Beast World: A Fragile Beauty Blessed with Many Children-Chapter 314 - 313: Next Time I’ll Eat Rat Meat in Front of Her
Si Shuo had seen and heard more than her fair share of stories about betrayal and ingratitude. She wasn’t naive enough to think Beastmen were incapable of being manipulative.
Their little family had only achieved the peace they enjoyed today through hard work and struggle. How could she possibly play the saint, see someone pitiful, and just throw open her doors to let them in from the rain?
The world was full of hypocrites; even children knew how to feign weakness to win sympathy!
As evening fell, Wei Ce went out for a bit and returned with a cold, grim expression. Not even his favorite meal could lighten his mood. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚
"What’s wrong, Brother Ce?" Si Shuo couldn’t help but sit down next to him and ask in a low voice.
Wei Ce let out a slow breath and explained,
"There are a lot of Beastmen who want to rent a place, and it wouldn’t look good to just keep refusing everyone. But if our family makes an exception to let an outsider rent, once we start, there’ll be no stopping it.
So the rules should be established in advance. Father and the elders discussed it and decided to just open up two of the unclaimed areas of Bamboo Forest Mountain. We can temporarily house families we’re on good terms with, which will also help build some alliances for the Iron-eating Beast Clan.
With all the tenants in one place, they’ll be easier to manage and keep an eye on, so we won’t have to be on edge.
The houses we’re building on the mountain are all two-story, ten-square-meter buildings. A family can squeeze in, and it’s much better than the accommodations assigned in the Beast Soldier Camp.
Many are happy to pay the rental fee of one Level 6 Crystal Stone per day."
"Isn’t that a good thing?" Si Shuo asked, confused.
"I... Yichu Saintess also came with her husbands and children. She’s making a scene, demanding to live on my Father’s mountain or mine."
Si Shuo scoffed. "Isn’t she the Queen of the Black Wolf Clan? Father Wei Jin has already remarried Mother Song Ying; he has nothing to do with Yichu Saintess anymore. How does she have the gall to say that?
If she wants to freeload here, she’d better not bring that pack of Beast Husbands and cubs with her!
Who brings their entire family to move in with a son who’s already disowned them? Are all those males in her family dead or something?"
Wei Ce’s face was taut, but he couldn’t help a low cough, almost breaking into laughter.
The corner of Zhi Le’s lips curled. "She’s not the Black Wolf Queen anymore," he said coldly. "During the last hunt in the northwest, the Black Wolf King somehow fell off a cliff. By the time everyone found him, there were only a few bloody bones left.
The former Wolf King was accused of making poor decisions, being arbitrary and tyrannical, and nearly getting all the clan members on the hunt killed.
Soon, there was a new Black Wolf King, one who was an enemy of the previous king. He has his own Female Saint, so naturally, he wasn’t happy about the former king’s female and cubs remaining in the tribe, where they could become a threat.
So, Yichu Saintess and her family were kicked out with nowhere else to go!"
"So what happened?" Si Shuo looked at Wei Ce.
"The members of the Black Striped Mouse Clan stepped in and got Yichu to live in the new stone houses on Bamboo Forest Mountain with everyone else," Wei Ce said flatly. "If they hadn’t been able to persuade her, the Iron-eating Beast Clan couldn’t have acted against her directly—out of consideration for the fact she gave birth to me—but we could have kicked out the Black Striped Mouse Clan members."
But with Yichu living not far away, he had a feeling she would stir up trouble, and he felt a faint sense of unease.
Si Shuo smiled and squeezed his hand. "Wei Ce, we’re here. We definitely won’t let you be bullied by her again."
’It seems the lesson Jiang Guo learned wasn’t enough!’
Wei Ce nodded and couldn’t help but bury his head in the crook of her neck, showing a rare hint of exhaustion and vulnerability. "Shuo, if only Beastmen could choose their own Mothers when they’re born.
Whenever I see her or even hear about her, I hate that I carry half of her blood, that I can never be completely free of her."
