The birds that stole the fruit ran behind Yu Lili and Rong Jing. Rong Jing pulled Yu Lili to the right. Yu Lili staggered and tried to speed up. Rong Jing silently slowed down her pace so that Yu Lili would not be dragged by her.
The two ran for a few minutes, stopping only when they were sure the snake had chased the birds.
But when Rong Jing turned around, she saw Yu Lili with a dazed look on her face, wondering what he was thinking.
"Are you scared?" Rong Jing said in a slow tone, "There are many dangerous animals here. If we don't provoke them, they basically won't provoke us."
Rong Jing thought Yu Lili was frightened by the fight between the poisonous snake and the birds, but the truth was that Yu Lili was frightened by her.
Yu Lili felt that she was covering her disguise well, trying not to use her demonic powers, and not showing any characteristics of a demon, but how come Rong Jing... seemed to know her true identity?
Is the heroine so powerful?
"I..." Yu Lili asked tentatively, "What did you just say...what did you mean?"
"This kind of guardian beast usually won't leave the things they are guarding. It'll be fine if we stay away from it," Rong Jing said.
Yu Lili tightened her grip around Guozi: "No...it's the previous sentence."
Rong Jing thought for a moment before remembering what she had said before. She asked, "'Are you afraid the koi has become a spirit?'"
Yu Lili's body tensed up: "Yeah, why do you say that?"
Could it be that he really saw her true form?
But she clearly hasn't merged with this body yet, and her true form isn't visible at all!
Did she reveal her true identity sometime?
Yu Lili was lost in thought. Rong Jing saw Yu Lili's confused and cautious look. Although she thought Yu Lili's caution was a bit strange, she still explained to Yu Lili, "In my hometown, people with good luck are called koi. I think your luck is indeed much better than that of ordinary people, so I just said it casually."
"...Just like that?" Yu Lili couldn't believe it.
"Or else?" Rong Jing saw Yu Lili's eyes widen, like a little animal, and couldn't help but reach out and rub her head: "It's just a saying in my hometown, you don't have to take it too seriously."
Yu Lili blinked again and again, and only relaxed after confirming that what Rong Jing said was true.
Rong Jing just thought Yu Lili was an interstellar person who didn't know what koi and non-koi were, so she was curious and confused. After explaining a few things to Yu Lili casually, she looked at the sky and said, "It's getting late. We should find a place to stay first."
"Yeah." Yu Lili relaxed and was ready to eat the fruit. She held up the fruit like a treasure and said, "Three fruits, we can each have one and a half."
"Let's eat it tonight." Rong Jing said, "Let's find some suitable food."
"good."
Although the fruit is only the size of a fist, it is not light in weight.
Yu Lili was a little tired after running so far with the fruit in her arms. She put the fruit into the subspace a little unfamiliarly and happily followed Rong Jing forward.
This time, Rong Jing led the way. She carefully cut off some thorny branches and vines, so Yu Lili could walk very smoothly.
"Hey, Rong Jing, look, what's that over there?" Yu Lili stretched out his finger and pointed at a big tree not far away.
The diameter of the big tree was estimated to be six or seven meters, but there was a gap about one meter and thirty or four meters above the ground. Yu Lili had good eyesight and could see that there was a large space inside.
"Hmm?" Rong Jing pushed aside the weeds that were taller than her before she saw the tree. She thought for a moment and said, "Let's go take a look."
The two walked to the big tree. Rong Jing first picked up a palm-sized branch on the ground and threw it into the crack. There was no movement inside.
There should be no animals in it.
Thinking of this, Rong Jing whispered, "Wait here for me, I'll go take a look."
"Okay!" Yu Lili nodded obediently.
Rong Jing walked slowly and lightly, and when she reached the tree, she slowly leaned over to look.
There doesn't seem to be any danger.
The next second, Rong Jing directly supported herself on the tree and crawled in. A minute later, she walked to the entrance of the tree hole and waved to Yu Lili: "Come on."
Yu Lili walked over obediently and wanted to imitate Rong Jing and flip in, but unexpectedly Rong Jing stretched out a hand.
She was stunned for a moment, then took Rong Jing's hand and was pulled in by her.
The tree is hollow inside, and the entrance is just big enough for the slender Yu Lili and Rong Jing to squeeze in. The inside is actually quite spacious, about ten square meters in size and more than two meters high, the size of a small room.
"It's nice to live here, but you can't cook in here." Rong Jing looked at the tree hole and nodded.
"Can't cook?" Yu Lili was instantly disappointed: "Then let's go somewhere else!"
"We can go out and cook." Rong Jing laughed: "What do you want to eat? I'll see if I can find it today."
"I like everything you make." Yu Lili's little face was full of seriousness.
As a half-chef who loves cooking, Rong Jing also has the common characteristics of chefs: she feels happy when she makes food that people like.
Yu Lili was too flattering, which made Rong Jing happy and she couldn't help laughing.
But she finally patted Yu Lili's head and said, "Okay, I'll go find some food first."
"I'll go with you." Yu Lili said immediately.
"The place I'm going to might be quite dangerous..." Rong Jing originally wanted to ask Yu Lili to stay and wait for her, but when she saw Yu Lili's high spirits turn into dejection, she changed her words and said, "How about this? We don't know if this area is safe yet. How about you search around here? Don't go too far, just look around about two hundred meters."
"Okay!" Yu Lili was satisfied as he had his own things to do.
You have to help out more so that people won’t say you’re eating for free!
Yu Lili had it all planned out. As long as she was obedient and could help, Rong Jing would not despise having a helper. Moreover, after her strength recovered a little, she would be able to catch not only those powerful animals but also the rabbit that died in front of her that day.
And she is also very good at catching fish!
Rong Jing's figure quickly disappeared, and Yu Lili also searched around.
This forest is not as big as the one Yulili encountered when he first came to this world. The tree where the tree hole is located is the largest tree around, and most of the other trees can be hugged by one person.
There was no danger around. Yu Lili looked around within two hundred meters and was disappointed to find no fruit.
If only there were more delicious food...
Why?
Yu Lili was walking when she suddenly felt that she had kicked something. She staggered and almost fell. After she stood firm, she looked down and saw the thing that almost tripped her.
A semicircular, pale yellow object.
Out of curiosity, Yu Lili squatted down to take a closer look, then poked it again.
It doesn't look like a stone, it looks like some kind of plant?
Hmm... can this be eaten? It looks a bit like fruit, huh?
"Lili?" Rong Jing's voice suddenly sounded.
Yu Lili sighed, "I'm here."
Rong Jing hurried over and was relieved to see that Yu Lili was fine. But then she saw Yu Lili squatting down, looking at something. She squatted down as well, and a look of hesitation appeared on her face: "Why does this look a bit like... a potato?"
"Potatoes?" Yu Lili blinked, only concerned about one thing: "Can I eat it?"
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