Chapter 271 - 243: A Puppy with No Common Sense
Chapter 271: Chapter 243: A Puppy with No Common Sense
Gu Ning pushed away Leo’s head, which was getting too close, and began emptying her backpack.
It was all daily necessities: toiletries like toothpaste, a toothbrush, soap, and a towel. For convenience on the road, she had left behind shower gel and shampoo, deeming them too bulky for her pack.
Besides those, there was something she absolutely couldn’t do without.
Gu Ning took out a gray-white cloth pouch.
A wave of relief washed over Gu Ning as she looked at the pouch.
It was a pouch she had sewn herself, and inside was the period underwear Alex had made for her. Thankfully, Barto had given her a waterproof backpack, so the pouch hadn’t gotten wet. The underwear inside should be fine.
She could afford to lose anything else in her pack, but if she lost this, she’d be in trouble when her period arrived.
’Counting the days... I think it’s about that time, isn’t it?’
Gu Ning paused, her hand hovering over the pouch’s opening, as she tried to recall the date of her last period.
"What’s this?"
Leo, full of curiosity, pulled a thick, soft, and neatly folded item from the pouch.
He held it up and unfolded it. It was triangular... a small pair of underwear.
"Why would you wear underwear that’s so thick?" Leo turned the "small underwear" over in his hands. "This style isn’t very good-looking, either."
Seeing him holding her period underwear and admiring it, Gu Ning’s face flushed as she snatched it back.
’Underwear? It’s period underwear, you clueless little mutt!’
’Even if it were just regular underwear, how could he just grab something so private, feel it all over, and then start critiquing it?’
’Gu Ning was beginning to wonder if the little mutt was being a pervert on purpose.’
"I wasn’t done looking at it." Utterly oblivious to the fact that it was a private item, Leo pulled another pair out of the pouch. He unfolded it and prodded the thick, soft part in the middle. "Is it padded with a sponge? Is this style actually comfortable? Wouldn’t it be stuffy?"
He sniffed it. "Are they new?"
Gu Ning’s face grew even redder. ’What is he doing?!’
But she saw that the little mutt’s face was filled with pure curiosity. He wasn’t making any crude jokes or teasing her; he was just genuinely expressing his confusion about why she’d wear something so uncomfortable. This gave her a new perspective on certain gaps in the beastmen’s education.
But as a "small human" who had grown up in another world with a different culture, she was still mortified to see a male holding what he perceived as her underwear and discussing it so nonchalantly.
’She and this pup weren’t *that* close yet.’
"Why is your face so red?" Leo noticed something was off with the little female, and his attention shifted to her face. He touched her cheek, surprised. "Your temperature is rising."
Then, looking puzzled, he stared at her flushed face and said, "The Snake Clan can’t stand the cold, that’s true, but haven’t the Snake Clan beastmen adapted to low temperatures by now? Why is your temperature always fluctuating between hot and cold?"
Gu Ning slapped away the paw he was about to touch her with again and snatched the period underwear from his other hand. "It’s called heating, you silly mutt."
Leo: "I’m not a silly mutt. Stop calling me that all the time."
Gu Ning: "Yes, you are."
Leo retorted, "No, I’m not! If you call me that again, I’m going to get angry! I don’t go around calling you a silly snake, do I?"
Gu Ning stuffed the period underwear back into the pouch, in no mood to bicker with him.
’He doesn’t even recognize period underwear. If that doesn’t make him a silly mutt, what does? Even Alex knows how to make them.’
’This guy really doesn’t know the first thing about females.’
’She guessed this silly mutt probably hadn’t even met many females in his life.’
’But then again, his reaction to seeing a female’s private things was so... natural.’
’It made her think about her time with the beastmen. When it came to matters of intimacy, they were just like their general personalities—direct, a bit rough, and straightforward, yet with a strange sort of courtesy and a fundamental sense of decency.’
’They never managed to truly offend her, but they often made her want to die of embarrassment.’
’Like living with Alex during her last period, or like how Vine was helping her mask her scent now, saying with a straight face that it was to complete the mission.’
’She could never find a reason to refuse them.’
Looking at the silly mutt staring at her with his clear eyes, Gu Ning had the sudden urge to explain things to him, but she had no idea how to say words like "period" or "menstruation" in their language.
’Sigh... If only Windsor could have stayed with her a little longer. Then she might have learned more about what the females of this world were like.’
’Still, the fact that Alex knew how to make period underwear for her meant there was a demand for such things from other females.’
’So it was just this silly mutt who was clueless, probably because there were so few females around.’
Gu Ning couldn’t think of the right words to explain her period, so she gave up and went back to her bag.
She finished emptying the main compartment of her pack, then unzipped the outer pocket.
It was bulging, so there had to be more stuff inside.
When she opened it, Gu Ning saw a black camera and a white camera nestled safely inside.
She froze for a second, then let out a delighted cry, grabbing the white camera and jumping to her feet.
’My camera! My camera! My camera!’
Gu Ning was overjoyed to have her favorite camera back.
’The Bird Team actually got her cameras back for her! Those detestable birds were suddenly looking kind of cute. Damn it!’
Seeing her so happy, Cook wagged his tail and followed her with a few excited "WOOF WOOFs".
Her excitement was contagious, and Leo grinned. "Two cameras are enough to make you this happy? These are just old junk. I have way better ones."
’This silly mutt doesn’t know a thing,’ Gu Ning thought. ’This is exactly the kind of camera I’m most comfortable with. Of course, a big telephoto lens would be even better, but on a dangerous journey, a lightweight camera like this is far more practical. Besides, the resolution on this little camera isn’t bad at all.’
She turned on the camera to check if it was damaged, snapping a few random pictures of the room.
Just then, Vine, who had been showering in the bathroom, heard her shout. He yanked the door open and looked out into the living room. "What’s going on?"
Gu Ning turned, camera still raised. "CLICK!"
She had just taken a picture of the alpha wolf’s muscular—and completely naked—body.
Gu Ning: "..."
Vine: "..."
Gu Ning stood there stunned, her mouth slightly agape.
’Shit.’
’Wolf Team, why would you open the door without any clothes on?!’
Seeing the naked alpha wolf in her viewfinder, Gu Ning broke out in a cold sweat. She didn’t dare lower the camera. After a moment of frozen panic, she pretended she hadn’t seen a thing and very unnaturally spun around, frantically taking pictures of anything else.
Behind her, Vine silently closed the bathroom door.
Hearing the door shut, Gu Ning finally lowered her camera and plopped down onto the floor. She frantically tried to find the photo of Vine she had just taken so she could delete it.
"Why’s your face so red again?"
Leo’s face suddenly appeared in front of Gu Ning. He leaned in, tilting his head, his prominent nose almost touching her cheek.
"It’s nothing." Gu Ning pushed his head away. He was blocking her view.
Leo watched her staring down at the camera, her damp hair still dripping. He brushed a wet strand away from her face, his gaze following hers to the camera screen—just as she scrolled to the picture of a stark-naked Vine.