28: That's a married man, that's immoral.

"What did you say? You said that Female is named Nan Zhisui?" Fox Heart stood up abruptly. Her expression changed drastically, and even Hu Zi was startled.

"Nan Zhisui... what's wrong with her? Is she perhaps a Female from some very ancient beastman Family?" Hu Zi asked timidly.

Fox Heart's eyes were fierce and cold as she scolded Hu Zi: "Five years. I gave you five years, and you still couldn't win over White Fox. Now it's done for; his female master has returned, and he'll be even less likely to be with you!!"

"That Nan Zhisui is an outsider. If she takes White Fox away, our Stone Village's Ancient Bloodline will be completely cut off!"

Hu Zi was also startled. "What? You're saying Nan Zhisui is White Fox's female master?! But they didn't seem like it before. Although White Fox is very protective of Nan Zhisui, even when others said that about him, he never said Nan Zhisui was his female master."

If he had simply stated that Nan Zhisui was his female master, she wouldn't have been able to argue with them. Much of the bullying and suppression would have simply disappeared.

Why didn't White Fox say it?

Fox Heart calmed down, and after asking about the sequence of events in detail, she said: "White Fox minds it very much."

"Minds what?" Hu Zi was very curious.

"Of course, he minds that Nan Zhisui abandoned her husband and children and even sold him as a Beast Slave."

Fox Heart sat down and thought calmly. "Think from White Fox's perspective. During that time, White Fox truly liked Nan Zhisui. He had the Priest Apprentice makeup painted on his face; Nan Zhisui didn't know his appearance or his name, yet she abandoned him and even sold them off. And now, even though Nan Zhisui has returned, White Fox believes Nan Zhisui hates him. If White Fox told Nan Zhisui their father-son identity, it would be fine if Nan Zhisui kept them. But what if Nan Zhisui abandoned him again, just like five years ago, and sold him again? White Fox would completely collapse! He can't bear that. White Fox is a Male with a strong sense of self-esteem. In order to maintain his last shred of dignity in front of the Female he loves, he won't voluntarily tell her that he is her fox beast husband."

Hu Zi muttered: "But that's not true. When Nan Zhisui left, didn't she ask Mother to take care of White Fox and his son? And she didn't sell him..."

Fox Heart thought for a while, then suddenly chuckled softly. "Hu Zi, we still have a chance."

"You need to pull yourself together. You must bear a cub for White Fox and keep the Ancient Bloodline in our own Family!"

...

Nan Zhisui felt the atmosphere in the Cave was very cold today. After she continued the IV drip for White Fox, the Male Fox turned his head away, sulking strangely and refusing to look at her.

Since she became a Veterinarian, she had never been given such a cold shoulder by a patient.

What... was this? Did he want her to coax him? But she hadn't said anything wrong.

Although he was truly excellent—if he didn't have a Female, she might have actually been tempted—she had her bottom line.

That was a married man, someone else's husband. As a woman from Earth with morals and values, how could she make a move on someone else's husband? That was unethical. And rude.

Nan Zhisui shrugged awkwardly and walked out of the Cave to busy herself with today's food.

And the moment she left the Cave, White Fox suddenly looked at the Cave entrance, his snow-white eyes slightly moist; he was actually on the verge of being moved to tears by anger. He turned his head back and lowered it again.

Nan Zhisui was completely unaware of the grievances of the Male inside the Cave. She checked the two cubs, determined they only had superficial wounds, and after treating the wounds, she took the two carefree Little Cubs to dig for wild vegetables in the mountains and forests.

"Pretty Older Sister! I dug up another big mushroom!"

"Wow, Aqi is so amazing!"

Little Snake Yang also came over, curling around a few big mushrooms. Nan Zhisui happily patted his little head. "Little Snake Yang is also very amazing!"

Nan Zhisui said: "Come here, come here, I'll introduce you to another spring vegetable!"

