283: Chapter 283 Anxious Expression

The matter of Jin Xi's murder was forcibly suppressed by Chief Jin Cang, and it's unknown how he explained it to the Clan Members.

In any case, no beastmen went out of their way to cause trouble for Bai Wanwan's family anymore.

As the days passed, Bai Wanwan's belly began to show, and she gradually became more prone to sleepiness.

But every evening, when it cooled down, she still made it a habit to go out for a walk.

Before these events happened, Shi Hua would accompany her, and the three Male watching from a distance would be enough to feel at ease.

But since the series of incidents occurred, whenever she wanted to go out for a walk, she was inevitably accompanied by either Zhu Xiu or Xin Feng.

As Bai Wanwan was walking, she suddenly clutched her stomach and stopped.

"What's wrong?"

Xin Feng thought she was unwell and immediately reached out to support her.

Bai Wanwan clutched herself and felt carefully for a moment before smiling and saying to him, "Don't worry, I just felt The Cubs move."

Hearing this, the tension in Xin Feng's brow relaxed, and he placed his palm against her slightly bulging belly to feel it carefully.

A spot beneath his palm bulged slightly.

A maternal softness appeared on Bai Wanwan's face. "Did the little fellow kick you too?"

Xin Feng's expression was gentle, a hint of a smile on his lips. "Yes, just like his Father Beast, he's a healthy and lively Cubs."

Bai Wanwan placed her hand over the back of his. "I heard that after The Cubs turn one, they have to go into the mountains to hunt alone?"

"Yes, at one year old, they are big cubs. We'll be watching nearby then, so nothing will happen."

Having said that, he turned his hand to clasp hers and said in a low voice, "Female Cub, it's fine for you to dote on them, but Male Cubs must conquer the dangers of the forest to become the strongest Male in the future."

Bai Wanwan sighed. "I know, but at only one year old... to have to face life and death..."

Although she had been in this world of the strong preying on the weak for a year and knew that the Male here faced cruel rules of survival of the fittest.

But in her heart, one-year-old Cubs were still just infants, yet they had to face such cruel scenes.

"The sooner The Cubs learn and become independent, the better it is for them; there's no harm in it."

They walked a lap around the Central Plaza, supporting each other as they headed back home...

"Captain, the mission for the Golden Lion Tribe has been completed. We must set off for the next Tribe immediately."

The Male walked up to Roger to report the situation.

But after speaking, he noticed Roger had no reaction, his eyes fixed in a certain direction.

He instinctively looked up in that direction; beastmen were coming and going in the Plaza, and he wasn't sure what the Captain was looking at.

Roger's gaze followed Bai Wanwan and her Beast Husband into the house until they finally disappeared into the narrow doorway.

Concealing the predatory impulse in his eyes, he turned his head.

"You finished in just two days?"

"Yes, Captain. Time is running out; we have to make it back before the Snow Season."

Roger pulled his gaze away with difficulty. "Fine, we set off tomorrow morning."

Bai Wanwan was still alive, right here in the Golden Lion Tribe.

Once he finished the mission at hand, he would come back for her.

Bai Wanwan returned home to find Yan Lie looking after The Cubs, while Zhu Xiu had not yet returned from hunting.

With so many mouths to feed in their home, the amount of food needed for the entire Snow Season was enormous.

Originally, it required two Beast Husband to go out hunting to barely have enough.

But after what happened before, Zhu Xiu insisted on leaving Yan Lie and Xin Feng behind no matter what.

Yan Lie and Xin Feng also couldn't stop worrying about Bai Wanwan, so the three Male reached an agreement.

Bai Wanwan also feared there wouldn't be enough food, so she had planted a batch of potatoes early on.

The weather was too hot, so she had to water them every day.

Xin Feng knew her habit and had already prepared the stone basin filled with water.

Bai Wanwan was about to water them when she saw that the stems and leaves, which were a bit withered yesterday, had all died.

"No way..."

Bai Wanwan's expression turned anxious, and she immediately quickened her pace to go check.

Xin Feng grabbed her arm. "Slow down, be careful not to fall."

Bai Wanwan looked back at him. "I'm worried; look, these stems and leaves are all dead."

"Don't worry, you stay standing. Just tell me what needs to be done."

Blocked by him and unable to squat down, Bai Wanwan had to ask him to dig up the soil first to take a look.

Xin Feng immediately complied. The soil was pushed aside, revealing several tubers the size of fingers.

Calculating the time, she had planted them over a month ago; they shouldn't be this small.

Could it be that the soil in the Black Dog Tribe was more fertile?

"Wait..."

She noticed those few tubers didn't look right.

"Dig them out and show me."

Xin Feng immediately did as told, digging out several potato tubers and spreading them in his palm.

The large ones were only as big as a thumb fingernail, and the small ones were even the size of a pea.

Moreover, not a single one was round and smooth.

Such a tiny thing could actually twist into many bends, incredibly deformed.

This wasn't right... Although she had never grown potatoes before, she knew this shape was wrong.

"Xin Feng, dig some more. Dig up that cluster over there too."

Xin Feng complied immediately and soon dug up over twenty more newly growing tubers.

But without exception, almost all of them were deformed.

Not only were they failing to grow, but they were also deformed.

She had originally thought that if the food they hunted wasn't enough, she could use potatoes as a staple food; at least her and Shi Hua's rations would be settled.

Who would have thought they'd all be deformed and unable to grow?

It was getting dark when Yan Lie returned carrying The Cubs, seeing the soil in the yard all turned up.

"Wan Wan, weren't these what you planted earlier? Why have they been dug up again?"

Even as he asked, he had already stepped forward to work alongside Xin Feng.

"These probably can't be used. Dig them all up first."

The two of them were fast, turning over the entire small yard; almost none of the dug-up potatoes were normal.

Where did it go wrong?

Bai Wanwan tried to recall the circumstances under which she had successfully grown potatoes before.

Could it be they can only be planted in the spring?

Or was it the weather and humidity?

The weather is about to cool down now, so she'll wait until it's cooler to try planting another batch.

If they couldn't be grown, she feared they would go hungry this winter unless she used her points.

Xin Feng and Yan Lie shoveled out all the deformed potatoes and threw them outside, basket by basket.

Bai Wanwan watched them finish the work and was about to sit down on a stool to rest for a while.

Suddenly, she heard the sound of crying coming from the Plaza outside.

And it seemed more than one person was crying.

"Yan Lie, what's happening outside?"

Yan Lie was going out to dump the potatoes and had just reached the door.

"Some Male are injured. It's likely their Female and Cubs are crying."

Bai Wanwan, who was about to sit down, stood up again. "Are there many injured Male?"

"There are several."

Hearing this, Bai Wanwan immediately started walking outside.

Yan Lie immediately put down the basket in his hand and protected her as they walked out.

"Don't get too close. We'll just stand here and watch."

"Okay."

Bai Wanwan soon saw several injured Male lying haphazardly across the Plaza.

Some had their arms bitten off, others had their thighs bitten through.

Even for beastmen Male, these were extremely serious injuries.

Seeing these injured Male, something occurred to Bai Wanwan, and with an anxious expression, she asked the approaching Xin Feng, "Has Zhu Xiu not returned yet?"