Chapter 11 - Gifting Meat (2/2)

Zhou Ji: “…” He didn’t want it.

It wasn’t that Zhou Ji was a complete vegetarian. In fact, when he had just come to this word, he had tried dinosaur meat out of curiosity.

And then he discovered that… It really wasn’t delicious at all.

In the world he had lived in before, humans had domesticated sheep tens of thousands of years ago. Mutton still had traces of a gamey flavor, and certain people couldn’t get used to eating it unless they added all kinds of herbs when cooking it, but that kind of gamey taste wasn’t a big deal-In truth, most hunted meat had a similar gamey flavor, and people generally ate it as a specialty.

The flavor of game on Earth was already like that; how could the dinosaur meat in this place be any better in comparison? This kind of behemoth’s meat was both tough and tasteless!

Not to mention, the cooking techniques here were horrible. No, it should be said that cooking techniques didn’t exist here at all!

Even the salt had a bitter taste to it!

Of course, the most important thing was that he still preferred to eat fruit and vegetables.

However, Xiong Ye had good intentions, so Zhou Ji ultimately accepted the meat, intending to take it back and cure it-his current body’s mother had left some salt behind that could be used to preserve food.

“Why didn’t you go to collect your meat?” Xiong Ye asked. Had Zhou Ji been bullied and therefore didn’t dare to go get his share, or did he just not know that he had to go get it? Had his life been very tough after he had lost his mother?

Zhou Ji was thinking about what to say when the entrance to the cave next door opened, and Shi Li came out.

Xiong Ye stopped paying attention to Zhou Ji and turned his head towards Shi Li. He had thought that Shi Li would say something to him, but Shi Li only gave him a glance and walked away in another direction without saying a word.

It was already dark, but Xiong Ye had good eyesight and could see that Shi Li had entered Lang Yin’s cave.

Xiong Ye took a deep breath and couldn’t concern himself with Zhou Ji anymore as he turned to go back to his own cave-He was afraid that he wouldn’t be able to control his own expression.

Sad, heart-broken, angry, dissatisfied… All kinds of emotions filled Xiong Ye’s heart, and he even had the impulse to rush out and have a fight with Shi Li.

If Shi Li hadn’t agreed right at the start, he wouldn’t be so upset, but Shi Li had said yes.

In recent months, he had been so happy because Shi Li had promised to mate with him. He did everything with Shi Li in mind and gave him so much meat, but then, Shi Li suddenly changed his mind when their mating ceremony was just around the corner.

It was fine if he was just regretting it, but Shi Li actually got together with someone else less than a day later.

Xiong Ye admitted that he was really upset. It was precisely because of this that he also decided: since Shi Li wanted to be with Lang Yin, then it was completely over between them.

If Shi Li hadn’t agreed to be with him at the start, they could have still remained friends even if they didn’t become mates. But now that things were like this, they couldn’t even remain friends.

As for mates… Xiong Ye wanted a mate, but in light of Shi Li’s unexpected actions, he dudenly didn’t know if he should look for another mate.

Xiong Ye sat there in his cave, alone. After a while, he started to feel a little cold and transformed into his animal form.

The huge brown bear hugged his legs with his arms, and he sat motionless in the cave for a long time. Suddenly, someone knocked on his door.

Xiong Ye immediately turned back into his human form and went to open the door.

Zhou Ji was standing outside.

He was a little disappointed, but he was mostly confused.

“For you.” Zhou Ji gave Xiong Ye a piece of roasted meat.

This was the portion of meat that Xiong Ye had given him before, which he had just cooked.

He had originally intended to cure this piece of meat because even if he didn’t eat it, he could still give it to someone else to eat in the future. But considering Xiong Ye’s current appearance…

He didn’t care much about the others in the tribe, but Xiong Ye had been the first person he’d met after he transmigrated into this world, and he had also saved him. He was very grateful to Xiong Ye, and now that Xiong Ye was so heartbroken… Zhou Ji had decided to roast the meat Xiong Ye had given him, then sent it over to Xiong Ye as a way of comforting him.

“You want to give me the meat?” Xiong Ye looked at that piece of meat that was somehow roasted in a very fragrant way and was rather puzzled.

“You’re very sad, so it’s for you.” Zhou Ji’s words were concise. He wasn’t good at comforting people, and he didn’t have full command of the language here yet.

Xiong Ye heard Zhou Ji say that he was ‘very sad’ and sucked in a deep breath, feeling a prickling at his eyes.

He was indeed very sad, but Shi Li didn’t care, and the rest of the tribe didn’t realize. In the end, only Zhou Ji, who didn’t have anything to do with him had come over to comfort him…

“Thank you, but you should eat it yourself.” Xiong Ye didn’t accept it.

“I’ve eaten already.” Zhou Ji said, then set down the meat and went outside to begin his climb back down-This bear was naked again…

Xiong Ye saw that Zhou Ji was slowly making his way down and ultimately decided not to follow.

He sat there for a while, then began to eat the meat the Zhou Ji had given him.

This was the first time someone had given him meat.

Shi Li had to support his mother and younger brother, and didn’t care about this kind of thing, so he had never given him anything. At most, Shi Li would leave Xiong Ye the tastier parts when they ate together, but it was always food that they had hunted together.

Inexplicably, Xiong Ye’s mood became much better.

Zhou Ji didn’t know anything about Xiong Ye’s thoughts. He went back to his own cave and went to bed early.

But it turned out that when he woke up, his cave was no longer his.

xiin: ahhhh Xiong Ye you’re so cutteeeee!! and Zhou Ji signing himself up as a potential mate without even realizing it hahaapricot: oh no, Zhou Ji is homeless now :'(Juurensha: Awwwwww, I’m so happy Zhou Ji at least comforted the poor heartbroken teddy bear when he was down.