Just as he was listening to the system notifications that were flooding the screen, footsteps were heard outside the room, stopping at the door of his room, and then Xuan's voice was heard through the animal skin curtain.
"Meng Yuqing, are you asleep?"
"Not yet, come in."
The animal skin was lifted up, and Xuan walked in with some clean animal skins in his hands.
"It's cold at night, and my father asked me to bring you some animal skins."
"Thank you." Meng Yuqing took the animal skin and turned around to spread it on the stone bed.
After the floor was laid, I found that Xuan had not left yet. He was standing by the stone platform by the wall looking at the things on the platform.
Meng Yuqing remembered that there were some small wooden toys and some beautiful stones on the stone platform. They were probably what Xuan played with when he was a child. This room should be his room, but he would occupy it temporarily.
Thinking of this, Meng Yuqing walked to Xuan's side. Xuan was staring at the small toys on the stage in a daze.
"Is this your childhood toy?"
"No, that's not it," Xuan came to his senses and denied it.
"Then why is it placed in your room?" Meng Yuqing asked puzzledly.
"This isn't my room." Xuan's voice was unusually low. "This is my brother, An'an's room. He's a little sub-beast."
Meng Yuqing was even more puzzled. Xuan had just reached adulthood, and his younger brother should be even younger than him. How could a room be free for him to live in? Moreover, he hadn't seen the little sub-beast at the clan leader's house today.
"By the way, Meng Yuqing." Xuan's voice interrupted his thoughts.
"Hmm? What's wrong?"
"Actually, I came to you because I have something to say to you." Xuan looked at Meng Yuqing with a serious expression.
"You say." Seeing him like this, Meng Yu immediately became serious.
"Although my father has already said it, I still think I should apologize to you in person."
"Ah?" Meng Yuqing was even more confused. What apology?
"Regarding my insistence on hunting shadow beasts and leaving you alone in a cave in the wild without considering your safety, I feel I should personally apologize to you. I hope you can forgive me."
When Xuan was talking, he was looking at him sincerely. It could be seen that even though Qiu Ye and Xia had already apologized for this matter, he still couldn't let it go and wanted to talk to him in person.
"No, no, no, I really didn't care about this matter, and I've never blamed you for anything. You don't have to take it to heart. I heard everything this afternoon. The Shadow Beast once brought great pain to your tribe. You finally found it, and you definitely couldn't let it go. I understand. After you killed it, I saw the tribesmen in your tribe. Although they were sad because of what happened before, they were also very happy and relieved. You are the hero of your tribe."
Meng Yuqing explained hurriedly. He didn't expect that Xuan would still remember such a thing. They had only known each other for a short time, but Xuan's sincerity every time made him unable to cope.
Hearing Meng Yuqing say this, Xuan's eyes were a little complicated. He knew that Meng Yuqing had never cared about this matter, but he thought it was his fault and he must apologize.
What he didn't expect was that in Meng Yuqing's heart, his act of hunting shadow beasts could be called heroic.
He looked at Meng Yuqing for a while and spoke slowly.
"Actually... I must kill it, not just because of the tribe..."
Having said this, he paused and seemed to want to say something several times, but Meng Yuqing could feel that he was suppressing something. He wanted to talk, but he was unwilling to tell Xia and Qiuye.
"Would you like to talk to me about it?"
Meng Yuqing spoke cautiously.
Xuan's gaze drifted away, as if lost in memories.
Next, Meng Yuqing heard everything that Xuan saw from his perspective during the attack ten years ago. It was more cruel and heartbreaking than Xia's brief description.
That was the autumn ten years ago. Every year at this time, the orcs would send out most of them for autumn hunting. The tribe would only leave one-third of the orcs to guard the area. The sub-beasts would also take advantage of this harvest season to actively collect various edible plants in preparation for winter.
At this time, both wild animals and plants are the fattest and most abundant, and carnivorous beasts can easily hunt fat prey that has little fighting power.
They would never list the tribe as a target for attack. After all, the orcs were not easy to mess with. The sub-beasts and cubs under 10 years old that were easy to catch had little meat and fat, and could not provide them with enough energy to survive the winter. If they attacked them, they might encounter tough orcs and lose their lives.
However, the attack still happened. It happened half a month before winter. The tribe was preparing for the last autumn hunt. Xia Heyang led two-thirds of the orcs in the tribe out hunting.
Each hunting trip would last for 7 days. On the third day after their departure, Xuan and Lie, as usual, followed the adult orcs who were teaching the young orcs hunting techniques on the flat ground behind the mountain.
The orcs who study here are between 4 and 14 years old. After they turn 14, they basically have a certain ability to protect themselves, so they leave here to become reserve warriors and start learning actual combat with the hunting team.
At noon, Qiu Ye brought food to the back mountain to deliver to Xuan and Lie. An An was not feeling well, so she stayed at home and asked Chi Ye to take care of her.
Just at this moment, the warning roar of the patrolling orcs was heard. Xuan, who had received several years of training, easily understood the meaning of the roar.
There are wild beasts attacking the tribe, there are many of them, it's dangerous!
The orc instructor's face changed, and he immediately arranged for three orcs to take the little orcs in training and the sub-beasts who came to deliver food to a special cave for refuge.
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