46: Little one, don't stir up trouble.

Nan Zhisui's words pulled everyone's attention back to the Little Merman.

Everyone looked at the Little Merman again. The Little Merman stretched out her arms to Nan Zhisui once more and said in a soft, adorable voice, "Mother, hug~"

"Wow, so cute~" Little Hu Qi was overwhelmed by the cuteness.

"Hiss hiss, hiss hiss~" Little Snake Yang was so charmed he began to wiggle.

"..." Nan Zhisui looked at the sky speechlessly. "I'm not your mother."

"Hu White's female master, you gave birth to the cub; it's not good to ignore her. Look at you, not only do you not want Hu White and Hu Qi, but you also don't want such a cute Little Merman?"

"Exactly. As a Female, you can be arrogant and willful, but you can't be irresponsible!"

"I think you should take responsibility for this Mermaid Cub!"

"Right, right. This matter should be handled by you, the Mermaid Cub's mother!"

Nan Zhisui: "No, she's not my cub! She really isn't my cub!"

Are you kidding? She did have a Mermaid Cub, but that cub should be about the same age as Hu Qi, at least five years old!

It couldn't possibly look like this, not even two years old.

"Hu White's female master, how can you give birth to a cub and not recognize it?!"

The Little Merman stretched her arms toward Nan Zhisui, her voice milky, "Mother, mother... hug~"

"..." Nan Zhisui tapped the Little fellow's small head. "Little fellow, don't fan the flames."

Hu White's shoulders shook even more violently.

Nan Zhisui was speechless. Was it really that funny to see her being "publicly executed" like this?

But thinking about how much unfair treatment this father and son had endured before, Nan Zhisui felt,

Laugh then, laugh if you want.

The Little Merman, whose head had been poked, immediately got red eyes, and tears instantly filled them.

The Mermaid Cub, who looked less than two years old, was both cute and pitiful when she was aggrieved and teary-eyed.

Nan Zhisui panicked instantly: "Hey, don't, don't, don't! I didn't bully you, don't cry!"

Although Nan Zhisui had given birth to a bunch of cubs, she had never raised them. She had no experience in coaxing Little Cubs and was suddenly flustered.

Seeing her panic, Hu White said considerately, "Let me."

Hu White picked up the Little Merman from the bucket. Once the chubby Little Merman was in Hu White's hands, she immediately stopped crying.

She curiously sized up the handsome uncle holding her.

"Pretty!" The Little Merman smacked her lips. "Pretty!"

Nan Zhisui made a bold guess, "Hu White, she's complimenting your looks."

Hu Qi thought this Little Sister was quite fun and teased her too, "Little Sister, do you like handsome beastmen?"

Hu Qi looked up at Nan Zhisui and said, "Mother, I heard that merfolk like handsome beastmen. They don't like those who aren't handsome."

Little Snake Yang also sized up the Little Sister, his eyes curving. "Hiss hiss." Little Sister is so cute!

The Little Merman tilted her head to look at Little Hu Qi, then at Little Snake Yang. Her eyes curved as she danced with joy: "Pretty, pretty Brother!"

Nan Zhisui said, "She's complimenting you both."

Hu Qi and Snake Yang's eyes also curved into smiles.

The Little Mermaid Cub was truly adorable.

Hu Qi said to Nan Zhisui, "Mother, where are we going after we leave the village? If we don't have a specific destination next, let's go to the seaside."

Nan Zhisui's eyes were gentle as she patted Little Hu Qi's head: "Aqi, do you want to send her home?"

Hu Qi said softly, "Mhm."

"Alright then," Nan Zhisui smiled. "Then we'll take on the mission of sending the Little Merman home."

Hu White took Hu Qi down from Nan Zhisui's arms and then handed the Little Merman to Nan Zhisui. Nan Zhisui didn't quite know how to hold her; the Little Merman flopped around in her arms wanting to play, leaving Nan Zhisui in a scramble.

Hu White took Hu Qi to say goodbye to the Fox Beastmen.

"Hu White, Hu Qi, are you leaving? Will you come back in the future?"

When the Hu White father and son were in Stone Village, they hadn't seemed very popular.

But after all, they were neighbors who helped each other. Now that the father and son were leaving, many Fox Beastmen were actually reluctant to see them go.

Hu White gave Nan Zhisui a gentle glance and then said to the Fox Beastmen, "I already have a female master. Wherever my female master is, that is my home. Fellow villagers, it's time for me to go."

Uncle Xiang walked out, took Hu White's hand, and said, "Alright, since you're all leaving. It's good to go, it's good to go."

"Hu White, as a Male, you must take good care of the Female. Give in to her a bit, don't get angry with her."

"If she gets other beast husbands, you should also be accommodating and not jealous. Females will have several beast husbands."

