Chapter 645: Beast World: Raising a Wife 20

Du Feng's mouth twitched; he had endured the silent Jin Chen—what the hell, first he reminds this idiot?

No wonder he can't find a partner!

"Go, go, go."

He urged A Zhou, "Don't be late, your stone's been picked up by someone."

The two slipped away, their backs caught by a pair of eyes.

Tuoluote watched for a long time, confirming these two weren't heading in the same direction as Jin Chen, then he relaxed and closed his eyes.

"Are you sure this is the place?"

Jin Chen followed Qing Shan to the place said to have movement, but the surroundings were utterly still, trees lush and shooting up to the clouds, occasional birds flitting by, no different from an ordinary place.

"Qing Shan, what are you looking at?"

Seeing Qing Shan not answer his question for a while, Jin Chen turned to look, only to discover he was staring blankly at a spot.

"Ah! No, nothing."

Compared to his earlier composure, Qing Shan now seemed somewhat flustered; he blocked Jin Chen's view and pointed ahead.

"It's just ahead, not far."

"What's ahead, a trap or something deadly?"

Jin Chen simply stopped pretending, his face cold as he asked.

"What are you saying!"

Qing Shan was somewhat annoyed.

"I'm curious, how did Tuoluote convince you to attack me—was it food or a tool?"

"I don't understand what you're saying, but you must go over."

Qing Shan was clearly unsuited to lying; his face flushed red, he suddenly shifted into beast form and roared as he chased after Jin Chen.

Jin Chen feigned cooperation, backing away all the way, until he finally caught sight of a shabby, crude hole covered in wild grass in his peripheral vision.

The inside of the hole was probably a trap.

He sneered, his aura shifting instantly, he grabbed Qing Shan's beast-form throat and squeezed, slamming him hard against the tree trunk.

"If you don't want to die, tell the truth."

"Roar!"

Qing Shan was slammed in the back and neck, pain making him howl; he still wanted to open his mouth to bite Jin Chen, but was instead grabbed and slammed into another tree.

After being slammed several times, Qing Shan thought he was about to die; only then did Jin Chen stop, no longer the warm, talkative self—now he was icy cold to the extreme.

"I'll give you one last chance—speak the truth."

"I… I'll say it!"

Qing Shan had previously known Jin Chen as kind and enthusiastic, never expecting him to have this side today.

"Tuoluote said he would take my offspring to see the rabbit tribe's sage, who knows many healing methods..."

"My offspring is still so tiny, covered in red spots—there's no way it could heal on its own!"

"I don't want to, I don't want to kill you!"

"【Oh ho, this Qing Shan's offspring should already have been healed by the Main God!】"

0731 clicked his tongue, sighing, "【Young people are really impatient.】"

Jin Chen released him, rubbed his wrist, his aura not yet faded.

"I didn't say before, my partner can make ointments and also save people."

"Then! Then I..."

"Now you call Tuoluote over and say I've already fallen for your trap."

Jin Chen looked at him with a half-smile, his eyes tinged with mockery: "If you can do it, your child will naturally get better."

Qing Shan thought for a moment, then without hesitation turned back to call someone.

"A Zhou, Du Feng."

Jin Chen shouted toward the corner.

"Oh wow, you actually found it."

A Zhou came out, still playing with a stone in his hand; behind him, Du Feng looked doubtful: "You've already spotted the trap, why still call Tuoluote over?"

"Trouble you guys go over there and shout for the others, making sure they can hear Tuoluote's voice."

"Got it, I understand." Du Feng nodded at him, grabbed A Zhou, and walked back.

"Huh?? What did you understand?"

A Zhou's face full of confusion, feeling he basically had no sense of participation.

What followed went smoothly.

Tuoluote arrived but didn't see Jin Chen in the hole's entrance; instead he was beaten so badly he couldn't even crawl.

Jin Chen showed extraordinary anger, his strikes merciless, aimed especially at the legs and belly.

After hearing footsteps approaching from afar, Jin Chen began to verbally provoke Tuoluote, forcing him to reveal the trap he'd prepared.

Tuoluote, dazed from the beating, had no mind to discern cause; jealousy and hatred robbed him of reason, making him spill everything he'd done.

"Tuoluote!! You're actually this vicious!"

Having been in the forest this long, everyone more or less got injured; Jin Chen never stinted on giving them ointment, so where could one see him being bullied like this?

Or rather, it was repeated scheming.

To the point that seeing Tuoluote lying on the ground bleeding, no one felt even a hint of Soft-heartedness.

Some even suggested just leaving him there.

This time A Zhou finally showed some wit; having received Du Feng's signal, he hurried out to smooth things over.

Alright, alright, everyone, don't get angry—the forest is dangerous and easy to attract ferocious beasts—just let him drag his crippled body along.

At least there's still someone at home; if we just return like this, we won't have a good explanation.

Jin Chen also expressed his agreement.

He still looked furious, and gave Tuoluote's bloody legs another kick.

I treated you as a friend, yet you repeatedly tried to kill me!

Exactly!" others also resentfully said, "Jin Chen even gave you ointment! You heartless wretch!

Tuoluote spat out a mouthful of blood, glaring fiercely at Jin Chen, "You did it on purpose!"

Jin Chen turned his back to everyone, tilted his head at him, revealing a cold, sinister smile, his voice audible only to the two of them.

You deserved it.

This despicable assassination, under Jin Chen's "magnanimous" kindness, ultimately came to nothing.

Jin Chen did not give up Qing Shan; everyone instead blamed Tuoluote, and even though his legs were beaten to broken and rotting, no one felt any pity anymore.

As time passed, they also reached the time to return.

After tallying all the hunted ingredients, plus the new varieties Jin Chen found, there was enough for their tribe to survive the winter, so they decided to head back tomorrow.

But the return trip would take at least about three days.

As the separation time grew longer, Jin Chen's frequency of checking the screen also increased.

In the late night, he could sometimes see Bai Mo sitting alone outside the cave, propping his face with his hands, gazing at the moon.

The moon is in the direction of the forest.

This is already the twelfth day since Jin Chen left.

Bai Mo tilted his head, his beast ears twitching slightly; he could only hear the sounds of insects and birds around him, occasionally a chicken's cluck.

It was so quiet it became somewhat uncomfortable.

So he softly hummed the tune that Amu often hummed, his long tail swaying behind him.

After humming, Bai Mo took out the crystal worn on his chest, which he had clearly looked at countless times; when thinking of Jin Chen, besides looking at the moon, he looked at it the most.

This is the color of his own eyes.

Bai Mo rubbed his eyelids, and a sweet smile suddenly blossomed at the corner of his mouth.

He brushed off the dust, got up, and went back to sleep.

Another day has passed; when will you come back?