Free Web NovelChapter 546: Chapter 401: The Incredibly Sweet Gray Fruit
Her spirits immediately lifted. "Now that you mention it, that’s worth a try. How long can these Gray Fruits be stored for?"
"The ones we’ve picked can be stored for five days, but no longer. If you want more later, we’ll just have to go gather them again."
Wu Yue nodded. "Okay."
"I’ve made some pills and medicinal powders.
But there are still some important pills that need more time. They’ll take about three days to prepare."
A faint smile played on Yuan Lang’s handsome features as he looked at the little female before him. "Lord Wuyue’s love for me truly runs deep. I understand your intentions."
Wu Yue: "..."
’Love runs deep, my ass! Who was it that came here whining and begging me for medicine just a few days ago?’
’Was I having some kind of crazy hallucination?’
"Why are you staring at me like that? I know I’m handsome, but for a little female to stare so intently at a male... it’s not very proper. You should be a bit more demure."
Yuan Lang bent down slightly. "If Yue really wants to look, I can come find you tonight after the rest of the tribe is asleep."
Wu Yue’s face was deadpan. "I’m just surprised by how shameless you are. What kind of fantasies are you cooking up in that head of yours?"
’Besides, even if I did want to gaze upon your glorious face, why would you have to come over in the dead of night? You make it sound like we’re having an affair... which is kind of thrilling...’
’Thrilling?’
Wu Yue forcibly reined in her runaway thoughts. ’What’s so thrilling about it? It’s one thing for a Beastman to be shameless, but I’m a very demure person, thank you very much.’
"Lord Wuyue, are you there?"
Just as the two were lost in their own fantasies, a male’s voice came from outside the door.
Yuan Lang frowned and turned, then, as if it were his own home, called out, "Come in."
Wu Yue: "..."
’The way you make yourself at home... Do you have any respect for me, the actual owner of this place? I’m so pissed.’
The door was pushed open and a Half-beastman Warrior walked in. It was one of the Half-beastman Warriors who guarded the Storage Cave on the back mountain.
At that moment, he was draped in strips of what looked like stiff, hard meat.
To Wu Yue, their appearance couldn’t have been more familiar.
"Lord Wuyue, Grandma Hua Shu took some people to tidy up the Storage Cave today. It seems this meat that you stored in the cave before is no longer edible."
This meat felt like it could be used as a weapon.
"Please bring it into the storeroom for me."
The Half-beastman Warrior and Yuan Lang hung up the cured meat together, then the warrior left. Wu Yue gazed at the row of cured meat on the wall, her heart filled with excitement.
"Do you want to stay for dinner?"
Hearing this, the smile on Yuan Lang’s lips deepened. "Since the little female wants me to stay so badly, I naturally can’t disappoint you."
Wu Yue: "..."
’You should just leave.’
"Go tell Qingcao, Grandma Hua Shu, the witch, and the Clan Leader to come here for dinner. Let them have a taste of the cured meat."
Yuan Lang’s face scrunched up. "Why are you calling all those people?"
’They’ll just be in the way...’
"Host, have you forgotten someone very important?"
The System’s voice suddenly rang out in her mind, carrying a rare hint of seriousness.
The Dog System’s rare, serious tone made Wu Yue pause. She frowned and thought for a long while before saying hesitantly, "I don’t think so. I thought about it carefully, and that’s everyone."
Blue Fatty poked its head out of her satchel. It watched its Dog Host racking her brains, yet she still hadn’t thought of it—this diligent System, so wholeheartedly devoted to its host. Its little heart instantly shattered into a million pieces.
"Have you forgotten about me, the System who has been with you through thick and thin all this time?"
Wu Yue’s face stiffened. "..."
She looked down at her Dog System. "Are you a person?"
System: "..."
’I’ve got a "motherfucker" on the tip of my tongue, but I’m trying to be polite.’
"Dog Host, you’re abandoning your loyal-through-thick-and-thin System! Doesn’t your conscience hurt?"
Blue Fatty’s small, furry face was filled with indignation. The fur along its spine bristled, and it couldn’t help but cry out, scolding its Dog Host for her heartlessness.
But the sound that came out was just a meaningless string of "AWOO-WOO-WOO."
"Is this little furball having a fit?"
Yuan Lang lowered his head at the sound and saw Blue Fatty with its fur standing on end, waving its paws, a huffy expression on its face.
Looking at the "sick" System, Wu Yue calmly reached out and pushed its head, which wasn’t even as big as her palm, back into her satchel. "It probably ate something wrong."
’In short, it was acting crazy.’
’The ruthlessly suppressed System silently curled itself into a ball. In this vast world, it was the only System, struggling to survive all alone. A System’s life was truly as lonely as snow.’
「Meanwhile, the Angry Beast and his party, who had long since left the Red Flame Plain, had thought they could sneak into the Polar Forest just like last time and travel unimpeded all the way to the Snow Tiger Tribe.」
