Chapter 158: Planning to Build a House

Nan Qinghuan understood his meaning. "So you do believe me, and you also believe that blood siblings cannot marry. Then, Ying, let's abolish this tribe rule from now on, alright?"

She wanted to take this opportunity to eliminate this barbaric marriage custom. Blood siblings marrying truly would not do. Ying's brows furrowed tightly, seemingly finding it very difficult to manage, but he still nodded. "This rule was not set by me. I promise you, when Shi Gong returns, I will discuss it with him."

"Shi Gong? Who is that?"

Ying could not understand what she meant by this, but instead asked, "Qinghuan, are you willing to bear my cubs?"

Nan Qinghuan touched her flat abdomen, thought of what just happened, and nodded solemnly. "Bear them, I definitely will."

"Really?"

Nan Qinghuan was speechless. How could there be any falsehood in this matter? Ying was suddenly overjoyed, scooped her up in one sweep and spun her around on the ground. "Wonderful! Qinghuan is going to bear my cubs! Wonderful!"

Ying was as happy as a child. Nan Qinghuan had never seen him this happy. She was spun until she was dizzy and disoriented, when suddenly, her lower abdomen tightened.

Oh no, she urgently needed to pee.

"Put me down, I need to go out for a moment."

Ying then set her down, frowning slightly. "It's already dark, where are you going?"

"I…"

She felt a bit awkward. Was she supposed to say she was going to pee? "Don't ask, I'm just going out for a moment and I'll be right back, very quick."

"I'll go with you."

"No."

This time, no matter what she said, she would not let Ying go with her, but Ying insisted on following her. "Where do you want to go?"

Nan Qinghuan was helpless. Heavens, how could this man not give her any privacy at all? She had no choice but to stammer, "I need to relieve myself, um…"

Ying was startled at first, then quickly understood what she meant. So she wanted to go out to excrete.

"Qinghuan, what is there to be embarrassed about? Don't go outside, there's a pot."

Saying that, he went to fetch it for her. Nan Qinghuan hurriedly stopped him. "Hey, don't bring that thing, I'm not used to it. I'll still go outside for a moment, very quick."

Just like that, in their stubborn argument, Ying actually compromised this time, but he still was not reassured, so he had the wild wolf Mos follow her. Fortunately, she found a leaf at the Cave Entrance, placed it on her head, and prepared to go relieve herself.

Outside it was pitch black and soaking wet, the air filled entirely with dampness.

The tribespeople had no toilets and all took care of it outside, and she was no exception now.

She swore that when they built houses, she would construct a clean and hygienic toilet. Coming outside to pee and poop was truly something no human ought to do.

After relieving herself, she walked out of the Forest and was just about to head toward the Cave, when suddenly… a figure darted out and nearly startled her.

"Rongdi."

She instantly retreated several steps, very much on guard. She saw that Rongdi was soaked through, and his face was again painted with a white totem, making his whole person look very gloomy and terrifying.

She had to admit, thinking about how she had helped the Wolf Tribe against Rongdi, she still felt quite guilty.

What did he come for? To capture her? Rongdi saw how afraid she was of him, then noticed her feet were soaked through, and could not help but sneer. "Nan Qinghuan, your courage shouldn't be this small. Weren't you very formidable, using the Divine artifact against my Flying People? What are you afraid of now?"

Nan Qinghuan: "…"

Sure enough, he came to settle accounts.

She was about to say something, but Rongdi sneered again, seemingly mocking her for having made herself look so wretched and bedraggled.

"Nan Qinghuan, is this the life you wanted? I have a luxurious Treehouse there and you won't live in it, you want to live in a rain-leaking Cave? And when you need to do that, you still have to come out and suffer in the heavy rain. You really are a fool."

That's right, Rongdi knew this heavy rain would make the Cave leak. One look at Nan Qinghuan's bedraggled state and it was clear.

Nan Qinghuan had not expected him to appear here, and moreover to come mock her.

She rolled her eyes at him and did not back down. "I'm willing, so what are you going to do about it?"

Though her words were unforgiving, she was still afraid of Rongdi, afraid he would drag her off to his place like last time. She kept trying to kick Mos with her foot, but the wild wolf Mos was very afraid of Rongdi, even more afraid than she was, and shrank behind her.

Nan Qinghuan could not help but curse. Spineless!

She straightened her back. "I said I'm willing to stay here and it has nothing to do with you. Besides, we won't be living in the Cave much longer. What did you come here for?"

Though afraid, she could not lose this imposing manner.

But Rongdi's eyes had been fixed on her all along. A few days ago he had gone back to deal with the tribespeople's water shortage, and only today did he have time to come out. The first thing he heard upon coming out was that Nan Qinghuan had gained the Wolf Tribe and had also returned to the Ying Tribe, so he wanted to come see, to see how she was doing? A mere female holding two Tribes in her hands, this was something that had never happened before on the Ancient Land.

He came, but he saw that she was not doing well. That Cave leaked rain, and she had to come out to excrete braving the heavy rain.

This made his heart ache. He just could not understand why she would leave a good life behind to come back and suffer. "Not live in the Cave, then what will you live in?"

Nan Qinghuan was somewhat afraid that Rongdi would abduct her again. "Don't do anything rash, Ying is right nearby. One shout from me and he'll come. Leave quickly, soon you won't be able to leave."

Afraid that Rongdi would act rashly, her footsteps also gradually retreated.

Rongdi saw how afraid she was of him, and a sneer hooked up at the corner of his mouth. "Now you know fear. When you knocked out my A Mu's teeth, how come you didn't know fear?"

Nan Qinghuan: "…"

"He deserved it. Who told him to eat human flesh? I'm telling you, Rongdi, if you people eat human flesh, sooner or later you'll end up just like him, getting twisted-bowel colic and dying an agonizing death from the pain."

"Die an agonizing death from the pain?"

He thought of his A Mu. All these years, what A Mu loved most was human flesh, and he had eaten quite a few people himself. Indeed, he had always suffered from stomach pain, and even now there was no good medicine to cure it.

He suddenly understood. "You're saying A Mu's illness was caused by eating human flesh?"

How could that be? A Mu had eaten so much human flesh and never had any problems.

Nan Qinghuan glared at him. "Of course. Human flesh has a lot of bacteria, it's different from those animals. Of course you'll get sick if you eat it. What are you still doing here? Hurry up and leave."

Rongdi saw that her clothes were wet, and he actually gently flapped his wings, spreading them to shield her from the rain. Seeing this action, Nan Qinghuan felt a bit uncomfortable. She lowered her voice. "Rongdi, I know you treat me well, but I've made it very clear, I won't go with you to your place. I will follow only Ying for the rest of my life. You should go, go back and be a proper chief. Isn't it good for us to coexist peacefully?"

Rongdi knew she wanted to persuade him to coexist peacefully. Of course he wanted to coexist peacefully, but only after he had swallowed all the Tribes.

"Nan Qinghuan, I will leave, but I tell you, the people here are all going to fall ill. The time has come. If you stay here, you'll only end up the same as them. Come with me, no one falls ill where I am."

These words made Nan Qinghuan's expression darken. She did not quite understand. "What do you mean? What have you done to the tribespeople?"

She worried that Rongdi had come here to poison them.

Seeing that she was unaware of the situation here, Rongdi felt a moment of smugness. "If you don't leave, you'll regret it. Though I know your medical skills are formidable, this time I'm afraid you won't be able to save so many people. I'll give you one day to consider. Tomorrow at this time I will come again. If you still don't leave…"

He paused, his gaze carrying a trace of ruthlessness. "Then wait for death."