The wicked female is extremely fierce, but she's pampered by her seven beast husbands.

Chapter 22 Frosty Silver Wolf
Yu Shaochen suddenly stopped running and jumping, turned around and glared angrily at Chongzhen, his fur standing on end, and demanded angrily, "Are you being rude?"

"I'm 17, not younger than you."

Seeing Yu Shaochen suddenly bristle, Chongzhen awkwardly touched the tip of his nose and said somewhat guiltily, "Sorry, I don't know much about the Youlin red panda."

After Chongzhen apologized, Yu Shaochen quickly regained his composure. His round, black eyes scrutinized him for a while, and his agitated fur slowly calmed down.

"Forgive you."

After saying that, Yu Shaochen turned in a different direction, hopped and skipped behind a banana leaf, rustled around for a while, and then transformed into human form and appeared in front of the group.

It wasn't until he saw Yu Shaochen's human form that Chongzhen had a real sense that this person was also Ling Chengen's beast husband, mainly because the contrast between his beast form and human form was too great and too disjointed.

Ling Xiaoxi and Wu Zhuo silently squatted to the side, observing the two of them. They felt that the atmosphere between the two brothers-in-law was a bit strange...

The thought that a male orc of unknown temperament might also join this family...

Wu Zhuo silently hugged Ling Xiaoxi's neck, raised his hand to rub the little tiger's head, and whispered, "You should avoid provoking them in the future. It is said that most of the good-looking beastmen have bad tempers."

Ling Chengen kicked Wu Zhuo's butt, his expression indifferent: "Stop misleading the cubs! How dare you sit here? Hurry up and come help!"

Wu Zhuo rubbed his bottom, jumped up from the ground, and circled around Ling Chengen, asking, "Sister En, can I get a bigger share of the Lake Song Beast meat this time?"

"All you can eat tonight. If there's anything left over, you can take it all."

Wu Zhuo immediately beamed and said with great enthusiasm, "Then I won't stand on ceremony. Come on, Sister En, just tell me what to do, I'll do anything."

Ling Chengen had just split the Lake Song Beast in two from head to tail, but the internal organs were not given to the Hanshan Tribe. Wu Zhuo said that the Lake Song Beast's internal organs were also delicious. Although she didn't particularly like eating animal internal organs, others might not be picky, so she planned to spend some time cooking them.

Seeing that they were all busy, Yu Shaochen, dressed in an animal skin skirt, squatted down next to Ling Xiaoxi and asked, "Is there anything I can do?"

Ling Chengen was neatly slicing strips of meat and placing them on a banana leaf beside him, casually asking, "Ling Xiaoxi, have you gathered all the firewood I asked you to prepare?"

Ling Xiaoxi scratched at the stone with her big, furry paws, then lowered her head guiltily and stole a glance at Ling Chengen, who had his back to her.

When Ling Chengen didn't hear Ling Xiaoxi's voice, he knew that the little rascal had gone wild and had no idea about gathering firewood.

She said unhurriedly, "Your Lake-Singing Beast meat will be halved at noon."

Ling Xiaoxi immediately looked up and said angrily, "No way! I'll go get it right now. It's wrong to skimp on the cubs' food; all the cubs will despise you!"

"Then what are you doing squatting here? Waiting for me to carry you into the woods?"

With a flick of its tail, Ling Xiaoxi dashed off into the dense forest beside it.

Yu Shaochen looked at the tiger cub that was as fast as the wind, opened his mouth, but before he could say anything, the yellow and white tiger cub had completely disappeared.

"Actually... I can help."

"She's so young, won't it be dangerous for her to go into the woods alone?"

With a swift stroke of his blade, Ling Chengen sent the massive head of the Lake-Singing Beast rolling to Yu Shaochen's feet. The thin, pale-skinned boy, who had been worried about Ling Xiaoxi, was so frightened that he fell to the ground, his round eyes wide open, unable to recover for a long time.

Ling Chengen grabbed the long nose and threw the head of the Lake-singing Beast onto the stream. He looked down at the blood splattered on Yu Shaochen's chin and eyelids, squatted down in front of him, and looked at his somewhat bewildered expression.

"Don't underestimate our Stone Forest cubs, and don't underestimate our deterrent power in this area. There are no large wild beasts or inferior animals within a radius of three kilometers, so you can stay here with peace of mind."

"Also... if you want to help, you can help; if you don't want to help, you don't have to help. This should be your own decision, and no one needs to arrange it for you."

Ling Chengen propped himself up on his knees and patted him on the head: "Go wash your face, it's covered in blood."

After Ling Chengen had walked away, Yu Shaochen finally came to his senses, turned to look at Chongzhen who was drying medicinal herbs, and asked cautiously, "Aren't you afraid of the mistress?"

Out of consideration for the fact that he had helped relieve her pain, Chongzhen held a medicinal herb and said with a faint smile, "Are you very afraid of Ling Chengen?"

“A little.” Yu Shaochen raised his hand to indicate, “Just a little bit, probably because I have an instinctive fear of large orcs.”

