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

Chapter 26 Three Husbands Sleeping Together
“Ling Chengen, you are the young chieftain of Shilin. You risked your life for him alone... Have you considered what would happen to your family and the orcs in your tribe if you failed and died?”

Ling Chengen looked solemn and spoke sternly, arms crossed in front of him, raising an eyebrow and saying, "I naturally have my reasons for doing things. The Misty Swamp is certainly very dangerous for orcs who rely on their eyes to discern danger."

"But for me, it's not like that."

Chongzhen was already a little angry; this person really wouldn't listen to advice.

He turned his head away and sneered, "Arrogant!"

Ling Xiao watched from afar as the two argued about hunting snake lizards, and he felt somewhat embarrassed and at a loss.

Although this fight... seems more like a one-sided argument by Chongzhen, Enen is too lazy to listen to him.

However, this time Ling Xiao was somewhat inclined to side with Chong Zhen, but as soon as he met Ling Chengen's gaze, his idea of ​​supporting the fox son-in-law vanished instantly, and the words that were about to come out became: "Chong Zhen is right, the Misty Swamp is very dangerous. You have never been there before, and you are likely to suffer losses. How about... I go instead?"

Looking at his father's cautious and tentative expression, Ling Chengen sighed helplessly, "Father, please stop making a fuss. If you're not going to take charge of the hunting team, do you expect me to go?"

Although the beastmen of the Stone Forest tribe acknowledge her as the young chieftain, she is only sixteen years old this year and has never officially gone out with a hunting team.

Ling Xiao's sudden absence from the hunting team, leaving her to fill in... would inevitably raise some questions among the others, who might even worry that Ling Xiao's health was compromised.

Lingxiao is the spiritual pillar of the Stone Forest tribe. Any slight abnormality will make the orcs in the tribe feel uneasy.

Therefore, she didn't want to waste time explaining.

Moreover, Ling Xiao is also a beastman from the land. Although his fire-type abilities are powerful, his mental strength is much weaker than hers. In environments with extremely poor visibility, he is much more likely to get into trouble than her.

Ling Xiao felt a little guilty, but still insisted, "If you insist on going, I'll go with you, otherwise I'm really worried."

……

Chongzhen stared in shock at Ling Xiao, who couldn't even hold out for three seconds, and reached out to tap Ling Xiaoxi's head.

Who usually makes the decisions in your family?

"My father," Ling Xiaoxi said, squatting down and turning to look at the complicated expression on her brother-in-law's face, instantly understanding, "but it's no use if Father objects to what my sister has decided~"

"My sister won't listen to anyone's advice."

Seeing his furrowed brows, Ling Xiaoxi calmly reminded him, "Brother-in-law, you're part of our family now. Do you want to be the head of our household?"

Chongzhen had a gut feeling that there was a trap in those words, and with a keen awareness of her own limitations, she asked, "Do you think I'm qualified to be your sister's boss?"

"I don't know about that, but anything is possible. If you can become the apple of my sister's eye, she should be willing to listen to you."

Chongzhen curled his lip speechlessly and said sarcastically, "Thank you so much for thinking so highly of me."

To become the person most cherished in Ling Chengen's heart?

forget it!
He only wanted to help the Yaoluo tribe find a powerful backer to protect the weak children in the tribe, and then he himself could live a good life and live a peaceful life.

How could she develop feelings for a female like Ling Chengen, who was so domineering and kept several beast husbands?
He's not mentally ill.

His mother had told him before she passed away that he should entrust his feelings to someone who deserves them.

Ling Chengen clearly did not meet his initial criteria for choosing a partner.

Except at the very beginning, when he thought he was going to die and planned to use his own corpse to exchange for most of the prey to stay with Yao Luo.

After confirming that he wouldn't die, he completely gave up the idea of ​​using his body to please Ling Chengen and to compromise himself.

Ling Chengen also gave him a clear path, and he didn't want to die now.

Of course, Ling Chengen cannot die either.

His plan was based on the premise that Ling Chengen was alive and could continuously improve the lives of the orcs.

After much thought, the core of the problem indeed lies with the half-dead Su Weihua!

Chongzhen turned his head to look at Su Weihua lying on the rock, his expression changing unpredictably. He thought darkly to himself: After everyone is asleep tonight, I will assassinate this guy directly, and Ling Chengen will not have to risk going to the Misty Swamp.

Hmm... this plan seems quite feasible?
……

"Why aren't you resting? What are you doing sitting here daydreaming?"

Ling Chengen was about to carry Su Weihua from the rock into the cave, but then he remembered that there was only a straw mat inside. He suddenly stopped and turned to Ling Xiao, calling out, "Father, do you have any extra animal skin blankets?"

Ling Xiao nodded and said, "Yes."

"I'll get it for you."

Without Ling Chengen needing to explain, Ling Xiao knew that she definitely didn't have enough animal hides in her cave.

