All Tease and No Satisfaction (continued)

"Speaking of which, do you remember?" Tao Qiu's eyes sparkled as if she had recalled something interesting. "Last year, you were chased into my territory by that mutated wolf. It was around late spring, which was our first official meeting. But time flies in the wild, and I don't even know the exact date."

Lou Yu answered without hesitation, "May 6th."

Tao Qiu then asked, "What about the day I first delivered your game?"

Lou Yu: "June 25th."

Tao Qiu was pleasantly surprised. "You actually remember!"

Lou Yu smiled, "Those were very important days for me, so I've always remembered them and don't want to forget them."

Tao Qiu asked him if he originally had other plans for the date, but he really didn't expect Lou Yu to remember it so carefully.

What should I do? My heart is racing uncontrollably again.

Tao Qiu called out in a particularly serious tone, "Lou Yu."

Lou Yu smiled and teased, "Weren't you just calling me Little Yu?"

Tao Qiu continued seriously, "I want to kiss you."

Lou Yu was taken aback.

Three seconds later, Lou Yu had already pulled her into his arms. Tao Qiu wrapped her arms around Lou Yu's neck and kissed his lips fiercely, as if she wanted to pour all the emotion she had just felt into this kiss.

In the end, neither of their lips were cut, but both were noticeably swollen.

Tao Qiu blew air into Lou Yu's lips and laughed, "Come on, let me cool you down, otherwise it'll get even more swollen. What will you explain if people see this when we get back?"

"To be honest, I was kissed by Snow Bird." Lou Yu joked deliberately, while pressing his index finger against Tao Qiu's lips, reluctantly but helplessly saying, "Stop? Blowing away, if you blow again I'll want to kiss you again, and then you won't be happy."

Lou Yu finally saw through Tao Qiu's true nature: she was a mischievous imp who only liked to flirt but never actually satisfy him.

Even knowing the truth, he would still eagerly cling to Tao Qiu every time she beckoned.

"Alright." Tao Qiu stood up and stepped through the gap in the front seat to the back. "Let's take a look at the new supplies and calm us down."

The list of items Tao Qiu gave Lou Yu last time was quite complicated.

From cooking pots, rice, flour, cooking oil, spoons, spatulas, and various seasonings, to new toothbrushes, small ornaments, new power banks, and several boxes of snacks.

Lou Yu brought over everything Tao Qiu wanted, as long as it was available at the base.

He never asked Tao Qiu why she wanted to buy something.

This made Tao Qiu very satisfied.

To make it easier for Tao Qiu to retrieve the bird-shaped items back to the cave, everything was packed into two bags, just like last time.

After confirming that nothing on the list was missing, Lou Yu added a special reminder: "We had steamed egg custard for lunch, and I prepared two boxes for you. It keeps much shorter than other snacks, so you'd better eat it first."

Tao Qiu thought to herself that there were still three baby birds at home. They could eat one bird's worth of food at a time, and it would be gone in two or three meals at most.

"Okay, I got it." Tao Qiu enjoyed Lou Yu's gentle and soft-spoken instructions, and his own voice softened slightly. "I washed those food containers from last time and put them away. Do you want me to bring them over with the power bank for you to take back later?"

"No need, too many things can't be hidden."

Lou Yu told Tao Qiu how the people at the base, including his teammates, understood their relationship.

"They all thought you wouldn't use the things I gave you, and that you only accepted them to make me happy, so I can't take the food box back."

After listening, Tao Qiu understood. "I knew they came here pretending to faint and act pitiful, they were definitely imitating you, and I wasn't wrong."

Lou Yu apologized, "I'm sorry for causing you trouble."

Tao Qiu waved her hand. "What's the big deal? If I wasn't worried that they'd keep coming and I'd get targeted by the mutated monsters, I wouldn't bother with them. Anyway, they don't dare approach the valley, so it doesn't affect me much."

"Our Qiuqiu is so tolerant and generous."

"It's alright," Tao Qiu smugly hummed.

Lou Yu's smile grew increasingly indulgent.

After the kids finished lunch, it felt like an eternity before Tao Qiu finally returned with her things.

"Chirp chirp!" The three chicks excitedly circled around Tao Qiu.

Eldest Cub: "Chirp chirp?"

--What are they?

Second Cub: "Chirp! Chirp!"

--It's delicious! I want it delicious!

Three-year-old cub. "Chirp chirp?"

--Is there a sequel to the ghost story?

Tao Qiu transformed into human form, opened the food box, and let the children eat the chicken cake while answering their questions.

"Lots of new stuff, including some specially for you guys. We'll unpack them together when I get back."

"There's plenty of delicious food too."

When it came to the third child, Tao Qiu's voice became softer, and he revealed that the story's author had died.

This time, not only the three cubs, but also the Eldest Cub Second Cub were surprised. After the surprise came regret.

Tao Qiu comforted her, "Not every story has an ending, but at least the content so far has brought us enjoyment, and that's enough. Don't be too sad."

