Chapter 59

Is the Young Master's mother dead, or... The Young Master's father betrayed his companion?

She didn't say those last words, but Yun Li knew Gong Mei could tell what she was suspecting.

Gong Mei naturally knew what she meant by implication, after all, when she had just learned that Ji Chen and the Young Master were not born of the same mother, she had thought the same thing.

Neither.

Ah?

What situation is that?

Yun Li's face was full of curiosity.

Gong Mei thought for a moment, then suddenly leaned close to her ear and said, "I'll tell you, but you must not tell other beastmen."

Okay!

At that time Yun Li didn't yet know that what Gong Mei was saying was actually not a secret in the tribe.

Because those who knew the inside story always had one or two people they wanted to share with, so it passed from one to another, and Ji Xuan and his brother's background had long become an open secret among the Silver Eagle Tribe beastmen.

……

Brother, where are you going?

On the other side, the two beastmen who were the protagonists of Yun Li's gossip ran into each other not far from her door.

Unlike Ji Xuan's handsome and noble bearing, Ji Chen, as Ji Xuan's younger brother, was born gentle and handsome, with a slightly weaker physique.

Moreover, Ji Chen's strength could not compare to his brother's, so in the eyes of the Silver Eagle Tribe beastmen, he seemed even more reliable.

Are you going to the newcomer female's home? Brother, you've finally figured it out, are you looking for a female to form a mate bond with?

Then you should tell Father and Wenyi about this, brother—what kind of female do you like? Can I meet that female?

Ji Xuan looked at his gentle, smiling younger brother, furrowed his brows slightly, and said, "Who told you how to choose which female to form a mate bond with?"

Ji Chen raised his hand, pondered for a moment, and murmured doubtfully, "Brother, you don't have that intention, do you? But I've heard..."

His face showed a hesitant expression, which Ji Xuan knew well; every time his brother made that face, idle gossip would follow behind him, and then his father would call him over and scold him for failing to set a good example as the Young Master.

Thinking of how each time he had people investigate, yet they never found anything useful.

Ji Xuan lowered his eyes slightly and still explained, "Grandma Yin sent me over to have a look. As for you, weren't you supposed to go out with the hunting squad today? Why didn't you go?"

Ji Chen looked as if he had heard something unbelievable, his face quickly showing a hurt expression, "Brother, you forgot that the wounds from my previous hunt haven't fully healed, so today I..."

After hearing that, Ji Xuan's face showed no change; he simply said concernedly, "Since it hasn't fully healed, go home and rest properly. I still have matters to attend to, so I won't say more."

Seeing Ji Xuan/Young Master walk away so quickly, Ji Chen could only look helplessly at his brother's retreating back; the male beastman beside him furrowed his brows and said, "Ah Chen, the Young Master is at least your brother—he heard you were injured and yet shows no concern for you at all?"

Don't say that—didn't my brother just tell me to go home and rest properly?

Ji Chen smiled and shook his head at the beastman beside him, saying, "You also know that my brother is always busy for the tribe; handling tribal affairs already wears him out.

So now that he can spare a little time to care for me, I'm already quite happy."

That beastman hesitated, wanting to say, "After you were injured, the Young Master didn't even come to your house to check on you."

Even though the Young Master and Ah Chen are not born of the same mother, they are still the chieftain's sons.

Thinking this, the beastman couldn't help but feel a grudge against the Young Master.

And when Ji Chen saw that the beastman wanted to say something but hesitated, he merely gave a gentle smile, then looked toward the nearby courtyard and suddenly said:

"Does my brother really not like this newcomer female? I've heard she's very pretty."

The beastman replied dismissively, "How pretty can an outsider female be? Even if she's very pretty, can she really compare to Miduo?"

The Silver Eagle Tribe is not lacking in beautiful females, but females like Miduo who are both strong and beautiful are even rarer.

Thus Ji Chen laughed and agreed with the beastman one sentence, "Indeed, that female even if she's pretty, how can she compare to Miduo."

Just being pretty and strong—what's that got to do with anything? Miduo has pursued Ji Xuan for so long, yet has Ji Xuan ever given her a proper look?

On the other hand, this newcomer female seems to be a little different toward his brother.

Ji Chen thought about it, and a confident smile involuntarily curled at the corner of his mouth, but he did not go inside.

After all, this female has only been here a few days; perhaps it's really as his brother said, and he's only come here a few more times because of Grandma Yin's instructions.

Inside the house, Yun Li listened to Gong Mei's story and couldn't help but cover her mouth.

So, after the chieftain was rejected by the Young Master's mother, he fell into despair and ended up with Chen's mother?

Gong Mei shook her head again, "The chieftain has already slept with Wenyi; although he didn't take the mate-bond drug at the time, in everyone's eyes he is already Wenyi's male.

And the chieftain originally liked Wenyi; if it weren't for that time when they were schemed against by the snake beastmen, forcing Wenyi to be with the chieftain, things wouldn't have developed that way."

Then...

Yun Li eagerly wanted to know how the chieftain later ended up with the current female.

Don't rush, I haven't finished yet.

Gong Mei finally understood why, when she first asked about this, those females said it was a secret and shouldn't be told to others, yet they still told her.

It turns out that the chieftain's old story is just too tempting to share, especially seeing Yun Li's eager expression, which instantly gave her a pleasant sense of satisfaction.

This matter actually still involves the snake beastmen of the Youbuluo.

Speaking of the Youbuluo, one cannot but mention the various grudges and grievances between it and the Silver Eagle Tribe.

On one hand, it's because the beastmen of the two tribes naturally dislike each other; on the other hand, it's due to competition for territory, resources, and so on.

And Ji Chen's mother was a slave brought by a distant nomadic tribe, whose external identity was said to be that of a holy maiden from a defeated tribe.

Though called a holy maiden, she was actually just a beautiful woman who was given as a tribute to a larger tribe.

But before she could be sent to the large tribe to enjoy blessings, her own tribe went to war over resources with another tribe; after losing, this holy maiden became a thorn in the eye of the other tribe's holy maiden, and so she was sold as a beast slave into the nomadic tribe.

Finally arriving at the Heiyan Shanmai, her beauty again sparked rivalry between the Youbuluo and the Silver Eagle Tribe.

The Silver Eagle Clan Chief bought Ji Chen's mother merely for the tribe's prestige, not expecting her to be anything but a virtuous female; the chieftain was schemed by that female and ended up with offspring—namely Ji Chen—whose age differs from Ji Xuan's by only about a month.