Chapter 61 We will never have children
Seeing the shy look on the female in his arms, he smiled and kissed her forehead, not caring whether there were any other beastmen around.
"There."
Shu Ning was stunned by his sudden kiss and was not quite used to his actions.
Is it because the weather is too hot?
No, it just rained not long ago.
Where did all his ice go?
She looked in the direction he was pointing.
Oh my god!
She was stunned by the sheer amount of food.
The food piled up like a small mountain included not only the animal meat she usually saw, but also pheasants, fish, shrimp, crabs, fruit, and a super-large bird egg. But what's with the mushrooms?
How did he know mushrooms were edible?
Could it be...?
Shu Ning remembered the mushroom she had dropped in that spot yesterday, and a blush immediately spread across her face.
"You found all of these yourself?" She looked at him incredulously.
Seeing her so surprised, Xuan Lin smiled and pinched the tip of her nose.
"Eat these slowly, and let me know if you need more."
Shu Ning couldn't accept his sudden change in a short time.
It will take time for her to accept him.
Just yesterday, I loathed her and never considered her feelings when I did things.
The kindness shown to her today is almost comparable to that shown to Xiao Chong.
Is it all because of that incident?
This man is so unpredictable.
Suddenly, something occurred to her, and she felt that everything made sense.
Could it be that he thought she was pregnant with his child, which is why his attitude towards her changed so drastically?
Upon realizing this, Shu Ning's surprise turned into mockery.
Ha, you dog of a man, you're overthinking it. I've already nipped that possibility in the bud.
She pushed him away and said, "Thank you, but you don't need to in the future."
Seeing her change in expression, Xuan Lin hugged her tighter and frowned slightly. "What's wrong? Don't you like it?"
Then he added, "It's okay, I'll find you some other ones."
"That's not it."
"What is that?" Xuan Lin looked down at her, listening intently.
We wouldn't have had children yesterday.
She wanted to speak her mind, but with Xiao Chong still beside her, she swallowed the words that were on the tip of her tongue.
"I have enough from Brother Xiao Chong." After she finished speaking, she took advantage of his stunned moment to break free from his embrace and then threw herself into Xiao Chong's arms.
Looking at the female in his arms, Xiao Chong's previously cold gaze softened again.
He patted her head and said, "Yes, our Ningning doesn't need anything from others."
After wiping the spot where someone had just kissed her, he placed her head against his chest.
When Xuan Lin saw that the female had rejected him, he felt as if a knife had been plunged into his heart.
He didn't say anything more, but simply moved the things into her cave and left.
As Shu Ning watched his departing figure, she wondered if she had gone too far. After all, he had come to bring her food.
But she wasn't wrong; with so many beastmen bringing her so much food, she couldn't possibly eat it all.
Then, she looked up at Xiao Chong and asked, "Brother Xiao Chong, are you busy today?"
"What's wrong, Ningning?"
"I want you to spend more time with me," she said coquettishly.
She missed him terribly after not seeing him for two days.
Although she never took the initiative to contact him.
It's all because of these stupid tasks that she and her brother Xiao Chong don't have time to spend together.
Xiao Chong pinched the tip of her nose. "Okay, I'll spend some quality time with Ningning today."
Then, Xiao Chong took her hand and led her into the cave.
"Brother Xiao Chong, look, this is the pickled fish and cured meat I made myself."
She excitedly showed it to him.
On her birthday, they gave her so much meat that she couldn't finish it all, so she had to marinate it all and dry it into cured meat. Now, all her big bottles and jars are almost used up.
"Oh? Is this the cured meat you mentioned before?" Xiao Chong examined the thing in her hand with curiosity.
"Yes, you should try it."
She picked up a piece and handed it to him.
Xiao Chong took it, put it in his mouth, frowned slightly, and said, "It's very salty."
"This is salty, so you need to add more salt to prevent it from rotting and spoiling."
"I see. Ningning is amazing, she knows everything."
Shu Ning smiled shyly at his praise.
Then she enthusiastically showed it to him, "This cured meat is the same cured meat we just saw. It was cured for a few days and then sun-dried."
"Hmm, not bad, not bad, this way it's preserved better," he said thoughtfully.
"Brother Xiao Chong, I've dried all these medicinal herbs, and I've also dried these fruits into dried fruit..."
As Xiao Chong watched her excitedly introduce the product, his heart was filled with happiness.
Soon after, Shu Ning felt tired.
She wanted to lie down and rest in bed, and she also wanted to be close to him.
So she pulled Xiao Chong to her bed, saying, "Brother Xiao Chong, lie down with me for a while."
"Okay." Xiao Chong looked tenderly at her, feeling a warmth in his heart as he watched how inseparable she was from him.
The two then lay together, embracing and chatting about the latest gossip in their tribe, which female had married a new beastman, and whose beastman had gotten into a fight.
The sweet embrace between the two made her temporarily forget her mission and her plans for the day; she just wanted to lie there forever...
Shu Ning lay in Xiao Chong's arms and slowly drifted off to sleep.
Time passed, and suddenly there was a knock on the door.
Shu Ning was woken up by the noise. "Who is it?"
When she opened her eyes again, Xiao Chong was nowhere to be seen.
"Shu Ning, it's us."
Shu Ning went to open the door; it was Luo Ci and the others.
"Is there something you need?" she asked.
"Something's happened!" Luo Ci exclaimed.
"What happened?" Shu Ning rubbed her sleepy eyes.
"Sungsil is dead."
"What!?" Shu Ning couldn't believe her ears.
Sheng Shi was one of Xuan Lin's most capable subordinates; how could she die so easily?
The last time she saw him was two days ago at her birthday banquet, when she was chatting with Luo Ci and the others. He looked quite healthy.
"How could this happen so suddenly?" Shu Ning asked.
"I don't know. This morning our boss suddenly asked me to go find him. I searched for a long time but couldn't find him. I thought he had disappeared."
"He was just found dead in his home."
How did he die?
"The witch doctor said he died from eating the wrong thing," Mu Ran said.
"There were no signs of struggle at home, and there was no painful expression on his face. He passed away peacefully."
Anliang said.
“Eating the wrong thing… passing away peacefully… these two things are contradictory,” Shu Ning analyzed.
“Yes!” Luo Ci suddenly seemed to be enlightened.
"So what did your boss say?" Shu Ning asked.
“Our boss didn’t say anything, but he didn’t seem surprised,” Luo Ci said.
"It's also possible that Shengshi left suddenly and he was saddened. After all, he had been with him for so many years and treated him like a younger brother."
For some reason, this incident reminded her of what happened between him and her yesterday, when she felt that Xuan Lin's behavior was off.
Yes!
She remembered that he was not in a good state at first, but as time went by, he gradually recovered and returned to his usual self.
Mu Ran's eyes suddenly lit up as she looked at her. "Did you think of something?"
"Luo Ci, your boss was poisoned yesterday."
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