studiobondurri Chapter 45
Chapter 45
Chapter 45
Lu Yu dared not look up at the handsome face above, his eyes dodging and nibbling, “I’m just hypothetically speaking, if, if two people were together...”
Tai Lie said, “If you didn’t like me, there wouldn’t even be this ‘if’.”
Lu Yu felt his face burning as if it could steam eggs. Since this person already knew, why did he insist on making him say it out loud? How did he not realize earlier that Tai Lie wasn’t completely serious and straightforward, but rather a bit... what’s the word, scheming?
He took a deep breath.
Fine, if he wanted to hear it, then he would say it. It’s better to clear things up to solve the problem.
Lu Yu suddenly raised his head, “I—”
Boom!
Just as Lu Yu uttered a word, there was suddenly a deafening roar around him, and at the same time, the ground beneath his feet trembled.
Lu Yu was shocked.
What? An earthquake?!
His feet slipped, almost causing him to fall, but fortunately, Tai Lie reached out in time and grabbed his arm to support him.
Tai Lie frowned, watching as Lu Yu steadied himself and looked into the distance.
The earth was still shaking.
Lu Yu panicked, “What’s going on?!”
Could it really be an earthquake?! They had to inform everyone to quickly get to flat ground!
Lu Yu reached out his foot, feeling extremely anxious, “I’ll go—”
The sudden shaking ceased without warning.
It was as if nothing had happened at all.
“Uh...” Lu Yu’s foot awkwardly hung in the air.
He quietly withdrew his foot and scratched his head. It must have been a small earthquake. Speaking of which, Tai Lie and the others might be quite scared, after all, they didn’t know the principles of earthquakes. Didn’t ancient people believe that earthquakes were caused by angry gods or dragons stirring?
Tai Lie said calmly, “It seems like the Great Drift is about to happen.”
Lu Yu asked, “Huh?”
Tai Lie explained, “There are always signs before the Great Drift. The earth will shake a bit. Don’t worry, this kind of shaking is brief and will pass quickly without any problems.”@@@@
Signs before the Great Drift?
Lu Yu was astonished. He had thought it was an earthquake, but he didn’t expect it to be related to the Great Drift. What exactly was this Great Drift, and why would it make the ground shake? Could it be that the land under his feet was really moving rapidly? That’s impossible...
Tai Lie furrowed his brow, “However, the premonition of this Great Drift seems more severe than before.”
Lu Yu asked, “More severe?”
Tai Lie nodded, “Yeah, previously it was just a slight shaking, not to the extent of knocking people over.”
Hearing Tai Lie’s words, Lu Yu’s eyebrows also furrowed. Unusual circumstances usually heralded something sinister.
Tai Lie relaxed his brow slightly, “But right now, that’s not the most important thing.”
Lu Yu’s eyes narrowed, “Is there something else unusual?”
Tai Lie replied, “We didn’t finish our conversation earlier.”
Lu Yu: ...
After this interruption, the romantic atmosphere between the two was completely shattered. Lu Yu’s passionate brain cooled down.
Lu Yu paused for a moment, raised his head, and looked seriously at Tai Lie, “Tai Lie, I can’t be with you for the time being.”
Tai Lie’s face darkened, “You—”
Lu Yu pulled his arm out of Tai Lie’s large hand, “Give me some time, okay?”
He had made up his mind. He would observe for a while first. If they couldn’t be together and their feelings gradually faded, then so be it. But if they still couldn’t let go of each other, then they would forget everything else and live happily.
As soon as he entered the village, Lu Yu saw Xia Cao holding a stone pot.
Lu Yu walked over, joyfully saying, “Xia Cao, look at what I brought back!”
Xia Cao heard his voice, and first her body trembled, then she quickly covered the stone pot with papyrus leaves and placed it on the ground, turning to greet Lu Yu, “Witch, you’re back.”
Lu Yu tilted his head to look at the stone pot curiously and asked, “What’s that?”
Xia Cao hesitated for a moment and smiled, “Just some food residue. By the way, Witch, what did you bring back?”
Lu Yu didn’t pay any more attention to the stone pot and showed her the wooden bow and arrows, “These were made by the people from the valley. We’ll have bows and arrows in the future! Since you’re strong, you can ask them to use better wood and improve the bowstrings...”
Lu Yu spoke with relish.
Xia Cao looked at him seriously.
After Lu Yu spoke for a while and didn’t hear a response, he raised his head in confusion, “Xia Cao?”
Xia Cao snapped out of her thoughts and took the wooden bow, smiling, “They’re learning pretty quickly.”
Lu Yu nodded, “Yes.”
“Witch!” A Matai person ran over and stopped in front of the two, “Someone claiming to be from the Blackwater Tribe is looking for you!”
“The Blackwater Tribe?” Lu Yu raised an eyebrow and followed him.
Speaking of the Blackwater Tribe, Lu Yu had previously told Tai Lie that he wanted to send someone to the Beast Plains, but these past two days, the people of Matai had been learning the new projects in the training ground. Lu Yu wanted them to learn better, and they were still lacking some basic materials, so he hadn’t sent anyone yet.
But why did the Blackwater Tribe send someone first?
Lu Yu went to take a look and found that this person seemed to be one of the team members who had gone to the Beast Plains before.
The man smiled awkwardly, “Our chief asked me to bring you a message. First, many people in the Beast Plains still want to eat your roasted meat and ask when you’ll go again. Second, someone in the arena made a bet with obsidian, and they’re asking if you still need it. Third, the Great Drift is coming, and the layers in the Beast Plains will open up. They’re asking if you really won’t join in the fun.”
Lu Yu nodded, “I understand.”
The man didn’t say anything else and left.
Lu Yu pondered for a moment and said to Xia Cao, “I’m going to discuss this with Chief.”
“Okay.”
Lu Yu found Tai Lie.
He was chopping wood with the axe that the lion had dropped last time.
The wood, as thick as a washbasin, was easily chopped by his axe as if it were tofu.
Lu Yu’s steps faltered slightly.
These days, his communication with Tai Lie had been minimal, and Tai Lie hadn’t come to talk to him about those things again, but he hadn’t deliberately avoided them either. The two of them seemed to be like a true, pure Chief and witch.
Wasn’t this arrangement not bad?
Lu Yu tried his best to ignore the bitterness in his heart and deceive himself with comfort.
He put on a standard smile and walked over.
Tai Lie heard the footsteps, stopped chopping wood, turned around, and looked at Lu Yu who was approaching, “Is there something?”
Lu Yu took a step forward, “I...”
Suddenly, the earth shook!
Lu Yu’s feet slipped, and he lunged forward.
Tai Lie still held the iron axe in his hand and could only stretch out one hand to support him, but he only managed to grab his shoulder and didn’t hold him steady.
Lu Yu fell in front of Tai Lie, grabbing his animal skin skirt with one hand and propping himself up with the other hand on the ground, his nose right in front of Tai Lie’s “shocking” area...
Lu Yu looked utterly bewildered.
What made him even more bewildered was the voice of a certain big mouth that came from behind him.
“Chief, Witch, what are you two doing?!” Shan Pu shouted in surprise.