Actually, after Su Yu bought him last night, Huai Xu had planned to escape when they weren't looking.
After all, before the Merfolk Tribe was conquered, he had seen how the females of other tribes treated the Beast Slaves they bought.
They were treated almost like Wild Beasts, forced to provide a full day's food for the entire family. They had to go out hunting before dawn, and after returning, they had to hand over the food to the female, who would then distribute it among the males.
Usually, the Beast Slaves would only get a single fish. A stingy female might even give them just half a fish—just enough to keep them from starving to death.
Besides not getting enough to eat, they were beaten and cursed daily. When a female had certain... proclivities, they were forced to cooperate and satisfy her whims.
You could say that after a defeat, a Beast Slave had no rights whatsoever in the hands of any Beastman.