Si Shuo stroked his head. ’Her own precious panda was usually so cheerful and bright, his dark, shining eyes never holding a trace of gloom. But now his birth mother had left him feeling troubled and sad.’
’The cubs could at least cry when they were upset, but Wei Ce was already a father and a Beast Husband his little female could rely on. He had no way to release all that hurt and grief.’
"We can’t choose our birth, but we can choose how we want to live." Si Shuo’s eyes flickered, and she chuckled softly. "How did she shamelessly latch onto you? What’s she been telling people?"
"She refuses to acknowledge that I disowned her—she doesn’t mention it at all. She just goes on about how she gave birth to me and raised me, and how she’s now homeless while I’m sitting on hundreds of acres of Bamboo Forest Mountain, letting my own Mother wander without a place to stay. She said..." Wei Ce’s voice faltered, and he continued with a deadpan expression, "She said that someone as ungrateful as me is unfit to be a Vice Admiral in the Beast Soldier Camp. That my character is unworthy of my High-level Cultivation, and that no matter how powerful I get, I’ll always be a selfish person who takes benefits meant for everyone and hordes them for my own little family..."
’Si Shuo knew he was only repeating a few of the most hurtful things she had said.’
"Then just avoid her. If you can’t, just call for me. I’ll deal with her. I guarantee she won’t dare to spout any more nonsense," Si Shuo said with a light laugh.
Wei Ce couldn’t help but look at her curiously, eager to see how his little female would handle it.
After comforting him, Si Shuo teleported to Ji Liang’s side, bringing him some mouse meat. "Zhi Le and Gong You caught these. They were pretending to move things back and forth and found a cave crammed full of mice sheltering from the rain!
Zhi Le cast a net of lightning, and the mice dropped into the water like rain. Gong You gathered them up and threw them into a Beast Skin Bag. It’s perfect for when the Snake Cubs hatch; they can snack on them."
Ji Liang smiled and let her feed him the meat piece by piece with her chopsticks.
Knowing Ji Liang had been cooped up at home all day, Si Shuo told him what had been happening outside. When she got to the part about the female Yichu, he raised an eyebrow and chuckled. "She doesn’t know I exist yet, does she?"
Si Shuo paused. ’What did that have to do with this?’
"Little Shushu, have you forgotten? I’m a Snake Beastman, and Yichu Saintess is a mouse. Even though we’re both Beastmen, the natural suppression between our species means she won’t dare to provoke us lightly. Take me with you next time to see her."
Si Shuo nodded eagerly and fed him even more enthusiastically. "Next time, I’ll eat mouse meat right in front of her!"
However, just one day later, Yichu Saintess came down with a high fever that wouldn’t break, and she made such a scene that all the Beastmen renting on both mountains heard about it.
"Sigh, they’re mother and son, after all. How deep can the hatred run? Yichu Saintess is so pitiful. She just lost her backer, and now her most successful son is so cold-hearted he won’t even give his own Mother a place to stay..."
"Isn’t that the truth? And here I thought the Iron-eating Beast Clan was supposed to value relationships above all. Turns out that’s not the case; they’re just afraid of being taken advantage of... I went to see her just now. Yichu Saintess is delirious from the fever, just crying and saying she’s sorry, blaming herself for not being good enough and that’s why Wei Ce refuses to acknowledge her..."
"His own Mother is that sick, and he won’t even go see her... Her constitution has always been frail; living in a damp, cold house like this is definitely bad for her..."
Si Shuo heard all this gossip from the Parrot her daughter was raising. She got so angry she rolled up her sleeves, called for Wei Ce, and then, after a moment’s thought, decided to bring Yin Jiang and Xiao Cheng along to visit the patient.
"Yichu Saintess, I heard you were sick, so I’ve come to see you!" Si Shuo called out loudly while still a good distance away.
It was drizzling outside, but for the Beastmen, who were used to the rainy season, it was no different from a sunny day.
Bored from being cooped up, they all poked their heads out or gathered around under the pretense of getting some fresh air, eager to watch the unfolding drama.
