My husband is too wild, I need to go home and find my mom.

Chapter 239 Nine people soaking in a hot spring

Summer is the most beloved season for all orcs on the entire orc continent, because the restless orcs who have been roaming all spring have finally calmed down, the prey is plentiful, and everyone is resting and recuperating.

The dry season is the most difficult time for those living on towering cliffs and amidst towering mountains. Unlike large tribes that typically choose territories with water sources, smaller tribes in the wild often find themselves without water by the middle to late stages of the dry season. People fight tooth and nail for even a little water, often ending up as prey for others.

The period leading up to winter is a tough time for the smaller animals, as everyone frantically tries to find ways to store food for the winter.

Winter is actually the quietest season on the entire orc continent, especially for the orcs in the rainforest. They love winter the most because the cold-blooded orcs are basically hibernating. Most orcs are also resting and recuperating. As long as they don't starve or freeze to death, there will be a new round of fighting next year.

However, apart from spring, the other seasons are not much different for the orcs deep in the vast North Sea; they don't feel any obvious seasonal changes in the depths. Therefore, their battles have never ceased.

Tian Tian didn't go into such detail, but Lin Ni could guess some things herself.

As the group discussed the different weather conditions between the towering mountains and the rainforest, Xuan and his companions arrived.

Linni said to them, "You've all worked hard. Let's all soak in the hot springs together. It's the best way to relax."

Xuan and Ling went into the water. Ling said, "There are actually hot springs like this at the bottom of the sea. If we had known that Xiao Linni liked to soak in them, we would have taken you to soak in them."

Lin Ni nodded: "I prefer hot water to cold water." Then she said to Yan and Azhi, who were standing to the side, "Why aren't you two coming down?"

Yan and Azhi originally didn't want to go into the water, and I believe that not many birds like to soak in the water.

However, upon hearing Linni's question, Azhi laughed and said, "We flying beastmen don't like taking baths." As he spoke, he got into the water. "But since Linni wants to take a bath with me, then I'll risk my life to accompany my partner."

Lin Ni glanced at A-Zhi: You're always flirting with her, aren't you?

Since A-Zhi had said so, Yan followed him into the hot spring pool.

Night muttered under her breath, "It's just a hot spring bath, why is he risking his life to accompany his partner!"

He was right behind Lin Ni, and his voice wasn't loud, just loud enough for Lin Ni to hear. Lin Ni turned around and glanced at him, then said, "So what about you? Why aren't you soaking in the hot spring with me?" Come to think of it, she had never soaked in a hot spring with Ye before. Ye, on the other hand, would go soak in the hot spring by himself when it was cold, warm up, and then come back and pester her for this and that.

Ye said, "Alright, I'll go for a soak with my partner too." With that, she pushed aside Bai, who was next to Lin Ni, and jumped down.

Bai glared at him: "What do you mean?"

Night feigned innocence and said, "Isn't it convenient to go into the water here?" After saying that, he smiled at Bai and said, "Didn't you say you'd let me have my way? You don't want to anymore? Want to fight?"

Linni: This Yami can beat Shiro, so she's stirring up trouble.

Bai said, "You wait, I'll deal with you after I reach the Heavenly Rank."

Soaking in a hot spring with nine people is a truly novel experience.

Linni didn't want to get involved in the petty squabble between Ye and Bai. She touched her belly; she was now over 140 days pregnant, with only 30-odd days left until she gave birth. She recalled that when she left the Tiger Beast Tribe in the spring, she was also around 140 days pregnant—the timing was truly strangely coincidental.

Yan said, "Lin, let's go collect bird eggs tomorrow. It's been a long time since we've played in the Tiger Beast Tribe."

"Okay!" Lin Ni recalled the days when she and Yan went to collect bird eggs in the Tiger Beast Tribe, those were simple and happy times! Speaking of which, when there were only five companions, they were so quiet, unlike now, when they were noisy and disruptive.

Then Linni noticed Yao's unusual behavior. In the past, when everyone was making a fuss, he would intervene, and everyone listened to him. But lately, he hadn't cared at all about the chaos. Except when he was eating or sleeping with her, he hadn't said a word! Even today, after he carried her to the hot spring, he hadn't said a word.

Lin Ni looked up at Yao, who had been quietly holding her, and said, "Yao, I want to eat cake. Will you make it for me?"

Yao nodded and said, "Okay, you tell me, and I'll do it."

Lin Ni glanced up at Yao a couple more times. His expression and eyes were unreadable; he even smiled at her when she looked at him. Yao and Xuan were rather reserved; when they didn't want others to see their emotions, it was generally impossible to tell, unlike others who could easily discern their thoughts.

At this moment, Ye brought the two small snakes into the water as well, but Ye Yin and Ye Qing could not stand the smell of the hot spring at all, and they struggled desperately as soon as they entered the water.

Lin Ni couldn't stand it anymore: "Night, if Xiao Yin and Xiao Qing don't want to soak, then so be it."

Night said, "How can a python not soak in water?"

Ling couldn't stand it anymore and said, "But this is hot spring water, it has a smell, it's not like those cold waters."

Xuan also said, "Aren't these two little snakes only two hundred days old? They were born the day we met Xiao Linni."

Hearing this, Lin Ni felt even more distressed: "Take them out."

Night said, "If they don't learn how to soak in hot springs, how will they be able to be intimate with their partners in the future?"

Lin Ni glanced at the unusually stubborn night, which seemed different from usual, and could only say, "I'm done making it, I'm going back."

Yao then carried her back.

Everyone got up and took Ye Qing and Ye Yin out of the hot spring pool overnight, and they all went home together.

Linni dressed herself up a little; it wasn't particularly sparkly, but for a female member of the Tiger Beast Tribe who rarely dressed up, it was still considered a grand makeover. The group of nine, along with the two small snakes, went to the Tiger Beast Tribe's bonfire party.

At the bonfire party, Linni and Hui, both women, sat around the fire, filling the space with their respective partners. When Linni left the Tiger Beast Tribe, Hui only had six partners, but now she had nine—if Feng hadn't had the accident, the two small, dark-haired women would have had the same number of partners. The two good friends hadn't seen each other for a long time, and they chatted non-stop; some topics just felt more relatable when discussed with someone of the same sex.

The bonfire party of the Tiger Beast Tribe was the same as before. Nine tall and strong Tiger Beastmen played drums on the stone corridor. Yang came out to give the opening remarks, and then everyone danced a blessing dance to the sound of the drums. Unfortunately, Feng's strong figure could no longer be seen on the stone corridor.

Mei gave a grand introduction to Lin Ni's return at the Tiger Gate, and then Lin Ni came out and stood at the Tiger Gate to share her experiences from the more than two hundred days she had been away from the Tiger Beast Tribe.