Chapter 181.2 (1/2)

Chapter 181 part2

Zhou Ji mixed truth with falsehood and told him about himself.

While he spoke, he concealed some things that he didn’t want Xiong Ye to know and also made some minor modifications to the rest.

He felt that Xiong Ye would likely believe him.

Xiong Ye did indeed believe him. After all, there was no need for Zhou Ji to lie to him.

“After I became the Beast God, I went back to the Big Bear Tribe, but there was nobody there. Later on, I encountered you and taught you that cultivation method.” Zhou Ji said.

“Thank you.” Xiong Ye said. That cultivation method was very, very important to him. If he hadn’t had the cultivation method to make himself stronger, the Big Bear Tribe might not exist by now.

“There’s no need for thanks. I owe you a life-debt.” Zhou Ji said. “You also know that the people of the Beast God Temple treat me as the Beast God. I was worried that they would realize the truth, so I could only pretend to be the Beast God all these years and remain at the Beast God Temple… I’m really very happy to be able to see you and the people of the Big Bear Tribe.”

“The people of the Beast God Temple are holding you there?” Xiong Ye was a little distressed for his sake.

Zhou Ji smiled and said, “Not like that. It’s just that I’m not as free to do as I like… Xiong Ye, Shi Li seems to feel that I deliberately destroyed the relationship between the two of you…”

“I know you didn’t.” Xiong Ye said. There had already been big problems between him and Shi Li even before Zhou Ji appeared.

“Thank you for believing me… however, I’m really happy that you two separated. I’ve been alone for all these years, staying here by myself in the Beast God Temple. I don’t even have anyone to talk to. When I heard that you wanted to find someone to spend your days with, I was suddenly very excited.” Zhou Ji gave Xiong Ye a kiss.

Xiong Ye: “……” He was certain that the person in front of him wasn’t the Beast God now!

All beastmen were children of the Beast God. The Beast God… definitely wouldn’t do such a thing!

“Xiong Ye, I really like you. I’m not aiming for your status or strength. I just like you as a person… I hope that you won’t reject me because of my identity or some other reason.” Zhou Ji said.

Xiong Ye really couldn’t refuse him.

Before, he had actually been a little doubtful and suspected that Zhou Ji was with him because he was a Beast King.

After all, Zhou Ji had suddenly come to find him and get close to him after he’d become a Beast King.

But now… He no longer had such doubts.

Zhou Ji was much stronger than he was. It was impossible for him to have approached him on purpose just because he was a Beast King.

All of the things that Zhou Ji had said and done for him before came from his heart.

Xiong Ye suddenly felt rather overwhelmed.

His relationship with Shi Li had been relatively equal, even if he had contributed a bit more. As for other people who courted him, they usually did so in order to ask something of him.

Now that there was a person who simply liked him for himself, the situation left him a little confused.

At the same time, all of the things that he’d been confused about recently were all explained.

The people of the Beast God Temple were so nice to him because of Zhou Ji, right?

Zhou Ji was always able to make delicious food for him because of his status and identity, right?

As for Hu Yue being unable to find any information on Zhou Ji… it would have been strange if she’d been able to find anything! Zhou Ji was regarded as the Beast God by the Beast God Temple and was served by the entire temple!

“Xiong Ye, shall we go pick mushrooms together?” Zhou Ji finished explaining and switched back to discussing ‘proper things’.

“Alright.” Xiong Ye subconsciously agreed, then suddenly thought of something else–what was going to happen with Shi Li?

He and Shi Li had known each other for many years. Even if they had had many unhappy quarrels, there would still be some leftover feelings. Xiong Ye didn’t want to see anything happen to him.

However, he couldn’t bring himself to plead with Zhou Ji.

Shi Li had wanted to kill Zhou Ji. If Zhou Ji’s strength hadn’t been so good, he might have already lost his life by now. Under such circumstances, how could he ask Zhou Ji to be lenient?

Xiong Ye ultimately chose not to say anything.

Zhou Ji could guess what he was thinking, but he didn’t take the initiative to bring up what he planned to do to Shi Li… He grabbed Xiong Ye’s hand and pointed in a direction before saying, “There are mushrooms over there.”

Zhou Ji pulled Xiong Ye in that direction, not letting go of Xiong Ye’s hand as they went.

Xiong Ye just felt that his hand was getting hotter and hotter. After a while, his hand was covered in sweat…

The two of them picked a lot of mushrooms and also collected some other plants.

Zhou Ji even managed to obtain some strawberries for him to eat.

Xiong Ye was a little uncomfortable at Zhou Ji’s behavior, but also a little happy… He finally couldn’t help but ask, “Zhou Ji, why do you like me?”

“Why can’t I like you?” Zhou Ji laughed, “I wanted to spend a lifetime with you when I saw you.”

Xiong Ye’s heart sped up involuntarily, but he was still a little hesitant.

Zhou Ji could understand his hesitation. The time that they’d spent interacting together was still too short…

“Xiong Ye, we’ve only been getting to know each other for a short time, and I don’t expect you to give me an immediate reply. I wanted to go back with you to the Big Bear Tribe and live like an ordinary person. We could have let our feelings grow naturally for a while before confessing. Today, I only exposed my identity because Shi Li attacked so suddenly.” Zhou Ji said, “I can wait for you.”

Xiong Ye looked at Zhou Ji gratefully.

Zhou Ji let out a secret sigh of relief.

Xiong Ye was really quite easy to fool.

He’d concealed his identity and gotten close to Xiong Ye. If this was during modern times, he would certainly be treated harshly by his other half, but Xiong Ye forgave him so easily.

How nice!

Zhou Ji led Xiong Ye back to their residence and began to cook a grand mushroom feast.

Some mushrooms were well-suited for soup, while others could be fried lightly. There were others that could be cooked with rice–fried rice was a very magical food. Many types of things could be added to it!

The people on the Beastman Continent generally didn’t eat mushrooms.

Not only were many types of mushrooms poisonous, they also weren’t good for staving off hunger!

Xiong Ye had never eaten mushrooms before. Back when Zhou Ji had first brought it up and said that he would pick mushrooms for him to eat, he’d even advised Zhou Ji not to do so in order to avoid being poisoned.

Someone in their tribe had once eaten mushrooms that looked similar to the ones Zhou Ji picked and had ultimately died from diarrhea!

However, even if he felt that these mushrooms might be poisonous, he still ate them after Zhou Ji had prepared them.

This was something that Zhou Ji had put effort into. He had to give it a try.