Lin Qiu woke up. She could only judge from the burning candle that it was already bright outside.

Because there was little light in the house, in order to prevent Lin Qiu from getting day and night mixed up and losing his sense of time, they would only light candles during the day.

She no longer remembered when she lost consciousness yesterday, only some impressions.

Lin Qiu only remembered those shameful things. She would rather not remember them and covered her head with animal skin in shame and anger.

I am too embarrassed to see them.

Lin Qiu curled himself up in the animal skin and heard the sound of someone lifting the curtain and coming in.

She didn't know how to face the two of them now. Whenever she thought about how she looked in their eyes last night, she wished she could hide in animal skins for the rest of her life and never see anyone.

"Xiao Qiu, don't you feel suffocated like this?"

It was Ling Yun's voice. He lay down beside Lin Qiu and wanted to help Lin Qiu take off the quilt, but found that Lin Qiu had pulled the quilt tightly.

He couldn't help but raise a triumphant smile: "Xiao Qiu, don't be shy, we are all your males, what does it matter if you do that?"

When Lin Qiu heard his words, she felt even more embarrassed. Instead of lifting the quilt, she shrank back again.

"Xiao Qiu."

Ling Yun patted Lin Qiu's back through the quilt and called her name softly.

When he didn't hear a response, Ling Yun simply hugged Lin Qiu and the quilt together and said, "I really liked Xiao Qiu yesterday. I hope to see her again in the future."

"No way! Don't talk about what happened yesterday anymore!"

Lin Qiu was really bored, and her face became redder and redder with every word Ling Yun said. She couldn't listen any longer and could only stick her head out.

Seeing her angry but unable to resist, Ling Yun felt that his strong body was about to melt into a pool of water. He immediately kissed Lin Qiu on the face.

Lin Qiu wanted to cover her head again, but he wouldn't let her: "I won't say anymore, I won't say anymore. Don't make yourself sick. Look at your face, it's so hot. Isn't it hot?"

The kang was very warm and the animal skin was very heat-insulating. Lin Qiu was indeed sweating a little while being held by Ling Yun.

"snort."

Lin Qiu showed a helpless head.

"I've prepared something delicious for you. I'll get you some water later. Clean up and then eat something. Xiaoqiu, you must be exhausted, and you haven't eaten in a long time."

"How dare you say that?!"

Lin Qiu pulled his fist out from under the quilt and hit Ling Yun on the shoulder.

Ling Yun pretended to be frightened by the beating and covered his shoulder: "I won't say it anymore, I really won't say it this time."

He stood up and brought hot water to Lin Qiu.

A full pot of boiling water becomes lukewarm by the time it is brought from the kitchen to the room.

Lin Qiu hadn't seen Song Mu yet, so he asked, "Where's Song Mu? Is he catching birds and beasts with that Feathered Beastman again?"

"The chief organized some people to dig traps at the entrance of the tribe today. He listened carefully to your explanation and went over to help. We can take our time making bows and arrows, but we need to dig the traps now while the snow is still low. Otherwise, as the snow gets deeper, the soil underneath will freeze harder."

It rained for so many days during the rainy season that the water that seeped into the ground mixed with the mud and became solid. Even the tiger orcs with sharp claws had some trouble removing it.

"All right."

"That Feather Tribe member next to them, I heard Song Mu talk about him a little bit."

Ling Yun brought it up, and Lin Qiu tilted his head and looked at him curiously.

"His name is Mei Yan. He came out during the cold season because he couldn't stand the actions of the tribe he was stationed in. Xiaoqiu, guess which tribe he's from?"

"Which one?"

Ling Yun stared at Lin Qiu for a while, and Lin Qiu knew: "He came from my original tribe..."

"I killed the snake orc last time, and they should choose to continue living in that forest. However, this winter, a scorpion orc found that place."

Lin Qiu clutched the animal hide he was using to wipe his face. "What about them again?"

Ling Yun nodded.

"Damn it, damn it."

Lin Qiu's body was shaking with anger, and the fear that she had forgotten swept over her again.

When she thought about the females in the rabbit tribe having to go through such dire straits again and she was powerless to do anything, Lin Qiu felt like there was something pressing on her chest that she couldn't vent.

Ling Yun also could not tolerate the actions of the males in their tribe. As a male, he should protect the females in the tribe with his life.

Even if the entire tribe is to be destroyed, the females will definitely die after the males.

"Ling Yun," Lin Qiu grabbed Ling Yun's hand, "When the weather warms up, please go and tell them how to use musk. If they don't give birth in succession, the females may not die..."

"There's no need to talk about trouble between you and me."

Ling Yun kissed Lin Qiu's fingers to comfort him.

Although the female rabbits had concealed the matter of the wandering orcs from her, Lin Qiu also hated them, but it was more of a sympathy for their own kind.

Ling Yun took the water down and brought back the food. "But this way, we don't have to worry about that Feather Tribe orc being some expelled orc of bad character. He's still relatively safe. Song Mu and I will keep an eye on him. When the winter is over, he can either choose a female to mate with, or leave the tribe and continue his travels."

"Um."

Lin Qiu had no interest in the affairs of the Feathered Orcs.

Seeing her like this, Ling Yun comforted her, "Don't worry, wandering orcs are also very weak in the cold season. He can't do anything to those females for the time being."

Most wandering orcs fall into a deep sleep during the winter, as if they were dead. Even when they are awake, their physical condition is much worse than usual.

In order to ensure that there are no stray orcs near their tribes to threaten the females in the tribe, some weaker races will venture out to look for traces of stray orcs when the cold season comes.

Lin Qiu was comforted by Ling Yun's words: "I hope they can wake up quickly and kill that wandering orc in the cold season when he falls asleep."

Ling Yun had witnessed the callousness of that group of people, and he knew that Lin Qiu might be delusional, otherwise it would be impossible for Mei Yan to be so angry that he would brave the cold and leave their tribe.

But he didn't say it out loud, instead he followed Lin Qiu's words and said: "Yes, maybe it's just a temporary strategy of the Rabbit Tribe."

Lin Qiu then started eating, and Ling Yun secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

But Ling Yun felt a little worried when he saw Lin Qiu eating obediently in front of him.

Mei Yan chose to stay in the Rabbit Tribe before. Does this mean that he also likes the soft and small females of the Rabbit Tribe?

Ling Yun pursed his lips. He couldn't let the bird live so close to them!