"You fought with him?" Shen Miao frowned even more.

The children were all scared, worried that Shen Miao would be angry. They looked at each other, and finally Da Bao stood up and said responsibly, "I did it all by myself. Er Bao and the others didn't lay a hand on me. If you want to punish someone, punish me."

Shen Miao pulled the person over, "Are you hurt? Your uncle is older than you, why did he fight with you?"

The children were surprised that Shen Miao would ask this, and quickly shook their heads. Seeing that they were indeed alright, Shen Miao stood up and said, "Let's go out and take a look."

Lingxi was still slapping her legs and howling when she saw the door open and Shen Miao come out. She immediately glared at her and said coldly, "Shen Miao, if you have any complaints, just take them out on me. Lao Yao is innocent. You beat him up like that. He's still a child. How could you do that? If you don't give me an explanation for what happened today, I'm not leaving!"

Shen Miao smiled and said, "Mother, do you know what happened? What did Uncle tell you?"

The little orc hid behind her mother, too afraid to come out.

Lingxi retorted angrily, "What do you mean, 'whatever'? My son told me the truth. Are you trying to deny it?"

"Uncle, come out and say it again in front of everyone." Shen Miao ignored Ling Xi and stared at the little beastman who didn't even dare to show his face.

Upon hearing this, the little beastman gripped Lingxi's animal skin skirt even tighter, not daring to say anything.

Lingxi: "You threatened my son, Shen Miao. He's scared of you. Don't be afraid, Mom is here. Mom will protect you. Everyone wants to hurt my son."

It turns out that behind every naughty child, there is a naughty parent.

With her mother-in-law looking like that, it's hard for the little beastman not to grow up to be a bad person.

Shen Miao smiled coldly. It seemed that Lingxi hadn't learned her lesson enough, which was why she could still come looking for trouble. She thought darkly to herself, "I wonder if putting her in a sack and beating her up would be the best way to deal with this kind of person."

"That's not how it is, Grandma. It was my uncle who came and cursed my mother first. I told him to leave, but he wouldn't, so I hit him." Da Bao suddenly stood next to Shen Miao and bravely told her what had happened.

Shen Miao was somewhat surprised. Was this little one protecting her?

Da Bao kept a straight face, ignoring her gaze, looking very serious.

Shen Miao chuckled softly, her heart filled with something, a bittersweet feeling.

Lingxi's expression changed slightly, and she still wanted to argue, but Shen Miao stopped her, "Ask your son if what Dabao said is true. To be honest, Mom, your uncle is only so young, and he already knows how to bully his nephews and nieces. Who knows what he'll do when he grows up. Oh, and he even calls me and Qingchen by our first names. Do you think he even considers Qingchen his older brother?"

Lingxi felt guilty, knowing that her youngest son was capable of such things, but even though she understood that the fault lay with her son, she absolutely refused to admit it.

"Nonsense! My Qingyang never hits anyone. It must be you and your few annoying brats who bullied him. Shenmiao, how can you be so shameless? You clung to my Qingchen back then, and gave birth to several children who, like you, have your dirty blood flowing through their veins!" Lingxi started throwing a tantrum without paying any attention.

"Enough!"

Suddenly, Qingchen's angry voice came from inside the room.

Lingxi said to Shen Miao, "Did you hear that? My son told you to stop causing trouble."

Qingchen's voice carried a hint of sorrow: "Mother, my blood flows in the veins of my children. They are filthy, so am I filthy too? And you, how clean can you be?!"

"You, Qingchen, how dare you speak to your mother like that? You've gone too far!" Lingxi was furious.

Isn't Qingchen implying that the blood on her body is also dirty? How can she tolerate that!

Qingchen's voice came out calmly, "I've already said, your son is a living dead man now, he can't even support himself, so don't expect me to send you things like before. Shen Miao is Shen Miao, she has no obligation to meet your demands. And stop causing trouble here, think more about Qingyang, otherwise if something unexpected happens next time, no one will be responsible for you."

A threat, a blatant threat!

Lingxi trembled with rage and cursed, "You useless thing, I'd rather raise a weed than you! You can't even control your own female beast, yet you dare to threaten your mother and brother! You'll regret this!"

"Get lost!" Shen Miao grabbed a wooden stick and made a move to hit them.

Lingxi was both angry and afraid, so she could only take the little beastman's hand and leave first.

Shen Miao put the stick away and, as if nothing had happened, called the children to continue eating. Although Ling Xi was making a scene, she ignored her, treating her like a fart, and once she let it go, it was over.

...

"Something terrible has happened! Someone has died in the river!"

A panicked voice suddenly rang out from the riverbank.

The nearby orcs rushed over, and Shen Miao followed. Together, they pulled the orcs out of the river.

"Isn't this the strange beastman? He's been missing for several days, how did he end up in the river?" A beastman recognized the corpse and was very puzzled.

According to Guijue's family, he went to the market three days ago and has not returned since.

The family searched everywhere but couldn't find him; they never imagined he had died in the river.

Then someone shouted, "The bizarre beast soul has been taken away! He didn't fall into the water by accident; he was murdered!"

These words immediately caused an uproar among the crowd.

Orcs all possess beast souls, which can enhance their abilities. The more powerful an orc is, the more precious their beast soul is. Beast souls can be extracted after an orc dies, but very few people would do such a despicable thing.

The orcs were instantly enraged.

"Who on earth dared to do such a heinous thing? We must catch this person!"

"Yes, Guijue is too pitiful. It's bad enough that he was killed, but he also had his beast soul dug out. He's a damned murderer who deserves to die a horrible death."

"If anyone knows any clues, please provide them. The ability to be elusive is quite impressive. How exactly did they die without alerting the other orcs? I feel that the other party is very powerful."

As for how the Minotaur died, he was quite powerful. Killing him and taking his beast soul would not be an easy task.

"The vet is here, let the vet take a look."

The crowd parted to make way for veterinarian Lin Shousheng, who walked over carrying a bag of herbs, presumably having just returned from collecting herbs in the mountains.

Lin Shousheng knelt down to examine Guijue. After a moment, he raised his head and said solemnly, "Guijue died of poisoning."

What? How could I be poisoned?

The strange creature isn't a little brat; it can naturally distinguish between poisonous and non-poisonous things, unless it ingested the poison without its knowledge.

Things seemed to be getting stranger and stranger, and everyone was starting to panic.

Shen Miao listened for a while before speaking up: "The bull-beastman got into trouble after going to the market. Everyone, please avoid the market for a while."