After dinner, Foxy asked the kids to go back to their rooms to rest early.
She was not sleepy, so she put the food reserved for Long Mo in the pot to heat it up, and sat in the living room waiting for him.
She waited until midnight.
Foxy was awakened by the sound of the door being pushed open. The candles on the table had gone out, and the living room was dark.
The pale moonlight penetrated through the crack of the open door. Foxy looked up and saw a familiar figure walking in.
There was also a smell of blood.
"Long Mo, are you injured?" Foxy's heart tightened, and her confused mind suddenly became clear. She stood up from the chair and walked over.
Before she could get close, Long Mo took two steps back.
"Don't worry, it's not my blood, it's the blood of the beastmen outside." He explained, "You're dirty, don't come over."
The sharp-edged handsome face was still stained with blood. The moment his eyes touched Hu Jiaojiao, the hostility on his face was instantly replaced by tenderness.
He was afraid that the blood beside him would get on Hu Jiaojiao.
"Where is it dirty? It's just blood. It's not like I haven't touched it before." Hu Jiaojiao pouted, she was not that pretentious.
Hearing Long Mo say that this was someone else's blood, she breathed a sigh of relief.
She hurried back to the house to get clean clothes and towels.
"Take off the dirty clothes first and wash them quickly."
She said, and walked to the backyard with clothes and towels.
The water tank is in the backyard. Long Mo specially had someone build a bathroom. It is not only convenient, but also saves water. The used water can be kept for watering the floor.
When they walked outside the bathroom, Hu Jiaojiao did not leave immediately. She turned around and saw that Long Mo was still wearing the blood-stained clothes. She urged him:
"Take them off quickly. I'll wash them. The blood stains will be difficult to wash if they are left for a long time."
There is no laundry detergent here. If you only use water, it will definitely not be clean. Hu Jiaojiao plans to wash it when no one is around.
Although they are not short of clothes, the linen is also woven by the beastmen thread by thread, and it cannot be wasted.
"No, you go and rest. I'll wash it myself later." Long Mo did not move.
Seeing that he insisted, Hu Jiaojiao had no choice but to put the clothes in.
"Then I'll go get you something to eat. You've been busy until so late, you must be hungry." Hu Jiaojiao said.
"Okay." Long Mo's deep eyes were filled with tenderness. He watched Hu Jiaojiao leave before entering the bathroom.
Hu Jiaojiao looked back and muttered in his heart: This guy, he is shy to ask him to take off his clothes?
When did he become so shameless.
Afraid that Long Mo would not have enough to eat, Hu Jiaojiao left a large portion of food. When she took it out from the kitchen, Long Mo was no longer in the bathroom.
After waiting for a while, she saw Long Mo coming back from outside.
In his hands, he still held the wet clothes, which had been squeezed dry without a drop of water.
Fox Jiaojiao didn't care about the clothes he washed, but looked at his shirt strangely.
"Why are you still wearing a shirt when you go to wash clothes? It's so hot, you should take off your shirt."
In summer, males are almost always shirtless at home. When the cubs are not around, Long Mo will also take off his shirt to avoid sweating and dirtying his clothes.
"It's okay, it's windy today, not hot." Long Mo changed the subject, "I'll go dry my clothes."
Fox Jiaojiao looked suspicious.
She always felt that Long Mo was not in good shape today.
But seeing the fatigue in Long Mo's eyes, she didn't ask much.
While eating, Fox Jiaojiao listened to Long Mo talking about the situation outside the tribe.
Hu Lin has taken the beastmen to deal with the beastmen who were the leaders of the trouble, and killed the chicken to scare the monkeys. The rest are all timid beastmen who can't cause any big waves.
In view of the fact that today's disturbance has angered the tribe, Hu Lin decided not to accept beastmen in the next few days. In the past, he would send beastmen to protect their safety, but now he will let them fend for themselves.
The beastmen outside now all regretted it, and just wandered outside, unwilling to leave.
Hearing about this ending, Hu Jiaojiao didn't sympathize with them at all, but felt very relieved.
This is how it should be for such beastmen who don't know what's good for them.
Blindly tolerating them will only make them worse.
"By the way, the fire had just started in the tribe, how did the beastmen outside take action so quickly?" This was the only thing that puzzled Hu Jiaojiao.
Long Mo finished the last bite of meat and put down his bowl and chopsticks. A
low, mellow voice answered slowly:
"Chief Hu Lin arrested two beastmen who were the leaders of the trouble. After interrogation, it was found that it was a red-haired beastman who told them the news of the tribe."
"Red-haired beastman?!" Hu Jiaojiao was stunned. Could it be the red-haired beastman that the cubs ran into today!
It couldn't be such a coincidence, right?
"There was actually a beastman in the tribe who sent them a message. Did you catch the red-haired beastman?" Hu Jiaojiao frowned slightly.
Regardless of whether it was the same beastman or not, what was the purpose of this gang passing the message?
Will he create trouble for the tribe?
The tribe provided him with a safe place to live, why would he do this?
"Not yet, that red-haired beastman is so elusive that the beastman guarding the gate didn't even see when he left. I will go look for him tomorrow with Chief Hu Lin." Long Mo shook his head.
The tribe will not be safe until the red-haired beastman is caught.
The later it gets to the end of summer, the hotter the weather will be. If he wants Jiaojiao to be able to escape the heat here, he has to take care of these things.
"Then you guys should be careful." Hu Jiaojiao nodded, thought about it, and told Long Mo what happened today.
"I suspect that the cubs that were burned to death and the inexplicable fire are also related to this red-haired beastman. If he really did it, then this beastman should not be underestimated. You should be careful."
"Okay." Long Mo nodded without hesitation and obeyed Hu Jiaojiao's words.
Hu Jiaojiao was relieved after getting Long Mo's answer.
After the two finished chatting, it was already late at night.
So they hurried back to rest.
The next day, Long Mo went with Hu Lin to look for the red-haired beastman.
The cubs stopped going out and followed Hu Jiaojiao obediently.
Long Ling'er, however, could not avoid going out. Many beastmen were seriously injured last night, but they did not want to disturb Long Ling'er's rest in the middle of the night, so they temporarily let the veterinarian treat them.
Today, there are several seriously injured beastmen who are bedridden and unable to move and are waiting for her to treat them.
Long Ling'er recovered quickly. After a night's rest, her body has completely returned to normal and she has become a lively and active little female again.
Fearing that something might happen on the road, Hu Lin sent several tall and sturdy males to escort them all the way so that Hu Jiaojiao could rest assured.
Yin Cang, as Long Ling'er's assistant, naturally went with her.
Seeing that the cubs couldn't sit still, Hu Jiaojiao took them to the newly built rabbit pen of Yuehu Tribe to feed the rabbits.
The weather was too hot, and the rabbits in the pen were listless.
Hu Jiaojiao secretly took some carrots out of the space and threw them into the haystack to add to the rabbits' snacks.