Pampered in the Beast World: The Frail Beauty Has Many Children and Much Fortune – Chapter 26

Ch 26: Father Said Go, Don’t Look Back

She had only been focused on quickly finding a place to hide, listening to the sounds outside, and hastily using her Germination Art to weave a hiding basket. She hadn’t noticed that there was a beastman hiding here!

Needless to say, this thing was very likely the level three beastman that the group outside was looking for.

This beastman had porcelain-white skin, delicate and deep features, tousled flaxen hair, and pure, cool brown eyes. He looked at her without any expression, as if she were a wall, completely devoid of the amazement others would show when seeing her.

Si Shuo blinked, also feeling a strange sensation. Clearly, she was looking at him, but her other senses couldn’t perceive his presence.

However, she didn’t sense any malice from him, and the anxiety in her heart slowly subsided.

The two of them squatted together, and she would occasionally turn her head to look at the person next to her.

How exactly did he manage to be right next to her, yet make it so she couldn’t perceive him?

Si Shuo thought about it and tried to adjust her breathing, starting to hypnotize herself: I am a blade of grass, I am a flower, I am an inconspicuous little tree!

After waiting for a long time, until Si Shuo’s legs were numb and she was almost asleep, the group of beastmen finally left, cursing and grumbling.

She let out a long, heavy sigh of relief, and opened the escape basket.

The male’s gaze lingered on the few newly bloomed flowers on top of her head, before he stood up.

Si Shuo quickly followed suit, glancing at the three orange beast marks on his neck, feeling a sense of security in her heart.

It was good that his level was low. It gave her a greater chance of escaping if things went wrong. Before that, she would stick with this unthreatening beastman to learn more about the situation, which would also help her avoid some dangers.

The male carried a beast hide bag on his back and walked forward with his head down. When he came to a small river more than three meters wide, he lightly leaped over it.

Si Shuo took off her shoes and stepped into the icy river water with a hiss, running and jumping over the stones to catch up with him.

He wasn’t walking particularly fast, but his legs were long, and one step of his was like three of hers.

After persevering for more than ten minutes, Si Shuo was panting heavily from exhaustion. “Brother, where are you going? What kind of beastman are you?”

She didn’t dare ask him why he didn’t transform. Wouldn’t it be easier to travel in the forest in beast form?

But even in his humanoid form, she couldn’t keep up with him. If he transformed, she couldn’t be foolish enough to take out a crystal and hire him to carry her, right?

She wouldn’t do anything that would lead to her being robbed and murdered.

The male stopped and turned around. His voice, like his person, was clear and crisp like mountain stream water. “Not going anywhere. Father doesn’t allow me to say.”

Si Shuo tilted her head, pondering for a few seconds before realizing that his two short sentences were answers to her two questions.

“Not going anywhere” meant he was going somewhere? His father didn’t allow him to tell others his beast form?

Thinking this, she asked it directly and openly.

“Nowhere to go, afraid of attracting trouble.” He stood in the distance, looking at her earnestly.

Si Shuo walked closer, hands on her hips, panting heavily. Seeing her disheveled appearance clearly reflected in his bright eyes, she immediately screamed.

The beast hide on her body had a tear here from being scratched by a branch, and a tuft of fur missing there. Her hair was as messy as a madwoman’s, and she was still wearing weeds, dead leaves, and a few flowers on her head. Moreover, there were several dirty handprints smeared on her face…

Si Shuo had never been so sloppy in her life.

Using his eyes as a mirror, Si Shuo removed the weeds and dead leaves from her head, and took out a water bottle and cotton cloth from the beast hide satchel she had organized.

She wet the cotton cloth and wiped the dirt off her face, also wiping her hands clean. Only then did she smooth her hair, looking a bit cleaner.

The male suddenly raised his hand, placed it on top of her head, and plucked off a flower, throwing it away.

Si Shuo stiffened, and when she came back to her senses, he was patiently standing still…

“What about you?” The male tilted his head slightly, asking. However, there was still no emotion reflected in his eyes, like a robot performing his duties.

Si Shuo pursed her lips. “I’m a female from a nearby tribe. I got lost while gathering. Can you take me back?”

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The male’s gaze fell on her reddened ears, and his throat bobbed. He said faintly, “Lying!”

Si Shuo smiled. “I really am going to a nearby tribe, but the reason why I appeared here isn’t convenient for me to explain to you.”

The male looked at her for a moment, then turned and walked away without a word. However, this time he wasn’t walking forward, but changed direction, precisely towards the tribe that Si Shuo had seen in the air.

She followed with a light smile. In fact, the people of the Beast World Continent were quite easy to read. Many people’s emotions and schemes were written on their faces and actions, except for Ji Liang, who was two-faced as the leader of a traveling merchant band.

“My name is Si Shuo, what’s your name? Can you walk a little slower, I can’t keep up…” After she finished speaking, a hint of red flashed across her face. She had learned bad habits from Ji Liang, so good at pushing her luck!

She had been tense for so long, and now that she could suddenly relax a little, she couldn’t help but become talkative.

“Xu Chi,” Xu Chi replied, and his pace also slowed down, keeping the same rhythm as her steps, even the same stride length, the two of them maintaining the same distance apart.

“You don’t have a destination?”

“Mm, no.”

“Why?” Si Shuo was very curious. Even if one was going to wander, they should have a distant place they wanted to go to.

A faint bewilderment flashed in Xu Chi’s eyes. “Father said go, don’t look back.”

It didn’t sound like good words to Si Shuo. Either he had been kicked out, or something major had happened at home that made him flee for his life.

“Where you come from, you can’t say either, right?”

“Mm.”

“Then what can you say? Are you particularly good at hiding?”

“Mm, Aura Concealment is a secret art of the clan,” Xu Chi nodded.

Since it was Aura Concealment, it naturally wouldn’t be spread to outsiders. Si Shuo sighed slightly, but at least she could see a direction to strive towards from him.

For example, right now, although he was walking in front of her, his presence was very low, so low that if she didn’t deliberately think about it, she could easily forget his existence.

It was like the flowers, plants, and trees that appeared next to her. They were there, and she knew it, but her attention wouldn’t be diverted to them in the slightest!

If she could learn even a little bit from him, coupled with her escape basket, then she could survive until the end of her life. Absolutely amazing!

After all, in this world, the males could transform, and their strength and level suppression couldn’t be caught up with by her simply working hard.

After walking for more than an hour, Si Shuo’s physical strength reached its limit. “Xu Chi, I can’t walk anymore. Can we stop to rest?”

Xu Chi nodded and walked towards the riverside, washing his hands on a bluestone and cupping a few handfuls of water to drink.

Si Shuo also washed her hands and face. It was already afternoon, and the sun was somewhat slanted, but the scorching spring sun made people’s faces feel slightly hot.

She massaged her arms and legs. From the time she had memories, she had never walked as much in a single day as she had today.

Xu Chi’s gaze vaguely rested on the river surface. Suddenly, he stood up, leaving a sentence, “I’m going hunting,” and disappeared into the forest with a few leaps.

Si Shuo sat on the bluestone, raised her eyebrows, and exchanged a package of kraft paper and eyebrow pencils from the supermarket, starting to draw on the bluestone.

Guess what kind of beastman Xu Chi is! Guess correctly, and a new chapter will drop! Each person can only guess one answer.