Due to busyness he lost track of time so when Yunhuo come back from outside with a large bag of things, he saw his female squatting at the entrance of the cave with exposed arms, neck and collarbone covered with a thin layer of sweat; trying to move the stone. He looked inside the cave with red eyes, filled with both obvious happiness and heartache. Happiness because his home was cleaned up by the female. Heartache because of the female’s hard work.

“Yunhuo, are you done?” Zhao Yunxiao intended to set the cooking place on the left side of the cave entrance, with the wind blowing from the right, so that the smoke would not be blown into the cave when cooking.

Yunhuo took the bag into the warehouse, then his tail curled around Zhao Yunxiao’s body and pulled him up. Then he pulled him onto the stone bed inside the cave and to let him rest, he will do the remaining hard work.

Zhao Yunxiao smiled and rubbed Yunhuo’s big head, saying: “I’m not tired, but I’m hungry. When can we eat?”

After arching his head in Zhao Yunxiao’s arms, Yunhuo went out. As soon as Yunhuo left, Zhao Yunxiao stood up. Carrying the clean pot, he went to fetch water. In the afternoon he wanted to clean up the animal skins and he had to ask Yunhuo to take him to find some soft hay to make his bed.

When Yunhuo came back with the prey in his mouth he saw that water was already boiling in front of the cave. He put the prey on the big leaves by the fire and went into the cave to find Yunxiao, just as he walked in, Yunhuo froze. Inside the cave, Yunxiao, with back turned to him, had his upper body naked. Lean shoulder blades, white flesh covered with beads of sweats and two light-colored red fruits on the front he fantasized about. His throat moved as his footsteps lightened and he walked over.

The branch broke again, looking at the branch in his hands that broke one after another, Zhao Yunxiao exhaled helplessly. There was no rope here so there was no way to tie up these branches. Looks like he will have to use his own clothes. Picking up his own clothes to wipe the stone bed, Zhao Yunxiao thought about what to do to make this piece of animal skin into wearable clothes. The hard part was tools. When something was sprayed on his shoulder, Zhao Yunxiao looked back and saw a big beast’s head, which startled him.

“Yunhuo! When did you come back?”

Yunhuo grabbed the animal skin in Zhao Yunxiao’s hand and threw it on the stone bed. Zhao Yunxiao suddenly became nervous. Grabbing the hair on Yunhuo’s neck, his heart started to beat faster. Yunhuo’s eyes also seemed to be redder than usual.

“Woo ……” A low roar that seemed to have come from the depths of his soul, it seemed to have some deeper meaning or request. Yunhuo’s two front paw rested on the stone bed trapping Zhao Yunxiao in his arms and then he stretched out his tongue.

“Don’t, um!” Zhao Yunxiao’s eyes widened as Yunhuo licked him. Licking the beads of sweat from his body, licking his collarbone, licking his chest…. Zhao Yunxiao’s heartbeat became faster. Yunhuo fiercely pressed Zhao Yunxiao into his arms with a single claw and panted violently as if he was fighting some burgeoning desire. Zhao Yunxiao’s leg touched the hard thing below Yunhuo and he no longer dared to move, there was an inexplicable restlessness in the depths of his heart.

Holding Zhao Yunxiao for some time, Yunhuo let go of him, and then no longer dared to move before turning around and going out. Zhao Yunxiao bit his lips but didn’t chase after him. He couldn’t wrap his animal skin clothes and also didn’t know how to face Yunhuo at a time like this. Yunhuo had desires for him, but tried his best to restrain it. Does Yunhuo also know that he was a man and he was an animal so the two of them couldn’t be together? Zhao Yunxiao’s heart suddenly shook as he grabbed the animal skin to cover his upper body and shivered.

