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Lin Mu was pushed down the cliff, but he did not die and arrived in a magical world instead.
A huge python with wings and the ability to fly. Alright, just think of it as the legendary Mayan Snake God;
A gigantic centipede that can fly in the sky, alright, he's kinda seen it before in "Journey to the West";
A mighty big wolf with a body as humongous as an elephant, en, just think of it as a mutant;
..
Although the animals in front of him were a little strange, they were still animals. Why did all of you suddenly turn into humans? Coming across wild beasts, Lin Mu could still accept it, but coming across '*yāojing', Lin Mu became…. excited instead. What? You guys are the infamous drifter beastmen. I don't know anything about that. Did you guys commit a lot of heinous crimes? I don't see that either.
And so, Lin Mu began a hard but satisfying life of building a home in another world.
Yāojing/妖精 doesn't have a proper English equivalent word. The nearest meaning would be "supernatural being" or "Yokai" (Japanese).
After publishing the ending chapter of his online serial novel, Lin Mu took a deep breath. His youthful face showed a satisfied smile as he watched his novel changed its status as [ENDED/FINISHED]. Standing up, he stretched out and walked to the window then pulled the thick curtains open; he was used to writing his novel in the dark environment.
The sun generously shone into the house and there is no doubt that the weather is good outside the window. Looking up at the clock hanging on the wall showing 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Lin Mu was a little surprised that he actually forgotten lunch. He turned off the lights in his room and walked out of the study.
Lin Mu is an online writer who has opened a column on the XX Literature Network and his monthly income was quite good. Despite his profession is a writer, his lifestyle was very regular. He went to bed at 10:30 every night, and gets up at 7 in the morning. All three meals a day were homemade; he rarely calls for takeaway. His life has always been revolving between home and the supermarket.
Lin Mu doesn't like complex interpersonal relationships, he doesn't like to smile fakely to everyone, he doesn't like talking in duplicity/empty words, that's why in the end he chose to write novels as his career. He felt that it is more suitable for him to communicate with others on a virtual platform. He don't have much friends but every each one of them was his friend for more than ten years, so sometimes he will have dinner with his friends during his break. Although he does not meet very often with his friends, friendship was indispensable to him.
After Lin Mu finished his simple bowl of noodles, he went to his bedroom for a nap and rest. He laid on his soft bed, making light comfortable sound. Just as he was about to pull the quilt up, his phone rang out. Lin Mu frowned lightly when he saw the name that was displayed on the screen, and all of his comfortable expressions were gone. Looking at the blinking lights from his phone, Lin Mu placed it to his ear with a dark face.
"What?" Lin Mu's voice didn't contain any emotions in it.
"Mu Mu, there's a family gathering this weekend, come over earlier." The strong tone of voice from the phone was a completely commanding tone.
Lin Mu took a small breath and suppressed his anger. He snorted, "Mr. Lin, what is your family's gathering has anything to do with this outsider?"
"You!"
At the end of the phone, the voice paused. Seemed to calm down his anger, a calm voice followed behind, "This gathering is very important, you must come back."
"Sorry, I don't have time." Lin Mu hung up and threw his phone on the bed.
The phone rang again.
"I said that I don't have time, I won't go back!"
"Mu Mu, I am Big brother."
Lin Mu heard that and calmed his mind. "Sorry Big Brother, I thought it was him."
"Hehe… it doesn't matter. Dad wants me to persuade you to go home."
Although Lin Mu hated that family, he was not able to lose his temper at this big brother who has always been very friendly to himself.
"Big Brother, I don't want to go back there. You know it, no one in that family wants to see me." Lin Mu showed a bitter smile.
"Isn't there still me? Brother always welcome you back."
"Come back this weekend ba, I heard Dad said that this family gathering is very important, so everyone in the family must be present. Mu Mu, remember to come, alright? I will pick you up in the weekend." Not giving Lin Mu any chance to refuse, the other side hanged the phone right away.
Lin Mu looked at the phone speechlessly. This Big Brother really don't give him any chance to refuse ah. Thinking of the people he will see on the weekend, Lin Mu couldn't help but felt his head aching. Lin Mu was depressed and all his sleepiness was gone. He decided to go shopping and eat hot pot at night because his mood was terrible.
On the weekend, Lin Mu got up at the same time as usual and at about 10 o'clock, the doorbell rang. Lin Mu dispiritedly opened the door.
"Mu Mu, are you ready to go home?"
That man wore a suit, and a glasses with gold rim. Showing a warm smile, his whole body exuded the aura of an elite. Lin Yu followed the unhappy Lin Mu into the house, sat down on the sofa and looked at Lin Mu's yellow Pikachu pajamas.
"Mu Mu, I will wait for you here."
Lin Mu sat down on the sofa with a bitter and also seeking sympathy expression .
"Can I not go?"
Lin Yu didn't say anything, he just smiled and looked at Lin Mu. After a while, Lin Mu went into his bedroom with defeated a bowed head to change his clothes.
The moment Lin Yu saw Lin Mu entered the room, the smile on his face disappeared instantly, and his eyes under the lens flashed with a strange light.
Looking at the familiar house appearing little by little in front of his eyes, the beautiful villa did not give Lin Mu the slightest happiness, but made him depressed instead. When the two just got out of the car, a servant who came over.
"Eldest Young master, Little Young master. Master and the rest are in the living room."
Lin Mu looked at the place where he had lived for 10 years, the place where he was desperately escaped from. Although his face was expressionless, his heart felt unusually uncomfortable. This unusually and gorgeously decorated place was once a place he felt suppressed and unable to breathe.
"Mu Mu, let's go."
Lin Mu looked at the warm smile on Lin Yu's face. Fortunately, there is such a person who is nice to him in the family, where he could still feel a trace of warmth. He smiled at Lin Yu and followed him to the living room.
In the hall, Lin Yuhui sat on the sofa with no expression. Looking at the family who kept paying attention to him, he coldly sneered in his heart. He understood too much that all of these people in front of him were here because of money. He saw too many fake attitudes before, and there are not many amongst them who truly care for him, not even his own sons. . . . . . Then Lin Yuhui thought of something, and his gaze sank.
Lin Mu saw around 10 people sitting in the living room. Lin Yuhui sat on the main seat with a serious expression, while sitting next to him was a strange man with no expression, about 40 years old.
Ignoring those taunting or scornful eyes thrown at him, Lin Mu walked straight to a sofa that no one sits on and sat down.
A young woman with an exquisite makeup looked at Lin Mu with disgust in her eyes. She harshly said, "Humph, no manners. Not even saying hello when meeting with elders."
Lin Yu smiled and gave Lin Yuwan a glass of juice, "Aunt, Mu Mu is not feeling well today, please don't blame him."
Lin Mu looked at Lin Yuwan's eyes on Lin Yu's smile, and also her appreciation towards Lin Yu, he(LM) coldly sneered in his heart. He understood that Lin Yuwan's attitude towards Lin Yu was because Lin Yu is the heir of the Lin's family.
"Big sister, don't be angry. You can't just compare anyone to Lin Yu. After all, a wild/illegitimate child is nothing compared to the legitimate one." A middle-aged man with a Mediterranean hair loss problem and sporting a big belly ridiculed.
No one said anything but followed with a laughter as a support to the 'Mediterranean hair loss man'. After all, Lin Yuhui hated the most for others to talk about Lin Mu's identity.
"You!"
Lin Mu can tolerate others sneering at him, but he will not allow other people to say that he is a wild/illegitimate child. If it weren't for his mother's last wish before her death, he wouldn't come to the Lin family at all. He rather go to the orphanage than to live with those who looked at him like he is trying to grab a part of the Lin family's inheritance.
"Enough! All of you, just shut up!"
Lin Yuhui's words cause the living room to fall into silence. He glanced at his little son who was leaning to a side, doesn't want to look at him(LYH) at all. He sighed in his heart and then looked at the relatives in the living room who were related to him with a sharp look. He said coldly: "The purpose of asking all of you to come today is to tell you about my will."
Just as Lin Yuhui finished his words, everyone were more or less looked surprised in their eyes, except for the man sitting next to Lin Yuhui, Lin Mu who didn't care and Lin Yu, whose gaze was deep. After all, Lin Yuhui was only 50 years old. His body condition has been good, so making a will seemed a bit early.
As the person closest to Lin Yuhui in terms of blood ties, Lin Yuwan said with a smile: "Why did Big Brother suddenly thought of making a will?"
Although she wanted to quickly get her portion from her older brother's money, she still felt she a bit surprised.
"There is no reason, I just want to settle everything today."
After that, he turned to the silent man who has been sitting beside him, "Lawyer Jin, please tell them about the will."
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When Lin Mu arrived back home, he went to his room and fell heavily on the bed. He immersed himself in the softness that he is familiar with and his exhaustion was a little comforted. When he recall back of the announcement and distribution of the inheritance will, he felt a headache. He really didn't know why that man gave half of his property to him while Lin Yu, the eldest son of the Lin family, only got 25 percent. When he thought of Lin Yuwan's expression looking like she wanted to bite him, Lin Mu's head hurts even more.
Right now, what Lin Mu worried the most is that Lin Yu will be displeased. Just as he is still worrying about Lin Yu, the phone suddenly rang.
"Big brother, I… I don't want those properties." Lin Mu didn't want a gap to appear between them.
There was a laugh on the other side of the phone.
"What are you saying? Dad gave you those properties so it's yours, how can you not accept it?"
Lin Mu was worried that Lin Yu is angry and quickly replied back in loud voice, "I really don't want it at all. Really, I don't want it, I will give it to you. As long as you don't be angry with me."
"What nonsense are you saying? Why would I be angry with you? It's not like I can't earn more money, so why should I be bothered with those properties?"
"Really? You are not angry?"
"Truer than true, hehe."
Listening to Lin Yu's relaxed tone, it seemed like he is really not angry, so Lin Mu was relieved.
Then the other side paused.
"I heard that you don't plan to write a new book soon. So, what are your plans?"
"I haven't thought about it yet, I probably should go travelling."
Lin Mu's life has always been very regular. If he feels tired, he will take a break to travel with his backpack. He felt that not only going out more can broaden his horizon but also broaden his heart.
"Since you haven't plan anything, how about hiking with me? I have been busy for a while and want to take a break. How about going to Yunshan next week?"
"Going to Yunshan to watch the sunrise is very good. That's decided then."
Hanging Lin Yu's call, all the worries have disappeared from Lin Mu's heart. He only cares about Lin Yu's opinion on him, he don't care for anyone else. So, he happily climbed out of bed and start preparing for something delicious as a compensation for his physical and mental exhaustion today.
"En, it seems that there are half a duck in the refrigerator. Making soup with it is not bad." Having make the decision, Lin Mu lightly hummed songs and went to the kitchen.
In the office, Lin Yu stood in front of the glass window and looked at the people and hustle bustle downstairs. The corner of his mouth twitched with a strange smile. "I am not angry, I am not angry at all!"
Because he is going to climb the mountain with Lin Yu, Lin Mu seriously prepared the climbing equipment and his backpack was stuffed.
Lin Mu walked downstairs with his backpack and saw Lin Yu wearing a casual suit, leaning against his sports car. In the sun, that man looked very dazzling, and the passer-by can't help looking at him. Lin Mu was very envious of Lin Yu's body. Lin Yu has a masculine face oozed with charm and his stature is tall. While Lin Mu is originally slim, and due to him prefer to stay in the house, his skin was very white. Combining with his delicate face, he looked a little weak compared to Lin Yu.
The sunrise on Yunshan is as charming as ever, but unfortunately Lin Mu has no intention to appreciate it now.
"Why?" Lin Mu grabbed Lin Yu's foot in death grip, behind him was the bottomless steep cliff.
He couldn't believe that all of this was true. The Big Brother who invited himself to watch the sunrise on Yunshan has pushed him down the cliff.
"Hahaha… Why? You don't even know why?!"
Lin Mu felt terrible when he looked at Lin Yu laughing crazily.
"Was it because of the inheritance? I already said I won't take it, I will give it to you, really. And the will stated that if I have any accident, my part of the inheritance will be donated out to charity so doesn't that means you won't get it as well if you killed me?"
"Inheritance? Do you think that I did this because of the money? Do you know how much I hated you? Your appearance caused my mother to go crazy, and your appearance has taken away the fatherly love that belongs to me. He even gave you 50% of the inheritance because he was worried that I will hurt you. You, because of you, my original happy home is gone. I worked hard so that my father will look at me more, but in the end he only wanted to pave the way for you. He didn't even consider my feelings. Tell me, should I hate you or not, should I kill you or not?"
Watching Lin Yu spat the words out and gnashing his teeth, Lin Mu looked at him in horror.
"If you hated me that much, then why were you so good to me?"
Lin Yu heard his words and smiled evilly. "Because then you will feel more pain. It is the most painful thing to be betrayed by someone close to you, isn't it?"
When he heard Lin Yu's words, Lin Mu felt painful and his head throbbing. When he understood that the only brother who had been good to him since childhood, has always hated him to the bones and that the only warmth he ever felt was fake, who only wanted to revenge on him, he has a feeling of despair.
He regretted it, why he had to listen to his mother's last words and entered the Lin family?
Why didn't he escape when he was out of place in that family?
Why did he craved for that extravagance familial ties that could not exist?
He regretted it, he really regretted it. For the first time, he wondered why he was born. Why do he has to live alone in this world? Living in this world with his father and his brother who hated him.
Lin Mu felt dizzy. He looked at Lin Yu's blurry face and his hand weakly let go of his grip. Before losing consciousness, Lin Mu felt that leaving the world was actually quite good. His heart has been feeling lonely for too long.
His eyes swimming in tears, Lin Mu smiled sadly for the last time at Lin Yu as he fell.
"Gege, thank you for caring for me all these years even though you don't really mean it. Goodbye"
cue LY starting to regret his action… wait, that sounds like a quick transmigration plot*
The gentle sunlight penetrated through the leaves of the trees in the forest, forming a lot of light fragments sprinkling onto the branches. The leaves looked like they were shimmering and shining, giving the forest a little dreamy color. The forest in the morning always has a relaxed environment. The bright flower petals carried some crystal dew on them, which radiated its own light in the sun. The green leaves carried their own dew as well, which looked like it is going to drop down soon.
drip*
A sudden coolness on his face caused the sleeping Lin Mu to wake up. Although he didn't want to wake up, he still tried his best to open his eyes.
PA*
It happened that another drop of dew plopped on Lin Mu's face, who just woke up. Raising his hand, he gently wipe away the water from his face. He then sat up and looked at his surroundings with some confusion. All he can see around him were unusually tall trees. Because the leaves were densely covering the top, the sunlight that managed to shone down were divided into thin rays. Underneath his body was a bed of soft grass with some unknown little flowers beside.
