"Did he go back home for dinner?" Yes, Xiuyan's arm was not completely healed yet. He must have been called back home for dinner by Aunt Rou, who loved her son so much.

Ji Nuan thought about it and decided not to go to Uncle Xiuli’s house to look for Xiuyan. He would be back after dinner anyway, so she could go back first and come back later.

Thinking of this, he left the two wooden sticks leaning outside the cave and turned back.

Ji Nuan waited until almost noon and ran to the next cave, but still could not see Xiu Yan.

She finally sensed something was wrong.

Although Xiu Yan showed no expression when we talked about resetting the bones yesterday, his suddenly tensed muscles showed that he was still looking forward to his arm recovering, so he wouldn't be away until now.

After thinking for a while, Ji Nuan walked towards Uncle Xiuli's house.

"Aunt Rou! Are you there?" Ji Nuan did not go in directly, but asked outside the cave.

I was a little confused. On weekdays, at this time of day, Uncle Xiuli would be sitting outside the cave processing animal skins. Even the jumping little wolf cub was nowhere to be seen.

After a while, a steady sound of footsteps came from the cave, and a handsome face that looked a little tired appeared in Ji Nuan's sight.

Ji Nuan recognized this gentle and tall orc. He was Xiuming, the eldest son of Uncle Xiuli and Aunt Rou.

The beastman looked at him for a long time before hesitantly asking, "Who are you? Mountain boy?"

Ji Nuan nodded awkwardly. She looked unrecognizable after taking a shower.

"Mountain boy! What's the matter with you?" Xiuming's voice was obviously hoarse, as if he had been shouting for a long time.

Ji Nuan finally sensed something was wrong at this point. She kept her face calm and said carefully, "I went to look for Brother Xiu Yan today, but I called him a few times outside and got no response. I wondered if he had come back, so I came to ask him if he needed any help."

Xiuming's eyes flashed with tears. His voice became even deeper: "My brother is gone. A beastman saw him go out yesterday afternoon, but he didn't come back until the evening.

The beastmen in the tribe went out to search together, and returned in the morning. They only found a piece of animal skin stained with A-di's blood under the stinking tree. Surrounding it were the corpses of sharp-toothed beasts and some scraps of meat. The blood on the ground was A-di's."

There was a buzzing sound in Ji Nuan’s mind, as if someone was ringing a bell in her head. Her face turned pale in an instant, and her lips trembled unconsciously: “No... No...”

Her heartbeat seemed to stop in an instant. It was a hot day, but she felt like she was in the cold winter. She remembered Xiu Yan tearing off the leg of Heng Heng beast for her with an expressionless face, and he asked Lei Er to make a wooden barrel for her.

Ji Nuan's eyes couldn't help but become moist. How could it just disappear? He was such a powerful orc. Xiu Yan was one of the most powerful orcs in the tribe!

It must be because he injured his arm while saving me that the Sharptooth Beast gave him...

Thinking of this, Ji Nuan was overwhelmed with grief and burst into tears. While crying, she kept muttering that it was all her fault and that she was so pitiful.

Looking at the little female cub crying with tears and snot, Xiuming was at a loss.

This... this little girl cried so much, people who didn’t know would think that I bullied her!

Perhaps Ji Nuan's cry was too loud, and finally startled the people in the cave. Ge Rou walked out with red eyes half held in Xiu Li's arms, and said in a hoarse voice: "Whose little female cub is this? She is crying so sadly."

After saying that, he looked at Xiu Ming, whose handsome face was dark, and said, "Baby, did you bully this little female?"

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