Chapter 30

The branch in Lu Yu's hand, that was still burning with sparks fell to the ground, made him jumped back in surprise, and as a result his left foot tripped his right foot.

"Ah--" Before Lu Yu could fall headfirst into the fire pit, his arm was pulled by a big hand with distinct veins. Not only that, a strong arm also held him around the waist.

Lu Yu raised his head, then looked at the face half hidden in the dark night.

Wait, what happened?!

Something is not right!

How did he come to this...

Tai Li frowned, "You ..."

Lu Yu didn't wait for him to open his mouth and pushed his waist, then stood up straight.

He patted the ashes on the skirt he wore embarrassedly, "Um, I didn't stand firm."

Tai Li, "Yeah."

Lu Yu tilted his head and scratched his face.

Tai Li, "So, what I asked you just now, what's your answer?"

Lu Yu: ...

Why did this person still insist to question him?!

By the way, he did not know how to answer it, okay! Your people just said about those things about homosexual, weren't all of you straight men?! What was the matter with you, King!

Thinking of this, Lu Yu wanted to ask again what did Tai Li say before, and if he had heard it wrong. Obviously, the testosterone level of this man was really high... well, it still did not mean that he could not be gay.

If Tai Li is a gay guy, maybe he will be the one above...

Lu Yu felt that he should stop his brain's thought, what were he thinking about, was Tai Li the one who top or bottom had a dime with him! He exhaled slowly, barely maintaining his calm face, "I don't know about this, haha."

At the end, he tried to explain, "Actually, although I am a broken wooden man, I have never liked men before, so I don't know about your situation..."

In fact, Lu Yu had never really liked someone. His experience with this maybe just that one time, when he had a good impression for a girl at the same table in the sixth grade of elementary school, but that couldn't be said as 'like'. That time life was very gloomy, because his grandfather died not long before. This girl was cheerful and very kind. She always took the initiative to find him and play, which was a touch of sunshine in his dull life.

Later, Lu Yu did not have any special affection for anyone. It felt like he didn't even has a heart, just kept living and stayed alone for 24 years.

Tai Li's eyes narrowed slightly, as he looked at him from top to bottom, "Then, how do you know that you are a broken wood man?"

"Huh?" Lu Yu panicked, secretly thinking that he was really confused right now, how could this man suddenly become so thorough?

He racked his brains to make up an excuse, "Probably, it is the faint feeling in the bottom of my heart, then I also has no feeling for women and never plan to marry them..."

Tai Li looked at him with a confused face, "Really?"

Lu Yu nodded quickly, looked around, then made a haha, "Well, it's getting late, we need to sleep." He pointed to the wooden house and stepped back a little, "I'm a little sleepy, so I'll go first..."

Tai Lie was not going to let him go like this, "You don't want to know, who's the person that I like?"

Lu Yu paused. Thoughts that were deliberately ignored just now, came up again. In fact, Tai Li's behaviour to him were really similar to man's behaviour when liking someone. Well, although this was only a concern from his side, he couldn't say it now did he...

And those feelings he felt before...

Lu Yu still thought that he was not a wooden man, nor was he dull. He was not even a primitive people, so how could he respond to Tai Li's feelings.

For now, he only wanted to continue to grow and develop with the Matai people. In this case, some things were better not to be broken.

Perhaps, Tai Li only felt that he was not the same as the others and he (LY) was novel for him (TL). Tai Li also had little experience of interacting with someone, so he might got this feeling wrong.

Yes, it must be.

Lu Yu tried hard to convince himself that as long as he didn't break through, as long as he kept a proper distance from Tai Li, Tai Li would gradually understand it himself.

After thinking about it, Lu Yu whispered, "I think, I still don't know as well."

Tai Li's face tightened, his fists clenched a little, "You are intentionally don't want to know about it, do you?" Tai Li emphasized his tone.

He already guessed, but refused, right?

Suddenly, Lu Yu's heart seemed to be pinched, and there were some pain. He exhaled slowly, then said clearly in a voice that will never be misunderstood. "Yes."

"I understand."

Tai Li loosened his fist, brushed Lu Yu's shoulder, and walked to the wooden house.

...

Lu Yu had insomnia. He was lying on his side, staring blankly through the gap of the roof, looked at the moonlight outside.

There was nothing that could explain what he was thinking about.

He just whispered vaguely before going to sleep at the end.

But I am straight...

...

Early the next morning, Lu Yu woke up while rubbing his dry eyes. As soon as he sat up, Shan Pu rushed in.

"Witch, you finally woke up," Shan Pu said excitedly, but then lowered his eyebrows. "However, until now, no one has sent any prey yet."

Yesterday evening, after Lu Yu's roasted meat attracted Yin He, several people also came to take a look. After tasting Chef Lu's barbecue, they were all shocked.

Later, Lu Yu saw that the meat were almost run out, so he didn't "sell" it anymore and divided the rest of the meat for their consumption. He also explained his plan to Shan Pu and the others.

They needed to collect materials for upgrade, but it didn't mean that they forgot to search for treasures from the beasts. So, Lu Yu thought that they could earn a lot from the tribe here, before going back. If it went well, they could use this place as a stronghold, and came here occasionally.

