The other party was tall, higher than the threshold of the wooden house, and when looking at Ji Xiaoou with pale yellow pupils, he bent slightly.
From this angle, only his thin chin can be seen, and his facial features are hidden in the backlight, ready to go.
Ji Xiaoou held his head high, the smile on his face hadn't stopped yet, and Wu Run's eyes were full of surprise.
After a while, he asked hesitantly, "Excuse me... Who are you looking for?"
The black panther orc rolled his eyes, and without answering Ji Xiaoou's words, he walked straight into the house with two long legs.
The wooden house is small and can be seen at a glance. Behind the dilapidated wooden table is a simple bed covered with many colorful "blankets". Beside the bed is a beech wood cabinet, in which there are several gapped clay bowls and pots.
Other than that, nothing else.
Ji Xiaoou didn't have time to stop him, so he hurriedly followed behind him, "Hey, who are you looking for?"
"Where's Ren?" The panther orc stopped, and his throat rolled down, dragging out an indifferent and monotonous syllable.
Ji Xiaoou: "..." Who is Ren
Speaking of which, this was the second time Ji Xiaoou heard this name after he came to this world.
The last time it was in Eric's group, two leopard orcs caught her involuntarily and asked her about Ren's whereabouts.
Why did they all assume she knew where "Rain" was? She didn't even know who Ryan was.
Could it be... The previous owner of this room was named "Ren"
Aware of this problem, Ji Xiaoou suddenly realized, no wonder the orc broke into the wooden house as soon as he arrived.
She hurriedly explained: "I don't know where Ryan is... When I found this wooden house yesterday, the people inside had already left. If he is the owner of this house, I'm sorry, I took his house without authorization... "
The girl's cramped and soft voice rang in her ears.
The black panther orc lowered his eyes, looking at Ji Xiaoou for the first time since entering the door.
Ji Xiaoou was wearing a loose autumn wool sweater, which was slightly loose and hung loosely on her shoulders, like a child who stole an adult's clothes when she was a child.
She hid her hands under the sleeves, only her snow-white onion-like fingertips were exposed, pinching the hem of her clothes with her fingertips, revealing a trace of anxiety.
The black panther orc looked up slightly, and glanced around Ji Xiaoou's pretty face, neither admitting nor denying what she said just now.
"Who else is in the room?" He asked again, simply and straightforwardly.
Ji Xiaoou was slightly stunned, and subconsciously replied: "... gone."
In her subconscious mind, Tao Tao, like the beautiful shorthair cat she raised, is a pet and a companion, but it is definitely not an independent individual that can be "compared" with human beings.
Moreover, she subconsciously didn't want to tell him about Tao Tao's existence.
The panther orc didn't speak anymore, but he didn't intend to leave.
Ji Xiaoou stood by the door, hesitated for a moment, with his hands behind his back, "Excuse me for asking... who are you?"
The other party paused, and Ji Xiaoou's figure was reflected in the pale yellow pupils.
After a while, without any ups and downs, he said, "Laursis."
After saying this, he checked the house one last time to confirm that there were no suspicious signs.
Then he retracted his gaze, turned on his toes, and planned to leave.
"Wait a minute..." Ji Xiaoou called him hastily, standing on the steps in front of the door, watching from a distance, "Can I continue to live here?"
Raulsis didn't stop walking, and didn't give Ji Xiaoou any response.
After a while, the figure disappeared in front of the wooden house.
After the black panther orc left, Ji Xiaoou went back to the house, only to find that the little leopard had gone out at some time.
The bed was empty and there was no sign of it.
Ji Xiaoou searched inside and outside the house, but couldn't find it.
After a while, it came back from the outside by itself, stepped on the window and jumped in. Then, he lay expressionlessly beside the fireplace, staring at the door.
Ji Xiaoou didn't know why, but he could feel that it was in a bad mood, and was about to walk to it and smooth its fur, when the knock on the door rang again.
It's Eric.
Eric was carrying a bamboo basket with a smile on his face. Besides stone axes, stone hammers, and rattan ropes, he also brought many other tools.
"Ou, I'm planning to build a log cabin next to the cabin for you, and build a stove. You can cook and heat water in it. It will be much more convenient than now."
If it was yesterday, Ji Xiaoou might be very happy when she heard this sentence, but now she is not happy.
Ji Xiaoou told Eric about the black panther orc coming over in the morning: "... that black panther orc said that the owner of this room is named Ren, and he may come back at any time. If he sees us transforming him at will room, don't know what the reaction will be... I'm afraid he'll be angry, so forget it, Eric."
When Ji Xiaoou found the wooden house yesterday, it looked like it had been abandoned for a long time.
I didn't expect there to be an owner.
And the owner is a dangerous leopard.
Perhaps because of Eric's influence, she is now instinctively afraid of these carnivorous species.
Ji Xiaoou thought, when he escapes this winter, he must move out of this wooden house as soon as possible, lest the owner of the house suddenly come back...
Here, Ren listened to the conversation between Ji Xiaoou and Eric, and let out a sigh of disapproval.
Raulsis likes to show off mysteries and pretend to be cruel, and only these cowardly and timid herbivores eat that.
He didn't remember that he had such a dilapidated house, and he didn't think that with his friendship with Raulses, Raulses would come out of the race to find him.
Well, there is only one reason.
— the fact that he got smaller has leaked out.
As for who leaked it, it is not difficult to guess, either Rhodes or Dordo.
