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"This is sweet!" Lina held up the novel food called "zongzi" in her hand, her eyes seemed to be twinkling with stars, "I like it!"
Aibei would occasionally look up at Lian Yun's movements, then lower his head and awkwardly peel off the rice dumpling leaves in his hands.
Through the white glutinous rice, the red filling could be seen. Aibei brought it to his mouth and took a careful bite. After chewing for a long time, he looked up blankly and said, "Sir, this has no taste."
Lian Yun took a look at the rice dumpling in his hand and laughed instantly: "You haven't bitten the filling yet. It's filled with red bean paste, and it's sweet too."
Aibei blushed with embarrassment, ate it all in a few bites, and then helped Xiaohong next to him to peel the rice dumplings.
Xiaohong opened her beak and flapped her wings impatiently.
After the rice dumplings were thrown in, Xiaohong smacked her lips, flapped her wings a few times, and nodded, expressing her satisfaction.
It chirped vaguely in Abe's ear.
"Ah? It's salty?" Aibei scratched his head.
"Look at yours," Lian Yun looked at Lana beside him. The latter took a bite and showed the inside to Lian Yun.
"It's a rice dumpling." Lian Yun understood and looked at him expectantly. "How is it? Is it delicious?"
Lanna nodded in agreement.
"Brother Lana will think it's delicious as long as it's given by the Lord Sister." Lina joked with a smile.
Lanna continued to nod, showing no intention of refuting.
Lian Yun patted his shoulder sympathetically and said, "It's normal since you haven't eaten anything good."
At this point, Lian Yun said with regret: "It's a pity that you didn't eat much of the pot yesterday, and the snowman spilled it all."
Lanna froze.
Lina also recalled the fear she felt when she was dominated by Lian Yun yesterday, and even felt dazed when she saw the iron pot that had been moved away today.
"What does that taste like, sister?" Lina quickly changed the subject.
Lian Yun then took a bite of the rice dumpling in his hand.
“…It has no taste.”
"Huh?" Lina leaned over and saw the white rice dumpling in her hand, and said in surprise, "There's really no filling!"
Lana suddenly stopped moving, looking at the rice dumpling in his hand, then at Lian Yun's tasteless rice dumpling, and suddenly a huge sense of guilt rose up: "Sir..."
Lian Yun knew what he wanted to say and quickly reached out to stop him: "Don't feel guilty, I just happen to like this."
Ai Bei, who was standing by, seemed to have heard something unbelievable and mumbled, "How could anyone like something without taste?"
As a bear-type beastman, he even taught himself cooking in order to eat delicious food.
"Because my hometown is relatively poor, we only had zongzi like this during festivals." Lian Yun swallowed a mouthful and said with nostalgia, "Actually, this kind of zongzi was already very good at the time. Sometimes they would not eat it, but knowing that I liked it, they would leave it for me."
Lina thought thoughtfully: "Is my sister's hometown also poor?"
Lian Yun savored the food in his hand, thought for a moment, and said, "In terms of material things, although they are poor, they gave me the best."
"Speaking of spiritual wealth," Lian Yun looked into Lina's watery green eyes and smiled calmly, "just like the people in your village, they have given me the richest spiritual wealth."
Lina clasped her hands together, her eyes curved: "Yeah! Then I really want to meet them."
Lian Yun showed a nostalgic smile: "I want to see them too."
"Your hometown is really nice," Abe said. "I almost forgot what our village looked like."
Everyone looked at the man and the bird.
Abei chewed his food and continued nonchalantly, "The only person I remember is my mother. At that time, she didn't know that I had inherited my orc bloodline. She was very kind to me."
"Because beastmen usually transform around the age of one, but I didn't transform until I was six."
"The last time I saw my mother was when I was driven out of the village. I was seven years old that year. I lost control and turned into a bear in front of others. She stood behind many villagers, looking at me expressionlessly."
Aibei's voice gradually lowered. "I didn't dare go back. I was afraid of causing trouble for her."
Everyone fell silent. Lian Yun didn't know what to say for a moment. Only Xiaohong gently patted Aibei's back.
"Chirp, chirp, chirp..."
Aibei tilted his head, pursed his lips and nodded: "I know, good brother, I still have you."
Lian Yun's words of comfort were suddenly choked on his lips.
The harmonious scene of birds and people talking is so strange that it always seems strange no matter how many times you watch it.
Lina stood up and gave Abe a big hug: "It's okay, Abe, this will be your town from now on."
Lina's bright smile infected Abe, and his mood quickly brightened.
The bonfire crackled and burned, warming the faces of several people.
On an exceptionally quiet night, a few people gathered together, eating food from another world and talking about what they had seen and heard in the past, with sparks exploding in their voices.
Although it was the first time we met, there was no awkwardness in our conversation.
The meeting of several people was like finding a fire in the vast fog. They couldn't help but move towards the fire. This was the first and only time they found a place where they could settle down and keep warm.
Ships docked and tired birds took up their nests.
