Ch 51: So Embarrassing
Si Shuo had only obtained the formula for firing pottery from the system. If they wanted to teach others, they had to master the technique themselves and produce decent finished products first!
She briefly explained the method of firing pottery, and the group immediately divided the labor.
Zhile hired several Earth Ability Users to explore the vicinity for suitable clay for firing pottery, transporting it through space.
Gong You and Ji Liang searched for a secluded firing location by the sea, while Si Shuo and Xu Chi teleported next to them to gather coconuts and dry grass, making preparations.
The coconut trees in the Beast World Continent were very tall. Ji Liang transformed into a Black Snake, with Si Shuo on his head, coiling around the coconut tree, climbing to the branches to pick coconuts.
Si Shuo was purely there for fun, while Ji Liang opened his mouth and bit off the basketball-sized coconuts one by one, storing them in the public planting area of the space.
Xu Chi, from below, took out the coconuts from the space, storing the coconut water and the pulp scraped from the coconut shells, leaving only the coconut shells.
After accumulating a certain number of coconut shells, he used his Wind Affinity to dry them!
Si Shuo exchanged for a cup from the supermarket, filled it with half a cup of coconut juice, half a cup of milk, sprinkled some fruit pulp, added a few ice cubes, and happily sipped and drank, chewing the fruit pulp and enjoying the sea breeze. This was something she wouldn’t have dared to imagine when she was lying in a hospital bed in her previous life.
Gong You discovered that the Little Female particularly liked to eat fruit, so he went to gather a lot of fruit from nearby.
The seasons in the Beast World Continent were very distinct. It had only been a little over a month since the end of the cold winter. The spring breeze swept through, and everything flourished. Especially by the sea, it had already entered early summer, and various fruits hung all over the branches.
Outside Nanye City was a large forest with a wide variety of wild fruits. The tropical fruits that Si Shuo had seen in her previous life could all be found here, and they were all quite large!
There were pineapples, jackfruits, bananas, mangosteens, dragon fruits, lychees, longans, papayas, cantaloupes, watermelons, mangoes, and passion fruits, etc. There were even durians, and each fruit had many varieties, red, yellow, green, or purple, extremely abundant.
Si Shuo felt like a hamster that had fallen into a granary, so pleasantly surprised that she didn’t know what to do.
She was carried on Gong You’s shoulders, wanting this and reluctant to give up that, wishing she could strip several trees of each type.
Fortunately, she had the pocket dimension that Xu Chi had given her. This pocket dimension was passed down to Brother Xu Chi by his Great Grandmother. It was refined after the death of an Antlered Deer of unknown talent. The space was particularly large, about the size of a sports field with a 400-meter track around it, and about ten meters high.
Now, all kinds of fruits were piled up messily by her.
Anyway, she would have the males make some shelves for her to display items later. Even if the entire pocket dimension was filled with fruit, she could still expand the space vertically.
Moreover, she had Gong You pick only the ripe fruits. The sweetness and taste of such fruits were the best. It was just right to store them in the space. On the contrary, if they were left hanging on the branches, they would fall to the ground and rot, attracting insects in a few days.
After sweeping through a wave, Si Shuo patted Gong You’s head with lingering reluctance, wanting to go back.
Gong You bumped his shoulder, and the Little Female fell into his arms.
The fragmented laughter of excitement still lingered in her eyes, like the sparkling sea surface under the moonlight, the most intoxicating appearance to the mermen.
The Little Female’s usually smooth and tidy hair was now a little messy, with many stray hairs sticking out, making her even more lovable.
Gong You turned around and leaned her against the tree, so that their eyes were level, and smoothed her hair.
Si Shuo couldn’t control her instincts, squinting her eyes and rubbing against his palm, her throat even slightly overflowing with two purrs.
Her face slightly red, she said, “Gong You, can, can you not touch my hair?”
Although, she liked to see kittens very much, and occasionally couldn’t help but go forward to tease them, listening to the cat’s trusting and comfortable purring, her heart was full of accomplishment and she was especially happy.
But now that she had become the cat, she was quite ashamed…
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Gong You pinched her chin, his dark green eyes rarely showing a relaxed expression, “Why can’t I? You’re going to bond with me tonight, and I can’t even touch your hair?”
Si Shuo buried her head in his arms, “I don’t want to make a sound, it’s too embarrassing.”
Gong You chuckled softly, rubbing against her fragrant and soft neck, “How could it be? It sounds so nice, it’s your expression of liking me. Other beastmen can’t even touch you.
In front of me, you don’t have to be embarrassed. To be precise, I quite like your embarrassment.”
He rarely smiled, and the more a person like that smiled, whether it was his appearance or his voice, it carried an extremely strong appeal.
Si Shuo raised her head, couldn’t help but reach out and touch his smiling eyebrows and eyes, and followed with a curved brow and eyes, “Brother Gong You looks good, even better when he smiles.”
“Do you like it?” He gently stroked her back.
Si Shuo hummed in agreement, her throat purring again.
She was a cat beastman female, but this male was really teasing her like a cat! Seeing the blush on the Little Female’s cheeks, Gong You’s dark green eyes deepened, and he chuckled softly: “Good Cub likes to eat wild fruits? I’ll taste them too, just how delicious are these wild fruits…”
Saying that, he kissed her, carefully savoring his sweet fruit.
It was truly fragrant and sweet, worth him waiting so long, and worth him protecting for the rest of his life.
“Good Cub, the weather has been good these past few days, the temperature in the sea is just right, do you want to go into the sea with me and play?” He asked, panting slightly.
Si Shuo’s watery eyes lit up, and she nodded repeatedly: “Yes, yes, yes!”
Gong You smiled and carried her towards the sea. He was very fast, even in humanoid form, his speed was about the same as when Zhile transformed into a leopard.
However, he was also very considerate, putting a layer of protective shield around Si Shuo, so that she didn’t feel any discomfort.
“Gong You, I haven’t asked yet, what kind of Fish Beast are you? They all say you’re a Large Fish Beast, but they don’t say what kind.
Also, what is your ability? Why can you run so fast?”
After spending most of the day picking fruits, feeling the male’s unconditional doting and patient care for her.
Si Shuo finally became familiar with Gong You, and her curiosity began to overflow.
“I’m a Blue Whale Beastman, we live in the Far North, where there are abundant fish, shrimp, and crabs,” Gong You patiently told her: “But our name has spread here, becoming the Kun Fish. I have the Water Affinity and comprehended the Time Law.”
Si Shuo was surprised, “So, when you were running, and when you were fighting other beastmen on the Beast Fighting Stage, you used the Time Law?”
“Yes, no matter how fast the opponent is, when I use the Time Law, the movements I see are like a sea turtle,” he curled his lips, “I only told you this secret. Others think I’m very powerful, but I’m not, I’m at most taking advantage, looking for his flaws while dodging the opponent.
I’m not as powerful as everyone imagines, and even the Water Affinity can barely guarantee that I stay away from the sea and live like a normal beastman.
Si Shuo, will you dislike me?”