The two hadn't followed Rennes for a long time. Rhodes was a cheetah of the same species as Rennes, and Dordo was a leopard. As I said before, the leopard clan is an arrogant and withdrawn species with a strong sense of self, and is unwilling to be led by another leopard, so it is not surprising for any of them to rebel.
Ren's tongue was pressed against the root of his teeth, his sharp teeth gleamed, and his eyes were dark.
What he needs to do now is to return to his adult appearance as soon as possible.
Yesterday he was shut into the space again by Ji Xiaoou, just as he expected, the feeling of exhaustion struck again.
Not long after, he passed out.
However, unlike what was expected, this time he did not return to adulthood.
—The wound on the hind leg healed quickly.
Although the orcs are physically strong, they don't have the ability to heal themselves in a short period of time as Ji Xiaoou guessed.
So the root of all this comes from Ji Xiaoou's space.
Ryan made a special observation yesterday. There are many fresh ingredients in the space, such as meat, fish, fruits and vegetables.
If it guessed correctly, the ingredients inside should have been stored for a long time.
Ren could feel that the time in the space was flowing very slowly, stroking his fur and flowing around him. So those foods will not spoil easily.
Then, the extra, stored time was continuously squeezed into his body.
This weak body can't bear too much, it will feel tired, and then fall into a heavy sleep.
This is the opportunity for space
Ren raised his eyelids halfway and looked at the busy girl opposite.
The table and the door panels are rotten and cannot be repaired, only new wood.
Eric was carrying a stone ax to cut trees in the forest behind, and Ji Xiaoou followed behind him like a little tail.
Probably because of embarrassment, Ji Xiaoou blushed, followed Eric to go outside to pick snow, took the initiative to build a fire, cleaned the clay pots in the cabinet, and then cooked soup with the sweet potatoes and corn that Eric brought yesterday.
But she had never used such a primitive method, and thick smoke rose in the room after a while. Ji Xiaoou was choking and coughing continuously, his eyes were red, and a layer of dust was smeared on his washed cheeks.
Rustic, like a stupid cat that has not been weaned.
Ren retracted his gaze and lay down on the ground.
Eric worked very efficiently. He finished two square and flat boards in one morning and one afternoon.
At this time, there was no jigsaw machine, and it was impossible to splice several boards together without any traces. Eric used the simplest method, connecting several boards with ropes. Four grooves were chiseled around one of the boards to fit the four legs of the table; the other board was made with two mortise and tenon structures and fitted to the door frame.
Tried them separately, they are all solid.
At noon, I ate sweet potato and corn soup cooked by Ji Xiaoou, and corn cakes brought by Eric.
Ji Xiaoou saw that the little leopard had been lying beside the fireplace all morning without moving, thinking that he was put into the space yesterday, which would have an impact on his body, so he carefully hugged him onto his lap and broke it off. A small piece of tortilla, "Tao Tao, would you like some tortilla?"
She had a stomach ache yesterday and hadn't fed him well all day, and he hasn't eaten anything this morning.
Ji Xiaoou was worried that it would starve, after all, its injury was just right, and it was the time when it needed nutrition, so it could recover its strength by eating more.
But the little leopard just raised his eyelids and took a look, then gently moved his eyes away.
On the contrary, when he looked at Eric, his eyes were burning, and he slowly ground his teeth, full of appetite.
Eric: "..." Holding the sweet potato and corn soup, he took two steps back silently.
The leopard family needs to absorb a lot of energy from meat every day. Previously, it was injured and could not hunt and kill. It could only drink milk and eat jerky. Now that the injury is healed, it began to move towards Eric.
Ji Xiaoou was obviously aware of this too, fearing that the little leopard would not be able to hold back and attack Eric here, he quickly picked him up and said, "Eric, I'll take him out for a walk."
Eric nodded repeatedly and let out a long breath of relief.
After leaving the wooden house, Ji Xiaoou walked another distance, picked a relatively secluded place, and then put the little leopard down from his arms.
There are a lot of fresh meat in Ji Xiaoou's space. Their class plans to barbecue, and they have prepared more than a dozen catties of mutton, beef and chicken. She has not had time to eat it since she came here.
Ji Xiaoou took out a piece of cut beef from the space, squatted down, put it in front of the little leopard, squeezed its round ears, and said in an extremely generous tone, "Tao Tao, eat."
That's why she brought Tao Tao out, she couldn't let Tao Tao eat meat in front of Eric.
… Too cruel.
Ji Xiaoou rested his cheeks and concentrated on watching the little leopard eat.
Sure enough, facing a piece of raw meat, the little leopard no longer showed any distasteful expression, lay down on it and sniffed it, then opened its sharp teeth and bit it.
Halfway through eating, Ji Xiaoou suddenly heard footsteps coming from the opposite side.
"Cack, cluck" is that sound of boots on the snow.
Thinking it was Eric, Ji Xiaoou was startled, and quickly jumped up, subconsciously wanting to stand in front of the little leopard.
However, when he looked up, he was suddenly taken aback.
I saw the black panther orc that had appeared this morning and returned at some point, standing in front of me with slightly lowered eyelids, looking past her at the little leopard on the ground.
In a short while, with long legs, he walked around Ji Xiaoou and came to the little leopard.
The little leopard let go, pressed a paw on the piece of meat, raised his eyes, and met the gaze of Raursis.
The next moment, Raulsis quickly raised his toes, touched the piece of meat in front of the little leopard, and kicked it away.
He pursed the corners of his mouth, showing a cold sarcasm, bent down, grabbed the back of the little leopard's neck, and easily lifted it from the ground.