Si Yan became delirious with fever around midnight.
She mumbled "brother" in a daze.
Mingji stepped forward and patted her head.
It's so hot! I estimate it's 39 or 40 degrees Celsius.
Mingji took a bowl of warm water and picked up Siyan.
"Xiao Yan, be a good girl and drink water."
Mingji rarely comforts her, but he will comfort her when she has a fever or is sick.
Si Yan seemed to feel a familiar embrace. She groggily opened her eyes, looked at the water, and didn't want to drink it. "No, I don't want to drink it."
Mingji readily coaxed, "Good girl, Yanbao, drink some water, you'll feel better after drinking some water."
Si Yan then opened her eyes again and drank some water in a daze.
Mingji put the water bowl aside and intended to put Siyan down, but Siyan clung to him like she did when she was a child.
"Brother, hug me." Si Yan called out in a daze, her voice incredibly soft.
Mingji was speechless. "She's such a grown-up, and she's still acting like a child."
But in the end, he couldn't bring himself to let go of her.
"Never mind, I owe you."
"You're so lucky to have such a handsome older brother to hold you while you sleep."
"Since you love me so much, I'll just have to make do with this."
Si Yan was delirious with fever when she woke up in a daze and found herself in Ming Ji's arms.
She couldn't break free from him.
My consciousness was hazy, but I still remembered to curse.
"Mingji".
Mingji jolted awake and reached out to touch her head. It was still burning hot, but the fever had subsided a little.
She weakly cursed, "Why are you hugging me? Who gave you permission to hug me!"
“I was stripped of my destiny from birth, you deceived my feelings for over twenty years, pushed me into a zombie horde, made me hate you, and wouldn’t let me be with you… You even struck me with lightning, caused a massive earthquake to shake me, raised a spirit to bully me, and teamed up with Jin Yao to fight me… You kept it from me for so long, you didn’t tell me anything. It’s too much.”
As Si Yan spoke, her emotions crumbled, and she became increasingly aggrieved, "You're just a nasty, bad brother."
Who would forgive you?
Mingji, who was accused, was stunned: "You were the one who asked me to hug you..."
Si Yan was delirious with fever and quickly forgot what she had just cursed. She leaned against Ming Ji's chest and fell asleep again.
Mingji: "..." Should I hug him or not?
Si Yan had a dream.
I dreamt that I went back to my childhood.
Two young men, Si Jie and his brothers, appeared before him.
She was wearing a babydoll dress and running across the grass with her short legs.
One of the older brothers was arrogant, always had a bit of a bad vibe about him, and had a lazy look in his eyes.
The other brother had a big smile on his face, and he was very gentle. His silver eyes were as bright as the stars in the sky, and his gentle appearance was like a little sun.
The two older brothers squatted down, laughing, waiting for Si Yan to run over. Si Yan laughed and ran over, and they picked her up.
...
"Awake?" Mingji was tending a fire in a makeshift stove inside the cave.
This stove has a chimney, which extends from the top of the cave to allow air to pass through.
Si Yan had a headache and was covered in sweat, feeling sticky all over.
Si Yan sat up and said weakly, "I need to change into a clean set of clothes."
Mingji stood up. "Your fever was quite high this time, and it's been fluctuating. You might have to get a fever again."
Here's a cotton-blend garment you can wear underneath, and then put the animal skin skirt on top to keep warm. The size might not be right; wear it or not if you like.
After saying that, Mingji picked up a shovel and started digging in the snow at the entrance of the cave. After digging a hole, he walked out of the cave.
After the animal skin curtain in the cave was lowered, Si Yan changed into the thick, warm clothes that Ming Ji had prepared for her inside the cave.
Wearing the animal skin skirt, Mingji walked in, took Siyan's animal skin skirt, and prepared to wash it.
Si Yan stopped her, saying, "I'll wash it myself."
Mingji said, "You should just give up. You're so weak, you'd be blown away by a mere breeze. You're not fully recovered yet, don't make it worse."
"By the way, the porridge is freshly cooked, remember to eat it."
Si Yan: "..."
This guy is really not cute at all.
After washing her animal skin skirt and hanging it on a tree branch outside, Mingji parted the animal skin curtain, bent down and crawled into the tree hole, and sat down on the small wooden stool opposite her.
He stretched out his long legs, which seemed to have nowhere to go.
Si Yan glanced at him and then continued to drink a few more mouthfuls of porridge.
They've argued, they've burned things. The intense emotions have passed, and Si Yan can now face him calmly.
She asked him, "You live here?"
Mingji sat down not far from her and said lazily, "Hmm. It's quieter here. Perfect for clearing your mind."
Mingji stirred the firewood and took out a roasted sweet potato.
Because it was too hot, I held it in my hand and weighed it several times before eating it.
Seeing that Si Yan was staring at him, Ming Ji handed her the roasted sweet potato he had already taken a couple of bites of. "Want some?"
Si Yan looked away. "You eat it yourself."
He was delighted and finished one in no time.
The snow outside the cave was very thick, and Si Yan could hear the sound of footsteps in the snow.
Someone is coming.
The sound was crackling and creaking, and it sounded like there were quite a few people there.
Outside the cave, a rough, masculine voice rang out: "Mingji, how dare you steal our prey! Hand it over right now!"
Si Yan nodded her chin towards Ming Ji.
Mingji spread his hands. "I've dealt with most of the orc leaders here. I didn't expect any orcs to dare cause trouble."
Mingji stepped out of the cave. His back was straight, and his black eyes were tinged with red. His wicked gaze sent chills down one's spine with a casual glance.
The mammoth and snow eagle orcs outside the cave were stunned, instinctively feeling that he had suppressed them. It took them a while to come to their senses.
Mingji asked lazily, "What are you doing?"
The mammoth orc said with a hostile look, "Our tribe hunted several prey yesterday, but we found one was missing when we counted them today. Mingji, you stole it, didn't you?"
Ming's eyes narrowed with a sinister glint. It seemed he had been away for too long recently, and these orcs hadn't been beaten enough, so they were now targeting him.
"You lost the meat?"
Mingji turned back into the cave and casually picked up a piece of meat scraps: "Is this it?"
The mammoth orcs' eyes lit up immediately, and their mouths watered: "Yes, yes, this is it."
"Now, if you obediently hand over the prey you stole, we won't bother you anymore!"
Hunting in the snow-capped mountains is already difficult, let alone with yesterday's avalanche. The snow mountain tribes have had no harvest for some time, and they are all starving.
They weren't familiar with Mingji, but they knew he was an outsider beastman.
He was all alone and weak, but he was a skilled hunter, and he would always return with prey after going out.
So they set their sights on Mingji.
Harsh and desolate places breed wicked people. The orcs living in such harsh environments are indeed cannibalistic.
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