The clan chief came again soon after, asking them again whether they wanted to continue staying.
When he came out, he was clearly in a good mood, his eyebrows were raised.
What's going on? Does Chu Lin mean she wants to stay longer? But isn't she short of money?
Thinking of her own affairs, Yu Wanwan quickly called out to Chief Black Chicken.
He turned around, in a good mood, and greeted Yu Wanwan with a friendly smile: "Little female, it's you."
"Chief, hello. I would like to ask you if anyone in the tribe has encountered any merfolk recently."
Speaking of the merfolk, Chief Black Chicken loathed them: "Those damned merfolk, they do evil things every day. They live in the sea, yet they come ashore to steal things all the time! It's like they haven't eaten in eight hundred years, they've left no food for the winter! I wish they were all dead! Not only are they disrespectful to the Beast God, but they also went to join the God of Darkness. They'll die at the hands of the God of Darkness sooner or later!"
He was so excited that he started cursing as soon as he opened his mouth. After he had vented his anger, he realized what he had done and said, "But don't worry too much. Our tribe is very safe. The merfolk have never come here before. You can continue to live here."
Yu Wanwan gave an awkward twitch of her lips.
Thinking to myself, "You were cursing so fiercely just now, it doesn't seem like the merfolk have never been here before."
After saying a few more words, Chief Black Chicken comforted them, saying, "This is a time of chaos. The merfolk are causing trouble every day, and some of the hot-blooded beastmen are also restless. You can rest assured and stay in the tribe. The tribe will protect your safety!"
He was hoping that Chu Lin would give him more money.
After seeing the clan chief off, Yu Wanwan found Chu Lin tanning animal hides.
He carefully removed the bits of meat and blood from the animal hide, his expression extremely focused and serious.
Yu Wanwan stood not far away and watched silently for a while.
Although Chu Lin is young and has a sharp tongue, she is very good at taking care of people, and she does everything very well, from hunting and cooking to tanning animal hides.
When Yu Wanwan saw him, she couldn't help but think of Fei Han; their personalities were somewhat similar.
Chu Lin had noticed Yu Wanwan long ago. Seeing her peeking at him from afar, he subtly curled the corners of his lips and said, "Why aren't you coming over? What are you doing hiding there?"
Lost in thought, Yu Wanwan snapped out of it and jogged over: "I wanted to ask you, are you going to continue living here? I just saw that the Black Chicken Tribe chief seemed to be in a very good mood."
Chu Lin spread the animal hide out on a large rock to dry, then casually said, "Yeah, I told him I'd give him silver to continue living here."
"Huh?" Yu Wanwan's mouth dropped open as she looked him up and down. "You still have money?"
Didn't he say he had no money?
"No."
"Then where will we stay?"
Chu Lin turned around, her eyes full of confidence: "Don't worry, I have a way."
He has lived without parents for so many years, suffering all kinds of bullying, and he didn't grow up for nothing.
Yu Wanwan didn't know what he had up his sleeve. Chu Lin took a fruit out of his pocket and tossed it to her: "Eat it. I heard that females really like to eat this."
Yu Wanwan was stunned for a moment, holding the fruit he had just tossed to her.
Suddenly, I felt that Chu Lin had a domineering CEO vibe.
Chu Lin said he had a way, and he really did. When the clan leader came again, he saw Chu Lin hand him two silver ingots that were even smaller than before.
After the clan chief took it, he left happily.
Yu Wanwan sensed something was off: "Chu Lin, don't you think that silver ingot looks familiar?"
She felt that the silver ingot looked like the original silver ingot that had been cut in half.
Chu Lin's expression suddenly turned sour, and her tone turned cold: "You don't need to worry about it, just eat this."
He handed her the grilled meat.
Yu Wanwan wasn't hungry yet. She took a couple of small bites and then remembered the silver ingot.
She seemed to see something like teeth marks on the silver ingot.
Wait a minute, when the clan leader took that silver ingot, it seemed to have been bitten. Could that tooth mark be the clan leader's?
Yu Wanwan turned her gaze to Chu Lin.
Could it be that he stole the original silver ingot, cut it in half, and gave it back to the clan chief as a new silver ingot?
Yu Wanwan tentatively asked, "Chu Lin, were those two silver ingots the ones you gave to the clan leader before? Did you steal them... and take them back?"
Yu Wanwan changed the word "steal" to something else.
But it was too late; Chu Lin had already heard it.
His complexion, which was already not good, can now be described as dark.
Chu Lin was surprised that Yu Wanwan had discovered the anomaly that even the Black Chicken Clan Chief hadn't noticed.
He didn't want Yu Wanwan to know about this, and he didn't want to become a useless beastman in her eyes; it was too shameful.
He suddenly put down the grilled meat and stood up: "I'm going out for a bit."
Without waiting for Yu Wanwan's reply, he left the cave on his own, and Yu Wanwan couldn't stop him from calling out to him.
At this moment, she was also at a loss. The beast world revered strength, and stealing was tantamount to insulting oneself. Chu Lin seemed to be a very proud person, so how could she do such a thing?
Chu Lin walked out of the cave, randomly chose a direction, and wandered aimlessly.
When he came to his senses, he had already arrived at the place where he had been eating side by side with Yu Wanwan.
At that time, they were still chatting and laughing, and Yu Wanwan even touched her own face.
Chu Lin sat down on the rock, silently gazing into the distance, a profound sadness beyond his years appearing on his youthful face.
Perhaps he should have explained to her that he didn't steal on purpose, but simply because he had no other choice and lacked the means.
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