The three little ones nodded. "Chirp, chirp."

--I understand, Dad, I just feel it's too sudden.

With Tao Qiu's reassurance and the novelty of the new items, the kids quickly forgot about the incident.

Tao Qiu took out the box of sponge cake, opened it, and let the kids eat to their hearts' content. Just like last time, she cut all the crops into pieces, put them into bamboo tubes, and fed them to Lou Yu later.

The children knew their father was going to hunt prey for that human again to make a deal. While busy eating delicious chicken cakes, they didn't forget to remind their father to be careful and come back soon.

Tao Qiu handed Lou Yu a power bank and a bamboo tube of mixed crops, then took him to the hunting grounds.

Lou Yu had said in advance, "I specially drove a large-capacity car over. You just need to catch some prey of about the same size. I was hoping to spend more time with you, but it's too much trouble to have you transport my prey back every time."

Tao Qiu nodded. "Okay, since you need to get the materials anyway, and we'll be able to see each other again soon, can we go out tomorrow? I'll take you up the mountain, and the sooner we get the materials, the sooner we can develop the reagents."

Lou Yu thought for a moment and said, "It should be possible. Let's meet here around tomorrow at about the same time."

"Okay, I'll wait for you." Tao Qiu, who had shrunk in size, rarely acted coquettishly. She stood on Lou Yu's shoulder and rubbed against his neck.

Turning his head to look at the well-behaved and adorable little bird, Lou Yu felt a warmth and tenderness in his heart, and the smile between his brows deepened.

Tao Qiu went hunting, so Lou Yu hurriedly finished eating the crop pieces in the bamboo tube.

Lou Yu recognized all the crops there and had even eaten them, but Tao Qiu's crops looked and tasted much better than those in the base.

Even if these crops don't have any special effects, but are simply delicious, they can still fetch a good price at the farm.

Lou Yu was like a well-behaved child being supervised by his parents to eat properly. When Tao Qiu returned from catching prey, he even showed him the empty bamboo tube, looking at Tao Qiu expectantly with a pleading expression.

Tao Qiu felt that Lou Yu reminded him of three little ones.

So he used the same tone he used to praise a child to Lou Yu, "Wow, you finished eating! That's great! You'll definitely have a strong and healthy body."

Lou Yu grinned, looking somewhat silly.

After loading the prey into the car, Tao Qiu drove Lou Yu out of his territory.

"See you tomorrow."

"Chirp chirp."

Both the person and the bird were reluctant to part, and Lou Yu drove very slowly so that Tao Qiu could look at him a little longer.

Unfortunately, no matter how slowly they moved, they were eventually drifting further and further apart. After turning a corner, they could no longer see each other.

Lou Yu sighed, hoping that the day when he and Tao Qiu could spend every day together would come soon.

After seeing Lou Yu off, Tao Qiu planned to inform the Fox Clan first, to avoid having to explain things further and wasting time tomorrow.

The Fox Clan's territory was in the mountains. When Tao Qiu was young and impetuous, he flew up there out of curiosity to take a look, but the Red Fox mistook him for an invading monster and chased him fiercely across three mountains.

Later, Tao Qiu fought with Red Fox. Their strength was evenly matched, and Tao Qiu found it boring, so he never went back.

A few years later, I revisited the place and found that the scenery had changed quite a bit. The mutated plants grew rapidly and could easily change the appearance of a place.

Tao Qiu very high until he saw the group of foxes running around on the grass near the mountain peak. Only then did he slowly descend, calling out a few times to let the Fox Clan know that he had arrived.

Apart from the foxes that followed the Red Fox and white foxes to beg for fruit, the other foxes had basically never seen Snow Bird before. Hearing the noise, several fox cubs thought predators were coming and screamed as they hid under their parents' bellies.

Foxes on the meadow who had seen the Snow Bird before hurriedly explained to their unsuspecting kin, and the confusion lasted only a short while.

Although they knew the Snow Bird meant no harm, the foxes were still somewhat afraid of him because of his large size and that they knew they were on Snow Bird menu. They could only watch him curiously from a distance.

Tao Qiu didn't mind being watched. "Let them look," she thought, "It won't hurt me."

A fox who recognized the Snow Bird approached him and asked what business he had come with. Tao Qiu said he was looking for the Red Fox, and the foxes didn't ask any more questions.

Tao Qiu made no attempt to conceal his presence. The moment he appeared above the Fox Clan's territory, the Red Fox spotted him and rushed over from the tree hollow after hearing his cry.

Upon seeing this, without waiting for Red Fox to ask, Tao Qiu began to chirp, "Chirp chirp, chirp chirp chirp, chirp chirp."

"I've spoken with the humans, and they do indeed want to take some materials from the white fox. Do you still want to trade with me?"

The fruit has no effect on the old Fox Clan chief, but the little fox cubs still need it. The Red Fox's desire to exchange may decrease, but it will not drop to zero.