The wicked female is extremely fierce, but she's pampered by her seven beast husbands.

Chapter 149 Building a City
Ling Chengen instinctively tried to pull her fingers back, but Yu Heng raised his hand and grabbed her wrist, staring at her intently. His lower lip was stained red with blood, and his tone was somewhat provocative: "Weren't you going to use your aura to soothe me? Now you're starting to back down."

Ling Chengen couldn't help but grumble to herself. She just wanted to give him her blood, but he had made such a serious matter seem lewd.

Another day that makes me want to swear.

A breeze had picked up sometime earlier, and the branches and vegetation on both sides of Qingshi Creek swayed more and more violently. The gradually cooling night breeze dispelled the sweltering heat, and suddenly a flash of lightning streaked across the western sky, illuminating the two people's profiles.

"It's going to rain. Once you've had enough blood, let go."

Ling Chengen's fingertips ached from being bitten, and he couldn't help but curse the dog in front of him in his heart. What a load of bull, the Fuqing Clan! It's all rubbish!
Yuheng loosened his jaw, revealing a fair and clean face with only a flushed area below his eyes, and the faint lines on his skin had faded considerably.

However, the person did let go of their mouth, but not their hand.

He held her slender wrist, his fingertips gently caressing the inside of her wrist with a tender touch. His head was slightly lowered, his gaze fixed on her fingers, his eyes holding a strange expression. Ling Chengen had no idea what strange thoughts were swirling in his mind; she tried to move her wrist but couldn't break free from his grasp.

She could only press down the fabric covering her body and spare some attention to observe this somewhat neurotic man.

Compared to the more sculpted bone structure of the Northern Wilderness Beastmen, he should be considered the pinnacle of the "light-faced" type. His face has a lot of blank space, but every feature is exquisite. He has a pair of affectionate and reserved peach blossom eyes, a perfectly straight nose and long eyebrows. His eye sockets are not deep, but his eyelashes are long and thick. His eyes are very bright. His body does not look that strong, but he is very tall.

Just when Ling Chengen thought he was going to continue standing there dumbfounded, he suddenly lifted his eyelids and glanced at her. That superficial gentleness was instantly shattered, and he took on a hint of... what might be called "yandere".

“I always feel like I’m getting the short end of the stick.” Seeing her staring blankly at his face, Yuheng raised his other hand from the water, lifted her chin with his index and middle fingers, and said leisurely, “Even though we can’t be together before we’re adults, a kiss is still okay, right?”

Ling Chengen: "..."

"It's such a small thing, why did you make me stand in the water for half a day?"

Ling Chengen was speechless for half a second, then suddenly sighed softly, brushed away the large hand at his chin, hooked his arm around his neck, and pressed his lips directly to the corner of his mouth. His posture was forceful and bold, and he even lingered for a few more seconds before stepping back a little and raising an eyebrow to ask, "Is this okay now?"

Yuheng watched her turn and walk towards the shore, his eyes somewhat dazed. He unconsciously wiped his glistening lips with his fingertip. When he came to his senses, he couldn't help but find it a little funny. When he looked up again, there was no one left on the shore.

Although Ling Chengen had left, his body was still feverish due to his reproductive period, so he soaked directly in the stream, watching the increasingly frequent arcs of lightning and the continuous rumble of thunder in the sky. Jiaojiao slid down from the banyan tree and took root in the muddy ground by the stream, looking at Yuheng, whose upper body was leaning against a rock.

"How much longer are you going to soak? You'll get sick if you keep going like this," Jiao Jiao asked with concern.

Yuheng put his hands behind his head and said, "I won't get sick."

"Because you're soaking here, the little female's several beastmen have all avoided you and gone to bathe in another stream."

Yuheng reacted calmly, not finding anything amiss.

Male beastmen in their breeding season generally have a strong sense of territory, especially in private spaces, and will not allow unfamiliar people to approach. His breeding season is intense, and his aura is beyond his control, so when he approaches the area of ​​orange-leaf figs, he exudes a very unique scent.

It has a flavor similar to bergamot, but it's also a little different, with a hint of sweetness.

Jiaojiao could also detect the scent in the air. Yezi lay sprawled on a rock next to Yuheng, dipped one foot into the stream, mimicking his posture, and said softly, "After you swallowed that little female's blood, the bitter scent you emitted during your breeding season has turned sweet."

Having grown up alongside Yuheng, this was the first time it had ever realized that its owner was so easy to please.

A tiny bit of female blood made him taste sweet.

If we really become partners in the future, I'm afraid it'll be like a pill, I don't know what kind of sweet and cloying relationship we'll end up in.

……

Ling Chengen was in her treehouse, but the citrus scent wafted over to her. Bai Qingyu, soaking wet, returned from outside, immediately lowered the straw curtain hanging at the door, and stood at the door of her room, muttering a complaint, "He's so shameless, his scent is even wafting over here." Ling Chengen was sitting on a stool, using a charcoal pencil to write something on animal hide.

Upon hearing Bai Qingyu's voice, I looked up and saw him carrying two more pots of luminous grass, which he placed on the table.

"This was just delivered by Chongzhen. Don't stare at such a small thing for too long at night, it's bad for your eyes." Bai Qingyu didn't intend to continue talking about Yuheng, but instead inquired about what Ling Chengen was doing, "What are you writing so late?"

"Planning what to do next."

Ling Chengen shifted her posture, placing the charcoal pencil wrapped in cloth on the animal hide, and became much more serious: "It's going to rain tonight, and it's likely to rain for a long time. I don't know how long this rainy season will last."

"It will last at least half a month, and if it lasts longer... then it's uncertain." Bai Qingyu's estimate of the rainy season is also inaccurate because the situation is different every year. "The rainy season is mainly due to the rise in river levels. Some rivers will enter the flood season, and most tribes living by the river will encounter some problems, but over the years they have each found their own solutions."

"The situation in Shilin is alright, but the Qingshi Creek will rise. It is estimated that the river will expand from its current width to about ten meters."

"But if the rainy season lasts for more than a month, it will definitely be impossible to stay here."

Bai Qingyu leaned against the door frame and glanced out the window.

Because of the strong wind tonight, the flower spikes on the long vines of the banyan tree were blown off one by one, and when the slender branches were parted, the scenery outside could be seen.

So his gaze finally settled on the stream outside.

Ling Chengen rested his chin on his hand and said, "Flooding is a big problem, and thunderstorms are also quite frequent during the rainy season, which is another big trouble."

Bai Qingyu suddenly raised an eyebrow and asked, "Are you worried about lightning-caused forest fires?"

"This hasn't happened for many years. Usually, during the rainy season, the electric fire caused by lightning striking trees is quickly extinguished by the rain and is unlikely to spread into a real wildfire."

Ling Chengen shook his head: "It's a problem of being struck by lightning."

Do you know how many people live in treehouses in Shilin now?

Bai Qingyu recalled the environment in the center of the tribe and frowned, saying, "Quite a few."

"Many people live directly in tree holes or build houses directly under trees, but they are all very simple."

"If we don't fix it in advance, it's going to leak every day from now on."

Ling Chengen added, "Staying in a treehouse during thunderstorms is still very dangerous, so this problem also needs to be addressed."

"And the group of people who moved here from Yaoluo."

“They live in caves under the woods. Although the terrain is a bit higher than here, over time, the caves become damp and waterlogged, and people get sick.”

"So after this rain stops, we must repair all the houses in the tribe as soon as possible."

Ling Chengen slowly tapped his fingertips on the table, remembering the reward for conquering Yuheng.

Urban construction blueprints.

So... should we build a city next?