Shanquan rubbed his shoulders and was about to speak when he heard voices coming from the courtyard gate.

He quickly whispered, "Here it comes, you'll know in a moment."

Qiao Yu was puzzled, and just as he was wondering, he saw Shan walk in with a dark face. A while after he entered, the person outside walked in, raised a smile, and said to Qiao Yu: "Yu, thank you for your hard work on the way."

This was a woman in her thirties, tall and pretty, but Qiao Yu felt she looked unfamiliar.

She thought for a moment before she remembered that the woman was from the Shanyin tribe and her name seemed to be Bai Xue. She had the impression that she had a husband and two children.

Thinking about it this way, she felt she was overthinking it. You know, when she saw a woman following Shan, her first reaction was that Shan had found a second love. Now that she knew this woman had a husband, she felt she was overreacting.

She smiled back at Bai Xue: "It's not hard." Then she asked, "Your name is Bai Xue, right? What can I do for you?"

Bai Xue didn't expect Qiao Yu to remember her name. She said a little excitedly, "Yes, my name is Bai Xue."

She seemed a little nervous as she spoke, clasping her hands tightly in front of her abdomen. "I see your father works hard every day, and he also has to cook soup and grill meat. I have to cook soup and grill meat too, so I helped him cook. Now the soup is ready. You've come all this way back and you must be cold. Would you like to have a bowl of soup to warm yourself up? I'll bring it to you, okay?"

Qiao Yu initially thought she was overthinking it, but after hearing these words, and seeing Bai Xue's nervous face turning pale, Shan's expression stern and silent, and Shan Quan standing nearby without saying a word, she couldn't help but become confused again.

"No, thank you." She smiled politely, "You also have things to do at home, how can I trouble you? I remember that your two children are still young, Bai Xue. One is seven years old and the other is only four years old. They need someone to take care of them. How can I always trouble you with my family matters?"

When Bai Xue heard her words, the smile on her face could no longer be maintained.

She managed to say, "No, no, no. I just did it while I was doing my chores. Now that you've come all this way, go ahead and have a good chat with your family. I won't bother you any more. I came here just to tell you that I've brought your broth to the house downstairs. It's cold, so you'd better drink it quickly before it gets cold."

Having said that, she nodded at Qiao Yu without waiting for her to speak again, and then she fled out the door. She walked hurriedly out of the yard, and the sound of her footsteps disappeared outside the gate.

Qiao Yu looked at the mountain, then at the spring, and asked, "What's going on? Can one of you tell me?"

For no reason, a woman came to them to show her courtesy, and even helped Shan cook meat soup, and acted like a hostess and asked Qiao Yu to drink the soup. It felt weird.

To be honest, Bai Xue was considered one of the better looking women in the Dragon Tribe. If she didn't have a husband, she'd be a good match for Shan Ting. But she did have a husband.

Did Shan provoke a married woman, or did Bai Xue want to change her ways? Knowing this cheap dad, Qiao Yu knew he wouldn't mess with a married woman. So, was it the latter?

"What's going on? I have nothing to do with her." Shan said with a stern face.

Shanquan blinked at Qiao Yu but didn't dare to speak.

Seeing the father and son like this, Qiao Yu became more and more confused.

There are some things she must clarify. This is a bottom-line moral issue.

She stared at the mountain and asked, "Snow White has a husband, right?"

Shan's face suddenly turned dark.

Just as he was about to speak, Shanquan spoke first, "Sister, you don't know that Bai Xue's husband died of illness a few days after you left the tribe."

"Ah!" Qiao Yu cried out softly.

After Shanquan said this, Qiao Yu also remembered.

Bai Xue's husband, Ci, hadn't signed up for the Sun Tribe because he was ill. Qiao Yu had handed the registration process over to Man and the other team leaders, but she wasn't above asking for help; she would keep an eye on tribal affairs.

She will investigate clearly who did not sign up and why.

Ci had been feeling unwell since arriving in the Long Tribe from the Shanyin Tribe. However, there were no instruments available in those days, and the shaman couldn't take a pulse, so they could only treat the symptoms. Ci complained of a stomachache, and the shaman gave him medicine that didn't work.

After that, Ci became thinner and thinner day by day. When the tribe signed up to form a team, he was already lying on the kang, unable to get up.

"Bai Xue's brother is Hei Ye, right?" Qiao Yu asked.

While learning about Thorn's situation, she also learned that Shirayuki seemed to be Kuroyoru's sister.

Because Ci fell ill and could no longer go hunting, and couldn't even do the most basic work, Bai Xue's family couldn't make ends meet and even went to Hei Ye's family for help.

Ever since Heiye was removed from his position as elder, his son and grandson have harbored deep resentment towards him. When Baixue came to him for help, Heiye wanted to help his sister, but he hadn't worked much before, and the meager meat he earned from making mud bricks wasn't enough to support himself. To help Baixue, he had to use his children's and grandson's food rations, which his son and grandson naturally didn't want.

Without help, Bai Xue's family had a very difficult life.

After learning about this, Qiao Yu asked Shan to take some dried meat from the tribe's food reserves and give it to Bai Xue as a form of aid to the poor. She also told Shan to keep a good account.

Now that they've been stabbed to death, is Bai Xue expressing her gratitude to them and wanting to repay them, or is she trying to develop a second spring with Shan to make her presence felt?

Qiao Yu glanced at the mountain.

Not to mention, Shan was already tall and big, and he was only in his thirties, so he was considered handsome among the primitive people. Now he was living a good life and was full of energy. If it weren't for his limp, he would definitely be a leader among men.

Even though he was lame now, he was still an elder and the chief's father, holding a high position in the tribe. Furthermore, his timely assistance made him a true hero, a figure on a cloud of auspiciousness. It was natural for Bai Xue to be attracted to him.

Although Bai Xue's husband had only been dead for a month, in this primitive society without many moral codes, survival was paramount. Widows who remarried within two days of their husband's death because they couldn't make ends meet were common. Bai Xue's behavior was unacceptable.

Shan felt uncomfortable when he heard Qiao Yu's question.

Like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, he declared loudly, "Don't look at me like that. I told her it had nothing to do with her. I was cooking soup in the fire hall when she came right up to me and said she wanted to help me. Because of her, I don't go there anymore and only cook soup at home, but she still comes over from time to time. I've told her so many times, but it doesn't work."

He looked at Qiao Yu and said, "Yu, talk to her. Don't keep coming to me. I won't marry again."