Three days ago.
After Meng Hui took the Longevity Fruit and Meng Hao led the tribe's warriors to the Tree Forest, Gou Liang found Ghar and the Old Priest. In front of Meng Hui, he asked about the marriage between Meng Hui and the Old Priest.
"What Meng Hao said, is it true?"
He looked at the Old Priest with a doubtful and nervous expression.
Everyone could see the resistance in his eyes towards this marriage, except for the dull-witted Meng Hui. Hearing this, the Old Priest and Ghar looked at each other and didn't know how to explain to Gou Liang. Meng Hui opened his mouth and said, "Little Xi, now that I have recovered, I can take care of you and protect you. When your coming of age ceremony comes, we can sign the marriage contract as scheduled."
As he said this, he scratched his head and laughed foolishly.
Gou Liang: Tsk, it hurts my eyes.
Gou Liang frowned and looked at the Old Priest with a trace of hope.
The Old Priest, who knew the inside story, shook his head at Gou Liang and signaled him to calm down. Then he said, "Meng Hui, I'm afraid this matter … is not appropriate."
"How is it not appropriate?" Meng Hui was surprised and said anxiously, "I'm fine now, I can hunt. Priest Da Ren, I can definitely —"
"It's not your problem."
The Old Priest interrupted him and said to Gou Liang, "Little Xi, you did have a marriage contract with Meng Hui before, but later, Meng Hui and you were injured, so the marriage contract was annulled."
"What?"
"Really?"
Meng Hui and Gou Liang spoke at the same time. Unlike Gou Liang who was relieved, Meng Hui said anxiously, "When was it annulled, why didn't I know? Priest Da Ren, I'm not disabled anymore! I have the ability to protect Little Xi, Uncle Ghar, believe me, I … "
He was so anxious that his eyes turned red. The Old Priest comforted him and said, "Meng Hui, listen to me first."
"Priest Da Ren …"
Having understood the Old Priest's intention, Ghar begged with tears in his eyes, hoping that the Old Priest could hide the matter.
But the Old Priest shook his head at him, "Lang Xi is about to reach adulthood, he should know about this." After a pause, he said, "Ghar, he is no longer a cub who needs you to walk, do you understand?"
Ghar covered his mouth and cried silently.
Gou Liang frowned and looked at Ghar and asked anxiously, "Priest Da Ren, what are you talking about?"
The old priest sighed and told him that he was injured during the Silver Moon Sacrifice. After the injury, although he received the blessing of the Beast God to save his life, he had lost the ability to reproduce. Gou Liang was shocked and did not want to believe it. Then the Old Priest took out the pregnancy stone to confirm it. He was silent for a long time and accepted the reality, but then he hid back in the house and did not even want to see Ghar.
Meng Hui refused to go and repeatedly said outside his door, "Little Xi, don't be sad. I will make it clear to Priest Da Ren and the Patriarch that our marriage contract has always been there. No matter what, I will marry you … "
Gou Liang opened the door with hurt ears.
Meng Hui was surprised to see Little Xi, but heard Gou Liang say, "Meng Hui, there is something I want to make clear to you."
"What is it?"
Meng Hui was still confused.
Gou Liang knew that beating around the bush with this child would only make him suffer, so he went straight to the point and said, "I don't like you. Even if this didn't happen, I wouldn't have formed a contract with you."
"Then, what should you do?"
Meng Hui was a little anxious.
Gou Liang laughed, "Meng Hui, thank you for thinking about me. In fact, I can feel that you don't like me. If we force ourselves to be together, it will not be good for you or me. "
"How can I not like you? Little Xi, in addition to my brother and Priest Da Ren, I like you the most. You are my closest person … "
Gou Liang shook his head, "That is not the same."
"Let me ask you, if I have someone I like and want to sign a contract with someone else, will you be angry?"
"Ah?"
Meng Hui apparently did not expect him to make such an assumption. He scratched his head and asked, "Who is it?"
"It doesn't matter who it is. I just want to ask you, if I want to sign a contract with someone else, will you be angry and oppose it?"
