Chapter 47: Xie Daiyu : I just trust her that much.
Shao Xia was determined to prove her worth in front of Chief Xie and the rest of the elders. They had often looked down at her just because Xie Daiyu had accompanied her on hunts. Even though she had worked just as hard as Xie Daiyu, no one took it seriously because, in their eyes, the prey that she captured was all thanks to Xie Daiyu!
Since that was the case, she would hunt down a beast on her own. Let’s see if the elders still say the same thing as they had said when she was with that mer.
Even though she had lived until she was more than three hundred years old and even became a guardian at the Beast Temple, Shao Xia still couldn’t forget the sufferings and humiliation that she had gone through at her old tribe. When she was two hundred and sixty-one years old, Xie Daiyu was killed by a beast and only then was she able to walk out of his shadow.
She not only took many mers and men as her mates, but she also lived a life of comfort. But every now and then, her past would be brought up by her rivals, and she would feel embarrassed. Especially when everyone kept telling her that she was nothing without Xie Daiyu and that mer was the one who helped her get stronger, and yet Shao Xia took other mers as her mates after the death of Xie Daiyu, who helped her through thick and thin.
Even their children felt the same. Once they grew up, their wings hardened, and they never returned home. Every time they met with her, they would look at her with a hint of disgust as if she had done something terrible. She truly raised a bunch of white-eyed wolves!
It was a good thing that she separated from Xie Daiyu before he got pregnant, or else she would be burdened with those heartless brats.
Shao Xia didn’t miss her children that she had sired with Xie Daiyu; if anything, she felt that it was a good thing that those cruel bastards would no longer pollute the air of this world. And even if they were born, she would have killed them all! Damn those bastards; they actually left her alone when she was dying and even told her that she deserved it.
Those brats were cruel and heartless—and Xie Daiyu was no better. Even though beastwomen were allowed to take more than one mate, he refused to let her take one. He told her that he had given up on his real mate for her and that she should do the same for him.
When she refused, he would use the sacrifices that he made for her as leverage.
Just wait! She would show everyone who had looked down on her that she was better than Xie Daiyu. That she was better than every other beastwoman. Better than a rank ten beastwoman!
While Shao Xia went looking for a beast to hunt to assert her dominance, Xie Daiyu, whom she looked down on and called evil and cruel, was kneeling in front of his mother for the sake of another woman’s life, who had nothing to do with him. Hell, the two of them didn’t even have a relationship.
With his hands firmly placed on his knees, he said to Chief Xie, "Mother, I am speaking the truth. As long as you are willing to let Ruan Chanchan treat Ah Man, I am willing to put even my life at risk. If something happened to Ah Man and she died at the hands of Ruan Chanchan, then I would hand in my life in exchange for hers."
Xie Daiyu’s thought process was simple. He was the one who brought Ruan Chanchan here, and he was the one who suggested that she should take care of the poison within Ah Man’s body. Since he was the one involved in the entire process from start to finish, he should be the one taking responsibility.
What was more, Ruan Chanchan was blessed by the Beast Goddess; if they killed her, maybe the Beast Goddess would get even angrier and their tribe would be burdened by even more trouble. Thus, it was better if he were the one who took the trouble and the blame.
"You..." Chief Xie was speechless. She wanted to know just what kind of magic potion Ruan Chanchan had fed her son and why he was speaking up for her so much. He even risked his life for her. Why her son? Why not anyone else?
She raised her head and glared at Ruan Chanchan, who turned even more speechless. Why was this woman glaring at her? She was just as speechless and frustrated, alright?
Just the last time, she told the mer that she didn’t want him to make a huge fuss and let her live in peace, but he suddenly brought her and dropped a bomb-like sentence that she could treat a poison that was simply incurable. What was the difference between this and telling everyone that she was a special case?
A fool who could treat poison? Please!
If not for the fact that she was trying hard to stay in character and not go OOC, she really wanted to fight it out with Xie Daiyu. This mer really fucked her up!
"Again, you cannot beat him, darling."
"Again, you are simply useless, watching your host turn into a fish on the chopping board."
Xiao Xi: 0
Ruan Chanchan: 1
"Let her try." Just as Chief Xie was about to lose her temper, Priestess Yuan stepped forward and looked at Ruan Chanchan with a knowing look in her eyes. She had seen the flash of intelligence and emotions in Ruan Chanchan’s eyes, which showed that the woman was perfectly fine. As for why Ruan Chanchan was acting like a fool, this was something that only the woman knew.
But according to her calculations, Ruan Chanchan was the saviour of this tribe. Since that was the case, why not let her try?
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