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

Chapter 64 He likes you
After leaving, Ling Chengen wandered aimlessly around the interior of the Hanshan tribe.

Within the tribe, you can mostly see young children playing together. These children are similar to the children in the Stone Forest tribe. The very young ones are more accustomed to maintaining their animal form, while the children who are five years old or older are in human form, but some parts retain animal features.

So she often saw a beautiful little cub run past her, then wave to her with its big wings, followed by another cub that sprinted across the ground with its long, straight crane legs...

Ling Chengen stopped and watched the string of cubs running past him, laughing and frolicking. He found it both cute and funny.

However, most orc tribes were like this; laughing was too impolite, so she kept a straight face and watched them run away before she couldn't help but smile slightly.

Ling Chengen bent down and walked to a pine forest, where he encountered several females from the Hanshan tribe.

The leading female looked to be about the same age as her, with long, smoky gray hair cascading over her shoulders, each side adorned with a braid. She wore a headband made of animal sinew, decorated with three striking colorful feathers, making her appear more vibrant and lively compared to the female beastmen around her.

Her gaze lingered on the other person's face for a couple more seconds. Just as she was about to walk past these complete strangers, the girl with the feather hair ornament suddenly walked over.

Her golden pupils were fixed on Ling Chengen, her expression somewhat strange.

Based on her intuition alone, she felt that this golden-eyed female crane didn't seem to like her very much.

What are you doing in our tribe?

Ling Chengen shrugged: "Waiting for someone."

"Then just wait in front of the tribe, don't wander around."

Ling Chengen raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "I'm a little bored, can't I just take a walk?"

"No, after all, the tribe is mostly made up of elderly people, children, and females with weak fighting ability. You would still be very dangerous to them."

Ling Chengen couldn't help but look her over a couple more times: "Do we know each other? Or do we have a grudge?"

The beautiful female orc opposite him frowned slightly: "Ling Chengen, it's no fun pretending not to know me."

Ling Chengen: "That means they know each other and have a grudge."

Just as the person opposite was about to say something, she saw her raise her hand, crack her knuckles, and look like she wanted to fight.

"you……"

Ling Chengen looked at her with a smile, not giving her a chance to speak again: "If you have a grudge, it's simple. If you want to cause trouble for me, just fight me."

"you--"

"Jin Duo!"

A sharp voice suddenly came from behind. Ling Chengen turned around and looked at Chongzhen walking over. He lowered his hand with some regret, sighed, and shook his head, saying, "It's boring."

Bai Qingyu walked to her side, lowered his eyes and said helplessly, "Even I might not be able to beat you. If you fight Jin Duo, you'll beat her to death."

Ling Chengen was speechless: "I'm not such a violent madman, okay? I still know my limits."

Bai Qingyu looked up at Jin Duo: "You too, why did you provoke her?"

The girl named Jin Duo across from Bai Qingyu looked up and glared at him, her eyes filled with complex emotions: "You're so biased towards her. I just told her not to wander around the tribe and to go ahead and wait for someone. Was that wrong?"

Ling Chengen stood beside Chong Zhen without any guilt, looked at the girl who was about to cry from anger, and turned to ask, "Have you finished talking? Did he agree?"

“Agreed.” But Chong Zhen was not happy at all. He sighed and said, “This guy is really shrewd. I can’t gain any advantage. The price I paid was even higher than I expected.”

Ling Chengen tilted his head, suspiciously scrutinizing his pained expression, and came to a conclusion: "It's fake, he's just faking it again."

Chongzhen froze, her hands clutching her chest. She turned her head, lifted her long, curved eyelashes, and secretly glanced at her: "How did you know I was faking it?"

His acting skills have always been quite good; he has never given himself away before.

Ling Chengen chuckled and pulled him outside, casually waving to Bai Qingyu before turning back to laugh, "Bai Qingyu is shrewd, but he... is not greedy at all. You are my beast husband, and I'm willing to help you. At most, he will only try to get the benefits that his tribe deserves, and he won't go too far."

"You actually trust him quite a bit?" Chongzhen said sarcastically.

Ling Chengen: "If you had known him for more than ten years, you would have done the same as me."

Chongzhen lowered his hand and held up two fingers: "The discount is about the same as expected, or even a little lower."

"However, he has limited the number of people from the Yaoluo tribe who can participate in the trade market. If they bring our tribe's supplies and so many people, they will be carrying too much weight, making the journey very difficult, and they may become slower to react if they encounter danger."

"Then why don't you go straight back to Yaoluo and tell your father?"

Chongzhen nodded: "That's what I was thinking, but the two tribes aren't far apart. I can go back after lunch. Today's plan is to plant potatoes. Since the rainy season is coming soon, it's more important to plant the potatoes first."

