Chapter 6: The Leng Brothers Come to the Door

So when Yun Li opened her own door, she saw Mu Qing bringing several beastmen standing outside.

As soon as she appeared, several pairs of eyes swished over to look at her.

"A Li"

Mu Qing, seeing this, hurried over and blocked the scorching gazes of those young males behind himself.

"I'm back, did you eat breakfast? I left meat patties and wild vegetable soup on the table."

But he made the food in the middle of the night, and I don't know if A Li would dislike it for being cold and not eat it after waking up.

Speaking of breakfast, Yun Li's expression instantly turned unpleasant as she said, "I ate it, but the cold meat patties and wild vegetable soup taste terrible at all. If I had known you'd come back so early, I wouldn't have eaten the cold ones."

She was even a little worried that eating the cold breakfast would give her a stomachache.

Mu Qing's eyes filled with a bit more heartache and self-reproach: "Sorry, I didn't think it through; it won't happen again."

"I'm not blaming you; it's just that I wanted to eat it."

Speaking, Yun Li glanced at the game he had thrown on the ground behind him and asked, "Did you go out hunting at night? Don't do that again; it's dangerous."

Even though she had never left the tribe or seen the dangers outside firsthand, from the original owner's memories she still knew how dangerous night hunting was for beastmen; a moment's inattention and he and the hunting squad's beastmen would be left outside.

Hearing that, Mu Qing felt warm inside: "Don't worry, I'm a Qing Rank beastman; if I'm careful, nothing will happen."

Yun Li gave him a white eye and said irritably, "If you really get into trouble, I'll only be able to find another beast husband to support me."

Mu Qing's face instantly darkened; he grabbed the female and pulled her into his embrace, lowering his head to fiercely kiss the lips that had said she would go find other beast husbands.

When Yun Li finally managed to break free, she heard Mu Qing's gritted-teeth voice: "One beastman can support you; you don't need to look for another beast husband to keep you."

Although he knew deep down that Yun Li would eventually take other beast husbands, Mu Qing had only just formed a mate bond with Yun Li not long ago, and it was the time to cling to his female; how could he be willing to see other males enter the door?

Just thinking of Yun Li being embraced by other males and doing all the intimate things they had done together, Mu Qing's heart surged with an uncontrollable sourness.

He tightened his hold on the female, his voice full of sorrow as he pleaded, "I'll listen to you about everything, A Li. Could you not look for another beast husband so soon? At least don't let any other males enter before the cold season arrives."

The male's slightly choked voice reached Yun Li's ears, and her struggling motion stopped instantly.

She had originally been angry that Mu Qing had kissed her without regard for her wishes, but seeing that he actually took her angry words seriously, her attitude suddenly softened.

"Okay, I understand. I promise you I won't look for another beast husband before the cold season; can you let me go now?"

Mu Qing still felt uneasy deep down, but those few males could no longer stand by.

"A Li, Mu Qing is just pretending to be pitiful; how could a female possibly have only one beast husband?"

"Exactly, when the dry season comes, as a Qing Rank beastman he still has to go seize the salt mines for the tribe."

"If you, A Li, don't find another beast husband, if anyone bullies you in the tribe he won't be able to come protect you."

Several males feared that Yun Li would believe Mu Qing's nonsense, insisting on waiting until the cold season to find another beast husband.

You should know that it's only the wet season now; before the cold season there are still the dry and rainy seasons. Although good females in the tribe never lack male suitors, if the stronger males don't act early, they too will be snatched away by other females in the tribe.

By then, what will be left for Yun Li are merely the males that other females don't want.

Of course, they're this anxious also because they fear that over time, other males will take a liking to Yun Li.

In that case, their chances of becoming Yun Li's beast husbands would become even smaller.

Mu Qing's face sank slightly at those males' words, and he hurried to explain to Yun Li:

"Indeed, for the past few years I've been the one helping the tribe seize the salt mines, but this year the tribe isn't limited to just me as a Qing Rank beastman; the chieftain still has other options, so I don't need to go out in the dry season.

"As for the rainy season, by then A Li's body should have recovered; if you can cultivate, I'll take you out with me during the rainy season. If you're unwilling to cultivate or go out, I'll temporarily withdraw from the hunting squad this year and join the tribe's patrol team.

"Then next year, when I rejoin the hunting squad, the chieftain knowing about it won't say anything."

"Mu Qing, you might be wrong; the chieftain knowing about it might not necessarily agree to it."

As soon as Mu Qing's words fell, a teasing voice came over.

Mu Qing frowned and looked over; Yun Li also looked puzzled at the two males walking over.

The male walking in front had a handsome appearance and an unruly demeanor.

Upon meeting Yun Li's gaze, he immediately curled his lips into a smile and greeted her, "Long time no see, Yun Li; we've met before, do you still remember us?"

Yun Li certainly remembered; these weren't the two brothers who had saved her and then despised her, weren't they the ones who despised her?

Why have they come to her house again today?

Could it be that, after learning her male is Mu Qing, they came specially to ask her for repayment for saving her?

Thinking this, she glanced over the two brothers without a trace, then withdrew her gaze.

Among beastmen, males are never ugly; the speaking handsome male is of the sunny, cheerful type, while the one behind him is of the cold, stern, deep type; although he has sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, his expression is very aloof.

Leng Xiu's gaze fell on Yun Li and then quickly lowered, as if he had no interest in Yun Li.

"I remember, but what are you doing coming to my house?"

Yun Li only said that one sentence, and Mu Qing instantly reacted, stepping in front of her with a suddenly cold voice: "What are you doing coming here?"

Leng Xiao looked at his guarded posture and couldn't help raising his brows, saying, "We're just here to see how Yun Li is doing; after all, we did save her before, Mu Qing, why are you so nervous?"

Mu Qing saw that Leng Xiu had no intention of stopping Leng Xiao, and his heart sank suddenly.

What do they mean? Earlier the Witch Doctor matched them with A Li, they looked down on A Li, but now that A Li has become beautiful, they've come knocking again?

"A Li is now my female; I will naturally treat her well, there's no need for you to come here and concern yourselves. If there's nothing else..."

Seeing Mu Qing about to drive them away after saying just a couple of sentences, the smile on Leng Xiao's face instantly became a bit strained.

"No, it's not that we're being chased away so quickly because we're afraid... that Yun Li might take a liking to us?"

However, he hadn't finished speaking when his own older brother suddenly interrupted him.

"This year you must go seize the salt mines in the dry season; the chieftain won't agree to you staying in the tribe all the time."

Leng Xiu lifted his eyes to meet Mu Qing's hostile gaze, the corner of his mouth twitching into a faint arc, "Not to mention that Leng Xiao and I are still young, with many places where we still need to learn from our seniors; the chieftain would likely think the same."

Although his gaze clearly wasn't directed at himself, Yun Li always felt as if she were being stared at by those two brothers.

Yun Li's brows involuntarily furrowed.