"What clothes can't you wear?" Su Tang looked at Lin Shanyue with a puzzled expression, and looked her up and down. "They're fine on her, just a little too big. This girl is too thin; they should be altered to be smaller."
Lin Shanyue felt no resistance in front of Su Tang and described the two pieces of clothing to her without any wariness.
After hearing this, Su Tang slapped her forehead, realizing that she had been negligent.
He pulled Lin Shanyue into the room, took out a new set of clothes, and taught her how to wear them.
When Lin Shanyue came out of the room, her cheeks were already flushed.
When she stepped outside and saw Su Shiwei standing there, she felt even more embarrassed, remembering how she had held that thing up in front of him that morning, turning it over and over in front of him.
She really wasn't used to wearing them, so Atang didn't let her wear those two round pieces of cloth.
Thinking about the vast differences between herself and Atang, her cheeks burned even hotter, to the point that even she, a woman, felt embarrassed and ashamed.
He followed Su Shiwei to the cave where Lin Jiang and the others were being held.
As instructed by Su Tang, there were two orcs guarding the entrance to the cave, but inside, several humans were allowed to move freely, and even the ropes had been untied, leaving them unrestrained.
Compared to the freezing cold outside, there was food and water inside, so it wasn't considered mistreatment.
Seeing this, Lin Shanyue knew that the beastmen had not harmed her people, and she was even more certain that she had made the right choice.
"Shanyue! It's Shanyue!" Lin Jiang saw Lin Shanyue standing outside the cave, grabbed the human next to him by the shoulder, and shook him vigorously.
The group of people who were huddled together for warmth inside the cave quickly stood up.
Lin Jiang was happy to see Shan Yue, but suddenly his face fell, and he wished he could slap himself.
The fact that Shan Yue is here proves that he was also captured by the beastmen! What's he so happy about!
"Shanyue, are you alright?"
"Did the orcs do anything to you?"
Several humans anxiously gathered around.
Seeing that all her clansmen were unharmed before her, Lin Shanyue's heart finally settled down. She answered the clansmen's questions one by one, and then turned to look at Uncle Shi, who was being supported by Lin Jiang behind her.
"Uncle Shi, I'm sorry to have worried you."
"It's good that you're alright. It was my dereliction of duty that I failed to complete the task assigned by the chief. Cough cough..." Uncle Shi said, unable to stop coughing, and the wrinkles on his face made him look several years older.
Lin Shanyue quickly stepped forward to help him catch his breath, "Uncle Shi, don't say that. If it weren't for you all protecting me all the way, I probably wouldn't be alive now!"
“I have found a way back. We won’t have to wander outside anymore. Once the snow season is over, we can go back to the tribe.”
Lin Shanyue's words startled everyone.
"Really? But we're still trapped in the beastmen's territory, and we don't even know if we'll see the sun tomorrow. What good would it do if we went back?" Lin Jiang was the quickest-thinking among the humans.
It wasn't that he wanted to hurt Lin Shanyue, but that was simply the current situation.
The others also looked at Lin Shanyue nervously, their eyes filled with both expectation and worry.
"This is what I wanted to tell you." Lin Shanyue helped Uncle Shi sit down, looked at the few remaining clansmen, and said earnestly.
“I have already made a deal with the orcs. The orcs are willing to go to the human realm to help us reclaim our tribe. We just need to exchange salty sand with the orcs.”
Lin Shanyue's words made the faces of the people who had just been full of hope turn pale instantly.
"Trade with the orcs?! That's unacceptable!"
"Yes, the beastmen have always been savage and bloodthirsty. What if they go to the tribe and slaughter our human race?"
"Letting the orcs into the tribe is like inviting wolves into the house..."
For a moment, several humans, including Uncle Shi, shook their heads frantically.
"Shanyue, even if we die outside, we cannot let the human race be wiped out by our own hands. You must give up this idea." Uncle Shi said, his face pale.
They were afraid that Lin Shanyue would do something foolish.
Lin Shanyue was naturally aware of everyone's concerns; in the past, she would have felt the same way.
But now, her expression was firm, and she was not swayed in the slightest by everyone's opposition.
"Uncle Shi, I've made up my mind."
"If I cannot avenge my father and my tribe, I do not want to live on in this world."
"Besides, since my father took charge of the Shenmu tribe, he has never done anything to harm the other two tribes. Since they have gone so far as to kill my father, why should I care about their lives?!"
"Why should I be expected to consider their feelings when they treat us like this, leaving me with no tribe to return to?"
Lin Shanyue's eyes were red and filled with resentment.
She had nothing left except the few of her people in front of her. What did it matter to her whether the human race lived or died?
She didn't want to care about anything else; she just wanted her father to live and for the tribe to be safe.
Lin Shanyue's words silenced the others.
Yes, they are homeless now and are doomed to die anyway. If the orcs can help them get revenge, they will actually benefit.
The people present harbored hatred in their hearts; who wouldn't want revenge? But they lacked the power to do so!
Seeing that the others remained silent, Uncle Shi realized what they were thinking and began to cough violently again.
"Cough cough cough... Shan Yue, no! If the beastmen harbor ill intentions, our human race will be wiped out..."
"Humans have never traded with beastmen since their existence began. Beastmen cannot be trusted..."
In Uncle Shi's mind, the human race was more important than the tribe.
Just then, Lin Jiang, who had been silent all along, stood on Lin Shanyue's side.
“Uncle Shi, I think Shan Yue is right. The human race is trying to kill us. If we had been caught by the human race on the way, we would have been doomed. But now, we have been captured by the beast race for two days, and the beast race has not done anything to us.”
"I don't think the orcs are entirely untrustworthy. At least for now, they haven't harmed us."
Thinking of the orc female he had seen yesterday, his heart involuntarily tipped towards Lin Shanyue's side.
The others neither agreed nor disagreed.
"The beastmen are bloodthirsty. Even for revenge, we must not trade with them. What if... what if..."
Uncle Shi's hands, gripping the clothes tightly, trembled slightly as he looked at Lin Shanyue.
Humanity could be wiped out; they're all men, they're not afraid of death. But Shan Yue... she's a woman!
He knew how terrible the fate of women who fell into the hands of beastmen was.
Not only Shan Yue, but there are many women like Shan Yue among the human race. Even if some humans deserve to die, those women who are powerless are innocent.
"Uncle Shi, don't worry, I've thought it through." Lin Shanyue held Uncle Shi's cold hand, her voice softening, but her eyes remained firm.
"The Great Wilderness Plains where we live are extremely barren for the beastmen, and they are also far from here. If the beastmen want to continuously exchange salt sand from us, they must keep us alive."
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