Chapter – 65
\The Aroma of Meat Everywhere
But this was a decision Li Qingqing had finally made with great difficulty.
“If you don’t listen to your chief, then you’ll have to leave the Silver Tiger Tribe.” She put on a stern expression.
Su Han only felt wronged at this moment and didn’t know what he had done wrong.
His lips pouted — and he burst into tears.
It was the first time Li Qingqing had ever seen a male cry. She didn’t know what to do for a moment.
Then she saw his tears fall to the ground and turn into pearls.
Li Qingqing froze instantly.
She immediately picked up the pearl from the ground and rubbed her eyes in disbelief.
“Your tears actually turn into pearls!”
Seeing her shock, Su Han stopped crying at once and hurriedly explained,
“Our merfolk tears naturally turn into pearls!”
Unfortunately only one pearl had fallen. Li Qingqing leaned closer and stared at his eyes.
“Can you cry again? You only dropped one pearl!”
But with her so close, Su Han’s heart pounded wildly — how could he possibly still want to cry?
Li Qingqing noticed the strange look in his eyes and quickly stepped back.
“Hurry up. I’ll take you to Xiao Ziye’s cave.”
She pulled him along toward Xiao Ziye’s cave.
Su Han looked unwilling, yet he couldn’t bear to shake off Li Qingqing’s hand.
Xiao Ziye had already been waiting at the entrance. Seeing them arrive hand in hand, he instantly became angry.
He slapped Su Han’s hand away and held Li Qingqing’s instead.
“Qingqing, how can you let someone else hold your hand?”
It was the first time Li Qingqing had heard Xiao Ziye sound so jealous and passive-aggressive.
“Su Han is yours to handle,” she winked at Xiao Ziye and turned to leave.
After she left, Xiao Ziye’s attitude toward Su Han worsened.
He pointed inside the cave.
“Tonight — no snoring, no grinding teeth, and no sleeping on the bed!”
He listed several prohibitions in a row.
Su Han yawned and directly lay down on Xiao Ziye’s stone bed.
“I’m sleeping right here!”
Xiao Ziye originally wanted to drag this dead fish out and throw him into the river.
But he feared Su Han would complain and Li Qingqing would get angry.
For the first time, he swallowed his anger.
He lay down at the cave entrance — literally becoming Su Han’s guard.
The wind was strong that night. Without shelter, Xiao Ziye shivered all night.
The next morning he caught a cold, sneezing nonstop.
Li Qingqing came to check how they had gotten along — and discovered the situation.
Xiao Ziye was lying on the ground. She touched his forehead — burning hot.
She quickly used a healing spell on him.
When he woke, she said,
“You really slept outside all night?”
“Hmph. I’d never sleep in the same cave as him.”
Su Han, fully rested, walked out after hearing them.
“That’s not my fault. I slept on the bed so he refused to sleep inside. At first he even wanted me to sleep on the ground.”
These two were both little tyrants — Li Qingqing complained inwardly.
“Let’s go see how the cave dug for you is coming along.” She walked ahead.
Ling Mo, Feng Hao, Chi Lin, and Bai Yuan were already there digging.
After yesterday’s incident, none of them dared slack off anymore.
A rough cave shape had already formed.
The area was mostly rock, so excavation was difficult.
Seeing Li Qingqing appear with Su Han again, jealousy thickened.
The thought that they were digging this cave for that male was irritating enough.
Worse — he was watching while chatting happily with their mate.
When the cave was nearly finished, Li Qingqing walked inside.
“I think we should dig a pool here for him. It’s close to the river — we can lead fresh water in so it won’t stink.”
Xiao Ziye immediately looked at Su Han — why did the newcomer get such good treatment?
“I like water too. Why won’t you build me a pool?” he complained.
“Your cave wasn’t built by me, and you’re far from the river. A pool would just stink,” Li Qingqing teased.
Today Xiao Ziye hadn’t contributed at all — the other four were exhausted, yet he still asked for a pool.
As if he had done the work.
Feng Hao finally snapped.
“You old fossil! Ever since those horns grew out you’ve gotten more arrogant — acting like a divine dragon, doing no work but demanding everything!”
Xiao Ziye ignored him. Honestly, Feng Hao’s insults were only half as sharp as his.
Bai Yuan simply stopped working.
There were too many masters here — but he only wanted Li Qingqing as his master.
Chi Lin also grew annoyed; he hadn’t been alone with Qingqing in ages.
Seeing the atmosphere worsen, Li Qingqing quickly mediated.
“Hurry and finish. When you’re done, I’ll stir-fry food for you today.”
Instant motivation.
They had all tasted her stir-fried pork before.
Especially Xiao Ziye — he had only smelled it last time and never eaten any, and he had never forgotten it.
Su Han didn’t know what “stir-fry” meant and was curious.
Li Qingqing ran back to her tree hollow, brought an iron pot, and lit a fire outside.
She took various ingredients from her space.
First she rendered lard from fatty pork — the workers inside already smelled the aroma and worked harder.
After the lard was ready, she poured some into a stone bowl, leaving a little in the pot.
Then she added lean meat and stir-fried evenly.
Finally she added salt and chili, stir-fried until flavorful, and served.
She divided the stir-fried pork into six portions and placed chopsticks for them.
Her five beast husbands knew how to use chopsticks and devoured the food.
But Su Han didn’t know what they were for and was about to throw them away and grab with his hands.
Feng Hao immediately mocked,
“You can’t even use chopsticks? Using your hands — how dirty.”
Li Qingqing couldn’t bear to see Su Han embarrassed and moved to teach him hand-in-hand.
Chi Lin noticed and didn’t want her so close to another male.
“I’ll teach him,” he volunteered.
His “teaching” was just demonstrating once.
Fortunately Su Han was smart — he learned after watching once and successfully picked up a piece.
The meat fragrance spread instantly in his mouth — the salt and chili perfectly balanced.
It was unbelievably delicious. He had never eaten anything this good.
Feng Hao remembered the first time he used chopsticks — he couldn’t pick anything up for ages.
And this Su Han learned after just one look?
