Chapter 164: The Wild Man Husband Has Changed a Lot

Rongdi, without Beast Transformation, was still very afraid of Jingang. He immediately took a step back and glared at Jingang. "You beast, you truly have no conscience. My father fed you all that meat for nothing."

Jingang: "..."

Nan Qinghuan knew Rongdi hadn't given up. "Rongdi, could you change the condition you're demanding? As long as you're willing to give me Herbal Medicine to keep the tribespeople from this illness, I can..."

"No. There is no other choice. If you don't go, I won't send a single stalk of Herbal Medicine. Nan Qinghuan, are you going to stand by and watch this place be annihilated as a tribe?"

That was right. He no longer had the patience to wait for her, so he was going to force her.

"Annihilated as a tribe?"

She drew in a sharp breath. It wasn't that Rongdi was ignorant and trying to scare her. In truth, if this eczema wasn't cured, it could trigger other illnesses, especially now that the tribe's interior was very damp. Many tribespeople with poor resistance would develop other ailments. In this ancient era with backward medical care, a minor illness could gradually develop into a major one for the tribespeople.

Once it started, there would be no stopping it.

Seeing that Nan Qinghuan seemed afraid, Rongdi wanted to step forward and get closer to her, but seeing Jingang behind her, he helplessly stopped again. The sight was somewhat comical.

"I want you to go to Na Shan only to have you teach my tribespeople to plant sweet potatoes. I have no other intentions. I won't force you to do anything you don't want to do. You know I've never liked forcing you."

"Plant sweet potatoes? You want to plant sweet potatoes over there?"

So he had never given up on having her go teach his tribespeople to farm.

Seeing her look of astonishment, Rongdi said, "That sweet potato tastes quite good. I want my tribespeople to eat it every day too."

"Did you go to the Cannibal Tribe..."

"What are you afraid of? I traded with them. They gave me sweet potatoes and I gave them Beast Skin and meat. Don't worry, that's your territory. I, Rongdi, won't touch them."

That was right. Because it was Nan Qinghuan's territory, he wouldn't touch them no matter what. He wanted her to know that his feelings for Nan Qinghuan were no less than Ying's.

In the pitch-black night, Rongdi stood there beneath the moonlight. Seeing not the slightest hint of deception in his eyes, Nan Qinghuan gradually believed his words. If something had happened to the Cannibal Tribe, she should have received news here.

Though Rongdi's methods were ruthless and the man was somewhat cunning, this time she believed what he said.

"Teaching them to plant sweet potatoes isn't impossible, but not now. I can't go with you. Could you..."

"No. That's the only condition. Either you agree and I send Herbal Medicine immediately, or..."

Rongdi narrowed his eyes slightly, a flash of ruthlessness passing through them. "You too can wait to be infected and die slowly. Nan Qinghuan, you choose."

"No need to choose. I'm not going anywhere. If you won't give me Herbal Medicine, I'll just think of another way."

Nan Qinghuan also had a stubborn temper. Never mind that she had agreed — even if she had, Ying wouldn't have consented. One month, not even one day. She knew Ying kept a very tight watch on her, and she didn't want to go to the Na Shan Tribe either. She knew Rongdi's was a stalling tactic, and once she went, she wouldn't be able to come back.

She wasn't stupid. This man was dangerous.

"Forget it. If you won't give it to me, the deal's off. Jingang, let's go."

Dropping these words, she actually turned to leave. Seeing that she didn't even want the Herbal Medicine anymore, Rongdi suddenly shouted, "You stop right there! If you can't cure them, Shigong won't let you off either. Do you understand?"

He still wanted to keep her there.

Very much so.

"Shigong?"

She remembered that traitor of the Wolf Tribe and turned her head to glare at him fiercely. "You and Shiva have been in cahoots this whole time?"

Sure enough, she had known all along that Rongdi had been trying to destroy the Tribe.

Rongdi, however, didn't answer her. He only said coldly, "Nan Qinghuan, you will regret this."

