Chapter 111: Ice is Cool, Heart is Warm

Seeing everyone looking lazy and sluggish, Mao Li brought up what Luo Sang said, “Stop dawdling. Have you all forgotten what Lord Luo Sang said?”

Hearing Luo Sang’s name, the expressions of the orcs changed slightly.

Even if they had grievances against Fei Li, they didn’t dare show any disrespect towards Luo Sang.

In this era, orcs placed great importance on hierarchy, and the status of humans was always awkward.

Under Fei Li’s puzzled gaze, everyone took their stone knives and went to cut bamboo.

Finally calming these orcs, Mao Li let out a sigh of relief and planned to get to work.

Fei Li stopped Mao Li, “What did Luo Sang say?”

“Ah? He didn’t say anything specific. I just used Lord Luo Sang to scare them into working honestly.”

While speaking, Mao Li’s gaze darted around, not daring to look Fei Li in the eyes.

—That was close, I almost revealed Lord Luo Sang. I hope Fei Li believes me.

Amused by Mao Li’s self-deceptive behavior, Fei Li rephrased, “Alright then, if you won’t tell me, I’ll just go back and ask Luo Sang.”

Mao Li looked as if he had lifted a stone to hit his own foot.

After thinking for a moment, Mao Li said truthfully, “Lord Luo Sang is worried that everyone wouldn’t listen to you, so he asked me to gather everyone this morning and tell them… Luo Sang said: Fei Li is my partner, he is me. From now on, whoever disrespects him is disrespecting me, and this tribe won’t tolerate you.”

Fei Li was stunned in place, unable to speak for a long time.

Since the White Wolf Clan was exterminated, Luo Sang had treated the tribe and the orcs here as his own family.

Now, for his own sake, he actually wanted to expel the orcs who disrespected him.

Luo Sang’s actions showed that Fei Li was more important than anything.

Seeing Fei Li silent, Mao Li thought he was angry and immediately explained, “Actually, it’s not that they disrespect you, it’s just that they’re not used to being led by a human yet. After some time, they will come to accept you.”

“Did Luo Sang really say that?”

Mao Li paused for a moment, then nodded after realizing what he meant.

Fei Li didn’t need anyone’s approval, gaining Luo Sang’s heartfelt support was more than enough.

With a slight smile, Fei Li felt a sense of belonging here.

Seeing Fei Li grinning like a fool, Mao Li couldn’t help but sigh, feeling anxious for Luo Sang.

After looking at Fei Li, Mao Li finally couldn’t hold back, “Fei Li, you and Lord Luo Sang have been partners for so long, why don’t you have any children yet?”

Fei Li turned to Mao Li, whose expression resembled that of a wicked mother-in-law urging her daughter-in-law for grandchildren.

“Lord Luo Sang is the leader of the tribe, yet he has no children, which makes the tribe feel uneasy,” Mao Li sighed again.

“Uneasy? Why?”

Mao Li replied, “Lord Luo Sang often takes everyone out hunting, which is dangerous, and without an heir, what will happen to the future of the tribe?”

In other words, if Luo Sang encounters an accident, the tribe will have no leader.

“I can see that Lord Luo Sang treats you very well and doesn’t want to pressure you into having children, but you should also consider the tribe and Lord Luo Sang’s feelings.”

Mao Li glanced at him, no longer saying anything, and walked toward the bamboo with his stone knife.

Previously, Luo Sang had really wanted him to have children, but since discovering that he had been inadvertently using the leaves of the Gugu tree for contraception, Luo Sang hadn’t brought up the topic of children again. Could it be that Luo Sang was still angry with him?

Thinking of this, he decided to have a serious conversation with Luo Sang about having children.

At this time, everyone had almost finished cutting the bamboo.

Fei Li looked up towards the east, the sun had just peeked over the horizon, and the weather wasn’t too hot yet.

“Since the sun hasn’t fully risen, let’s hurry back to the tribe!”

Everyone hoisted the bamboo and immediately started heading back.

After bringing the bamboo back to the tribe, everyone was already exhausted and drenched in sweat.

Once Fei Li finished counting the bamboo and saw that everyone was about to leave, he stepped forward to stop them.

“Please wait a moment.”

As he spoke, he turned and entered the house.

The orcs exchanged glances and stood still.

“He isn’t going to complain to Lord Luo Sang, is he?”

“We didn’t do anything to him, even if he complains, Lord Luo Sang won’t punish us.”

“But…”

As they spoke, their confidence gradually faded.

Every second spent waiting outside the house felt like torment to them.

After about a cup of tea’s time, Fei Li came out of the house holding a huge stone bowl.

He placed the stone bowl in front of everyone. “This is the chilled fruit I made myself. Try it!”

The orcs leaned forward to look into the bowl, where some fruit was cut into pieces surrounded by ice.

This… looks very refreshing.

The orcs wanted to eat, but no one dared to take the first piece.

At this moment, Luo Sang walked out of the house, casually scooping a piece of fruit from the bowl and popping it into his mouth. “Mmm, delicious! Aren’t you going to try some?” Upon hearing this, everyone stopped hesitating and began eating the fruit.

As the cold, sweet, and juicy fruit entered their mouths, the heat in their bodies seemed to disappear.