As he passed by Yu Shaochen, he casually asked, "Do you have enough animal hides? If not, I'll get you some more."

Ling Xiao has collected all the animal hides in the house. These are precious winter supplies. He carefully tans the hides he receives each time and adds some insect-repelling herbs. He has accumulated quite a lot over the years.

Fortunately, he was thrifty and hardworking, otherwise he would have had to borrow money from others today.

Yu Shaochen shook his head and pointed to the huge animal skin bundle at the cave entrance: "I brought all my luggage and all the animal skins. It's enough."

Ling Xiao nodded, looked up at the blue flowering tree near the entrance of his eldest daughter's cave, and the treehouse that was beginning to take shape. He didn't interfere with Shao Chen's plans, and quickly went into his cave and brought out a stack of animal hides.

Ling Chengen sat by the fire, picking out the overly thick animal hides and setting them aside. He then took some thinner animal hides and pieced them together on the ground. Finally, he found a rather thick needle in the bamboo basket.

The needle is metal, though she can't tell exactly what it's made of, but it's comparable to a steel needle.

There's no cotton thread here; it's all rope made from animal hair, so it's quite thick, but it fits perfectly with the metal needles in the basket.

Ling Chengen skillfully threaded the needle, a sight that puzzled Ling Xiao, who had intended to help. He hesitated and asked, "Chengen, when did you learn to sew?"

Ling Chengen had already threaded the needle, and calmly looked up, saying, "It's so simple, you can figure it out just by watching, right?"

Ling Xiao slowly sipped water from the bamboo cup, reminiscing, "You used to be terrible at sewing, and then you stopped wanting to do it. But thinking about it now, it was all so long ago... Our Enen has really grown up."

Faced with the deeply moved Ling Xiao, Ling Chengen said nothing, but quietly sewed together several pieces of animal hide, creating a hide blanket with a rather serious color difference, but which looked strangely neat.

Chongzhen turned to Yu Shaochen and said, "Could you please help me into the cave?"

The two lifted the grass curtain and entered the cave. Only then did Yu Shaochen notice that there was light inside the cave.

Several stone pots planted with sclerotiums were placed in several waist-high niches.

Each pot of *Gymnocalycium mihanovichii* has more than a dozen leaves, shaped like orchids, emitting a warm light that illuminates the pale yellow flower buds at the top.

It also illuminated the empty, dark cave.

"Could you please do some work and tidy up those things in the left corner?" Chongzhen leaned against the wall and circled out a general area.

Yu Shaochen asked, puzzled, "What are you planning to do?"

"What else can we do?" Chongzhen leaned against the stone wall, looking at the light grass and light stone that Ling Chengen had brought back that afternoon, and finally softened. "Let's build a suitable place for Su Weihua to rest. If we let him lie on the ground, he might die of a fever in the middle of the night." This time, Yu Shaochen did not refute him. He dutifully moved the things in the corner to make room, and watched Chongzhen sit on the ground with his hands on the ground.

Soon, the cave floor and walls began to move, and the cave extended about half a meter deeper. A stone bed about forty centimeters high slowly appeared in the left corner.

The stone bed is about 1.2 meters wide and 2 meters long. The headboard is against the stone wall, and there is a niche in the wall next to the headboard, on which is a pot of euphorbia.

After creating a stone bed, Chongzhen was covered in sweat and his face turned pale.

Seeing that he was breathing rapidly, Yu Shaochen squatted down to examine the wound on his leg: "It's bleeding again."

"My powers were depleted last night and haven't recovered yet, so I can't help you stop the bleeding."

Chongzhen leaned against the stone wall, slowly closed his eyes, and said nonchalantly, "It's nothing, just a little blood, I won't die."

He was well aware of his own health.

However, because his injuries had not fully healed, he forcibly exploited his supernatural abilities, manipulating the rocks in the cave to shift and deform, which is why it ended up like this.

"Help me to rest on the straw mat, I'll be fine in a little while."

Looking at his pale face, Yu Shaochen finally sighed softly and half-dragged, half-carried him to settle him on the straw mat.

“I’ll go tell my wife that this definitely won’t do.”

Chongzhen suddenly opened his eyes and said coldly, "She doesn't know healing magic, what can she do?"

"Make yourself a place to sleep, and while you're at it, take her animal skin blanket to Ling Xiaoxi's cave. Don't worry about anything else."

Yu Shaochen hesitated, but after Chongzhen finished speaking, he immediately closed his eyes and fell asleep before he could even stand up.

Worried that something might be wrong with his health, Yu Shaochen immediately got up to go find Ling Chengen.

As soon as he lifted the straw curtain, he saw Ling Chengen holding Su Weihua standing outside the cave.

"Is he asleep?" Ling Chengen asked.

