The weather in this place was quite capricious. Suddenly, an evil wind arose on a perfectly fine day, the sky turned gloomy, and no stars or moon could be seen, as if it was about to rain at any moment.

The temperature was already a bit chilly, and after a few gusts of overcast wind, it became cold and bleak. Moreover, being close to the ocean, the humidity was heavy. The combination of the two made the cold air penetrate into people's bones along with the dampness.

With such a primitive level, naturally one couldn't expect the so-called houses to have any other effects like keeping warm in winter and cool in summer, except for blocking the wind and rain.

In fact, Xia Chuan and Shen Lan suspected that the house might even be the opposite - cold in winter and warm in summer. Because whether it was the door or the small dog-hole-like window used for dispersing smoke, they were all very crudely tied with some branches and hung with a few broad leaves as a cover.

This cover was really dispensable, more symbolic than practical. It could only block a little drizzle and breeze. As long as the weather got a bit harsher, it would definitely let in both wind and rain.

After being flooded with cold wind for a while, there was no temperature difference between inside and outside the house.

Xia Chuan and Shen Lan lay on that extremely simple "bed", somewhat regretting not taking Laura's advice to bring some dry firewood back. A fire in the house would make it much warmer, at least falling asleep wouldn't be a problem. But now, their room had probably become the coldest one in the entire walled city - dark and damp. The only thing that could retain a bit of warmth was the old animal fur beneath them.

The size of this room was quite suitable for those primitives, but for the two tall guys Xia Chuan and Shen Lan, it was a bit small, including the "bed" they were lying on. This elevated platform used as a bed was no problem for two normal primitives to sleep on, but when Xia Chuan and Shen Lan lay on it, they couldn't stretch out their arms and legs. They could hardly lie flat, and had to lie on their sides, along the edge, and couldn't turn their backs to each other.

Back in the dinosaur world, the two had experienced sleeping on each other's legs. Squeezing together on one bed now wasn't a big deal, but the awkwardness lay in this side-lying posture...

Xia Chuan wasn't used to sleeping face-to-face with someone, so as soon as he lay down, he turned over, facing the slightly curved wall, with his knees slightly bent and his right hand serving as a pillow for a moment. Feeling the size of this "bed", Shen Lan also decisively turned to face Xia Chuan's direction, lying on his side with his chest almost pressed against Xia Chuan's back.

However, due to the close distance, his left hand hovered in the air for a long time without finding a suitable gap to put down between the two of them. He raised his head halfway, squinting his eyes and scanning back and forth between them several times. With his poor eyesight, he tried hard to find a spot for a while, but still couldn't find a place, so he simply dropped it on Xia Chuan's waist.

Dropping it was fine, but he happened to adjust his side-lying posture along with it. The hand resting on Xia Chuan's waist also swept around a couple of times before settling down.

Xia Chuan: "..."

His waist was very ticklish to begin with, with a sensitive touch. Even when fingers were a few centimeters away from his waist, he wished there was a magnetic field sensor. Let alone Shen Lan resting his hand on it and moving around like this.

Shen Lan felt the abdominal muscles on Xia Chuan's waist tighten under his palm, and his body also shrank a little. He thought it was because of the cold wind blowing in. He couldn't see Xia Chuan's condition clearly, so he simply used his hand instead. The big hand resting on Xia Chuan's waist lifted up and rubbed Xia Chuan's neck and exposed small arms a couple of times, saying, "You're cold? You've got goosebumps all over."

Xia Chuan: "..."

He originally wanted to say that half of the goosebumps were indeed from the cold wind blowing in, a physiological reaction that he couldn't control. The other half was rubbed out by Shen Lan's paws, because he really wasn't used to having overly close physical contact with others.

As a result, Shen Lan came up and rubbed him from neck to waist, all on the places where he was ticklish. It would be strange if he didn't get goosebumps!

However, these words always sounded a bit off when spoken out loud. They had already reached his throat, but Xia Chuan swallowed them back with a blank expression, and finally changed it to a stiff sentence: "Not cold."

Shen Lan pouted, not believing him: "Stubborn."

Xia Chuan: "..."

He found that when communicating with someone like Shen Lan, at least half the time he would be choked to death, so after a moment of speechlessness, he replied unhappily, "If it's cold then it's cold, why bother so much, just go to sleep."

Of course, Shen Lan wouldn't really shut up and go to sleep just because of his words. Instead, he rubbed Xia Chuan's arms a couple of times with his hand, slid down to his waist and wrapped around it, then pulled Xia Chuan's entire body tightly into his embrace, saying, "Snuggling closer will make it warmer. Have you forgotten the simplest way to keep warm?"

These words sounded very natural, so righteous that Xia Chuan felt embarrassed to struggle out of his arms, as if moving a bit would seem like he was thinking too much and his thoughts weren't pure enough. To the point that he lay stiffly in Shen Lan's arms, extremely uncomfortable, for quite a while...

As a result, he found that this most simple method of keeping warm didn't seem to work well between them.

Shen Lan's body temperature was constant, but his constant temperature was lower than a normal person's body temperature, so to Xia Chuan, Shen Lan's body felt slightly cool to the touch. In the short term, the one who benefited more from hugging tightly together was Shen Lan. For Xia Chuan, it was just someone helping to block the wind sliding over his skin.

Of course, with Shen Lan's somewhat lacking mind, he wouldn't think of this for a while. And Xia Chuan, who originally felt a bit uncomfortable and wanted to find a chance to break free, instead suppressed the thought of breaking free after discovering this point.

Compared to being protected, he was actually more used to being a protector. If it could let Shen Lan sleep a bit warmer this night, those so-called discomforts and awkwardness could be thrown far away. Moreover, his current discomfort and awkwardness weren't really because he rejected Shen Lan's touch...

Outside, the cold wind continued. The broad leaves covering the doors and windows rubbed against each other in the wind, making a rustling sound, accompanied by the chirping of some unknown night insects in the wilderness, which actually had a bit of a hypnotic effect.

When Xia Chuan needed to conserve energy, he could always adjust himself to the most suitable state for falling asleep in the shortest time, and then sink into a half-forced state of sleep.

However, tonight, it seemed like he didn't need to force himself. Drowsiness naturally crept up on him. Perhaps it was because he finally had a roof over his head and the company of his own kind...

Clearly, he wasn't the only one feeling this way. Shen Lan, who was holding him tightly, seemed even more tired than him. Before long, Xia Chuan felt Shen Lan's forehead resting against the back of his head, the tip of his nose lightly touching the back of Xia Chuan's neck.

Shen Lan's steady and long breaths, one after another, fell upon Xia Chuan's skin. Compared to Shen Lan's slightly cool body temperature, his breath was much warmer, sweeping over Xia Chuan's neck and causing a slight itch.

This itch was just right, neither too strong nor too faint, perfectly inducing a numbness that went straight to the brain, mixing up all the clear thoughts, leaving only fragments of illogical shadows. It harmonized perfectly with the drowsiness, quickly making one lose all sense and awareness...

This was probably the most comfortable and relaxing sleep Xia Chuan had ever had. He almost couldn't wake up until he heard an undeniable clamor.