Cat Duoduo didn't care about anything else; she was really tired.

If it weren't for her concern for her child and her sympathy for the original owner's continued disregard for abuse and deliberate torment of the Serpent King, she wouldn't have been able to endure it for so long.

She got up and called for She Rong to follow her.

She Rong took only a few steps, and just as he was about to leave the river, he suddenly stopped and headed towards a certain place, calling out, "Valley Master."

Upon hearing this, Maoduo looked in the direction of the voice. Sure enough, Sherong was talking to Grandpa Banyan Tree.

At that moment, Grandpa Banyan Tree was very happy, enjoying the little elves' performance around him. He noticed Cat Dodo and Snake Rong's actions and said with a smile, "What's wrong? Aren't you planning to leave so soon?"

“That’s not it.” CatDodo shifted all the pressure back to SnakeRong. “I think he’s reluctant to leave, tsk.”

“…No, not at all.” She Rong couldn’t help but correct him.

Despite being a very handsome beastman, he was clearly not good at speaking. He pursed his lips, and even though it seemed that he had some conflicts with the original owner, he never let the problem escalate for the sake of his children and family.

Now, after pondering for a moment, She Rong pulled back the hair on his forehead and showed it to the banyan tree.

From this angle, Maoduo noticed that She Rong's forehead, which was covered by his hair, had three red lines that looked like small snakes.

The marks are quite beautiful. Some say they look like small snakes, but CatDodo thinks they look more like flames, which is really interesting.

She initially didn't think much of it, but soon several of the three-striped beastmen she had seen before flashed through her mind, and she blurted out, "You, this is a three-striped beastman?"

CatDodo's surprise was undisguised; anyone with eyes could see it.

She Rong nodded before saying, "Valley Master, after I woke up, I found that my body was a little different." His strength seemed to have increased too much, and was beyond his control.

Grandpa Banyan Tree smiled. "Isn't this good?" If he hadn't discovered that this power was too well-suited to the Serpent Rong's body, he wouldn't have worried about finding something else to replace the Serpent Rong's power.

She Rong moved his lips as if to say something, but in the end shook his head. "Since that's the case, then I'll be leaving now."

As he left, he quickly glanced at Maoduo, his mind flashing back to how Maoduo had bullied him and the other cubs.

Cat Dodo didn't care at all, carrying her little bamboo basket and urging Snake Rong to catch up quickly. As a typical freeloader, her biggest motivation was, "If we go back early, we can have some hot meat soup."

Snake Rong: "..." Could this guy have broken his brain?

Grandpa Banyan Tree only reacted after the two had walked quite a distance. "Hey, I suddenly remembered, this power can stimulate the beastmen's nature, usually leading to ferocity and slaughter. But the Serpent Rong doesn't seem to have revealed himself yet. Could it be that the girl is very important to him..."

In fact, now that the Serpent Rong has embarked on its journey home, its pace has slowed, and countless times its eyes have flashed with intense killing intent as it looked at Mao Duoduo.

He felt himself had changed; an overwhelming surge of power coursed through his body, transforming him from his former frailty and freeing him from the subservient and inferior female, Cat Dodo.

Kill! Kill! Kill!

As long as he takes care of CatDodo on the way, no one in the city will realize this, and no one will actively ask about CatDodo's whereabouts. Then he can live a peaceful and comfortable life with the cubs, and no one will bully him anymore. But—

"By the way, after you left, I worked hard with the cubs and the others to farm. But farming is still so difficult, it's so frustrating! There are so many weeds in the fields, and we can't tell which ones are edible. Snake said you're very good at identifying them, so could you teach us when we get back?"

"By the way, the village also encountered the rainy season before, which was very troublesome. Everyone even specially changed the underworld to avoid the rain. At that time, the river also broke its banks and rushed towards the village. The clan chief led us to the mountain to take temporary shelter, which is how we escaped the disaster. Also, there was a female who gave birth to a very cute child in the cave. I have never seen anything so interesting before."

...

On the way, Maoduo thought about how awkward her relationship with the other person was. If she let this strange and stiff relationship continue, Zaizai and the others would be in a difficult and complicated situation later.

At this point, Maoduo considered herself a fairly reliable and trustworthy parent, and began to put on a show. As a severe case of social butterfly syndrome, she actively communicated with Sherong, not caring if he didn't respond much, since she believed she had already explained to him everything that had happened since he left the village.

The things he had missed during this time were now being told to him from a different perspective, and She Rong wanted to say, "How is this possible?"

However, listening to it this way, he had to admit that the words revealed a fairly friendly relationship between the kids and Maoduoduo now...

He lowered his eyes, his handsome face no longer showing the gloom and melancholy of the past. Even the hand that was originally hidden under the thick animal skin, which could have been extended at any moment and was full of danger, was quietly withdrawn.

If the children truly chose to forgive CatDodo, their irresponsible mother, then he can also forgive her...

As they were about to leave Snow Peak Valley, Maoduo gritted her teeth and said, "Um, sorry."

She Rong paused, looking over incredulously, as if to say, "Even your cat, Mao Duoduo, apologizes like this."

If the occasion weren't inappropriate, Maoduoduo would have liked to directly confront people, saying, "Yeah, Maoduoduo will apologize, so what?"

Of course, considering that the person in front of her was indeed someone the original owner often bullied and picked on, she gritted her teeth and, considering herself a rather mature and rational female, decided to properly deal with the aftermath of the excessive things the original owner had done...

She sighed and said again, "Of course, I will not deny what terrible things I did to you and the children in the past, nor do I expect to get your forgiveness."

Snake Rong: "..." Surprisingly, has this improved his self-awareness?

CatDodo: "Well, I used to be the type with a bad temper, who liked to bully people, do bad things, and even force people to do things they couldn't. But I'll change from now on. Anyway, treating Zai Zai well is also treating you well."

Of course, this is based on the premise that everyone can be a friendly and good neighbor.