Isn't it already autumn? Why is there no dry grasses and fallen yellow leaves here? The mountain when he had fallen off seemed to be in full autumn though. Where exactly is this place now? Lin Mu inspected his body in doubt and realized that there weren't any pain! This is all too strange. He actually fell from such a high place and not only he didn't die, he didn't suffer any injuries either. Lin Mu couldn't understand such unbelievable thing so he chalked it up to his own luck and stopped thinking about it.
Rubbing his stomach, he felt a little hungry. He looked around and didn't see anything dangerous so he pulled out the backpack that has fallen together with him and looked through it. There were some climbing equipment in the bag, a change of clothes, three packs of bread, ten packs of biscuits and two bottles of water, some seasonings for barbecue preparation and a few boxes of over-the-counter medicines. It has already became a habit for Lin Mu to travel with some regular medicines. Thinking of climbing, Lin Mu thought of Lin Yu. His mood become quite down. Lin Mu thought of how much Lin Yu wanted him to die, he didn't know what to do when he returned.
Take revenge at him? Or. . . . . . escape far far away, never see him again? Right now, he truly have no loved ones anymore. A lone person, thinking of this description Lin Mu couldn't help but smiling bitterly. So he made up his mind and decided not to think anymore.
Lin Mu felt very grateful when he looked at his own backpack stuffed with food. After drinking a few mouthfuls of water, he took a pack of bread and started eating. While eating, he inspected the trees around him but he couldn't recognize any of them. This made him quite confused. He has been to Yunshan more than once but he doesn't know that there is such a tree. Even this forest. . . this forest makes him feel very strange. As for what's so strange about it, he can't tell.
Lin Mu stopped after eating half of the loaf of bread, he didn't continue to eat because in this strange place, he subconsciously felt that he should save his food. Though, he don't think he'll need a day to walk out of the forest. Taking out his phone from his bag, there was no signal at all as expected. Then he remembered that an emergency call should be able to call out even in the absence of a signal. So he tried it, but the phone didn't react at all.
"How could this be?"
The fact that Lin Mu cannot get through the phone make him little nervous. Everything here was very different from the mountain he climbed before. Where is this place? Although he had something in his mind, he didn't want to believe it at all. Carrying his backpack, Lin Mu decided to go out and find the exit. Judging from the direction based on the growth of the shrub, he decided to go northwards.
Lin Mu walked for five or six hours, and felt like his legs were filled with lead. Only then he stopped to rest under a big tree and gasped heavily. At this moment, he placed his jacket into his backpack and wore only a shirt. When he felt that his body has calmed down, he drunk a few mouthfuls of water and finished the half of the bread he saved earlier in the morning. Looking at the forest that one can't see the end, Lin Mu worried that he might never find the way out.
A few days later.
At noon, the sun became warmer and 'passionate', that even in the forest, he could still feel 'her' heat1. Lin Mu dragged his heavy body along, and drank the last bit of water he have. He began to worry whether he was going the right direction. He has been walking for five days now, and he saw more strange things in these five days. Various grotesque fruit; unknown flowers with petals the same size as a basin, 'a long neck that milky white liquid flowed out from'2; a rainbow-colored chicken lazily pulling at its colorful feather leisurely on a tree. He thinks that this thing that likes to be beautiful should be a chicken, although it is bigger than ordinary chickens. Though they dragged a long tail behind them, Lin Mu still thinks they looked like chickens. . . . . .
Even though he haven't seen any dangerous animals, which in Lin Mu's impression, there are no tigers in the Yunshan Mountain, but Lin Mu felt that this forest is scary.
What he is most worried about now is his food problem. The food in his backpack has been almost eaten up, but he still couldn't see the edge of the forest. Looking at the biscuits in his hand, Lin Mu sighed. He was too thirsty that his throat felt like it's smoking. Although he saw some fruits along the way, he don't recognize it. There was too much uncertainty in the forest so he didn't dare to try it so casually.
"Need to hurry and find some water, or I will die from thirst rather than from starving." Lin Mu sighed and carried his backpack to keep going.
Lin Mu was thirsty and hungry. While walking and observing the surrounding trees, he wanted to find some fruits that he knew. His stomach felt very painful. He clutched helplessly at his stomach, and looked at the road, beginning to wonder if his direction was really correct. Just when he encountered a fork in the road, and he was not sure where to go, a bundle of white suddenly came out of a shrub and flashed by in front of his eyes.
Rabbit! Although the size was somewhat different from the rabbit he have seen before, but he will never mistaken that snow-white fur and the pair of long ears so he quickly gave chase. The strength of a hungry and thirsty Lin Mu is naturally limited, but he persisted. If he catches up with that big and fat rabbit, he would be able to have a good meal. So for the food, he gave his best. Following the trace of the rabbit, Lin Mu ran until he came upon a sudden open area and the sight he saw stopped him on his tracks.
An unusually wide riverside, with more than a dozen animals like deer drinking water from it.
Those so-called deer were not important although they could be considered food, but in Lin Mu's heart nothing is comparable to water.
"Ha ha ha, water, I finally found water! Water, here I come!"
Lin Mu screamed happily and rushed to the riverside. Of course, only his voice was loud, the deers didn't even bother with him, continued to drink the water and rest. Lin Mu naturally didn't notice this, as he was completely excited by the wide river in front of him. He ran over and chugged on the water. When the thirst finally disappeared, Lin Mu felt like he's alive again. As expected, humans could not do without water. He placed his hands in the water and pour a handful of water on his face. The cool river water sprinkled on his face, and the cool pleasure cause most of Lin Mu's depressed mood these past few days to disappear. He looked up and saw that the river was not very deep, and it was crystal clear, so clear that fishes could be seen swimming freely in the water.
Lin Mu found a shallow place in the river and stripped off, then he ran happily into the river. The feeling of his body soaking in the water cannot be expressed in words, he felt that his exhaustion has dissipated in the water. He happily sprinkled the water in the air, scaring the nearby fishes away.
"Ha ha ha ha…"
This was the happiest time for Lin Mu in these few days. When he was tired from playing, he sat on the fine sand in the water and began to seriously bath himself. Although there weren't any bathing supplies, Lin Mu was seriously rubbed all over him body. Because Lin Mu couldn't find any water sources, he hadn't bathed in the past few days. He might not have Automysophobia3but he didn't like the sticky feeling on his body.
Lin Mu's mood has turned very pleasant with the cool river sprinkled on his body.
He sat in the river, watching the animals resting while washing himself. This time, he found out that the animal he thought is a deer was quite different from the deers he have seen before. Although they too have beautiful antlers and have red fur with spots, he thinks they look more like cows. And from the fact that they did not attack him just now, it can be said that they are still docile animals.
After swimming for a while in the river, Lin Mu got on the shore and put on his underwear.
Then he ate a few biscuits, then took his only two clothes to wash at the river. Without washing powder, some smudges could not be washed away, but Lin Mu still did it. It was better than nothing, it also gives the impression that the clothes have been cleaned.
There were a few large stones by the river. Lin Mu poured some water to clean the stone surface. He put his washed clothes on one large stone to dried it. Next, he looked for another clean stone and laid on it. Following that, he started to bask in the sun and rest his eyes. Lin Mu didn't sleep well these nights, because the forest was full of unknown dangers. Although he has yet to met one, the howl of a wolf at night still caused him to be unable to sleep peacefully. So now in this comfortable condition, Lin Mu fell asleep in just a short while.
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Lin Mu was woken up by hungry, when he looked at his watch, the display showed almost four o'clock in the afternoon. When he first came here, Lin Mu found that there were 40 hours a day in this place. He didn't know if his watch was broken or there are really such long days existed. But he was never someone who insisted on figuring out things he couldn't understand.
Lazily stretching out, Lin Mu felt that this sleep was a good one, he is filled with energy now.
He picked up his clothes from the stone and saw that the clothes have completely dried. Looking at the clean clothes, he feels that he can finally end that feeling of wearing sticky and odor-filled clothing. He put on his sweatpants and T-shaped singlet then carefully folded the other clothes into his backpack.
Looking up at the fishes swimming in the river, Lin Mu can see that they are quite fat. Just eating a few biscuits a day naturally can't last him very long. The rabbit has ran away, so he decided to aim for the fishes instead. He rummaged through his backpack and took out a dagger that he bought when he was traveling before this. He liked that dagger a lot and always brought it with him when he travels. Using the dagger, he cut a branch and sharpened the tip before bringing it with him to the river.
Lin Mu struggled in the river for a while, and caught two after some time. The fishes were much easier to catch than he thought. It didn't take Lin Mu very long before he caught two big ones. The fishes were very similar to thebasshe have seen previously, and they are very fat. Lin Mu used a knife to clean the fish on the riverside and put it on clean leaves. After carefully preparing the fishes with seasonings, he skewered the fish with the branches he prepared and roasted them.
After he lighted the branches with a lighter, he placed the lighter carefully in his pocket. Fire is very important in the forest, especially at night. It was because he had a fire that he dared to take a nap the nights before. Looking at the fishes roasting by the fire, Lin Mu can imagine that they would be very delicious and couldn't help but swallowed.
Lin Mu was so immersed with his fish that he did not notice the animals not far away from him began to act restless. Lin Mu stared happily at the fish while it started to become ready to eat. Joyfully placing the grilled fish on a clean leaf and cutting it nicely, he has just started to eat the fish when he randomly looked up and stunned by what he saw.
Wolf.
A big wolf, a silver giant wolf that is almost as tall as an elephant!
Lin Mu was very angry, angry that when he could finally have a good meal, he suddenly found himself becoming food for others! Looking at the giant wolf and its green eyes, Lin Mu knew that he won't be able to escape today. He knows that whether fighting with the giant wolf or 'running a race' with it, he has no chances of winning. So Lin Mu glared at the giant wolf in front of him while biting on the fish in his hand with infinite resentment. Not mentioning that he want to be a full ghost, how can he leave his hard-earned grilled fish to the enemy who want to eat him?
While paying attention to the giant wolf and eating the fish quickly, Lin Mu realized that the silver wolf was just sitting from a distance and watching him, not prepared to attack himself at all. It was not until Lin Mu finished his fish that the silver wolf stood up. Looking at this current situation, Lin Mu couldn't help but ranted in his heart. Don't tell him that this wolf is trying to give him his human rights, making sure that he dies as a full ghost? Lin Mu really admired himself for still able to think stuff like this in this kind of situation.
When Lin Mu mentally prepared himself and ready to die, he saw the silver wolf howling at the sky. Is it calling for its partner? The wolf even have the virtue to share food with its partner? When he thought of the fact that he is the food that will be splitted apart, Lin Mu can't help trembling. If the wolf can understand human language, Lin Mu will definitely discuss with it to let them finish him off in one strike. He was really afraid of pain. After a while, Lin Mu felt the sky suddenly darkened and couldn't help but look up at the sky. If he could, Lin Mu really wanted to let everyone see what he is seeing now.
There were more than a dozen of huge figures flying in the sky. The leading figure is a giant snake with more than 30 meters in length. Two pairs of huge black wings integrated as one with the black snake, pretty much like the Mayan Snake God described in novels. Then, there was a huge centipede more than 50 meters long but doesn't have wings, which Lin Mu doubted how it could fly in the air. Next, a completely white tiger with a pair of huge wings, and its body bigger than an elephant made Lin Mu worried if its wings could withstand its body weight; afraid it might fall down and squashed him. Lin Mu looked at those flying lion, leopard, and wolf. . . . . . every each of them has a shockingly huge size. So, when a dozen of giant animals surrounded him in the middle, Lin Mu was puzzled because such a small him is not enough to even fill the gap between their teeth, obviously.
Fortunately, Lin Mu's mind was thinking about this, otherwise a handful of huge creature surrounding him would cause him to faint from the fright. When each animal turned into a human around 2 meters tall in front of him, Lin Mu knew that there can be more shocking news on top of a shocking news.
"You are… 'yaojins'(supernatural beings)?!"
Lin Mu exclaimed loudly to express his. . . excitement. Yes, excitement. He thought he would be shredded apart by these animals. Although he may still be unable to escape the fate of dying but no matter what, he has seen the legendary 'yaojin', so he didn't wasted this life. After all, not everyone has the opportunity to see a 'yaojin'.
Patrik looked at the excited little 'female', and his expressionless face couldn't help frowning.
Lal, who has a head of flamboyant red hair, said to Patrik with a smile, "Yo yo yo, boss, what am I seeing now? A beautiful little female."
Lin Mu is indeed very beautiful. His slender figure, fair skin, delicate facial features that were similar to his own mother, and his long hair makes him look elegant/pretty. His height of 170 cm is unusually small in front of these tall figures who were more than 2 meters tall.
"Hey, little female, can you guess who we are yet?" Lal looked at Lin Mu's face getting red from excitement and couldn't help teasing him.
Lin Mu looked at the person with red hair talking to him. He was very handsome, and his sunny image was a type that many girls like.
"I know ah, you guys are 'yaojins'."
"Yaojin? We are not yaojins, we are drifter beastmen." Lal finished his words with a very scary expression. The people around him all had an expressionless face from his words.
"What is drifter beastmen? If you are not 'yaojins', then why can you change into human form?" Lin Mu was puzzled by Lal's words.
Lal felt that Lin Mu might not be pretending to not know. After all, if a female hears that they are drifter beastmen, they would became very scared and their expression would looked like they wanted to eat them1.
"All beastman can transform themselves, don't you know?" Lal wondered which part of a remote place the other party was from.
"Beastman?! You mean that you are beasts who can turn into a human?" Lin Mu prayed in his heart that this is not what he is thinking about. "What era is this?"
"Hehe, little female, which corner of the world did you emerged from? You don't even know the era of the beastman? We are beastmen, who can transform into human, and you as a female, can give us little pups." Lal said with an evil laugh, several beastmen laughed as well.
Patrik watched Lin Mu becoming sullen, he coldly told them to shut up. "We are going to stop here to rest today. Lal, you can go and bring our people to hunt now."
Lin Mu didn't care what they are doing, he just sat there next to his fire in a daze. Is this considered a transmigration? Then it's probably no longer possible for him to go back. Thinking back of the forest he has never managed to get out of, isn't all of it felt unfamiliar? Lin Mu doesn't know how to describe his current mood, there's fear but also relief. It is impossible to leave the world that you are familiar with and to come to this completely strange world without feeling fearful. But he managed to flee from the world where the people always wanted him to die. He felt very relaxed. He didn't know how to face Lin Yu, and he didn't want to face that father of his even more. Now that he think of it, he can be said have escaped from there.
When Lin Mu pulled himself out of his thoughts, he saw the beastmen busying with their own affairs. Collecting firewood, making fire, and cleaning their prey. Lin Mu was not interested in those bloody things, so he didn't look at what animals they hunted. He just felt the size of their prey is very large.
