Dennis was absolutely the most relentlessly suicidal living creature Xia Chuan had ever seen, bar none. Of course, Laura was naturally many times better than him in this regard.

After understanding what Dennis meant, she was also so shocked that she couldn't close her mouth for a while. Fortunately, she restrained herself in time, so she didn't say anything that would make the atmosphere even more awkward.

In fact, it was not uncommon to see same-sex couples bringing their pets to her store for treatment. Because she had seen it quite often, she never felt there was anything wrong with it, after all, same-sex marriage had been legalized.

But after a series of escapes, Xia Chuan and Shen Lan had a somewhat special status in her mind. She always felt that Shen Lan was almost omnipotent except for being a bit foolish at times. As for Xia Chuan, although his skills and physique were not as outrageous as Shen Lan's, he was still a bit too strong compared to ordinary people.

Moreover, although Shen Lan could answer, understand people, and even speak quite amusingly, Laura always felt that he was a mysterious existence outside the world of ordinary people and would not have any deep ties with anyone.

Xia Chuan, on the other hand, was mostly cold and aloof, exuding a "stay away from strangers" aura to everyone except those familiar to him. Laura once thought that nothing would draw his extra attention, let alone anything related to feelings.

If there were rumors that either of these two liked someone, Laura would think "are you kidding me, it's simply unimaginable".

But now Dennis's words told her that these two, who she would have thought would be impossible to fall in love, had gotten together.

For a moment, Laura felt like she had heard a fantasy story, and she was so shocked that she used her own son as a crutch to support herself.

However, after thinking about it, she felt that it was actually not surprising.

Although Shen Lan was a bit detached from the ordinary world, he was indeed much more partial to Xia Chuan than to others, so much so that it couldn't be more obvious. This was probably the anchor that tied him to the normal world. As for Xia Chuan, although he had a cold and hard temperament and was always a bit tense, he was indeed much more relaxed in front of Shen Lan, probably because Shen Lan could make him feel at ease and trust.

It was perfectly normal for two people who had a special place in each other's hearts to be attracted to each other.

Once Laura turned this corner, she quickly collected her expression, put away her shock, and replaced it with a calm smile, saying, "That's good."

Although her words were a bit out of the blue, on one hand, they expressed her thoughts, and on the other hand, they drew Xia Chuan and Shen Lan's attention to herself, which was considered saving the weak-legged Dennis.

And after hearing these words, Shen Lan blinked and actually hooked the corner of his mouth and casually followed up with a sentence: "Right?"

Xia Chuan: "..." What do you mean "right"?

Laura naturally wouldn't give them time to recover after their minds had turned around. After simply expressing her feelings, she immediately changed the subject: "We just came out of the infirmary, let's just call it the infirmary for now. That child couldn't be saved, and his body was taken back to his father's house this morning."

Dennis grabbed the opportunity and hurriedly rolled down, saying, "It's a pity, it's been so long and he still hasn't come out of the room."

"You're talking about Aegon?" Since they didn't dwell on that topic, Xia Chuan was naturally happy and wouldn't bring up more trouble for himself. After hearing their words, he frowned slightly and asked, "He waited in the infirmary all night?"

"Aegon?" Laura was stunned for a moment before saying, "You're referring to the one with a small braid, right?"

Xia Chuan nodded and said lightly, "When I heard the chief call him, the pronunciation was similar to this."

"He stayed by his son's bed all night without eating, drinking, or sleeping. I patted him in the morning, and he looked back at me as if he had just woken up, and said sorry. I could hear that his voice was completely hoarse." Dennis described, and then seemed to remember something, saying, "There were also a bunch of other people who came to see him in the morning and said a bunch of bird language, but unfortunately I couldn't understand a word."

Laura took over and said, "It was the chief, he was telling the others that he planned to reinforce the walls and make them higher. The current walls are not high enough to keep out the beasts here."

"Sister, you even understand bird language?" Dennis looked at her in shock, almost kowtowing.

Xia Chuan and Shen Lan were also a bit surprised by this. Then they saw Laura wave her hand and say, "No, I can only roughly understand the general meaning. In fact, if you listen carefully, their speech is not entirely without regularity. Some pronunciations are actually quite close to modern languages. After listening to it a lot, you can slowly understand a little."

Upon hearing this, Shen Lan raised his eyebrows and gave her a thumbs up: "Talent."

Once the topic turned to a normal track, the atmosphere in the room immediately became more harmonious. Laura and Dennis chatted a lot, and Shen Lan and Xia Chuan also occasionally interjected with a few questions. After a while, they obtained a lot of information, including what Laura had learned from her neighbors through gestures and guesses over the past two days.

For example, this tribe did not originally live here, but had migrated here recently. They felt that the resources here were quite abundant and the terrain was also good, so they decided to settle down here.

For another example, if you walk two or three kilometers west along this slope, you can still encounter other tribes. Among them, there is a tribe with very few people, and who knows where they gathered them from. Each and every one of them is not a good person. That mini-tribe doesn't do proper work and spends all day thinking of ways to seize other people's food, either stealing or robbing, which is extremely annoying.

It is said that before Xia Chuan and the others came here, people from that tribe had just come to steal food, and it was not the first time.

"There are actually other people?" After hearing this, Shen Lan only felt a bit strange. "They're completely unnoticeable."

Xia Chuan's thoughts were similar to his. Although they had only been in this tribe for two or three days and had encountered very limited situations, for some reason, he always felt that this land was a bit too quiet.

This quietness was not simply referring to sound.

During that time when he crossed the woods to go fishing by the sea, Xia Chuan felt something strange in his heart. At that time, his attention was elsewhere, so he didn't immediately realize what caused that strange feeling.

Now, when talking about other tribes, that strange feeling emerged again in his mind. This time, that feeling connected some clues from before and after, making Xia Chuan suddenly understand the reason why he felt strange—there were a bit too few creatures on this land.

Whether it was people or beasts, it always gave him a feeling that a part was missing, as if the world they were in was not a complete world, but a certain fragment that had been filtered out from it, and they had been living in this limited piece.