Chapter 41

"Little sister, tell big sister, is what he said true?"

Ailuka looked at the little girl who had just stood up and said. The girl's gaze met Ailuka's, then she looked away and spoke—

"Big sister, it's true. It's just because my younger sister and I... accidentally did something wrong."

She said this.

Ailuka frowned. She still felt something was off.

However, the young man had already extended his hand between Ailuka and the little girl. He moved the two little girls backward and positioned himself in the middle.

"So, miss, there shouldn't be any problem now, right?"

He asked with a smile.

"This is just a family matter between us. Please don't concern yourself too much with it."

"If there really is something wrong, just say it. I'll help you."

Ailuka was still unwilling to give up, so she continued asking.

However, under the young man's gaze, the two girls still shook their heads.

"Miss?"

The young man's tone became much less polite. Ailuka helplessly shook her head. Although unwilling, she could only leave.

.....

Ailuka returned to the temporary camp that Luolin had chosen earlier. As soon as she arrived, Luolin looked over.

"Where did you go? Why were you gone so long? I thought you fell in the river and couldn't get out. I was just about to go look for you."

Luolin said.

But Ailuka didn't lose her temper at Luolin's teasing as she usually would. She seemed to be in low spirits.

She put down the fish she had wrapped in large lotus leaves and tossed them aside.

"I brought the fish back."

Ailuka said in a listless tone.

Luolin found it strange too. This time, there wasn't even a bit of resentment value?

Ailuka had quite a temper, so when Luolin usually bantered with her, he could sometimes harvest some resentment. But it seemed that method wouldn't work today.

"What's wrong? Did something happen to you?"

Luolin asked curiously. Ailuka certainly didn't become like this for no reason. She must have encountered something.

"I..."

Ailuka opened her mouth but still didn't say anything. She shook her head.

"Nothing."

Although Ailuka's behavior was very strange, if she wouldn't say anything herself, Luolin had no way to help.

Then Luolin asked Ailuka to cook fish soup, but she couldn't do it. He asked her to grill fish, but she burned it.

Good grief, this girl had absolutely no wilderness survival skills.

Fortunately, Luolin was someone who had watched several seasons of "Man at the Top of the Food Chain." In the end, this arduous task fell to Luolin.

The fish Ailuka had caught were plentiful enough. As dinner for three people, there was absolutely no problem.

By the time he finished all this, the sky had already darkened. Luolin handed the food to Shirna.

"Here, eat."

Luolin's other hand was still grilling fish, but he handed the food to Shirna. Shirna hesitantly accepted it.

"This... can I really eat this?"

Shirna asked cautiously.

'Nonsense, what else could you eat?'

'In the past, my food was only the bare minimum of bread and water... and the bread had a strange smell...'

'That was expired, wasn't it?'

After hearing this, Luolin was naturally quite speechless. Weren't those people just abusing her?

According to the information in Shirna's words, the person responsible for 'feeding' her was actually a woman. Why would a woman make things difficult for another woman?

'Even if you want bread now, I can't find any. Or are you saying you don't want to eat what I'm giving you?'

Luolin shook the thing in his hand, and Shirna immediately took it.

'Master, I wouldn't dare. I'll eat it, I will eat it.'

Shirna's voice trembled slightly. She knew Luolin wasn't that kind of person, but sometimes she couldn't help but recall some unpleasant memories.

While eating the fish, Shirna would occasionally look up at Luolin.

She was afraid that this dinner, which seemed like a blessing, was laying the groundwork for something else. She feared that afterward, she would be punished for some other strange reason.

'Eat slowly.'

As Luolin spoke, he also handed the fish soup to Shirna.

Looking at the fish soup, then at the grilled fish in her hand, Shirna's eyes moistened.

'I haven't been able to help with anything, yet you give me such food. Master, are you planning to spend the entire night tormenting me?'

'Of course not. I mean, it's just fish. What are you getting all emotional about...'

Luolin dropped this comment with a bitter smile, then shifted his attention away from Shirna.

He looked toward Ailuka. Ever since returning from catching fish, Ailuka had been sulking there. At this moment, she was looking at the grilled fish in Luolin's hand, but when she saw Luolin looking over, she immediately averted her gaze.

Luolin walked over.

'Want to eat?'

Luolin shook the grilled fish in his hand. Ailuka let out a light snort and ignored Luolin.

Seeing that she was ignoring him, Luolin didn't know how to continue the conversation. He thought of a good method.

He placed his hand on Ailuka's thigh:

'Eek!'

[Resentment value +20]

[Host, you're getting more and more skilled at this.]

Luolin was secretly pleased: 'That's what you get for ignoring me!'

However, when he looked up, he saw a palm rapidly enlarging in his vision.

'Smack!'

With tremendous force landing on his face, Luolin did a complete 360-degree spin in the air, then crashed face-first into the ground...