Chapter 15 The Sudden Arrival of Menstruation
Chapter 15 The Sudden Arrival of Menstruation
Linni was pleasantly surprised to discover that clothing made from snake slough had excellent waterproof and breathable properties! This discovery thrilled her, so she decided to use Ye's snake slough to make more summer clothes. After several days of hard work designing and cutting, she successfully made a skirt, a pair of shorts, two tops, and a knee-length dress. These clothes were comfortable and cool, making her very satisfied. She then washed and organized all the clothes she had brought, intending to save them for winter. This way, she could stay comfortable and warm even in the cold season, since clothes made from animal hides weren't suitable for wearing next to the skin. As for underwear, she made it secretly. Although she was thin, she needed a B-cup bra; going braless was uncomfortable. She used to wear sports bras, which were small and convenient (for a high school student, a large bra would cause many problems), but now she couldn't bear to wear them. She only had three, so she decided to put them away. She also put away her slightly worn sneakers, having Ye make a pair of slippers from sturdy animal hides for her to wear daily.
After watching her make clothes for several days, Ye also made her a one-shoulder dress, which perfectly covered the flame mark on her left shoulder. The A-line skirt was much prettier than the straight skirt she made herself.
Linni had previously chuckled at the sight of this muscular man head down, sewing, but after putting on his work, she happily twirled twice and rewarded him with a kiss. Although his light kiss turned into a passionate one, Linni decided: from now on, she'd let him make all her clothes!
Unfortunately, by this time she had already ruined the snake skin. Poor thing, she used to only know how to sew simple stitches, and she had pricked her fingers several times while making these few clothes. If she had known that his craftsmanship was so good, why did she have to torture her hands?
On the twenty-eighth day after Linni came into this world, she got her period! She woke up feeling unwell that morning, initially thinking it was just a cold. But Ye kept clinging to her, rubbing against her, and kissing her incessantly after seeing she was awake. Linni tried to push him away several times but couldn't. Finally, annoyed, she kicked him hard: "Get away from me! I feel terrible, and you're making me hate you!"
Only after a while did Ye realize that she was really angry, and she carefully asked from the side, "Lin, I'm sorry! Are you feeling unwell? Did I hurt you?"
Linni clutched her stomach, feeling a bloating and pain in her abdomen. It felt as if someone was pulling at a nerve in her lower body, causing sharp, painful throbbing. She was also feeling cold all over.
Ye saw her curled up in bed, trembling slightly. He went over and brushed her disheveled hair aside, finding her face pale and covered in cold sweat. He was immediately frightened and asked in a trembling voice, "Lin, what's wrong? What happened?"
At this moment, the two white tigers, who had been waiting on the opposite bank for a long time without seeing them come out, swam across the large pool and entered the cave. Seeing that Lin Ni was still in bed, they ran over and stood on the edge of the stone platform, barking and howling.
Lin Ni felt extremely irritated. Ye's voice and the white tiger's roar sounded like demonic noises in her ears. She endured the discomfort and shouted, "Stop making noise!"
The three males fell silent, and then Linni felt a warm flow from her private parts, realizing it must be her long-awaited period! Linni had experienced menstrual cramps once when she was in seventh grade, which terrified her family. They thought she had acute appendicitis and had to take her to the hospital before discovering it was just menstrual cramps. Since then, her mother had been very careful to take care of her health and had told her many things girls should pay attention to. Therefore, Linni suspected that her current discomfort was due to her recent exposure to cold. The weather was too hot, and they lived by a pond, with Ye, a swimming expert, around, so she would play in the water for a long time every day, probably catching a chill.
Lin Ni, suppressing her discomfort, said, "Ye, go and boil some hot water for me."
Ye Ma immediately said, "Okay, I'll go now!" and turned to leave.
Linni then said, "Baizhu, get my hiking backpack."
Bai Shu brought her the backpack, and Lin Ni painfully and laboriously rummaged through it to find her sanitary napkin. She wanted to get up to deal with it, but she couldn't stand up and could only wait for Ye to come back so he could carry her there.
To solve her bathing and bodily needs, Linni had Ye create a small space in a corner using animal hides.
After boiling water, Ye carried her over. Lin Ni couldn't even squat properly. Ye waited outside the small cubicle and reached in to support her. At the same time, he smelled a strong stench of blood.
The two white tigers, thinking Ye had injured her the night before, kept growling at her. Ye, no longer in the mood to care about them, asked worriedly, "Lin, where are you hurt? Why does it smell of blood? What happened?"
Lin Ni didn't have the strength to answer him. After she finished, she forced herself to endure the discomfort and let Ye carry her back to bed. Then she drank some hot water and fell into a drowsy sleep.
This month's monthly fee tormented the four intelligent beings in the cave to the point of unbearable pain. Linni was in so much pain that she had no strength left and also had a fever. She only drank a few sips of meat soup in the entire day and night.
The three males all looked at her with eyes that said, "She's about to die." Bai Zhu and Bai Ji couldn't help much; they could only hunt some game and gather some firewood. Ye stayed by Lin Ni's side, boiling water, cooking meat soup, changing her clothes, wiping her sweat, changing her blankets, and carrying her to take care of her bodily needs. He didn't dare to relax for a moment, afraid that he might not have noticed or heard what Lin Ni needed.
Lin Ni's fever didn't subside until the afternoon of the next day. She leaned against Bai Shu and ate most of the potato and meat stew she had eaten with Ye's help. She felt much better afterward.
Linni wiped her sweat with a towel and said to Ye, "Ye, I want to take a shower." Under Ye's questioning gaze, she felt her request might be a bit unreasonable, but still brazenly said, "I want to take a hot shower."
"A hot shower?" While Ye was pondering how to take a hot shower, Lin Ni gestured with a circle about the size of a washbasin: "Could you find something this big, put it on the stove, and heat the water? I want to wash up."
Covered in sweat and blood, Lin Ni wondered how Ye, Bai Shu, and Bai Ji, those beastmen with their keen sense of smell, felt. In any case, she felt like she was about to go bad!
After listening, Ye nodded to indicate that she understood, and then asked, "Would you like to eat some more?"
Linni shook her head: "I'm already full, you should go now."
Ye glanced at her worriedly: "Is there anything else you need? I'm afraid these two stupid tigers won't be able to take good care of you."
The two white tigers looked at Ye with dissatisfaction: You're the stupid tiger, your whole family are stupid tigers! But when they realized that they really couldn't help much these past two days, they lowered their heads dejectedly.
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