Looking at his remaining fish, Lin Mu decided to grill it. While zoning out and turning the fish in his hand, Lin Mu suddenly saw a little guy next to him. A small chubby wolf with bluish-grey fur, and a white circle around its neck. It was staring intently at his fish; very cute little guy.
Lin Mu smiled, "Want to eat fish?"
As he asked the question, he couldn't help reaching out and tried to touch the little wolf, but then he saw the little guy baring its teeth. Lin Mu was not afraid because he was very clear that this is not a normal wolf. So, he bravely ventured up. Its fur was very soft, and Lin Mu couldn't help holding the little wolf in his arms, one hand rubbing its fur.
"Hehe, are you also a beastman like what they said? Can you transform and let me see?"
The little wolf didn't bother with him, still staring at the fish skewered on the branch.
"Transform, and I will give you the fish. How about it?"
The little wolf turned its head and looked at Lin Mu, then rolled his eyes in his heart. This female is really silly.
Lin Mu felt like he was despised by the little wolf, and was very depressed.
"Casso is only 1 year old, so he can't transform yet." Patrik's cold and clear voice rang behind Lin Mu.
Patrik thinks this female is very special, that his eyes can't help following him around. He knew what this emotion represents, but drifter beastmen do not have the right to own a female.
Lin Mu looked up at the man in front of him. He has long flowing black hair which was casually scattered on his back. A pair of dark eyes on a cold handsome face that seemed to have a magical force one couldn't help falling into it.
Lin Mu pulled his gaze back. "Then he…Casso, when can he transform?"
"The little beastman can only transform when they are 3 years old. You really don't know?"
Lin Mu shook his head, how could he know?
Patrik's eyes flashed in confusion. "Where did you come from?"
"I know where my home is, I just don't know why I am here."
Lin Mu cut the fish into smaller pieces with his knife and let the wolf eat it. He said, "When I woke up, I'm already in this forest. I haven't managed to get out of this forest yet, but I don't think I can go back anymore."
He forced a smile, and when he thought to take a piece of the fish, he saw Casso licking its lips with an expression that he haven't have enough.
"Oh… you ate so fast." He rubbed Casso's little head.
"Come and eat with us." Patrik felt that whether what Lin Mu said is true or not, he decided to believe him first.
Lin Mu was pulled forward by the small Casso and he went with Patrik to where the rest are having their barbecue. Then, he saw Little Casso running towards a rough looking beastman.
"That is Casso's Father, Damon." Patrik sat down next to Lin Mu and explained to him.
Lin Mu smiled and nodded to Damon. Although Damon had no expression on his face, he nodded to Lin Mu as a hello.
After Lal cleaned the preys, he saw the little female sitting next to his boss and squeezed over to sit next to him.
"Hey, little female, where are you heading? Going back to your tribe? Also, which tribe are you from?"
"Don't call me little female, I am not a female, nor I have a tribe."
Lin Mu couldn't stand the other person calling him a female, he is obviously a man. As for where to go next, he doesn't know. He has been trying to get out of the forest before this, but now that he know that his world has changed, he doesn't know where to go even if he managed to walk out of this forest.
Patrik watched Lin Mu's expression become a bit depressed and wanted to stop Lal from asking again. Unfortunately, Lal is definitely not a bright one. "But you are a female to start with, tell me what is your name?"
Lin Mu couldn't help but rolled his eyes. "Why should I tell you?"
"I've told you my name, so you should tell me yours. My name is Lal2, and this is my older brother Patrik." He pointed at Patrik, who was sitting on the right side of Lin Mu.
Lin Mu really admired Lal's thick face. Actually, Lin Mu doesn't know that all beastman has thick face because being cheeky is a great weapon for beastmen to pursue females.
"My name is Lin Mu." He said before taking a bite from the meat that Patrik handed over to him. "How come there's no salt?"
Several beastmen who were eating stopped to look at Lin Mu.
"Is there something wrong?"
Lin Mu saw everyone looking at himself and couldn't help but asked, "Don't you have salt?"
"Only approved tribes are allowed to go to the salt lake to get salt. We are drifters, how can we be allowed get salt to eat?" Lal's tone was filled with hatred.
"Why can't the drifter beastmen be allowed to get salt?"
The other beastmen were eating quietly, only Lal self-deprecatingly replied, "Because drifter beastmen are some ominous beastmen, they rob other tribes, rxpe females, kill little beastman. Because we are drifter beastmen, we are evil. Of course we won't be allowed to have salt."
Lin Mu looked at the beastmen in front of him, and saw a young child. He should be the 'female' they are talking about. The child looked weak and was eating his food while leaning on the arms of a beastman. Lin Mu remembered that was the giant silver wolf.
"Have you done those before? You didn't, right?" Lin Mu felt that these people were not bad guys.
"We robbed others before." Lal couldn't help curling his lip. After saying that, he resumed his eating silently, and didn't speak anymore.
Lin Mu looked at Patrik, "I have some spices for barbecue. Do you want to use it? I will also eat it."
Lin Mu understood that they must be very wary of him. After all, there are many people who wanted them dead.
Patrik looked at Lin Mu staring at him with a hopeful expression and replied. "If anyone wants to eat it."
Lin Mu smiled and took the seasoning out from his backpack. Then, he cut some meat into pieces with a knife, skewered it, and sprinkled some seasonings to be roasted.
"I will help you." Patrik took the skewer from Lin Mu.
Lal smelled the seasoning that Lin Mu took out. "That is a funny smell, I'll try it." He was not afraid of being poisoned by this little female.
Lin Mu was very happy with his dinner. Patrik was really good at barbecue, or it was probably because they only know how to barbecue. Lal was only one person who used his seasonings but Lin Mu doesn't blame them for not trusting him. After all, they are right to be careful. However, Damon didn't object little wolf Casso from eating it. Probably because Casso had already eaten Lin Mu's grilled fish before anyone could stop him.
In the evening, they rested beside the fire and with the beastmen standing guard, Lin Mu felt that he could sleep well this time. Lin Mu was planning to take his clothes out to lay them on the ground when an animal skin blanket appeared in front of him. He looked at the tall beastmen in front of him.
"This is for you." Patrik let go of the hide and walked away.
Lin Mu smiled and laid the blanket on the ground, before lying down comfortably. He closed his eyes and fell asleep after a while.
Chapter 4 : Leaving with them
The sun shone through the window, generously spilling into the house. Lin Mu raised his hand in front of his eyes, and stared at all the familiar things in confusion. This is obviously his own room. Could it be those memories were fake, that his best Big Brother didn't crazily yelled about how he hated him, and that lush forest was just his own fantasy? And those so-called beastman were just the result from him being poisoned by reading too much novels?!
Lin Mu happily opened the refrigerator. At this moment, Lin Mu liked it(the refrigerator) a lot. He looked at his room happily while unscrewing the juice in his hand. However, just as he placed the bottle to his lips… it's empty?! Confused, he looked at the bottle that was still full earlier and shook it down hard. A bottle of juice strangely disappeared. He then went to open the refrigerator in disbelief. The earlier scene where it was completely filled was gone.
"What is this?"
The unsettled Lin Mu felt like everything in front of his eyes are disappearing at a speed visible to his naked eyes.
"No! My fridge, my sofa, my bed…" Lin Mu desperately tried to stop it all but couldn't do anything.
Casso was puzzled as he looked at the 'female' who shouted some inexplicable words while flailing his hand. He thinks this 'female' called Lin Mu is really weird, not only he is not afraid of the drifter beastmen (he clearly remembers that there was a female who fainted from just looking at them), he knows how to make delicious food too. Thinking of the fish that Lin Mu make last night, that kind of delicious taste, en, he wants to drool already.
Casso humph-ed in his heart, that Misha still sneered at him saying that he is going to be a glutton ghost. Don't think that I didn't know he(M) was feeling jealous because he(M) didn't get to eat Lin Mu's barbecue that was covered in strange spices. Father is right, females are very barbaric. He looked at the adults who are already busily preparing breakfast. How is this female still not waking up ah? I still want to eat delicious barbecue like last night. Delicious food is his main focus, so Casso shakes his small chubby body, leans forward, ready, jumped!
Lin Mu was struggling to sleep and didn't want to wake up, suddenly felt a punch landed on his stomach.
"AH!" He groaned and woke up.
Looked at the beastmen's busy figure, he sighed in his heart. So it was a dream ah. Feeling a bit low, Lin Mu still hopes that those sad things have not happened. He looked down at the chubby little guy on his body, and reached out to pulled up his two short front legs. Although he looked like he was gnashing his teeth, his eyes were smiling.
"You small meatball actually jumped onto my stomach. Do you know how fat you are, huh?"
Casso really wanted to roll his eyes at Lin Mu, but that would affect his image as a flying wolf too much. Thinking back of what his Father said before, males have to tolerate females, and males always need to know how to please the females, so he decided not to be petty with Lin Mu. Then he stuck out his tongue and licked Lin Mu's face, because Father said that is called 'taking advantages'. Although Casso didn't know what was 'taking advantages', Father's words won't be wrong so he felt happy1.
Lin Mu was meng-ed2 by Casso's cute look, really looked like a cute fluffy dog. So Lin Mu picked up Casso and rubbed strongly against his face.
If Casso knew that he as a dignified flying wolf was taken as a dog by Lin Mu, although he doesn't know what is a dog, he will impolitely roll his eyes at him.
Patrik, not far away, watched as Lin Mu played happily with Casso, felt jealous at that moment. Thinking of his own animal form, the legendary evil figure, his eyes darkened. Which female who dare to approach him with his horrifying form? Patrik quickly tossed away those sentimental feelings in his heart and walked up to Lin Mu.
Lin Mu noticed Patrik heading to him and politely smiled at him.
Female giving him a friendly smile was something Patrik never felt before, so he was blinded by Lin Mu's smile. Instantly he came back to his sense and he organized what he wanted to say in his mind.
"We will be leaving after breakfast, so you…"
He couldn't say what he wanted to say, how to say, to invite him to go with them? How ridiculous is this? How can a fragile female choose to leave with a beastman who don't even belong to a tribe? Moreover, they are the infamous drifter beastmen.
Lin Mu heard Patrik say they are leaving, and became a little flustered.
He saw that Patrik didn't seem to want to bring him along. Will there be only him again? In this strange world, he is still alone all by himself. Lin Mu smiled bitterly in his heart, people are really a social animals. Loneliness always makes people feel scared. He made up his mind, in order not to let himself be left behind, Lin Mu decided to work hard, he didn't want to continue walking blankly like a few days ago.
He cautiously asked, "Can't you take me with you?"
Patrik was stunned by Lin Mu's question. Is this like what he is thinking? Is he willing to follow him?
Patrik just looked at him and not answering him, so Lin Mu became more and more nervous, his hand holding Casso couldn't help tightened up. Casso twisted his body uncomfortably and made a dissatisfied whine.
Patrik returned to his senses and saw Lin Mu looking at him nervously. Although the fact that Lin Mu is willing to go with him makes him happy, he still had to explain something to him clearly. Frowning, "Your life will be very hard with us. We don't have a tribe, and we don't have a fixed place to live. This kind of living environment is not suitable for females. Moreover, God's Offering is coming soon. If we can't find enough food, it will be very difficult in winter. If you are just worrying that you can't get out of the forest, I can send you to a place with a tribe."
"I am willing to go with you, I…"
Patrik interrupted Lin Mu. "Don't rush to make a decision. Think about it first. We'll talk again after breakfast."
Although Lin Mu wanted to go with them, he can't deny that a tribe is more suitable for females to live.
Lin Mu ate his breakfast without tasting the food3, and he seriously thought about Patrik's words while looking at the beastmen who were eating their breakfast. They are drifter beastmen, and they are said to be a group of people with evil reputations. They don't have a permanent home, they don't even know if they can hunt enough winter food. Lin Mu knows that these people are not bad but they were expelled by other beastman. He looked at the coughing little female, they should not live like this, and Lin Mu secretly made a decision in his heart.
After breakfast, Lin Mu came to Patrik while carrying the Casso who squinted its eyes from being full. Patrik was instructing the beastmen to organize and pack their things.
"Patrik." Lin Mu smiled at Patrik and said hello.
Patrik knew that Lin Mu has made his decision. Although his heart was very nervous, his face was calm and his eyes carried a proper questioning look.
"I have decided, I will go with you. I think you will definitely build your own tribe in the future."
"Build our own tribe?" Patrik looked at the busy beastmen, that was their ideal dream. But it was not that simple to build a tribe.
"En, build your own tribe. You will need to find a place to settle down soon." Lin Mu looked at Patrik, who was obviously recalling some memories.
Patrik looked at Lin Mu, "We tried building a tribe before, but we were expelled in the end. No tribe would be willing to have a drifter beastmen tribe next to their tribe."
Lin Mu looked at Patrik with a puzzled expression, "We can stay away from them. Can we settle down if we found a suitable environment?"
"There is always a tribe in the right place. We still haven't find one without yet. A cave suitable for living is not easy to find."
Patrik looked at the dozen people who followed him. Although they were not many, but it's not easy to find a cave that haven't been marked by other tribe. They might be able to stay for a while, but in the end they would still be expelled in the end.
"Cave?"
Lin Mu hopes it's not what he think it is. Just when he wants to continue asking, Lal comes over and pulled Patrik away. Lin Mu watched the two mumbling something not far away from him. Lal would look at him from time to time with a hot gaze, Lin Mu couldn't understand why.
And on the other side, when Lal heard that Lin Mu want to leave with them, he suggestively told his boss, "Hehe, boss, although I can see that you are interested in that little female, I will not give him to you. He might look a bit blank, but I decided to pursue him."
Patrik looked at this excited partner whose hair flew messily in the wind, he just coolly said, "Don't forget about your appearance."
Lal was almost choked by Patrik's words, he stuck out his neck and shouted, "What's wrong with me? I looked very strong and charming, alright?"
"That doesn't include your beast form."
"My beast form is as charming!"
When Lin Mu once again saw the beastmen transformed, he couldn't hold back the unstoppable excitement in him, his eyes brightly watched the tigers, lions and wolves in the scene. . .
Standing by the side, Lal saw Lin Mu's eyes brightened and quickly got in front of him. "Lin Mu, how about you fly with me?"
Lin Mu looked at the smiling Lal. He thought of his(L) beast form, and quickly jumped away. Don't joke with him, he don't have any interest in centipede.
Seeing Lin Mu jumped away and looked like he wanted to stay away from him, Lal could felt his fragile heart hurting.
Lin Mu couldn't bear to look at Lal, whose blaming eyes were saying 'How can you hurt me like this' but.. … he quickly pulled over Patrik who was standing beside him, "I just want to be with Patrik. This, do you mind?"
