After dinner, Hu Jiaojiao asked the cubs to go back to their rooms early to rest.
She was not sleepy, so she put the food left for Long Mo in the pot to heat it up and sat in the living room waiting for him.
This wait lasted until midnight.
Hu Jiaojiao was awakened by the sound of the door being pushed open. The candle on the table had been extinguished and the living room was dark.
The pale moonlight penetrated through the crack of the open door. Hu Jiaojiao looked up and saw a familiar figure walking in.
Along with it came a smell of blood.
"Long Mo, are you hurt?" Hu Jiaojiao's heart tightened, and her confused mind suddenly became clear. She stood up from the chair and walked over.
Before she could get closer, Long Mo took two steps back.
"Don't worry, it's not my blood. It's the blood of the orcs outside." He explained, "It's dirty, so don't come over."
That angular and handsome face was still stained with blood. The moment his eyes met Hu Jiaojiao, the hostility on his face was instantly replaced by tenderness.
He was afraid that the blood beside him would get on Hu Jiaojiao.
"How is it dirty? It's just blood. It's not like you haven't touched it before." Hu Jiaojiao curled her lips. She was not that pretentious.
When she heard Long Mo say that this was someone else's blood, she felt relieved.
I hurried back to the house and got clean clothes and towels.
"Take off your dirty clothes first and wash them."
As she spoke, she walked towards the backyard with her clothes and towel.
The water tank is in the backyard, and Long Mo specially had a bathroom built for it. It is not only convenient but also saves water, as the used water can be retained for watering the land.
Walking out of the bathroom, Hu Jiaojiao did not leave immediately. She turned around and saw Long Mo still wearing the bloodstained clothes, and urged:
"Take it off quickly. I'll wash it. The blood stains will be hard to wash out if they stay on for too long."
There is no laundry detergent here, and it is definitely not going to be clean using water alone. Hu Jiaojiao plans to wash it when no one is around.
Although they had no shortage of clothes, this linen was woven by the orcs thread by thread and could not be wasted.
"No need, you go and have a rest, I'll wash myself later." Long Mo didn't move.
Seeing that he insisted, Hu Jiaojiao had no choice but to put the clothes in.
"Then I'll get you something to eat. You've been busy until so late, you must be hungry." Hu Jiaojiao said.
"Okay." Long Mo's deep eyes were filled with tenderness. He watched Hu Jiaojiao leave before entering the bathroom.
Hu Jiaojiao looked back and muttered in her heart: This guy, he is shy when asked to take off his clothes
When did you become so thin-skinned
Afraid that Long Mo would not have enough to eat, Hu Jiaojiao left a large portion of food. When she took it out from the kitchen, Long Mo was no longer in the bathroom.
After waiting for a while, Long Mo came back from outside.
I was still holding the wet clothes in my hands, which had been wrung out without a drop of water.
Hu Jiaojiao didn't care about the clothes he washed, but looked at his shirt strangely.
"Why are you still wearing your shirt when you go to wash clothes? It's so hot, why don't you take it off?"
In summer, males are almost always shirtless at home. When the cubs are not around, Long Mo will also take off his shirt to avoid sweating and dirtying his clothes.
"It's okay. It's windy today, so it's not hot." Long Mo changed the subject, "I'll go hang the clothes out to dry."
Hu Jiaojiao looked suspicious.
I always feel that something is wrong with Long Mo today.
But seeing the tiredness in Long Mo's eyes, she didn't ask any more questions.
While eating, Hu Jiaojiao listened to Long Mo talking about the situation outside the tribe.
Hu Lin has led the orcs to deal with the orc who led the trouble, killing the chicken to scare the monkeys. The rest are a group of timid orcs who can't cause any big trouble.
In view of the fact that today's disturbance has angered the tribe, Hu Lin decided not to accept any more orcs in the next few days. In the past, he would send orcs to protect their safety, but now he will just let them fend for themselves.
The orcs outside now realized that they regretted their decision and just wandered around outside, unwilling to leave.
After hearing such an ending, Hu Jiaojiao did not sympathize with them at all, but instead felt very relieved.
This is how we should treat orcs who don't know what's good for them.
Blindly tolerating them will only make them worse.
"By the way, the fire in the tribe had just started not long ago, how did the orcs outside take action so quickly?" This was the only thing that confused Hu Jiaojiao.
Long Mo finished the last bite of meat and put down his bowl and chopsticks.
The mellow voice answered slowly and calmly:
"Chief Hu Lin captured two orcs who were the leaders of the riot and found out from the interrogation that it was a red-haired orc who told them the news about the tribe."
"Red-haired orc?!" Fox Jiaojiao was stunned. Could it be the red-haired orc that the cubs ran into today
Could this be such a coincidence
"There is actually an orc in the tribe who passed the message to them. Have you caught that red-haired orc?" Hu Jiaojiao frowned slightly.
Regardless of whether they are the same orc, what is the purpose of this guy sending the message
Cause trouble for the tribe
The tribe provided him with a safe place to stay, why should he do this.
"Not yet. The red-haired orc is so elusive that the orc guarding the gate didn't even see when he left. I will go look for him with Chief Hu Lin tomorrow." Long Mo shook his head.
The tribe will not be safe until this red-haired orc is captured.
As summer progresses, the weather gets hotter. If he wants Jiaojiao to spend the summer here in peace, he has to take care of these things.
"Then be careful." Hu Jiaojiao nodded, thought about it, and told Long Mo what happened today.
"I suspect that the cubs that were burned to death and the inexplicable fire are also related to this red-haired orc. If he really did it, then this orc should not be underestimated. You should be careful."
"Okay." Long Mo nodded without hesitation and obeyed Hu Jiaojiao's words.
After getting Long Mo's answer, Hu Jiaojiao felt relieved.
When the two finished chatting, it was already late at night.
So he hurried back to rest.
The next day, Long Mo went with Hu Lin to look for the red-haired orc.
The cubs no longer went out and followed Hu Jiaojiao obediently.
Long Ling'er couldn't avoid going out. Many orcs were seriously injured last night, but they didn't want to disturb Long Ling'er's rest in the middle of the night, so they temporarily let the veterinarian treat them.
Today, there are several seriously injured orcs lying in bed, unable to move, waiting for her to treat them.
Long Linger recovered quickly. After a night's rest, her body had completely returned to normal and she turned back into the lively and active little female she once again.
Fearing that something might happen on the road, Hu Lin sent several tall and muscular men to escort her along the way so that Hu Jiaojiao would feel at ease.
As Long Linger's little assistant, Yin Cang naturally went with her.
Seeing that the cubs couldn't sit still, Fox Jiaojiao took them to the newly built rabbit pen of Yuehu Tribe to feed the rabbits.
The weather was too hot and the rabbits in the pen were listless.
Fox Jiaojiao secretly took out some carrots from the space and threw them into the haystack as a snack for the rabbits.