"Bring a few more wood-type beastmen today. After planting them, just give them a little stimulation to ensure they can grow and sprout normally. There's no need to force them to mature. This will make the workload lighter."

The two had just left the Hanshan tribe and blew their bamboo whistles when Wu Zhuo hadn't arrived yet. Bai Qingyu chased after them from the tribe and spotted the two talking at a glance.

Chongzhen lowered her head and leaned close to her ear, her long hair falling naturally onto Ling Chengen's shoulder. She said something that made Ling Chengen's lips curl up, and she raised her head slightly, looking at the person in front of her.

The two were very close, but neither of them felt anything was wrong.

Bai Qingyu stopped in her tracks, her brows furrowed slightly, and she felt as if a stone had suddenly pressed down on her chest.

They are partners.

Only now did Bai Qingyu truly realize that they were the closest of people to each other, and that, barring any unforeseen circumstances, they would stay together until the end of their lives.

Such scenarios will only become more frequent in the future.

He slightly bent the fingers hanging by his side, then composed himself and walked calmly toward the two of them.

As he approached, Ling Chengen and Chongzhen stopped their conversation and turned to look at him: "Why did you come out?"

"What just happened..."

Ling Chengen waved his hand: "It was my fault. I shouldn't have wandered around your tribe. I won't do it again."

"I didn't mean to fight that girl, I just wanted to scare her."

The girl and the original owner clearly knew each other, but she had no memory of the other person, so she could only do something else to distract the other person, lest the other person start "reminiscing" and she be completely confused.

Bai Qingyu looked at her nonchalant appearance and felt a pang of confusion, but quickly composed herself.

She used to have a very bad relationship with Jin Duo; they would basically argue every time they met.

The main reason is that Jin Duo is a female Grey Crane Beastman who will reach adulthood next year, and she has always had some feelings for him.

Therefore, Ling Chengen used to be very unhappy every time he saw Jin Duo. Jin Duo was also a very aggressive female, so the two would usually argue fiercely over mutual sarcasm and eventually part on bad terms.

Ling Chengen wasn't good at arguing, so she always ended up losing, but even so, she never laid a hand on Jin Duo.

Bai Qingyu had no feelings for either of them at the time, so he would only occasionally step in to mediate, but it had little effect. The two of them would still fight as usual, and at most, they would restrain themselves a little when he appeared.

Bai Qingyu: "I will tell the others in the tribe that you can come and explore whenever you want."

Ling Chengen fell silent for a rare moment, then smiled and said, "No need. It's right not to allow outsiders to move around inside your tribe. We would do the same in Shilin. We'll be leaving now. Take good care of your injuries."

"gone!"

Ling Chengen, holding Chongzhen's arm, walked down the mountain without looking back. They had only gone a dozen meters when Wu Zhuo flew over from a distance, grazing the ground beside them. Ling Chengen and Chongzhen seized the opportunity, leaping onto his back and quickly disappearing from sight.

Chongzhen turned around and glanced at Bai Qingyu, who was still standing there. She felt that the other party looked like a wilted eggplant. She whispered to Ling Chengen, who was sitting in front of her, "Why do I feel like he likes you?"

Ling Chengen pinched his thigh and glared at him, saying, "What? You want to add a brother to your family?"

Chongzhen quickly grabbed her hand, grimacing as he rubbed the reddened spot on his leg, and gasped, "Why are you always so handsy? Do you want to twist off a piece of my thigh for your own treat?"

Ling Chengen looked down at his left hand, which was being held, and raised an eyebrow slightly, saying, "Let go? You think you can take advantage of me?"

Chongzhen immediately let go, saying with disgust, "Tiger!"

"Would you like to curse again?"

"I'm not insulting you, I'm describing you precisely!"

"You, female! And a beast-like tiger! What's wrong with my description? Tell me!"

Ling Chengen retaliated with an elbow strike, and Chong Zhen clutched his abdomen in pain, his face turning pale: "You really had the heart to do that? Murdering your partner!"

"I think you want to die—"

Just as Ling Chengen was about to give him a good beating, Wu Zhuo, who was beneath him, suddenly flew to the side, and the two of them fell from mid-air.

Ling Chengen rolled over and landed smoothly, while Chong Zhen didn't react in time and landed on the back of her head first.

Luckily, he wasn't too high off the ground, otherwise he would have been seriously injured today!

"Wu Zhuo, are you sick? Why did you do that all of a sudden?" Chong Zhen sat on the ground, clutching the back of his head, feeling like he was seeing stars.

Wu Zhuo hovered in mid-air and sneered, "You two are immoral!"

"Flirting and teasing on the back of a fledgling eagle that hasn't even reached adulthood yet..."

"You vixen, all you do is seduce my sister En. I'll kick you out of the Stone Forest sooner or later!"