Lal looked at Patrik and looked at Lin Mu again, then he humph-ed and left. Is Lal feeling prideful now? Lin Mu resisted the desire to scratch his head.
"If you don't want to, I can find someone else to carry you?"
Looking back at Patrik, "Why wouldn't I want to?"
"I am a snake." Patrik knew that his beast form was terrifying.
"I know that you are a snake ah. When are you transforming?" Lin Mu replied with a look of eagerness. Mayan Snake God ah! Not everyone can ride on it.
When Patrik saw that Lin Mu is not afraid of his beast form, although his face didn't show it, his heart was very happy. Lin Mu is not afraid of him, so nice.
Looking at the huge snake body in front of him, Lin Mu was stunned speechless. He(LM) looked so small in front of him(P). Fine black scales, with huge black wings. Because Lin Mu stood very close to it, he found out that there weren't any feathers on the wings, but was covered with scales that shimmered in the sunlight instead. Climbing up the snake, Lin Mu sat carefully at Patrik's neck.
"Let's take off." The novelty of sitting on a large snake kept Lin Mu in a good mood.
Feeling the flapping of the wings, the body slowly lifted up in the air until the forest can be seen under his feet. Lin Mu can clearly see the whole picture of the whole forest, stretched neverendingly in his eyes.
"Patrik, where are we going?"
Beastman can still speak after transforming. "North, the direction with the least tribes." A low voice answered Lin Mu's question.
Is the direction with the least tribes, the worst direction for a good living environment? Lin Mu looked at the unknown distance. He didn't know what his life would be like, but he would definitely live well. Looking at the sun behind him, he turned back to the front with a firm look.
Chapter 5
It's been 10 days since Lin Mu decided to leave with them. Along the journey, Lin Mu saw a lot of wild animals of this world, every each of them looked ruthless and abnormal, which made him once again sigh at his extraordinary luck. In those days when he was walking alone, he didn't encounter any beast that could endanger his life.
When it is almost the time to take a rest, Cohen the white winged tiger was sent out to scout for a place to rest. Patrik normally asked them to look for places where they are relatively safe and can replenish their water supply. Water is very important for people who needs to keep going from one place to another. In the past, they used to drink more water because they didn't have any containers to store it. Now, because Lin Mu found a bamboo forest while searching for food, each of them has their own bamboo tube to store water, which is much more convenient than before.
According to the information brought by Cohen, they flew straight to the riverside. All those huge body began to slowly descend, and they turned into their human form the moment they touched down.
Lin Mu weakly struggled to get down from Patrik1. Traveling non-stop these few days has changed Lin Mu's excitement into exhaustion. He weakly went to a patch of soft grass and laid down. On the grass, he relaxed his whole body and heaved a big sigh. The feeling of not able to lift up his spirit the whole day is really depressing.
After Patrik has arranged everything, he saw Lin Mu lying lazily on the ground. Patrik knows that Lin Mu has been working hard for the past few days. Every time he sees Lin Mu eating just a little bit of food, it makes Patrik worried. Thinking of the reason why Lin Mu was not able to eat more2, Patrik's eyes were dark and he clenched his fists. He lowered his hand helplessly, thinking of his own people.
Lin Mu felt the area in front of him suddenly darkened and opened his eyes. "Patrik?" Then he sat up.
Patrik sat down next to Lin Mu. "How do you feel?"
Lin Mu heard his question and couldn't help but pouted. "Not good." Yes, not good, not good at all. Lin Mu hasn't eaten any salt for 7 days now, which is a very uncomfortable thing for an earthling like him. Whenever he thought of the unsavory barbecues he had eaten these days, Lin Mu could feel his stomach aching.
The beastmen can replenish their salt intake by drinking animal blood. When Patrik forced Lin Mu to drink blood, Lin Mu finally understood why the beastmen drunk the blood when they cleaned their prey every day. But for Lin Mu, the result from forcing him to drink blood was he puked his guts out. Hence, for the little 'female' Misha to drink a cup of blood without changing expression, Lin Mu can only admire, but will never follow his example.
Lin Mu had a headache when he thought about this salt problem. Frowning at Patrik, he solemnly said, "I will not drink blood today, never!"
After a few days of getting along, towards this leader of the drifter beastmen, the legendary terrifying beast, he don't have the slightest fear at all. Although Patrik's expression was very blank like he has facial paralysis, and sometimes he somehow keep emitting cold air around him. which even the naughty Casso would be very scared, but Lin Mu was not afraid of him. Perhaps it is because Lin Mu thinks that he is a kind person.
Although Patrik had a headache from Lin Mu's unwillingness to drink blood, he can only nod his head now.
Seeing the sun is setting soon, Lin Mu stood up and patted away some stray grass from his body. He turned to Patrik and said, "Let's go, I want to go to find something to eat."
Lin Mu can't do it like them and just eat meat everyday. It was very bitter for Lin Mu to keep eating meat these few days. Although it is possible for him to eat fruit like a few days ago, his stomach has begun to oppose it as well.
"It's not easy to make stir-fry to eat now, but getting some suitable vegetable to roast is still possible."
Lin Mu was still a bit shocked by the fact that they know how to use fire to cook their food and yet didn't know to use a pot.
Patrik nodded and said, "But you can't go far." Ever since Lin Mu almost got himself eaten by a small fanged animal while looking for fruit a few days ago, Patrik no longer allows him to search for food by himself, or go far from them. Patrik will never allow such thing to happen again.
"En, en, let's go." He pulled at Patrik's arm and dragged him to hurry up. Lin Mu was happy to search for food, and did not see Lal's resentful eyes from him and his boss being too "intimate". "Little Mu Mu, you hurt me. "
When Cohen passed by Lal, he was disgusted by his(L) expression , so he couldn't help rubbing salt to the wound and said, "If you don't hurry to go hunting, Laoda(Boss) will hurt you even more."
Walking in the forest, Lin Mu felt that his spirit become much better. "Patrik, the air here is really fresh, and taking a deep breath makes people feel comfortable. Unlike my place there, every breath could smell a stink in the air."
"En."
Patrik didn't understand what was so special about the air here. He looked at Lin Mu smiling happily, and he felt that his smile was very nice. Although Lin Mu always say something he couldn't understand, he still liked to listen to him(LM) talking to him, looking at his(LM) happy face. This is better than the sorrowful aura that he occasionally exudes. Every time he sees Lin Mu dazing by himself, Patrik will have a feeling that Lin Mu is unreachable. That feeling makes him feel restless.
Lin Mu chatted with Patrik as he walks, although every time he would only receive an 'En' or 'Oh' as the reply, Lin Mu still likes to talk to him. Perhaps it was because he thought as long as there's someone next to him, he(LM) won't feel lonely anymore.
"Ai, I still haven't see the vegetable I want. It's not early anymore, we should pick some fruit and go back. What do you think?"
Lin Mu's question went unanswered, because Patrik suddenly flashed into a nearby bushes. Lin Mu hasn't start calling for him yet, and he is already out. Just that, he has a little furry thing in his hand. https/images.app.goo.gl/CLiDcapQh4g9xKzQ7
Lin Mu looked puzzledly at the little thing struggling in Patrik's hand, and heard it making a low-pitched sound like 'ji-o/唧噢'.
"What is that?"
"This is for you." After Patrik handed the little thing to Lin Mu, he looked at the little thing that looked like a ball, and his brows were slightly wrinkled. "I don't know what it is."
"For me?"
Lin Mu looked at the chubby little guy, it's about the size of a cat. Its fur is white and long, and it was furry all over its body. Round little body, round little head, round blue eyes and also small rounded ears. "It's so cute!" Lin Mu vigorously rubbed the body of the little thing with his face.
Unexpectedly, the little thing stopped struggling and happily stretched out its little tongue to lick Lin Mu's face. No doubt, Lin Mu is going to die from the meng/moe.
Patrik watched Lin Mu happily teasing the little thing, and sighed in his heart that females really do liked this kind of creature that has of no use (their meat was not enough to even stuff his teeth) but 'cute'. Although, he couldn't understand what is 'cute' at all. But one thing he knows right now is he is jealous that the little thing can lick Lin Mu's cheeks without any problems.
Just when Patrik wanted to use his icy gaze to let the little thing feel his anger, Lin Mu has already given it a name, a very apt name – Qiuqiu3, and Lin Mu felt that Qiuqiu also liked it. Because when Lin Mu called him by that name, it intimately kissed his face. Though, Lin Mu only come to realize it after a long time later, that Qiuqiu was actually asking him to change the name which Lin Mu ignored and misinterpreted its eagerness. However, Lin Mu did not know about this at this moment so Qiuqiu's name was confirmed.
Lin Mu held Qiuqiu in his arms, and the smile on his face has yet to recede. "Patrik, it's not early anymore, and I don't see any vegetation to eat. Let's go back first."
Patrik frowned and looked around, he couldn't see even one fruit nearby. "En." Patrik will have to figure out how to make Lin Mu eat more.
Lin Mu happily raised Qiuqiu, "Qiuqiu need to go with us oh."
Just as Lin Mu is about to leave, Qiuqiu suddenly broke away from his arms and ran away.
Chapter 5
"Qiuqiu!"
Lin Mu immediately lifted his foot to chase after it but because he was too anxious, his footing was unstable. The moment he is about to have a close contact with the ground, he felt someone caught hold of his arm and pulled him(LM) into his arms.
Lin Mu felt his cheek sticking on Patrik's chest seemed to be scalded, otherwise how could he feel so hot? Because of the close contact, Lin Mu could clearly feel how tall was Patrik, and he felt that the other person could wrap up his entire body. Moreover, the current situation let Lin Mu know the height difference between them two. This gave Lin Mu much hit on his ego as he does not want to have anything to do with the word 'short'. Hence, the little ambiguous embarrassment from their accidental embrace was gone from Lin Mu zoning out.
Looking at Lin Mu dazing in his arms, Patrik can only sigh in his heart. He used his expressionless voice and said, "It did not run away." He could clearly sense that Qiuqiu is still in the vicinity.
"It?" When Lin Mu looked up at Patrik's expressionless face, he jumped away. "Oh yeah! Qiuqiu! I have to hurry and look for it."
"It's back."
Patrik's words stopped Lin Mu from rushing out, and then he saw a small white figure running over. Lin Mu happily held Qiuqiu in his arms. "Where did you go, don't you know to inform first before running off?"
Qiuqiu naturally couldn't answer him, and just gave Lin Mu the things it held with its two front paws like it's presenting a treasure.
"Mushroom?" And it is the ordinary oyster mushroom he usually eat, just that this one is much bigger, so it was really cute to see the small Qiuqiu holding a big mushroom with its two small forepaws.
"Can't eat that."
Patrik gave Lin Mu a scare suddenly popping out like that.
"It shouldn't be poisonous. I ate this before."
When he thought he could eat some roasted mushrooms, Lin Mu asked Qiuqiu happily, "Where did you found it these mushrooms? Bring me there." Lin Mu looked at the mushrooms in his hands, they were very fresh. Mushrooms usually grown in clusters, so there must be more of them.
"Lin Mu, someone died from eating those before."
Patrik saw that Lin Mu wanted to find that kind of food and stopped walking. He didn't want Lin Mu to be hurt at all, let alone die, and Patrik was deeply afraid of that possibility.
Lin Mu can see Patrik's worries and comforted him with a smile.
"I know that some mushrooms are poisonous, but some can be eaten. This one that Qiuqiu brought is a kind of oyster mushrooms, which is edible."
Qiuqiu seemed to understand his general meaning, nodded as well. Lin Mu felt it is very interesting, and rubbed its small head.
"No." There can't be any accidents at all.
"Then, you can catch a rabb… uh, long-eared beast, and let it try. If it didn't get poisoned, then I will eat it?"
Patrik's brows slightly loosened up and he finally nodded.
Lin Mu naturally knows that those mushrooms are edible, so he was very excited to follow after Qiuqiu. When they arrived to the place where Qiuqiu got the mushrooms, it was not as Lin Mu expected because there were a lot of mushrooms in the area. Looking at Qiuqiu holding a bunch of mushrooms and gnawing on it, Lin Mu smiled.
Patrik looked at the cheerful meatball eating some mushrooms, his gaze looked thoughtful.
"Qiuqiu, I didn't know you are a vegetarian. Hehe."
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Qiuqiu just licked Lin Mu's hand and continued to bury his head into the mushroom.
Lin Mu looked around and saw several mushrooms seemed to be similar to those he has eaten before. But then he saw that Qiuqiu didn't even look at them so Lin Mu decided to pick just the oyster mushrooms only. After all, he cannot be sure. It's not that he doesn't have the spirit to experiment but he does not want to use himself as the 'guinea pig'. He still thinks that staying alive is good.
When they returned to the resting area, a fire has already been started and the people has already started roasting the meat. Lin Mu put Qiuqiu beside Casso who was stuffing itself with food.
"Casso, you can't bully Qiuqiu oh."
Then he went to wash the mushrooms with Patrik. He could finally eat the vegetable because the rabbit that ate the mushrooms had no adverse reactions! When they went to the river, washing the mushrooms naturally became Patrik's job, and Lin Mu washed his face at the opposite downstream.
Patrik looked at Lin Mu playing with water, he felt that this gentle smiling 'female' is the most beautiful female he had ever seen. What's even more valuable was that he(LM) didn't run away after seeing him.
Lin Mu looked back at Patrik's focused gaze, and his heart trembled a little. He tried to ignore the waves in his heart. "Finished washing?"
As Lin Mu turned his head, Patrik quickly lowered his head and nodded at Lin Mu's question.
Lin Mu took some of the mushrooms in Patrik's hand, and sat down next to Casso beside the barbeque pit. Looking at Qiuqiu fighting over meat with Casso, it was clear that it(QQ) has no fighting power. Casso would push it away from time to time, but Qiuqiu doesn't care and keep struggling (with Casso), it was very funny watching them.
Lin Mu smiled and pulled Qiuqiu into his arms. "I didn't expect you to be an omnivorous animal. I will roast some1 for you later."
As he said that, Lin Mu looked at Patrik sitting next to him, who has already started to roast the mushrooms for him; he gently rubbed Qiuqiu's small head.
"This is for you."
Lin Mu looked at the skewer in front of him. "Misha?"
Ever since Lin Mu joined them, Misha has never spoken a single word to him. He thought probably because he(M) was introverted, but after seeing him bullied Casso, Lin Mu understood that the real reason was he(M) doesn't want to see him(LM). As for why, Lin Mu was helpless, so what is this situation now?
Lin Mu's unexpected gaze caused Misha's face to turn suspiciously red, "…not for you, for Qiuqiu."
"Oh…" So that's why.
"If you want to eat, you can eat too." He ran back to his father.
