Chapter 35 - Before the Ceremony (1/2)

Ch35 - Before the Ceremony

Xiong Ye cleaned himself up thoroughly by the river and calmed himself down slowly. This gave him more attention to think about other matters.

Although Zhou Ji had woken up, he couldn’t relax completely and was still quite worried about him-Zhou Ji still hadn’t looked like he was in a good state.

However, he couldn’t show it-Zhou Ji was sick and must be feeling terrible. He would need someone to rely on, and in this situation, Xiong Ye needed to be stable and become Zhou Ji’s support.

Xiong Ye’s expression firmed up, and he squeezed his uneasiness to the bottom of his heart.

Today was the day he and Zhou Ji would become mates; he should be happy.

While Xiong Ye was washing his hair, he couldn’t help but recall how Zhou Ji had washed it for him before. He took a deep breath, then sped up his movements.

He needed to hurry up and go back to accompany Zhou Ji.

Xiong Ye soon finished washing himself clean and even managed to catch two frogs to bring back with him when he returned.

Zhou Ji hadn’t eaten anything for an entire day. He wanted to cook something for Zhou Ji.

By the time Xiong Ye returned to the tribe, it was already dawn, and everyone in the tribe had already woken up.

Many people smiled as they greeted him, and Xiong Ye nodded back to them before quickly entering his cave.

“Xiong Ye’s hair is still wet. Did he go out to wash up so early in the morning?” Some people were puzzled. The tribespeople didn’t really enjoy bathing, and Xiong Ye could already be considered very particular about being clean. He washed often, but he had never gone out to bathe so early in the morning before.

“It’s probably because the scents on his body are too strong, so he had to go wash up.” Someone giggled.

The priest hadn’t told the rest of the tribe about Zhou Ji’s sudden illness, so at this moment, the tribe believed that Zhou Ji had been hurt by Xiong Ye while they were being intimate.

“Xiong Ye practically never left his cave after coming back yesterday.”

“They were probably too intense. It was their first time, you guys should understand.”

“I wonder if Zhou Ji can handle it…”

……

Xiong Qi heard the conversation and found an opportunity to praise Xiong Ye again, “Xiong Ye is really excellent in all areas! He’s a real man!”

Niu Er nodded earnestly.

Xiong Bai: “……”

Xiong Bai endured it, then endured it some more and finally couldn’t hold back any longer, “Can you guys stop talking about it? Think about how I feel!”

Xiong Ye, who she had liked for so many years, was going to thoroughly become someone else’s today!

Zhou Ji was really a lethal beauty…

“Xiong Bai, I’ll consider your feelings. How about you consider me too?” One of the men, whose animal form was a black bear just like Xiong Bai, spoke up.

Xiong Bai glanced at him, “Let’s talk about it later!” Xiong Ye was going to form a mated pair with Zhou Ji today, so she was in a bad mood and didn’t have time to think about these things!

That man was delighted when he heard her reply, “Alright. I’ll ask you again tomorrow!”

Xiong Bai spoke carelessly, “Sure!”

Shi Li watched as these people chattered together noisily, and his eyes flashed with disdain.

In fact, many of the people here wouldn’t live for long.

Shi Li’s expression looked a little gloomy, and everyone around him noticed it. After they took note, nobody went over to talk to him-he looked so bitter and hateful that they all just wanted to keep their distance.

Also, they used to feel that Shi Li was very handsome, but now when they looked at him again… How was Shi Li handsome? His skin was so coarse, and his face was covered in welts!

Speaking of which, Zhou Ji was actually very good-looking.

Before, Zhou Ji had been an invisible person in the tribe. He didn’t interact with others, and nobody would purposely interact with him, so nobody had ever taken a proper look at him.

Lately however, he had always been at Xiong Ye’s side. Everyone began to notice what he looked like, and then they discovered… It was very natural for Xiong Ye to have chosen him.

Lang Yin began to gossip about it with her friends, “I saw Xiong Ye bring Zhou Ji back yesterday, and only just discovered that Zhou Ji really looks pretty good, and his body isn’t bad either… If I become very strong, I would definitely want to find a man like that to bring back to my cave and have him serve me!” Unfortunately, she wasn’t strong enough, sigh!

Lang Yin’s friends nodded in agreement and asked, “Right, Lang Yin, have you chosen who you’ll have children with yet?” Xiong Qi had started chasing Lang Yin after she had reached adulthood, and it had already been a year.

“I’m still considering it.” Lang Yin said. Xiong Qi was pretty strong, and their child definitely wouldn’t go hungry, but he was rather old…

While everyone outside was still talking, Xiong Ye had already entered his cave.

He first went to check on how Zhou Ji was doing. Zhou Ji was still lying there, but his weak breathing was stable, so he went to the entrance of the cave to boil the frogs. After he set everything up, he went back again to check on Zhou Ji, “Zhou Ji, how are you feeling now?”

Zhou Ji opened his eyes to glance at Xiong Ye and didn’t speak. All of his attention was focused on dealing with the energy within his body, and he had no spare time to talk.

However, Xiong Ye was already satisfied with this glance, “It’s fine as long as you’re awake. Don’t worry, you’ll definitely get better.”

Zhou Ji also knew that he would definitely get better, but he would have to spend most of the next two days lying down…

“Later…” Xiong Ye wanted to say that they could postpone the mating ceremony, but when he recalled that Zhou Ji had woken up as soon as he said that they wouldn’t make it in time for the mating ceremony…

Zhou Ji must really be looking forward to the mating ceremony. He might be sad if it was postponed.

Also, even though Zhou Ji had woken up, he might not be able to pull through… Zhou Ji must be suffering a lot right now. If he proposed postponing the mating ceremony at a time like this, it would be the same as giving up on Zhou Ji.

Although he would only be able to form a mated pair with one person in his entire life, he had already promised Zhou Ji. In that case, even if something happened to Zhou Ji, he would still become mates with Zhou Ji.

Xiong Ye embraced Zhou Ji and said, “Later, I’ll carry you to our mating ceremony.”

Zhou Ji didn’t have any particular objection to this, but he was increasingly certain about one thing-Xiong Ye definitely felt very strongly about the mating ceremony.