Ruan Chanchan hit the nail on the head. Nian Zhi indeed planned to complain about her, even if she collected the herbs and edible grass. Though Ruan Chanchan and Ruan Zeqiu had done nothing to him and his family, Nian Zhi just didn't like the two of them.
The two siblings didn't have elders to protect them, yet they ate the finest meals in the tribe. Wasn't it because the tribe leader took pity on Ruan Zeqiu?
Just because he didn't have parents and his sister was an idiot, that mer was he given special treatment? Nian Zhi thought it was unfair. There were so many people who were alone and helpless in the tribe, but they didn't get this special treatment!
Of course, Nian Zhi stubbornly ignored the fact that Ruan Zeqiu, despite being a young mer, took risks beyond his age, and that was the only reason why the tribe leader paid special attention to him. She didn't wish for a budding warrior to be squashed under the pressure.
If adding a little meat for his sister could help Ruan Zeqiu, then Leader Xie didn't want to haggle over such a small matter.
He glanced at Ruan Chanchan, who was walking away and shouted at her, "I am telling you that if you don't collect the herbs well, then you can forget about eating tonight!"
Ruan Chanchan didn't even look back at him and treated him as if he were just air. Seeing this, Nian Zhi was even more unhappy. He spat on the ground and muttered angrily, "Pei, who are you acting up for? In the end, you are just an idiot. Let us see how you will continue living once I am done bringing this matter in front of the tribe elders tonight."
After he finished scolding Ruan Chanchan, he picked up the small basket and walked away.
The old and young who were left behind by him were speechless at his shamelessness.
"That Nian Zhi, he really dares to do anything," sighed an old mer. "Just because Ruan Chanchan eats better than his family, he is jealous."
A woman whose leg got injured during a fight snickered and said, "What can we say? He only sees that Ruan Chanchan eats well, but can't he see that Ruan Zeqiu takes just as many risks to make sure that Ruan Chanchan is well fed?"
"Do you think that he will really complain?" a young mer asked with a frown.
"I think he will," his friend sighed and shook his head. "You know that the Nian family's meals have gotten even worse ever since his sister went missing. In the past, he could grit his teeth and ignore Sister Chanchan's good life, but now that he is suffering like this, I don't think he will be willing to let go."
The Nian family could get some meat and bones in the past because of Nian Mian. But since the search team went missing, the elders' attitude towards the Nian family had become lukewarm. After all, Nian Mian was the one who was leading the team.
Since that woman had not returned, of course, the tribe would blame her and her family.
The Nian family had been more or less ostracised by the tribe; because of this, Nian Zhi had become more and more irritable. He couldn't fight with the elders, and he couldn't handle the mess at home. So he could only bully Ruan Chanchan, this fool who would listen but not respond.
The members of the collecting team sighed. Though they felt sympathetic, there was nothing that they could do. They were relying on others themselves, so how could they fight for others' rights?
But among them were a few people who thought that Ruan Chanchan deserved it. Even if she was a fool, she had been taught how to handle such a little thing.
Could she not even collect some little herbs? She deserved to be starved! Who asked her to be so lazy?
As for the fact that she was not in the right state of mind, the people in the team ignored it out of sheer spite and jealousy.
Ruan Chanchan, who had walked away, had no idea that some people were contemptuous and some were worried about her. At that moment, she was eating a chocolate that she had taken out of her space. Fortunately, she still had her space, and she didn't have to worry about starving herself to death.
"Xiao Xi, do you have a plan?" Ruan Chanchan asked as she munched on the chocolate bar.
"A plan?"
"Yes, a plan." Ruan Chanchan swung her legs while sitting on the trunk of a dead tree and appreciated the raw and unadulterated beauty of the forest. "You said that we need to save this world, right? Since that is the case, do you have a plan?"
One had to admit that she was just a fool in the eyes of others. Thus, even if she tried to help others, they might not trust her. Since that was the case, how would she find an opportunity to showcase her skills and collect the gratitude points? If she was being honest, then Xiao Xi didn't think things through.
He should have chosen some powerful body for her to take control of. At least if she had some authority in the tribe, then she wouldn't be worried about someone raising objections.
"Xiao Xi wanted to do the same, but this body was the only one that the host could occupy. Your soul was too weak, and this body's owner died at the same time as you, which made it easier for your soul to become compatible with her body."
When Ruan Chanchan heard his explanation, she sighed and looked up at the sky. She mused, "How am I supposed to collect gratitude points at this rate? There is no way these people will trust me."
Though Xie Daiyu was willing to trust her, it was because that mer was simpler than the rest and had a straightforward personality, but Ruan Chanchan knew that there were some scheming bastards like Nian Zhi in the tribe as well.
And she soon realised that her task was going to become a pain in her bottom because of these people.
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