Actually, Misha doesn't hate Lin Mu that much, but ever since Lin Mu arrived to their group, most of the beastmen likes to peek at him, his father as well sometimes. Even worse, the greedy Casso would shake its tail and follow behind Lin Mu's butt everyday. Damn, ain't it just he looks very beautiful, so don't think he(M) will like him(LM) like everyone do!
So can this be called 'a child's awkward heart'?
Lal looked at his freshly roasted meat and sighed, "How come my chance got snatched way?"
Cohen took the meat from Lal. "If you look at our Boss, you will know that you have no chance at all."
Lal looked up to see his cold-blooded Boss roasting the thing called mushroom, which was to be edible, for Lin Mu. And when he was able to effortlessly gain Lin Mu's brilliant smile, Lal saw the corner of his Boss's mouth gently curved up. Although it was not obvious, he saw it anyway.
What a dazzling interaction ah.
When Lal wanted to bite furiously onto his roasted meat, he found out that his meat has been eaten by Cohen.
"You hateful white tiger. The next time I go to hunt, you go2."
"No problem." As he says that, he threw a large piece of raw meat to Lal, "Continue to roast, I am waiting."
Lal flung the meat back to him, "I will roast you."
When Lal and Cohen were fooling around, Lin Mu has already begun to enjoy the delicious mushrooms (the ones cooked earlier have been swallowed by Qiuqiu). Although the taste of roasted mushrooms without seasonings was not that good, but it's better than the meat he got sick of eating. Lin Mu happily spared a skewer of mushroom to the Patrik who has worked hard, "Do you want to taste it?… En, although you are a carnivorous animal."
Patrik took the skewer and ate the mushroom. He finished it in a few bites, even though Lin Mu couldn't see whether he liked it or not.
The night is still very charming as ever, after chatting with Patrik for a while, Lin Mu fell asleep beside the fire hugging Qiuqiu, who was full from the food and drinks.
Patrik looked at Lin Mu sleeping next to him, and his cheeks looked a little reddish under the fire's glow. He could see that Lin Mu has become thinner these days. He looked up at the direction of their destination. Although their destination is still unknown, but he firmly believed that he would build Lin Mu a beautiful home, he firmly believed.
Chapter 6 Deciding the direction
Lin Mu sat on Patrik's body and tried to lower his body as low as possible. Today he finally encountered the unfortunate thing that he never come across in these days – it's raining. It's definitely a very uncomfortable feeling to travel in the rain. Lin Mu could feel his clothes thoroughly soaked, and the sticky feeling makes him want to take a hot bath, but in this kind of situation, it's already fortunate if they can find a cave to take shelter from the rain.
Qiuqiu stuck out his small head from his backpack and hesitated for a moment. Then, it got out of the backpack and climbed onto Lin Mu's shoulder. Feeling the weight on his shoulder, Lin Mu held Qiuqiu in his arms instead. Although Qiuqiu likes to take a bath, but Lin Mu knows that the feeling of wet fur will be very uncomfortable for Qiuqiu. Looking at the rain that doesn't seem like it's stopping soon, Lin Mu placed his hand in front of his eyes and blocked the rain that flew into his eyes. Not sure if Patrik would feel uncomfortable, even though he is a snake.
"Patrik, when can we rest?"
Patrik was silent.
"I have assigned Matt and Lal to fly ahead to find a cave. We can only wait for the news."
Lin Mu nodded. Matt is Misha's father, the silver giant wolf. Although he was usually silent but he is reliable.
"Patrik, does this rain signals that the rainy season is coming?"
He heard Patrik's introduction regarding this world's four seasons before, and the rainy season is the dividing line between summer and autumn. It usually lasts for around twenty days, which is very troublesome for them who has no place to stay right now.
"Not sure." Patrik was not sure if the rainy season has arrived in advance, but he hoped not.
"Not sure?" This answer caused Lin Mu to be worried.
Then, a long wolf's howl could be heard, Lin Mu happily asked, "Matt found a place to stay?"
"En," Patrik said as he flew in the direction of Matt's call.
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This was a not very big cave, a dozen of tall beastmen coming in make the cave appeared even narrower. They did a simple cleanup in the cave and made a fire with the hay found in the cave.
The animal skin quilt that Lin Mu used for sleeping has been kept by Patrik, and it is already wet. He carefully laid it on a clean area and carefully wiped himself with a rag from his backpack that served as a towel. It was fortunate that Lin Mu brought two sets of clothes with him. He changed to another set of clothes that were not quite wet. Of course, when he changed his clothes, Patrik guarded very tightly behind him.
The beastmen wore very simple animal skin skirts so they have already finished changing in the blink of an eye. Although they don't mind letting Lin Mu see their strong body, Patrik minded it a lot so they were destined to be disappointed.
Using branches to hold his clothes and let it dry by the fire, Lin Mu sat down next to Patrik. Everyone was sitting by the fire but no one was talking. Lin Mu knew they were worried about the rainy season. Lin Mu looked at them being listless, even the usual very arrogant Casso was feeling down. The only creature that didn't change was probably the Qiuqiu who was busy eating in his arms. When night comes, Lin Mu looked at Patrik, who was standing in front of the cave and looking out at the situation outside. He is on night watch duty tonight, and he(LM) also can't sleep tonight.
Lin Mu walked to Patrik and watched the darkness with him, "Don't worry too much, things will always get better. Our lives will be better."
Patrik turned to look at Lin Mu, and Lin Mu gave him a peaceful smile, "En, it will be."
He stretched his hand out of the cave and let the rain falls on his hand. Just as Patrik looked intently at him, he suddenly turned his head and lightly laughed, "Patrik, although we believe that things will be better in the future, I think we still have to plan well." Lin Mu pretended to be serious. "So let's talk about it." As he said that, he pulled Patrik to a corner, and the two sat down against the wall.
"Can you tell me about your plan?"
Patrik saw Lin Mu looking at him with a look of anticipation and answered, "I don't have any plan yet, I just want to find a cave in the north that suits us. After all, places rich of food were all divided by other tribes into their sphere of influence. Beastmen placed high importance on their own territory and we can't stay very long in any marked caves because then we will have to deal with the endless challenges of the beastmen."
"A cave? You mean, we will live in a cave?" Lin Mu felt that his eyebrows are going to become caterpillars soon1.
Patrik thought that Lin Mu's reaction was a bit strange. Didn't everyone live in a cave all these while?
"You don't know how build a house? Why do you have to live in a cave? You are not a caveman." Lin Mu didn't want to spend the rest of his life in a cave, plus living in a cave is easy to get sick.
"House?" Although Patrik didn't understand what Lin Mu said, he could guess that Lin Mu's tribe probably don't live in a cave. "What is this house you talking about?"
"Of course it is a place to live. At my side, no one lives in a cave, it is dark and damp. We will build a house, it is clean and bright. It can be very warm even during winter."
"Do you know how? Do you know how to built the kind of house you are talking about?" Patrik had a rare excited expression on his face because of this 'house' from Lin Mu's words.
Lin Mu didn't want to 'burst his bubble', but although he knew the specific process of construction, those were just some basic theories that he learned from a sudden curiosity. He has no experience at all, so Lin Mu could only guiltily said, "Maybe. I don't have any experience."
Patrik happily rubbed Lin Mu's soft hair. "It doesn't matter, you can try it."
When he found his hand on Lin Mu's head and saw Lin Mu had some unnatural expression on his face, Patrik realized the embarrassment brought about by his own behavior. Just that due to him habitually maintaining a wooden face, Lin Mu can't see that he is feeling embarrassed.
Lin Mu was surprised that the cold and icy Patrik would rub his hair and talk to him in a soft voice, so he was stunned for a moment. When he came back to his senses, Patrik's hand has moved to his shoulder and didn't seem to have any intention of leaving(the hand). Lin Mu lightly coughed and try to make his voice sounds natural. He said, "Oh… we need to settle the accomodation problem as soon as possible. Then after the rainy season, we will need to store food for winter. We must have a place to live through winter. And I think, we just need to find a hidden place to build our house. It doesn't have to be the sparsely populated north. After all, we also need to find enough food for ourselves."
"If the house you mentioned is really liveable, then we don't have to go to the north."
"The house is definitely alright, and it will be much better than a cave. However, we still have a more troublesome problem – salt. We must find salt, as one can't go too long without salt. You beastmen can still supplemented yourself by drinking blood, but this is not a long-term solution. If you want to build a tribe, we must find salt."
Patrik certainly knows the importance of salt, but their identity is too awkward. They are not qualified to go to the salt lakes to take salt. If they try robbing, it means to accept the endless pursuit of the other beastmen. (The beastmen who guards the salt lake is naturally the strongest.)
Lin Mu saw the depression in Patrik's eyes when he mentioned salt, and he couldn't bear it. From the various information they told him, he understood that they must have unbearable past regarding this.
"Can you tell me which kind of salt is being guarded?"
Isn't salt all looked like that, is there any other kind out there? Patrik was puzzled by Lin Mu's question.
Lin Mu saw his confusion and explained: "At my place, we have a lot of places where salt is produced, including salt wells, salt lakes, salt springs, salt ponds and sea salt."
"I only know salt lake."
"Do you know the sea?" Lin Mu happily asked, sea salt is not bad.
"Sea? I know the sea tribe."
"Sea tribe? Like mermaid?" Lin Mu was feeling excited. Mermaid is an existence from fairy tales.
"They don't like being called mermaids. They like to call themselves fish beasts. And they are said to be not beautiful2."
"According to who?" Lin Mu does not like the feeling of fairy tale being fake.
"Bear tribe."
Lin Mu was relieved, who can believe in a bear's aesthetic points?
"First of all, no matter they are beautiful or not, I want to know, that.. if the sea tribe will attack you, I mean when they sees you?"
"Drifter beastmen are expelled from the whole beastman continent, but the sea tribe doesn't care about the mainland. As long as we do not provoke them, they will not attack us. After all, their hunting field is in the sea, and the continent's beastman is not good with hunting in the sea." Food is the main reason beastmen compete with each other.
Lin Mu said happily, "That would be great, Patrik. You know, there are a lot of salt in the sea, so as long as we can get the salt out, our problem can be solved. Heaven never bars one's way ah3!"
It seems that Lin Mu's happiness has infected him, Patrik also showed a visible smile. Listening to Lin Mu's words that they may actually find salt, then maybe they can remove this shackle that is locked in the driffer beastman's heart. They don't have much ambitions, they just want to have a place to live. He watched as this little person in front of him, who was immersed in talking how their future life would be better, slowly closing his eyes and fell asleep, Patrik held him in his arms and adjusted his posture to let Lin Mu sleep more comfortably.
Looking at the sleeping little person in his arms, Patrik thought maybe Lin Mu is their savior. He listening to the sound outside the cave, the rain seemed to have stopped.
Chapter 7 Sick, special medicine
After Patrik told everyone of Lin Mu's thoughts, they suddenly felt that having their own tribe doesn't seemed to be a distant dream anymore. Although the beastmen couldn't understand what is a 'house', but that female said it is a warmer and brighter place than a cave, plus they can also obtain salt from the sea. Although some felt that it was unbelievable, but their boss already told them this, that the female knows how to do it; such an amazing female.
Lin Mu, who was basking in the sun on Patrik's body, naturally did not expect that he had been labelled as an amazing female. Of course, even if Lin Mu knew, he would only feel complicated. He still cannot accept being addressed as a female.
Now that they have decided to find a suitable place to build a house, they don't have to hurry to the north anymore. That kind of place where people are sparsely populated, and has less food is not a good place to live.
Lin Mu held Qiuqiu in his arms, who popped its head and a paw out of his backpack, and looked down at the scenery underneath.
"Patrik, where do you think we should build a house?"
"What do you think?"
Lin Mu thought for a moment.
"We should look for a hidden place, that is best to be surrounded by mountains. I am worried that if other tribes found out where we settled, they'll come to make trouble. And there must be a water source in the vicinity."
"Concealment is necessary. Although we are not afraid to fight with others, it is troublesome to attend to every provocation."
"Yeah, I don't know if there is such a place. Will there really be area that is not classified as other tribes's territory?"
"Rest assured, not every place is claimed by a tribe as its hunting area. The beastman tribe generally hunts in a certain range centered on the place they live. Although the area that was claimed is not small, there is always places they won't go. We will be able to find the place you said."
Lin Mu thinks that sounds right. According to them, the people on the continent of Beastman are really pitiful. A tribe with four or five hundred people is already considered to be a large tribe, plus tribes will deliberately build their village further away from each other. In that case, they might really find a paradise of their own.
"Patrik, we have to settle down as soon as possible. We have to build a house before the rainy season, so that we can spend the rainy season safely."
The rainy season which was said to go on for more than 20 days is a very troublesome thing. If they couldn't arrange everything before the season starts, they would need to spend it in a cave.
"En."
Just when everyone was feeling happy that they don't have to endure the whole winter in the cold north, something happened that made Lin Mu feel powerless. He looked at Misha, who was somewhat unconscious in Matt's arms. Casso whimpered and laid down beside Misha's foot. That unhealthy red color on Misha's face and the coughing sound from time to time let Lin Mu know one thing : Misha was ill. Lin Mu squatted down, and put his hand on Misha's forehead. His forehead was hot.
"He has a fever, probably from the rain a few days ago. Matt, Misha is ill. He needs to see a doctor as soon as possible."
Matt didn't know what a doctor was, all he heard from Lin Mu's words was Misha is ill.
"No, he is not sick. Misha is not sick."
Looking at the man's bloodshot eyes, hysterically barking at him, Lin Mu was scared and almost fell down. Fortunately, Patrik was there to pull him up.
"Matt, be calm. What we should do now is to go to the witch doctor."
Matt became a little calmer from Patrik's cold voice. He held Misha tightly in his arms, as if he was worried that Misha would suddenly disappear. He whispered: "Misha won't be sick, no, Misha promised that he will stay with me forever. He will not leave like Kevin. No, how can my Misha get sick??"
Lin Mu felt sad from looking at Matt, he seemed to have forgotten something. In ancient times, a small cold could take away a person's life, not to mention the harsh living environment of the beastman world. Lin Mu looked at the beastmen around them, and saw deep fears and despair in their eyes — they had no witch doctors (in their group), because they were drifter beastmen. Looking at the equally worried Patrik, Lin Mu knows that the witch doctor he mentioned should be the same as a doctor.
"Patrik, can the witch doctor heal Misha? Then, let's go find one."
Lin Mu did considered his own medicines. However, these people are not from Earth, and their bodies are very different from the Earthlings. What will happen after they consumed his medicine? He really cannot be sure. Misha is different from his own race and he dare not take the risks.
Patrik didn't answer, he just stared at Lin Mu, and Lin Mu saw a deep sorrow in his eyes that made him feel sad. Why does he feel helpless and desperate?
