Now that there's no land left to plant, Su Tang left the farm, cleaned up the cubs' droppings before bed, and then went to sleep soundly.

After confirming that Lang Kui was not Xu Zhengqiao, she actually felt much relieved.

With the addition of soybean and sugarcane seeds she had bought, Su Tang slept very soundly, even dreaming that she had eaten tofu pudding and fish head tofu soup.

Meanwhile, back home, Nini the wolf was not so happy.

Not long after she returned to the cave, Wolf Qi came back empty-handed.

Wolf Nini naturally noticed that Wolf Qi hadn't caught any prey; he hadn't brought any back for several days in a row.

She was worried that Langqi would be unhappy, so she didn't ask. Hunting is hard and dangerous for males, and she was afraid that if she asked, Langqi would feel guilty.

"Wolf Qi, you're back! I went to trade fruit with A Tang today, and she gave me a lot more than I expected..."

Wolf Nini stepped forward with a smile, keeping silent about the prey.

Wolf Qi was indeed in a bad mood after returning empty-handed.

He transformed into human form at the cave entrance, took the animal skin handed to him by Wolf Nini, wrapped it around his body, and before he could say anything, he noticed that several sweet potatoes were missing from the leaves on the ground where they had been.

Her already irritable mood reached its peak instantly, and she abruptly shook off Lang Nini's hand.

He yelled at her, "You gave the fruit the chief gave you to A-Tang too?"

When the leader distributed the fruit, he specifically mentioned that this kind of fruit could be stored for a long time. He planned to save it for when he couldn't hunt prey during the rainy or snowy seasons. He knew that Wolf Nini wouldn't eat it either.

That leaves only one possibility.

Wolf Nini explained helplessly, "Yes, I saw there was still fruit to eat at home, so I gave some to Atang to try."

Su Tang traded a lot of fruit with her, more than she could eat every day.

They had been eating fruit to survive the past few days without any prey.

Upon hearing this, Lang Qi's face darkened, and he angrily said:

"Who gave you permission to give it to her! Can the fruit from that Tang be the same as the fruit the chief distributes? Her fruit will spoil before the rainy season even arrives!"

He glanced at the few remaining dried-up sweet potatoes on the ground and felt even angrier.

"The leader only gave out this much, and you actually took half of it for her! Do you even have a brain?!"

This was the first time Lang Nini had ever seen Lang Qi lose his temper with her like this, and she was quite frightened.

But only for a moment, she realized what was happening and angrily lifted the leaves off the basket.

It was a whole basket full of big apples.

“A-Tang gives me so many fruits every day, and I only gave her a few small ones. What’s wrong with that? You said we should save them for the rainy season, but if it weren’t for A-Tang’s fruits, my cubs and I would have starved to death long ago!”

"Even if we leave them until the rainy season, how many bites of these few small fruits can we actually eat?"

Wolf Nini usually speaks softly and gently, but when she got so angry, her voice rose several octaves.

She didn't understand why Lang Qi was perfectly fine when she asked Ah Tang for fruit, but now he seemed like a beastman.

Wolf Qi was even angrier when he didn't expect her to lose her temper like that.

He grabbed Lang Nini's arm and dragged her in front of him.

"Are you complaining that I can't catch any prey and can't feed you and your cubs?"

He raised his right fist above Wolf Nini's head, as if it would fall at any moment.

Wolf Nini froze, staring at him in disbelief. "Wolf Qi, you...you're going to hit me?"

There has never been a case of a male in the tribe beating his mate.

Females are already scarce, naturally weak, and bear the heavy responsibility of bearing offspring. No male would harm his partner, no matter how bad the female is.

Wolf Nini's words instantly brought Wolf Qi back to his senses.

"I didn't, Nini, that's not what I meant. How could I possibly lay a hand on you..." He hurriedly let go of her hand and explained to Nini in a panic.

"I've been having trouble catching prey lately, so I got anxious and that's why I acted this way. I'm sorry, I shouldn't have lost my temper with you just now, it's all my fault!"

Wolf Qi wanted to hold Wolf Nini's hand and apologize to her, but Wolf Nini dodged away.

Wolf Nini felt that Wolf Qi was somewhat unfamiliar to her. His gaze and anger just now seemed genuine, and she subconsciously didn't want to be touched by him.

She was about to return to the cave after passing Lang Qi.

"Move aside, I need to go back to take care of my cubs." Wolf Nini just wanted to be separated from Wolf Qi and didn't want to stay with him.

"Nini! Don't go, Nini, I really know I was wrong!"

Wolf Qi knelt down in front of Wolf Nini with a thud, his eyes filled with remorseful tears, and he held Wolf Nini's hands tightly, not letting her leave.

He knew he couldn't let Wolf Nini leave at this time.

"I was so tired today that I did something so silly. Nini, please don't be angry with me, okay?"

"I was only so agitated because I was worried that you and the cubs would go hungry when the rainy season came. I promise I won't do that again. I'll listen to you!"

Wolf Nini frowned, trying to leave but unable to pull her hand away. "Let go of me first, get up..."

She didn't want to talk to Lang Qi; she found him terrifying now.

It seems that he is completely different from the Wolf Qi she knew, or perhaps she never really knew Wolf Qi at all.

"I won't let go. I won't get up until you forgive me. I'll keep kneeling until you calm down!"

As he spoke, he suddenly changed the subject.

“Nini, I know I can’t give you a good life. It’s all my fault. I’ve wronged you. If you’re tired of this, find another partner. With two partners to take care of you, you won’t have to live such a hard life anymore…”

Hearing this, Lang Nini felt even more uncomfortable.

In the past, whenever they argued and got angry, if Lang Qi said something like that, she would feel sorry for him, blame herself, and feel guilty, and she would immediately forgive him.

But today she had a very strange feeling. Instead of feeling guilty as before, she felt extremely disgusted by Lang Qi's words.

Seeing Wolf Qi grab her hand, Wolf Nini frowned and reached out to pull him away:

"I'm not angry anymore, you can get up now."

Wolf Qi didn't get up immediately. He looked up and asked in surprise, "Really? Nini, you've forgiven me?"

"I forgive you. You've been hunting hard lately, and I know you didn't mean it." Wolf Nini just wanted to leave as soon as possible, so she could only go along with him and say what he wanted to hear.

"Why don't you find another partner...?"

“I don’t want to find another partner, so don’t bring this up,” Wolf Nini interrupted him, her face darkening.

Wolf immediately stopped the conversation.

He thought Wolf Nini was angry because he brought up finding a mate, and he breathed a sigh of relief while secretly rejoicing. This girl was really a silly female; he had fooled her with just a few words.

He knew that as long as he brought it up, Lang Nini would forgive him.

Who told Nini to be the "weakest and sickest female" in the gray wolf tribe?

Only Wolf Qi would be willing to become her partner; he is the only male who would accept her!

Without him, who else would want her?