What are you doing?

The children immediately ran out of the house and stood in front of Xiao Sibao.

Erbao reached out and gave Yaling a push as well.

Ya Ling fell to the ground and cried even louder, mumbling incoherently, "Waaah!"

The little ones: "..."

They looked at each other, puzzled, and asked, "What is she talking about?"

Ya Ling stomped her foot, shouting, "Give me back my mother!!!"

“Your mother is dead,” Erbao blurted out.

Ya Ling cried, "It was your mother who killed my mother, boohoo, she killed my mother."

Shen Miao had just come out of the house when she heard this. She turned and walked towards the door. When Ya Ling saw her, she cried even more uncontrollably, and rushed up to punch Shen Miao, crying as she hit her: "Give me back my mother! Give me back my mother! Waaah!"

Shen Miao frowned.

Didn't she tell them not to talk nonsense in front of Ya Ling? How did Ya Ling find out?

She grabbed Ya Ling's hand and said, "Ya Ling, what are you saying?"

"My mother is dead, and you killed her! You wicked person!" Ya Ling said angrily.

Shen Miao squatted down and looked directly into Ya Ling's eyes. "Who told you that your mother died because I killed her?"

"Everyone says so, give me back my mother."

“I can’t repay it, and I’m not the one who killed your mother,” Shen Miao said calmly.

Ya Ling stared wide-eyed, her eyes filled with distrust and accusation.

Shen Miao took her hand, and the two sat down on the stone bench. She asked gently, "How is your aunt usually to you?"

Ya Ling pouted and didn't say anything.

In fact, Shen Miao usually treated her well, which is why Ya Ling was so sad when she heard others say that she had caused her mother's death.

"Let me ask you a different question. Do you think your aunt is a bad person?"

"No, no, but you..."

Shen Miao interrupted her and said gently, "Trust your own judgment, Ya Ling. What others say may not be true. He may be trying to sow discord between you and me, for example, by making you deliberately cause trouble for me. See, you've fallen for it now."

Ya Ling looked completely bewildered, clearly not understanding what Shen Miao meant.

“Okay, let’s not talk about that. Let’s talk about why your mother died.” Shen Miao paused, watching Ya Ling’s expression.

Ya Ling's eyes filled with tears again.

Shen Miao hardened her heart and said, "You know that everyone in the tribe was infected with Gu a while ago, right? Your mother also died because of Gu. She was the first in our tribe. It was because we found out the cause of your mother's death that we later examined all the beastmen in the tribe. And the kind of Gu that we were infected with can only be inflicted by the Bloodworm Beastmen."

"Do you still think I'm the one who killed your mother?"

Ya Ling had never known these things before, because she was a little baby and no one had ever told her.

She murmured, her lips trembling, "But they said it was you who prevented anyone from telling me that my mother is dead."

“Yes,” Shen Miao said frankly, “I said that because I was afraid you couldn’t handle it.”

Ya Ling blinked her eyelashes, then suddenly burst into tears and threw herself into Chen Miao's arms, sobbing, "Auntie, Auntie, I don't have a mother anymore, boohoo."

Shen Miao felt sorry for the child, so she patted her head and assured her, "Yaling, don't be afraid. Auntie is here. You can come to Auntie if anything happens in the future."

"Thank you, Auntie."

Shen Miao took Ya Ling home.

When she got home, the kids pounced on her, each grabbing half of her leg, making it impossible for her to move an inch.

Shen Miao chuckled, "What's wrong?"

The children said, "Mommy, you have to stay with us forever."

Shen Miao was stunned.

Suddenly it dawned on her that the children had overheard her conversation with Ya Ling.

They probably feared she would die like Green Pearl.

"Don't worry, your mother can't bear to leave you."

After spending some time together, the mother and her children went to the kitchen to prepare some blood tofu to sell.

After the Bloodworm Clan was defeated, the Beast Arena reopened. Since everyone needed to exchange goods, Shenmiao's blood tofu and salt sold very well, and were almost sold out in less than an hour.

As she packed her things to go back, the orc opposite her finished packing earlier. As he passed by her, he snorted loudly and deliberately stomped his foot twice, leaving Shen Miao completely bewildered.

However, she didn't pay much attention to it. She glanced at the rolled-up leathers of the other party, which were already infested with worms. It was no wonder that business was bad to sell such things.

No orcs have come to ask anything all day.

Shen Miao shook her head and slowly walked home carrying her things.

As soon as I got home, a strange orc grabbed my arm and yelled, "Your cub killed my pig! That was my only property!"

Shen Miao looked at the orc who was howling but not bringing rain, and withdrew her hand.

Several children stood at the door, looking at Shen Miao with a hesitant expression.

Not far away, on the ground, lay a half-grown piglet that was already dead.

Shen Miao's gaze shifted, and she said in a deep voice, "Can anyone tell me what's going on?"

"Mother..." Da Bao had just started to call out when he was interrupted by the strange beastman. The beastman said in a fast-paced voice, "My pig ran away and I came to your house, but it was bitten to death by your cub."

Shen Miao finally saw the orc's face clearly. Wasn't this the one who had set up a stall opposite her just now?

She frowned slightly and asked suspiciously, "You were just at the animal arena, how did you end up at my house?"

Being recognized, the orc was not in a hurry. He calmly said, "I was halfway there when my mother told me that our pig was missing, so I went out to look for it. Then I came to your house and saw your cub chasing and biting my piglet..."

"Since you saw it, why didn't you stop it?" Shen Miao immediately retorted.

The orc opened his mouth, a flicker of panic crossing his eyes.

Shen Miao ignored him, instead squatting down and asking the children, "Did you bite his pig?"

The children looked very aggrieved: "Mommy, no, we were just playing outside when we heard a thud in the yard, that's when we came back."

"Lying!" the orc said indignantly, "You're so young and you're already learning bad habits. What will you be like when you grow up? My pigs aren't worth much anyway. Just admit your mistake and pay me back, that's enough. Why are you talking back?"

Erbao was furious. He jumped out and pointed at the orc, yelling, "Shut up! You're disrespectful to your elders! My mother taught us that we can't bite any of the animals in the tribe. Who wants to bite your stinky pig? We think it's dirty!"

“That’s right, that’s right,” Sanbao agreed.

Da Bao calmly replied, "Grandpa, my younger brother and sister and I don't eat raw food. Our mother will scold us. Please don't slander us."

Sibao, hands on her hips, chimed in, "Don't slander us!"