The two people were not in a secluded position, and the tribespeople in their caves nearby craned their necks and pricked up their ears to watch them.
Xiao frowned slightly.
Xia Yixin, on the other hand, was too embarrassed to pay attention to these things for the moment, and she looked for topics to talk about.
With an awkward laugh, he said, "I heard you did... well this afternoon, haha, but I thought it would take a long time."
She regretted what she said as soon as she finished. What had she even said?
Sure enough, Xiao's face darkened, and he pulled her into her cave.
He was actually trying to avoid being spied on by other people outside.
Xia Yixin thought he was angry again, so she quickly apologized, "That, I didn't mean to..."
"Who told you that?" Xiao asked in a deep voice.
The two voices happened to overlap.
Xia Yixin didn't want to betray Li, so she just laughed it off.
"Um... well, hehe, this is a good thing, after all, everyone has needs, so don't be so accusatory." She patted his arm and laughed, "I heard you'll be an adult next year, congratulations!"
Xiao gritted his teeth and said, enunciating each word clearly, "There's nothing between me and her!"
"Huh?" She looked at him blankly.
"I don't like her... cough, she smells awful."
As Xiao finished speaking, he realized with frustration that he didn't even know what he was saying anymore.
Xia Yixin only paid attention to the second half of the sentence. She pulled her arm back and smelled it. "That's impossible. I've been making them take showers regularly. They shouldn't have any smell. I even made some soap."
She smelled like freshly washed soap, with a faint floral scent. The other females in the group should no longer smell bad.
She was still half asleep when someone flicked her forehead. She puffed out her cheeks and glared at him, "Hey!"
Why is this guy flicking her again?
Even with his thick skin, Xiao's handsome face flushed slightly as he quickly changed the subject. "You're an underage female, and all you think about all day is nonsense. I don't think you know how to get along with males at all. Do you know that your previous behavior could easily put you in danger?"
"Huh?" She covered her forehead, not knowing what the male supporting character was talking about.
"Didn't your clansmen teach you before? Male beast spirits are very dangerous, especially as the cold season approaches. After all, they are mostly in caves during the cold season. Although the eagle clan usually consists of pairs who are loyal to each other, before the windy season, during the cold season, there will be a male and a female living together for warmth, or even a male with multiple females. They want to lure you into their caves!" Xiao threatened her.
"Huh?" She was a little confused.
Xiao's eyes darkened. "I'll be more careful about your safety from now on. You should also stay away from those males."
"ha??"
Xia Yixin felt that she didn't understand Xiao's thought process at all, but the cold war between the two of them was finally over.
After that day, Xiao reversed his "deliberate ignoring" of her the previous month and followed her around again. He stopped going with the hunting team and followed her like a bodyguard to build the second batch of stone houses.
He even put a necklace on her with feathers and some strange stones tied with hemp rope, and said seriously, "This is the symbol of a witch doctor. You are not allowed to take it off casually. Also, you should throw away that stinky wolf's things right now."
Xia Yixin looked suspiciously at the ugly thing around her neck. Although she found it strange, she still believed him. As for the necklace that Han had given her before, she would definitely not hand it over, so she made up an explanation that she had "lost it".
The man didn't press further; in fact, he seemed to be in a pretty good mood.
She didn't know why, but after she put on the feather necklace, the males who used to harass her disappeared, and even Shan, Hai and the others became more respectful to her.
She didn't know that the feather around her neck wasn't a witch doctor's symbol at all; it was an owl's feather, which meant he was publicly announcing, "This little female is taken."
When Xiao did this, he had already come to understand his own heart.
The more time he spent with her, the more he felt her attraction to him, as if drawn by some unseen force.
Although she once said she had someone she liked, the male didn't sign a contract with her, so he had a chance.
He wanted to slowly boil the frog in lukewarm water, letting her get used to him until she completely became his.
Completely unaware of the man's ulterior motives, Xia Yixin didn't think much of it. She only felt that Xiao was no longer doing anything out of line to her, so she gradually calmed down.
She thought happily that she could finally feel at ease helping the male supporting character as a "friend".
But soon she will realize how naive she was...
Before the arrival of the cold season, the male supporting character's happiness level finally reached around 30, and the Eagle Clan was well-fed and clothed. The only pity was that the stone house was only half-built, and they wouldn't be able to move in during the cold season.
With only a week left until the winter season, Xia Yixin felt increasingly cold in her hands and feet, knowing it was due to the hibernation habits of the Silver Serpent Clan.
Just as she was preparing to settle into her stone house while the sun was shining, a message came from a guard squad of the Ying tribe early in the morning—the Snow Wolf tribe had arrived!
Upon hearing this news, Xia Yixin was puzzled, while Xiao's face immediately darkened.
Xiao refused Xia Yixin's request to go, saying, "I don't know what they're really thinking, it's not safe for you to go." He then led a dozen elite Ying clan members, transformed into Ying, and flew over there.
They returned shortly afterward, and Xiao's expression was strange.
"What's wrong? Is it something about the Huaxia people?" Xia Yixin asked curiously.
Xiao shook his head and dropped a bombshell: "Han has left the Huaxia Clan with the Snow Wolf Clan. They've come to repay what Lin, that evil woman, stole last year. They'll send someone here soon; they want to form an alliance with us."
Xia Yixin couldn't help but widen her eyes in surprise. Wasn't Han the male lead? Why would he suddenly leave the Huaxia tribe? Could it be a trap?
At that moment, the system's voice rang in her mind: "No, the system has detected that the male lead's affection for the female lead has dropped to -30, which is even more disgusting than that of an ordinary person. The female lead's descent into darkness and her self-destructive behavior are about to backfire."
"..." Xia Yixin had completely given up on the original plot.
Xiao informed the entire Ying clan of the news.
The Ying tribe immediately began to discuss among themselves. Indeed, the Ying tribe and the Snow Wolf tribe had always kept to themselves until the resource dispute last winter. Now, the Snow Wolf tribe was actually coming to settle a debt? As the overlords of the skies over this continent, the Ying tribe members were divided in their opinions.
The first faction advocated for war and refused to accept restitution, leading to continued confrontation between the two sides.
The second faction favored peace, since the Ying Clan was currently recuperating, and the Snow Wolf Clan had also left the Huaxia Clan. They also knew that what happened back then was because Lin Luo had deceived the chieftains of both clans, causing a misunderstanding.
The second faction had significantly more supporters than the first. Therefore, when Han arrived with a large amount of food, the Ying tribesmen were not very resistant; most were simply curious.
Han only brought the old witch doctor into the tribe, and the mountain of prey was particularly conspicuous outside the tribe.
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