Chapter 112: Temporarily Staying at the Youbuluo

To be honest, even if Yun Li explained what a "contract" was to them, You Ruo and the others still couldn't figure out what use this contract actually had.

Even with this contract, what difference did it make? If the Youbuluo really wanted to tear up the agreement one day, could Yun Li's family really stop them just by relying on this contract?

The Priest considered himself a beastman who had seen the world, able to quickly figure out the ins and outs of anything that happened—except for this "contract" today. He couldn't understand what use this thing could have.

You Ruo couldn't figure it out either, but that didn't stop her from wanting to do as Yun Li said. She wanted to see just what this contract of Yun Li's really was.

That old beastman was brought over before long. When he heard what they wanted him to do, a trace of surprise appeared on his otherwise expressionless face.

But he didn't say a word. He simply wrote out the contract documents as Yun Li had instructed, in triplicate. After You Ruo and Yun Li's group looked them over, they each pressed their blood prints onto them, since there was no ink pad anyway.

Once the contract was completed, You Ruo suppressed that strange feeling of being bound by the thin contract document. She glanced at Mu Qing behind Yun Li and asked:

"Your beast husband actually knows how to read?"

Although Yun Li had just glanced at the words on the contract document, beastman script was clearly neither simplified nor traditional characters, so she couldn't understand it at all. Mu Qing, however, had wandered many places and knew a few characters, enough to roughly understand what was written on it.

Hearing this, that old beastman couldn't help but look at Mu Qing as well.

Beastmen who could read in the Heiyan Shanmai area were few and far between. Mu Qing, a male who looked still young, actually knew how to read?

"A Qing came from outside. But although he recognizes a few characters, he can't write them. Not like Uncle Ya, who not only knows how to read but can also write."

As she spoke, Yun Li's curious gaze fell on Ya.

His handwriting was so good, it was only a little worse than the calligraphy she had studied for a few years in her past life.

Ya lowered his eyes slightly and said nothing.

Instead, You Ruo responded with a smile, "Knowing how to read isn't easy, let alone writing. Your beast husband must not have been simple in the past either."

Yun Li just smiled at this and didn't respond.

Fortunately, You Ruo felt that enough had been said. Seeing that Yun Li wasn't taking the bait, she looked at Ke Si and said, "While Yun Li and her beast husband are in the tribe, you and Chang Yue will be responsible for their family's needs.

Ke Si, take Yun Li and the others to their lodgings now."

Ke Si furrowed his brow. "Wouldn't it be enough for Chang Yue to handle it alone?"

Why did he have to be dragged into it!

You Ruo smiled. "You're idle anyway. Don't forget, you're my brother. You have to contribute to the tribe somehow. Don't push everything onto Chang Yue."

Ke Si seemed to understand something. His face instantly darkened. He swept a cold glance at Yun Li, his eyes carrying a picky, almost disdainful look.

Yun Li caught the hostility in his gaze and immediately rolled her eyes at him.

If he looked down on her, did she think any better of him?

"Ke Si!"

You Ruo was, after all, Ke Si's older sister. Not only did she have the bloodline pressure of a sibling over him, but more importantly, her strength was no less than Ke Si's, and she was also the clan chief.

Ke Si, as the tribe's Witch Doctor, certainly held an important position in the tribe. But when his sister gave the order, no matter how much Ke Si resisted in his heart, the task of looking after Yun Li's family still fell on him.

……

Once outside, Yun Li's family followed Ke Si and Chang Yue.

Because Ke Si didn't bother with things, it was ultimately Chang Yue who led Yun Li's family to their lodgings. He was meticulous and thoughtful. After seeing them to the place, he soon had someone deliver plenty of beast hides and food.

Even when Yun Li, being delicate, said she couldn't sleep on the hard stone bed and needed a thick layer of dry grass under the beast-hide blanket, he listened and had the things they needed sent over extremely quickly.

And so, their family settled in temporarily.

In the dead of night, Yun Li was already deep in sleep.

Mu Qing, however, waited until midnight for Ji Xuan, who had infiltrated the Youbuluo. But they didn't talk for long, since staying too long would make it easy for Ji Xuan to be caught by the Youbuluo beastmen.

Although their conversation was brief, Ji Xuan still learned from Mu Qing about their meeting with Ya that day.

"A Li told you to tell me this?"

Ji Xuan didn't think Mu Qing was the type to be talkative, to explain the day's events to him so clearly.

So he quickly guessed who had told him to say it.

"A Li thinks the Silver Eagle Clan Chief should be very interested in Ya's matter."

Mu Qing relayed Yun Li's intention to Ji Xuan. Ji Xuan was a clever beastman; how could he not know that Yun Li wanted to use Ya's matter to get some benefit from the Silver Eagle Tribe?

Before, the Silver Eagle Tribe had refused to exchange the sugar-making and clothing-making techniques for the safety of the Pingshan Tribe females. Now, although they had obtained the sugar-making technique, the clothing-making technique was about to fall into the Youbuluo's hands through trade, and they could only watch it happen.

Therefore, Yun Li wanted to use Ya's matter to restrain the Silver Eagle Clan Chief from doing other things behind the scenes for the clothing-making technique—like coming to demand people, or like them going to Leng Xiu under the pretext of "saving Yun Li" to demand the clothing-making technique.

Furthermore, as long as the Silver Eagle Clan Chief valued Ya's matter, they would definitely want Yun Li to bring more news about Ya.

Even if Ji Xuan couldn't guess all of Yun Li's thoughts, he was absolutely certain that she wanted to use first-hand news about Ya to buy peace for Leng Xiu and the cubs.

Seeing that the female was already in the Youbuluo and still had the mind to think about these things, Ji Xuan felt his emotions were extremely complicated.

He wondered if she was underestimating Leng Xiu, or if it was because she cared, that even knowing Leng Xiu didn't need her protection, she still did it.

That night, Ji Xuan dreamed of Yun Li again, but this time it wasn't a dream that made one's heart race.

He saw Yun Li's efforts over these past days, and he also saw clearly that beneath her dazzling, bright beauty, Yun Li was a female who was outwardly gentle but inwardly strong, calm and rational, not easily swayed by sweet talk.

His father wanting him to form a Mate Bond with Yun Li in exchange for willingly handing over the clothing-making technique—he was probably thinking too simply.

Ji Xuan felt that once Yun Li saw through this, she would instead unhesitatingly use him.

But, even if it was being used, Ji Xuan thought, at least he had earned some goodwill with Yun Li.

……

Yun Li, who had no idea what Ji Xuan was thinking, woke up the next day to face several females who said they wanted to see what she looked like.

"You really are pretty. No wonder Chang Yue likes you."

"But aren't you afraid of Snake Beastmen? It's rare to see females from outside who aren't afraid to form a Mate Bond with Snake Beastmen."

The females chattered on, one after another, but saw that Yun Li didn't answer a single one of their questions.

One of the females, with long, straight black hair, frowned and asked, "We're asking you a question. Why won't you say anything?"

Yun Li glanced at that female and said, "I'm sleepy, so I don't want to talk."

She had woken up but still felt tired, yet when she closed her eyes, she couldn't fall asleep.

She sat cross-legged on the ground, truly having no desire to speak with them.