe from all angles. If anyone or any wild animal invades, they'll be able to spot it immediately."

"All-round and without blind spots?"

“A blind spot is a corner that cannot be seen.”

"That sounds impressive, but does the tribe really need such strict controls?"

"Our tribe was once invaded by stray orcs."

Song Mu did not mention the traitor because he did not want others to think that their Tiger Tribe was disunited.

Qing Yuan nodded immediately after hearing this: "That needs to be more strict. The terrain in your tribe is also uneven and layered, making it difficult to patrol. Such a sentry tower is indeed convenient."

"Um."

Qing Yuan thought for a moment, "Did your female also teach us how to build this sentry tower?"

“…” Song Mu didn’t know how to answer Qing Yuan, but Qing Yuan took his silence as an acknowledgement.

"Your female is really amazing. How does she know all this?"

"You have too many questions."

"It looks like your female has just reached adulthood, right? She's young, so there probably aren't many males around. Does she have any interest in males from other tribes?"

Qing Yuan's intention was about to slap Song Mu in the face.

Song Mu said, "She only has feelings for me and Ling Yun. She won't like other males."

"Turns out she's a devoted little female." Qing Yuan liked her even more.

Song Mu took a deep breath and looked at Qing Yuan. For a moment, he saw the shadow of Qiu Hui in him.

He and Ling Yun don’t want to be the next Tan Yuan!

"That cave, for example. There was a male living there during the winter season, but he moved out this year after mating with a female. You can just clean it up yourself."

Song Mu turned and walked away. Qing Yuan grabbed him and grinned, "Didn't the clan leader say he would lend me two more animal skins?"

Song Mu pursed her lips and said, "Someone will bring it to you in a while."

He didn't want to continue communicating with Qing Yuan.

Song Mu went to the collective dormitory, next to which was a cave used by the tribe to store public supplies.

"Hi, Brother Songmu."

Mei Yan is now building a house with Xinlan's other two males. Although the materials for the house were prepared last year, they were left to build it this year for fear of catching up with the rainy season.

After Xinlan became a couple with them, she moved to a cave and lived there for a while. However, Xinlan, who was used to living in a house, found it difficult to tolerate the cave, so she moved back into the dormitory.

Song Mu happened to meet Mei Yan coming to deliver something to Xin Lan, and the two were talking at the door.

Song Mu nodded at them. When he ran into Mei Yan, he said, "Today, a wandering beastman from the Lion Tribe came to stay in Bian Wen's old cave. Ling Yun said he'd go to the warehouse and get two animal skins to lend him. Could you please help deliver them to him?"

Mei Yan nodded: "That's no problem, I'll send it to him later."

Song Mu didn't want to care about it anymore, so he told Mei Yan and went straight home.

"Okay, if you have something to do now, go and do it. I'm going back first."

"Hey, stay with me for a while, Xiaolan."

Mei Yan grabbed Xin Lan's hand. He didn't perform well the first time he mated with Xin Lan. He didn't know if it was Mei Yan's own illusion, but he always felt that Xin Lan was a little cold towards him.

Now that Xinlan has moved back to the dormitory, he can't perform again even if he wants to.

"I've been standing with you for quite a while," Xin Lan pursed her lips helplessly, "Come pick me up tonight for dinner."

"Okay." Mei Yan wanted to stay alone with Xin Lan for a while longer, but Xin Lan said she was tired, and Mei Yan was reluctant to let her stand here with him any longer.

He went to Sang Gu and registered that Ling Yun wanted two animal skins for the traveling orcs, and then he took the animal skins and gave them to Qing Yuan.

Mei Yan was born in a lion tribe, but when he went there, he found that Qing Yuan did not know him. After communicating, he found out that the two tribes were located far apart.

However, this also opened up the conversation between the two of them.

"Song Mu also passed by our tribe when he traveled before. It's quite a coincidence." Qing Yuan said.

"Really? You knew each other before? Then how should I view him..." Mei Yan recalled Song Mu's somewhat unenthusiastic attitude towards Qing Yuan. However, Song Mu seemed to be indifferent to everyone. "Is he particularly difficult to get along with? Don't overthink it. Song Mu treats his own people in the Tiger Tribe the same way."

"It shouldn't be because of this," Qing Yuan scratched his head. "Do you know Lin Qiu? He might have noticed that I'm interested in his females, so he doesn't like me very much."

Qing Yuan knew it very well, and he admitted it frankly.

If I could become a couple with Lin Qiu, it would seem like it would be nice to stay here, even if I don't have to go back to the tribe.

"I see. I was wondering why he wanted me to bring you animal hides. He probably doesn't want to bother with you anymore!" Mei Yan still harbors resentment for Song Mu's arrow attack, and for the beast tide incident where Ling Yun had everyone pluck his feathers. "Those two brothers are very narrow-minded. They're most afraid of others coveting Lin Qiu. The other males in the tribe can't beat them. It's said that when Ling Yun wasn't the tribe leader, there was a bit of a fuss. You'd better give up on that."

"Females have the final say in matters like this. If they don't want to, there's nothing wrong with that."

"Lin Qiu also spoils them."

"That must mean the other males in this tribe aren't good enough. What if, by some chance, I have a chance?"

After all, things are valuable because they are rare. The entire tribe is made up of tigers, so wouldn't he, a member of the lion tribe, be very different?

Mei Yan looked Qing Yuan up and down: "Then I don't know."