Traveling through the world of beasts: I lead the system to build an empire - Chapter 689 I know
"So you were raised by the white snake?" Gu Pan asked curiously.
The night breeze was blowing gently, and Gu Pan's voice was so light that it seemed to be dispersed in the wind.
He has a strong ability of empathy and is afraid of disturbing Ruohui's thoughts, just like scaring the little Ruohui back then.
But the sufferer himself did not seem to worry about being disturbed.
His voice was still strong and he didn't seem to care about the matter.
If you don’t know, you might think the narrator of the story is Gu Pan.
"Not entirely," Ruohui sighed, "That winter, we were nestled in the belly of the giant beast, and he taught me a lot."
"When he was hunting the giant beast, he was injured. At first, it was fine because the weather was cold and he didn't bleed much. But as the weather gradually warmed up, his wound began to rot and stink, and he died not long after."
Ruohui was grateful to this white snake, whom he had never met but who had helped him a lot, and his eyes were full of nostalgia.
"Before he died, he left me some food and fed me all the beast crystals he had saved. He told me to eat him after he died."
"I did not eat."
After so many years, the death of the white snake seems to be still in front of my eyes.
Until now, Ruohui still doubted that it was thanks to those beast crystals that he, a one-lined beast cub, could grow into a five-lined beast today.
He always felt that he was lucky, but not so lucky that he had a genetic mutation.
Ruohui sighed again, "In my heart, I am still a tribal orc, and tribal orcs will not eat orcs."
He has always been a cheerful and carefree person, but today he almost let out all the sighs he had accumulated in his lifetime.
"Looking at his body, I can't describe how I felt. It was different from when my father died, but also a little bit the same."
"It's very strange." Ruohui commented.
Once again, he is uneducated and cannot describe his feelings at that time in words.
At that time, Ruohui was still a cub who had no ability to survive on his own. To be honest, he felt more helpless than sad.
"After going through the most difficult winter season, I grew up a lot. I don't know if it's because of the beast crystal, but I grew very fast and was stronger than other cubs. This became my capital for survival."
"That's it."
Ruohui, who rarely acted serious, was only serious for a short while.
He pulled Gu Pan's hand to his lips, and kissed it loudly with a "mu ma" sound, "And then I met you, my ancestor."
Gu Pan knew Ruohui's temper very well. He rolled his eyes at him without surprise and suddenly thought of something.
"White snake?" Gu Pan frowned. "So you treat Chaoyang differently because he is of the same species as the white snake?"
He recalled the first time Chaoyang came to the territory of their stray beasts many years ago.
The outsider had just arrived, and Chaoyang's temper was not pleasing. If they were not a group of cowardly stray animals, they would have beaten him up without any moral principles.
But not all stray animals are cowardly.
Everyone gets together more because they want to be a family and keep each other warm.
Don't cause trouble, and don't be afraid of trouble.
At that time, Chaoyang looked like the boss and wanted to be beaten, and many stray animals were ready to fight with him.
But Ruohui, who always liked to watch fun, unexpectedly came out to smooth things over for the first time and even let Chaoyang live near their territory.
Not only that, he always enthusiastically helps Chaoyang, who has just arrived and is unfamiliar with the place, and helps Chaoyang quickly integrate into the new group.
But is Ruohui a kind-hearted person?
Gu Pan, who is familiar with Ruohui's character, can answer with certainty.
No.
Ruohui looks carefree and can get along with anyone, but he is actually very cold-hearted, especially towards strangers, and is extremely wary.
What he is best at is using his enthusiastic appearance to dispel the enemy's guard.
At that time, Gu Panruohui and his partner had already started living together.
They are stray animals, not contracted beasts witnessed by a witch doctor. In the final analysis, Gu Pan feels insecure.
Even if Ruohui fell in love with Chaoyang and wanted to break up with him, he couldn't stop him.
So during that time, Gu Pan looked at Chaoyang as if his nose was not a nose and his eyes were not eyes, and he also tried to provoke Ruohui everywhere.
At that time he didn't know what was wrong with him, but later he received divine revelation and learned that there was a word called "jealousy".
But now it seems that it was because of the white snake.
Ruohui can be said to love the person and his family as well.
As expected, Ruohui admitted calmly, "Yes, they are not only of the same race, but also look very similar. I suspect that the white snake may be Chaoyang's father, or even a brother."
Chaoyang is younger than Ruohui, but high-level orcs have a long lifespan, and Ruohui is not clear about Chaoyang's situation, so he has no way of judging whether the two are related.
Anyway, there is no way to escape the kinship relationship.
When Gu Pan thought about the joke he made at that time, he blushed, "Why didn't you tell me earlier..."
Ruohui looked aftertasteful, thinking of Gu Pan's awkward behavior, he grinned wickedly, "I think you're quite amusing like that."
Before this, Gu Pan always seemed to be good-tempered in front of him, but Ruohui always felt that Gu Pan was not like that.
No one is completely without temper.
Ruohui doesn't want Gu Pan to pretend or restrain his behavior in front of him. He thinks that as a family, they should get along with each other in the most relaxed manner.
Unexpectedly, Chaoyang’s arrival actually aroused Gu Pan’s temper.
congratulations.
Seeing that Gu Pan was about to get angry, Ruohui hurriedly coaxed her, "So, I have always admired you. It is really not easy to survive on your own."
"Actually, I don't rely on myself." There was a flash of embarrassment in Gu Pan's eyes.
Even though he and Ruohui have been together for so many years, they have never spoken to each other about their past.
Therefore, Ruohui also didn't know about Gu Pan's experience.
"what?"
Ruohui’s head was full of question marks.
Gu Pan was abandoned at birth, which Ruohui knew, so he always thought that Gu Pan survived on his own.
Could it be that Gu Pan, like himself, also met a noble person?
