Humans?

Smiling as he watched the eight Peregrine Falcons with their mouths wide open, Yu Ziyu suddenly lowered a branch to the ground, then curled it around half a rabbit's body and lifted it.

He had hunted it yesterday and buried it in the soil as nutrients for himself, keeping some as food for these little ones.

With a flex of his branch, he divided the rabbit meat into several small pieces, then carefully placed them into the little ones' mouths, one by one.

"What terrible table manners."

Watching the Peregrine Falcons wolf down their food, Yu Ziyu grumbled, then directed his branches to stroke the little ones.

Perhaps they had grown familiar with him. The little ones now selectively ignored his teasing, and a few even narrowed their eyes as though enjoying it.

"Well, look at you..."

He smiled, not minding at all, and continued stroking their newly grown feathers.

Meanwhile, what Yu Ziyu had not noticed was that, not far from the canyon,

Tap, tap, tap...

Accompanied by footsteps, two figures were making their way deeper into the woods.

They were two farm girls.

Dressed in coarse hemp clothing, they had delicate, pretty faces.

If they dressed up a little, they would probably turn quite a few heads.

After all, the two were twins through and through.

"Sis, what's been going on lately? The village won't even let us into the mountains anymore."

"Oh, it's because things keep happening in the mountains lately. In just over half a month, seven or eight villagers have been bedridden from snake and insect bites, and one has even gone missing."

As she spoke, the quieter-looking girl sighed helplessly.

"Then..."

The other girl's expression froze, and she stopped in her tracks.

Then she glanced hesitantly into the depths of the woods and asked uneasily,

"Was it wrong of me to talk you into going there?"

"Silly Ling'er, what's wrong with that?"

As she spoke, He Qing'er could not help complaining, "It's the height of summer. If I don't have a proper bath soon, I'm afraid I'll start to stink."

"Besides..."

Pausing, He Qing'er, the elder sister, glanced deeper into the woods and said hesitantly, "It... should be fine. After all, we've been here so many times."

"True. There aren't any dangerous wild beasts here anyway."

With a playful smile, the younger sister, He Ling'er, linked her arm through her sister's and headed into the woods.

Yet as they went deeper, He Qing'er and He Ling'er's expressions grew increasingly strange.

"Sis, was this forest so dense the last time we came?"

"I don't think so. It's so dark, it's rather scary."

Looking at the impenetrable woods, where barely a few rays of light could filter through, He Ling'er could not help growing nervous.

Still, nervous as they were,

They had grown up in the mountains, after all.

Gritting their teeth, the two followed the little path and quickened their pace.

Before long, they crossed a small hill. Looking at a pool now only a short distance away, both broke into smiles.

The pool was as clear as ever, as clean as a mirror, even reflecting their travel-worn appearances.

Just then, Yu Ziyu, who had been teasing the nest of Peregrine Falcons, suddenly jolted.

If he had not misheard, he seemed to have heard human voices.

Female ones, at that.

Slightly puzzled, Yu Ziyu looked in the direction the voices had come from.

Yet a moment later,

Yu Ziyu could not help freezing for a moment.

"Uh, what kind of opening is this?"

Looking down from high above, he saw two lovely figures splashing around in a small pool several hundred meters away.

Several hundred meters was not far for him now.

His excellent eyesight made everything clearly visible.

"Uh, two very easy-on-the-eyes girls."

After hesitating for a while, he offered that simple assessment but said nothing more.

What else could he say? It was not as though he could whip out his gun and get to work.

As a tree, the most he could do was tie them up...

Besides, humans were troublesome. Even now, he had yet to decide how to get along with them.

Those not of one's kind were bound to have different hearts.

And humans... their minds were far too complicated.

If his luck was bad and he encountered some extremists, a Tree Demon like him would most likely be sliced up for research.

That was a risk he dared not take.

After thinking it over, he abandoned the idea of approaching the two women himself.

Until he could protect himself, he would keep a low profile as a tree.

I hope everyone enjoys it, (≧≦).

(Event period: June 12 to June 14)

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