The refreshing taste made it hard for everyone to stop eating.

Before long, the fruit in the stone bowl was completely gone.

Seeing that everyone had finished the fruit, Fei Li looked at them and said, “Thank you all for your hard work cutting bamboo today. You can go back and rest now!”

Surprisingly, none of the orcs who had been dissatisfied with Fei Li left.

A look of guilt appeared on everyone’s faces.

Unexpectedly, even after they treated Fei Li this way, he didn’t take it to heart and even made them chilled fruit.

Seeing this, Luo Sang’s lips curled up slightly.

“Fei Li, we…”

“You don’t need to say anything, just go back and rest! When you come back from hunting, you’ll get to eat fragrant rice,” Fei Li interrupted everyone. His indifference made the orcs present feel even more ashamed.

Seeing this, Luo Sang seized the opportunity to speak up, “Alright, everyone go back! I don’t want to see a repeat of today’s events.”

With the leader having spoken, everyone dropped their apologies.

However, in their hearts, their fondness for Fei Li rose sharply.

After everyone left, Fei Li looked at Luo Sang with a gaze so soft it was almost unbearable.

This intensely captivating look made Luo Sang feel as if he could drop everything and just pull him into the house for some tender moments.

Luo Sang suppressed his inner turmoil and the wave of emotions.

“Thank you!”

As soon as he spoke, he quickly planted a kiss on Luo Sang’s cheek.

It was his first proactive move, causing ripples of emotion to surge within Luo Sang’s heart.

Luo Sang raised his eyes to stare at his face, “You…”

Suddenly, Fei Li extended his index finger to Luo Sang’s lips, stopping him from speaking.

“Don’t say anything. I have something to tell you.”

Pulling Luo Sang into the house, they sat face to face.

“I don’t have any reluctance about having children with you. It was wrong of me to eat the Gugu tree leaves behind your back, but from now on, let’s welcome our child together, alright?”

Hearing this, Luo Sang lifted his eyelids slightly, looking straight at him. “Really?”

Fei Li nodded without hesitation.

In this moment, he had no more worries, he just wanted to nurture the fruits of love with the person he cherished.

Luo Sang stood up and wrapped his arms around Fei Li’s waist. He held onto Luo Sang’s neck, and their eyes met.

For those in love, the world only held each other.

From then on, whether the mountains stretched far or the human world burned with life, nothing was not about them.

The next day, the orcs of the tribe gathered neatly at Luo Sang’s doorstep.

Hearing the sounds outside, Luo Sang quietly got up, not wanting to wake Fei Li.

Grabbing his tools, he had just taken a few steps outside when Fei Li opened his eyes.

“Are you leaving?” Watching his retreating figure, Fei Li suddenly felt a pang of sadness.

Except for those three years, Fei Li rarely spent time apart from Luo Sang.

Just the thought of Luo Sang not being by his side made him a bit uneasy.

Luo Sang turned back, looking at him with reluctant eyes.

What hunting?

What tribe leader?

Luo Sang wished he could abandon it all.

After a struggle within himself, Luo Sang softly said, “Okay, take good care of yourself. I’ll be back soon.” With that, Luo Sang turned back to him and leaned down to give him a gentle kiss on the forehead.

Not daring to look into his eyes, Luo Sang gritted his teeth and tried to turn away, but he was pulled back.

“Take care of yourself and don’t get hurt. I’ll be waiting for your return.”

For some reason, he felt very uneasy, and his eyelids keep twitching.

Luo Sang squeezed his hand and left the house without saying a word.

Soon, the sound of footsteps outside grew fainter and fainter.

Once he could no longer hear any footsteps, he slowly got up.

The rising sun shone through the gaps in the wall and illuminated the room.

With Luo Sang gone, he lost all desire to eat.

Standing in the room with a sigh, he got up to fetch water to rinse his mouth.

Passing by the water tank, he saw it filled to the brim with ice, covered tightly with dry grass.

The ice is cool, but his heart was warm.

Luo Sang knew he was sensitive to heat and hadn’t forgotten to prepare a full tank of ice for him before leaving.

Unexpectedly, this carefree orc also had such a delicate side.

He decided to make himself a chilled green melon.

After breakfast, he gathered the people of the tribe, planning to weave bamboo baskets to hold the rice.

Once everyone had arrived, he picked up a piece of bamboo, saying, “Everyone take a piece of bamboo and cut it into strips.”

“Can we really cut such thick bamboo into strips?” Xiao Chun looked at the bamboo, as thick as his arm, and hesitated before even starting.

Fei Li smiled, took out his stone knife, and began cutting the bamboo.

With one hand holding the bamboo and the other holding the stone knife, he started cutting down from the top of the bamboo.

With his movement, the bamboo was immediately sliced in half, and everyone stared at him in surprise.

They hadn’t expected the bamboo could be cut this way.

He continued using the same method to cut the halved bamboo into evenly sized strips, then split the white core of the strips to create bamboo skins without the core.

Many modern decorations are made from bamboo skin, which is soft and can be bent freely.

In no time, a complete piece of bamboo transformed under his cutting into usable bamboo skin for weaving.

Once he had completely processed the bamboo strips, he looked up at everyone, “You all cut the bamboo into strips like I just did. If you can’t, I’ll teach you again.”