The next morning, Ruan Chanchan was jolted awake by the shout of her brother. Startled, she sat up straight and looked around wildly. With her hair resembling someone who had shoved her finger in the electrical socket, she rushed out of the cave.
"What? What's the matter?" Ruan Chanchan asked worriedly when she saw Ruan Zeqiu sitting outside the cave with his head in his hands. He looked like he was about to die.
Seeing him like this, Ruan Chanchan became even more worried. She sat down next to Ruan Zeqiu and said to him, "What's going on?"
"Sister… sister… I think I am going to die." Ruan Zeqiu was really worried at that moment. This morning, he went to freshen up like always, but the second he started pulling, he saw worms coming out of his orifices. And not just one or two, but countless! The second he saw the worms, Ruan Zeqiu was scared silly.
He had only seen worms in the bodies of the beasts who were dying or who had died, and now those worms were coming out of his body. What did it mean? It meant that he was going to die! If he died, what would happen to his sister? How would she survive? She didn't even know how to hunt!
What was more, even though Tribe Leader Xie was a really good person, he knew that she wouldn't bend the rules for his sister. If he died, then the tribe would definitely chase his sister away.
After all, the weak ones were the first to be abandoned.
The more he thought about it, the more Ruan Zeqiu turned worried. His eyes turned red, and he sobbed softly, "Sister, what will happen to you if I die? You don't even know how to take care of yourself."
When Ruan Chanchan heard the words of the mer, she was speechless. She never thought that Ruan Zeqiu would come up with such a crazy theory just because his stomach got cleaned. If she knew that the mer would panic so much, she would have added only half of the pill. Sigh, it seemed like she made a mistake.
She then patted Ruan Zeqiu on the back and said simply, "We will talk about this after you die." Anyway, the mer was not going to die.
"Sister…" We cannot talk after I die. How was he supposed to make his sister understand such a simple concept!?
Ruan Chanchan, however, didn't wish to listen to Ruan Zeqiu's nonsensical worries. She got to her feet and headed out of the cave. She, too, needed to freshen up. However, her small plan had a little problem. The second she stepped out, she was caught by Xie Daiyu, who glared at her as if she had killed his family.
"What?" Ruan Chanchan asked when she saw that the mer was looking at her rather weirdly.
"What did you feed me last night? This morning I actually pulled worms!" When Xie Daiyu recalled the disgusting sight, he wished he could wring the neck of the woman in front of him. Don't tell her that she poisoned him after taking the meat away. If so, he was going to kill her together with him.
When Ruan Chanchan saw the look on his face, she understood that the mer had misunderstood her intentions. She rolled her eyes and then poked him on the shoulder before saying to him, "Hey, Xie Daiyu. Do you think that I will try to kill you? You are really too much."
Ruan Chanchan pushed the mer away from her and rolled her eyes. She then said to him, "I didn't add anything to the food to harm you. It's just an anti-parasitic pill; if you take it, you will get rid of the parasites growing in your intestines. Take a look at your own condition first. You are looking much more radiant than you usually do, and I am sure your stomach, which ached in the morning, is no longer hurting."
Having parasites in the stomach was really bothersome. Not only did the host miss out on more than half of their nutrients, but they would also get bedridden due to stomach ailments. It was better to take care of the parasites in one's body as soon as possible.
When Xie Daiyu heard Ruan Chanchan's words, he blinked his eyes and placed his hand on his abdomen. Now that he thought about it, he did feel a bit better after he was done pulling.
Seeing that the mer had taken her words to heart, Ruan Chanchan pulled her arm away from him and nursed it slightly, wincing as she touched the red skin, which was wounded by Xie Daiyu. She then said to him, "I was just trying to help you out. Who would have thought that you would take my help for something else?"
Xie Daiyu turned embarrassed when he heard Ruan Chanchan's words. He pursed his lips and lowered his head like a wronged pup before saying to Ruan Chanchan, "I am sorry. I thought that you were trying to harm me."
"Harming you won't do me any good," Ruan Chanchan snorted. "Do you think that I will harm you just for a dinosaur leg? I am not that petty."
After speaking, she turned around on her feet and went on her merry way.
Xie Daiyu watched Ruan Chanchan leave and stayed where he was until he could no longer see Ruan Chanchan. His heart suddenly turned heavy, and he truly wished he could rush ahead and explain to her that he didn't mean to hurt her.
He was just used to women acting extreme with him.
'Let it be. Anyway, she and I are only together for a while,' thought Xie Daiyu. He didn't take Ruan Chanchan's anger seriously. The two of them were not even friends, so why would he worry about the woman losing her temper with him? Even if she was blessed by the Beast Goddess, it didn't mean that he needed to serve her like he was her servant.
That was if she was truly blessed.