Lu Yu had arranged it well. He was particularly excited and motivated, but now he felt a little discouraged.

Because of this, he suddenly thought about his plan to keep a distance from Tai Li. He could no longer be close to him, and did too intimate things. The favorability could not be obtained, so the panel could not be upgraded.

Lu Yu sighed in his heart, he did not want Tai Li to misunderstand, but because of it he...

Lu Yu just wanted to flatten himself.

"Witch, what's the matter with you?" Shan Pu asked suddenly, when he saw that the Witch had annoyed expression.

Lu Yu suppressed the irritability in his heart and calmed his mind. "I'm fine. No one is coming yet, probably it's because they're going to hunt first. They can't hunt in the surrounding area, so they will come at a later time. "

Shan Pu suddenly realized, "It turns out to be this way."

He and Shan Pu walked out of the door, then saw Tai Li with a turned back lit the fire from last night.

Lu Yu pursed his mouth, talked to Shanpu, then went to the side to use the water that Shanpu and the others had taken from the small river next to the stone city to wash briefly, and then took out the colorful grass, preparing to redrawn his face.

Squeezing the grass in his hand, Lu Yu gently touched the red mole at the end of his eyebrow. He suddenly paused, put his hand down, rubbed all the grasses in his hands, and squeezed out all the juice to casually cover his face.

He returned to the campfire and greeted everyone, then pretending to be normal and forcefully calm himself down, "King, good morning."

Unexpectedly, Tai Li was calmer than him, and as usual, he faintly responded.

Lu Yu was taken aback for a moment and smiled lightly.

It seemed that Tai Li already thought about yesterday, maybe he even had understood his underlying message from last night.

That's nice. Very good.

Lu Yu thought happily, trying his best to ignore a trace of depression in his heart, he then sat down and took out the meat to roast. In addition to cooking breakfast for Tai Li and the others, he was still trying to attract others. It happened that the wind was strong today, so the aroma of the barbecue flew further away.

This morning, Lu Yu received a dozen or so "guests". He gave those people only a small bite of meat to taste and when they wanted to continue eating, Lu Yu said his proposal, just like last night.

Everyone said that they would go back to prepare their prey. After all, people who could live here were all having a certain identity, it was not too difficult for them to get a live prey. Anyway, after eating Lu Yu's barbecue, no one would want to eat the normal ones.

In the afternoon, Lu Yu and the others first left Mao Pu and two Matai people to guard the wooden house, and then went to the commissioned area to find a slave who knew the way to take them to the beach.

Due to the Big Drift and other considerations, the stone city was built not far from the seashore, so ordinary people could reach it after about an hour of walking.

Passing through the forest, their eyes were suddenly brightened.

Clear sky, blue water, golden sand.

Although this beach was not that big and there were still rocks on its both sides, but the scenery was beautiful enough to be called amazing.

The Matai people who had been inland all the time and only saw rivers and lakes were stunned. They thought the so-called sea was a larger lake.

The Matai people who had been inland and could only see rivers and lakes were stunned. They initially even thought that the so called sea was a larger lake.

Lu Yu took a deep breath, turned his head, took a piece of meat from the basket, and handed it to the slave who took them here, "Thank you, you can go back first."

The way to the shore was obviously had been cleaned up by people of the stone city. There were no dangerous beasts, so Lu Yu was not afraid that the slave would be attacked if he walked back alone.

The slave was pleasantly surprised and thankful.

When the man left, Lu Yu and the others started to work.

Seeing Shanpu and the others were curious, Lu Yu asked them to play first. Anyway, the shell stones and the green seabed mud could be found at the bottom of the sea.

Shan Pu cheered, then scampered away to the sea. Even Le Shui, who had always been calm and indifferent, couldn't help but walked over.

Lu Yu didn't pay any attention to them anymore and walked to the shore alone, then bent down to find what he wanted. Shell stones were easy to find. In fact, they were like an ordinary shell, but just harder than the modern ones.

Lu Yu quickly found it. After examining it through the panel, it was also correct. He found a few more pieces and planned to show them to Shan Pu and the others.

With an armful of shell stones, Lu Yu stood up and thumped his sore waist. "Shan Pu, did you guys have a good time?" Lu Yu turned around and his voice stopped abruptly.

The one who was standing behind him was Tai Li.

Lu Yu's arms that were holding the shell stones tightened, "What's the matter?"

From morning till now, except for a good morning, he never spoke again to Tai Li. Now the two were face to face and the atmosphere was a bit awkward.

Tai Li stretched out towards Lu Yu, with his palms up, and Lu Yu saw that there was a small thing nestled there.

"Is this, a shell stone?" Tai Li asked stiffly.

It turned out to be asking this. Lu Yu sighed a breath of relief, looked down at it, and smiled, "Yes.."

Ok? Wait!

Lu Yu paused.

How could this shell stone shaped like a heart?

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Early on in that morning, when Lu Yu was still asleep.

Tai Li found the married Le Shui and asked solemnly, "How did you make Xia Hua want to marry you?"

Le Shui froze for a moment, thought about it, and drew a "heart" on the ground.

This mean that if you wanted someone to marry you, you must first get the other person's heart. Le Shui thought happily, even he was not good at speaking, but in this way, the smart King should understand.