Ch 3: Where Are We the Same? You’re a Mutated Cat, I’m a Snow Leopard
Si Shuo clenched her fists, never expecting that the Original Owner’s fertility had been taken away by her own biological mother and given to her older sister.
This was a female’s means of survival; to be deprived of it was equivalent to losing her Little Life!
She gently stroked her chest, which was now empty. There wasn’t a trace of the Original Owner’s lingering emotions, no grievances or resentment, only a carefree release.
Before long, Liwa came in with a silver-haired young man. “Yu Jiao, Zhi Le and I are here to take you to the new cave.”
Yu Jiao looked over and saw that Zhi Le was handsome, but his figure was thin, and his eyes were cold with a strong sense of sarcasm. Two hideous scratch marks extended from the side of his ear to the corner of his mouth. Smiling, she pulled up Si Shuo, who was still in a daze while holding the fish, and pointed at Zhi Le.
“Si Shuo, this is your Beast Husband. From now on, you’ll be under his care!”
Si Shuo carefully discerned her lip movements and looked up slightly at the silver-haired young man.
The silver-haired young man was wearing beast hide with a white background and black leopard print. His skin had a sickly pallor. Setting aside those terrifying scars, his features were actually stern and refined. A pair of gray-blue eyes hid a familiar indifference, despondency, and world-weariness, as if nothing could touch his heart. The whole person was curled up in a thick snail shell, afraid to give rise to a trace of hope.
Seeing his gray-blue eyes fall lightly on her, Si Shuo’s eyes suddenly lit up, and a smile bloomed on her lips.
She knew too well how to use a delicate appearance to smile innocently and naively.
After all, her smile had been published by the media, forwarded millions of times overnight, clicked over a billion times in three days, and was called the summoned angel’s smile by the entire internet. It was a pure healing that could directly strike people’s hearts.
Si Shuo walked barefoot quickly in front of him, stood on tiptoe, and laboriously reached out to touch his hair. She said word by word, “White!”
She reached out again and tapped his eyes, smiling happily, “Blue, like Si Shuo, same!”
Zhi Le was amused by her. He reached out and tugged her ear. Seeing the watery look of incomprehension in those glass-like blue eyes, he said, “Where are we the same? You’re a mutated cat, I’m a snow leopard.”
He had lost his ability, his physique was declining rapidly, and his strength had barely remained at level three. He had seen too much of other people’s sympathy, schadenfreude, and kicking someone when they were down. His ears had calluses from all the sarcastic remarks.
But he wouldn’t be classified as the same as a weak Little Female, right?
Si Shuo grabbed his hand with both hands, wanting to save her ears, and insisted, “You are, Big Cat.”
The soft hands and tickling strength… He glanced at the Little Female’s slender neck and could even smell the freshness of the blood in her veins.
Zhi Le suddenly picked her up and walked out. Standing at the entrance of the cave, he said coldly, “I’m taking this Little Female away. Remember what you said. From today on, we will no longer have any relationship!”
Liwa said helplessly, “Zhi Le, we also hope that you can live the life of an ordinary beastman. Without our help, you may not even be able to support yourself, so how can you provide for a female?”
Zhi Le scoffed and strode out.
Si Shuo put her arms around his neck and buried her flushed face in his chest, breathing a slight sigh of relief. She had finally married herself out, right?
She deliberately spoke haltingly, but also sincerely, “In the future, I’ll cherish you.”
The young man paused, then continued to carry her to the eastern part of the tribe.
The Tai’lu Mountains were separated from the Dongye Forest by the Shenmu River, which was ten zhang wide and turbulent. The Lu’ni tribe was built on the cliff walls of the southern Tai’lu Mountains. Next to it was a canyon that led to the Shenmu River, overlooking the Dongye Forest.
The Lu’ni tribe was not small in scale. With both offense and defense in mind, the caves became more and more dense as the population increased, and they had to develop upwards.
Zhi Le carried Si Shuo on the stone steps without railings. After a few jumps, they reached the third floor and stopped in front of a small cave that could be seen all at once after passing more than a dozen caves.
It was empty inside. There were no stone tables, stone beds, beast hides, dried meat, or fruits!
Zhi Le frowned slightly as he looked at it and put her down. “Stay here for a while. I’ll go get something.”
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As soon as he turned around, his slender, white hand grabbed him.
He lowered his eyes to look at the claw and turned his head with a cold expression, just in time for the scarred side to face her.
In the Beast World, even if the beastmen had good physiques and their wounds healed quickly, even without leaving scars, some wounds with specific toxins were difficult to recover from completely.
His face had scars, and his expression was utterly cold. Little Beastmen and females would walk around him, and some had even been frightened to tears.
But in the Little Female’s beautiful eyes, there was only some grievance and fear, but this fear wasn’t directed at him. “Don’t go, don’t want Female Cave… Si Shuo, will be good, can gather fruits…”
For a world-weary person, it’s easier to break their defenses by letting them know that they are needed and affirmed!
Zhi Le was stunned before he understood. This Little Mute thought this was a Female Cave, and he was the crazy person who sent her here to be abandoned?
That’s right, he didn’t let her see his lips when he spoke just now.
He pursed his lips and said slowly in her tearful plea, “Females who go to the Female Cave don’t have Beast Husbands. You have one. I’m going to get something now. Wait for me here.”
As expected, the Little Female still had tears in her eyes. After carefully reading his lips, a smile immediately appeared on her cherry-pink mouth. It was pure and untainted by a trace of filth, like a small flame that scalded him.
“Still not letting go?” He frowned slightly and tugged at his hand.
Si Shuo quickly put her hand behind her back. “Thank you. In the future, Si Shuo has a home, a home with Zhi Le. Si Shuo is obedient and easy to raise!”
The Little Female was obedient and soft, her eyes full of dependence, as if he was the only one in the entire Beast World Continent who could hold that pool of blue water.
At this moment, Zhi Le only felt a sense of powerlessness. He regretted giving in to those people’s wishes in order to get rid of the shackles on his body, but when he thought of the Little Thing being sent to the Female Cave, a touch of violence couldn’t help but rise in his heart.
Since he was crippled, he had been living in a daze every day. In the end, he watched coldly, and nothing entered his heart. His emotions were stable. Even if the sky fell, he would only lift an eyelid.
How could he not be cold-hearted or cruel to her? It was already not easy for him to survive on his own.
Zhi Le snorted coldly and jumped straight down from the entrance of the cave, landing steadily and handsomely.
Si Shuo leaned out and could still see his silver hair being blown by the wind, shining with fine light. Her blue eyes were full of smiles. In the future, this would be her snow leopard boy!
A red-haired, round-faced female popped out of the cave next door and waved as she turned around. “You’re from the Thousand Cats tribe. Are you going to bond with Zhi Le?”
Si Shuo stared at her mouth intently and frowned slightly as if she had integrated her meaning. She smiled and nodded vigorously, “Si Shuo is bonding with Zhi Le!”
The red-haired female was stunned for a moment, then smiled foolishly. “Your name is Si Shuo? You’re really pretty. No wonder Zhi Le wants to bond with you.
Before Zhi Le was injured, the females in our tribe and the surrounding tribes were all fighting to make him their First Beast Husband.
My name is Yi Mei. Are you going to gather tomorrow? Let’s go together? Spring is here, and there are many wild vegetables and mushrooms outside.”
Si Shuo looked at the brown eyes of the Red Fox Female and felt a faint kindness. She smiled and nodded vigorously again.
Yi Mei covered her chest and couldn’t control her heartbeat. “Si Shuo, has anyone ever told you not to be so serious when listening?”
They have, in her previous life…