Chapter 9: 第9章 就这么喜欢别人的兽夫？

His ears turned slightly red. "I'll go prepare some food for you."

After saying this, he hurried out with quick steps.

Bai Wanwan didn't notice his reaction; she picked up a pinch of salt and put it in her mouth.

Although it was coarse salt, it was truly salty, and she felt wonderful inside.

Not long after, Xin Feng walked in from outside, carrying a stone basin in his hands.

Inside the basin lay a piece of fresh, tender meat, still stained with wet blood.

"Hungry? Here you go."

Bai Wanwan took one look and immediately turned to the side, dry-heaving.

She waved her hand at the same time. "No, I can't eat that, ugh..."

Seeing this, Xin Feng immediately walked over and patted her back. "Are you feeling unwell?"

He was at a loss. He knew Bai Wanwan was pregnant, but as this was his first time being a beast-husband, he had no idea how to take care of a pregnant female.

After retching a few times, Bai Wanwan said, "I'm fine. Take the raw meat away; I don't eat that stuff."

"Then what do you eat?"

Xin Feng was a bit surprised. All females liked to eat the most tender parts of an animal; could the information he had heard be wrong?

"I'm fine with dried meat, but that doesn't taste good either. Tomorrow, accompany me up the mountain to find food."

Now that she had salt, she wanted to get more food to reward her stomach.

It had really suffered along with her.

"Alright."

He carried the raw meat to the side and covered it with a lid. Bai Wanwan turned to look at him and didn't see him eating anything.

"Aren't you eating?"

"I've already eaten."

Earlier, when he was trimming the meat for her, he had eaten all the leftover pieces that didn't taste good.

"How much did you eat?"

Xin Feng didn't expect her to ask this.

"I ate quite a bit."

"You're lying. You definitely only ate a little."

Bai Wanwan stood up, walked over to him, and uncovered the basin from before. "You eat all of this."

"I can't. This needs to be saved for you to eat."

He didn't have the strength to enter the deep mountains right now and could only hunt small animals. It wasn't easy to support himself and a female. Fortunately, he was used to eating less and had stored some dried meat. Perhaps, combined with what the tribe leader had sent, it would be enough for the two of them to survive the short snow season.

If the snow season were to be extended, he would have to find other ways.

Bai Wanwan said firmly, "No, you need to eat more to grow strong. I'll need you to take care of me later; if you don't keep your body healthy, how will you take care of me?"

Xin Feng was helpless. "I'm not hungry. Taking care of you won't be a problem. We should still save the food."

"No need to save it. I'm the only Holy Female in the entire tribe; the tribe leader won't let me go hungry. Hurry, I'm watching you eat."

Xin Feng couldn't do anything about her, and in the end, under her supervision, he ate the entire basin of meat.

Bai Wanwan was satisfied, and just as sleepiness hit her, she let out a yawn.

Just as she was about to go out to get water to wash up, Xin Feng had already brought it in for her.

This male was truly thoughtful.

Bai Wanwan curled her lips into a smile at him. "Thank you."

She took it, wrung out the animal skin herself, and gently wiped her face.

Xin Feng had gone to do other things, but his gaze was always involuntarily drawn to her.

Every time he turned his head to look, he felt that her movements looked better than those of other females.

It made him reluctant to look away.

Watching her wash up happily, Xin Feng thought to himself that his guess was right—the little female was indeed very fond of cleanliness.

He had never seen a female who loved cleanliness so much.

Even in such cold weather, she still wanted to wash in the river.

Seeing her happy and comfortable after washing, he couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth as well.

When Bai Wanwan finished washing, Xin Feng had also made a nest for himself in the cave right next to hers.

Bai Wanwan didn't intend for anything to happen between them right now, and Xin Feng didn't seem to have that intention either.

Thus, the two of them spent the night in peace.

Bai Wanwan relaxed and slept very soundly.

When she woke up, Xin Feng was no longer in the cave.

This man... he promised to accompany her up the mountain, so why was he nowhere to be seen all morning?

It wasn't until noon, after she had finished gnawing on a piece of dried meat, that Xin Feng appeared.

The animal skin on his body was torn, his arm was bloody, and the unscarred half of his handsome face was deathly pale.

Yet, he carried his prey and walked closer step by step.

"You went hunting?"

"Yeah, I was afraid the snow season would be too long and you wouldn't have anything to eat."

"Are you stupid? I'm a Holy Female; would the tribe leader let me go hungry?"

"He wouldn't let you go hungry, but he would make you accept males you don't like."

That was true...

Strange emotions stirred in Bai Wanwan's heart.

After Xin Feng threw the wild boar on the ground, Bai Wanwan walked over. Looking at the several gashes on his body, she sighed, "You are not allowed to sneak into the mountains next time. If you go, I'm going with you."

"The mountains are too dangerous; don't go."

Bai Wanwan glared at him. "I'm going. If we dig traps, it'll be safer."

Xin Feng was inexplicably afraid to say anything more.

Only then did Bai Wanwan speak: "Are you hungry? I've prepared food for you."

She pulled Xin Feng to sit on a stone. She had asked Xin Shan to find a large rock to place in the middle to serve as a table.

And at this moment, there were strips of translucent meat laid out on the table.

"Are these bugs from the water?"

"Not bugs, these are delicious fish and shrimp!"

When she was making them earlier, she had tasted one, and she was so happy that tears flowed from the corners of her mouth.

The fish and shrimp naturally had a sweet, fresh taste. After she cut them with a stone knife and rubbed a little bit of salt on them, it instantly awakened her taste buds, which had been suffering for many days.

She used tree branches as chopsticks to pick up the shrimp meat and held it to his mouth. "Open up, try a bite."

Xin Feng was a bit dismissive. With such a tiny bit of meat, how much would he have to eat to be full?

But looking at the female's sparkling eyes, he couldn't bear to refuse, so he finally opened his mouth and bit into the sliver of meat.

After just chewing twice, the meat seemed to melt in his mouth.

It seemed... better than anything he had ever eaten.

Although Xin Feng didn't say anything, Bai Wanwan could read his satisfaction with the food from his expression.

"Good, right? Hurry up and eat."

Because there was an extra person, Bai Wanwan had cooked all the fish and shrimp that Xin Yu had caught for her a few days ago.

The two of them were half-full, but both felt very satisfied.

While gnawing on a fruit, Bai Wanwan said to Xin Feng, "Go eat some more meat. Once we're full, we'll rest for a while and then head up the mountain."

Under Bai Wanwan's urging, Xin Feng ate a few more pieces of meat before going to fetch water.

However, Bai Wanwan waited for a long time and didn't see him return.

She got up and walked to the entrance to look out.

At this look, oh boy, it was Hu Ya making trouble again.

She was blocking Xin Feng firmly, muttering something to him, but Bai Wanwan could see the impatience on Xin Feng's face.

"Hu Ya, you hover around my beast-husband every day; don't you have a beast-husband of your own?"

Hearing the voice, Hu Ya turned around, and the grievance she had shown toward Xin Feng instantly turned into anger directed at her.

"Bai Wanwan, you're playing dirty! What method did you use to make Xin Feng agree to be your beast-husband? He doesn't like you at all, you shameless thing!"

"Who said he doesn't like me? If he doesn't like me, does he like you? Then why didn't he agree to be your beast-husband?"

Hu Ya was so angry she couldn't speak, and it took her a long time to find a point of attack.

"I heard it last night; there was no movement in your cave at all. You just mated, and he won't even touch you—how could he possibly like you?"