Chapter 277: The Female Lead Who Solely Wants to Develop Agriculture

Nan Qinghuan naturally wouldn't tell about the pocket space; she just pursed her lips, "Some things can't be said in detail; you only need to know this thing can keep the tribe fed, senior brother, since you don't want to go with me, take care."

Dropping those words, she turned and faced away, and Li Xiang, seeing that she didn't want to talk to him, shifted his gaze to Ying.

This wild man was so tall and imposing; he wasn't short himself, but in front of this wild man his aura instantly vanished.

This made Li Xiang feel that his aura had been lost.

He looked at the Rongdi who handed him the Grain Seed, "Take it, I want to say a word to this chief."

He was naturally speaking to Ying.

Rongdi knew Li Xiang's hatred toward Ying was no less than his own; he found a helper to vent his frustration, and now he was very pleased.

"Ying, my priest wants to talk to you, do you dare?"

Ying, taking big strides, prepared to step forward as if nothing could stop him, but Nan Qinghuan grabbed his arm, "Ying, don't go."

She could guess what they would say; she feared that Li Xiang might anger Ying and be killed.

Ying simply gently released her arm, "Qinghuan, this is a matter between men, I need to make it clear to him."

By the river, the water babbling, Li Xiang and Ying stood together; Ying glanced at the short man, "What do you want to say to me?"

His aura was strong, and Li Xiang's raging anger was suppressed.

He couldn't defeat him, so what could he do? Then he could only… "You, wild man, listen carefully: Nan Qinghuan doesn't belong here; she won't spend her whole life nesting with you. Don't be so selfish; she still has family waiting for her to return home. If you truly love her, let her go home with me. Don't involve her further."

Ying didn't quite understand those words, "Qinghuan is happy following me."

This made Li Xiang scoff, he sneered, "You, a wild man, how can you make her happy? Look at how poor you live here; she once lived a life of luxury, a life above others. Now, what does she wear, what does she eat, where does she live? Ying, if you truly love her, let her go; she doesn't belong to you, you two are mismatched."

Li Xiang was good at picking faults; everything he said were things Ying couldn't do now. Yes, that's how his era is, but he was already striving to change it.

His efforts to change gave Qinghuan a good life; when she wanted a house he built one, when she wanted rice he let her make it, when she wanted to do something she knew, he let her do it.

Even if today she exchanged precious Grain Seed for Dashan, he tacitly approved.

Because he loved her.

He respected everything about her.

The Grain Seed was discovered by her; she gives it to whomever she loves!

Seeing Ying's displeased expression, Li Xiang felt very smug.

Indeed, he wanted to trample his pride, making him feel unworthy of Nan Qinghuan and thus willing to let her go.

"You have nothing left to say? You can't give her anything, so what do you claim to love her with? Can you read, do arithmetic, have you attended school?"

"Literacy?"

Ying furrowed his brows, not understanding what Literacy meant; Li Xiang, seeing this, wanted to laugh, "You know nothing; an illiterate still dares to match my junior sister. If my junior sister didn't stay here, she'd have another life. You brute illiterate, you two aren't even from the same world."

Though Ying didn't grasp what an illiterate was, he understood "brute"; Qinghuan had once scolded him in the same way when she was angry.

A brute is no good thing.

In terms of face, Ying also didn't show weakness.

"Shut up, Qinghuan and I are happy. I warn you not to attack her, or I'll make you die a terrible death."

Dropping those words, Ying strode forward, and not far away Nan Qinghuan was waiting for him.

After he left, Li Xiang clenched his fist; those words were hurtful, and he knew the wild man understood, so… he deliberately wanted to make him feel inferior, to make him give up Nan Qinghuan!

The wind blew, making a rustling sound.

He let out a deep sigh, took out his compass, and the compass had also failed; this damned place…

This time the commotion made him realize that Nan Qinghuan truly fell in love with this wild man, and his plan had to change.

He now needed to find a place where magnetic fields resonate, to devise a way to secure taking Nan Qinghuan away; there were still many tasks he had to do.

He couldn't go alone, and how to escape Rongdi's surveillance were also concerns he now had to consider; today's uproar at least made him understand that Nan Qinghuan was doing well in the Tribe, which eased his mind a bit.

So… "Priest, what did you say to Ying?"

Rongdi was in a good mood; seeing Ying's displeased expression as he left, he also knew it was Li Xiang who had angered him.

"How nice, it's rare to see someone get Ying so angry; he's very pleased."

Li Xiang gave him a glance, "Just let them go like that?"

Rongdi shrugged, "We Beastmen are very rule-abiding; Qinghuan is right—fighting here is not worthwhile, and with Nan Qinghuan here I can't be sure I could kill Ying. In a few months winter will come, the Tribe's hard times are arriving. Li Xiang, the Grain Seed matter is yours now; my people want soft rice, you won't disappoint me, will you?"

After everything that just happened, he believed Li Xiang and Nan Qinghuan came from the same place, so whatever Nan Qinghuan could do, Li Xiang could as well.

Li Xiang now could only secure the place where Rongdi sought magnetic resonance; as for how to take Nan Qinghuan away, he still had to think of a method.

"Don't worry, leave this to me, but you also have to help me with a favor?"

Rongdi seemed to see what he intended, "You want me to help you steal Nan Qinghuan?"

Yes, he used the word "steal."

Li Xiang was very dejected, his smile forlorn; he had been confident, thinking that once his junior sister arrived he could turn things around, but he hadn't expected to lose to a primitive wild man.

In the era of drinking blood and eating raw meat, one could still fall in love with a wild man.

Crazy.

How could he be content, after enduring so much hardship to find Nan Qinghuan?

He won't give up!

He must snatch his junior sister's heart back.

He didn't want this feeling to end before he confessed; he was remorseful, wondering why he hadn't told Nan Qinghuan earlier, why he hadn't told her he didn't want to be her senior brother but wanted to be her man.

Now… his remorseful gut was turning green.

Hearing Rongdi's words, he sneered, "She's a person, how can you steal her?"

Rongdi's mouth twitched, "She doesn't want to leave; no one can force it."

This Rongdi knew Nan Qinghuan and Ying had a good relationship, so even if Li Xiang was her senior brother, he couldn't persuade her to leave Ying.

Of course, each of these two men had their own schemes.

Li Xiang wants to take Nan Qinghuan and flee from here, while Rongdi wants him to bring Nan Qinghuan into the Tribe to work for him; he heard that Ying discovered a treasure at Golden Nest and also forged an Iron Tool, and he wants all of those things.

If he can get Nan Qinghuan and Li Xiang to help him, how could his Tribe not be powerful? He has already, with Li Xiang's help, annihilated the You Snake Tribe, and the next target is the Dog Rong!

Li Xiang gets pedantic, "She's pregnant; it's because of this child that she refuses to leave."

He blames Nan Qinghuan's behavior on a mother's unwillingness to part with her child, so she resigns herself, just as those girls who were trafficked into the deep mountains initially wanted to leave, but over time their hearts changed; if a man sweet‑talks them and there is a child.

Then she truly can't get away.

These days Li Xiang thinks Nan Qinghuan is just like that, but he also resents her for not being clear‑headed; after all, she's someone who received higher education—how could she be fooled by a savage? To him, that savage is uncivilized; how did Qinghuan come to like him? When Rongdi heard that Nan Qinghuan has a child, the smile at the corner of his mouth vanished instantly, and he stared at Li Xiang in shock, "Nan Qinghuan has a child?"