"Don't be naive, the witch doctor will not treat Misha. In their hearts, we are evil beings; people who were abandoned by the beast god. How can they save the people abandoned by the beast god?"
Lal looked at the despaired Matt, and gnashed his teeth while lamenting that they are drifter beastman, drifter beastman! But why did they become drifter beastmen? Just because they looked different, they should get expelled and killed? Was it because they are different that they were abandoned by the beast god? He couldn't understand, he really couldn't!
Lin Mu can see Lal's resentment and despair in his heart. He doesn't understand that those witch doctors can really bear to watch a living person dying in front of them and not save anyone.
"We can beg them, we can… can also help them to hunt and ask them to help us heal Misha. We…"
"Leave me alone right now, I want to have a quiet moment with Misha." Matt suddenly interrupted Lin Mu's words.
"Alright, but… do put a wet handkerchief on his forehead."
Really don't want to try asking the witch doctor? All people do have a compassionate heart, right? Do we give up like this? Although a cold would go away after a week, but can Misha really endure it?
Lin Mu was taken away by Patrik before he could ask. Lin Mu looked at him and let him pulled him to the river. He(P) didn't say a word. His deep eyes looked towards the distance, not sure what he is thinking. As time passed, Lin Mu's patience lessened. Until the sun began to show signs of setting, Lin Mu couldn't help asking, "Shouldn't we give our all to try? Maybe there will be one witch doctor who is willing to save Misha."
Patrik didn't turn around and still looked into the distance: "Do you know what it means to be abandoned by the beast god?"
Lin Mu knows that it is the god they believe in, but as an atheist, Lin Mu felt that even if a Christian believer was abandoned by God, he can still live very well.
Patrik looked at the sky in the distance. "The people in this continent only believe in one god. The beast god is the highest supremacy of all people. He created everything on this continent. According to ancient legends, we are called the drifter beastman because the beast god has been forced to create use with the power containing evil attribute. We are the enemy of all beastmen, because we were born evil."
"Legend?!" Just because of a legend, they were expelled?!
"The tribe leaders have passed this knowledge down from generation to generation. The black double-winged giant snake…so in their hearts, the drifter beastmen are evil and should not exist. Our existence is a taint on the beast god."
There was a flash of pain in Patrik's eyes. He turned and looked at Lin Mu.
"So, the witch doctors who believe in the beast god, how can they treat drifter beastmen?"
"But, Misha is a child, he didn't do anything wrong."
Lin Mu can't believe a witch doctor could watch a child dies in front of his own eyes, plus Misha is a little female.
"Drifter beastmen never raises their own children. They steal other females and doesn't take their own children with them when they leave. The females who gave birth to their1 children usually throw them away. Even a small female."
Lin Mu's brows wrinkled.
"Have you heard Matt mentioning someone called Kevin?"
Lin Mu nodded. He thought Kevin should be Matt's companion.
"Kevin is a very small female, but because he likes Matt very much, he chose to be with us. Even if he is afraid of us. "
"Then he…" Lin Mu thought without thinking, that this female should be dead already.
"Our life was very difficult, so Kevin became ill. We asked a witch doctor like what you said. For the witch doctor, Kevin has been abandoned by the beast god for seeking out the devil2, so how could they save him? We sent a lot of food, and Matt knelt three days in front of the witch doctor's place but until the moment Kevin passed away, the witch doctor still did not agree."
Lin Mu can imagine the scene at that time and how much pain the drifter beastmen have carried.
"Lin Mu, we also believe in the beast god, even when others say that we are the beastmen abandoned by the beast god. But we still believe in Him, we believe that He will not abandon us, because He let us come to this world. So we don't want to do bad things like other drifter beastman did. But when Kevin died, I really regretted it. Those people were just a small tribe, we could have enslaved their beastmen like other drifter beastmen, steal their female, and use various cruel methods to force the witch doctor to heal Kevin, but…"
Lin Mu grabbed Patrik's hand.
"Enough, Patrik, don't blame yourself. Your choice is not wrong. If you really did it, even when Kevin has recovered, Matt will still feel the pain. And Kevin will definitely leave Matt. Listen, what you did was right."
Patrik looked at Lin Mu and muttered, "Lin Mu, how about I send you to a beastmen's tribe. A tribe without a witch doctor won't last long, and you are a fragile female. I don't want you to end up like Kevin. Let me send you away ba."
Lin Mu slapped Patrik's hand away, "What are you talking about!"
Lin Mu was angry, Patrik actually wanted to chase him away.
"A tribe is more suitable for females."
In the end, he still have to send Lin Mu to a tribe, eventually everything is lost. Those so-called 'staying together' seem to be just extravagant hopes.
Lin Mu was furious. Even though Patrik was right, even though he knew that this person was thinking for him, Lin Mu still felt angry when he thought of the fact that Patrik wanted to send him away.
"You don't have to send me away, I will leave!"
Lin Mu turned to leave. But he was pulled into an embrace and tightly hugged. Lin Mu struggled in anger, "Bastard, let me go. You actually wanted to drive me away, you wanted to drive me away!"
Patrik hugged the person who punched and kicked him tightly. His depressed voice sounded beside Lin Mu's ear, "I don't want you to leave, not at all. I have prayed to the beast god, so that you can always stay with me, even though I know that is a luxury. We have never once believed that we have been abandoned by the beast god, but we have been desperately staying alive. No home, no right to have a female, no children to continue our own bloodline. We don't know why keep living, and we can't find the meaning of being alive. We have been wandering, just keep getting rejected. Until I meet you, I feel that I can be redeemed. However, when we are happy to finally have our own house, and also we can have salt, Misha fell sick at this moment. All of a sudden, I believed that we were really abandoned, just like the beast god let Matt have Kevin, but suddenly took him away, and left Matt with more pain. And me, I felt hopeful but now, I suddenly realized that I had to send you away."
Lin Mu blankly stayed in Patrik's arms and was stunned by Patrik's pain. Desperate? Yes, they have been living without hope. With much difficulty, they thought the beast god is still caring for them, but now they understood that it was just to give them more pain. However, "Patrik, not like this, no."
Lin Mu thought of it and put his face on Patrik's chest.
"Not like this. I have been living alone, not having a girlfriend, nor thought to make a family. It was just me working hard to let myself live comfortably. "
Lin Mu looked up." Patrik, I believe, as long as you work hard, even if you were really abandoned by the beast god, you can still build your own tribe. And, I don't believe you are the legendary evil demons. When I choose to join you, I have decided that I must build my own home here."
He said as he pulled Patrik's hand. "I believe we can."
Patrik looked at Lin Mu's confident eyes. Although he knew it was tough, he felt that he couldn't be negative anymore. Tightly gripping his hand, Patrik said, "I believe."
As long as you are around.
Lin Mu turned away to escape from Patrik's burning gaze and saw Matt still holding Misha under the tree.
Patrik followed his gaze and couldn't help but sighed.
Lin Mu seriously looked at Patrik, "I have some medicines."
"You are a witch doctor?"
Patrik felt surprised, but did not say anything. He believed that Lin Mu has his reasons for not taking out the medicine earlier, knowing that Lin Mu has a kind heart.
Seeing Patrik did not blame him for not saving Misha, he felt warm in his heart.
"I want to tell you that I am different from you. And in my place, people like me are males."
The doubt in Patrik's eyes fully expressed his incomprehensibility. How could Lin Mu be a male?!
Lin Mu didn't want to explain more of his origins.
"Because our bodies are different, I don't dare to give Misha my medicines."
"You are different from us?"
"Well at my place, we don't have beastmen who could transform, and no man can give birth to children."
Patrik looked at the person in front of him. He always knew that Lin Mu was very different, just that…he is not a female? Patrik looked at Lin Mu's slender body and handsome face in suspicion.
Lin Mu certainly knows what Patrik was thinking and can't help blushing, "What are you looking at, I am a male at my place!"
"En, I don't mind."
Who cares if you mind it or not!
"Give him the medicine."
"Ah?"
Lin Mu was still feeling angry and couldn't respond when he suddenly heard Patrik's out of topic words.
Patrik looked at Matt. "Give Misha the medicine you have. It is still a hope."
Lin Mu looked at Matt, he could still feel his sorrow from a distance.
Lin Mu's stuff was placed together with Patrik's belongings, so he followed Patrik to his backpack and started searching through it.
Patrik looked at the things in Lin Mu's bag. He had already discovered that Lin Mu has a lot of things he never seen before, just like this thing in his hand.
"This piece of clothing is very soft, I don't know what it is made from. How do you wear this?"
When Lin Mu took out the antipyretic, he saw Patrik studying his little underwear and quickly snatched it away. Lin Mu strangely felt his face is burning.
Patrik's glance swept over Lin Mu's body and was very happy with his own thoughts.
Lin Mu realized that Patrik has started to become a bit weird. When did this start?
Walking to Matt, Patrik told Matt about the medicine and asked him to decide if he would give Misha.
Matt looked at Lin Mu worriedly looking at Misha's face , and finally nodded.
Lin Mu gave Misha the big kind of antipyretic, it is most effective when treating high fever. Lin Mu only gave Misha a quarter of the tablet. After all, he is a child and has never taken any medicine before. Taking care to the burning Misha eat the medicine, he directed, "Don't let him sleep on the ground, use the animal skin to bundle him tightly. You better change into your beast form and keep him in your arms, to let him sweat. We'll see how it goes tomorrow."
Lying on an animal skin, Lin Mu looked at Patrik next to him and asked, "Do you think Misha will be alright?"
"He will."
Patrik's calm and expressionless tone gave Lin Mu an unexpected peace of mind. "En, I believe that as well."
Chapter 8.1 Pots and hot soup
Whether the busy beastmen or the resting ones, they can't help but stare at the figure by the riverbank from time to time. The beastmen felt that he had brought hope to them. He gave them the confidence to build a tribe for their own and gave them the courage to think that they were not abandoned by their beast god. Because the beast god sent this female to them, because this female saved Misha's life. All these make them feel that this female is very charming, not to mention this female is very beautiful. Hehe, although they knew that their chances are not big, but they can still fantasize in their hearts, their boss won't know.
The person they all looked at with a hot gaze was Lin Mu, who had been sitting by the river for two hours, feeling complicated. Lin Mu knew about those burning gazes, but he really doesn't know what to feel. After all, he doesn't think himself as a female. So when those beastmen shot him well-intentioned gaze and doing those standard moves when a beastman pursuit a female – showcasing their strong body… En, seeing some brawny man performing signature movements of the bodybuilder – flexing their muscles here and there, Lin Mu's face has turned into 囧囧.
He supported his chin, while watching the clear river flow. They have stopped here for 3 days now. Because their current aim is to search for suitable location, Patrik asked Lal, Cohen, Matt, Locke and Jason to spread out in 4 directions to search, and the rest will wait here until they found the suitable location.
Locke is a lion with a simple and honest character. The reason why he was expelled from his tribe was because his beast form has a pair of horns on its head. Later on, he met Patrik. And after he was beaten blue and black by Patrik, he decided to follow Patrik and respect him as the boss.
Jason's beast form is similar to Patrik, except that Patrik is a python and Jason is more like a cobra. He also has a black giant body, but with a pair of huge feathered wings. Jason and Patrik grew up together, because both of them have strange appearance (in their beast form) and the two are good friends. Jason's cold personality do let Lin Mu wonder if all cold-blooded animals also like to keep emitting cold aura. Patrik did that, Jason did too.
On the other hand, there is a very simple reason why Lin Mu sat by the river for 2 hours. Ever since they make a stop here, Lin Mu has been getting stomach ache for 3 days. Although it was not very serious, it was uncomfortable. And it got him worrying over an even more serious matter – diarrhea. Yes, the problem that he won't have to worry in modern times. Right now, he is worried that he will suffer dehydration and without salt, it will be bad. Although he has not experienced the urgency yet, he felt that it is necessary to plan ahead. For now, he has been forced to drink blood once every 3 days, he doesn't want to add more dosage. He definitely has no intention to become a vampire, and he does not want to live on blood like a vampire either. Although he is screaming (internally) for salt, he knew that it is impossible to get some now, so he didn't insist.
Lin Mu felt that it was imperative to improve his diet, so he stood up after thinking for some countermeasures. He turned around and looked around in the midst of busy beastmen, and soon saw the person he was looking for.
Patrik's eyes were always following that person, watching him staring at the river, looking at him supporting his chin. Not sure what he(LM) was thinking about, his brows were wrinkled, and his mouth was unconsciously pouted. Patrik was glad that as a beastman, his good vision didn't let him miss this cute look. Just that what is he feeling upset about? Looking at him frowning, for a moment Patrik wanted to be by his side and tell him not to worry, and he can give everything to him(P) to worry. But although everyone can see his heart intention, Patrik knows that he can't be too straightforward, because Lin Mu is different. He is different from the females in the tribe he used to be in. And… Patrik looked deeply at the figure, so beautiful, he is really a male?
"Patrik."
Patrik's brow was visibly wrinkled. He couldn't understand why Lin Mu was so solemn.
"I really need a pot right now. I can't drink raw water like you guys. So, can you help me to make some pots, please?"
"Pot?" Patrik didn't know what it was, but it won't stop Patrik from helping. "Tell me what to do, I will help you."
Lin Mu heard that Patrik will help him and smiled brightly at him. "Hehe, thank you. You are so nice."
Lin Mu's words caused Patrik to be dazed, but he quickly returned to his senses.
Lin Mu told Patrik carefully about how a pot looks like and what material to use. Patrik's cluelessness let Lin Mu know that in a beastman's life, there's just barbecue and barbecue. So he felt that improvement is a must, although they can only make stone pots now. But since they are making pots, it is just a matter of convenience to make some wooden bowls, wooden spoons, and wooden chopsticks by the way.
"Please make two stone pots, one big and one small. You can estimate the size yourself. Then, could you make some wooden bowls as well? But don't do it according to the size of your beastman's appetite."
Patrik nodded and replied, saying he has no problem with that.
Lin Mu squatted by Patrik's side and watched him start to carve a stone pot using a stone knife that he didn't know what it was made of. He found that the beastmen used stone knives as their weapons, but because their beast form was stronger, they almost only use their knife to cut food. They are more used to hunt in their beast form.
Lin Mu watched as Patrik gradually carved out something like a stone pot from a big piece of stone.
"You are so powerful, can all beastmen do the same and cut stones like tofu?"
"Tofu?"
En, blurted out another word that they don't know.
"A soft type of food. If there is a chance in the future, I can make it for you."
After Lin Mu said that, he felt that he has exaggerated. Pushing aside whether he knows how to make tofu or not, he doesn't know if there are soybeans in this world.
"En." Patrik nodded and continued his work.
