Chapter 12 - Invitation (2/2)

Before, even if Xiong Ye had seen Shi Li enter Lang Yin’s cave, he had still held onto a little hope for Shi Li inside his heart. However, now that he could smell the scents on Shi Li’s body, his heart sank all the way to his stomach.

Yet, after sinking all the way down, he also inexplicably relaxed.

Since he was standing on higher ground, Xiong Ye noticed Shi Li, but Shi Li didn’t see Xiong Ye.

He was in a bad mood at the moment because he had suddenly learned last night that Lang Yin had already been with others before.

Lang Yin didn’t feel like it was a problem at all. Men and women would both have needs after reaching adulthood; so what if she’d been with other people before?

However, Shi Li was very unhappy about it.

Lang Yin said that she liked him, but in fact, had already been with others before. What did that mean? Back then, when Xiong Ye had said that he liked him, he had loved him wholeheartedly. Even if there were many women who expressed interest in Xiong Ye, Xiong Ye hadn’t agreed to be with a single one of them.

Furthermore, being with Lang Yin hadn’t been as pleasurable as he had imagined it would be. It was totally not as exciting as it had been when he and Xiong Ye had slept together for the first time.

From Shi Li’s perspective, nothing about last night had been pleasant. As a result, he woke up early the next morning and came across the matter of Zhou Ji moving out.

Shi Li still had some impressions of the events that had taken place today in his previous life. At that time, he had also been envious of the amount of belongings Zhou Ji had and had made some comments about it in front of Xiong Ye. Xiong Ye had then replied that they would definitely also be able to have that many things in the future…

He had been jealous of Zhou Ji back then, but a mere two days later, Zhou Ji’s things had all been ‘taken away’ by other people.

After that, Zhou Ji had probably been bullied and was no longer willing to live in the collective cave. He had gone to live in the tribe’s firewood shed instead.

That shed leaked from all sides and was piled up with firewood that had just been picked up from outside the valley and hadn’t been dried, which made the shed extremely humid. Living in a place like that was uncomfortable, but Zhou Ji still moved in and stayed there for two months until his father came looking for him.

The powerful Beast King discovered that his son was living in such a rundown place and became enraged on the spot, but Zhou Ji had held him back. Then, on the second day, Zhou Ji had left with his father, and Shi Li never saw Zhou Ji again.

Zhou Ji’s father had been very strong, and his power level was about the same Shi Li’s before he passed away, but this person had died very early on – just two years after he had taken Zhou Ji away. It was precisely because of this that the original Shi Li didn’t have much respect for him.

However, after two days of careful consideration, Shi Li felt that his previous thoughts had been incorrect.

Even if Zhou Ji’s father would die in the future, he was currently still a Beast King and might be useful to him now.

Shi Li walked towards Zhou Ji and asked, “Zhou Ji, have you decided where you want to live?”

“Shi Li, what kind of question is that? Of course Zhou Ji is going to live in the collective cave.” Xiong He didn’t hesitate before speaking up.

“Zhou Ji, are you sure you want to live in the collective cave?” Shi Li asked Zhou Ji again.

“I don’t want to live in the collective cave.” Zhou Ji replied slowly.

“If you don’t want to live in the collective cave, how about I build a house for you?” Shi Li asked, “You can build a house with wood.” They had a shed in the tribe and didn’t have any houses, but other tribes did. Even though Shi Li had never built one, he had at least seen them before and felt that he could have the people of the tribe put one together for Zhou Ji.

Zhou Ji was a little doubtful when he heard Shi Li’s words.

He had lived next door to Shi Li for a month and a half. Yang Su really disliked him, and Shi Li had ignored him. How come he was being so kind now and offering to build a house for him all of a sudden?

Zhou Ji had doubts, but Xiong Ye actually found it even more suspicious.

Shi Li had never had the patience to do things. Why would he suddenly want to help someone build a house?

What on earth was he trying to do?

Xiong Ye came out of his cave, went down to the valley, and then noticed that the gaze Shi Li was using to look at Zhou Ji was a little eager.

Xiong Ye understood Shi Li very well. Seeing Shi Li’s current expression, he could tell that Shi Li was interested in Zhou Ji.

What part of Zhou Ji had caught Shi Li’s attention? Xiong Ye’s gaze also moved to Zhou Ji’s face.

Zhou Ji was really quite good looking. It was different from the rest of the people in the tribe; his skin was paler than Lang Yin’s and even more delicate.

Had Shi Li… taken a fancy to Zhou Ji?

If this event had occurred in the past, Xiong Ye would never have made this kind of guess about Shi Li no matter what, firmly believing that Shi Li wasn’t such a person. But now, Shi Li and Lang Yin’s scents had mingled together.

“You can use stones, dirt, and wood to make four walls, and then add a roof on top to make a house…” Shi Li was describing the houses he knew, and while he was still speaking, he suddenly heard Xiong Ye’s voice, “Zhou Ji, would you like to live with me?”

Xiong Ye was inviting Zhou Ji to live together with him? Shi Li immediately frowned at Xiong Ye.

Xiong He was also a little surprised and asked Xiong Ye, “Won’t it be inconvenient?” Single men in the tribe might live together because there weren’t enough caves, but it was actually very inconvenient to do so as it made it troublesome for them to find partners.

“It’s fine. My cave is very big.” Xiong Ye replied, then looked towards Zhou Ji again, “Do you want to live with me?”

Zhou Ji hadn’t expected Xiong Ye to invite him to live together and looked at Xiong Ye with some surprise. He thought about it, then nodded and agreed, “Alright.”

He felt that he knew too little about this world. It would probably be better if he interacted with others more in order to learn more about this place.

And Xiong Ye was a very suitable person to interact with-Xiong Ye understood many things, and he could come to understand this world better through Xiong Ye.

As for the fact that he wasn’t used to having someone around when he slept… He couldn’t adapt to having many people near him, but if it was only one person, he could accept it once he became familiar with them. Not to mention, he had ways to make sure Xiong Ye wouldn’t disturb him.

Of course, the main reason why he agreed was because he didn’t want his abilities to be exposed to others. He also didn’t want to interact with that lion who was clearly a little strange.

Xiong Ye was different. Even when others in the tribe didn’t go out hunting or gathering, Xiong Ye would still run around everywhere, leaving him alone in the cave and making it convenient for him to do whatever he wanted.