Chapter 129 Pretending Not to Know

Mu Ling was stunned for two seconds.

"What nonsense about the past and present! If I said it, I said it; if I didn't say it, I didn't say it!!"

Now it was Duan Si's turn to speak meaningfully.

He glanced at the woman in his arms, then at Mu Ling.

He could sense that Lu Liufeng knew about the female master, but Mu Ling... didn't know?

Did the female master not tell him?

Or did he simply not realize it himself?

Of all the beast husbands, Mu Ling spent the longest time by the female master's side.

If you can't even notice this, then you're incredibly stupid.

Jiang Xi was completely frozen.

Things took the way she least wanted to happen...

She placed her hand on the cold snake scales and pushed them down, cowardly wanting to run away.

However, the snake's tail was thick and strong, and even with all her strength, she couldn't push it away.

Mu Ling, unable to bear it any longer, was about to step forward again.

At that moment, Lu Liufeng's voice came from the riverbank.

What are you doing?

First you hear their voice, then you see them.

He emerged from the foliage and frowned upon seeing the chaos before him.

Seeing the female protagonist reluctantly being entangled by the snake's tail, he walked straight over.

Jiang Xi quickly reached out her hand to him.

"Lu Liufeng!"

She wanted to say "save me," but she was afraid that Duan Si would unleash his devouring ability without warning.

She changed the subject and quickly said...

I'm hungry!

Upon hearing this, Duan Si paused slightly as he closed his snake tail, then gradually loosened it.

When Lu Liufeng arrived, the snake's tail had just completely loosened.

Jiang Xi suddenly fell into Lu Liufeng's arms.

She hugged Lu Liufeng's neck tightly and whispered into his ear.

"Run!"

Hurry up!!

Let's get out of here before things get out of hand!

Lu Liufeng held the female master in his arms and glanced at Duan Si and Mu Ling.

One had a cold expression, while the other clenched his fists in anger.

Lu Liufeng could roughly guess the gist of it without even thinking, and he said calmly.

"Take care of what's going on quickly, and come back for dinner when you're done."

After saying that, he bent down, put the female master down from his arms, and then took her hand and walked towards the river.

Yves, who had been standing by without daring to breathe, finally found a chance to escape.

He quickly led his two little ones to catch up, asking questions that seemed to have nothing to say.

What are we eating today?

Clearly, the two little ones and two meals had temporarily put Yves on the female envoy's side, and with friendly interactions, he could now shamelessly freeload meals without batting an eye.

Lu Liufeng said, "Let's eat fish. Mu Ling and the others caught some fish."

Yves has been a great help these past two days, so it's only fair that Lu Liufeng doesn't skimp on his meals.

Jiang Xi held her breath and led Lu Liufeng away in quick steps.

Only when she stepped onto the riverbank and heard no other sounds behind her did she finally relax completely.

She raised her hand and wiped away non-existent cold sweat.

This is really bad.

Lu Liufeng turned his head and looked at him. "Mistress, what happened?"

Jiang Xi quickly waved her hand.

"It's alright, it's alright, let's go quickly."

"By the way, you haven't processed that fish yet, have you? I'll go check if it's edible."

Duan Si stood indifferently in the forest, while Mu Ling stood at the edge of the forest.

The atmosphere between the two was calm, but if either of them made the first move, things would get out of control.

At that moment, the female's voice came from a distance.

"What a huge fish!!"

"It's edible!!"

"We make boiled fish fillets, garlic-fried fish..."

Mu Ling swallowed.

He raised his wolf-like eyes and glared at Duan Si.

"I'll give you the Golden Soul Fruit when spring comes! If you want to leave, then hurry up and leave!"

The female master doesn't like too many beast husbands, so if he can drive away a few, he'll help her drive them away!

After saying that, Mu Ling turned around and disappeared into the woods in an instant.

Duan Si sneered, his scarlet snake eyes filled with a sinister chill.

With a flick of his black tail, he swam toward the riverbank.

After Jiang Xi finished inspecting the fish, the beastmen who had been fishing with her cheered and each took a portion.

They caught a lot of fish, and the snake-beast people of the Hot River Valley wanted to trade the food they had gathered for one or two fish.

Jiang Xi and the first female discussed it and decided to distribute the extra fish directly.

After all, the Lion Roar Tribe had harvested countless ingredients in the Hot River Valley, and many of the snake-beast people in the Hot River Valley had helped a great deal with the harvesting.

Just then, Mu Ling appeared, and Jiang Xi mentioned this idea to him.

He's one of the main fish catchers, so we need to get his permission.

Mu Ling had no objection.

"I will obey the mistress's will."

The fish is already upside down.

Since we can't bring the food back to the Lion's Roar Tribe, we can only eat it in the Hot River Valley. So, eating it is still eating, no matter what.

Finally, the extra fish were distributed to the snake-beast people who had helped the most during those days.

They were a little stunned when they heard that they didn't need to exchange food, and then quickly thanked him.

Meanwhile, some snake-beastmen who specialized in looting and hoarding food could only resentfully eat boiled vegetables.

"The Rehe Valley clearly belongs to the Serpent Clan orcs, so why should the Lion Roar Tribe be allowed to plunder it! If anyone should be coming, it should be our Python Coil Tribe!"

Jiang Liu squatted to the side, munching on corn, and laughed.

"Then why don't you call the people from the Python Tribe here!"

Upon hearing this, the snake-beastman immediately became enraged.

"How far is the Lion's Roar Tribe? How far is the Python's Coil Tribe?! Can you just come here whenever you want?!"

On snowy days like this, even the Sky-Flying Orcs would need twice as long as usual to reach the Hot River Valley.

How much food can a single airborne orc take away?

Even if you could take it with you, you'd use it all up on the way, making it a complete waste!

Forget about land-dwelling orcs!!

Even if it takes three times as long, you might not be able to make it!

Jiang Liuxiao said, "Then what else did you say?"

"There are snake-beastmen from the Lion's Roar tribe in the Rehe Valley. When they come to pick the fruit, they don't let other beastmen into the forest. They don't break the rules."

"Besides..." Jiang Liu looked toward the riverbank.

"The Lion Roar tribe has a female envoy. If the female envoy wants, she can simply order the beastmen of other beast tribes to go directly into the forest to pick the fruit."

These words forced the disgruntled snake-beastmen to suppress their anger.

As a female servant, she can do whatever she wants.

They were in the wrong, and seeing that Jiang Liu had shed his snake tail, was wearing an animal skin skirt, and was squatting on the ground, they found an outlet for their anger.

"Wearing animal skin skirts every day, showing so much skin! I think you're trying to seduce the female servants!!"

Jiang Liu: "??"

On the riverbank, Mu Ling and Yves were processing fish, while Jiang Xi and Lu Liufeng were processing taro flowers.

Peel off the light reddish-purple skin from the stem, then break it into sections and steam it in a pot.

"Just steam it until it's soft!"

Since there was no steamer, they placed a few chopsticks inside the stone pot.

Jiang Xi made the suggestion.

"Let's make a steamer when we get back from the glacier!"

Lu Liufeng didn't know what a steamer was, but he smiled and said okay.

At this moment, Mu Ling and Yves finished preparing the fish and brought it over.

Seeing the fish, Jiang Xi thought of how to cook it and said again.

"Let's go pick some chili peppers later and take them back to make a jar of pickled chili peppers. We can eat them when we get back from the glacier."

"Let's make fish with chopped chili peppers!"