Li Qing's own strength was too weak. He was very clear about his own strength. He could only try his best to pretend to be a strong person. As for whether this would work... he could only leave it to fate. He forced himself to calm down. It was not completely dark yet, and with the fire lighting the way, if he made any expression on his face, it would definitely not escape the eyes of those two people.
Such a wait was extremely agonizing, especially since the two people had temporarily disappeared. Li Qing was carefully observing his surroundings, but he couldn't find the two people anywhere. The lush green plants, combined with the gloom before nightfall, provided them with the best cover.
The longer it went on, the faster Li Qing's heart pounded. Li Qing was very clear about his current situation. If a voice suddenly came out at this moment, his reaction would definitely be very excited.
Stop it! Don't jump so fast! Don't let them think you're weak! Li Qing anxiously told himself.
And just then...
Suddenly, a sound like footsteps on a tree branch came from the bushes to Li Qing's right.
Before Li Qing could react, the person who stepped on the branch had already reacted.
He let out a soft cry of surprise and took several steps back.
Then came hurried, disordered footsteps, which sounded like those of another person.
What's going on?
Li Qing was puzzled and asked, "Who exactly are you?"
"ah!"
The girl screamed again, seemingly surprised that her whereabouts had been exposed.
"Don't be afraid! Leave it to me!"
The person who spoke first gently comforted the girl, his tone tinged with obvious nervousness, "And who are you, and why are you here?"
This time, it was the language that Li Qing could understand, the language spoken by their Red Flower tribe.
Li Qing looked at a lush clump of plants. He already had a pretty good idea of who it was and smiled, "Before asking me who I am, shouldn't you introduce yourselves first? Who are you?"
Silence fell behind the bushes.
"Stop talking nonsense! Get out of here!"
"Why? I'm perfectly fine here, why would I leave? Or did you smell the grilled fish and get hungry?"
"Shut up!"
Li Qing's tone sounded unmoved, but this was a deliberate act. He couldn't easily show weakness before knowing the other party's attitude: "How long are you going to stay in that place?"
The man's voice sounded extremely angry. He spoke each word with gritted teeth, "Are you from the Black Wind Tribe?"
"What's it to you?" Li Qing said indifferently.
Just then, a few very quiet words of conversation came from afar; it was the girl who started it.
They switched back to the language of their tribe. Li Qing tried to calm down and try to decipher the "words," but in the end, he couldn't understand anything.
The conversation lasted less than three or four seconds. When he spoke again, the man's tone was pleading, but perhaps due to his personality, it sounded a little strange: "Give us that fish!"
Which one?
"What you have!"
"There's no chance anymore."
Li Qing finished the grilled fish in a few bites, gently tossed the branch on the ground, clapped his hands, and deliberately burped.
"you!"
Li Qing seemed to know that the other party couldn't do anything to him, so he shrugged, crossed his arms, and yawned: "I don't even know who you are. Why should I kindly give you the food I got? If you're so capable, you can come and take it from me. I have good news for you. There are still several fish at my feet that I haven't eaten. If you hadn't suddenly appeared and disturbed me just now, I probably would have finished eating all of those fish by now. Let me count, there's probably one, two... um, about eight or nine, right?"
From Lin Zi's direction came the sound of swallowing.
What will it take for you to give us some food?
"Is this how you ask for help?" Li Qing asked. "If you're hungry, you can have some fruit or something. Look, there's a peach tree behind me. I just tasted one, and it was absolutely delicious."
"..."
Li Qing grinned and said, "Alright, if you want to eat grilled fish, first you need to let me know who you are, where you come from, what your names are, how you got here, what you were discussing just now... You need to tell me all these things in detail, and once I'm satisfied, you can eat the fish."
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Qing realized that his request was somewhat unreasonable. He thought the other party would fly into a rage or simply break off all ties with him... But to his surprise, after he finished speaking, the other party was silent for a moment and then said in a low voice, "You have to keep your word!"
"Can."
After hearing Li Qing agree without hesitation, the other party fell silent again, making no sound. It seemed that they thought Li Qing's quick agreement without thinking might be hiding some kind of conspiracy. After a long time, the sound of two people's footsteps came from the jungle.
Hearing the other person's voice coming towards him, Li Qing felt a little nervous.
However, there is a gap between imagination and reality. The first person to appear in front of Li Qing was a boy whose voice did not match his appearance and age at all. He looked about the same age as Daohua, but his face was very old and his whole body was thin and emaciated. His chest, legs, neck and other parts of his body had very obvious marks from being whipped.
What impressed Li Qing the most was his eyes. From Li Qing's aesthetic point of view, his eyes were very beautiful, with double eyelids, large pupils, and a lot of spirit.
Yet, those eyes naturally exuded a sense of vigilance and hostility from within.
Clearly, the male voice that had just spoken, which sounded like that of an adult caveman, came from this boy.
"So, the character following him should be someone like his sister, right?"
Li Qing looked behind the boy, and sure enough, a girl who was a head shorter than the boy appeared behind him.
She looked to be about the same age as Yun. Her beautiful face and figure were concealed by the weariness on her face. However, unlike the boy, her eyes still held the innocence and kindness that a child her age should have. After emerging from the jungle, she stared at the fish at Li Qing's feet with her big eyes, touched her belly, and opened her mouth with longing.
The boy beside her held the girl with one hand and looked up at Li Qing warily.
Li Qing: "Alright, as we agreed earlier, what's your name, and what's hers?"
"My name is Manghu," the boy said, looking at the girl. "Her name is Yi."
He then asked Li Qing, "Now, you should tell me your name."
Name...
Li Qing remained silent for a while, then said, "My name is Li Qing. People who are very close to me call me Mai Zi. As for you, just call me Li Qing."
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