Just when Lin Mu decided to repent, a white figure jumped into his arms.
"Qiuqiu? Didn't you went to play with Casso?" But he still happily rubbed the meat ball.
"What are you doing?" A cute and crisp voice of a child was heard.
Lin Mu touched Casso's small head and looked at Misha, "How's your day? Found anything fun?"
Misha quickly recovered after he took the medicine, and his spirit became better the next day, but he still cough a bit though not serious. When he thought back of the time where the child came to him with a blushing face, telling Lin Mu said that he(M) has decided to not hate him anymore, Lin Mu felt that was very funny. What an awkward child ah.
Misha replied with a little disappointment, "Nothing at all, not even the mushroom you mentioned before. We don't recognize the other mushrooms, so we don't take it."
Misha felt disappointed when he thought that he couldn't eat any delicious mushrooms today. He also don't like to eat meat all day.
Lin Mu didn't have the time to comfort the disappointed Misha, because Misha has turned to look at what Patrik was doing with curiosity.
"What is Uncle Patrik doing?" Misha looked at Patrik and wondered about the stone pot.
"That is a pot, we can use it to cook food. You can also boil water. Drinking raw water too often is not good for your health."
Hearing that it is used to cook food, both Misha and Casso looked at him with sparkling eyes.
"Is the cooked food delicious?"
How delicious is food boiled with plain water? But thinking about what they have been eating all the time, he said, "Maybe."
Hearing Lin Mu's answer, although it was not confirmed, they were still very happy. After all, they are quite confident about Lin Mu, especially Casso, it happily shook its small tail.
Lin Mu looked at Misha and Casso getting joyful because of his words. "How about going with me to the woods to find something to eat?"
"En!" Misha agreed with pleasure.
Casso also nodded its head, and Qiuqiu in Lin Mu's arms squeaked in agreement.
Patrik watched the joyful little bunch talking and didn't add anything at first until he heard them saying they are going to find food. He thought back of the times Lin Mu was dispirited for a few days. He only had a little fruit every time, which made him very worried. Moreover, since they stopped over here, Lin Mu didn't go into the woods to find food as usual, and he(LM) didn't eat the 'vegetables' he found for him (That's because he doesn't have the appetite1). Now he heard him saying that he wanted to go find something to eat, although he thinks that those food Lin Mu found were not as delicious as meat, but it's fine as long as Lin Mu likes it.
"Remember not to go too far." Then he turned to Casso that was standing by Lin Mu's feet and said, "Protect them."
Casso was suddenly bestowed with a sense of mission. Patrik saw it immediately corrected its posture and solemnly bowed its head. Just that a chubby wolf doing this is funny, no matter how one looked at it.
When Misha heard Patrik permitting them to go, he immediately took Lin Mu's hand and ran to the woods.
Lin Mu smiled at Patrik and then hurried away, following Misha's steps with Qiuqiu in his arms.
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Chapter 8.2 Pots and hot soup
Because there is still some time away from lunch, Lin Mu was not in a hurry with his walk. He placed Qiuqiu on top of Casso's body and watched the little guy climb up to Casso's head, then obediently laid down. Casso was not bothered by that and walked with its head raised up. It seems that these two small thing has quite a good relationship. Lin Mu breathed in the fresh air, and stretched his arms widely. Then he said to Misha in good spirits, "Go, let's find some delicious food."
Misha saw Lin Mu doing some kind of movements and he looked very comfortable. So he mimicked Lin Mu and tried it as well. En, he didn't feel anything. But his spirit became better when he heard what Lin Mu about delicious food.
"En, let's go find some mushrooms."
Ever since he ate the mushrooms roasted by Lin Mu, Misha has regarded it as the most delicious food ever.
"Finding mushrooms is a must, but we also shouldn't let go of other good things."
After he said that, Lin Mu struck a pose and announced, "Depart." Lin Mu felt that his thoughts have become more childish from staying too long with the children.
They first went to the place where Misha found the mushrooms. Misha only knows about the oyster mushrooms that Lin Mu has roasted before, plus he heard that many mushrooms are poisonous and he shouldn't move around, so he didn't dare to pick them up.
Perhaps because it rained in the past few days, there are many mushrooms in the forest. Lin Mu looked at the clusters of mushrooms in front of him and felt very happy.
"Misha, there are a lot of edible mushrooms here. I will teach you later how to differentiate which kind of mushroom is edible. So the next time you see it, you can just pluck it. After we dried the mushrooms, it can be kept for a long time. And when we finally have salt, we can cook it with meat. It is delicious."
Lin Mu thought of the mushroom dishes that he used to make at home. Those are delicious dishes that is hard to come by here.
Misha heard Lin Mu said that there are a lot of good things to eat, and that they can keep it for a long time. He looks at Lin Mu with bright eyes, "So nice. We can take it all back to dry in the sun. Then we can store a lot of mushrooms, and I won't have to be hungry in the winter anymore."
When Lin Mu heard Misha said that, he touched his head with a hint of sadness, "You went hungry in the winter before?"
"En, because we spent a lot of time each year looking for a place to live. There are fewer preys in the north, and we can't save much food. So we will calculate our food portion very carefully, and we can only eat one meal a day. I don't have enough to eat, and my father always gives some of his portion to me. "
Thinking of his father who gave his food to him and rather be hungry, Misha was moved and wanted to cry. He sniffed and smiled, "Casso is more miserable during winter. His food intake is bigger than mine. After the winter last year, he has only bones left, not cute at all."
Casso rolled his eyes at Misha, dared to damage his image in front of Lin Mu?! But this fat little wolf didn't have any image to lose1.
Lin Mu distressingly rubbed Casso's body and said to Misha, "It will get better. After we found the right place to live, we will never go hungry again this winter."
"En, wintertime is really cold. I don't dare to go out of the cave, and can only lie down against my father. I heard them say that we can live in a warm and bright house?"
"It's true, we will live in a warm and bright house. Our winter this time will not be that hard to live."
Looking at Misha who should be at the age where one knows nothing about life and only knows how to play, but Misha has to consider about food and a place to live, Lin Mu couldn't help but feel sad. According to Patrik, females are very precious in this world, because it was not easy for females to survive. And their number is very small compared to beastman, so all females were well cared for by the tribe. If Misha lives in a tribe, he probably don't have to think about these problems anymore.
"En, I believe in you. Father said that you are the luck that the beast god gave us. You can save us."
Lin Mu didn't expect that he has become a savior in their eyes. He was stunned, then he smiled and said, "Hehe, I just want to work hard together and live better. Don't say this anymore, let's pick the mushrooms quickly. Also look for other food, we will have a big meal at noon."
"En. It must be delicious." Full of hope, Misha began to pick up the mushrooms under Lin Mu's guidance.
There are three kinds of edible mushrooms that Lin Mu saw – shiitake, straw mushrooms and enoki mushrooms. He told Misha how to distinguish these mushrooms, while staring at the big patch of enoki mushroom in front of him with glee. Because the mushrooms were really a lot, and he also grabbed all the wood ear fungus he saw along the way, plus the cluster of snow fungus that he unexpectedly came across, the two took a considerable amount of food, and it was impossible to bring them back by themselves. So Lin Mu looked at Qiuqiu that was resting with Casso by a tree.
"Go, ask Patrik to send someone here to help with the food."
Patrik is used to Lin Mu asking Qiuqiu to find him for help. Qiuqiu chirped at Lin Mu, and Lin Mu knew that he was asking for transportation fee/message delivery service fee.
"Didn't you see that we have a lot of food here? I will make you burst from the food, hehe."
Qiuqiu happily ran to deliver the message when it heard Lin Mu's promise.
"Go, let's go find more."
"En!" Misha was very supportive to finding more delicious food.
When Lin Mu returned, the beastmen were cleaning their prey. Lin Mu went to Patrik and he was very happy when he saw his pile of harvests, and Misha ran around the pile of food in happiness. Today, the harvest was very rich. In addition to the pile of mushrooms, he also grabbed some fiddlehead fern that he came across. Later, Lin Mu and Misha saw a bamboo forest. The amount of bamboo shoots in it is naturally not small. Anyway, it can be made into dried bamboo shoots to store for a long time. He didn't let anything go and grabbed it all, of course. After that, he saw a few loquat trees, and the fruits were quite ripe. When some of the helper beastmen arrived by following their scent, Lin Mu got them to pick some fruits and also some leaves. Misha is still coughing, the loquat leaves are good for treating cough.
Lin Mu saw the stone pots, bowls and cutlery on the side and immediately squatted down to see it. The pot was really big. Then he looked at the not-so-small 'small' stone pot that was more suitable for him, the big pot was 5 times bigger than it! He touched the pot, and felt that the thickness was not bad, and the sanding was smooth. Next, he looked at the wooden bowls and spoons. It was smooth, so he was very satisfied.
Although Patrik already saw Lin Mu's satisfied smile, he still asked: "How was it?"
"It's really good, and it was done in such a short period of time. You are amazing."
Although it felt good to be praised by someone he liked, Patrik honestly informed him that he couldn't take all the credits. "Because I think you will use it at noon, I asked the rest to help."
"Lin Mu, what is this?"
Misha curiously fiddled with the bowl and spoon in his hand, while Casso poked the cutlery with its paw and gave Lin Mu a puzzled look.
"Those are used to hold food. I'll tell you how to use it when we eat later."
He announced to them, "Since the tableware is ready, we will have something different for lunch. Come and help me."
He got Patrik and Misha to take the mushrooms, snow fungus and fruits that the beastman helped to pluck to the river for cleaning.
……
At noon Lin Mu finally have a bowl of hot soup to drink, and was very satisfied. The beastmen also likes to drink this kind of concoction with water and vegetables cooked together, although it takes a long time for it to be done. As for Misha and the gang, everyone ate until they almost burst.
Lin Mu leisurely sipped the snow fungus soup cooked in the pot. Because he added a super sweet fruit in it, the sweetness of the soup was quite good. A pot of soup was quickly finished, and the small pot is currently boiling some loquat water for Misha.
"Lin Mu, the snow fungus soup is so delicious. Let's make it again at night. And this bowl and spoon is really convenient. How can you think of so many good things?"
Misha couldn't help but sighed in contemplation. Thinking about it, maybe Lin Mu is really a treasure that the beast god gave them.
Lin Mu was very happy when he saw Misha's satisfaction.
"Hehe, alright. No need to wait until evening, I will make another pot later, and we can put it in a bamboo tube, then you can drink it whenever you are thirsty."
Snow fungus is good for the body, and there's no problem for Misha to drink more. The other two small thing, that have eaten until they collapsed on the ground, also expressed their agreement with Lin Mu's words.
"En, the white fungus is delicious. How about the black one?"
"That kind is more suitable for cooking."
Misha thought for a moment. "Although I don't know how it taste like, but it must be delicious."
Everyone was very satisfied with this meal. After lunch, they went to find a spot for a good nap.
Chapter 9 Danger, ambiguous
Lin Mu tossed around in his makeshift nest for a long time and couldn't fall asleep. He struggled internally for a while and finally sat up. Taking out the backpack at the side of his pillow, Lin Mu rummaged it to get a change of clothes, and walked to the river not far away with the bright moonlight for lighting. Just that he did not notice that after he left, Patrik opened his eyes.
Patrik don't understand why Lin Mu keep tossing and turning, and not sleeping. Not feeling too reassured, he quietly followed behind Lin Mu.
The moonlight tonight was unusually bright, and the river sparkled in the moonlight. Lin Mu found a hidden spot, then he looked at the clear river. Squatting down, he tested the water's temperature with his hand. It was not very cool; he was very satisfied.
The reason why he didn't sleep was because he wanted to take a shower. Although Lin Mu is not a clean freak, but the habit of taking a bath every day makes him very uncomfortable after he arrived into this world. Although he can tolerate going three days without washing, but his heart seems to have an alarm clock set up. After three days, he started to feel as if his whole body is itching. Of course, he knew that his psychological factors played a big part. Just that after he came back sweating from finding food in the forest today, he felt his body is sticky and tired; he has the urge to take a bath.
Although his heart was feeling a little scared from the silent surroundings, but the need to take a bath prevailed. He looked around; fortunately the moonlight was bright. Although the surroundings were not very clear, but it would not make him fantasize about hidden monsters with claws, and also those 'floaty1' in his head. So he assuredly put clean clothes on the grass and began to undress.
When Patrik followed Lin Mu to the river, he knew that Lin Mu was trying to take a shower. Although it was very unethical of him to peek at a female bathing, but any beastman would still peeks, so he didn't leave. He stared at Lin Mu's beautiful body with a blank expression, as Lin Mu exposed himself bit by bit in front of his eyes, only his clenched fist exposed the real emotions in his heart. When Lin Mu took off his last piece of clothing, Patrik chose to turn around in the end.
The n*ked Lin Mu naturally did not know that someone was peeking behind the big tree behind him, and ran down the river happily. The river is not very deep, the water level was around Lin Mu's waist. He happily swam a few laps in the water before starting to wash himself seriously. The silver moonlight hits Lin Mu's fair body, making him looking holy and beautiful. Just that within the darkness of the forest, a pair of sinister eyes gradually turned blood red when it saw this beautiful scene.
Lin Mu is very angry with himself for taking a bath alone. He looked at the stranger beastman in front of him. That ugly appearance, that pair of evil eyes staring at himself, looking at his bare n*ked self, and was approaching himself step by step. Lin Mu has never been so fearful before. He wants to escape, but he realized that under that pair of blood red eyes, his feet felt extremely heavy.
"Patrik." He wanted to call Patrik to save him, but his voice is not coming out of his throat from the fear.
Looking at the stranger coming nearer and nearer to him, Lin Mu can only keep stepping back and stared. His body began to tremble when he saw the stranger beastman's gaze suddenly turned fierce, looking like he is ready to pounce on him. He suddenly realized that his existence here is just like a female in this world, and tis beastman in front of him. . . . . .
He looked at the hand that almost touched him, and shouted in fear, "Bastard, don't come over. Go away!"
Lin Mu shouted as he stepped back. But the resistance in the water made him stumble and unstable.
Such a beautiful female, beastman's eyes flashed with a possessive light.
When that beastman's hand touched Lin Mu, Lin Mu felt sick and want to vomit.
"Patrik, save me!"
Lin Mu didn't know why Patrik was the first person he thought of it in this situation, but he felt that as long as he's by Patrik's side, he will be safe. He really regretted coming out alone.
That beastman didn't care for Lin Mu's useless struggle. "Hehe, you can't run away." This is the first and last sentence from that stranger beastman.
Lin Mu heard Patrik's furious roar, followed by growling, howling, then everything became silent.
After Patrik bit the beastman to death, he saw Lin Mu burying his own body deeply in the water. Patrik hated this so much that he wanted to kill himself. How could he make this mistake, how could he not detect the presence of a stranger beastman in the area? He pulled Lin Mu out of the water and held him tightly in his arms2.
