Ye Luoxing looked at his back and sat there waiting quietly. She had no intention of taking the opportunity to slip away.
However, she was right not to act impulsively, because within five minutes, Xilan Meng came back with a large bundle of firewood. She didn't know where he got the firewood from. She only saw him holding the firewood in one hand and the fire in the other, and slowly walking back to the river.
Three minutes later, a fire was lit in front of her. Xilan Meng went to the river again to wash his hands and the two fish, and then sat opposite her. The man and the beast were separated by the fire. He took out a bone knife he had just found and began to clean the fish scales.
This time the silence lasted less than four minutes.
"Lolo." When the familiar voice sounded again, the name made Ye Luoxing dazed.
"Can I call you that?" Xilan Meng raised his head and looked at her expectantly.
Ye Luoxing opened his mouth slightly but still said nothing. He watched Xilan Meng skewer the fish and start grilling it. He was very efficient.
Xilan Meng did not get her answer, nor did he show any unhappiness. Instead, a smile appeared on his face. He looked at her for a while, lowered his head, and glanced at his feet. There was an imperceptible cunning in his eyes, but it quickly disappeared.
While grilling the fish, Xilan Meng took the initiative to chat with her, but Ye Luoxing did not expect the topic of his chat.
He actually asked her, "Did Yue Huang talk to you last night?"
This mermaid...
Ye Luoxing answered him this time: "Yeah."
It was rare for Xilan Meng to be so direct. He smiled and asked her, "Did you promise him?"
The fire in front of him suddenly burst into flames. Through the flames, Ye Luoxing couldn't fully see through this orc. He didn't even know what she had talked about with Yue Huang, but he asked directly. Did he know what she and Yue Huang had talked about? Or...
"..." This time, after hesitating, she still did not respond.
Xilan Meng said seriously: "Instead of forming an alliance with him, you might as well form an alliance with me."
The direct words made Ye Luoxing stare at him fiercely. What exactly did this mermaid want to do?
She asked him, "Shall I form an alliance with you? How? What are the benefits?"
Xilan Meng turned the fish over: "I can help you deal with him."
Such a simple sentence made Ye Luoxing's heartbeat slow down, and there was shock in her eyes that she could not hide.
She exclaimed, "You?"
Seeing her reaction, Xilan Meng smiled even brighter: "I can keep you safe."
There was suspicion in her words: "Aren't you Yancheng very united? Are you going to betray Yancheng?"
Xilan Meng shook his head: "No, but as long as I'm here, I won't let him force you into a relationship."
When he said this, Ye Luoxing understood and she remembered something.
"Yuehuang's attitude changed. Is it because of you?" She wanted to confirm.
"Yes." He didn't hide it.
By the quiet river, there were only her and his figures. The grass under the fire and around it had been cleared, and sparks splashed on the soil.
After a long while, she asked him, "What are your conditions?"
"I don't have any conditions." He said this without any hesitation and answered so quickly.
Ye Luoxing was surprised again. She didn't trust him very much.
Xilan Meng continued: "As long as you are happy, I have no conditions."
At the same time, he saw her suspicion and said patiently, "I know you're suspicious and wary. I'm an elder of Yancheng and a companion. You're right to doubt me, and I understand. But please trust me this time, because I will never harm you."
He made the promise sincerely, as if begging for her trust, both in his words and in his eyes that were expectant and afraid of being rejected.
He suddenly spoke so directly that Ye Luoxing was a little unresponsive...
However, he is not as aggressive as Yue Huang. He is like a stream flowing through one's heart, or like flower petals falling on one's palm. This non-aggressive show of goodwill makes it difficult for people to dislike him. Moreover, it is not known whether he is very good at using his appearance and expression, or whether he is just like that.
Ye Luoxing added, "That doesn't sound bad to me."
Xilan Meng looked at her and chuckled.
"I won't tell him about you and me." He promised her again, even though she had agreed to his request.
As time passed, the first fish was grilled.
He carefully picked out the bones from the fish and handed it to her: "Try it."
Ye Luoxing reached out to take it, took a small bite, and her eyes lit up. She could actually taste some crispness. Although there was no seasoning, the taste was very light and even had a fishy smell. But for an orc, Xilan Meng's craftsmanship amazed her. It was better than Feng He and Yue Huang's.
"Do you like it?" He asked the question again.
"Yeah." She nodded.
Xilan Meng continued to grill the second fish: "From now on, I will give you another fish every day."
Ye Luoxing stopped eating and looked at the orc opposite the fire. The crimson flames formed a sharp contrast with his deep blue. The flames were scorching, and he was dazzling. He exuded a mysterious and strange aura, tempting people to come closer.
When Xilan Meng was with her, he was always polite, never did anything excessive, and never said anything excessive.
She recalled the orc's dying breath in Midnight City. Being captured that time hadn't broken him. He had a very strong heart. Ye Luoxing didn't know him well, but at least for now, she hadn't seen him do anything excessive...
She didn't know who had started the feud between the North and the West. At this point, facing the orcs from the North who had abused him, did Xilan Meng have any "reasonable reason" to retaliate...
"Thank you." Ye Luoxing thanked him and continued eating the fish in his hand.
When Xilan Meng heard these two words, his blue eyes trembled, and emotions surged in his heart. He couldn't help but tighten his hands to suppress his emotions.
"You saved me, and I'll always remember that. So, you never need to say thank you to me." He said this softly.
The second fish was grilled and he handed it to her.
Ye Luoxing refused. She said, "Eat it yourself. What I have is enough."
Xilan Meng didn't eat grilled fish, and he had grilled it specifically for her, but after a brief pause, he withdrew his hand and said, "Okay, I'll try it too."
Time passed quickly. The man and the beast ate two fish by the river. Then Xilan Meng put out the fire and cleaned up the debris by the river.
During this period, no orcs disturbed them.
In the afternoon, Ye Luoxing followed Xilan Meng back to his wooden house. Today, she still had to change his dressing.
Yue Huang had not returned yet, and she had been with Xilan Meng the entire day. Xilan Meng had even carefully introduced the terrain and environment around Yancheng to her, without hiding anything from her or guarding against her.
Just as Ye Luoxing finished changing his medicine and was about to leave, the orc lying on the bed reached out his hand, held hers, and called softly, "Lolo."
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