Meng Hui thought for a while and said, "As long as that person is good to you, takes good care of you, and does not let you suffer, of course, I will not oppose it. It's just that … Sigh, Little Xi, no matter what that person is like, I will always take care of you. I will let you eat and wear warm clothes, and I will not let you be bullied. "
He said it seriously. Gou Liang knocked his head and simply said, "Forget it, you won't understand even if I tell you."
"Little Xi –"
Meng Hui was thus given the cold shoulder. He was puzzled after thinking about it a hundred times.
At this moment, when he saw Gou Liang throw himself into Meng Hao's arms and was kissed by Meng Hao, he suddenly understood – So, Gou Liang was not joking. The person he wanted to sign a contract with was his brother.
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Meng Hao knew that Meng Hui was outside the door, but he could not bear to let go.
He moved closer to Gou Liang's lips again and again. The inconceivably soft touch made him not dare to use force. He was afraid that a light touch would scratch his soft lips.
He hugged Gou Liang's waist tightly with one hand and held his face with the other. His thumb gently caressed his cheek as he kissed him clumsily. He only stopped his comforting touch when he saw that Gou Liang's eyes were plated with a brilliant warm light. He leaned against Gou Liang's face and whispered, "Don't cry, in the future … I won't let you cry anymore."
Gou Liang blinked.
The heartache in his eyes was so obvious that his first taste of soul power had a sour taste.
However, Gou Liang did not feel the slightest bit of regret. No matter how many times he had experienced the feeling of being moved, the man in front of him still made his heart palpitate.
He hugged Meng Hao's neck tightly and used the force to jump on top of him and clamp his waist. He wanted to laugh but held it back. He said uncertainly, "Will we always be together? You … will sign a contract with me? "
"Yes."
He nodded. Gou Liang immediately smiled.
Meng Hao looked at his curved eyes and deep dimples. He finally breathed a sigh of relief.
— — It was good that he smiled. His eyes were not suitable for rain.
He turned back into his beast form and threw Gou Liang back onto the bed. Meng Hao crawled up and wrapped his tail around him. He placed him on his chest and said, "Sleep for a while, then get up to eat."
Looking at his thin appearance, Meng Hao secretly swore that he would never let him lose a single strand of hair or lose half a kilogram of flesh.
Gou Liang, who still didn't know that he had been raised into a big fat gou by the plan, hugged his head and rubbed his face against it, saying, "It's like a dream. Will you not be by my side when I wake up?"
Meng Hao wrapped his tail around Gou Liang's waist and put him back to his original position. He did not comfort Gou Liang's melancholy and only said, "Go to sleep."
Gou Liang curled his lips in disappointment. He bit a mouthful of fur and pulled it threateningly. Hearing Gou Liang's low growl, Gou Liang nestled into his soft white fur and laughed foolishly for a while. Only then did he settle down. He hugged Meng Hao and quickly fell asleep.
Meng Hao only turned back into his human form after Gou Liang had fallen asleep for a long time. He carefully placed Gou Liang in a comfortable position and left the room.
Gou Liang had indeed gone to look for his precious little brother.
Gou Liang paid close attention to the latest situation while secretly thinking that he must find a way to sell this troublesome "third party" to a cute guy in the future.
"Brother."
When Meng Hui saw him, his face turned red before he could say anything. This made Meng Hao, who had prepared his opening speech for a long time, not know where to start.
"Hui, Lang Xi and I …"
Without waiting for him to finish thinking of his words, Meng Hui had already waved his hand and said shyly, "Brother, I didn't peek. I just … accidentally saw it. It wasn't intentional."
Since he was young, he had been taught that male beastmen who peeped at females being intimate with their partners would be spurned.
Accidentally bumping into her brother kissing a little female or something like that … It was really too embarrassing.
Meng Hao was startled. He sized up Meng Hui's expression and asked tentatively, "You saw it. What do you think?"
Meng Hui said without thinking, "So the person Xiao Xi likes is my brother. He said two days ago that he wanted to form a contract with someone else. I'm really worried that he was deceived by those people in the past. "
He exhaled exaggeratedly and complained, "Those guys, they just want to get close to whoever looks good. They don't really treat Xiao Xi well. If they knew that Xiao Xi … they would definitely bully him. They would let others see Xiao Xi as a joke and not stand up for Xiao Xi. And their strength is very weak. If Xiao Xi is with them, Bai Yue Ji will starve … If it's my brother, then I'm relieved. "
Meng Hao, "…"
After a strange silence, Meng Hao said, "He is your fiancé. If he wants to form a contract with someone else, you don't care?"
