"Hmm, thatâs right, sheâs in the treehouse now. But thatâs just to prevent her, whoâs still in a weakened state, from being killed by passing enemies. After all, it cost a contract."
"Hmmâso nothing really happened between the two of you?"
"Of course not," Xu Xin reached out to her, "What are we going to do down there? Iâm just here to find a spot, now we need to keep heading north."
Li Wenxi was holding Keke, who was comfortably asleep, with one hand, while grasping his hand with the other.
Xu Xin gently exerted some strength and pulled her onto the wolfâs back, letting her sit sideways on Silver Kingâs back.
"How do you like my story? Does it suit your taste?" Xu Xin asked with a slight smile, looking at her side profile.
"Haha, alright, I believe you!" Li Wenxi laughed cheekily, swung her leg over, and straddled Silver Kingâs back.
Before Xu Xin could speak, Li Wenxi pointed north with one hand while holding Keke, mimicking his tone, "Silver King, to the north, letâs go!"
"Awoooâ" Silver King let out a wolf howl, sprang off the ground, and began to weave through the forest again.
"Ah!" Because she wasnât embraced by Xu Xin, she almost got thrown off by Silver Kingâs sudden turn and acceleration, but Xu Xin quickly caught her.
"Whimper?!" Keke woke up immediately, turning her little head back and forth, clueless about what happened.
Xu Xin glanced at Silver King with a slightly speechless expression.
This guy, does it actually obey Li Wenxiâs commands? Can it be ordered by someone else?
No, it shouldnât. Silver King isnât a mindless tool wolf; he has his own thoughts. Heâs probably just running north because he heard me say to head there earlier and followed suit with Li Wenxiâs words.
Anyway, it looks like Li Wenxi is back to normal.
This little beauty is easy to cheer up.
"Ah, um... thank you." Li Wenxi felt a bit embarrassed, she almost caused both herself and Keke to be thrown off.
"Finally not angry anymore?"
"... Angry? What anger, Iâm not angry!" Li Wenxi turned her head away, stubbornly denying it.
"Alright. If the north of this treehouse isnât accessible, weâll have to try the north of my treehouse. When we pass by my treehouse, Iâll take you inside to have a look."
"Sure! I really want to see how you managed to divide such a large treehouse!" Li Wenxi immediately got excited, then turned to glance at him, still smiling, "Moreover, I want to see how beautiful that woman you mentioned really is."
Xu Xin: "..."
He couldnât shake off the feeling that Lou FeiâEr might act all pitiful and spew nonsense in front of Li Wenxi.
...If she dare pulls such a trick, I might as well make her go into the bracelet.
Seems like thatâs not quite right either, kind of feels like trying to cover things up.
Suddenly, he found himself missing Ji Chaoyang.
Forget it, deal with it when the time comes.
"Itâs not certain yet, maybe the road ahead is clear?" Xu Xin pointed forward. Not too far ahead was a notably green area, an alive treehouse.
"Even if clear, thatâs great. The treehouse ahead, it should be someone from our District 188, right?"
Indeed, following the alternating pattern of survivors from the same region, the person living in that treehouse must be a survivor from District 188, one of our own.
If we can get over there, we can chat with them to see if theyâd like to join us. If theyâre willing, we can bring them along when we return from Qi Xuefei, and he can unearth his treehouse conveniently and join us with his treehouse seed.
Silver King sped forward without slowing down, while Keke was napping in Li Wenxiâs arms.
"This seems to be within this treeâs protection area, doesnât it?" Xu Xin was calculating the distance, looking at the not too distant treehouse.
A map emerged in his mind; since he hadnât been to the north yet, it was still shrouded in darkness there.
But theyâve now passed the position of the treehouse that was unearthed, over three kilometers away, meaning theyâve likely stepped out of that treehouseâs intimidation protection zone.
Since they havenât been attacked, itâs likely the territory extends from that treehouse ahead.
"Looks like weâve crossed over." Xu Xin smiled, now passing through here would be much more convenient, "You canât come over now, huh."
"No big deal, weâll just visit when we come back. Youâre going to return to the treehouse anyway." Li Wenxi wasnât disappointed but didnât give up on visiting Xu Xinâs treehouse.
"...It might be quite late by then. Are you still going back to the treehouse?" Xu Xin was a bit exasperated.
"Nope, Iâll just stay at your place for a night. Your place is so big, surely it doesnât have just one bedroom, right?" Li Wenxi casually remarked.
"No way, you have to go back tonight. You can come to check out my treehouse, but Iâll take you back afterward." Xu Xin decisively rejected.
"Huh?" Li Wenxi turned to him, eyes wide open, "Itâs just for one night, youâre not some ultra-conservative thinker, are you? Or maybe, you canât help but want to..."
"What the heck!" Xu Xin finally couldnât hold back, flicking her forehead.
"Ouch! That hurt!" Li Wenxi clutched her forehead, twisting and glaring at Xu Xin.
Xu Xin wasnât really conservative-minded, but he held conservative views toward the worldâs rules.