Because Bai Ze turned around so "resolutely", Mo's lips began to droop little by little.

He stood there for a moment, then walked to the stove, took some wood, and silently added firewood to the fire beside their bed under Bai Ze's watchful gaze.

The hunched back and lonely figure filled Bai Ze with immediate guilt.

After doing all that, Mo calmly walked to the bedside and reached out to tuck the blanket around him.

Bai Ze grabbed his arm, feeling like a scumbag who abandoned his wife.

Mo gently removed Bai Ze's hand and said considerately, "Go to sleep early."

Bai Ze felt even more guilty, so he leaned close to Mo's ear and whispered, "I'll do it tomorrow night..."

Jue crossed her arms and watched as her father's taut lips gradually returned to their original curve. She desperately wanted to reveal to her father-in-law all his past "evil deeds".

After Mo left, the two children immediately snuggled into Bai Ze's arms and hugged his arm.

Xi said softly, "Bai Ze, you smell nice."

Jue pressed her face against Bai Ze's body and rubbed against him gently, as if her whole body was enveloped by her father's aura.

Bai Ze gently patted the two children's backs as he continued telling them stories.

The sound grew softer and softer. Jue and Xi looked up and found that Bai Ze had fallen asleep. They didn't move and just obediently held Bai Ze.

On the bed next to him, separated by a wall, Mo tossed and turned, unable to sleep. Without his sweet and soft companion, even sleeping had become a difficult thing.

In the middle of the night, Bai Ze woke up once. He opened his eyes groggily and saw Jue looking up at him with her little face upturned.

Bai Ze asked softly, "Why aren't you asleep yet?"

Jue lowered her eyes: "I slept too long yesterday."

In the firelight, Bai Ze reached out and stroked the child's face. Jue's eyebrows and eyes resembled his own, while his nose and mouth resembled Mo's. His features were beautiful, yet carried a hint of coldness and indifference.

His personality is exactly like Mo's when he was a child. He doesn't talk much but is very reliable. He appears cold but is actually soft-hearted.

As Bai Ze looked at the child, his nose suddenly stung with tears. This was his child, the child he had been separated from at birth.

"Father, what's wrong?" Jue could sense the change in Bai Ze's emotions.

Bai Ze shook his head, turned and hugged the child in his arms, whispering, "Baby, I'm sorry."

Jue didn't know why her father-in-law was apologizing to her, and she felt very uneasy.

"Jue, I don't know how to explain this to you, but I love you very much, I really, really love you."

The child's body trembled.

"Jue, you are the baby that your father and I have been waiting for for a very long time. From the day we knew you existed, we have been happy every day."

"But when you were born, I suddenly went to another place." Bai Ze's eyes reddened, and his voice was filled with deep guilt. "I'm sorry, Jue, your father wasn't there to watch you grow up."

"Our Jue has always been good. Now that your father is back, I will always be with you and your beast father, and make Jue the happiest child in the world."

"Father..." Jue hugged Bai Ze tightly.

It turned out that his adoptive father had simply gone to another place. His adoptive father did not dislike him; he had always loved him.

……

When Bai Ze woke up the next day, he felt dizzy and listless. He couldn't muster any energy to do anything, and he even had no appetite. He took a long time to finish a bowl of porridge, and in the end, he still had half a bowl left.

He stayed by the fire for a short while before going back to bed.

After Mo finished cleaning up the dishes, he went into the cave and saw Bai Ze huddled under the covers, curled up in a ball.

He lifted a corner of the blanket, reached out and touched Bai Ze's face. Feeling the warmth from his fingertips, Mo's heart tightened immediately, and he scooped Bai Ze up: "Bai Ze, wake up."

"Where does it hurt?"

"Does your head hurt?"

"Sleepy..." Bai Ze frowned, covered his ears, and muttered softly.

Could it be that he caught a chill yesterday? Mo remembered that he still had the medicine that the shaman had prescribed, so he immediately went to the stove and brewed a pot of it.

"Bai Ze, wake up, it's time for your medicine."

"Um……"

Bai Ze closed his eyes, but his body pressed uncontrollably against Mo's.

Xi and Jue went out with the tribe's cubs early in the morning. Without any help, Mo had to hold Bai Ze in one arm and feed him with a bowl in the other.

"Ugh... Ugh..."

The medicine was very effective; Bai Ze was instantly awakened by the bitter taste.

He turned his face away, strongly resisting: "The shaman said I don't need to take the medicine anymore."

"You have a slight fever again," Mo said gently. "Listen to me, take your medicine."

Bai Ze touched his forehead, and it seemed a little... He sighed, "Why is it like this again..."

Mo lowered his head and kissed Bai Ze's face, comforting him, "It's alright, you'll feel better after taking the medicine."

Bai Ze wasn't one to shy away from medical help or act recklessly. Seeing Mo's worried expression, he had no choice but to pinch his nose and force it down his throat.

After taking the medicine, Mo covered Bai Ze with a blanket and let him lie down and rest.

Bai Ze suddenly remembered the cages and traps he had set and dug yesterday, and turned his head to remind him, "We still have to go out today."

Mo looked at him and said, "You're sick and can't go out."

Bai Ze was still worried: "Maybe I should go there myself."

"No." Mo refused decisively.

"Oh." Bai Ze knew he was doing it for his own good, so he didn't insist.

Mo Wuzhong watched Bai Ze drink another bowl of medicine, and only after feeling his body temperature drop did he pack his things and leave.

But as soon as Mo left, Bai Ze felt unwell all over again. He couldn't pinpoint exactly where he felt unwell, but he just felt uncomfortable.

His body temperature gradually rose, and even his breath was hot. Bai Ze felt like a cold-water fish, placed on a tropical desert at two o'clock in the afternoon, being roasted back and forth.

Even the soul is condensed.

A short while later, he closed his eyes and completely lost consciousness.

The fishing traps along the riverbank yielded a bountiful harvest; the fish felt heavy in the hand when pulled out after breaking through the surface ice.

Yan and the others dumped their fish on the ground, and wow! They were all big fish, the smallest of which was half an arm's length, and they were jumping around with great energy.

When all the cages were collected, everyone was stunned.

The key is that you don't need to watch over it; you just put it in the water, and the fish will swim in on their own the next day.

Si couldn't help but exclaim, "Bai Ze is truly our tribe's savior!"

"That's right, Bai Ze is really amazing!" the other beastmen echoed sincerely.

When Bai Ze woke up again, the heat wave on his body was gone. He blinked and found that everything around him seemed to have become much clearer.

Not knowing what time it was, Bai Ze subconsciously called out to Mo, but almost instantly, he heard a "meow".

"!" Bai Ze suddenly became alert. Could it be that some wild animal had broken into the house?!

However, the next second, he saw two thick, silver-gray, furry claws appear on the animal skin bedding.

Bai Ze suddenly retreated, its claws retracting as well, revealing sharp, hook-shaped nails with a "whoosh".

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