"That's good, then."
"Dong'er."
"What is it now?" Bibi Dong thought she had pressed too hard again. "Was I pressing too hard?"
Lin Fan asked, "It's not that. Didn't you just get back from hunting? Did you catch anything?"
"Oh!" Bibi Dong let go when she heard that. "I'd have forgotten if you hadn't mentioned it. It's all your fault. As soon as I got back, I heard you'd coughed up blood and fainted."
Bibi Dong promptly made something up. "We caught some wild rabbits, wild pheasants, and so on. I'll have the cook add them to tonight's dinner so you can try them."
"Of course, we have to save some for the Village Chief's wedding too."
Hearing "wild rabbits" and "wild pheasants," Lin Fan swallowed.
"That sounds wonderful. The wild game in your mountains must taste better than the farm-raised meat in the city."
"Dong'er, did you catch them yourself?"
Bibi Dong huffed. "Of course. The Village Chief passed his hunting skills down to me. I'm one of the best hunters in the village."
Lin Fan smiled, then remembered something else. "Oh, right, Dong'er, is your hunting ground far away? Did you run into any danger in those deep mountains and ancient forests?"
Bibi Dong paused, then answered casually, "It's not too far. The paths are just rough. But that's no problem. Experienced old hands from the village led the way, so there wasn't any danger."
Then Bibi Dong stood and clapped her hands. "Lie down for a while. I'll go get a wild rabbit from the storehouse and have the cook prepare it."
Lin Fan nodded. "All right."
After leaving Lin Fan's courtyard, Bibi Dong looked up at the sky and sighed helplessly. "Asking about this and that... has Lin Fan noticed something?"
Then Bibi Dong said with