Honey Sparrow

Jian Mo shifted uncomfortably. He rarely saw Wu Jiong like this, and he didn't know what was happening outside, which made him a little flustered.

Wu Jiong patted him through the animal skin blanket. "Go to sleep, I'll transform into my animal form and go out, nothing will happen."

Jian Mo: "Okay, call me if you need anything."

Wu Jiong nodded and left quickly.

After a long while, Jian Mo's heart was still pounding, and she hadn't been able to calm down.

He lay alone in the darkness, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.

The weather was exceptionally cold today. He moved slightly, and all the warmth in the blankets vanished. His feet were as cold as iron, making it even harder for him to fall asleep.

He didn't know how much time had passed when he heard movement below, so he called out, "Wu Jiong?"

"It's me," Wu Jiong's deep voice rang out.

Jian Mo felt instantly safe and breathed a sigh of relief, "You're back? How's it outside? What happened?"

Wu Jiong: "Two houses collapsed."

Jian Mo immediately asked, "Is he alright?"

Wu Jiong: "It's nothing serious. The two orcs sustained minor injuries, and they've been treated. I'll have them come to see you again tomorrow."

Jian Mo replied, "Okay."

Before long, Wu Jiong came up from downstairs, carrying a charcoal brazier.

The charcoal fire ignited, emitting an orange-red glow.

He put down what he was holding before placing the charcoal brazier on top.

Jian Mo looked closely and after a while, she noticed that there were two stones under the charcoal brazier.

Wu Jiong walked to the window and cracked open the bark window. "Go to sleep."

Jian Mo felt the temperature in the room had risen slightly, but she still couldn't fall asleep, so she couldn't help but ask, "Is the house really that easy to collapse under the weight of the snow?"

Wu Jiong: "Both houses that collapsed were the homes of single orcs."

Jian Mo didn't quite understand. "Huh?"

Wu Jiong explained, "Their fathers had both gone traveling, leaving the houses unattended and unrepaired. A few days ago, the foundations of their houses were softened by the melting snow, and today, the heavy snow caused the roof to collapse."

Jian Mo was speechless upon hearing this.

Wu Jiong whispered, "Go to sleep, it's almost dawn."

Jian Mo responded softly and prepared to sleep.

It was too cold, Jian Mo's feet wouldn't warm up, so she tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep.

Hearing the noise, Wu Jiong moved the charcoal brazier away, transformed into a giant wolf, and slept next to him.

Jian Mo a little uncomfortable.

Wu Jiong said in a low voice, "In winter, everyone transforms into animal forms and huddles together to sleep, otherwise it's too cold. It's an old tradition of ours."

Jian Mo relaxed a little. "Mm."

It was uncomfortable, but sleeping next to the giant wolf was really comfortable.

Jian Mo fell asleep quickly next to the warm giant wolf and even slept in late the next day.

It snowed all night and was still snowing the next day.

The snow was up to their thighs. With nothing much to do, they fed the Pack-Pack Beast and Flying-Winged Beast, lit a charcoal brazier for them, and then took out animal hides to wash.

After a fresh snowfall, the animal people would take out their hides, place them in the snow, and pat them to wash away the grease and dirt, making them drier.

Jian Mo had heard before that people in the north would wash mink fur with snow, but she didn't expect that the beastmen also had this tradition, and for a moment she felt quite familiar with it.

While they were cleaning the animal hides, Ban Ming and several orcs dragged another orc over to them.

The orcs were pulling and tugging at each other, and the orc being pulled looked very unwilling.

Jian Mo looked completely bewildered.

Ban Ming greeted him warmly, "Jian Mo."

Jian Mo stood up straight. "What's wrong?"

The orcs chattered amongst themselves:

"A Hu's house collapsed last night."

"He slept in his animal form, but the house collapsed, crushing not only his head but also his buttocks."

"The clan chief asked him to come see you during the day yesterday, but he was too embarrassed to come, so we brought him here."

The orc A Hu was a tall, thin young man with amber-colored eyes and fair skin.

Now he was furious and embarrassed, his face turning completely red. "Whose butt got bruised and battered?!"

Ban Ming: "You! Don't you have several holes in your butt?"

A Hu reached out and slapped Ban Ming on the head. "No!"

Ban Ming didn't mind at all, and together with the other orcs, he pulled him along, saying, "Hey, we all saw it, what are you embarrassed about?"

A Hu was very embarrassed and absolutely refused to come over. "I don't have any."

Ban Ming: "Are you embarrassed to be seen by a sub-orc? Don't be shy, Jian Mo is a doctor. He treated so many orc warriors at the Hunting Gathering. You're not special."

A Hu's face was burning. "Their injuries aren't on their butts!!!"

Ban Ming chuckled mischievously and pulled him aside, "You also have injuries on your thighs. Besides, if you don't let Jian Mo see it now, won't you come looking for him when the injury gets worse? By then, you'll probably be in so much pain that you won't care about being a beastman or a sub-beastman anymore."

The surrounding beastmen added, "A Hu is terribly hurt; she cried when she lost a tooth as a child."

Jian Mo understood and said considerately, "If human form is inconvenient, you can transform into beast form and let me see."

A Hu nodded, her ears turning red as she turned around, transforming into a large, long-haired cat that resembled both a tiger and a cat, looking somewhat like an enlarged version of an orange tabby.

To Jian Mo's surprise, the first thing he did after transforming into his beast form was to chase and beat up his friends.

Unable to withstand the beating from the giant cat, the beastmen quickly transformed back into their beast forms and fled.

So, Jian Mo saw a big orange cat unleashing its cat-like punches, beating up a group of big cats and dogs.

Enraged, the orange cat achieved an overwhelming victory, beating a group of large cats and dogs until they howled in pain.

They're quite cute.

Chapter 26 Honey Sparrow

Orcs rarely transform into their beast forms to frolic in front of sub-orcs; they seem to find it unimpressive.