Chapter 7: Regret

The vertical pupils in Mu Qing's eyes flickered faintly, a sign he was about to get angry.

Leng Xiao secretly frowned, not understanding why his brother's mere statement of fact and compliment had angered Mu Qing.

At that moment, Yun Li stepped forward and linked arms with Mu Qing. "A Qing, when I was sick and nearly starved to death, it was those two who took me to the witch doctor. I remember you never later brought food to thank them properly."

Now that they've come today, why not let them choose for themselves, as thanks for them saving me before.

Hearing that, Mu Qing's previously tense expression instantly relaxed.

This way, regardless of whether the Leng brothers harbor any designs on Yun Li, it means they can't use the fact that they once saved her as leverage.

Yun Li's move to draw a clear line with the Leng brothers also showed she had no other thoughts about them, and the smile on Leng Xiao's face instantly faded.

He hurriedly replied, "My brother and I didn't come for these things."

If he actually took these game, how would he later use this pretext to approach Yun Li?

"Then what are you here for?"

Yun Li glanced at them and said bluntly, "Are you just bored and looking to fight my male?"

"Of course not."

Leng Xiao's mouth twitched at the female's words; how could she tell they were here to pick a fight with Mu Qing? Well, maybe he harbored that thought, but he wasn't stupid enough to show it in front of Yun Li.

"If not, then go ahead and pick."

Saying that, Yun Li slightly lifted her chin toward the game not far away.

Several young males quickly stepped aside, letting Yun Li see the game behind them.

"This amount isn't even enough for you to eat for a day."

Seeing Leng Xiao and the others' gazes fall there, Mu Qing frowned slightly and said, "I caught two cave bears and several tusk boars today; if you're not in a hurry, I'll take you later to the gathering spot over there to pick out the good meat."

Leng Xiao could also tell those game were specially selected good stuff sent for Yun Li to eat; he had no intention of stealing her food, and taking advantage of the downhill path he said, "Otherwise, let's forget it—after all, we were just following the tribe's orders to check on Yun Li."

"Why should we forget it?"

"No need, those two black boars are enough."

Yun Li had wanted to say, "You saving me is a fact," and that what they deserved she and Mu Qing wouldn't stint on, but instead she thought they had other ideas.

But then the male who had come over and hardly glanced at her spoke up, "Two black boars—just consider it repayment for when we saved you before. Now can you believe we harbor no hostility toward Mu Qing?"

Hearing his last words, Yun Li's face immediately showed a hint of unnaturalness; she turned her head away, snorted softly in her heart, but said nothing more.

Leng Xiao and Leng Xiu's gazes unconsciously fell on her face.

The female's thin face from malnutrition hadn't plumped up despite Mu Qing's few days of feeding, and her forehead, cheeks, and nose bridge still bore visible signs of sunburn; the only thing that caught their attention today was probably the layer of oil washed from her face, making her features and brows instantly look brighter.

Although overall there wasn't much change, after waking up the beastman seemed completely different.

Leng Xiao himself couldn't even say what he liked about the female; perhaps it was just that indescribable vigor about her.

Especially when the female stared at him with an unsmiling face, the cool indifference she showed when glancing at him inexplicably hit his sweet spot.

"Yun Li, my brother is right—we have no grudge against Mu Qing. In fact, it was I and my brother who notified him to go take care of you."

While Leng Xiao said this with a smirk, inside he felt like vomiting.

If he had known earlier that Yun Li was the type of female he'd fall for at first sight, he shouldn't have judged by appearance and given the chance to personally care for her to Mu Qing, thus letting him reap that huge advantage for nothing.

Leng Xiao wished he could give his former self, who had looked down on Yun Li, a hard slap, making you look down on A Li—now look, she's become Mu Qing's female.

Yun Li glanced at Mu Qing, a faint smile on her face, "Then I really should thank you, for letting me meet A Qing."

That hit home!

Leng Xiao felt a faint pang in his heart.

Leng Xiu lowered his eyes slightly, the hands at his sides clenching tightly.

Indeed they were careless—who could have imagined that the female who once smelled and was filthy, once cleaned up, would be like a different person?

But to say they regret it isn't that serious; it's just a good-looking female.

Leng Xiu consoled himself, after all no male can exclusively possess a female; Mu Qing will sooner or later have to accept other males into the household.

"It's my good luck to have met A Li; fortunately those two weren't willing to take care of you, so I could become A Li's first beast husband."

Having said that, Mu Qing glanced at the two brothers; he's usually quiet and reserved, but when it comes to guarding his own female, staying silent would make him a fool.

Hearing Mu Qing's declaration, which also threw a jab at them, Leng Xiao's heart clenched painfully.

He dared not meet Yun Li's gaze, merely racking his brains to justify their past conduct: "Right, back then my brother and I had to go out hunting, so we could only leave the chance to care for you to Mu Qing."

Yun Li couldn't deny it in her heart; since they had yielded, it showed they truly lacked that affinity back then.

"So since you've yielded, if there's nothing else, please don't disturb my and Mu Qing's life."

No sooner had those words left her mouth than the tall, handsome male's face went deathly pale.

Yun Li silently stepped behind Mu Qing; this male's psychological endurance seems lacking, and besides she hadn't said anything harsh, had she?

Anyway she didn't believe it—just two meetings and they could have become deeply infatuated with her?

Especially since they clearly didn't want much contact with her the first time, how could they fall head over heels at second sight?

At most, after she cleaned up she wasn't so dislikeable, she thought she looked decent, there weren't many males around, and she was a suitable female to form a mate bond with.

Isn't it normal for a male to be rejected by a female? Does he really need to put on this 'heartbroken' act?

Leng Xiu's brows tightened slightly, "Leng Xiao!"

Seeing him glance at her again, Yun Li turned her face away, "I haven't said anything unpleasant."

Just speaking frankly, and besides there are plenty of unmated males in the tribe; giving up these two isn't like there's no better-behaved next one.

Of course, at this point Yun Li still didn't know that the two Leng brothers were Qing Rank beastmen; if she did, she probably wouldn't think 'without them, the next one will be better-behaved.'

Rather, she was thinking not to put things so absolutely—after all, if they couldn't become partners, there was no need to offend them.