If he lived such a life in his original world, Chen Qi would probably be snickering in secret. But here, lying in bed with his eyes open all day, with no electricity or cell phone, was torture.

When Aze went for guard duty on the wall, he would let others accompany Chen Qi. At the moment, it was Ka Luo who was serving him some basil soup. Ka Luo let the soup cool a little before handing it to Chen Qi, while constantly cautioning him, “Be careful, it is still a little hot.”

Chen Qi rolled his eyes, speechless. This feeling where everyone regarded him as a seriously ill patient really made him feel tired. Even explaining several times that he had long recovered was useless. Everyone would either look at him or stare at him.

Seeing Chen Qi obediently finish the basil soup, Ka Luo was relieved. But he could not help but look a little gloomy as he took the bowl back. As he looked at Chen Qi’s expression that was no different from usual, he couldn’t help sighing softly and whispered, “If only we had met you earlier.” Maybe he wouldn’t have lost his father so early. However, when his father left, his brother was still not yet of age. He also worried that if they knew him too early, maybe his brother would miss out on Chen Qi. When he thought up to here, Ka Luo felt relieved again.

His father had both their dads with him now, so perhaps he was already very happy as is.

Chen Qi laughed, “It’s not too late to have met now.”

“That’s right, it’s not too late to have met now.” Ka Luo put away the pottery bowl and went on to pick up the half-finished hide shoes to continue making them. The hide shoes were being made for Ayao. Naturally, the design was courtesy of Chen Qi, and they were short and round. Chen Qi also showed him how to use wooden buttons as eyes and sew them into the shape of a little tiger. They were very cute. Ajing was envious when he saw them. Later, Ali made him a pair of similar ones. Now, Ajing refused to take them off.

“Ka Luo, can I get up and walk about for a bit?” Chen Qi saw Ka Luo continuing his work and asked tentatively. He had been lying in bed for two days, and his bones were sore. Now he just wanted to move his bones.

Ajing had been sitting at the table practicing calligraphy. Today, Chen Qi taught him a Tang poem. He was diligently copying it, but his ears were perked and he was always paying attention to Chen Qi’s movements. Hearing that Chen Qi wanted to get up, he immediately put down his pen, took off his shoes and climbed onto the heated kang bed. Then, he clung onto Chen Qi’s hand, preventing him from getting off the bed.

“No way.” Ka Luo didn’t even have to think about it before refusing, without even raising his head. In the past two days alone, he had heard Chen Qi’s countless requests to get out of bed. But can illness be treated so casually? Although things looked all right now, what if the moment’s inattention causes him to fall ill again? Perhaps next time, they may not be able to get the protection of the Beast God.

That’s right. Chen Qi got better so quickly this time. However, everyone didn’t attribute all the reasons for Chen Qi’s quick recovery to the efficacy of the bowls of perilla soup. The beastmen all worship the Beast God. They thought that Chen Qi must have been protected by the Beast God resulting in his speedy recovery. After all, Chen Qi knew so many things that even Aze couldn’t quite recognize his tribe. Azhang had even wondered if Chen Qi had been sent by the Beast God to help them.

Hearing the expected answer, Chen Qi sighed, “It really is just a common cold. After a good night’s sleep, it will be fine. What are all of you worried about?”

Ka Luo put down the needle and thread, then looked up at Chen Qi with a serious expression. “Perhaps getting sick is a very common thing in your tribe, but here, our bodies are not as good as that of the females. We do not have the female’s ability to recover. If we get sick, we will die.” Ka Luo paused. “I don’t think my brother told you. Our father, in such a winter, suddenly started to burn up like you. He burned for several days. He told us that he would just sleep. As a result, after he fell asleep that day, he never woke back up.”

Chen Qi was stunned and stared blankly for a moment. He really had not known about this kind of thing, and in his mind, he couldn’t help feeling warm. No wonder these people treated getting sick like they were facing such a great enemy. It was only because they cared so much that they acted this way. So he’d lie in bed for a few more days to let them feel at ease. Having thought this way, for the next few days, Chen Qi didn’t ask to get out of bed anymore.

Of course, it was impossible for him to just dazedly stare at the ceiling with his eyes open. The final result from the negotiation was that he could lie on the bed to recover, but he must be allowed to do something. Aze couldn’t beat him, so he finally agreed. However, he could only do it with someone watching him. He was now afraid that Chen Qi would accidentally make something wrong and get sick again.

Previously, Chen Qi had wanted to make some props for entertainment. At the moment, he was idle in bed, so after thinking for half a day, he finally decided to make a chess set.

In fact, Chen Qi was not very good at Go. When he was in college, his teacher had played a game of guiding chess with him, which made him think that he was good at Go. As a result, when he played official games with others, he was eaten to death before he was able to take a few steps. In the end, he lost all the games before reaching the game’s half-time.

It was obviously an unscientific thing for Chen Qi, who, no matter what, could not play Go well, to teach these beastmen, who didn’t even know what Go was. However, there was a different kind of Go that could be played with a chess set that even children could play well. Gobang*.

*五子棋 wǔ zǐ qí – five-in-a-row (game similar to tic-tac-toe); Japanese: gomoku; gobang