Chapter 6: Leaving Home

Before long, two tall male rabbit‑tribe beasts came over on their hind legs.

They were young male beasts captured in the war, tattooed on their faces, and were bought by Lin Mother to become her personal beast slaves; infused with a female's pheromone, they would not flee.

The two were burly and tall, at least 1.9 m, dressed in gray hemp jackets and long pants; upon seeing Lin Manzhi they knelt anxiously and said in unison:

"Tu Li, Tu Yong, we salute the female master. Our Beast Form is a three‑meter‑tall gray rabbit; we have been sent by our master to escort you to a new home. Please feel free to give any orders."

Lin Manzhi was about to go out on business and said, "Oh, that's a hassle. Apart from the walls, I want to take everything else from this room. For this wooden bed, find four wooden posts to attach to its four corners, then get five thicker pieces of cloth to hang on it, and later carry it away as well." It was like adding a mosquito net in the post‑modern sense, also making the carriage suitable for sun and wind protection while traveling.

Tu Li, bewildered, asked, "Huh? The wooden bed also has to be moved?"

Lin Manzhi replied, "Of course. Also, be quiet when you work later; don't wake the male beast sleeping on the bed."

Mian Li and Mian Yong said, "…Yes." They had never seen a female so frugal.

After giving the instructions, seeing the two male beasts work efficiently and obediently without making much noise, Lin Manzhi hurried out of the castle gate toward the nearest market.

The Beastfolk city built of massive stones was grand and spacious; the streets were bustling as Beastfolk traded in various shops.

Lin Manzhi headed straight for the nearest medicine shop in the city; upon entering, she addressed the male beast behind the counter, saying, "Give me one tube of Spiritual Repair Agent."

The yellow cat of the medicine shop looked surprised and politely smiled at the female, saying, "Honored guest, the Spiritual Repair Agent costs 200,000 Beast Coins."

Spiritual Repair Agent is scarce and expensive; it can restore a male beast's depleted Spirit Core, but it has no effect on Mo Lie's Spirit Core, though it might make him feel a little better.

At that time she discovered that using pheromone on Mo Lie was useless, and had already decided to buy this for his relief, since his suffering was aggravated by her.

If they waited until they reached the backward wasteland, they wouldn't be able to buy it.

Lin Manzhi placed the box of gold she had brought on the counter and said, "I have twenty pieces of gold here, just enough for payment."

She then took out the two Golden Arm Rings she had retrieved from Lin Ling, set them on the counter, and added, "Please also exchange these two arm rings for Beast Coins."

"Very well, please wait a moment," the yellow cat of the medicine shop took the gold to inspect, verified it was correct, and turned to enter the small door behind the counter.

A short while later, the yellow cat returned with a small box and a Beast Skin Bag, saying, "Customer, here is the tube of Spiritual Repair Agent you requested, and the 4,000 Beast Coins exchanged for the two Golden Arm Rings."

Lin Manzhi took the items, carefully placed the small box into the Beast Skin Bag at her waist, and then opened the Beast Skin Bag of money that the yellow cat had handed her.

The bone coins here are about the size of a modern one‑mao coin, seemingly forged from polished beast bone, with a forest‑white front and back each stamped with the number 100.

She counted the Beast Coins in the bag and found exactly forty.

With money in hand, Lin Manzhi hurried to another shop, buying several bags of salt and a deep‑bored iron pot costing 1,500 Beast Coins.

She obtained what she wanted and exchanged for tradable Beast Coins, then rushed back hurriedly.

Finally, while Lin Ling stood on the plaza outside the castle, looking up expectantly, Lin Manzhi this time did not stall or delay her departure.

After she returned, she had two rabbit male slaves carry a strange wooden bed carriage and luggage, which appeared in front of the plaza.

The City Lord's residence sent a five‑person warrior squad; they had transformed into five nearly five‑meter‑tall brown horses standing on the plaza, their broad backs able to hold the carriage and other luggage.

Thus, under Lin Ling's hopeful expression, Lin Manzhi, wrapped in a sand‑colored wind‑breaker shawl, calmly led the crippled Beast Husband away.

In this scene, no one from the family came out to see them off; only Lin Ling stood alone at the city gate, gazing into the distance, which might make an onlooker think Lin Ling held sisterly affection for Lin Manzhi.

Lin Manzhi sat in the carriage, lifted the curtain and looked toward the lone tiny black dot that was Lin Ling, feeling that something was off about the other.

When reading the book, Lin Ling's personality was described as extremely vicious; the fact that she even tried to take the little gold Lin Manzhi owned confirms the book's portrayal of their characters.

Since Lin Mother and those male beast brothers were neither close nor distant, and Lin Ling had never seen the other brothers, why did Lin Ling come personally to find her and say such strange words?

She always felt that the current Lin Ling differed greatly from the storyline.

Lin Ling did not become Mo Lie's wife; rather, she herself became the one married to Mo Lie, but Lin Ling seemed not to care much; there was an intuition that Lin Ling harbored some ill‑will toward Mo Lie.

Especially when he looked into the house, she sensed the emotion in his eyes!

Recalling her bizarre transmigration, Lin Manzhi slowly narrowed her eyes.

Could it be—that Lin Ling is also a transmigrator?!

If so, it would explain why Lin Ling's storyline was altered; perhaps the original host Lin Manzhi's fading consciousness was also caused by the other, allowing her to get a second chance at life.

It's also unclear what Lin Ling intends to do next.

She lowered the carriage curtain, sat cross‑legged, and looked down at the perpetually unconscious, pallid Mo Lie, letting out a slow sigh.

Anyway, now they can pull themselves and Mo Lie out of the storm circle a bit earlier.

They are far apart; whatever Lin Ling plans, distance must be considered for this period, which is better than staying in the same city.

She also hopes Lin Ling won't plot to use her to kill Mo Lie; she truly couldn't commit such a deed.

The horse's speed was swift; after leaving the city gate, the straight stone road turned into a verdant forest, the rolling green hills seeming endless.

Aside from eating, drinking, and the nightly mandatory sleep in the Safe Zone, the days were spent on the road.

During these days of travel, in the month since Mo Lie's injury, besides the damage to his Spirit Core, his body also suffered severe wounds.

Because he hadn't rested properly during this time, he appeared recovered on the surface but was not fully healed inside.

He remained in a prolonged stupor; Lin Manzhi, having read the original book, dared not speak to him, fearing that her forcing him to endure would further aggravate his exhausted mind and body.

With nothing to do, she occasionally checked the space, and after two days harvested the ripe lettuce from the field, gathering a total of 300 lettuce heads from one plot.

Because there were too many travelers on the road and no time for solitude, she didn't bring the items out directly, so she stored about half of them in the warehouse; fortunately, the farm's stored goods would not rot.