Chapter 18: Because you are too weak

Qingcao nodded knowingly: "Oh, that's how it is, no wonder your eyes sparkle every time you look at the half-beasts in the tribe."

Wu Yue felt embarrassed: "Hehe."

At this moment, besides laughing foolishly, what else can I do?

"Considering the host's image, please choose a secluded corner when you act love‑struck in the future."

As expected, at times like this, how could the malicious system that adds insult to injury be missing?

"Never mind what she's doing, we should hurry back to gather; we're about to return to the tribe." Qingcao hurriedly pulled Wu Yue and went back to the previous gathering spot.

Upon returning to the main group, Wu Yue could clearly feel that the surrounding females had become distant toward her.

The carefree Qingcao felt nothing, her mind wholly focused on the surrounding bitter greens.

Wu Yue took out the branch she had picked while gathering herbs, pried out each bitter green one by one, and tossed them into her waist‑woven bag.

Although not as fast as the surrounding females, it was still far more efficient than her earlier bare‑handed work.

Qingcao bundled up the beast skin full of bitter greens, turned around to help her companion, but discovered her companion skillfully using a small wooden stick to pull out each bitter green one by one, very easily, Ah Ya.

Carrying her own beast‑skin bundle, Qingcao sidled over and looked at Wu Yue with a hint of admiration: "Wu Yue, you're really smart."

The soil where the bitter greens grow is indeed very hard; the females' hands, hardened by long‑term gathering, do not crack when digging up the greens.

But upon seeing Wu Yue today, one could tell she had never gathered bitter greens before.

That's why she speeds up her gathering, hoping to finish her task and help her companion.

Seeing her big eyes shining as she looked at him, Wu Yue laughed and cried at once: "I'm the one who envies you—gathering by hand is fast and good, I'll be much slower than you."

Qingcao shook her head, wearing a look of hard‑to‑recall hardship: "When I first started gathering, my fingers would split too; I only became calloused after following A Mu for a long time. Although it still hurts after each gathering, it's still bearable compared to hunger."

Wu Yue remained silent; the Beastfolk's survival environment here is harsh, their daily life revolves around food, and simply filling their stomachs is the greatest happiness.

"Then you can gather like I do in the future, using a wooden stick—this way your hands won't hurt."

"Your hands won't hurt, but the wild greens you pick probably won't last until the next gathering day." Qing Hua's voice suddenly rang out above them.

Qingcao and Wu Yue both rose to their feet, feeling a little embarrassed.

"I heard you were being troubled by that annoying female Aya, so I came to check."

Although she wore a cold face, Wu Yue still sensed concern in her words.

Feeling touched by the two sisters' care, Wu Yue broke into a bright smile: "It's nothing, just a misunderstanding; clearing it up will be fine."

She is just a newcomer in the tribe—could she really go looking for trouble with the chief's child?

Besides, it's not a big deal in itself.

All she wanted was to understand why that female harbored such intense hostility toward her.

"Qing Hua, do you know why Aya bears such great hostility toward me? I've never seen her before."

Qing Hua squatted down, placed the gathered bitter greens into Wu Yue's woven bag, and without looking up said: "Because you are too weak."

Because I am too weak, I need your collections and tickets!

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(End of chapter)