Chongzhen looked up at Wu Zhuo in mid-air, gritting her teeth in anger: "Where did I seduce her? Which eye of yours saw that? You can't frame me and ruin my reputation just because I'm handsome."

Wu Zhuo: "Pah!"

"Shameless fox!"

Chongzhen was both angry and speechless. Pointing her left hand at the Angry Birds in the sky, she turned to look at Ling Chengen beside her: "Are you just going to watch your little follower bully me? My lady~"

The last "My Lady" was uttered by him in a way that made the mountain road twist and turn eighteen times.

Ling Chengen shivered on the spot, turned around and left: "Wife my foot! I can't be bothered with you."

Chongzhen got up from the ground, rubbing the back of his head, and followed closely behind her, saying unhappily, "Why are you so considerate to Shaochen, but as cold as ice and snow in winter, as hard as a stone in a river?"

"Is it because I don't love you? Or am I not good enough for you?"

Ling Chengen became addicted to watching him act, transformed into beast form, pounced into the bushes, and disappeared completely.

Chongzhen stopped in her tracks, leaning against a tree trunk with one hand, and looked at Ling Chengen who was fleeing in disarray. She couldn't help but chuckle and said, "He's really easy to tease!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than a pine cone fell from the sky and struck him precisely on the back of the head.

He looked up at the arrogant eaglet as it left, his smile vanished, and he silently ground his back teeth a few times.

He was just a helpless little Angry Bird under someone else's roof, so he endured it!

……

Potato planting is in full swing.

After parting ways with Ling Chengen, Chongzhen went straight to the potato field that had been cleared the day before, intending to participate in the planting of this crop, which was said to have a high yield, as soon as possible.

Ling Chengen did not restrict him from teaching what he had learned to the orcs of the Yaoluo tribe.

So after finishing his planting work in the morning, he cooked lunch, ate a little something, and then took a few potatoes back to the Yaoluo tribe.

Ling Xiao watched Chong Zhen's hurried figure disappear into the distance and said to Ling Chengen, who was still eating, "Chong Zhen... has always been very responsible and a very good young clan leader, but he's just too family-oriented."

Ling Chengen paused, holding his chopsticks, and looked up at Ling Xiao: "Isn't this normal? If I were him, I would be more on the side of the tribe and on your side than he is! After all, you and Xiao Xi are my family. My relationship with him is just a nominal one, but there is no real affection between us."

Human nature is inherently biased. If you can't even be fair yourself, don't stand on a moral high ground and demand that others be fair.

Ling Xiao was flattered by Ling Chengen's words and laughed, "That's right, Father is the same."

My daughter is the best; she's always thinking about him!

No other family's children are as filial, considerate, and sensible as his.

“Besides, the Yaoluo tribe is indeed in a difficult situation. I’ve been to the cave dwelling where their tribe lives…” Ling Chengen frowned slightly and said, “They will have to consider relocation before the rainy season arrives, and their cave will definitely be flooded.”

"Moreover, their dwellings are insecure and without any natural defenses."

"After Chongzhen left, his father had to take on the heavy responsibility of leading the entire tribe, but he was obviously getting old and without Chongzhen's help to share the burden, he seemed to have the will but not the strength."

"The previous battle with the four divisions caused them to lose even more of their already limited fighting strength, making the situation even worse."

"All things considered, if there is no beast tide this year, things will be fine. But if a small or medium-sized beast tide occurs, the Yaoluo tribe may face extinction."

Ling Chengen analyzed the situation with Ling Xiao with a serious expression.

Ling Xiao quickly understood: "You mean, incorporate Yao Luo into our Stone Forest?"

"It's not just the Stone Forest, there's also the Populus euphratica."

Ling Chengen glanced at Yu Shaochen, who was standing quietly to the side. When Yu Shaochen heard about the Wuyang tribe, he suddenly stopped chewing and looked up at Ling Chengen blankly.

"These two small tribes are too vulnerable to risks. Yaoluo has encountered robbers in the past few trade trips, and I don't think Wuyang's situation will be much better."

"Yao Luo is definitely willing to merge in; you can tell from Chong Zhen's words."

"But Wuyang won't do, we have to fight him!"

"So my plan is to incorporate the herb vine before the rainy season arrives."

"We'll take down the poplar trees after the rainy season ends."

"We need more people to build houses to protect against the cold season."

Compared to the rainy season and the dry season, the cold season is the most terrifying.

Ling Xiao raised a crucial question: "Integration is indeed possible, but the demand for food will also increase. With just our Stone Forest hunting team and the limited manpower of those two tribes, even with potatoes, food will be extremely scarce this winter. We must first ensure that our own people don't starve to death."

“I already have an idea,” Ling Chengen replied calmly.

It's the beginning of the month, and I saw so many votes as soon as I logged into the backend. Thank you everyone!
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