Chapter 79: Water Level Drops, Seduction by the Riverbank!
Lin Ye and Sakura stood on the riverbank, looking at the small river.
The water level in the small river had dropped by half at some point unknown to them.
When Lin Ye saw this scene, his heart sank.
As the water level dropped, so did the flow rate of the river.
No wonder the water flow from the pipe had become smaller.
Lin Ye couldn’t help but furrow his brow and ask Sakura, “Sakura, does the water in this river often become like this?” Sakura looked at the river water and nodded with certainty, then said, “Mmm, every time the weather gets hot, the river water decreases. Once, there was no water in the river at all, and we had to rely on eating berries for thirst.” “Only when it rains does the river get water again.” Hearing Sakura’s words, Lin Ye’s brow furrowed even tighter.
He hadn’t expected this small river to dry up.
He saw that the water intake of the pipe was almost exposed above the water.
Lin Ye began to think of a solution.
Lin Ye looked at the pipe and decided to dig it down a bit further first.
Although this was only a temporary fix, it would at least hold them over for a while, giving Lin Ye time to figure out a plan.
“Let’s do it,” Lin Ye said, telling Sakura to wait to the side, he rolled up his sleeves and started digging.
Sakura stood by Lin Ye’s side, watching him dig downwards intermittently, and occasionally looked eager to help Lin Ye dig a few times.
When this pipe was first laid, it was already dug more than a meter deep.
Now Lin Ye continued to dig downwards, almost crawling on the ground.
Gradually, the summer sun began to exert its power.
Lin Ye was already sweating profusely.
Sakura, unable to bear the heat, ran to the shade of a tree and watched Lin Ye with a smile.
Lin Ye stood up and wiped the sweat from his forehead with his arm.
His arm could no longer reach to dig further down, but Lin Ye felt the depth was still not enough.
He looked at the sun in the sky.
Lin Ye simply ‘plop’ and jumped directly into the river.
The summer sun had heated Lin Ye’s body, and as soon as he jumped into the river, he felt a refreshing coolness.
He couldn’t help but cheer and swim happily in the river.
The river water here was clear to the bottom, and the current was very slow. Lin Ye was also a very good swimmer.
So Lin Ye jumped into the river without any hesitation.
Sakura saw Lin Ye suddenly jump into the river and was startled. She ran to the riverbank and saw Lin Ye playing like a fish in the water.
Sakura’s mouth fell open in surprise at Lin Ye’s appearance.
Sakura didn’t know what swimming was, and as a cat-eared girl, she was naturally afraid of water.
Seeing Lin Ye’s agile body in the water, Sakura just felt it was amazing.
At this moment, Lin Ye saw Sakura standing on the bank watching him.
Lin Ye waved to Sakura, inviting her to get into the water too.
But Sakura shook her head like a rattle drum, refusing to go down no matter what.
Lin Ye found Sakura’s reaction amusing.
Then he started splashing water at Sakura, who was standing by the riverbank.
After being splashed a couple of times, Sakura screamed, covered her head, and ran back to the shade of the tree.
Hearing Lin Ye’s happy laughter from the river, a faint smile also appeared on Sakura’s face.
Then Lin Ye swam to the bank, lay on the riverbank, and began to dig downwards.
Soon, Lin Ye dug down more than a meter and then dug down the area behind the pipe as well.
Because these pipes were made of hollow tree trunks, they had no elasticity, so he could only dig the riverbank into a slope, allowing the pipes to be inserted diagonally into the water.
After digging deeper and burying the pipe again, Lin Ye climbed out of the water.
After getting ashore, Lin Ye shook the water droplets from his hair and wiped his face.
His clothes were all soaked and stuck to his body, which felt very uncomfortable.
Lin Ye simply took off all his clothes, wrung out the water, and hung them on a small tree under the sun.
Sakura watched Lin Ye from under the tree. Although it wasn’t the first time she had seen this, she didn’t know why her face felt a little hot.
But Sakura’s eyes did not move away; instead, they widened as she watched intently.
Lin Ye’s body, still wet, glistened under the sun.
Sakura involuntarily swallowed, feeling her face getting hotter and hotter, and her small cat ears turned slightly red.
Lin Ye did not shy away and swaggered towards Sakura.
Seeing Lin Ye approaching, Sakura couldn’t help but gasp slightly and cover her eyes with her hands.
