Chapter 300: Roast Pheasant (2) (1/2)

He Sanlang swallowed his last mouthful of meat and tossed the bones to one side. Then, he looked up at Chu Lian and narrowed his eyes. “I hunted this wild pheasant.”

Chu Lian couldn’t come up with anything to say to that.

She tried her utmost to calm her anger. He was right; he had been the one to catch it. She had only added a little bit of work to cook it. If he wanted to snatch it from her, she had no right to stop him at all.

In the end, Chu Lian could only give him a fierce glare.

From that whole pheasant, Chu Lian only managed to get one drumstick and a few pieces of tender meat. The rest of it went down He Sanlang’s gullet.

Chu Lian rubbed her bloated tummy while complaining under her breath that He Sanlang had eaten too much and that she hadn’t gotten her fill.

Meanwhile, He Sanlang leaned against the cave wall, too lazy to even look at the two-faced woman.

Chu Lian hadn’t realised it yet, nor had He Changdi himself. When the two of them had shared the roast pheasant, apart from the first drumstick that He Sanlang had eaten, he had given the best parts of the pheasant to Chu Lian. It was only after Chu Lian had eaten enough that he had gobbled up the rest of it.

Chu Lian was helpless against a forceful, food-stealing tyrant like He Sanlang. When the two of them finished eating, Chu Lian turned to look at the other pheasant that had been moved off the fire. She inwardly lamented. They couldn’t waste food like that.

In the end, she took the remaining half-cooked pheasant and seasoned it before wrapping it up in clean dry leaves, setting it off to one side. It would be their breakfast tomorrow.

When Chu Lian looked out towards the cave entrance, she noticed that the sky was slowly turning dark. She then shot a careful glance at the beardy. Who knew if he had any assurance that he would be able to bring her out of this desolate forest?

Chu Lian secretly made a decision: if the beardy didn’t mention leaving at all tomorrow, she would have to start a frank discussion with him.

Night fell once again. This time, Chu Lian was very careful. She set down her cloak across the fire from the bearded man and slowly laid down. She even turned her back to him.

He Sanlang inwardly snorted and wasn’t bothered at all by Chu Lian’s caution. He simply laid down on the floor and placed his arms behind his head. He wasn’t feeling well in the first place, so he quickly fell asleep.

However, Chu Lian tossed and turned and was unable to join him in slumber. Even by the fire, the cold in a cave in winter was enough to make her curl up like a shrimp.

When she thought back to the warm slumber she had yesterday, Chu Lian felt rather pathetic.

Her body shrunk into itself and she hugged her knees, almost transforming into a round, human ball. Chu Lian forced herself to shut her eyes and get some rest.

Luckily, she was successful with coercing herself to sleep. Thanks to the fatigue she had racked up during the day, she quickly fell into a sweet dream.