Chapter 19

A Li, do you have any objections to Meng Shu?

Here, Leng Xiao caught up with Yun Li and couldn't help voicing the doubt in his heart.

Didn't Meng Shu save A Li?

How could A Li look at Meng Shu like that? She couldn't possibly be interested in such an old male.

But since Meng already has a female, A Li...

"A Li, Meng Shu already has a female."

He's unclean, and old!

"What do you mean by that? He's my A Mu's older brother."

Yun Li originally didn't intend to say that Meng was the older brother of the Original Owner's A Mu.

After all, beastmen here view kinship lightly; Meng already has his own family, he prioritizes his female and offspring, so it's not surprising that for so many years he ignored the Original Owner's niece, and no beastman would blame Meng for that.

But Yun Li had received the Original Owner's memories; from the Original Owner's perspective, she originally thought she deserved to be despised, but suddenly a ray of light shone in, he told her that A Mu's death wasn't her fault, giving her care and affection she had never had.

But who would have thought that after father left, Meng also quickly withdrew from the Original Owner's life; when the Original Owner secretly went to see him, Meng's female told her that Meng now had his own offspring, and thereafter the Original Owner could no longer disturb Meng's life.

The young Original Owner didn't know whether that was Meng's intention, but she hoped the only beastman who treated her well would fare well, so that day she glanced at Meng holding and comforting his offspring, after which she never went to look for Meng again.

No one knows how the Original Owner managed to get by afterward, but Yun Li knows; having seen hope only to watch it dashed, that feeling is not pleasant.

She sympathized greatly with the Original Owner's ordeal, so she naturally had no pleasant expression toward Meng.

Leng Xiao obviously hadn't expected that Meng and Yun Li still had such a connection; instinctively he said, "Then wouldn't I have to call him Meng Bo?"

Among beastmen here, when discussing kinship, the focus is clearly on the female side, after all, if one truly considered the male side, no one knows how many relatives there would be.

Hearing that, Yun Li gave him a cold glance, and her steps quickened instantly.

Seeing her angry, Leng Xiao took two big strides to catch up, coaxing, "A Li, you're angry, aren't you?"

"You know it, yet you ask."

They haven't paid the Original Owner any attention for all these years, let alone have any connection with her, this impostor.

"If he's not good to you, then I'll ignore him too—don't be angry, okay? If you don't like him, I'll get my brother to join me in giving him a beating."

Leng Xiao would say anything to please the female, even though his relationship with Meng and his brother is actually fine.

Yun Li's heart stirred a bit, but thinking that although Meng had ignored the Original Owner these years, he had done nothing harmful to her and had even saved her life unknowingly, she immediately dismissed that thought.

"No need."

While they were speaking, Chuncao's home had already come into view.

But Chuncao obviously didn't want anyone to come looking for her; seeing Yun Li appear at her home, her face instantly darkened.

"How did you come here?"

Yun Li smiled slightly and said, "I heard you were bitten by a snake; I was a bit worried, so I came to see how you're doing now. Your face..."

Needless to say, beastmen's physiques are far stronger than humans'; after a poisonous snake bite, lying low at home for a few months lets them recover on their own, and with the Witch Doctor's medicine, they don't even need to lie down—just a good rest of seven or eight days at home and they can go out again.

It's just her face, swollen like a steamed bun.

Besides, looking at it feels quite satisfying.

"Don't look, get out, get out!"

Noticing her gaze on her face, Chuncao, who already felt jealous and resentful because Yun Li had changed so much, broke down completely, crying as she threw herself onto her beast husband, shouting for Yun Li to leave, saying she didn't want to see her.

Seeing this, Chuncao's males could only let Yun Li leave, saying, "Chuncao's in a bad mood, she doesn't want to see you, so you..."

"Let's go" hadn't even left his lips when Leng Xiao's face sank and he said:

"What do you mean? A Li came with good intentions to see her, and this is your attitude?"

Seeing Leng Xiao speak up for Yun Li, the few males in Chuncao's household also found themselves in a difficult position; Leng Xiao is strong, and with him and his brother accompanying the Hunting Squad, they always reap abundant harvests.

If they offended him, the Leng Family brothers would be unwilling to take them on hunts in the future, and they'd likely get nothing good.

Chuncao buried her head in her beast husband's embrace, fussing without restraint, "I don't want to see her; she's definitely come to watch me make a fool of myself—tell her to leave, tell her to scram!"

Hearing that, Leng Xiao grabbed Yun Li and said, "Fine, let's go; from now on, you lot can follow others on your hunts."

Yun Li saw the faces of those few males change instantly, but before they could say anything, Chuncao already glared hatefully at Leng Xiao and said, "If we don't follow you, we don't follow you—who do you think you are?! My Beast Husbands will never go hunting with you again, even if they get beaten to death!"

Chuncao!

Those few males were really anxious.

But Leng Xiao immediately agreed, "Fine, you're impressive! Don't come begging us anymore; from now on, we won't let you follow us no matter what we say."

As soon as he finished speaking, he grabbed Yun Li and hurried out.

One of Chuncao's Beast Husbands had originally chased after them, but who would have thought Leng Xiao had no intention of entangling with them; as soon as they went out, he hoisted Yun Li onto his shoulder and ran far away.

Yun Li was also bewildered by his outrageous maneuver; as soon as she was set down, she started hitting him repeatedly without thinking.

"You're sick, why are you carrying me and running!"

The important thing isn't the running, but why you're carrying her while running.

She was jostled so badly she almost threw up her breakfast.

"You don't like them, do you? If we don't run, they'll catch up and seek peace."

Leng Xiao was hit a few times by Yun Li, which didn't cause any injury, but it did stir up some anger.

Seeing her lift her eyes and glare at him after hearing his words, his heart stirred; he cautiously moved a bit closer, locking his gaze on her eyes and continuing very seriously, "You know, I and my brother are absolutely on your side; if you don't like something, then we won't like it either."

The distance between them was really close now—close enough for Yun Li to see his long eyelashes; she reached out and covered his eyes.

Then, while the males waited silently, thinking she would make her next move, Yun Li suddenly pushed him away and asked, "If they don't go hunting with you, will that affect you?"

Before the female could be bewitched by his face, a flicker of disappointment crossed Leng Xiao's face, but he quickly replaced it with a smile and said lightly, "Of course there's an impact—just a few fewer burdens."

He wasn't wrong about that; in the dry season, water is scarce, so the wild beasts that used to roam around the Tribe quickly dwindle, forcing the Hunting Squad's beastmen to travel farther to places with abundant water to hunt.

And the strongest male in Chuncao's family is only at the Yellow Rank; in the dry season, if they don't follow the stronger beastmen to other places to hunt, relying solely on nearby hunting yields hardly any good prey.

Not to mention the cold season—without them leading, which beastman would dare go out in deadly blizzards to catch prey.