Chapter 109: Fingers Interlocked, Together Through Thick and Thin

Su Li was taken aback!

“Fei Li, you…”

Ignoring Su Li, Fei Li clasped his fingers with Luo Sang, their palms pressed together.

“As for the vegetable planting, let Su Li handle it, let’s go back!”

After saying this, he gently wiped the sweat off Luo Sang’s forehead.

Immersed in his tenderness, Luo Sang completely forgot about the earlier incident with Su Li.

It wasn’t until their figures grew farther away that Su Li snapped back to reality.

A bitter smile tugged at his lips as he watched Fei Li’s retreating figure. “Why have you changed like this?”

Wuze led his tribe members up the mountain to select stones for making the mill, with Aola following along.

Originally, with a group of people heading up the mountain, the team should have been quite large.

However, their group was rather peculiar.

Everyone tacitly followed Wuze and Aola, keeping their distance from the two.

After noticing this, Wuze turned back several times to look at his tribe members.

But he didn’t see anything unusual.

At this time, Simi was chatting with a group of people.

“Simi, is what you said true? Does Lord Wuze really like Aola?”

The orcs looked at Simi with curious eyes, very interested in Wuze’s lifelong affairs.

Simi patted his chest and lowered his voice, “Absolutely true! The last time I got injured, it was Lord Wuze and Aola who took care of me. Wuze is famously quiet and doesn’t like to interact with others.”

But now, he’s caring for Simi alongside a human, so everyone believes that Wuze likes Aola.

In order to create opportunities for Wuze and Aola to interact, the orcs deliberately slowed down and chose not to disturb the two.

After walking for a while, Aola noticed that the orcs behind them were nowhere to be seen and couldn’t help but steal a glance at Wuze.

These lazy orcs are really too much!

After some thought, he couldn’t resist reminding him, “Where did your tribe members go?”

Upon hearing this, Wuze turned around with a dark expression and, sure enough, couldn’t see his tribe members anymore.

What’s going on with these guys lately?

They’re becoming more and more disrespectful!

He stopped in his tracks, his face darkening as he waited for his tribe members.

Moments later, Simi and the tribe members finally caught up, but they stopped about two meters away from the two.

Wuze furrowed his brows in displeasure, “It seems I’ve been too good to you all, you’ve started to slack off.”

Slack off?

The orcs exchanged glances, finally turning their eyes to Simi, signaling him to respond.

Grinding his teeth, Simi took a step forward, “Lord Wuze, we aren’t slacking off.”

“Aren’t slacking off? Then what were you all doing at the back, dawdling around? Didn’t you eat enough and can’t walk properly?”

Not long ago, Luo Sang had distributed food to them, who would dare to say they hadn’t eaten enough?

Simi glanced at Aola, then at Wuze, a faint smile on his face.

The orcs remained silent, joining Simi in laughter.

“This isn’t the old tribe, every word and action of ours is being watched by everyone. If you all continue to be so lazy, how can you face Luo Sang and Fei Li for taking us in?”

Every day here, Wuze felt he couldn’t be slack, fearing others would talk behind his back.

Seeing Wuze’s increasingly serious expression, Simi anxiously explained, “Lord Wuze, we’re not being lazy, we just wanted to give you and Aola a chance to be alone together. It’s not easy for you to find someone you like, and we all hope you can be together.”

Wuze: “…”

Aola: “…” The two exchanged glances, and surprisingly, Aola’s face flushed red.

Aola’s reaction further confirmed the orcs’s speculation.

Everyone looked at the two with knowing expressions.

“Who said I like him?” Wuze shattered everyone’s fantasies.

All eyes turned to Simi. Had they misunderstood? “I clearly saw you last time…”

“Simi, move that stone over there back to the tribe,” Wuze interrupted Simi, casually pointing to a large rock.

“Is this for making the mill?”

Wuze shook his head, “Since you’re so free, you might as well do more work.”

Simi: “…”

—Clearly, everyone was gossiping together, why was I the only one getting injured?

The group continued walking forward, and under the scorching sun, sweat trickled down everyone’s cheeks.

Upon reaching the stone mountain, everyone spread out to search for stones.

According to Fei Li’s requirements, the materials for the mill had to be granite.

They had no concept of granite, so they could only look for stones based on hardness.

There were many types of stones in the mountain, and everyone was searching around ^[1]“Like headless flies” is an expression used to describe people who are acting in a confused, aimless, or disorganized manner. It suggests that they are moving around without direction or … Continue readinglike headless flies.

Suddenly, a stone at the top of the mountain shook a few times and then rolled down.

The stone rolled quickly and was about to roll towards Aola. Wuze, closest to Aola, reacted first, rushing up to pull Aola aside.

The two successfully avoided the stone, but before they could feel relieved, the stone beneath their feet suddenly gave way, and they couldn’t dodge in time, falling along with the stone.

The orcs searching for stones could only watch helplessly as the two fell down.

The falling speed was fast, but Wuze still grabbed Aola’s hand immediately, “Hold my hand and don’t let go.”

