Chapter 52: Taking In

After the Fox Clan tribe's single females were taken in by single beastmen of the Heaven Lion Tribe to live in the tribe, the other single females stationed in the small tribes around the Heaven Lion Tribe also began to follow suit. Most of those females had fallen ill from getting too wet in the rainy season and were abandoned by their tribes because of a lack of medicine.

Zhang Fan saw the females taken in by the tribe recently and felt worried. These females were all sallow-skinned, thin, weak, and prone to illness; if the Heaven Lion Tribe did not agree to take them in, they would lose their lives. On this primitive beastmen planet, every female is the tribe's most important asset. Protecting females is the most important duty of every male beastman.

Seeing the females taken in by the tribe, the Heaven Lion Tribe members felt distressed; the tribespeople brought all these females to the chief's house, letting the tribal doctor Wei Er treat them. Ba Ke Er's Am Di Er also helped Wei Er here.

These females had no male beastmen in their families; most had fallen ill after catching cold outside and going a long time without enough food. After seeing the Fox Clan tribe's females taken in by the Heaven Lion Tribe, they came to the Heaven Lion Tribe's gate to try their luck; fortunately, the Heaven Lion Tribe took them in.

When they were sent to the warm house, the females couldn't help but feel relieved; upon smelling the food, they couldn't help but feel happy from the bottom of their hearts about their decision. The Heaven Lion Tribe truly lives up to being one of the four great tribes!

Because the number of females taken in this time was too many, Wei Er and Di Er alone could not cope. After learning this, Zhang Fan and Ba Ke Er didn't even have time to eat lunch; they went out in the heavy rain and met Fei Er and Mo De, who were also heading to the chief's house to help.

"Hey! Ba Ke Er and Fan Fan, are you also going to help at my Am's place?" Because the rain was heavy, their voices were drowned out by the rain, so Fei Er could only shout at Zhang Fan.

"Yeah, Fei Er, we're also going to help at the chief's house; I heard the tribe has taken in more females. Am and Uncle Wei Er are overwhelmed." Zhang Fan also shouted at Fei Er.

"I heard from Mo De that they also took in some young ones today!"

"No way! There are young ones too?"

As they talked, they unknowingly arrived at the chief's house. Upon entering, Zhang Fan and Fei Er took over preparing lunch. Because there were many patients, they directly used the chief's large stone pot to cook two big pots of congee. They also set up a grill and roasted some meat skewers.

Ba Ke Er and Mo De, meanwhile, went home to get some dry rations and then went to guard the tribe's gate. They didn't come back for lunch.

After lunch, Zhang Fan and Fei Er stayed at the chief's house to help Wei Er care for the patients, preparing and administering medicine. After making a round among the patients, Zhang Fan and Fei Er also discovered that there were indeed some young ones among those taken in by the tribe. It was a newborn little flower leopard, now lying quietly beside its Am, sleeping sweetly.

Seeing that the young one actually had relatives, Fei Er felt a bit disheartened; he had originally thought: if the young one had no relatives, he could bring it back to raise. But seeing the little flower leopard snuggled up to its Am, looking adorable, his heart softened.

Seeing Fei Er keep looking at the little flower leopard, Zhang Fan understood and said: "Fei Er, you're still so young! You'll definitely have young ones someday, so don't worry too much." After speaking, he walked over and patted Fei Er on the shoulder.

"I understand, Fan Fan, thank you." After saying that, Fei Er returned to his usual lively self and began bustling about to take care of everyone.

In the following days, Zhang Fan and Fei Er went every day to help Wei Er. After the females recovered, they were taken away by the single beastmen; even the little flower leopard and its Am returned to their original tribe's station. Seeing the little flower leopard leave, Fei Er felt reluctant for a long time.