Little Aqi and Little Snake Yang both ran to Nan Zhisui's side. Nan Zhisui pointed to a leafy green vegetable lying on the ground and said: "This is shepherd's purse; it's very fragrant."

Nan Zhisui dug up the shepherd's purse and let them smell the root. "Isn't it fragrant? This vegetable is only available in this season. After a while, when it blooms, it can't be eaten anymore."

"I recognize it now!" "Hiss, hiss, hiss!" Little Aqi and Little Snake Yang said excitedly.

"Yang, let's go dig more wild vegetables!"

...

"What? Our Family's cubs were bullied by White Fox and his son?!" Hu Li stood up abruptly.

"Alright, White Fox, not only did you not lend us beast skin, you injured my beast husband and bullied my cubs! This is not taking my, Hu Li's, Family seriously at all!"

"Come with me, let's go settle scores with White Fox!"

The dark-skinned Female red fox was about to go out with her nine beast husbands. She liked strong Males, so the beast husbands she chose were all tall and strong.

When Hu Zi slowly arrived at the entrance of Hu Li's Cave, she happened to see Hu Li preparing to go out. She stopped her and said: "Xiao Li, what are you planning to do?"

"Hu Zi, I've heard about today's events. You could say you helped my cubs. I'll keep this favor in mind. But as for White Fox, a mere pair of father and son without a female master coming to cause trouble for my Family? That's looking down on me! I want to show him what's what!"

Hu Zi said with a grin: "If you go, at most you'll just beat that father and son up. What's the use of that?"

"A beating isn't useful?" Hu Li was puzzled. "It's enough to vent my anger and let that father and son know that our Family is large and not to be messed with!"

Hu Zi leaned in and said: "White Fox and his son used your cubs to establish their authority today. If you go to beat that father and son up now, my mother, as the village chief, will have to intervene. And if your Family starts a Family battle without cause, my mother will have to fine your Family's salt. If you have less salt to eat, wouldn't that be not worth it?"

Mentioning salt, Hu Li really calmed down a little.

In the Beast World, adult Male Beastmen can replenish salt by drinking beast blood. However, Females and cubs can only eat salt. And salt is very rare; it requires accumulating supplies, and then the tribe's hunting team must carry the supplies thousands of miles to the seaside to trade with the Merfolk Clan for salt.

The Merfolk Clan is arrogant and looks down on land supplies; often, even when bringing many beast skins, they only give a few bags of salt. Therefore, in Stone Village, there is never enough salt to eat.

Hu Zi smiled and said: "If you really want to teach him a lesson, I have an idea."

"What idea?" Hu Li asked.

Hu Zi said: "White Fox is the most aloof; he won't do things he doesn't want to do, no matter what. You also know that I've been pursuing him for many years, but he doesn't even glance at me." As Hu Zi spoke, she became more and more aggrieved.

Hu Li stood up for Hu Zi: "Hu Zi, you are the most beautiful Female in our Stone Village. And that White Fox is, at best, a Beast Slave who was sold by his own female master for three beast skins. You wanting him is really you looking up to him. Him not accepting you is him being blind!"

Hu Zi smiled and said: "So, I was thinking, if I turn him into my beast husband and mark him with my totem, then I will be his female master. After that, whatever you want to do to teach him a lesson... wouldn't it just be a matter of me saying the word?"

Hu Li's eyes lit up, and she asked again: "But he already has a female master. You can't forcibly mark him. How do you plan to make him sever his previous partner relationship?"

"I have a fate-severing fruit left by my ancestors. After he eats the fate-severing fruit, I'll directly use my claws to slash his totem! His mate totem will be forced to unlock."

After eating the fate-severing fruit, the mate totem will light up; if you use your claws to slash the totem at this time, it will directly turn the Male Beastman into a masterless Wandering Beastman. It can be said to be thoroughly evil.

Hu Li said: "Good, good, I'll help you."