Chongzhen looked at the few drops of blood rolling down his fair and smooth face, her eyes inexplicably darkening. Finally, the gloom in her eyes vanished, and she smiled calmly and slowly.

"She's not a difficult female to get along with. If you feel uncomfortable around her, you could discuss offering her sufficient compensation or providing her with some assistance in exchange for returning to the Wuyang tribe. That's not out of the question."

Yu Shaochen suddenly became alert, looked up at Chong Zhen's black hair draped over his shoulders and his eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling, stood up with one hand behind him, and put some distance between them.

"Are you encouraging me to leave her? What good will that do you?"

Chongzhen rested his chin on one hand, scrutinizing the timid yet perceptive little panda with a critical eye, his slightly hoarse voice carrying a hint of laziness and mockery.

"You're quite sensitive. I was just answering your question. If you want to stay, I won't do anything to you."

"Just like she said, whether you stay or leave is up to you. Most of the orcs in the Stone Forest tribe are actually wild beasts. If you stay, you'll have to adapt."

Yu Shaochen didn't understand the fox's cunning, but his intuition was very accurate.

He wiped away the blood droplets that were about to fall from his snow-white chin, frowned as he looked at Chongzhen, and said, "I don't like you."

Chongzhen looked surprised by his frank attitude.

Yu Shaochen said bluntly, "Although I'm not very smart, I'm not stupid either. You're implying something, and I don't really like dealing with orcs like you who always beat around the bush."

Chongzhen watched his retreating figure, her fingertips, which were lightly tapping her chin, paused for a moment, and finally lowered her eyes and chuckled: "Not very tall, but quite a temper."

A fluffy little tiger, pulling on the dry firewood tied with vines, suddenly poked its round head out from the bushes behind Chongzhen. Its two small round ears twitched twice, and its big eyes curiously stared at its brother-in-law.

"Just as my eldest sister said, Brother Chongzhen is a handsome and cunning male."

Chongzhen reached down and pulled the little tiger from the bushes behind her waist, rubbed her round face, and raised an eyebrow to ask, "When did your older sister say that?"

"Why should I tell you?"

Ling Xiaoxi slapped his arm away with her paw, turned and ran away with the firewood, then turned back to him and said.

"Just a heads-up, my older sister really hates people who try to scheme against her. Those bad guys who try to take advantage of her always end up getting beaten up pretty badly..."

“Although I’m not an insect in my sister’s stomach, I can tell that she plans to keep that little panda brother in the tribe. If you scare him away, she will definitely kick you out of the tribe.”

Ling Xiaoxi is not a naive and innocent child. She and Ling Chengen are sisters. Although there is a big age gap, she has always loved to follow Ling Chengen around since she was a child and knows her older sister's habits very well.

Chongzhen's eyebrows twitched slightly as she twirled her fingers and said, "So, in your sister's heart, I'm not even as good as a cowardly little panda?"

Ling Xiaoxi rolled her eyes at him: "Where do you get your confidence? In my sister's heart, the young clan leader of Hanshan is definitely number one, followed by me and Father, and Brother Shaochen is a rare wood-type superhuman beastman..."

"As for you, you can't do anything right now, and my sister has to hunt to support you. In her heart, you're probably not as important as the half of a lake beast that we can eat tonight!"

Chongzhen watched the tiger cub run away quickly, secretly grinding his back teeth. He looked down at the injury on his leg, rubbed his brow with his right hand, and laughed in anger at Ling Xiaoxi's belittling.

It's one thing to be inferior to the young chieftain of the Hanshan tribe and the Ling father and daughter, but now even a newly arrived little panda is ranked ahead of him... Fine, he's currently living off a woman's kindness, so he has to put up with it.

Everyone was busy with their own things and had no time to pay attention to Shigema, who was sitting in the sun looking emo.

After a while, Ling Chengen, still damp from drinking, walked up to him and handed Chongzhen a stone pot: "I'll tell you how to cook it. From today onwards, you'll be brewing your own medicine. Any questions?"

Chongzhen countered, "Could I possibly have a problem?"

"No."

Ling Chengen didn't even lift his eyelids, rejecting him outright.

She placed the stone pot directly in front of him, which was half-filled with water. She then guided him step by step in selecting medicinal herbs, chopping them up, and explaining clearly the required amount for each herb.

"Remember?"

Ling Chengen squatted down in front of him and had already built up the stone stove.

"Hmm." Chongzhen looked at the herbs that weren't completely dried and asked疑惑地问道, "How do you know about these things?"

Ling Chengen brought over a small bundle of firewood, placed it at his feet, and raised an eyebrow, saying, "Are you a newborn cub? Why do you have so many questions? Besides, just because you asked doesn't mean I have to answer you!"

"Then I won't ask."

Chongzhen wasn't angry even after being rebuked by her. He looked down at her slender fingertips and listened attentively to her instructions on how to prepare the medicine.

"The medicine should be soaked in cold water for one hour, then boiled over high heat for half an hour, and then boiled over low heat for one hour."