They didn't even need to think about the origin of the fire, because those surrounding the fire were all wandering people.
They come for the ever-burning fire, for the one who provides the light - just to sleep soundly here for a night, to find a moment of peace.
Lian Yun lifted a corner of his cloak and covered Lina, who was sleeping soundly on his shoulder.
"Perhaps we can repair the tavern first." Lian Yun said, "It might be more interesting to chat in the tavern."
"It's the same everywhere," Abe grinned.
Xiaohong imitated Lianyun's movements, leaning on Aibei's back and acting as his blanket.
Lanner just nodded, his expression gentle: "I will go to repair the tavern tomorrow."
Adults can't always communicate with others in the open air.
"Then I'll go too!" Abe said hurriedly, "Let me do all the hard work! I can do it!"
Lian Yun smiled lightly: "It's getting late. You need to rest well so you can have the energy to work."
A few people nodded, cleaned up the things around them, and put out the campfire.
Lian Yun carried the sleeping Lina upstairs, placed her on the animal skin, gently closed the door, turned around and walked towards the stairs with a calm expression.
"Lanna." Lian Yun called softly from the door of the room downstairs.
The door opened almost as soon as she finished speaking.
As she expected, the person in the room was standing by the door, neatly dressed.
The moment Lana saw Lian Yun, he subconsciously wanted to put his hands behind his back, but when he realized something, he dropped them helplessly.
"grown ups."
Lian Yun had already seen the sword in his hand and knew that the other party was not planning to sleep tonight.
"Lanna, why don't you take a rest?" Lian Yun crossed his arms and said with a dark look in his eyes, "You know I trust you the most, don't you?"
The accusing tone made Lanna feel that he had let her down. His chest tightened and he lowered his eyes in acknowledgment: "Yes. I will always trust you, sir."
Lian Yun continued, "Then why don't you take a break?"
She has been paying attention to the physical strength value on Lana's head every morning these days. Logically, sleeping will replenish physical strength, but Lana's physical strength recovers extremely slowly.
"It is precisely because I have your trust," Lanner said, his voice trembling slightly. "With my current abilities, I'm afraid I can't protect you well."
He had never thought that he was so weak that he would fight with a one-winged bird with no combat experience for several rounds.
When facing the enemy, my performance was completely incapable of protecting you.
He hated his own weakness and regretted not seizing every minute and every second to become stronger.
"Sir, I can only try my best to make up for it." Lana closed his eyes slightly to hide the emotions in his eyes.
"I don't understand."
Lian Yun spoke coldly.
Why is Lanner so loyal? Why is he always on edge?
Why her.
She doesn't understand anything.
But she knew that even if she asked Lana to explain, he wouldn't be able to make sense of it.
There seemed to be an invisible thread pulling them together, which was hard to explain, and both of them were letting this thread pull them.
This tug-of-war brought Lian Yun confusion and doubt, as well as an inexplicable uneasiness in his heart when facing Lana's undisguised loyalty.
It also brought panic and restlessness to Lanner, forcing him to constantly urge himself to become stronger at any time.
Faced with Lian Yun's cold expression, Lana felt as if his heart was being gripped.
He lowered his head, his figure slightly mute: "I'm sorry to disappoint you, sir."
"No," Lian Yun interrupted his confession.
"I've never been disappointed in you."
Lana was slightly startled, raised her head and looked at Lian Yun, and saw herself in the other's clear black eyes.
That was a self that was in great pain because it had not fully grown.
"Since we can't change the environment, we should find a way to adapt to it." Lian Yun continued, "You know, this is not called surrendering to fate."
“This is actually a form of resistance.”
“The struggle for the future.”
In a world without electric lights, the night is pitch black.
Even in the house, people use candles to get the faint light.
But in the residential houses of Bubu Town, there is a young girl wearing an off-white robe, who speaks gently to the man in front of her, lighting up his world.
The light on her body not only illuminates the darkness for herself, but also dispels the darkness for those around her.
"You'll be exhausted and ineffective if you continue like this. I believe in your strength. Starting tomorrow, you can move further away. A real battle is much better than practicing swordsmanship alone."
The girl took out a piece of paper with strange symbols printed on it and stuffed it into his hand.
"Maybe this and I are of no use, but as long as you need me, feel free to use me, and I will be there in time."
Lana's eyes moved slightly, and when he saw himself reflected in the other person's eyes, a smile appeared on his face.
"Perhaps, I should have met the adults earlier."
"You're only twenty-four." Lian Yun waved his hand to interrupt his flagging behavior, "Don't talk as if you won't see the sun tomorrow."
Lanna smiled and stopped talking.
Before Lian Yun left, he reminded him of several things: "Don't go too far, don't fight multiple monsters alone. Also, don't fight to the death just because you're too eager to win."
Lian Yun was particularly serious when he said the last sentence.
"Don't give your life away so easily."
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The author has something to say:
Dragon Boat Festival~Does everyone eat rice dumplings?
I was very happy to write this chapter. I hope the little cuties who read it will be happy every day!
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