"Forgive him, tribe leader." Wangshu walked over to where Daddy Zhou was standing and then pulled the mer behind her. With a polite smile on her lips, she lowered her head and said, " Our family is having a little trouble with the salt running out; this is why Zhou might have panicked and done this; I promise that he will not do it again."
"What do you mean?" Ye Qian Qian spoke up. She knew that she would be offending Wangshu, but she would rather do that instead of Ruan Zeqiu thinking that she didn't do a good job protecting his sister. She batted her eyelashes dramatically and questioned, "It's an open secret that Uncle Zhou stole the salt from Zeqiu and Sister Chanchan. And it's not the first time he has done it; if it were the first time, then his actions could be ignored, but they are not."
When Wangshu heard Ye Qian Qian's words, she was clearly not happy. But she couldn't let Daddy Zhou be punished. He was her favourite mer, and he was obviously prettier than the others. She had been mated with him for a short while and couldn't bear the thought of him getting punished.
So, she gritted her teeth and said to the tribe leader Xie, "I am willing to compensate the Ruan siblings."
"Wangshu–"
"Shut up." Wangshu glared at her mate with some dissatisfaction. If not for the fact that this mer was prettier than the rest of her mates, she wouldn't have bothered with him.
When Leader Tribe Xie saw Wangshu take a step back, she nodded and said to the woman, "Then I will ask you to hand half of your game to the Ruan siblings. Don't say that I am being unfair, but your mate is really too unreasonable. I am afraid that if I do not teach him a good lesson, he will not stop."
Even though Wangshu was not willing to agree, she had no choice but to agree to the compensation. She then pulled Daddy Zhou away from the crowd and brought him back to the cave. Only then did the rest of the crowd disperse.
Once they were gone, Ye Qian Qian, who was waiting for the crowd to go, rushed over to where Ruan Chanchan was standing. She tugged Ruan Chanchan closer and then said to her, "Sister Chanchan, don't forget to tell Zeqiu that it was I who helped you just now, alright?"
Ruan Chanchan glanced at the woman and didn't say anything. She was simply speechless. Want to wipe out all the past accounts with just a few words? Impossible.
She turned on her feet and headed inside the cave. Seeing this, Ye Qian Qian couldn't help but feel her lips twitch. Just now, she saw Ruan Chanchan look at her with a mocking look in her eyes. How was this possible? It was impossible, right? Right!?
On the other hand, Tribe Leader Xie was dragging her son back to the cave. She looked at the troublesome son of hers and questioned, "Just what do you think you are doing?"
Just now, when Xie Daiyue spoke up for Ruan Chanchan, Tribe Leader Xie was sure that she had almost lost her breath. Though she had nothing against Ruan Chanchan and Ruan Zeqiu, if Xie Daiyu started standing up for Ruan Chanchan, then all the unmated women in the tribe would start feeling envious of Ruan Chanchan.
Not only that, they might even cause trouble for Ruan Chanchan.
If Ruan Chanchan were alone, she could be ignored, but she had a backer like Ruan Zeqiu. If that woman was bullied, then her brother would charge right into the cave of those who dared to bully his sister.
In the past, it was still better. Ruan Chanchan could not complain and suffered in silence, but now she had learnt how to file a complaint. Things would definitely not be quiet.
With how protective Ruan Zeqiu was of his sister, the second Ruan Chanchan complained about someone bullying, chaos would reign in the tribe.
Tribe Leader Xie could already imagine her troubled life in the future.
It had already started; she didn't want Xie Daiyu to jump into the fray as well.
Xie Daiyu pursed his lips. He had no idea how to tell his mother that he didn't want to stand up for Ruan Chanchan at all, but when he saw her standing alone while being pointed at by everyone and hugging a salt bowl as if a little cub were being cornered, he could not stop himself.
He never thought that Ruan Chanchan was cute in his entire life. After all, that woman never cleaned herself and stayed inside the cave, but now not only was Ruan Chanchan really fragrant, she was also clean and tidy. She looked really cute!
Especially her eyes, which held immeasurable innocence within them.
He knew that if he said that, his mother would surely flip her skirt. So he shrugged and said, "She looked pitiful."
Though Xie Daiyu didn't mean anything, Tribe Leader Xie thought a bunch of things.
Pitiful?
"Piti–ful?"
Tribe Leader Xie dug her ear with her pinky and turned to look at her son before asking, "You think she is pitiful and that's why you helped her?"
"That's right."
Oh my dear beast goddess! Tribe leader Xie wanted to smash her head on the ground. Her son was done for. He actually helped a woman who was pitiful! Since when did her son, who didn't even blink an eye at women who were weak and didn't have any strict position in the tribe, go?
No, this won't do. She had to look for a potential match for her son, or else her life would be thrown into an endless chaos!
"Achoo!" Ruan Chanchan sneezed as she rubbed her nose and took out a small apple from the supermarket. She wanted to cook something delicious, but she was worried that someone's sharp nose would bring him here, so she decided to eat something simple.
Taking a bite of the apple, she asked, "Xiao Xi, what is my first mission?"