Hu White nodded: "I know, thank you, Uncle Xiang."

Uncle Xiang had spoken a lot with Nan Zhisui yesterday, and knowing they were leaving today, he couldn't help but feel lonely.

His female master was gone, and his Cubs were gone; he was all alone. Originally, Hu White's family would occasionally check on him, but now even Hu White's family was leaving.

Uncle Xiang whispered to Hu White: "Your health isn't good, and it will likely be hard to out-compete other Males through fighting. If you want to fight for the position of primary male, you must rely on your own tolerance. If a Male can balance the relationships in the family, the Female will like him very much. Do you understand?"

"Don't let her sever the mate bond with you. The life of Wandering Beastmen is very hard... being alone is very hard..."

Hu White said gratefully, "Thank you, Uncle Xiang, I know."

Hu White gave Nan Zhisui a gentle smile and turned to transform into his beast form.

The other Fox People helped tie the Little Merman's wooden bucket onto Hu White's body.

Hu White looked expectantly at Nan Zhisui and the Cubs.

Nan Zhisui put the Little Merman into the wooden bucket, then took Hu Qi and Snake Yang, and holding a Little Wolf Cub in her arms, sat on Hu White's back.

"Goodbye!" Nan Zhisui and the others waved to the beastmen of Stone Village.

"Goodbye! If there's a chance in the future, remember to come back and visit!!" The Stone Village beastmen waved goodbye to them... Nan Zhisui said to Hu White, "I promised the Wolf King I'd remove the stitches for his wife. Let's go to the forest first."

Hu White replied, "Okay."

On the way to the forest, two Silver Wolf Cubs who looked about five years old emerged from the forest.

Lang Mu nudged Lang Xian and said, "Brother Xian, look over there, what a beautiful Female. She's holding several cubs in her arms."

A look of deep envy appeared on Lang Mu's little face.

He also really wanted to be held by his Female Mother like that.

Lang Xian also looked up, a trace of envy appearing on his face, though it was quickly hidden away.

"What are you looking at? We don't need a mother. Our mother is a super bad, super Bad Female!"

Lang Mu nodded and said forcefully, "I know, our Female Mother is the Bad Female who sent our Father Beasts to the Beast Prison!"

Lang Xian said, "Yes. Xiao Mu, we're almost at the village near the mountain where the Wolf Pack howls. Let's go there and ask. Maybe we can find that Bad Female!"

The two Silver Wolf Cubs ran into Stone Village. The whole of Stone Village was still discussing the departed Hu White father and son and the missing Hu Zi and Fox Heart.

Lang Xian held his younger Brother Lang Mu's chubby little hand and asked every beastman he caught, "Have you seen a dirty, smelly, ugly, and wicked Bad Female?!"

A Fox Male couldn't help but laugh and say, "Little Wolf Cub, you've come to our village to look for an ugly Female? Our Stone Village is full of Fox Beastmen; there are no ugly Fox Females."

"Yeah, yeah. Our village is full of beautiful Females, there are no ugly Females!"

The Stone Village people found it funny and teased these two Little Cubs from out of town who were looking for a Bad Female, then went back to their own work.

Lang Mu shook his Brother's hand, "Brother Xian, there's no Bad Female here either... your feeling was wrong again."

Lang Xian bit his teeth, "No. Don't worry Xiao Mu, we will definitely find that Bad Female."

Hu Li passed by with her beast husbands.

Since the last time Hu White fed her the fate-severing fruit and then slashed the mate totem exposed outside her beast skin skirt, Hu Li's beast husbands had been reduced by half.

Two died, three were seriously injured, and the remaining four survived because their totems were inside the beast skin skirt and Hu White had no interest in slashing them.

Hu Li had also been frightened by Hu White, and her temper had been much more restrained these days.

But today, when she went out and heard that Hu White and his female master had left together, she grew bold enough to speak ill of them.

"That Male Hu White is just dishonest, flirting everywhere. Who knows if that Nan Zhisui is really his female master."

"Besides, that Nan Zhisui is probably a smelly and ugly Female. Otherwise, how could she take a fancy to such a vicious Male like Hu White?"

Lang Xian heard the phrase "smelly and ugly Female" from a distance and immediately pulled Lang Mu to Hu Li's side. The Little Cub looked up and said politely, "Auntie, hello."

Hu Li looked down and saw two Little Cubs, one chubby and one thin, "Are you looking for me?"

Lang Xian asked, "May I ask if you have seen a dirty, smelly, ugly, and wicked Bad Female?"

Hu Li stared at these two little sprouts who hadn't even grown their full fur and looked very easy to trick. She curled her lips and said, "You're looking for a dirty, smelly, wicked, and ugly Bad Female?... As it happens, I know of one."