"Let me go, bastard, let me go." Lin Mu struggled hard and kicked around.
Patrik let Lin Mu punched and kicked him. He knows that Lin Mu is still in fear. He can only hold him in his arms, gently stroking his back, calming him and comforting him to stop being afraid…
Lin Mu was really scared. When he thought of the possibility that Patrik didn't arrive in time and also what situation he would encounter, his body couldn't help trembling, and tears flowed down uncontrollably. He bit on Patrik's shoulders, although it wasn't Patrik's fault, but he needed to vent his emotions.
Patrik felt Lin Mu's body trembling in his arms, and he cast his murderous eyes on the dead beastman by the shore. He felt that he should tear him apart to calm the anger in his heart. How can he hurt Lin Mu?! No one is allowed to do that!
The bloody taste in his mouth made Lin Mu come back to his senses. He stared at the shoulder he bitten on just now and didn't dare to look at Patrik's face. At this moment, he noticed that there were a few more people by the river, drawn over by the roar. Embarrassed, he buried his head in Patrik's arms.
Patrik was watching the person in his arms, and he shot fierce glances at those incoming beastmen. Upon sensing the dissatisfaction from Patrik, they could only leave with regret and tactfully take the annoying dead body away with them. Just that they can't help ranting, although they didn't manage to help anything, but at least they were here to help. Can't they just watch a bit more? Just now Boss took the gloriously n*ked Lin Mu in his arms, right, right?! And so, Patrik was envied by these people.
….
Back to this side.
After seeing the onlookers have left, Lin Mu asked Patrik in a whisper to put him down. Patrik had originally decided to carry him to the shore, but when he saw Lin Mu's ears getting red at the tip, he agreed with a good mood.
When Lin Mu was placed down, he realized that he was still n*ked. Adding to the fact that there was a pair of blazing eyes that can almost be materialized behind him, he suddenly felt shy. Dammit Patrik, can't you just turn around? He complained in his heart while getting back to the shore.
Patrik can't be blamed for this. Anyone who sees the person they like also can't hold back when that person is being so 'open' to them. Anyone who can hold back must be a saint, and Patrik obviously doesn't know what is a saint, so he openly stared at Lin Mu.
When Lin Mu saw that Patrik didn't have any intention to turn around, he glared at him(P) and gnashed his teeth before starting to get dressed.
Patrik calmed down when he saw Lin Mu has returned to normal.
…..
"Humph, Patrik is definitely a rogue. What's there to see? Pervert."
Although Lin Mu's voice at the moment is comparable with mosquitoes, but Patrik with sensitive hearing still heard it, and smiled in his heart. He walked over to Lin Mu and hugged him, "I am a snake, not a wolf3."
"Let me down, I am not a child. I can walk by myself." He was dissatisfied with Patrik's carrying style like he is carrying a child, so he wriggled his body; asking to be let down to walk by himself.
Patrik lightly patted Lin Mu's butt on his arm, and Lin Mu settled down. Lin Mu glared at him, but it has no killing power. Too lazy to bother, Lin Mu circled Patrik's neck with both hands, and rested his head on his(P) shoulder. Lin Mu was already asleep when they returned to their resting place.
Patrik looked at Lin Mu's sleeping place, and looked at his own bed. Then Patrik decided to combine them into one. Placing their bed together, Patrik laid on the animal skin blanket and gathered Lin Mu in his arms; Patrik felt that there is nothing wrong with being obvious4.
Enveloped in a familiar atmosphere, Lin Mu slept very well with no dream. Just that he couldn't stay calm anymore when he woke up and found himself sleeping in Patrik's arms. He struggled to get out, but Patrik's hold was too tight.
"Bastard!" Lin Mu scolded in his heart.
The lines on Patrik's face when he was asleep were not as stiff as his usual face, and Lin Mu stared at Patrik's face. He has to admit that Patrik is really handsome. This well-shaped face will surely fascinate a lot of girls in modern times, and could burst into extreme popularity with just a photo on the Internet. Lin Mu reached out and tried to prank him by pinching his nose. Patrik suddenly turned over and the two's position became a face to face position.
Lin Mu stared at the super near handsome face in front of him.
'Thump thump thump…'
Lin Mu think he must be ill, otherwise how could his heart jump so fast? Lin Mu was still staring when the other party suddenly opened his eyes.
"How long do you want to continue staring at me?" Patrik's eyes were full of smiles.
"You have been awake the whole time! Damn."
Lin Mu was furious when he thought of the part where Patrik knew that he was foolishly staring at his face. He raised his fist to hit him but Patrik grabbed his hand. Both of them looked at each other for a moment, and the ambiguous atmosphere was getting heavier between them.
"What are you doing?" A voice sounded and broke the moment.
Misha flopped on the blanket and stared at them with a puzzled look.
"En?" Lin Mu, who was about to get angry, suddenly put out the anger.
Casso's head also stretched out and looked at the two with a puzzled look.
Lin Mu felt that his face must have burned up, so hot. He thinks that this is all Patrik's fault, so he gave him a hard look. Just that his watery eyes only made Patrik's will swayed.
Pushing Patrik away, Lin Mu stood up and quickly changed the subject, "Misha, how was the loquat water I cooked for you yesterday?"
"En, that effect is good, I feel much better now. I'm not coughing anymore." Misha was very happy that the sweet water yesterday has such a good effect.
"Are we still looking for food today? We only searched one direction yesterday, and there are many places that we have not been to yet."
Casso and Qiuqiu looked at him as well. In their hearts, as long as Lin Mu went to the forest to find food, they could eat delicious food.
"Alright, it won't be long until the rainy season. We better find some food that can be stored."
Thinking of the coming rainy season, Lin Mu is looking forward to the beastmen who is out to look for a place to live to come back as soon as possible.
After yesterday's incident, Patrik decided not to let Lin Mu act alone. These little ones following behind him equals to him(LM) being alone. He saw that the beastmen who went out to hunt has not returned yet, and said, "I am going with you."
Just as Lin Mu wanted to oppose it, Patrik took his hand and said, "Be obedient, it is safer."
Lin Mu think himself as weak-willed, Patrik just used a soft voice and it caused him to compromise. Just that Lin Mu felt very uncomfortable from having his hand held. After trying several times and still couldn't break free, he gave up and let Patrik continue holding his hand.
Seeing that Lin Mu compromised, Patrik felt that today was a wonderful start.
Chapter 10 Overboard
As the night darkens, Lin Mu squatted down in front of Casso's nest and stared in excitement at the lovely scene. He saw Casso circling Qiuqiu with its paws, and they were lying down with their forehead against each other. That made Lin Mu felt joyful. Both of them were just little beasts, and also chubby little things. Lin Mu couldn't help rubbing the two small heads, and Qiuqiu cooperatively rubbed against his hand.
"So cute! How can you guys be cute?!"
He couldn't help himself, wanting to hold Qiuqiu up but Casso saw Lin Mu reaching out and quickly blocked him with its body to express its dissatisfaction. Casso looked at the Lin Mu who was still not sleeping and came to bother him chatting with Qiuqiu, and looked forward to Uncle Patrik taking him away in its heart. Casso saw Lin Mu entertaining himself with playing with Qiuqiu. It can't help ranting in its heart at Lin Mu: "Can't you see Qiuqiu rolling its eyes at you? So stupid, be careful that Qiuqiu will bite you. Qiuqiu's bite is very powerful, I am very clear about it. It hurts like Hell." Although knowing that the consequences of provoking Qiuqiu are very serious, it evilly decided not tell Lin Mu. Not that Lin Mu could understand what it says anyway, Lin Mu is not smart enough to learn the beast's language.
Casso did everything it could to protect Qiuqiu's body from being touched by Lin Mu.
Looking at Casso's action like it's protecting its young, Lin Mu felt funny and angry at the same time. He put on a grievous expression and said, "Casso is really a bad boy. How can you stop me from playing with Qiuqiu?"
Casso rolled its eyes at Lin Mu in its heart upon hearing that: "Are you really playing with Qiuqiu? You were clearly playing Qiuqiu."
Lin Mu looked at them while supporting his chin on his hand. "Casso is being really good to Qiuqiu!"
Lin Mu couldn't help but feel angry with his troubles. "Darn Patrik! Occupying my bed, and making me sleep together with him is really infuriating! He even detained my things, humph!"
Casso smoothed Qiuqiu's hair that was messed up by Lin Mu. It whispered: "Too stupid, Uncle Patrik is starting to openly pursue you. How can you not feel anything?"
The angry Lin Mu doesn't know what Casso said, otherwise he will be furious. To think that he was despised by Casso!
Casso ignored Lin Mu, who was still mumbling by its ear, and whispered to Qiuqiu: "Qiuqiu, see how silly is your current owner. It's better to abandon him and let me be your master. I will take good care of you. How about it? Change your owner ba!"
Qiuqiu raised its head and glanced at Casso, before taking a ruthless bite at its face.
Casso yelped painfully and felt wronged when it saw Qiuqiu continued resting comfortably on its back.
Lin Mu didn't expect Qiuqiu to suddenly give Casso a bite. Although Casso looked pitiful, he couldn't help laughing out, "Ha ha ha, Casso, what a tragedy."
Casso glared at him and shouted at the incoming person, "Quickly come and take your family's female away! Also he has been scolding you just now." Casso sneakily 'stabbed' Lin Mu at the back.
The person who came over is naturally Patrik. He has been watching Lin Mu playing with Casso and Qiuqiu from afar. He of course heard Lin Mu's mumbling. He knew about Lin Mu's complaints, and he also understood that he is not used to him yet, but Patrik did not intend to change his ways at all. If Lin Mu is not used to it, he still can slowly get used to it. Moreover, hugging together to sleep felt so nice. How can he let Lin Mu sleep by himself?
Lin Mu could sense someone coming. As for who, it can only be that hateful guy. Lin Mu did not pay any attention to him, and he humph-ed at Patrik to show how dissatisfied he was.
Patrik didn't care about that. He said warmly called out, "Lin Mu, it's not early anymore. Let's go back to sleep."
"Then you have to return my things to me, or I will not go back."
Patrik easily carried Lin Mu up, and that sudden attack caused Lin Mu to subconsciously reach out to circle Patrik's neck.
Damn this princess carry!
"Let me go!" Lin Mu glared at Patrik with a sullen look.
Seeing Lin Mu was glaring at him with his eyes wide and round, Patrik nudged Lin Mu's cheek with his own face, "Mu Mu, you are so cute!"
Lin Mu's face burned. "You…you…"
"Be obedient and let me carry you. The more you struggle, the more people will look at you, and you don't want everyone to look at you, right?" Patrik said meaningfully.
Looked at the curious eyes cast on them, Lin Mu furiously said 'You are too overbearing!' and buried his head in Patrik's arms; imitating an ostrich. After Patrik placed him on the prepared bed, Lin Mu sulkingly turned his back at Patrik, not looking at him.
Patrik held Lin Mu in his arms and whispered in his ear, "Angry?"
Lin Mu awkwardly ignored him.
Patrik smiled in a low voice, "Really going to ignore me?"
Lin Mu secretly scolded Patrik for asking the obvious in his heart, but then the sensation he felt on his neck gave him a shock.
Patrik placed a kiss on Lin Mu's pale neck, deliberately putting out his tongue and licked once. As expected, the person in his arms trembled. He pulled Lin Mu's body over and watched him shyly dodging his gaze. Patrik gently supported Lin Mu's face up to look at him, whispering softly: "Lin Mu."
Lin Mu saw Patrik staring at himself with a gaze filled with pampering. At that moment, Lin Mu felt that he was charmed; deeply stuck in his gaze, unable to extricate himself. He watched as Patrik's eyes get closer and closer to him, until their lips touched together. He closed his eyes, his brain was completely blank and he could only let Patrik nudged open his teeth, invading his mouth.
Patrik kissed his beloved person, and the sweet taste was much better than he imagined. He teased Lin Mu's little tongue, satisfied to see Lin Mu getting dazed. He kissed until he sensed the other party couldn't breathe well, before reluctantly let go. Looking at the red lips becoming moist because of him, he felt that he hasn't had enough and licked Lin Mu's lips.
Lin Mu covered his own mouth when he returned to his senses. After he glared at Patrik, he dug into the quilt in embarrassment. Wu wu, I got kissed until I was out of it, I have no face to see anyone anymore!
Patrik saw Lin Mu acting like an ostrich again. He smiled and pulled Lin Mu out of the quilt, circling his waist to make their chest touch each other, then forced him(LM) to look at him.
"Do you know what I mean by this?"
Lin Mu lowered head and whispered, "I know."
Patrik didn't give him the opportunity to escape. He raised his(LM) face and make the other person to look at himself. He asked seriously, "Then what is your answer?"
"Me?"
Lin Mu felt that everything is going so fast; how did everything suddenly happen? He couldn't get used to it. Although he was not disgusted by his kiss, and also… Thinking back of that kiss, Lin Mu's heart trembled uncontrollably. Although he didn't have a girlfriend previously, he only liked to look at beautiful girls ah. Was he secretly influenced by the majority's thoughts when he came to this world? Lin Mu couldn't help but shook his head to cancel this thought.
Seeing Lin Mu shaking his head, Patrik thought that Lin Mu didn't accept him. His voice was sad and lost, "Mu Mu doesn't like me?"
Hearing the lost in Patrik's voice, Lin Mu instinctively comforted, "It's not like that."
"En?"
With his gaze filled with happiness, Patrik grabbed both of Lin Mu's hands. He gently printed a kiss on his forehead, "I know you are not used to it, we can do this slowly."
Lin Mu ranted in his heart that he couldn't see Patrik doing anything slow at all. He(P) has already taken his first kiss. Is this really going slow? But that kiss. . . Stop! Lin Mu patted his head to stop himself from recalling.
"I am a male." Lin Mu seriously stated in a low voice.
Patrik's eyes scanned Lin Mu from top to bottom. He doubted that if Lin Mu is really a male looking like this, then how do his1 people live?
Lin Mu didn't know what Patrik was thinking, but the suspicions in his eyes were so obvious.
"Really! I am really a man."
Seeing that Lin Mu is about to raise his hackles, Patrik wisely held the man in his arms right away and comforted him, "It doesn't matter, I really don't mind."
"But I mind ah." Lin Mu sighed in his heart. He really didn't know how things became like this right now. Although he does not hate it, but. . . he is not used to it ah.
Lin Mu decided that he didn't want to think about it anymore, he is going to sleep!
Patrik didn't expect that Lin Mu gave himself a promise. He held Lin Mu in his arms and gently patted his back. He hopes that they can live calmly like this forever. He hoped that Lal's team can be smooth with their search.