Survival Guide After Accidentally Kissing a Demon - Chapter 264

Chapter 264

“Miss, let me help you.”

It was the voice of a young man, brimming with enthusiasm.

Beili turned around, and when she saw him, a look of confusion crossed her face.

The man noticed her confusion and hurriedly introduced himself. “Miss, my name is…”

Beili heard a long, unwieldy name come out of his mouth.

She couldn’t help frowning.

Oh… remembering names was hard, especially in Tilisha.

The people here always had such long names, just like Lance’s surname.

In all of Tilisha, Lance and his younger sister probably had the only names that were simple and easy to remember-though that might be because the Royal Family’s surname was already long enough. If their given names were any longer, they would be impossible to say.

She was getting sidetracked.

In short, Beili usually remembered people by their defining traits.

Like the man in front of her. He had a strong build, and the skin on his body carried the texture of crocodile hide. His Half-beast features were obvious.

Most of the heavy labor along the way had been handled by him, as had the task of keeping the group safe-

If they encountered ill-intentioned people from other groups, he was also the one who stepped forward to drive them off.

So in Beili’s mind, the title she had given him was:

Ah Qiang.

“I remember you. I just don’t remember your name…”

Beili looked at Ah Qiang in front of her and asked in confusion, “Sorry, is there something you need?”

Ah Qiang gave her a friendly smile and said, “I came to help. Building a house isn’t exactly easy work for the two of you.”

Hearing that, Beili paused. Before she could reply, Ah Qiang smiled again and went on, “To be honest, everyone’s been guessing about you and your lover’s identities. Most people think you’re people of Noble birth who eloped during the disaster.”

Oh…

Though Beili felt somewhat speechless, she could understand why they would think that.

It really wasn’t an exaggeration.

Because when Bartholomew and Ashera in his youthful form stood together, they immediately stood out from everyone around them.

They were completely different from commoners and Half-beasts.

Both of them were fair-skinned and delicate-looking, with an innate elegance that carried an unmistakable refinement.

Every strand of hair on their heads looked as if it had been carefully tended to by servants each day with the finest essential oils.

On top of that, when they had been gathering funds to build their new home, she had taken out such a large sum of money all at once.

The amount was more than ten times what everyone else had contributed combined.

At that point, it could hardly be called everyone pooling money to build their homes. It was clearly her generously paying out of her own pocket to help everyone rebuild.

So when it came to building her house, everyone had reached a consensus and voluntarily taken over all the work.

“Have you planned out how you want the house built?”

Ah Qiang continued, “Tell me, and I’ll see how many stones I need to bring over.”

“There’s really no need. Thank you.”

Beili hurriedly waved her hands and declined his kindness. As for building a house, she could absolutely have the Morpho Butterflies do it in her mind…

But if a house appeared overnight, would that be too conspicuous?

Ah Qiang thought she was just being polite and quickly smiled. “It’s no trouble at all. Besides, I was thinking of building my house next to yours.”

B-build it next to theirs?

She had specifically chosen a plot farther away.

After hearing that, Beili said seriously, “You should give up on that idea.”

Ideally, he should build his house at least ten meters away from them in every direction.

Beili said tactfully, “Because my… uh, my lover is used to keeping some distance from other people.”

When Ah Qiang heard her say that, a trace of disappointment appeared on his face, but he couldn’t say anything more.

“In any case-”

He handed her the paper and charcoal pencil in his hand and said, “Draw the layout you want for the house first. I’ll go move some building stones over for you now.”

Beili took the paper and pencil from Ah Qiang.

She had just turned around, intending to watch him leave, when she casually lifted her eyes-and saw that the silver-haired boy had appeared at some point without her noticing.
Not far behind them, a young man stood with a cage in one hand, several little chicks inside going “cheep, cheep.”

In his other hand, he held a lead rope, and two cows followed behind him.

He simply stood there in silence.

His golden eyes were shadowed, dark light flowing through them, his emotions unreadable.

A faint chill crept over the back of Beili’s neck. Her sixth sense told her that if she didn’t do something fast, Ah Qiang might be in trouble.

A gentle smile tugged at the corners of Beili’s mouth. She quickened her pace and hurried over.

First, she leaned in and gave the young man an affectionate kiss on each cheek. Only then did she take the cage from his hand and ask, “Why are there so many?”

Those two soft kisses eased the young man’s expression a little.

His golden eyes lowered along with his lashes, and his words came out a little haltingly. “There are still some I d-didn’t bring over. They said… they said you p-paid too much…”

As he spoke, he lifted his eyes toward the man who was about to leave and asked softly, “What is he d-doing here?”

Beili curved her red eyes and explained honestly, “He’s here to help us build the house. You know I contributed a lot of money when we were raising funds.”

She pointed at the empty plot behind her.

“So all we need to do is draw the house design on paper, and they’ll help us build it.”

After hearing this, the young man fell quiet for two seconds.

As if some unpleasant thought had been dispelled, he then gave a small nod.

Seeing that he had been coaxed, a soft smile appeared on Beili’s lips.

“You came at just the right time. We can plan the layout of the house together.”

…

Ah Qiang had already left to move stones.

Beili held Ashera’s hand and slowly walked back.

When they reached the spot they had chosen, she pointed at the ground, then laid the paper over the cow’s back.

Holding a charcoal pencil, Beili drew the floor plan on the paper while carefully explaining it to him.

“Look, this is the bedroom. It doesn’t need to be too big, but I’ll decorate it so it’s warm and comfortable…”

“This side will be the living room. It can be more spacious so we’ll have room to move around…”

“And here, we’ll make a bathing room…”

…

The young man drew closer, gently wrapped his arms around her, and rested his chin lightly on her shoulder, listening in silence.

Beili wasn’t entirely sure whether this guy was actually taking in anything she said.

After all, even when she finished, he probably wouldn’t raise any objections.

Even so, she patiently described every detail, just so he would feel like he was part of it too.

Mm. She liked the atmosphere right now.

…

A while later, Ah Qiang came driving an ox cart, the cart piled high with the stones and earth needed to build the house.

He had also called over several other people.

They gathered around Beili’s drawing, discussed it for a while, and then got to work.

This place was remote and barren, with scarce resources. There was no way they could build the kind of splendid houses found in Tilisha Imperial City, made from huge blocks of stone cut smooth and even.

They could only use local materials-stones of all sizes mixed with earth-to build a simple, plain mud house.

After it was finished, they would still need to coat the surface with a special waterproof sealant to increase the house’s resistance to rain during the rainy season.

Speaking of the waterproof sealant, when Ah Qiang first received the drawing, he had asked her in advance, “Miss, what kind of patterns would you like painted on the walls?”

Oh, of course.

Of course they could add other colors to the sealant and paint pretty patterns with it.

Many of the houses in the village were painted with Tilisha yucca and evening primrose motifs.

Beili thought about it seriously. Then she took out paper and pen again and drew the pattern she had in mind.

She outlined the general shape with simple lines, then drew arrows to mark the colors needed before handing it to Ah Qiang.