"Ling Yun."
Lin Qiu shouted, and the stunned Ling Yun seemed to come back to life and ran towards Lin Qiu.
"Xiaoqiu! Xiaoqiu..." It was getting dark now, and Ling Yun felt it was unreal looking at Lin Qiu.
He looked up, and Lin Qiu reached out and gently touched his forehead: "Don't worry, I'm fine. Let's go home first."
"good."
Lin Qiu saw the tears in Ling Yun's eyes, and she couldn't help but rub Ling Yun's head again.
Ling Yun walked closely beside Lin Qiu, and Lin Qiu somehow felt that the atmosphere between the two brothers seemed a little awkward.
They returned to the tribe. Lin Qiu thanked those who came out to look for her and cared about her, and then went home with Ling Yun and Song Mu.
The kang at home looked exactly the same as when she left. Lin Qiu sat on the kang and was about to hug her male and cry for a while when she saw Ling Yun punching Song Mu to the ground.
"Idiot! You can't even take care of Xiao Qiu!"
Song Mu quickly climbed to his feet and responded to Ling Yun with his fists, retorting, "If you hadn't insisted on keeping those rabbits stationed in our tribe, Xiao Qiu wouldn't have been targeted!"
The two men fought each other, punching each other. "If I hadn't kept you at home to look after Xiao Qiu, do you think I would let you get close to her again after you did that to her?"
"Chief Ling Yun, you were responsible for the defense of the tribe. That stray orc actually sneaked into the tribe during the day and took a female away in broad daylight. Isn't this your responsibility?"
The two of them turned all the emotions in their hearts into anger and vented it on each other.
Lin Qiu closed his eyes and sighed heavily: "Go ahead and fight, just beat each other to death, don't worry about me, fight as much as you want, and if you don't feel satisfied, transform into a beast and fight outside!"
She didn't understand why the two of them did such a thing as soon as they got home, since surviving the disaster was obviously a good thing.
Lin Qiu now knew where Ji Nan's resentment towards her came from. She did not blame either Ling Yun or Song Mu for this matter. The tribe was facing internal and external troubles, and Ji Nan had the traitor Rong Qian to help him. It was difficult to guard against thieves within the tribe.
Ling Yun and Song Mu knew that Lin Qiu was angry, so they both stopped, got up and tidied themselves up.
Ling Yun wiped his face and brushed the hair back from his forehead: "Xiao Qiu, I'm sorry, I was really scared. I can't imagine what would happen to me if I couldn't find you."
Ling Yun wanted to hug Lin Qiu, but he was afraid that he was too emotional and would hurt her with too much force, so he put his emotions into his fist and aimed it at Song Mu.
Song Mu lowered his head, clenched his fists and pressed them against the edge of the kang: "Xiao Qiu, I'm sorry."
It was not so much that he was scolding Ling Yun, but rather that he was regretting that he had let his guard down.
"Xiao Qiu, please remove my beast mark. I failed to protect you well and I am not worthy of being your male."
Song Mu's voice was deep, his hair hanging down, covering half of his lowered face.
"Don't talk nonsense."
Lin Qiu propped himself up and knelt on the edge of the kang. He reached out and pressed the two men's heads onto his shoulders, one on each side. "This is entirely the fault of the bad guys. Stop blaming each other."
Two big heads rested on her neck, and Lin Qiu could feel their hot breath on her shoulders.
She said, "I thought you were brothers, so there are some things I don't need to say. You are all my males, and we are a family now. Family members should support and tolerate each other."
Ling Yun reached out and gently embraced Lin Qiu's waist. He opened his mouth and found that his throat seemed to be blocked, and his voice was choked and painful: "Xiao Qiu, I was too impulsive just now. I really... I really don't know what to do. Song Mu is right, I am a useless tribe leader. I can't even protect my own females, how can I protect other tribe members? Xiao Qiu, I..."
Ling Yun's intense outburst of anger was also the product of excessive self-blame.
Ling Yun exhaled tremblingly, and Lin Qiu stroked his back. "You've done very well. It's just that what they are going to do is too unscrupulous. No one could have predicted that someone in the tribe would collude with other tribes and let a stray orc in."
Lin Qiu comforted Ling Yun. She found that the male was not as strong as she had imagined. Perhaps he took her too seriously. Her disappearance seemed to have broken the psychological defenses of both of them. The conflict just now was a manifestation of their collapse.
Actually, they were quite rational. They knew to get her back and then vent their anger on the other party.
"Xiao Qiu, if I hadn't left you alone at home, even if two stray orcs came, they wouldn't be my match. It's all because of me! I shouldn't have been tricked into leaving so easily!"
Song Mu clenched his palms tightly, his fists still pressed against the edge of the kang.
He even regretted it so much that he thought he was not worthy of touching Lin Qiu.
"That's their plan. How could you have imagined Rong Qian would lie to get you out of here? You can't punish yourself for someone else's wrongdoing. Song Mu, you absolutely mustn't think like that. I don't blame you, and you're not to blame for this incident either."
The tribe was originally a stable environment. After Ling Yun took office, he arranged two patrol teams, one inside and one outside the tribe.
What's more, Song Mu was not on guard against Rong Qian out of his sincerity. Even if the incident of Wu Chuan had stood between them, no one would have thought that Rong Qian would dare to do such a thing.
The tiger orcs always talk things out and duel face to face, but Rong Qian looks very much like Wu Chuan, and doesn't seem to be a tiger orc, so he would be so shady.
Lin Qiu retreated, and the two men raised their faces.
She combed their hair and said, "Please don't feel guilty about this anymore. I'm really tired now, and I'm scared because of what I went through these past two days. Please don't make me worry about you. Let me rest for a while."
Lin Qiu said this and sat down in a kneeling position.
"Xiao Qiu, it's our fault."
Ling Yun felt extremely distressed and regretted it deeply. How could he let Lin Qiu comfort him?
Xiaoqiu must be extremely scared after being captured by stray orcs for so long.
Ling Yun took Lin Qiu into his arms, patted her back gently to comfort her, and regretted his actions just now.
Guilt was still evident in Song Mu's eyes. After all, he was directly responsible for Lin Qiu's kidnapping.
Seeing that Song Mu was still struggling, Lin Qiu grabbed his hand and shook his head gently at him.
"Xiao Qiu, forgive me."
"I don't blame you."
Lin Qiu stroked Song Mu's hand and felt relieved only when he saw his eyes slowly melt.
"You must be hungry. I'll go make you something to eat. Just rest for a while. You won't have to be afraid when you get home."
Song Mu kissed Lin Qiu's fingertips. His thin lips were warm and had a soothing effect.
"Um."
Lin Qiu was indeed hungry. If she hadn't been afraid of starving her child, she probably wouldn't have been able to eat anything facing that stray orc.
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