But she continued to peek through her fingers.
Seeing Sakura’s reaction, Lin Ye walked over with a smile.
He reached out and patted Sakura’s head, then walked under the tree and sat down.
After sitting down, the grass on the ground felt a bit prickly.
After moving a few times, he finally found a comfortable spot.
Lin Ye sat on the ground, leaning back against the tree, waiting for his clothes to dry.
Seeing Lin Ye sit down, Sakura also ran over and sat beside him.
There, Lin Ye began to think about how to solve the water source problem.
Sakura slowly shuffled closer until she was lying on Lin Ye, looking at the sun through the gaps in the leaves.
Lin Ye had just come out of the river after a bath, and his body was cool. Sakura felt comfortable lying on him, so she leaned against Lin Ye and refused to move.
As Lin Ye was thinking, he suddenly felt a little hot.
He looked down and saw that a ray of sunlight had broken through the leaves, gilding the scene.
It was magnificent.
And Sakura was blushing as she looked at him. Then…
Time passed, and Lin Ye’s clothes had been drying on the small tree for a while.
Lin Ye stood up, refreshed, and jumped into the river for a quick wash. Then he got ashore and dried himself in the sun.
After putting on his clothes, Lin Ye looked at Sakura, whose eyes were red from choking and were filled with a hint of resentment.
Unlike before, this time it happened too suddenly, and Sakura instinctively choked.
Lin Ye gave an awkward smile, then took Sakura’s small hand again, and the two began to return to the tribe.
They had been out for most of the morning. In fact, burying the pipe deeper hadn’t taken much time.
It was later, under the shade of the trees, that they spent a long time.
After walking for a while, just as they were about to reach the tribe, they encountered the hunting team returning.
They had returned with a full load this time. Each person dragged a prey behind them and carried small game like rabbits and pheasants in their hands.
Seeing Lin Ye, the hunting team happily greeted him.
Lin Ye also walked over with a smile. He saw that the prey had no excess arrows on them; most were killed with only one or two arrows.
Looking back, it had been a correct decision to spend so much time teaching the Beast-eared Girls how to shoot arrows.
At this moment, Susu and Shi looked at Sakura curiously.
Then Xing and the other Beast-eared Girls also looked over.
It was as if there was something strange on Sakura’s face.
Lin Ye saw the Beast-eared Girls staring at Sakura without speaking, and he followed their gaze, looking over in confusion.
Just then, Lin Ye saw that Sakura’s lips were still a little dirty. “Sakura, what’s on your lips? Did you eat something just now?”
“Yeah, we’ve never seen this thing before,” Susu and Shi asked Sakura curiously.
Hearing their words, Sakura immediately seemed to realize something, and quickly reached out to wipe her lips.
Looking at the substance she had wiped from her mouth onto her hand.
Sakura’s face immediately turned bright red.
Then, she turned her head and glared resentfully at Lin Ye.
Lin Ye awkwardly touched his nose and looked away.
“N-nothing, it’s just a berry from the wild. It tastes a little strange!” Sakura said anxiously, seeing that everyone was looking at her with suspicion.
But Susu and the others looked at Sakura and Lin Ye, and it seemed far from what Sakura had said.
Their doubts grew.
Everyone had recently felt that Sakura seemed a bit off, always smiling foolishly for no reason.
Just as they were about to ask more, Lin Ye spoke first.
“You’ve hunted so much prey, hurry back to the tribe. It’s so hot, the meat will go bad.” Hearing Lin Ye’s words, the Beast-eared Girls were stunned, and then they began to hastily drag the prey back.
Lin Ye watched them from behind, dragging the prey with sweat all over their bodies, and felt pity for them again.
It seemed that after learning archery, they would not lack prey in the future, but transporting the prey back was a troublesome matter.
After solving the water source issue, he would check if the shop had any handcarts or wheels, or the knowledge to make them, and get something for the Beast-eared Girls.
Then Lin Ye couldn’t stand it anymore. He walked up, took the vines from the hands of the Beast-eared Girls, and began to drag seven or eight prey towards the tribe by himself.
Sakura, in a playful mood, even rode on a prey that looked like a wild horse, letting Lin Ye drag her.
Lin Ye didn’t mind. The prey together weighed three to four tons, and Sakura weighed less than fifty kilograms, so he barely felt her weight.