"If it's someone else, of course I have to think about it. I can't really let Xiao Xi starve and suffer, right? The High Priest also said that after Xiao Xi forms a contract, other than the Chief and Lang Fei, if other males give him things, it will make Xiao Xi's partner unhappy and it will be even worse for Xiao Xi. "
Those females in the tribe who were unable to give birth and had never given birth to cubs, some of them were unlucky and had a very bad life.
Afraid that Gou Liang would follow in the footsteps of these pitiful females, Meng Hui seriously worried for a few days. For this reason, he even consulted the Old Priest. But until now, he still hadn't come up with a solution.
Now it's all good!
His brother was the most powerful beastman in the tribe. He was able to kill the black crocodile before he reached adulthood. There was no possibility of him letting his female starve or being laughed at and bullied by others.
Meng Hao carefully discerned whether his expression had any elements of forced laughter. After coming to a conclusion, he still didn't dare to ask with certainty, "You used to be so good to Lang Xi. Isn't it because you like him?"
Meng Hui, "Of course."
Meng Hao's back tensed up for a moment.
Meng Hui continued, "Don't you like Xiao Xi too? When we were young, you always told me not to snatch Xiao Xi's things. You have to be good to him, take care of him, and don't let other beastmen bully him … "
Meng Hao listened and was a little dazed.
In fact, the memory at that time was already very vague. He still remembered some of the good times when they were young. He remembered even more clearly how he was rejected and driven away. However, he was very sure that his kindness to Lang Xi was completely different from now. It wasn't because of the natural sense of responsibility, nor was it because of the emotional sustenance of being needed, but it was because he cherished his partner and unreserved love.
When did he start to have the idea of monopolizing him?
Perhaps it was when he smiled and threw himself onto her back with a look of complete trust, or perhaps it was when he did not hesitate to stand in front of her to protect her, or perhaps it was when he woke up in her arms on a certain morning and climbed onto her head to act wildly while laughing out loud ….
Meng Hao was a little lost in thought. It wasn't until he caught a sentence from the long-winded Meng Hui that he suddenly came back to his senses.
Meng Hui said, "Brother, don't worry. In the future, I will also help you take good care of Xiao Xi."
"No, no need!"
Meng Hao said calmly, "I can do it myself."
Seeing that Meng Hui still wanted to say something, Meng Hao's icy blue eyes stared at him without any warmth. At this moment, he clearly felt that he was facing a male beastman who had once been engaged to Gou Liang, and not his own brother. After thinking this through, Meng Hao smiled and asked, "Hui, you don't believe that I can take good care of him?"
Meng Hui didn't know why, but his hair stood on end. He instinctively felt a trace of danger and hurriedly denied it.
Although he couldn't see the big blind spot's expression, Gou Liang's head was covered in the beast fur blanket and he was laughing non-stop.
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Gou Liang couldn't help but say — Brother, you did well!
When Meng Hao came back, Gou Liang still had a faint smile on his face. Meng Hao didn't know what good dream he had. Meng Hao stroked the dimples at the corner of his mouth. When he thought of Meng Hui's ignorant look, he couldn't help but shake his head and laugh.
Meng Hao lowered his head and kissed Gou Liang's dimples, then kissed the corner of his mouth. He smiled and suddenly said, "Fortunately."
He didn't know whether he was glad that Meng Hui hadn't been enlightened, or glad that he hadn't eaten his EQ like his stupid brother.
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Soon, several large tribes heard that the Wall tribe had received a gift from the Tree Men Tribe.
The story of the Winged Wolf Tribe and the Tree Men Tribe had been circulating among the priests, so they didn't doubt the answer given by the old priest. They were more concerned about the meat of the strange beasts that had not been taken out near the Tree Men Forest!