This time he truly intended to be ruthless with her once and for all. He didn't believe that without Herbal Medicine, the people of the Ying Tribe would still escape this calamity. He had already seized the Herbal Medicine from several tribes, leaving Ying nowhere to trade for it. This time, let's see what they could do. Nan Qinghuan raised her head and met his gaze, not afraid of his threat in the least. She hooked the corner of her lip and cast a sidelong glance at him. "Rongdi, in my hometown there's a saying: read the script while riding a donkey — wait and see. Your scheme won't succeed."

Though she knew Rongdi wouldn't understand these words, she still wanted to say them. Rongdi was still trying to make her stay, when suddenly, the lone wolf behind him seemed to have discovered something. "Chief, it's bad — the Ying Tribe's people are here."

Hearing that the Ying Tribe's people had come, Rongdi flapped his wings and hastily flew off. Seeing Rongdi flee in such a fluster, Nan Qinghuan raised her head and looked at the pitch-black sky.

Suddenly, swish, swish, swish... countless Long Arrows rained down toward Rongdi. Immediately after, torches gathered from afar in this direction, and Ying came running over quickly.

"Qinghuan."

"Ying."

Ying was very happy to see her perfectly fine. He reached out and pulled her into an embrace. "Why are you here? I've been looking everywhere for you. Don't run around anymore. It's very dangerous out here, you know?"

Ying now trusted Nan Qinghuan completely, so even knowing she had come out to meet Rongdi, he wouldn't fly into a rage anymore, because his Qinghuan wouldn't go with Rongdi.

He was only worried she might encounter danger. After all, Rongdi was ruthless in his methods and wouldn't stop until he achieved his goal.

The great Jingang, seeing Ying hugging his master, felt very uncomfortable and kept swinging his tail, wanting to hit him. But Ying didn't care and held Nan Qinghuan tightly.

He didn't want to let go for even a moment.

It had to be said, Ying was very afraid of her leaving him. He wished he could take her everywhere he went. In Nan Qinghuan's words, he wished he could tie her to his belt and carry her around.

"I'm fine. Jingang is here, isn't he? With him around, no one dares come near me. Ying, I saw Rongdi."

Since Ying was able to come here, he naturally also knew Rongdi had been present. Those Long Arrows just now had been aimed at Rongdi, so she might as well tell him and save him from overthinking.

Ying gently released her and nodded, his gaze exceedingly tender. "I know."

"You know?"

Seeing his calm expression, she was somewhat surprised. "Then you're not angry?"

Not angry that she had come out privately to negotiate? You should know, if it had been before, he definitely would have dragged her into the Cave, then, jealous and ruthless, demand her until she was exhausted in body and mind. But this time he actually hadn't? She had to admit, ever since she and Ying went to the Wolf Tribe and the two of them experienced those life-and-death trials together, she found that this man seemed to have changed his temper a great deal.

He had truly changed.

This wild man husband had changed quite a lot, changing in ways that made her like him more and more. It had to be said, the power of love was truly great. One came from the modern world, one from the ancient past. Through constant quarreling and adjustment, they had gradually found the way of getting along that suited them best.

Their two hearts also drew closer and closer together.

They say hardship and suffering are the best tests of a person's heart — to endure trials and still cling tightly to each other.

That is absolutely love.

And she, in this ancient era, had been fortunate enough to possess it as well.

At this moment, she was very grateful to heaven for letting them meet.

Ying knew what she wanted to say. "Qinghuan, I'm not angry. I know my temper was bad before. As long as you're here, I'm not angry. You know what made me angry was you leaving me. If you don't leave me, how could I be angry?"

He had never said these words to Nan Qinghuan before. He felt he could prove it with actions — prove that he could love Qinghuan more, spoil her more.

Of course, he had a bottom line: she could not leave his side for a single step.

Hearing Ying's words, Nan Qinghuan nearly wept for joy. "Ying, thank you for becoming better. We will definitely get better and better, believe me."

Even though they currently lacked Herbal Medicine, she felt this problem could definitely be solved.

However... thinking of what had just happened, she felt a bit helpless. "I didn't agree to Rongdi's conditions, so we still don't have any Herbal Medicine. Right now only that old thing has Herbal Medicine. Whether we can force him to hand over the Herbal Medicine — if that truly doesn't work, we'll go steal it. As long as we can save people first. Ying, what do you say?"

"Steal?"