Chapter 86 Why would I want to be your partner if I don't like you?
Chapter 86 Why would I want to be your partner if I don't like you?
Yao stood beside her, watching her smile. She looked at the scenery, and he looked at her.
Looking at the snow falling all around, Feng said, "Everyone says that the most frightening thing is winter snow. This is the first time I've heard that snow is beautiful."
Linni glanced at him: "You guys just lack the eyes to appreciate beauty, okay?" She smiled, then looked at Yan and Bai. They were both shirtless, wearing only animal skin skirts, as if it were summer. Ye had told her that these were manifestations of their own skin. Only Yao was wearing animal skin shoes. She couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you cold?"
Feng and Bai: "It's not cold!"
Yan said, "It's a bit cold, but I can bear it."
Lin Ni glanced at Yao and said to Yan, "If you're cold, you can make clothes to wear too."
Yan thought for a moment and shook his head: "I have to take off my clothes when I transform into my beast form, it's too much trouble."
Bai said, "He's too weak. He won't be afraid of the cold once he reaches a higher level."
Yan felt a little guilty. He used to think he was pretty good at level six, but now that Yao was level seven, he was indeed the weakest.
Lin Ni looked at Yao again: "Yao, you don't need to transform into your beast form. I think you should just make yourself a piece of clothing."
Yao smiled and said, "I don't feel cold either, but if Lin wants to see me dressed, I'll try to make one. I've never made clothes before!"
Linni suddenly found something to do and excitedly said, "I can do it! I..." She was about to say that she would make it for him, but then she remembered that the animal hide was so stiff that she could never thread a needle through it before, so she changed her mind and said, "I'll teach you how to do it!"
Without hesitation, Linni pulled Yao into the house and found a piece of off-white animal hide. She thought this color would look particularly good with Yao's crimson feather skirt, and since Yao was blond, the color wouldn't clash with his features while also giving him a sophisticated air. Then, she held the hide up against Yao for a long time, finally admitting that she actually couldn't make clothes. The hide would look great simply draped over Yao's shoulders, but Linni couldn't come up with a design that would make Yao look even more perfect.
At first, everyone was quite envious of Yao for being able to wear clothes made by Lin Ni, but later, seeing her expression, they couldn't help but chuckle. After all, all her own clothes were made by Ye; how could she possibly make clothes herself? They were just being envious for nothing.
Lin Ni said shyly, "Yao, actually I don't know how to sew. I'm sorry I made you happy for nothing!"
Yao smiled and said, "It's alright. The animal hide you chose really suits me. Let me think about how Ye usually dresses."
Yao retrieved the bone needle Ye usually used for sewing clothes. The steel needles Lin Ni brought from her original world were too small to sew animal hides properly, so this bone needle was sharpened by Ye. Yao draped the animal hide diagonally over his left shoulder, sewn it up on both sides, and made a simple one-shoulder animal hide garment. The slightly irregular hem covered half of his crimson feathered animal skirt, making it look quite handsome. He smiled and said to Lin Ni, "This way, when I go hunting, my wooden spear won't slip."
Lin Ni was so moved by his handsomeness that she cried. She went up to him, hugged him, and gave him a deep kiss: "Yao, you're so handsome!"
"Handsome?" Yao asked softly.
Linni replied with a smile, "It just describes a man who is very handsome and charming!"
Yao laughed heartily upon hearing this.
Bai, standing to the side, interjected, "What about charm?"
Lin Ni: "Charm means being very attractive."
Several males were a little jealous upon hearing this, and Bai said, "Lin, how about I make a fur coat for myself? You can help me choose one."
Linni glanced at him: "If you want to transform into your beast form, then you don't need to."
Bai: "I rarely transform into beast form!" The main reason is that when he transforms into beast form, he splits into Bai Shu and Bai Ji, and they are two level-six white tigers. So when he is not hunting, he appears in human form.
Linni didn't want to choose for him; it wasn't cold, and there was no need, so there was no point in wasting animal hides. Besides, Yao was special; making clothes for him was fine, but if she made clothes for Bai too, it wouldn't make sense not to make ones for Feng. And leaving Yan out wasn't good either; wouldn't everyone have to make clothes? Forget it. So she changed the subject: "Can't you use your own skin to create animal hide skirts for the bottom, and not create animal hide skirts for the top?"
The men were silent for a moment, then Feng said, "No."
Lin Ni looked at Bai and suddenly had the urge to tease him: "Actually, white tiger skin makes really nice clothes."
Bai nearly jumped up upon hearing this: "Lin, what did you say? What do you mean?!"
Lin Ni covered her mouth and chuckled, "I was just kidding, don't get excited!"
Bai sidled up to her and hugged her, saying, "I'm not excited, but I'm a little sad."
Linni smiled and pushed him away: "Actually, in my original tribe, white tigers weren't aliens, but rather a very good kind of, well, beastmen." She originally wanted to say wild beast, but she decided to use a nicer term instead.
Bai asked with a hint of longing, "Really?"
Linni nodded: "Yes, that's right. In my tribe, the white tiger is very powerful and represents good fortune. It's a good beastman, the counterpart to a ferocious beast."
Bai looked at Yao, then at Lin, a hint of doubt in his eyes: "Is it really that good?"
Linni smiled, "That's right, otherwise why would you save me when I was almost eaten by the black bear, and I would go with you? It's because the White Tiger is our tribe's guardian beastman!" Linni praised herself for her cleverness; this way, she could make up for what happened before! Linni thought for a moment. The White Tiger was indeed a guardian beast, right? She remembered something about a green dragon on the left and a white tiger on the right, and something about sitting in the middle? She couldn't recall it for a moment.
Bai recalled his first meeting with Lin Ni. She seemed a little afraid of him at first, but after learning he wouldn't hurt her, she followed him. And the affection in her eyes was quite obvious; otherwise, Ye wouldn't have kept asking her if she wanted to mate with them, the male beasts. Bai happily kissed Lin Ni: "I knew Lin had always liked me!"
Linni blushed and pushed him away again: "Of course I like you! Why would I want to be your partner if I didn't like you?"
Feng smiled happily at her. Wasn't she saying that she liked him too?
Only Yan cautiously asked, "Lin likes me too, right?"
Linni glanced at his fair face. When she first met him, he looked like a college boy, but now he seemed like a college older brother about to graduate. He had also grown a bit stronger. Orcs really grow up fast! Linni nodded and said, "Although Ye told you that he would wait until you reached level seven before you could become my partner, but, um, how about next summer? No matter what, let's be together next summer."
Yan nodded happily: "Okay! Lin, you're so kind!"
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