Chapter 15

Yun Li is the female he finally waited for with great difficulty; he will naturally treat her well.

Mu Qing did not refute the chief's words; he only waited until the chief took those beastmen away, then he turned to Yun Li and said:

"A Li, I'll go tomorrow to find people to check the females in the gathering team; do you have anything you want to tell me?"

If she cherishes her present life and does not want any more turmoil, he will settle everything himself without telling her; but if she is willing to speak up, he will let her personally see what fate awaits the females who bullied her.

Yun Li had planned to tell him about this at night, but she did not expect him to ask about it again when no one was around.

"Don't you believe the chief will uphold justice for me if he finds out?" she countered without answering.

Mu Qing grunted, then thought of something and explained further:

"The chief is not a bad person, but those who bullied you are all females; for the sake of the tribe, he will certainly not punish them severely, and then he will personally provide something to compensate those females for you."

"But in that case, He and her other beast husbands would certainly not agree."

"Then... will those females who bullied me ultimately be punished by the chief?"

Yun Li's eyes were bright; seeing her like that, Mu Qing could not bear to tell her, so the most likely outcome is that He, even if he discovers those females bullied her, would keep it secret and not tell the chief.

Since even Mu Qing could guess that the chief would sacrifice his own interests to stabilize Mu Qing and protect the tribe's females, He and his family, who live constantly with the chief, would certainly not fail to think of that.

He would certainly use the excuse of joking between females to dismiss Mu Qing and Yun Li.

"The chief is the chief, but I am your male; A Li, you just need to tell me who those females who bullied you are."

Mu Qing finally just said that to her.

Yun Li understood; this meant the chief could not possibly handle it impartially.

Actually she also knew that, according to tribal custom, those females would at most bring food to her as an apology.

Even if Mu Qing insisted the chief punish them severely, the final result would merely be those females bringing the food they found to her each day for her to pick through until she was satisfied.

But these are not what Yun Li wants to see; she thinks that if she were the original owner, she would most want to see their remorse.

On this point, she believes Mu Qing will not disappoint her.

She whispered a few names and events that had happened to the original owner into Mu Qing's ear.

Seeing Mu Qing's face darken instantly, Yun Li quickly wrapped her arms around his waist and gave him a muah.

"Don't look so fierce; you see I've told you all this, so you know you'll definitely avenge me, right?"

Mu Qing grunted, but his expression did not ease; instead, he lowered his head, gripped her small mouth with force, held her tightly, and kissed her deeply.

Yun Li usually doesn't like his sudden sneak attacks, but today she indulged him.

Having noticed this change, Mu Qing seemed to sense something; a deep kiss that normally would end in a few minutes lasted over ten minutes today.

Watching Mu Qing cheerfully pick up the basin and head to the earthen stove, Yun Li touched her slightly numb lips from the kiss and couldn't help glaring at Mu Qing.

Gurgle-gurgle!

Accompanied by rising misty water vapor, granular particles with some impurities appeared in the Stone Pot; Mu Qing's face showed a hint of surprise, he looked toward Yun Li, only to see her face also lit up with delight.

"Really? It actually works?"

"A Li, do you know you can get something by boiling salt water?"

Mu Qing, hearing her words, couldn't help but feel a bit doubtful.

"Because I'm smart."

Upon hearing that, Yun Li arrogantly lifted her chin at Mu Qing.

She's not smart; she had never seen how salt is made before, yet relying only on that bit of memory about salt-making, she managed to produce coarse salt—she's not smart.

Yun Li proudly glanced at Mu Qing, "Tonight let's try using this salt to pan-fry meat. By the way, where is the food stored in the Tribe? When can you bring back some food I've never seen? I'm sick of eating meat, wild vegetables, and wild fruits every day."

Although I had earlier told Mu Qing not to make repetitive food for every meal, regardless, in the absence of discovering other more filling foods, meat remains the staple at home.

Eating meat every day, Yun Li's modern stomach somewhat wants to protest.

When can we have some other staple food?

"The food in the Tribe is all in the ice cave; A Li, if you want new food, I'll go get it tomorrow. However, the food the Tribe has is mostly what we already have at home, except for the Xixi tree fruit, Yun fruit, and Zhu tree powder."

But those are reserved by the Tribe for surviving the cold season; the Tribe's beastfolk only go to the ice cave to take them when they truly have no food.

As Mu Qing's words fell, Yun Li immediately recalled the Original Owner's food eaten during the cold season, and she unconsciously showed a hint of displeasure, "Well... wait, A Qing, tomorrow when you go to the ice cave, just take the Xixi tree fruit and Zhu tree powder; I want to try making something new to eat."

If the Xixi tree fruit isn't mistaken, it should be stir-fried before eating.

Zhu tree powder is essentially modern flour, except the beastfolk don't know how to prepare it; they just add a little water and swallow it raw.

It would be surprising if it tasted good!

Mu Qing frowned a bit, but still didn't refuse his mate's request: "All right, A Li, you don't want anything else, how about the stewed meat?"

The stewed meat at home has run out; if there's still some in the Tribe's ice cave, we might as well take this opportunity to bring back some more.

"Don't the females in the Tribe all like eating stewed meat? A Qing, do you think there will still be stewed meat in the Tribe's ice cave?" Yun Li looked doubtfully at her mate.

Mu Qing fell silent, then said, "Besides those two, I'll also bring some Black Boar meat and a few kinds of wild fruits you love."

Yun Li nodded, "But won't that be too much?"

Mu Qing: "No, I'll watch how much I take."

Even if he takes too much, the chieftain won't say anything; before he had a mate, he could eat his fill and the whole family wouldn't go hungry, and much of the game he hunted went to the Tribe.

And now he's only taking food for his mate; if the Tribe were to quibble over this, what good would there be in staying in this Tribe?

Yun Li then fell silent; he understands these matters better than she does.

"Leng Xiao, do you know what you just did?"

He actually dared to lay hands on a female of the Tribe; luckily no one noticed, otherwise trouble would be huge.

Leng Xiu frowned at his younger brother and warned, "Don't do this again next time."

Hearing that, Leng Xiao sneered and bluntly retorted, "It was clearly you who told me those females' names, and now you're pretending to be a decent beastfolk."