Chapter 92 Bored
Yi Yuan, Mo Li, and Yan were grilling meat, Jin Tong was boiling water, and Shu Ning was watching them work from the side.
She wanted to see what Jin Tong would do next.
I'll also teach him how to cook.
Jin Tong then put the beast meat into the water to boil, and added salt.
"Not bad, Jin Tong. You're self-taught, amazing." Shu Ning squatted down next to Jin Tong and praised him.
"That's right, I've been researching this for several days, just waiting for you to come back and cook it for you."
"Oh my, Jin Tong is so good to me, I don't know how to thank you enough."
Hearing this, Jin Tong was secretly delighted.
"That's good. Ningning is so easy to please."
He turned to look at her and saw her right beside him, which warmed his heart.
"Friendly reminder: Jin Tong's favorability has increased by 1."
“That’s great, Ningning. Let’s go to our Crimson Flame Mountain another day and I’ll show you how big our territory is.”
Seeing the two of them being so intimate, Yan couldn't help but want to interrupt, so she walked over and said something.
"Try the grilled meat I learned from you guys."
Just as Shu Ning took it, she saw Mo Li take it as well.
"His didn't have any salt, so I'll eat mine."
She took it from Mo Li.
"Salt? What is that?" Nightmare asked, looking at the string of salt that looked no different from his own.
"You don't even know that?"
Jin Tong took out the salt from the jar and showed it to him.
"Try it," he said to Yan, a sly glint in his eyes.
Yi Yuan also came to take a look; this was the first time he had heard about it.
"What does it taste like?" he asked, looking at Nightmare.
"Mmm! Delicious." Nightmare took a bite and gave his answer after a moment, managing not to spit it out.
"Really?" Yi Yuan heard him say it was delicious, and curiously took a little and put it in his mouth.
Jin Tong, Yan, and Mo Li were all waiting for his reaction.
The next second, his handsome eyebrows instantly twisted and he immediately spat them out.
"Hahaha!"
The two men burst into laughter upon seeing his reaction.
"Fine, you dare to mess with me!" He was about to spar with them the next second.
“I think it tastes good, but you don’t. How can that be called teasing?”
When Yan saw that he was about to come over and fight him, he pretended to back away but still kept talking back.
“Exactly, if you don’t know how to eat, it’s our fault. Nobody forced you to eat,” Jin Tong added with a smile.
"you!"
Yi Yuan was speechless at their words, then suddenly remembered something, turned around and walked to Shu Ning, who was eating barbecue, put his arm around her slender waist, lowered his head and kissed her forehead, his eyes instantly changing from annoyance to smugness.
It seems to be proclaiming what the real winner is.
Mo Li simply watched them from the side, a smile playing on her lips.
He was laughing with Jin Tong and the others when he saw Yi Yuan holding Shu Ning.
“Boring,” he commented.
"Yiyuan, this is salt. It doesn't taste good on its own. Sprinkling it on food will enhance its flavor and make it taste better," Shu Ning explained to him.
Then she sprinkled some salt from Jin Tong's can onto the skewers that didn't have any meat on them and handed them to him.
"Try it."
Yi Yuan took the skewer, took a bite, and his pupils dilated instantly. He never expected that it could be done like that.
"Hmm, not bad, it tastes much better now."
Nightmare also put some on the grilled meat and tasted it.
...
Outside the cave where the jackal orcs were imprisoned—
Xingyu, who was hiding outside the cave, first saw Shu Ning's several beast husbands enter the cave. After staying inside for a while, she saw Shu Ning and her new beast husband enter the cave.
She figured the beastmen wouldn't ask anything when they went in, but when Shu Ning went in, she couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
For some reason, the fat female Shu Ning, whom she used to look down on, has now made her feel a little nervous about her series of changes.
Although she appeared calm on the surface, she was completely unaware of what was happening inside, but her heart was already in turmoil.
The person she had always looked down on could now evoke a change in her emotions, making her feel even more disgusted with her.
Despite being so ugly, fat, and having such a terrible temper, Mu Xia has never even given her a second glance, even though she is so well-behaved and beautiful.
Is it just because she's not her biological daughter? Why did she take her in as her daughter, making her feel like a child without a mother even though she has one?
Thinking of this, her eyes welled up with tears, and her disgust for Shu Ning intensified.
Seeing that they had stayed inside for a while made her feel a little uneasy.
But she couldn't afford to lose her composure; the jackal beastmen were, on the surface, related to Mu Yu.
Mu Yu repeatedly defied her in public. Although her words were within reasonable limits, it was clear to everyone that she was provoking her and trying to embarrass her.
Mu Yu, that female, is so unable to hide her thoughts, always leaving room for suspicion in others.
Even if Shu Ning were to suspect someone, she would suspect her first; what does it have to do with Xing Yu?
She was just an insignificant beastman, without Mu Xia's favor, and without any real power to mobilize the wolf beastmen, so who would think of her?
Thinking of this, she curled her lips into a smile, and her eyes became even more sinister.
Just as she turned around to go back, she suddenly saw Xuan Lin walking towards her from not far away.
It almost startled her.
Although she didn't show any signs of fright, the fleeting panic in her eyes betrayed her.
She quickly changed her mood, emerging from the corner with a look that shifted from sinister to pitiful.
"Brother Xuanlin, what are you doing here?" she asked in a soft voice.
Xuan Lin, who never liked to talk to people, naturally ignored her as well.
Not to mention Mu Xia, who isn't his biological daughter, even Shu Ning from before... he never gave her a kind look.
I caught a glimpse of the panic in her eyes just now, and it happened in this area...
His eyes narrowed slightly, and he became even more certain of a certain guess in his mind.
Without asking any further questions, it's clear that she's definitely involved in this matter.
"Brother Xuanlin, I've come to see who wants Sister Shu Ning dead. Sister Shu Ning doesn't have any grudges against anyone..."
She glanced at Xuan Lin's expression before continuing.
"How could she have provoked an attack by jackal beastmen? Someone must be plotting against her..."
Seeing that he didn't react, she continued.
"I came here to hide and wait for the real culprit behind this to walk into my trap."
After she finished speaking, Xuan Lin walked past her without stopping.
"mysterious…"
Seeing that he simply ignored her and left, she didn't call out to him again.
Being ignored and disrespected by him made her so angry that she stomped her feet and clenched her fists tightly.
She told him all that, and she didn't know if it would dispel his suspicions about her, but in any case, she couldn't stay here any longer.
He was about to leave when he remembered that she had just told him to keep an eye on the real culprit.
Now she was in a dilemma, so she decided to wait until Xuan Lin was far away before she slipped away.
Xuan Lin originally wanted to see why the jackal tribe suddenly attacked Shu Ning, but he didn't expect to discover such an unexpected thing.
He was just "passing by" and casually "seeing" how she would react.
The result was both surprising and not entirely unexpected.
It seems that he has to protect Shu Ning, this female.
But before that, he needs to figure out how to solve this problem.
...
This entire scene was witnessed by Xuan Mo, who was lurking in the shadows…
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