Chapter 50: Zhou Laosan: Use And Throw
"Carry? Carry her where?" Nuannuan asked in surprise. He looked at Ruan Chanchan and then looked down at his wife in confusion, for he could not understand what Ruan Chanchan was trying to say to him.
He turned to look at Ruan Zeqiu, who sighed and then said to Nuannuan, "My sister is asking you to carry your wife to the cave."
Nuannuan seemed to have understood what Ruan Chanchan was trying to tell him, but something still confused him. He turned his head and turned to look at Ruan Chanchan before saying to her, "But why? Is this necessary?"
You really have a lot of questions, don’t you, boy? Ruan Chanchan complained in her head. She sighed and simply threw out one word. "Secret."
"What?" Nuannuan turned to look at Ruan Zeqiu once again, as he couldn’t understand what Ruan Chanchan was trying to say.
Ruan Zeqiu shot a look at his sister. He wondered if she was doing it deliberately. Why was she not talking to Nuannuan and the rest like she was talking to him last evening? She was now capable of forming an entire sentence without him translating.
Ruan Zeqiu was indeed right; Ruan Chanchan was doing this deliberately. She didn’t want to talk because she felt like it was a waste of time. If she started speaking clearly, then these people would start making a fuss once again. Thus, it was better if she kept her presence as small as possible.
Seeing that his sister had no intention to speak, Ruan Zeqiu could only grit his teeth and tell Nuannuan what Ruan Chanchan was trying to tell him. He said to him, "My sister said that this treatment is a secret and you shouldn’t watch it. So she is asking you to take your wife to the cave such that she can treat her without a worry."
The tribe members: "...." She only said one word. How did you understand this lengthy statement in just that one word?
If Ruan Zeqiu knew their thoughts, he would have rolled his eyes. How could he know the thoughts of his own sister? Wasn’t it because he had been trying to understand her since he was a child? Ever since the death of their parents, Ruan Zeqiu had been the one who raised his sister like a third parent.
Like a mer daddy and a mother, he could easily understand his sister even if she were to just say ’oh, oh, oh’.
"Is it safe?" Zhou Laosan asked. Even though she could no longer stop Ruan Chanchan from treating Ah Man, she still didn’t want to make things easier for Ruan Chanchan. After all, her brother was the one who dared to refuse her. How many times did she ask him to become her mer, and how many times did he refuse her? He wasn’t only impolite but he was also really harsh on her. How could he be like that?
She might be weaker than him, but in the end, she was a beautiful woman, and she was willing to mate with him, but he still refused her on the pretext that he couldn’t become her mate due to Ruan Chanchan.
Because of this reason, she just couldn’t watch Ruan Chanchan have an easy time. She couldn’t bully Ruan Zeqiu because he was stronger than her. But did it mean that he couldn’t even bully Ruan Chanchan either?
However, the second she finished speaking, Ruan Chanchan’s eyes flashed with a hint of annoyance. She had been keeping quiet for way too long; these people were now thinking that they could do almost everything that they wanted, huh?
She narrowed her eyes before saying to Ruan Zeqiu, "No!"
When Ruan Zeqiu heard her speak, his eyes lit up, and he turned to look at the rest of the tribe before saying to them, "My sister says that she is not going to do it."
"Then don’t let her!" snapped Zhou Laosan. She never expected the fool to fight back. Seeing that Ruan Chanchan had actually done it made her face red with anger. "Anyway, we already know the herbs that we need." She sounded quite smug about it.
"No!" Ruan Chanchan exclaimed again. Her voice was louder than it was before, and she stared at the woman with a smile that looked just as smug as Zhou Laosan’s.
This time, no one had to turn and look at Ruan Zeqiu; the mer quite smugly told everyone what his sister meant, "She means to say that she didn’t tell all the herbs to you. If you use a half-known antidote, it will not help Sister Ah Man at all."
As soon as Ruan Zeqiu finished speaking, Ruan Chanchan turned and glanced at him with a hint of a smile on her lips. She had to admit that having this brother by her side was really nice.
"You–"
"Enough!" Priestess Yuan spoke up. Her voice reverberated loudly in the entire clearing, and everyone turned to look at her. Her expression was that of rage as she looked at Zhou Laosan, who was causing trouble for no reason. "Just what do you think you are trying to do, Laosan? Do you wish for Ah Man to die sooner? If you don’t know something, then you shouldn’t speak! How can you have such a treacherous idea of using someone and then throwing them away? Is this how you are going to lead a team if you become the leader?"
As soon as Priestess Yuan finished speaking, Zhou Laosan flushed red in shame. She never thought that one day she would be scolded in such a manner. She raised her head and glared at Ruan Chanchan, who was still staring at her with that annoying expression. To think that this woman was smart enough to hide the key ingredients of the antidote.
Who said that she was a fool? Let that person come out and face her. Because if this woman was a fool, then she was the leader of this tribe.