"Love doesn't require thinking," Chi said. "You hesitated."

So, stay.

Bai Ze looked up, staring intently at Chi, and almost instinctively refused: "I won't stay."

In the distance, a familiar figure was hurrying towards them.

Chi smiled regretfully, but still kept his promise and whispered in Bai Ze's ear.

"The secret of ink is—"

"He was bitten on the buttock by a sharp-toothed beast when he was a child, and he should still have the scar."

After saying that, he jumped into the sea to avoid danger. He didn't want to try Mo's fist. Either he couldn't beat him, or Mo always hit people in the face. Every time he finished a fight, it was very undignified.

Bai Ze: "..."

When Mo ran over, his forehead was covered in sweat.

Bai Ze reached out to wipe his sweat, looked into Mo's worried eyes, and suddenly smiled: "I'm fine, don't worry."

"Let's go back."

Mo knew Chi was despicable, but he was still a fish with a moral bottom line. He glanced coldly at the sea and then took Bai Ze's hand and went back.

Bai Ze's gaze fell downwards; Mo's hand was very warm.

The resting place had been prepared, and the beastmen didn't complain. They squeezed together and slept soundly.

"Where is Xi Hejue?"

"At Yan's place."

Bai Ze's eyes were drawn to the seashells hanging on the wall, strung together like wind chimes, interspersed with various colored stones.

When he arrived, he noticed that the merfolk loved to wear ornaments, and they would smear all sorts of shiny paint on their heads, necks, wrists, and even chests.

Mo glanced at it: "You like it?"

Bai Ze nodded.

"Give them something different tomorrow."

"Let's change the food first."

Mo habitually sleeps on the outside, and when Bai Ze finished washing up and went inside, his gaze couldn't help but drift towards Mo's buttocks.

He really wanted to verify whether what Chi said was true or false.

Without Jue in the middle, the atmosphere seemed a little strange when they were both sober.

Bai Ze faced the wall, and Chi's words resurfaced in his mind.

It was late at night, but he was not sleepy at all.

After an unknown amount of time, Bai Ze suddenly felt a burning hot body press against his back.

Mo wrapped her arms around his waist, buried her head in his neck, and sucked and licked.

Bai Ze closed his eyes nervously, not knowing why, his body seemed frozen in place, and he dared not move at all.

Mo skillfully found the right spot, playing with one hand while pressing Bai Ze's leg down with the other.

"!"

After realizing what he was doing, Bai Ze's face quickly turned red and hot.

He bit his lip, managing to suppress the groan that was about to escape his lips.

Time seemed to drag on forever.

The darkness amplifies our senses.

Bai Ze felt as if a fire was burning inside him, which Mo had stirred up.

Soon, Bai Ze could no longer think about these things.

……

Bai Ze felt like he had insomnia, but when he woke up again it was already broad daylight.

He sat up, lifted the blanket, and was as clean as before.

If it weren't for the marks on his body, Bai Ze would have really thought he was just having a shameful dream.

"Awake?" Mo walked in. "Let's eat."

"Okay, sure." Bai Ze didn't dare to look into Mo's eyes and hurriedly put on his clothes.

"Bai Ze, are you sick?" Xi leaned closer and asked in a low voice. "Your face is red."

"It's probably because we were too close to the fire." As soon as Bai Ze finished speaking, a hand was stuck to his forehead; it was Jue's.

The child then checked the temperature of his forehead; it seemed about the same.

Mo watched Bai Ze chew on a shrimp for a long time and couldn't help but frown: "What's wrong?"

Bai Ze sighed inwardly and could only shake his head.

The situation is complicated and the circumstances are dire.

After eating absentmindedly, Jue was dragged by Xi to continue looking for yesterday's playmates. When she left, she wrapped some food in leaves.

Bai Ze and the others went to the clan chief to check the goods they had exchanged.

There was a lot of stuff this time, including all kinds of fruits, meats, and animal hides... but the most popular items were the baskets and spices.

After all, so many tribes come to trade salt with the merfolk every year, and other things are very common.

Chi is here today too, looking openly at Bai Ze: "Just exchanging salt? We have many things here that you don't have on land."

Mo blocked his view and met his gaze coldly.

Let Bai Ze decide.

The amount of salt exchanged this time has far exceeded their expectations, and Bai Ze deserves a lot of credit for this.

The clan leader had previously stated that Bai Ze had the authority to make the decision.

Bai Ze did not refuse and immediately asked for a lot of various kinds of dried seafood, kelp, seaweed... and packed them into bags.

While washing up in the morning, something suddenly occurred to me, so I discussed it with the mermaid chieftain: "I know how to make a sauce that makes food taste better, and I can teach you how."

"Really?" The mermaid chieftain was surprised. The food made with spices was already delicious enough, but now there was something else.

Bai Ze nodded: "But in exchange, you have to provide us with this sauce next time we come."

"certainly."

So Bai Ze ordered the merfolk to start digging for oysters, the more the better.

When people learned about it, they all joined in, and soon there was a huge group.

Bai Ze repeatedly cleaned the fresh oyster meat, then added water and put it in a pot to cook until the broth thickened.

Because it takes a while to cook, and requires constant stirring, he keeps an eye on it from the side.

When I turned my head unintentionally, I saw that Mo was walking towards a mermaid.

The mermaid was extremely beautiful, with long, silver-blue hair that was slightly curled at the ends, making her unforgettable at first glance.

Bai Ze stared straight at their backs, feeling suddenly very awkward.

If I can't explain it, it just doesn't feel right.

He asked the mermaid next to him.

"Oh, it's Chu. He's the child of our tribe's Great Shaman. He's exceptionally talented and beautiful, just as powerful as his adoptive father, and he'll be our tribe's next Great Shaman."

Bai Ze watched him and Mo Yuan leave with a sense of loss.

Yesterday's troubles seem to have automatically disappeared in the face of this matter.

"Is this okay?"

Bai Ze came to his senses: "Hmm, take the meat out, and keep cooking the broth."

Mo returned after a very long time, his hair quite wet.

He was holding a large, cooked crab, which must have been caught from the deep sea.

Mo broke open the crab legs, pulled out the tender white meat inside, and fed it to Bai Ze's mouth as before: "Eat some."

"Did someone else give it to you?" Bai Ze looked at him and blurted out subconsciously.

"Yes, they say this food is hard to catch, but tastes very good."

"Really?" Bai Ze turned his face away and said listlessly, "I'm not hungry."

Mo was puzzled. He loved eating the smaller ones yesterday, so why wasn't he eating these now?

Bai Ze: "You—"

A voice came from the side: "Is it cooked to this consistency?"

Bai Ze stood up: "Oh, let me see."

The oyster sauce requires several more steps to process, and I was busy until the afternoon.

When Bai Ze had a moment to spare, he turned around and found that Mo Ren had disappeared again.

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