However, when they arrived, the corpses of the strange beasts had not only deteriorated in the high temperature, but there were also strange beasts that came to snatch the food. Not only did they not gain much, but they were also chased by the strange beasts. It could be said that they suffered heavy losses. As a result, they were even more jealous of the Wall tribe's good luck.
While they were suffering in the Green Wood Forest, the Wall tribe organized all the people to marinate and dry the meat of the strange beasts as quickly as possible.
The females boiled hot water and extracted the red salt fruit juice. The males skinned the meat, boiled it, and dried it. The bones of the beasts that had no storage function and were casually discarded were also preserved under the suggestion of Gou Liang and Meng Hao. When the old priest's authority certified that the bone soup was very nourishing for females and cubs, and that it was very beneficial for the White Rose Season, they were even more motivated.
They mobilized the whole tribe to be busy for a full 15 days before they preserved all the meat of the strange beasts.
Everyone in the Wall tribe was full of smiles. After discussing with the old priest, Lang Xiong decided to redivide the tribe's work.
There was still a long time before the White Rose Season. Of course, hunting and gathering could not be stopped because of this, but it was necessary to allocate more combat power to protect the tribe and the gathering team. The Bray tribe was already ready to make a move.
Lang Xiong personally led a quarter of the male Orcs to guard the tribe. Half of them were responsible for protecting the females who went out and assisting in the gathering. The remaining quarter was led by another experienced Orc warrior to hunt according to the original plan. They alternated with the team guarding the tribe every 30 days.
Meng Hui was among them.
After the nightmarish White Rose Season, he, who was hunting again, regained the throne of the strongest young Orcs with a swift and fierce fighting posture and absolute strength. This made Lang Xiong and the others very surprised and glad.
And all of this had little to do with Gou Liang.
At this time, he was skillfully … stealing eggs with Meng Hao in a corner of the Saint Phalanx Mountain.
Although Meng Hao had made a great contribution to the tribe this time, he still could not advance and retreat with the warriors of the tribe for the sake of the safety of the hunting and gathering teams. Lang Xiong thought that it was a waste of talent for him to guard the tribe, so he simply agreed to his request and let him take Gou Liang to hunt alone.
After Meng Hui recovered, he did not have to spend so much effort looking for Zihua Hongyue. Meng Hao's hunting plan was much more free.
The first stop was to take Gou Liang to collect all kinds of strange beast eggs.
On the shelf life ranking list of food in this world, the first was the meat of strange beasts cured with red salt fruit, and the second was the eggs of strange beasts.
No matter how big the eggs of strange beasts were, it was difficult to fill the stomach of an Orc, but it was one of the staple foods of the females and their young White Rose Season. In the past, it had never appeared in Meng Hao's White Rose Season food menu. However, things were different now … He also had a partner now.
Thinking of this, Meng Hao wagged his tail so hard that there were almost double shadows.
"Why are you looking at me like an idiot? Come here and taste it for me. "
Gou Liang saw that he was staring at him, so he smiled and waved his hand.
The big white wolf stretched his head over and took a bite without being afraid of the heat. Then he nodded.
In fact, there was no need for him to confirm at all. There were countless strange beasts nearby that were attracted by the aroma of the food. But strangely, they did not dare to come close. Even when they saw Meng Hao's white body, they only dared to roar a few times from the periphery.
There was no other reason than that they were afraid of the smell of the Longevity Tree's roots.
Every part of the Longevity Tree had the unique smell of the Longevity Tree, and the root was especially strong. The reason why the Tree Man Tribe could drive away the strange beasts was, of course, not because they would have a hair-combing riot every tens of thousands of years, but because of the smell of the Longevity Tree. And this smell, the Orcs would only feel refreshed when they smelled it.
The three leaves given by the Tree Man Tribe's chief had long withered, but Meng Hao was not someone who could suffer losses.
He learned the beauty of the Longevity Tree from the mouth of the old priest. Even if he was very embarrassed at that time, he still secretly took a piece of root hair.
When Gou Liang saw him take out this thing for the first time, he admired him.
"I don't remember who told me that if you don't take the treasure at hand, you are either stupid or stupid."
Meng Hao said so.
Gou Liang silently turned his head away. It was definitely not me = v =.