23: Newt's Gift

The Abu couple quickly came in again and pulled their daughter out.

Luo Chen turned his head to look outside, saw the Abu family talking, and quickly ran to the bed to search.

"Where is it?"

As Luo Chen approached the corner of the bed, his body felt a faint attraction from the treasure chest.

"Are you looking for a treasure chest?" A clear female voice came from behind him.

"Who is it?" Luo Chen was startled, his hunched body unstable, and he fell to the ground. The bed, which he had just lifted a corner of, instantly loosened and fell back to the ground.

Luo Chen quickly got up, scanned the doorway vigilantly, and seeing that the Abu family had not yet returned, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Where did that Xia language come from?"

Luo Chen muttered to himself, looking at Xue Shang squatting in the corner. Seeing that she was looking at him with a blank expression, Luo Chen no longer had any doubts.

In this ghost place, he was the only Xia person. He must have been too nervous, causing him to hallucinate.

Luo Chen thought to himself.

It was his first time doing a thieving job, so a little nervousness was inevitable.

Luo Chen comforted himself.

He bent down, preparing to lift the bed again to see if the treasure chest was hidden underneath.

Seeing Luo Chen with his back to her, Xue Shang silently grinned, her eyes curving, revealing a hint of an amused smile.

Her lips curved upward slightly, and a mischievous glint sparkled in her eyes.

"This person is so silly."

Xue Shang thought to herself, then said again, "Don't bother. Even if you find the treasure chest, you won't be able to take it from their hands."

"It's you?" Hearing the Xia language again, Luo Chen quickly turned around, looking at Xue Shang, who was suppressing a smile in front of him. His brows furrowed slightly, and he asked with an uncertain tone.

Xue Shang pretended to look at Luo Chen blankly, her face showing a clear, innocent bewilderment similar to a college student's.

Her heart, however, was blooming with joy. This person is so fun, Xue Shang thought to herself.

"How can you speak Xia language?"

"Xia language?" Xue Shang saw Luo Chen staring at her intently, knowing she could no longer deceive him, and immediately felt a little deflated.

She pursed her lips, raised her right arm, revealing a white wristband she was wearing: "Ta-da! A portable smart wristband."

The voice was now coming from the wristband, and Luo Chen suddenly understood.

Luo Chen stared at her fair arm and said in shock, "You weren't tied up?"

He had always thought this white-haired girl was Abu's prisoner.

"How could this broken rope restrain this Imperial Princess?" Xue Shang sprang up from the ground, but having been kneeling for a long time, she lost her balance and almost fell.

She awkwardly glanced at Luo Chen, and seeing that he had no reaction, she quickly straightened her clothes and stood up, leaning against the wall.

"What level are you?" Xue Shang asked seriously.

Luo Chen looked at the roll of rope on the ground behind Xue Shang, preparing to answer.

At this moment, the Abu family's conversation grew closer, with a hint of joy in their tone.

"Chen!" Abu's shout came from outside the door curtain.

Seeing this, Xue Shang quickly squatted back down, her hands behind her back.

Luo Chen didn't understand why Xue Shang didn't run, but seeing Abu walk in, he quickly went up to greet him with a smile.

Secretly rummaging through someone else's house made Luo Chen's moral compass feel guilty, so this time he was more enthusiastic than before.

Abu, who was in high spirits, saw Luo Chen's smiling expression, assumed he had gladly accepted, and his face became even happier.

"Noya!" Abu pulled his daughter from behind him to the front and said to Luo Chen with considerable pride.

Luo Chen immediately understood what he meant. The girl in front of him was named Noya.

After speaking, Abu pulled his daughter, Noya, and chattered on for a long time.

Only then did he turn and leave the snow house alone.

"Hahaha! Are you going to be treated as a breeding boar by the Newt people?" After Abu left, Xue Shang immediately stood up from the ground, gloating.

"A Nuo (meaning older sister)." Noya looked at Xue Shang with some confusion, not understanding what she meant.

Luo Chen looked at the girl named Noya in front of him; she didn't seem surprised that Xue Shang had broken free. Then he looked at Xue Shang not far away and asked in confusion, "Treated as a breeding boar, what does that mean?"

"That middle-aged man named Abu can't have children, but he wants a boy, so he wants you to have a child with his wife. However, his wife refused and wants to give you to their daughter. That's Noya, who is in front of you now. They want you two to mate."

Xue Shang explained with a smile.

"How can this be?" Luo Chen's mouth immediately dropped open in surprise, unable to believe it.

Who would let their wife have children with someone else?

They really dare to think, dare to act, dare to do, and dare to take responsibility!

"I don't know about that!" Xue Shang shook her head with a smile, then clenched her fist and encouraged Luo Chen, "Come on, if you serve them well, maybe we can return to the Train."

"Tell her, no." Luo Chen said.

The thought of him doing 'that' with a stranger made him unable to accept it.

"You tell her!" Xue Shang pouted, said something to Noya, and then squatted back down.

Noya nodded, then happily came to Luo Chen's side, took off her animal skin clothes, and pulled him towards the bed.

Luo Chen wanted to resist, but a powerful force came from where Noya was holding his hand, pulling him onto the bed.

Before he could resist, his body was firmly held down, and a snow-white body pressed against him.

Xue Shang looked at the scene before her and let out a bell-like laugh.

In her heart, she was secretly calculating how to leave this place.

Running away was not an option; she had tried once last night while the Abu family was sleeping, but she was quickly caught.

According to her estimation, Abu and his wife's strength definitely exceeded Awakening Fifth Stage; she was no match for them... On the other side, after Abu and his wife left the snow house, they went to a nearby ice cave to hunt.

Abu aimed at the constantly swimming dark shadow in the water and forcefully threw his harpoon.

Immediately, a series of fierce thrashing appeared in the water with splashing sounds, and a plume of red blood, like smoke, merged into the deep blue water, exceptionally conspicuous.

Seeing this, Abu quickly pulled the rope in his hand tightly. As the rope was pulled up, a black seal was slowly pulled out of the water.

A moment later, a giant seal, over two meters long and half a meter thick at the waist, was pulled completely onto the ice.

The seal raised its head, shaking it wildly from side to side, its fin-like tail constantly slapping the ice.

Abu threw a punch, and with a thud, the seal's large head immediately caved in a large chunk, and the previously thrashing snow leopard completely quieted down.

Abu's wife stepped forward, took the seal, removed the harpoon that had pierced its body, and began to skin the seal while it was still warm.

Abu then returned to the hole and began to fish for the next seal... On the other side, on the Train.

The four women, who had just shoveled snow from outside, were soaking their hands in a basin of steaming hot water.

"Phew! So cold!" Dongfang Yuyao shivered, her voice trembling.

Chen Yujun's eyes were tightly closed, her face pale as she pressed her hands firmly into the water.

Among all the women on the Train, she was the only passenger, and she also brought a burdensome daughter. To gain a firm footing, she worked harder than the others, which resulted in her being the most severely frozen of the four.

"Luo Chen hasn't returned after so long, nothing could have happened, could it?" Luo Wan Ning muttered to herself, while taking out her smartphone to check the time. When she saw the time displayed on the screen.

Her heart skipped a beat; more than half an hour had already passed.

Luo Wan Ning's brows furrowed slightly, and a worried expression appeared on her face.

Chen Yujun, Dongfang Yuyao, and Dongfang Shishi, who were sitting nearby, heard Luo Wan Ning's words and all looked up at Luo Wan Ning.

Their faces also showed worried expressions, clearly also concerned about Luo Chen's prolonged absence.