Timekeeping on the Beast Plains is basically the same as in the post-apocalyptic world; one Beast Time is roughly equivalent to one hour.

It's not too complicated.

"When decocting medicine, if you have nothing else to do, you can grind the small peppercorns into powder with a stone mill. You can use it when cooking. If you are still very free, you can sharpen the bone knife and soak the potatoes in water after peeling them."

Chongzhen looked up at Ling Chengen, who was facing away from the sun, and squinted slightly as she said, "I'm still injured."

"Yes, that's why I've assigned you all easy jobs that you can do while sitting down. Am I thoughtful enough?"

Chongzhen remained silent for a few seconds: "..."

Ling Chengen had no intention of enslaving the wounded. She had too many things to do. If Chong Zhen couldn't even do small things like grinding pepper and peeling potatoes well, she might not be able to suppress the urge to return him!
Seeing Ling Chengen about to leave, Chongzhen hurriedly called out to her, "Did you get my animal skin blanket back?"

Ling Chengen stopped and turned around, saying, "Not yet, I'll go get it this afternoon."

"That little panda moved over today too. Your cave is only so big. Have you decided where to put him? Your father should be bringing back the young chief of the Snow Wolf tribe tonight. Where will he stay?"

Ling Chengen stared at Chongzhen with a sour face and no expression: "..."

So annoying.

The three of them live together, so surely she can guard the gate?
Yu Shaochen, having already washed his face, interjected, "I can live in a tree. I can build a treehouse myself this afternoon."

He had just checked the area and confirmed that Ling Chengen was right. There were no wild animals in the nearby forest, and even small animals were rare. So, once his powers were restored, rebuilding his treehouse in the Wuyang tribe here wouldn't be a problem.

Wu Zhuo walked over with a cleaned thin stone slab and a bamboo basket of cleaned Lake Song Beast meat, and asked, "Shall we start roasting the meat now?"

"You start the fire first."

Ling Chengen laid out the stone slabs and began slicing meat while pondering the housing issue.

Building a treehouse is actually a good idea, but Chongzhen definitely can't live in a treehouse.

For now, the cave is just a makeshift place to live. As more and more people come, we'll need to separate everyone's living areas so that she can feel more at ease.

"Did you finish building your treehouse this afternoon?" Ling Chengen asked Yu Shaochen.

Yu Shaochen hesitated for a moment before truthfully replying, "It might not be possible; it will take at least three days to complete."

"Then you and Chongzhen will stay in the same cave tonight, and Xiaoxi and I will stay together. As for the Snow Wolf Tribe... if they can come, they can stay with you temporarily. I will make a few more rooms as soon as possible during this time."

Chongzhen suddenly said, "If the young chieftain of the Snow Wolf tribe could come, you might save yourself a lot of trouble."

Ling Chengen and Yu Shaochen both turned to look at him: "What do you mean?"

Chongzhen said, "Su Weihua is a level seven metal-type superpowered warrior. His beast form is a Frost Silver Wolf, which is larger than you. So if we can get his help, the progress of digging the cave should be much faster."

"We'll talk about it when they arrive." Ling Chengen didn't actually have much hope.

The main problem is that she's had bad luck since she was a child.

For example, picking up these beastly men was a difficult experience, except for the trip with Yu Shaochen, which went relatively smoothly. The others were truly indescribable.

She had a feeling that things wouldn't go too smoothly with the Snow Wolf tribe either.

This ominous premonition was confirmed before sunset.

Today, Ling Xiao returned with his hunting team ahead of schedule.

The hunting party escorted Ling Xiao out of the dense forest. Ling Chengen was squatting by the stream washing leaves when he turned his head and saw his father covered in blood.

Ling Xiao's usually kind face was now extremely gloomy and terrifying, and he was holding a blood-soaked orc in his arms.

Ling Chengen placed the half-washed leaves on the stone, frowned, and walked towards Ling Xiao.

Yu Shaochen, who was pruning the newly sprouted branches of the jacaranda tree, also peeked out from among the dense leaves, looking in horror at the winding stream of blood on the ground.

Chongzhen turned to look at Ling Xiao, and finally fixed her gaze on the half of his face that was almost completely slashed, her pupils shrinking slightly.

"Su Weihua?"

Wu Zhuo was very perceptive and realized that the atmosphere was frighteningly tense. He shrank close to Chong Zhen and asked in a low voice, "Is that the young chieftain of the Snow Wolf Tribe?"

Chongzhen nodded, his brows furrowed deeply, his long eyelashes drooping. He reached out and stopped one of the orcs in the hunting party, asking, "How did the young chieftain of the Snow Wolf Tribe become like this?"

The orc who was stopped glanced at his slightly upturned fox eyes, and then noticed the injury on his leg. His cold attitude softened a little, but his voice still couldn't hide his anger: "It's all because of those despicable orcs from the Snow Wolf Tribe!"

The two chapters are combined into one, with each chapter containing over 4 words.

Well, the trial run ended in failure as expected.

So if this retest fails, this book is most likely doomed.
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