Chapter 60: Why Be Shy, You’re a Married Couple

Chapter 60: Chapter 60: Why Be Shy, You’re a Married Couple

Su Luoluo truly felt this was a completely undeserved disaster.

How had things suddenly escalated to this level?

Wasn’t it common sense to bring a beast skin blanket when you went out?

How could Nantu not know that?

Luckily, she had brought her own and wasn’t trying to mooch off someone else.

Otherwise, if anyone else were watching, she’d probably be accused of trying to seduce someone again.

She really didn’t want to share a beast skin blanket with Nantu. One wrong move and he’d probably pin some new negative label on her in his mind.

’But he probably wouldn’t be willing either,’ she thought.

’He despises me. How could he possibly be willing to share a beast skin blanket with me?’

So, after those words were spoken, Su Luoluo’s first reaction was silence.

She waited for Nantu to refuse on his own.

After hearing Cai Xia’s words, Xiao Ye’s eyes shot open. He glanced at Nantu mockingly, looking like he was ready for a good show.

The two of them were sworn enemies, so now that there was a chance to see Nantu make a fool of himself, he naturally wouldn’t miss it.

He didn’t believe the last rumor about Nantu and Su Luoluo consummating their relationship.

No matter how much Su Luoluo might have improved recently, her body was still a pile of fat, and her skin was dark and shiny. How could anyone bring themselves to get intimate with a female like that?

Hearing this, Fu Feng shivered and clutched the beast skin blanket in his hands even tighter.

’Good thing I prepared in advance, or I’d be the one in this awkward situation.’

’The last time he slept near Su Luoluo, nothing had happened, but that was only because there were three of them sharing one beast skin blanket with her.’

’Tonight, it would be just one person alone with Su Luoluo. In the pitch-black night, there was no telling what she might do.’

Mo Xuan’s narrow eyes squinted slightly. He glanced at the silent Su Luoluo to his left, then at Nantu to his right, whose expression had darkened. Lying on his own beast skin blanket, he crossed his legs, an unreadable, playful amusement on his face.

Luan Ting, who was smoothing out his own beast skin blanket, frowned slightly at the words. His glass-like eyes shifted to look at Su Luoluo.

He seemed to be waiting to see how she would react.

When Nantu heard that, a rare crack appeared on his cold, aloof face.

’How could he possibly sleep on the same beast skin as Su Luoluo!’

’Not long ago, this person used a seduction fruit to climb into his bed! She was still in heat now, and earlier at the hot spring, she had been staring at him with those lustful eyes.’

Nantu knew he had to refuse. ’But after I refuse, where will I sleep?’

’It’s all shrubbery around here, with no tall trees, let alone a natural cave to make do in.’

’I can’t just sleep on the muddy ground!’

Su Luoluo was waiting for Nantu’s refusal, while Nantu was trying to figure out how to solve his sleeping predicament.

For a moment, the two people at the center of it all fell silent.

Cai Xia looked at the two of them, who hadn’t moved, feeling a bit puzzled.

’Weren’t the two of them getting along just fine when we set out?’

’Nantu even let her ride on his back.’

’They hadn’t argued or had any conflicts the entire journey.’

’So why the silence now?’

She thought for a moment. ’They’re probably just shy because there are so many people around.’

She said with a laugh, "Why so shy? You’ve already given her a Beast Skin Skirt, what is there to be embarrassed about?"

Su Luoluo was calmly waiting for Nantu to speak up when Cai Xia’s sudden comment left her completely stunned.

’Is this business with the Beast Skin Skirt never going to end?’

Nantu had also been annoyed by this matter recently. How could he possibly have consummated a relationship with Su Luoluo?

However, people knew he was cold and unapproachable, so no one had dared to mention it to his face.

But he was well aware that many people were discussing it in private.

Seeing Nantu remain silent, Su Luoluo felt a bit suspicious. ’He doesn’t have some other plan, does he?’

’If there’s really no other choice, I’ll just rip this beast skin in half and give him a piece.’

’A fish like him doesn’t need much space anyway.’

’But if she did that, and Cai Xia and Ah Zhu spread the word back at the tribe, it would probably just confirm the rumors that she and her Beastman don’t get along.’

’Su Zhao might even use it as another excuse to make her go back to cooking.’

Thinking of this, Su Luoluo hesitated.

Nantu quickly scanned the surroundings and finally found a place where he could sleep.

He transformed and leaped from the ground like a carp clearing a gate, his voice cold as he said, "No need. I’m used to sleeping in the water."

Everyone present was stunned for a moment, but they quickly recovered.

Right, they had all forgotten. Nantu was a mermaid; it was perfectly normal for him to sleep in the water.

Seeing him find a spot for himself, the weight in Su Luoluo’s heart was finally lifted. She started arranging her beast skin blanket, preparing to lie down.

In her peripheral vision, she saw Cai Xia and Ah Zhu looking at her as if they wanted to say something but were holding back.

Su Luoluo felt they were reading too much into it, but she was too tired to explain. She lay down and closed her eyes.

Everyone was exhausted from a full day’s work, so they actually slept comfortably that night.

Aside from occasionally hearing an overlapping "nightly nocturne of huffing and puffing," nothing else happened.

...

The next day, everyone was woken up by a series of SPUTTERING CRACKS.

Hearing the sound, Su Luoluo instantly got up and went to the fire pit.

It sounded like pottery cracking.

The first time she made pottery, she had been very successful, so she hadn’t heard this kind of sound.

Now that the sound appeared, she quickly focused her attention to investigate the cause.

After a careful inspection, she breathed a sigh of relief. Only a few miscellaneous pieces of pottery on the outside had problems.

Judging by the shapes, they seemed to be the ones Ah Zhu and Cai Xia made. The clay for the greenware was likely rolled to an uneven thickness, causing them to heat unevenly and make popping sounds during firing.

It was Ah Zhu and Cai Xia’s first time making pottery. Hearing the noise, they asked nervously, "Did something go wrong?"

Su Luoluo waved her hand. "It’s nothing major. A few pieces of pottery cracked because they heated unevenly. The rest of the pottery looks fine. We can open the kiln now."

Ah Zhu and Cai Xia didn’t know what "opening the kiln" meant. They just saw Su Luoluo pick up a stick and start raking away the ash, so they followed her lead and began to copy her.

When their female was working, a Beastman naturally couldn’t just stand by and watch. Their Beastmen started to help as well.

Xiao Ye, Fu Feng, Mo Xuan, and Luan Ting were no exception and also came over to help.

Nantu, sleeping in the water, reacted a beat slower when the sound came. By the time he got there, they were already busy in the ashes.

Seeing the few shattered pieces of pottery that had been dug out next to the fire pit, he frowned slightly. But when he saw Su Luoluo calmly directing the other four to take out the remaining pottery, his brow smoothed out again.

He glanced at the fire. The things those two females had fired were mostly small bowls and cups. While they had the right shape, the workmanship was far inferior to what Su Luoluo had made before.

The things Su Luoluo made this time, on the other hand, were even more oddly shaped. The pieces were getting bigger and bigger; some were even large enough to fit a person inside. He had no idea what she planned to use them for.

Overall, however, this batch of pottery was a great success.

Even the piece he had made himself had successfully turned from clay into pottery.

His favorable impression of Su Luoluo couldn’t help but grow.

Su Luoluo was busy sorting the finished pieces when the system sent a message.

[Ding! Congratulations, Host. Nantu’s affection points have changed. View now?]