Chapter 4: A Happy Breakfast

Next morning, Zhang Fan woke up and discovered Ba Ke Er was not in the cave, thinking: He probably went hunting, right! After figuring it out, he stopped worrying. He took a bottle of mineral water, a toothbrush, a tube of toothpaste, and a towel from the shopping bag and left the cave.

He started washing up outside the cave; as soon as he finished, Zhang Fan went back inside and took out a newly bought watch from the shopping bag. Fortunately, he had bought a high-end watch that automatically adjusts time according to the sun's altitude; otherwise he really couldn't tell the time. He pointed the watch at the sun and soon had it set.

"It's now 6:40 a. m." With the mechanical announcement, shortly after, Ba Ke Er returned carrying a prey similar to a rabbit that was larger than a wild boar but lacked large front teeth.

"Fan Fan is up already, this early? I haven't even prepared dinner yet! What should I do?! What if he's dissatisfied with me because he's hungry, and then he won't want to travel with me—what then?! No way! I must make Fan Fan willingly accept traveling with me, and not let the other folks in the tribe have a chance to snatch Fan Fan away!"

Ba Ke Er thought while busying himself without showing it. Soon, the fire outside the cave was *** lit, the prey had been skewered by him, and he began to place it on the fire to roast. While roasting the meat, Ba Ke Er also didn't forget to evenly spread the juice of the soy fruit, sweet fruit, and sour fruit he had just found in the forest, along with the salt he had brought, over the meat.

Zhang Fan smelled the waves of meat fragrance coming from outside, and couldn't help but recall last night's dinner that made his face flush and his heart race.

As he thought, his face began to redden again; Zhang Fan felt his face gradually warming up, thinking: If I didn't think about that matter, my face surely wouldn't redden, yet he couldn't stop himself from continuing to think, and the more he thought, the redder his face became.

When Ba Ke Er called him out to eat, Zhang Fan's face was already red enough to rival the buttocks of some creature on Earth! He calmed himself for a long time, but to little avail; helpless, he could only go out bearing that red face.

Seeing Zhang Fan's face so red, Ba Ke Er couldn't help but worry a little, after all the cave was still damp; females are so delicate that spending a night in such an environment could easily cause a fever—if Fan Fan got sick because of that, what would we do?!

"Fan Fan, what's wrong? Are you sick? Why is your face so red? Are you feeling unwell? Shall I go pick some herbs first? Once you're better, we can head back." Ba Ke Er asked anxiously.

Hearing Ba Ke Er say that, Zhang Fan quickly replied: "I'm fine, I'm great and not sick; you're overthinking, my body isn't that weak. We shouldn't waste more time—let's head back to the tribe early! Besides, I also really want to see what the Heaven Lion Tribe where I'll live in the future looks like."

"Alright then! Let's set off after we finish breakfast."

Saying that, he tore off the tenderest meat from the velvet rabbit beast, sliced it into pieces with the fruit knife that Zhang Fan hadn't had time to put away last night, placed the meat in a large bowl, and handed it to Zhang Fan, gesturing for him to eat quickly. Seeing Zhang Fan take the bowl, he then returned to the roasting meat and finished off the remaining roasted meat.

Zhang Fan, feeling too embarrassed last night, hadn't dared to watch Ba Ke Er eat; seeing him today, he was utterly shocked! He hadn't expected that Ba Ke Er was not only tall and big but also had such a huge appetite!

He instantly felt that his ability to eat only a palm-sized piece of meat per meal made him pathetically weak! But after thinking it over, the opponent is a beastman with half wild beast genes, while he is a pure human—of course he'd be inferior! Having figured that out, Zhang Fan let go of his worries.

In Ba Ke Er's eyes, Zhang Fan's food intake was also astonishing, after all no female could eat less than him! Even half-grown youngsters could eat more than him!

This made Ba Ke Er feel heartbroken, because a female's body is extremely delicate; if she eats too little, the energy supplied to her body is insufficient, and once energy is low, it's easy to fail to survive the cold winter.

Just thinking that Fan Fan might not survive the winter made Ba Ke Er unable to stop feeling heartbroken. How did Fan Fan grow up like this? How does he eat so little? Was his previous tribe life not good? Moreover, his original tribe actually let him wander alone into the forest—know that the forest is very dangerous for a delicate female!

It seems I must let him live better in the future, so he can forget all his past unhappiness! (Xuan: sigh! Looks like I have to complain! I say Ba Ke Er, you're overthinking! Fan Fan hasn't even agreed to travel with you yet, and you're already thinking about the future… Ba Ke Er: none of your business! Xuan and Fan Fan: …)

"Happy" breakfast time quickly passed. Afterwards, Zhang Fan packed up his belongings, and Ba Ke Er returned to the cave where he originally lived, bringing all the pelts of the game he had caught over the past three months.

Then, right before Zhang Fan's eyes, he transformed into beast form, had Zhang Fan tie their luggage onto his body, lowered himself, and let Zhang Fan sit on his back. Zhang Fan felt both nervous and excited; nervous because he realized he would start liking Ba Ke Er just from a simple smile, yet delighted because he had never before felt such strong affection for anyone.

After all, on Earth his sexual orientation couldn't be known to others, because in his hometown, being attracted to the same sex was a taboo that must not be revealed; therefore he never dared to disclose his orientation, fearing others would look at him differently.

And now it's the same, after all both he and Ba Ke Er are men, and he actually started liking him! But, afraid of getting hurt, Zhang Fan could only bury his thoughts deep inside, because he didn't want Ba Ke Er to think he was abnormal, so Zhang Fan felt nervous.

But his excitement came from finally being able to have close contact with the person he likes! Moreover, the important reason is that he naturally has a special fondness for fluffy animals—what we commonly call a 'fur fetish'.

When he saw this mighty golden lion lower its massive body before him, his heart was instantly captured by this majestic yet gentle giant. After securing his luggage, he easily climbed onto Ba Ke Er's back.

Once he was seated on Ba Ke Er's back, he was so excited he almost wanted to jump up! But soon his attention was drawn to Ba Ke Er's long, dense, lustrous mane on his neck.

He saw him slowly reach out, grasp a small tuft, and begin to knead it in his hand. Ba Ke Er felt very pleased about this, because it showed that Fan Fan was satisfied with his beast form, which could earn him considerable points for his upcoming endeavors and bring him much help.