22: Chapter 22 He's not a coward

"Someone heard him say he was going to catch a rat—" Lang Feng suddenly thought of something.

His gaze swept over the group of Marmot Beastmen.

"They must have arranged to play a game, Xingxing and Mao Mao! They've met before!" Tang Ruan said hurriedly, fearing the Marmot Beastmen would misunderstand something.

Lang Feng glanced at Lang Lie but still didn't say the last word.

In fact, Xingxing's exact words were, "He's going to catch a rat to eat."

"Why catch us Marmots?" a Marmot Beastman shouted.

"I've seen that cub named Xingxing; his Beast Form is already half a person's height. How could he play with Mao Mao?"

"The Wolf Tribe hasn't been full in a long time. Could it be that they want to eat Mao Mao?!"

"Don't talk nonsense!" Mother Potato scolded.

But while Mother Potato could control her tribesmen's mouths, she couldn't control their thoughts.

Mushus Wife glared fiercely at Lang Chi, remembering how he had threatened them many times.

It was as if he were the one who had eaten her cub.

Lang Chi looked back at her with squinted eyes, "That little bit of meat isn't even enough to fill the gaps in a wolf cub's teeth!"

"Lang Chi!" Lang Lie scolded.

But those who had been letting their imaginations run wild sobered up because of Lang Chi's words.

Mao Mao… indeed wasn't enough to fill a gap in their teeth; its Beast Form wasn't even as big as a wolf's paw.

But one couldn't rule out the possibility that a wolf cub had eaten Mao Mao out of curiosity.

"My Wolf Tribe never eats Beastmen," Lang Lie promised.

But when they had first arrived at Dongdong Valley, they had indeed acted as if they would eat Beastmen in order to intimidate them.

Therefore, Lang Lie's words were very unconvincing.

"Let's just find them first! If the cubs encounter a monster, they'll both lose their lives!" Tang Ruan's words reminded everyone.

Now was not the time to be at odds with each other.

Arriving deep in the forest.

After consulting with Mother Potato, Lang Lie jumped onto a rock.

"All Male Beastmen of the Wolf Tribe, go deep into the Gloomy Forest to search.

Females, keep your cubs with you and search the outer forest with the Marmot Beastmen."

As he spoke, his warning gaze fell on Lang Yue and Lang Mo beside her.

Recently, these two had been occupying the cave, and Xingxing had been running around outside every day.

Even at night, he slept in other Beastmen's caves.

The others in the Wolf Tribe were not unaware of their affair.

For a moment, rustling sounds came from all around.

"She doesn't even care about her own cub, just fooling around with a Male Beastman every day."

"Lang Mo is also fearless; if she doesn't form a contract with him when the time comes, he can just wait to die!"

"That's hard to say. Lang Yue is the old patriarch's daughter, she's very responsible.

Didn't she fool around with several Male Beastmen at the same time before, only for the old patriarch to find out?

She took them all as Beast Husbands.

Even the patriarch back then…"

An invisible pressure suddenly rendered the two females unable to make a sound.

They discovered with horror that the patriarch's icy gaze was fixed on them.

Tang Ruan pricked up her ears, but didn't hear the rest of the conversation.

What about Lang Lie too? So he and Lang Yue really did have a history.

No wonder Lang Yue hated her so much.

Tang Ruan shook her head, shaking away the romantic thoughts.

Now was not the time for wild thoughts; finding Mao Mao and Xingxing was urgent.

Everyone had already scattered to search.

However, Mu Shu stood still in place.

Seeing the Wolf Tribe about to leave, he immediately followed.

"Why are you following us?" Lang Lie suddenly turned back.

"I… I'm going to find my son."

"Don't cause trouble." Lang Chi stepped forward, his hot breath spraying onto him, the immense pressure scaring Mu Shu so much that he sat down on the ground with a thud.

"I… I…"

"The monster there is ten times, even a hundred times your size. Are you going to be a snack for it?"

Lang Chi's words drew some laughter from the Wolf Tribe.

Feeling humiliated, Mu Shu stood up shakily.

"If I don't follow, how will I know… what… what is actually going on? What if it was your cub who killed… killed Mao Mao and framed it on the monster!"

"What did you say?" Lang Chi jumped out.

"Mu Shu! Shut up!" Mother Potato's voice rang out at the same time.

Lang Lie blocked Lang Chi.

Lang Chi was so angry he was panting heavily.

Why were they helping these ungrateful things!

Mother Potato walked over and said to Lang Lie, "Patriarch, you might as well take him with you!"

Lang Lie and Mu Shu were both stunned.

Mother Potato continued, "Whether he lives or dies is none of the Wolf Tribe's business.

If he dies, I'll just pretend I never gave birth to such an incompetent son. Anyway, I have four more sons like him."

Mu Shu: …

He could hear that the Marmot Tribe Mistress was provoking her own cub.

Lang Lie's gaze landed in the distance—on the little Female Beastman crouching on the ground with her back to him, making a torch.

"Does the patriarch not even have this little bit of trust in us? I have, after all, entrusted my Mistress to you."

Tang Ruan, hearing Lang Lie say this: …

She reached out and rubbed her cheeks.

It was so cold at night, why were her cheeks so hot?

In the end, Mu Shu followed.

Perhaps to prove to his mother that he was not a coward.

Hongshu, Potato, and Tang Ruan were in a group.

Because the improvised torches were limited, the tallest one—Hongshu, who was about 169cm tall—held it.

Tang Ruan walked in front of him, always having a fear that her hair might catch fire at any moment.

"Ouch!" Potato suddenly stepped on something.

"Potato! Potato, are you okay?" Hongshu hurriedly crouched down to check.

There was no chance for Tang Ruan to intervene at all.

After a simple check, Hongshu said to Tang Ruan, "Potato's foot is injured. I'll take her back and come find you in a while."

"Okay!" Tang Ruan nodded.

Once the two left, the surroundings instantly went dark.

Fortunately, there was unmelted snow in the forest, vaguely illuminating the path ahead.

The shouts of Beastmen kept coming from all around.

"Xingxing…" "Mao Mao…" "Xingxing…"

So Tang Ruan didn't feel scared.

Walking for a while.

She suddenly felt as if something was following behind her.

The footsteps followed closely, moving exactly at her rhythm.

Tang Ruan suddenly walked a few steps faster and stopped abruptly.

The footsteps also stopped, but clearly half a beat slower.

Tang Ruan suddenly turned her head.

A figure whizzed past her side.

Judging by the figure, it was a wolf.

Tang Ruan breathed a sigh of relief.

It must be someone from the Wolf Tribe, just walking behind her.

She lifted her foot and continued calling, "Mao Mao! Xingxing! Mao Mao!"

However, what she didn't know was—the moment she lifted her foot, the behemoth behind her also lifted its paw.

Walking until there was no path left, Tang Ruan arrived at that stone wall again.

On the stone wall was a fist-sized crater, radiating out like a spiderweb, with blue ice frozen in the cracks.

The blue ice shimmered faintly in the moonlight.

It was actually quite pretty.

Tang Ruan looked at this "magnificent" sight, thinking that it was punched out by Lang Lie…

She swallowed her saliva.

She secretly made up her mind to treat him a little better…

Tang Ruan turned around, preparing to return the way she came.

Suddenly, a person walked out of the darkness.

Lang Yue stared at her expressionlessly.

"Have you found Xingxing?" Tang Ruan asked hurriedly.

Lang Yue proudly raised her head, a cold glint flashing in her eyes.