Yu Shaochen nodded and said, "My power was overused and the wound is bleeding again. Manipulating rocks to shift and deform is indeed much more difficult than controlling soil changes."

Ling Chengen pointed to the dry grass at his feet: "Spread this dry grass on the stone bed, and then go and get the animal skin blanket that I just sewed."

Yu Shaochen nodded obediently, watching her back as she left. He wanted to ask her if she wasn't worried about Chongzhen's health.

After all, it was only because Chongzhen listened to her suggestion and used all his strength to make the stone bed for Su Weihua that it ended up in its current miserable state.

Her indifferent attitude was rather cold.

But he was hesitant to say it directly.

When he returned to the cave with the animal skin blanket, Ling Chengen was already squatting beside Chongzhen, placing the empty bamboo cup on the ground, pointing towards the stone bed and speaking to Yu Shaochen.

"I'd appreciate it if you could get up in the middle of the night to check on the guy in bed. If he wakes up and goes crazy, you can knock him out."

"If you really can't solve it, just call me. I'm next door."

Yu Shaochen: "He's so badly injured, he probably won't wake up today, right?"

Ling Chengen shook his head: "It's hard to say. When I brought Chongzhen back yesterday, he looked like he was about to die, but he was able to sit up last night and even had the energy to chat with me."

Chongzhen wasn't actually asleep. With her eyes closed, she heard their conversation from beginning to end and couldn't help but defend herself, saying, "I wasn't making that up. You were the one who couldn't sleep and wanted to chat with me."

Ling Chengen did not refute Chongzhen's words, but looked at Yu Shaochen and said earnestly, "Although Su Weihua is seriously injured, her physique is better than Chongzhen's, so she may wake up earlier than expected."

"However, his lumbar spine injury is quite unusual, and he may experience urinary incontinence. It's not convenient for me to help him clean up, so I'll have to trouble you to change his clothes for now."

"Once I've finished what I'm doing, feel free to name your conditions. I'll definitely do my best to help you achieve them within my capabilities."

Hearing this, Chongzhen couldn't help but open her eyes and said jealously, "Why are you so generous to him? But when it comes to me, you're so stingy."

Ling Chengen picked up the bamboo cup from the ground, unfolded his animal skin blanket, and covered his face with it.

"I've discovered you really are a bit of a chatterbox. You're completely exhausted, yet you still have the energy to criticize me?"

Chongzhen removed the blanket from his face and said defiantly, "As your fellow beast husband, all I ask for is fairness."

"Alright, the reason I'm being so generous to Shao Chen is because you two are so useless. You need his help to walk, but he doesn't give you anything. I have to give him something in return, right?"

"For a long time after that, Su Weihua was unable to take care of herself. She needed Yu Shaochen to serve her in everything, including eating, drinking, and using the toilet. If you were in her shoes, could you selflessly dedicate yourself to such dirty and tiring work?"

Chongzhen dared not argue with Ling Chengen anymore, because what she said did make sense.

He turned to Yu Shaochen, who was standing to the side looking bewildered, and said, "I'm injured right now and can't give you payment for the time being. But I actually have some private assets hidden away, which I'll give to you once I've recovered."

Yu Shaochen waved his hand: "No need, I didn't help you with anything, so there's no need for me to pay you."

"That won't do... I have my principles."

Ling Chengen picked up his animal skin blanket and interrupted the two who were being polite to each other: "Alright, you two should get some rest."

"The three of you should get along well. Even if you quarrel, I can't make room for you, so try to control your tempers."

Yu Shaochen: "Okay."

Chongzhen: "That's not something I can decide. I'm a reasonable orc, but it's hard to say what kind of person the one lying on the stone bed is."

Ling Chengen looked at Chong Zhen with a headache and said, "It's hard on our young patriarch Chong. As long as you don't provoke him, he shouldn't have the energy to argue with you."

After saying this, Ling Chengen turned and left the cave.

Yu Shaochen sat down in the place where Ling Chengen had rested the night before, picked up a few light stones piled up in the corner, and prepared to open his large package.

Chongzhen propped his head up with one hand, lying on his side on the grass mat, watching Yu Shaochen unpack the package, and said to him, "After your treehouse is built, can you build one for me too? Do you need any prey or anything else? I'll get it for you after I recover from my injuries."

Yu Shaochen untied the knot, and a whole bunch of things suddenly scattered, some even rolling onto Chongzhen's straw mat.

Chongzhen was so shocked that his mouth dropped open.

After a long pause, he pointed at the pile of junk and said incredulously, "Are you moving house?"

Anyone who didn't know better would think he had peeled off three layers of soil from Wuyang and brought them over with him.

A slightly embarrassed Yu Shaochen: "..."

He's a sentimental little panda who can't let go of things.

If he weren't so physically unable to carry it, he really wanted to pack up the bamboo grove by the door, as well as his treehouse and flowering trees, and bring them all over.

(End of this chapter)