"What? Let you collect the fruit of divine punishment!" Manli was lying on a beast hide covered with thick dry grass, gnawing on a piece of bloody and tender blue ox meat. Blood was dripping down her chin onto the beast hide. There were six orcs squatting or standing in the cave.

One of the orcs, who was strong and had a cold look on his face, stood at the entrance of the cave, looking at her expressionlessly.

Manli struggled to stand up with the help of the gray-haired orc, looking at Fuyi with anger.

"Why should I ask you to go? You are my partner. Shouldn't you ask me before you do anything? This winter will be even more difficult. If you don't go out hunting, will my cub and I starve in this cold season? I don't agree!" Manli threw the beast meat in her hand to the ground fiercely, with a sharp and piercing sound.

"We are not married yet." The orc's voice was flat, without any ups and downs.

"Your parents took a whole yellow sheep from me. You are mine now. If I say no, it's no!"

Fu Yi's words further ignited Manli's rage. She rushed to Fu Yi and raised her bloody hand. Her sharp nails left three bloody scratches on Fu Yi's face, and the boy's tender cheeks instantly became red and swollen.

"This is the decision of the witch doctor and the tribe leader. I want to go too!" The boy seemed to be a machine without the sense of pain. He didn't mind the scar on his cheek at all and still had a calm expression.

Manli glared fiercely at the boy's face, which she once liked very much, but which had never smiled at her.

Her eyes were fierce: "Haha, you are actually afraid that you will marry me after Han Ji becomes an adult, but your parents have already given you to me, so you are mine."

"I'm afraid you won't be able to disagree with this matter!" The witch doctor's old and stern voice rang out at the entrance of the cave.

Manli and her companions immediately stood up straight, lowered their heads slightly and looked respectfully at the slightly hunched grandma at the entrance of the cave.

"The tribe will give you two gazelles in exchange for Fuyi's freedom! From now on, he will no longer have anything to do with you!" The old grandmother's eyes were cold, and the severity in her gaze was like a sharp wooden stick that fixed Manli in place.

"But! I..." Manli was unwilling to give in, and even felt a hint of resentment towards the witch doctor whom she usually respected.

“No buts. I’ll take Fu Yi away!” He turned around and left with Fu Yi and Ji Nuan, who had been acting invisible.

Manli knew that she no longer had the qualifications to object to the witch doctor's decision.

Ji Nuan felt a chill down her spine. A cold and resentful gaze from behind her seemed to be crawling up her spine, making her feel uneasy.

He thought to himself: It seems I have to be careful with Manli in the future. This woman doesn't dare to do anything to the witch doctor, so she is transferring all her hatred to me.

Her sparse little eyebrows were frowned in distress. She just wanted to survive in this world, but why was it so difficult? Alas!

Fu Yi was taken back to the cave by the witch doctor grandma and temporarily lived with Uncle Bo.

When Ji Nuan returned to the cave, Xiu Yan was hungry enough to eat a green bull beast. His round head was facing the cave entrance, and his smooth golden fur, which he usually took good care of, was drooping listlessly on his body, like a bunch of grass that had been drained of moisture by the scorching sun.

Ji Nuan held up a torch and opened the animal-skin curtain, looking directly into the little lion's watery round eyes, which were full of grievances and accusations.

Seeing Ji Nuan coming in, the sinister little Xiu Yan let out a weak "ow~" sound. His little voice was so weak that it instantly made Ji Nuan feel full of guilt.

Looking at the large leaf on the stone bed that had been bitten into several holes, I felt extremely distressed.

She quickly stuck the torch into the pile of stones at the corner of the wall, walked quickly to the stone bed, and lovingly stroked the little guy's soft fur: "It's all my fault. I forgot to come back early to prepare food for the baby. Wait a minute, baby, I'll make you something delicious."

After comforting the little cub who was almost starving, Ji Nuan quickly walked towards the food storage cave.

Put the croaker meat in a stone bowl and mash it into meat cubes for later use. Add cumin, chili and sour fruits to garnish it, adding color and flavor. The skilled knead the stinky fruit dough, wrap it in a large leaf and set it aside to wake up.

The water in the stone pot had begun to emit wisps of hot steam, swaying its soft and slender body in the cool night breeze, like a dancing fairy in heaven, delicate and beautiful.

But Ji Nuan, who was worried about the little cub, had no appreciative nature at the moment. She took the stone bowl and poured the marinated meat into the pot. The bright red cuckoo meat was wrapped in hot water, and soon it turned into white fat balls emitting an alluring aroma, rolling and undulating in the pot.

Rolling and pulling the noodles were done in one go, and a pot of fragrant noodles was brought in as the little lion was eagerly waiting.

The little fellow slurped the noodles that Ji Nuan fed him. His unwrapped little paws moved in and out, and his little meat pads kept stepping on the stone bed. He wished he could pick up the stone pot and pour the noodles directly into his mouth.

Ji Nuan found the anxious look very funny, but she had to consider this little boy who cared about his reputation and could not laugh out loud. It was very difficult to hold it back.

The atmosphere here is harmonious and harmonious, just like a warm spring.

Manli's cave seemed to be snowing in the cold winter.

After the witch doctor grandma and Ji Nuan took Fu Yi away, Manli's hatred became even more difficult to calm down. The resentment surging in her heart made her feel as if her heart was being torn by claws, which made her feel painful and itchy, and she couldn't calm down.

Listening to the steady breathing of her companions, a dark light flashed across Manli's eyes. She stood up carefully, took the animal skin covering her body, and walked out of the cave quietly.

After walking out of the cave, he stopped and listened for a while to make sure there was no sound, then he tiptoed towards the small woods on one side of the tribe.

As soon as Manli's figure disappeared in the night, the beastmen in the cave opened their eyes and the atmosphere in the cave became a little stagnant.

After coming out of the punishment cave, Manli often went out at night and did not come back until dawn. How could the orcs with their sensitive five senses not know this?

"Do you want to come out and take a look?" A low, hoarse voice came from the corner, and in the darkness, a slightly skinny figure sat up.

The animals were somewhat silent.

"Don't go, go to sleep! Just pretend you didn't know, or you won't have anything to eat tomorrow!"

The orc who was speaking slept next to Manli, which showed that she valued him very much on weekdays. However, there was a hint of coldness in the orc's voice.

The orc's words discouraged the beasts from going out to look for Manli.

What else can we do when we go out at night? With Manli's personality, if we interrupt her good time, I'm afraid she will be hungry for several days.

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