Seven Cubs, Seven Fathers, Zero Days Off novel Chapter 4

Chapter 4: Chapter 4: If You Dare to Deceive Me, I Can Snap Your Neck When the Fire Spreads

When Si Muye returned, the woman in the cave was preparing to leave with the seven eggs.

"Where are you going??"

Shen Yue immediately looked up and met a handsome, chiseled face. His high-bridged nose, thin, sensual lips, wheat-colored skin, and powerful physique made him exude a wild, masculine tension.

If it weren’t for the round beast ears and dark brown eyes she recognized, she almost wouldn’t have known that the clean, handsome man before her was Si Muye.

’Did he go out just to wash his face?’

She froze for a moment, then saw he was carrying a small wild boar and a pheasant.

"You didn’t leave?"

She had thought Si Muye had abandoned her, since he had been gone for several hours.

’So he went hunting!’

’Does that mean he agreed to my proposal?’

"This is my cave. Why would I leave?"

Si Muye walked over, carrying the cleaned boar and pheasant.

"I’ve cleaned them. Here, eat."

Shen Yue stared at the raw, still-dripping meat. "..."

She was starving, but not desperate enough to gnaw on raw flesh.

She reached out to take it and said politely, "Thank you!"

She paused. "But... do you have any cooking tools here?"

’This ugly female is so demanding,’ Si Muye thought, his face hardening.

"No. This is the wilderness, and we’re Beastmen. Don’t you know? Only nobles living in the cities, the ones with Advanced Chefs, eat cooked food. All other Beastmen in the wild eat raw meat!"

Of course, Shen Yue knew. Beastmen living outside the cities ate whatever they could find. With their limited resources, they simply had no habit of cooking food.

But she couldn’t... She needed it to be at least slightly cooked. She could tolerate the lack of seasoning, but she truly couldn’t bring herself to eat meat still dripping with blood.

She stood up.

"Hold this for me. I’ll do it."

She had just noticed a flat, relatively thin stone in the cave that would be perfect as a stone griddle.

Si Muye took the meat she handed him, watching suspiciously as she limped over to the stone.

’This ugly female won’t eat the meat I cleaned for her. What is she doing running over there?’

He watched as Shen Yue picked up a nearby stick and, after some fiddling, dug a small pit. Then she placed the stone flat over it.

She stood up again and used the water he had stored nearby to wash the surface of the stone.

After doing this, she gathered an armful of dry branches from the cave entrance—the ones he used to camouflage the opening—broke them into small pieces, and stuffed them under the stone. She then grabbed a handful of dry leaves and placed them on top of the branches.

When she was finished, she wiped the sweat from her forehead.

"Alright. Do you have a Fire Stone?"

Si Muye walked over with the meat. He observed the setup she had created, his eyes wary.

"What do you want a Fire Stone for?"

Using fire in the Beast World was extremely dangerous. Beastmen depended on the forests, grasslands, and glaciers for survival. A single fire could be a devastating blow. Fire was only used in the most critical situations, such as scaring off enemies at the height of a battle.

Moreover, Fire Stones were incredibly precious in the Beast World. Many Beastmen would go their entire lives without ever touching one. Most didn’t even understand fire, let alone how to start one or when it should be used.

Shen Yue could tell from his tone that he had one.

"Don’t worry, I just want to cook some food. I won’t be reckless with it."

Si Muye looked at her, half-convinced.

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