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

Chapter 207 She used to teach others how to use these chopsticks.

Yao looked around Tian Tian's home and found it to be extremely shabby. There wasn't even a place to sit in this single dormitory. He couldn't very well sit on someone's bed as soon as he arrived, could he?

Yan went over and grabbed a handful of dried fruit, then started peeling it for Lin Ni to eat: "Lin, have some dried fruit first."

Yao sat down on the ground and let Lin Ni sit on his lap to eat. Lin Ni hugged the little black and white bear and ate a few bites. She thought the taste was okay, so she took a piece and handed it to Yao, saying, "Yao, you should have some too."

Yao shook his head and said, "You are his future partner, so it's fine for you to eat his food. I won't eat it."

Linni didn't try to persuade him anymore. She nestled in his arms and gave the dried fruit to the little black and white bear in his arms, while whispering, "He might not even want to come with me."

Yan sat down next to him and said with a smile, "You're so nice, he'll definitely be willing."

Linni shook her head and asked again, "Do you like the Bear Beast Tribe?"

Yao said, "Wherever you are, that's where I like to be."

Yan nodded and said, "Me too."

Linni looked up and kissed Yan's face, then kissed Yao, before saying, "This tribe is a bit like the place where I used to live."

Yao paused for a moment before asking, "Does Xiao Ni want to stay in the Bear Beast Tribe?"

Linni shook her head blankly; she truly didn't know. No matter how similar it was, it wasn't the place she used to live in—the tribe of the black and white bears…

Noticing that Linni was a little down, Yao didn't say anything more, but just kissed the top of her head.

Yan slowly peeled the dried fruit and fed it to her: "Anyway, we'll follow you wherever you go."

Tian Tian quickly returned carrying a pile of bamboo. He smiled at Lin Ni and said, "We'll have to wait a bit. You eat first." He first put three bamboo tubes, each about the thickness of a calf, aside, and then used the remaining bamboo to build a fire at the doorway.

Yao, worried that Lin Ni might go hungry, said, "What do you want to cook? I'll start the fire."

Linni was also curious about the food of their bear-beast tribe, so she went over to take a look: "What delicious food is it?"

Tian Tian said, "I want to cook you millet rice." Then she looked at Yao and said, "Boss Yao, fresh meat won't be available until the hunting team returns tomorrow. Why don't you eat some dried meat first?"

Yao smiled and shook his head: "Lin and I can just eat the same food."

Yan didn't speak; he was indeed quite hungry. Yao and Linni had eaten some shellfish. He had flown all night the night before last, searched for Linni all day yesterday, and finally found her last night. Then they flew together to this bear-beast tribe, where they only ate a few peaches. The few pieces of dried meat on the shelf every day weren't enough for him alone; he was truly exhausted and hungry.

At this moment, Lin Ni had already opened one of the three bamboo tubes next to her. Seeing that there was washed and soaked rice inside, as well as some dried meat, mushrooms, and dried vegetables, she asked in surprise, "Are you going to cook bamboo tube rice?"

Seeing that Lin Ni liked it, Tian Tian smiled happily and said, "Okay! I'll set up the fire soon."

Yao walked over and asked, "How do you want it cooked?"

Tian Tian said, "Just build a fire and put it on the fire to cook. The grain will cook quickly. Once you smell the aroma, let it sit for a while longer before eating."

Yao went over and looked at the contents of the three bamboo tubes, then closed them again. He had cooked rice many times before, just adding some vegetables; this was simple. He picked up a bamboo tube with his left hand and started a fire with his right to cook the bamboo rice.

Tian Tian had just lit his fire when he turned around and saw the crackling bamboo tube burning. He was truly astonished: "Boss Yao, is it that powerful?"

Although Linni had seen Yao start a fire with his bare hands many times, cooking rice in bamboo tubes like this was truly impressive. So she nodded proudly, "Of course, otherwise how could he be your boss? He's a level nine fire phoenix!"

“Fire Phoenix… I’ve never heard of it, but it looks really powerful!” Tian Tian said, glancing at Yao’s gold and red feather jumpsuit. Yao’s outfit could now last him almost all day. He had changed his short skirt into loose sweatpants, so Lin Ni was no longer worried about him being exposed to the wind.

As Tian Tian placed the remaining two bamboo tubes on the newly lit fire to burn, she said, "Brother Yao's animal skin outfit is quite unique." She then glanced at Yao a few more times before exclaiming in surprise, "Lin, so you're the legendary natural-born female?! That mate mark is so beautiful!"

Lin Ni smiled and nodded in agreement, "That's right!"

Tian Tian had just finished preparing this when Yao could already smell the aroma of rice.

Tian Tian made two pairs of chopsticks out of bamboo and said to Lin Ni, "It looks like we'll be eating soon. These are chopsticks for picking up food. Let me teach you how to use them."

Yan glanced at Lin Ni; she was the one who used to teach others how to use these chopsticks. Lin Ni took the bamboo chopsticks with a complicated expression, feeling a real sense of returning home, her hands trembling slightly involuntarily.

Tian Tian patiently said, "Don't be nervous. Hold them like this in your hand, use your fingers to hold them, and gently spread them apart..."

By the time Tian Tian had taught him enough, the bamboo rice in Yao's hands was also fully cooked.

Yao said to Lin Ni, "Lin, come and eat."

Lin Ni looked at him holding the freshly cooked bamboo rice and asked, "Yao, isn't this hot?"

Yao smiled and said, "I'm protecting my hands with a shield, so I can't get burned."

The two looked around Tiantian's single dormitory again. There was really nowhere to sit. If they sat in Yao's lap like before, it would be inconvenient to eat, and they were afraid of getting burned by the freshly cooked bamboo rice.

Tian Tian walked in from outside and said, "You can just sit in my den and eat. That's how I usually eat too." As he spoke, he took the little black and white bear back from Lin Ni's arms. "I rarely eat cooked food. When I was almost an adult and after I became an adult, I learned to cook from my grandfather. Before that, I always cooked at my grandmother's and mother's house. I'll ask my grandfather to find you a bigger house with a table in a little while."

Yao and Linni had no choice but to sit down beside his straw nest. Yao opened the lid, and Linni first stirred the food with chopsticks. The aroma of the food filled the little house, and Linni's stomach rumbled.

Yao smiled and said, "Eat up."

Lin Ni started eating from Yao's hand. The soft rice, mixed with the fragrance of bamboo, and the savory aroma of mushrooms and meat, was absolutely delicious! The flavor was a little mild, which allowed her to better appreciate the natural taste of the ingredients. After several bites, Lin Ni looked up at Yao and Tian Tian and said, "It's so delicious!"

Seeing that she liked the food he had prepared, Tian Tian was very happy: "I'm glad Lin likes it!" At this moment, the water in the two bamboo tubes he had been boiling started to heat up, and Tian Tian said again: "Then eat more, there's more here after you finish eating."