Then they are really destined to be together, even their experiences are the same.
Ruohui chuckled and thought so.
But obviously, things were not what Ruohui thought.
Both of them were lying on their backs on the grass, so Ruohui couldn't see the awkward and weird expression on Gu Pan's face.
"I was abandoned when I was born and I don't remember what my parents look like."
"As far as I can remember, I grew up in a dark cave. The cave was full of cubs, all of whom were not very old on average. I was the youngest."
"I heard from the older cubs that they were all lost in the same settlement. Some settlements would throw the male cubs together to save food, leaving us to fend for ourselves."
This is like the old foundling tower.
The only difference is that there are only baby girls in the abandoned baby tower, while only male cubs are abandoned in the beast world.
Ruohui stopped laughing for a moment.
He had heard about the lost child incident, and this situation only happened in the East Continent.
The overall living environment in the East Continent is relatively stable. I don’t know if this is the reason why females give birth to cubs more frequently.
In addition, the tribes of the East Continent like to live together, so settlements with large populations are also common.
There will be some stronger settlements that will devote more resources to talented cubs and abandon those cubs that are destined not to achieve great success.
It wasn't because of lack of food.
Even some stray animals cannot understand such cold-blooded behavior.
"My voice has been weak since I was young, and I sound more like a female than a female cub. Those cubs have never seen a female cub, so they think that females are also in animal form when they were young."
Ruohui's eyes flashed, and an absurd idea was born in his mind.
"so……"
"They thought I was female, and I thought so myself."
Feeling the person next to me shaking like a Parkinson's patient, looking around with dead eyes.
The days when I considered myself a female are so embarrassing that I even look back at myself.
"Laugh if you want."
"Hahahaha... I actually thought you were a female! Hahahaha!"
Gu Pan accurately found the soft flesh on Ruohui's waist, and Ruohui let out a "wow" and jumped up on the spot.
Stop laughing.
"I don't know why the number of cubs sent to that settlement has been decreasing. I don't know if it's because there are no more females, or if life has improved and they don't need to abandon cubs. Anyway, after me, no more cubs have been sent to them."
Having said that, Ruohui knew that a large settlement like this would not be short of food to the point where they would have to abandon their cubs. It was just that too few newborns were born and they had no choice.
Gu Pan said this just to comfort himself.
At least he could lie to himself and say that his parents had abandoned him because of lack of food.
Rather than his parents thinking he is worthless.
"They thought I was a female, so they spent all their money to raise me. Life became harder and harder, and the cubs died one by one until I was the only one left."
"I wasn't young at that time, maybe eight or nine? I started my wandering life, and then I met you."
This was the first time that the two of them told each other about their past that they did not want to mention. They both felt that until this moment, they had never been truly close.
The fact that they can tell the story proves that they have finally let it go in their hearts.
"But it's good now," he rested his head on Ruohui's chest, the sound of his strong and steady heartbeat beside his ears, and said while looking at the starry sky, "I have you and Rouman, and I am an orc with a family now."
"Me too...who's there!"
When the atmosphere was just right, Ruohui keenly sensed that an orc was watching them from a distance.
The man's gaze was very pointed, and it was definitely not just him passing by.
Gu Panruohui looked in that direction.
The moonlight was bright tonight, and I could vaguely see an older male in the distance.
Knowing that he had been discovered, he no longer hid and limped towards the two of them.
Only when the person came closer did Ruohui see clearly who the person was.
It was his childhood playmate. If it weren't for him, Ruohui really wouldn't be able to recognize the tribe where he was born.
"Is there something?" Ruohui asked.
Ruohui did not reveal his identity, so in the eyes of the people in this tribe, the two of them were complete strangers.
There was no reason for the male to come to them alone.
The male's leg seemed to be seriously injured, or maybe he was really too old, and walking this distance made him a little out of breath.
Standing in front of the two, the male looked complicated, and after a long while he said, "You were originally from our tribe, right?"
"I never thought you would actually survive."
Ruohui didn't expect that after so many years, when everything and everyone had changed, he could actually recognize himself.
The male looked at Ruohui and smiled.
With this smile, the wrinkles on his face seemed to increase. "You look a lot like your father."
"In fact, I didn't dare to admit it at first, until the tribe leader said just now that he would take the entire tribe to some Shenqi country to live a good life."
"You don't have to do this just to adopt a cub, so I'm sure you are Uncle Lion's cub."
Ruohui frowned, "What do you want to say?"
It is true that this man was his former playmate, but his childhood memories are already vague. Apart from the fact that he was abandoned, which has always bothered him and left a deep impression on him, he only has a general memory of the rest of the people.
The fact that he could recognize this male was the result of his hard work.
But even so, it doesn't mean that Ruohui will give anything for the friendship that happened all those years ago.
He never takes advantage of others.
Perhaps because he had lived a long time, the male instantly understood what Ruohui was concerned about.
After all, Ruohui is a five-striped beast, so he wouldn't be afraid of him, an old three-striped beast, right?
What Ruohui can get is the Green Crystal that can return him to youth, and the Transparent Crystal that can help him advance and increase his lifespan.
But these are not what males want.
"Don't worry, I don't suspect you of any ulterior motives, nor do I want to seek anything."
"I am old and will not live long. I am also disabled and a burden to the whole tribe. There is nothing to be nostalgic about."
"I came here to tell you that your father was buried by your great-grandfather in the forest east of the tribe, under the tallest tree."
"Your eldest father felt guilty for abandoning you. He died in the hot season after abandoning you. Your mother cried all day and didn't survive the cold season after that."
"They love you very much, and they have no choice but to abandon you."
Ruohui was stunned.
He didn't expect that the male came to him just to comfort him, but he thought of him like that.
After a long while, he finally said, "I know."