“My father is the chief of the Shenmu tribe. If you do not keep your promise, even if you conquer the human race, you will not get Xiansha. Only I can persuade the human race to make a long-term exchange with you.”

Su Shi narrowed his eyes. He had to admit, this girl was really smart.

"Don't worry, Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain will keep its promise." Su Shiwei trusted Hu Shen on this point.

"When can you go?" Lin Shanyue asked impatiently.

Compared to her own life, she cared more about whether she could get revenge.

"No rush, we should wait until the snow season is over."

The blizzards will become increasingly severe in the later stages of the snow season, so it's definitely not advisable to go to the human realm at this time.

Upon hearing this, Lin Shanyue realized that she had been too hasty.

Thinking of her father who risked his life to send her out, she lowered her head, her nose stinging with tears.

Perhaps... there is still a sliver of a possibility that Father is still alive.

Clinging to that last glimmer of hope, she prayed in her heart that her father hadn't been harmed when the beastmen went to the human realm.

If her father is safe and sound, she would be willing to stay here forever.

A large animal skin package was shoved into her hands.

A look of surprise flashed across Lin Shanyue's eyes, but before she could ask, the other person had already left.

A short while later, Su Shiwei brought in two more large buckets of hot water.

He went out again and came back with a bowl of steaming brown sugar water in his hand.

After placing the brown sugar water on the table, Su Shiwei stepped back to the doorway and said gently:

"The water on the table is for drinking, the water on the floor is for washing yourself, and the clothes in your hands are for me. I'll ask you about the human race again tomorrow."

As soon as she finished speaking, Su Shiwei left the room and closed the door again.

As the footsteps outside faded into the distance, it seemed as if they were deliberately made clear for her to hear; the footsteps were even clearer than before.

Lin Shanyue came to her senses, somewhat dazed, seemingly unable to understand why Su Shiwei had suddenly given her these things.

Looking down at his exposed, dark red toes, and the tattered, filthy clothes beneath his animal skin coat, he could almost smell a strange odor coming from nearby.

Since leaving the tribe, she hasn't had a good night's sleep. She lives in constant fear, can't even fill her stomach, let alone clean herself.

On a snowy day, with snow, ice, and icy water everywhere, she wished she could avoid touching any of it.

It turned out like this without me even realizing it.

In the past, Lin Shanyue would have been the first to find it unbearable, but now she is used to it and doesn't even realize it.

After hesitating for a moment, Lin Shanyue put down her clothes, picked up the fragrant brown sugar water from the table with both hands, and took a sip.

The sweet taste immediately overwhelmed her taste buds. She wasn't afraid of the heat; it was as if she had opened the door to a new world. She gulped it down, and the frozen blood in her body seemed to melt away with the bowl of brown sugar water, gradually starting to flow again.

She had never drunk such sweet water in her life.

If she hadn't known she was in a beast tribe, she would have thought she had entered a fairyland.

After drinking the brown sugar water, he ran to the door and clung to it, pressing his ear against it to listen for a while. Only after confirming that there was no noise outside did he return to the middle of the room.

He took off his overcoat and tattered clothes, then used a bucket covered with a wet white cotton cloth to wash himself.

Lin Shanyue didn't know what it was, only that it felt unusually soft. When she wiped it on her body, the white cloth turned black.

Fortunately, no one was around. She blushed and wiped herself down several times until the two buckets of clean water turned one black and the other light gray.

Lin Shanyue felt as if a thick layer of skin had been shed from her body. She thought that the molting of snake beasts in the beast race should be similar. After being cleaned, she felt much lighter.

Without the dirt to cover it, her frostbite became more obvious, with red patches all over her body. There were many wounds on her hands, feet, arms, and calves, which had already scabbed over and were oozing pus.

It doesn't hurt, but after being washed with hot water, it feels itchy, making you want to scratch it.

Lin Shanyue was already used to it, and she forced herself to endure it as she opened the clothes left behind by Su Shiwei.

Without asking, it's obvious that the soft white clothes were worn underneath.

Lin Shanyue had never seen this style of clothing before. She fiddled with it for a while before putting it on. In the hot room, she even broke out in a light sweat.

The clothes were already a size too big, and Lin Shanyue was thin, so they were loose and baggy on her. Fortunately, there were long strips of cloth inside, which she tied around her waist, cuffs, and trouser legs. Although it looked a bit odd, it was at least somewhat fitting.

Lin Shanyue was sensitive to the cold, so even indoors she wore a coat.

After she finished dressing, she discovered that there were two small pieces of fabric underneath.

"What's this?"

Lin Shanyue picked up the two small pieces of fabric and examined them closely. One was triangular, not much bigger than her face, and the other was long, seemingly composed of two circles.

She had never seen such a thing before and didn't know how to use it. After thinking about it, she put it back.

"Perhaps that beastman took the wrong one. It's so small; it should be for a cub, right? Let's wait for him to come back and return it to him."

Lin Shanyue carefully placed the two buckets of water against the wall, then used her own dirty clothes to wipe up the water that had splashed on the ground, and put them together with the buckets.

Everything in this house is so clean and beautiful, it's like a dream.

Even though she knew this was orc territory, she still didn't want to disrupt this beautiful scene.

After cleaning up the mess she had made in the room, Lin Shanyue sat down next to the table leg, leaning against the wall.

Remembering what the beastman had said before he left, her fingers unconsciously tightened around the hem of her dress.

He'd ask her about the human race tomorrow, but what about today? He didn't plan to let her leave; was she going to stay here tonight?

What does this orc want to do?

Lin Shanyue was constantly on edge, wondering if she could resist if the beastmen really wanted to do something.

Definitely not, she still needs the beastmen to help her take revenge.

But... if the beastmen really treat her that way, she'll have to reconsider whether they're trustworthy.

Lost in thought, time slipped by little by little.

The light filtering through the semi-transparent window gradually dimmed, and it seemed that snowflakes were starting to fall again outside.

They waited until the room was pitch black, but no footsteps approached from outside the door.

Lin Shanyue still dared not let her guard down, so she sat against the wall, staring at the closed door. Until late at night, the warmth inside made it impossible for her to keep her eyes open. Gradually, she relaxed her shoulders, nodded uncontrollably, and finally fell asleep with her head on her knees.

On the other side.

After dinner, Su Shiwei did not return to her room, but went directly to Daqing's room.

Thinking of how frightened the girl looked, he decided not to scare her today. There was food, drink, and clothing in the room, and the kang (heated brick bed) was heated, so it shouldn't be cold at night.

Thinking this way, Su Shiwei felt a little relieved.

"Why aren't you going back to sleep? What are you doing here?" Daqing asked with a puzzled look as Su Shiwei came in carrying an animal skin from who-knows-where.