Lin Feng sat at the head of the bed, squinting his eyes to observe the two beast-eared maids.
What were they sneakily doing just now?
For a moment, Lin Feng forgot the purpose of his coming here.
"Why are you staring at me? We were really just chatting." Yuna's eyes were shifty, and she had no confidence at all when speaking.
It was too easy to see through her lies.
"Alright, my beast-eared maids have little secrets now, and they even know to deceive their master." Lin Feng sighed lightly, pretending to put on a disappointed and heartbroken appearance.
As expected, Yuna took the bait.
She immediately crawled guiltily towards Lin Feng and hugged him tightly.
"Well, this is something between us girls. I really can't tell a grown man like you..." Yuna's wolf ears twitched a few times and her tail also swayed from side to side.
"You don't have to say it, I understand," Lin Feng covered his eyes, feigning crying bitterly.
Every time he used this trick, Yuna would unconditionally go along with Lin Feng and be led by the nose.
"Master, don't cry. I'll tell you!"
Yuna whispered into Lin Feng's ear, "I was teaching Yu Li some knowledge. After all, the relationship between you two is heating up. Who knows, maybe one day you'll... *cough cough*!"
When she got to this point, Yuna also suddenly recalled something. She gestured dramatically with her hands: "That flower, that red flower, drinking the soaked petals makes people feel strange... What was it called again?"
"Takizawa flowers?"
"That's the one! Master, can you still get it?" Yuna put her palms together, looking rather embarrassed.
"That flower only grows deep in the Great Forest, and winter has just passed. It should not be available yet." Lin Feng swallowed hard, eyeing Yuna up and down like a wolf, "What do you need that thing for?"
Winter had just ended and Yuna had yet to recover from its aftereffects. For now, there were no obstacles between the two of them.
But in another month or two, if she wanted to resume their long-awaited lessons, she would have to rely on the dwarves' wine or the Takizawa flowers from the Great Forest.
"Yu Li needs it. If passion arises between you two someday, but you are disturbed by such matters, wouldn't that be..."
A layer of milky white steam seemed to form around her head.
"So I was thinking of growing and keeping some at home, just in case."
That was a good idea.
The two rabbits would also need it.
It was said that at a certain age, their race was susceptible to some tricky illnesses when aroused. Takizawa flowers were the only cure.
In a while when it was possible, he could fetch some from the forest and grow them at home.
"Are you talking about Sister Emily's holy flower?"
Lin Feng nodded happily. "It's been so many years, yet you still remember?"
"Of course I remember how beautiful that flower was." Yu Li scratched her fluffy wolf ears and snuggled into the bedsheets. "Nowadays you can buy that flower in apothecaries and florists to get through winter. I've seen it a few times before this winter."
What!
Could it be that someone thought the flower was beautiful and chose to artificially cultivate it?
He would have to take Emily to see it when there was time.
Just then, Lin Feng heard Yuna calling him from downstairs, "Brother Lin Feng, come down for dinner. The food is ready."
Only then did Lin Feng recall why he had come upstairs in the first place.
"Right, I wanted to ask you something. You must answer me truthfully later and not lie."
Yuna was slightly surprised. Sensing the solemnity in his tone, she unconsciously straightened her back.
Without concealing anything, Lin Feng told her everything about Masha.
He wanted to know what she thought.
As expected, she readily accepted the new addition to the family.
"As long as you like her, Master." Yuna hugged Lin Feng's waist, her fluffy wolf tail swaying gently left and right, making one itch to reach out and grab it. "As long as you care for us equally and keep a place for me in your heart, that's good enough."
"I think the same way as sister. You can take another, but you must not neglect any one of us. Otherwise, you would be the bad man Teacher Kandis talks about."
This...
Beast-eared maids from another world were really open-minded.
They could accept anything.
"Since that's the case, let's go down for dinner. There's your favorite braised beef today." Lin Feng gently patted Yuna on the back.
"Master, I'm afraid the two of us will have to eat the leftovers today."
"What do you mean?"
Yuna did not answer directly. She looked back at Yu Li, "You go down and eat first. We'll be there later."
Seeing her dismiss Yu Li first, Lin Feng instantly knew what she was up to.
Well then, he would indulge her properly.
The two flirted for a long time. Just as the atmosphere was getting steamy, the door creaked open a gap.
Seeing the light streaming in, Yuna promptly pulled up the covers.
"Brother Lin F..."
Masha stopped mid-sentence upon sensing something amiss in the room.
"Sorry for disturbing." She slowly closed the door again.
But with the mood spoiled, Yuna had completely lost interest.
.
After dinner, Lin Feng lay in bed preparing to sleep. Masha came looking for him.
She carefully opened the door and slipped inside.
Lin Feng glanced at her.
Well now, she did clean up rather nicely in her sleepwear.
She had matured well over the past decade.
"Brother Lin Feng, may I sit next to you?"
"Go ahead."
Masha sat down on the bed and slowly sidled up to Lin Feng.
In the end, she placed her small hand on his knee.
"I really wanted to ask you something during dinner."
"Ask away."
"Is Emily your only lover, Brother Lin Feng?"
!!!
Lin Feng did not know how to respond for a moment.
To his knowledge, the dwarves' views of marriage and love were still quite similar to humans'.
They were not as open-minded as the beast people.
"My mind went blank for a moment then. I thought you were with Yuna." Masha said apologetically. "After I went downstairs, I suddenly recalled that she's only your personal guard. There's no way she would do such a thing. I must have seen wrongly."
Lin Feng turned to his side.
He mulled it over for a bit before deciding to come clean.
"Masha..."
"Yes, Brother Lin Feng?"
"Actually, you didn't see wrongly." Lin Feng avoided looking at Masha, but he could probably guess her facial expression.
Silence befell the room briefly.
After about a few minutes, seeing no reaction still from Masha, Lin Feng timidly turned to glance at her.
She seemed completely dumbstruck.
"But... you said before that she was just your personal guard."
"It's complicated to explain. Due to various reasons in the past, she wasn't too willing to admit that she was my wife."
The light in Masha's eyes faded.
"Brother Lin Feng has already... become one of them..."