Chapter 60: Rainy Day
It was probably because she got tired from climbing the rope ladder that evening, so Su Ran slept very soundly this time.
She slept until midnight, and in a daze, she was woken up by the patter of raindrops.
She kept her eyes closed in a daze for a while before realizing it was raining.
Then she suddenly woke up!
If it’s raining, will the bird’s nest leak?
Su Ran stiffened her body, lying on the sleeping bag, carefully feeling the situation around her.
It wasn’t dawn yet, and it was still pitch black outside, so she couldn’t tell what time it was now.
She waited a moment and felt no water dripping from the top of her head, so it seemed the bird’s nest wasn’t leaking.
This made Su Ran breathe a sigh of relief.
She slowly turned over, then her body stiffened again.
Gray wasn’t in the bird’s nest!
She carefully reached out and felt the spot beside her; the dry grass next to her was empty, but still warm.
It seemed the werewolf hadn’t been gone long.
At that moment, a rustling sound came from the bird’s nest entrance, followed by the creaking footsteps on the woven branches of the bird’s nest.
Su Ran quickly turned her head to look, and in the darkness, a pair of green eyes looked back leisurely.
Su Ran instinctively spoke out: “Gray?”
“Ran Ran~”
The werewolf’s familiar voice rang out, and Su Ran immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
She slowly sat up, then felt the werewolf walk up to her and slowly put something down.
That thing was covered in water stains, and water droplets fell on Su Ran’s hand, cool to the touch.
Su Ran’s fingertips flinched as she reached forward.
She felt a fluffy sensation in her palm, and just as she thought it was the werewolf’s tail, she heard Gray say lowly in front of her: “Animal hide, water…”
Su Ran was slightly stunned, then quickly reached out to feel the thing in front of her, realizing it wasn’t Gray’s tail, but the animal hides that had been hanging outside.
She felt the animal hide again and found it surprisingly soft, the kind of softness that could be folded.
She couldn’t help but feel a burst of joy; this way, she could sew whatever she wanted without needing to do more boiling and rubbing experiments.
Unfortunately, it was still midnight, and both inside the bird’s nest and outside were pitch black, so she couldn’t see what the animal hide really looked like now.
But this was already enough to make her happy.
She looked up at the pair of eyes glowing faintly in front of her, no longer feeling afraid.
This silly wolf even knew to bring in things when it rained; it was simply cleverly smart, straightforward, and adorably cute.
Su Ran, in a great mood, reached out to touch the dark shadow in front of her. Sure enough, Gray’s bare chest was soaking wet. As Su Ran rubbed the water stains on its chest, the werewolf couldn’t help but let out a low whimper.
“Ao wu~”
The sound of grass leaves rustling rose in the bird’s nest; it was the werewolf’s big tail wagging back and forth.
“Gray, impressive!”
Su Ran’s hand slid down from the werewolf’s chest, grasping one of its hands. After praising it, she immediately felt the vibration in the werewolf’s chest cavity. Then a body slightly wet but hot pressed against her.
It seemed it hadn’t gotten too much rain.
Su Ran reached up to feel Gray’s top of head and, sensing that its hair was only a few strands wet, felt relieved.
Gray affectionately rubbed Su Ran’s cheek, then from her eyes, nose tip, mouth, all the way to her chin.
The werewolf’s series of kisses didn’t make Su Ran feel discomfort or fear.
She and Gray sat together in a half-embrace, one hand patting the werewolf’s shoulder, which felt muscular and taut: “Alright, you’ve worked hard, let’s sleep~”
“Ao wu~”
Gray responded lowly again, but followed Su Ran’s pull and lay down beside her.
Before Su Ran fell back asleep, a warm, thick wing slowly covered her body…
When Su Ran woke up again, the sky outside was still overcast.
The rain was still falling, even a bit heavier than at midnight.
But what reassured Su Ran was that the bird’s nest still showed no signs of leaking.
She thought it was because, besides the werewolf mixing a lot of dry grass into the bird’s nest top when weaving it, the bird’s nest tree’s treetop grew very densely.
That treetop, which looked like a thick clump of mushrooms from afar in mid-air, had dense branches and leaves blocking the area above the bird’s nest completely, intercepting the raindrops falling on top layer by layer, making it hard for them to fall right away.
In this weather, there was no way to make fire, but fortunately, Su Ran still had some roast meat left from yesterday.
She suddenly felt a bit annoyed; she had forgotten about rainy days and hadn’t prepared any dry firewood in advance.
Now, when the rain stopped, the tree branches and leaves would all be soaked, making it a problem again how to make fire.
But thinking about preparing dry firewood would require a rainproof place, so she would need to build a shed.
But thinking that building a shed would let her practice house-building experience in advance, Su Ran felt full of energy again!
As for when to build a house and move down from the tree to live, Su Ran hadn’t decided yet, but it definitely had to be done before winter arrived this year.
She didn’t want to be the first person in this Beast World who, despite being healthy, froze to death in a bird’s nest because of the cold.
Su Ran sat up from the sleeping bag, staring at the rain curtain outside for a while. A cold wind blew into the bird’s nest, making her shiver and snap awake.
At this time, Gray wasn’t in the bird’s nest; at this time, it should have gone out hunting. But Su Ran looked at the treetop outside pouring with rain, knowing the werewolf’s skills meant no danger, yet she couldn’t help but worry a little.
It wasn’t worry that Gray would get hurt, but worry that it might catch a cold and fever from getting chilled.
Although she had medicine now, it was still better not to get sick if possible.
At that moment, the bird’s nest tree entrance suddenly darkened.
Su Ran quickly looked up and saw it was indeed the werewolf back.
What surprised her more was that Gray had the backpack she had woven yesterday on its back.
At this time, the backpack was filled to the brim with a full load of meat; she could see the prey’s body had been processed into chunks.
And this time the werewolf went out without using its wings.
Because it climbed up using Su Ran’s rope ladder. After coming up, it first unloaded the backpack from its back into the bird’s nest, then turned and walked a few steps away along the tree trunk, stood in place, spread its huge wings, and shook them vigorously.
As its shaking motion ended, the feathers on its back wings fluffed up, still slightly wet-looking, but fortunately no longer dripping water.
Only then did the werewolf slowly walk back into the bird’s nest.