Aola turned back to look at Wuze, but noticed a rock falling alongside them, clearly Wuze hadn’t noticed it.

Holding onto Wuze tightly, Aola used all his strength to pull Wuze to the side, then let go of his hand.

Wuze widened his eyes in surprise, staring at Aola.

Before he could comprehend what was happening, a huge stone fell from beside him, directly heading towards Aola.

In that instant, he understood that Aola had pulled him to save himself.

At this moment, Aola, still falling, smiled at him.

That smile from Aola made Wuze’s heart tighten.

In a flash, Wuze transformed into his wolf form and rushed towards Aola at the fastest speed.

As he kicked the boulder away, he caught Aola and let him lie on his back.

The soft feeling beneath him made Aola open his eyes and look down.

“Wuze? You…”

“Stop talking nonsense, you’re such a troublemaker.”

He interrupted Aola, leaping towards the ground.

Once they safely landed, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Without thinking, he transformed back into human form, with Aola still being held horizontally by him.

The two locked eyes, and the atmosphere became awkward.

“Um… thank you.”

Wuze shot Aola a cold glance and casually threw him onto the ground.

Aola’s previously good feelings suddenly dissipated, and he glared at him, “You…” Just as he was about to speak, Aola’s gaze fell on a rock behind Wuze.

After searching for so long in the stone mountain, he had never seen this type of stone, and Aola couldn’t help but walk towards it.

Following his line of sight, Wuze also noticed the rock.

Wuze leaned closer to touch it, and a smile finally appeared on his face, “This stone should be the one Fei Li needs.”

“How do you know?” Aola pouted.

“I have eyes and can see that this stone is different from the ones on the stone mountain.”

Aola didn’t reply just silently adding in his heart: Having eyes is such a big deal? As if everyone else didn’t have them.

Looking at Aola, Wuze raised his head to the orcs on the stone mountain, “You all come down and help move this big stone back to the tribe. Aola, just stand aside, you can’t help with this heavy work anyway, so you can only watch!”

At noon, Fei Li and Luo Sang returned home after planting chili peppers all morning, and Fei Li was already sweating profusely.

Sitting on a stone bench, Fei Li kept fanning himself with leaves, muttering, “I don’t know when summer will pass, it’s too hot.” Once the heat faded slightly, he remembered Luo Sang and raised his eyes just as a bowl of chilled green fruit was handed to him by Luo Sang.

“I know you like to eat cold things, so I made this for you.” Luo Sang had a look that seemed to say, “Quick, compliment me.”

Taking the stone bowl, Fei Li stared at the chilled green fruit inside, hesitating to eat.

The green fruit in the bowl was cut into small pieces, each piece soaked in ice water, clearly showing the care Luo Sang put into it.

Thinking about the changes Luo Sang had made for him over the years, even if he were to die here, he wouldn’t want to leave Luo Sang.

He couldn’t bear to let Luo Sang forget him again.

Seeing him like this, Luo Sang couldn’t help but ask, “Why aren’t you eating?”

Suddenly, he put the stone bowl down and unexpectedly stepped forward to wrap his arms around Luo Sang’s arm, resting his head tightly against Luo Sang’s shoulder. “What’s wrong with you?” Luo Sang sensed something was off.

Thinking about how close he had been with Su Li, his feelings became complicated.

After waiting for a long time without receiving an answer, Luo Sang continued, “Are you thinking about leaving me? Do you like Su Li?”

What nonsense is this?

Fei Li released Luo Sang, looking at him with confusion.

“You humans are different from our white wolf clan, you can freely change partners without having to be loyal to them.”

He sighed softly, “If you really like Su Li, I’m willing to help you.”

To love someone means that if you cannot make them happy, you should at least fulfill their happiness.

Upon hearing this, Fei Li raised his hand without a second thought and twisted Luo Sang’s ear.

“What are you saying? You want to fulfill who?” Fei Li’s tone was somewhat angry.

Luo Sang frowned but did not pull away from Fei Li’s grip, “You and Su Li are of the same tribe, and Su Li can grow the vegetables you like to eat. You like him…”

Luo Sang’s words were interrupted as Fei Li tightened his grip, making Luo Sang wince in pain.

“Feeling the pain now? I let you babble on, who said I liked Su Li? I just want him to grow vegetables for the tribe, to benefit everyone.”

“But you all…”

“But what? We just exchanged a few words, and you suspect I like him? What about before when you were with Aola, you two…”

Before Fei Li could finish, Luo Sang pulled him into an embrace and sealed his lips with his own.

He didn’t want to hear any explanations, he unconditionally believed whatever Fei Li said.

—Fei Li, I’ve given you my heart just like this.

Time seemed to freeze at this moment, and Fei Li didn’t even feel the heat anymore. Following Luo Sang’s rhythm, the two climbed to the pinnacle of happiness together.

Afterward, Fei Li lay in Luo Sang’s arms, his cheeks still flushed from their earlier intimacy.

Luo Sang held the stone bowl in one hand and offered the cut green fruit to Fei Li’s mouth with the other.

This was the after-the-fact compensation, only by soothing his partner could he enjoy meat next time and find happiness himself.