Xie Cheng looked where he pointed, and there were three stone and wood houses outside. Geno pointed to the largest one.

“No, I’ll watch you deal with the animal skins. I’ll go hunting tomorrow and do it myself when I come back.”

Xie Cheng declined his kindness. He didn’t want to stay, but because Geno had always believed that he was a female. If he listened to him so easily again, he would not be able to prove himself well. He wanted to prove that he was really not the kind of delicate female he thought.

“Females are not suitable for hunting. Those with no animal form can’t hunt prey in such a place.”

Geno looked at him for a long time before saying faintly. Xie Cheng was so angry that he almost grabbed the hay on the ground and smeared it on his face, but for the sake of safety, he gritted his teeth and said with a smile:

“Geno, considering that we will be together for a while in the future, there are some problems we have to solve clearly. I can call you by your name, so why can’t you call me by my name properly? I respect you, so you have to respect me too. As neighbors and friends, don’t you feel awkward when I always call you a female or a male? We are human beings, not beasts, although you are half a beast…”

The previous words were justified, but Xie Cheng muttered the last sentence softly.

 Geno did not answer, but stopped what he was doing and stared at Xie Cheng for a long time. When Xie Cheng was terrified, he spoke:

“Do you really want me to call you by your name?”

Geno asked very seriously, and Xie Cheng nodded seriously. Anyway, he didn’t care about that kind of weird custom. What would it matter if he said it? When he got the crystal back, there would be no more bullshit rules. So, Geno could think whatever he wanted.

“Okay, Xie Cheng.”

Geno nodded and called out very solemnly.

 “Hm, that’s right. It sounds much more comfortable to me. We call people by their names. We will be friends and neighbors from now on. You have to protect me here. As a reward, I will take you out when I leave.”

Xie Cheng patted his chest and smiled with half his eyes narrowed. He thought that Geno would not be as disgusted by others’ touch as before, so he stretched out his arm to hook his shoulder and rubbed his muscles. Hm, the elasticity is great.

He had a kind of brotherly look, but did not notice the changes in Geno’s body and eyes at all. After a long time, Xie Cheng remembered the scene at this moment and realized that if he didn’t commit suicide, he would not die…

It’s okay to not follow the rules, but why take advantage of others for no reason?

“Yeah.”

Geno nodded stiffly, and straightened his body. He felt the heat from Xie Cheng’s arm and the smell of his body, and the feeling of Xie Cheng pinching him intentionally or unintentionally, which was really more and more subtle. In order to prevent the situation from getting worse, he had to find an excuse to change the subject.

 When Xie Cheng asked him to call his name, he felt his body getting hot. As a male of good descent, Xie Cheng’s request and words were a serious confession of love. Although he had some reservations about females, females were naturally attractive to males, and they would still be moved by such a straightforward confession.

Moreover, there was physical contact, which made people imagine things. Xie Cheng smelled fresh, which was very different from ordinary beastmen. I wonder what race Xie Cheng was from… Could it be that he was a female left behind by a noble beastman race and picked up by him?