Yunhuo soon came back with a few soft branches in his mouth. Zhao Yunxiao took them in silence as Yunhuo gave him a deep look, then he turned his back to him but did not leave again. Zhao Yunxiao who grabbed the branches looked at Yunhuo’s back that suddenly looked very lonely and solitary. Feeling a little sour, Zhao Yunxiao tied the beast skin and raised his hand to touch Yunhuo’s body. The body under the palm of his hand visibly tensed, then Yunhuo turned around.

“I’m hungry.” Zhao Yunxiao touched his stomach.

Yunhuo’s tail wrapped around Zhao Yunxiao’s waist as he took him outside. When they got out of the cave, Zhao Yunxiao saw the fresh meat and went to clean it while Yunhuo left to pick up some fruits and vegetables that Zhao Yunxiao liked. While Zhao Yunxiao used the claws to split the meat into pieces and cook them up, Yunhuo brought back fruits, wild vegetables and some salt fruits.

“Yunhuo, I want more of this.” Zhao Yunxiao picked up the salt fruit and made a gesture of having a lot. Yunhuo nodded and flew away again, after Yunhuo left Zhao Yunxiao took out the tablet with books from his bag and took a picture of the salt fruit first, then recorded it. He wanted to record everything he saw in this world, perhaps, for those who came after him. Touching his stomach, Zhao Yunxiao felt a bit gloomy. He might not have his own children, so he comforted himself. It was nice that he didn’t have children, otherwise in the present situation when he was in a different world, and Lin Mingyuan cheated on him in his original world the one in the most painful situation would be his child.

After recording, Zhao Yunxiao put the tablet on the stone bed. Yunhuo was so smart that maybe he would be able to teach Yunhuo how to use his mobile phone, tablet book, or even how to write and read. A beast that could read books, Zhao Yunxiao jumped at the thought.

The broth was done and its aroma drifted away, making Yunhuo return. He was holding a large folded leaf in his mouth. After he put the leaf down Yunxiao noticed that the leaf was filled with salt fruits.

“Thank you for your hard work.” Zhao Yunxiao touched Yunhuo’s big head and then used a piece of animal skin to wipe his face. Yunhuo happily rolled his eyes, after wiping his face Zhao Yunxiao patted his side: “Let’s eat.”

Yunhuo sat down beside Yunxiao, and Yunxiao scooped out his share, before resting against Yunhuo side. Drinking broth, Zhao Yunxiao thought that he ate meat either boiled or roasted everyday so now that he had a fixed residence, it was time to try to improve his food.

The two of them ate lunch in a quiet and warm atmosphere before Yunhuo flew to the foot of the mountain, becoming busy again. Zhao Yunxiao continued to clean up, he went to the  warehouse and untied the green animal bag. As soon as the animal skin was spread out, the still wet bones were also spread all over the ground. Then Zhao Yunxiao laboriously dragged the animal skin with the bones out of the cave which had to be blown dry before they could be put back inside. Spreading out the bones so each bone could be blown dry by wind, he went back to pick up the animal skins he selected. There was a grass here that smelled very fresh and nice so Zhao Yunxiao called it vanilla. He liked it put together with other seasonings when cooking soup and preparing barbecue. This kind of grass has small leaves, but it’s fragrance was too strong and uncomfortable to be eaten alone but it was still very suitable as seasoning.

Yunhuo picked up this grass when he picked up herbs that could be eaten for him. Zhao Yunxiao didn’t plan to eat it now but intended to boil it in water to scrub the beast skins to remove any extra odor. After the skin was dried, the smell wasn’t strong. Zhao Yunxiao hit it hard to get rid of all the dust and possible bugs in the skin. After all skins were beaten and the vanilla water was boiled, Zhao Yunxiao began to scrub the skins. In the 27th century, science and technology has developed to an unimaginable height, however, as a new human being, the education received by neuters from an  early age was extraordinarily traditional. Although Zhao Yunxiao grew up under the doting of his parents and the care of society, he learned as much etiquette as others life skills. By contrast women who gradually withdrew from human history became more open and free.

Edited by: Xiamen

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