Shen Miao didn't pursue the matter too much, but while she could escape the death penalty, she couldn't escape punishment. In the end, she was given twenty lashes to settle the matter.
Green Pearl returned covered in wounds, her face filled with resentment. The more she thought about it, the more unwilling she became, her teeth almost grinding to powder. She vowed to take revenge.
Shen Miao didn't take Lü Zhu seriously. She would deal with whatever came her way, but if she lived in constant fear, how could she possibly live a normal life?
After returning home, Jiuying was about to go out when she saw Shen Miao. She quickly stopped, looked Shen Miao up and down, and asked anxiously, "Are you alright?"
Shen Miao raised an eyebrow: "What could be wrong with me? Where are you going?"
“The little ones said you were taken away by the orcs from the clan leader’s side, so I wanted to go and see.” Jiuying breathed a sigh of relief.
Shen Miao smiled and reassured her, "They can't do anything to me, don't worry. By the way, how's your recovery going?"
Jiuying answered honestly, "Much better, I've recovered about 70-80%. Next time you need something, be sure to call me, otherwise, otherwise I..."
"Okay, get yourself back to your best condition as soon as possible, you'll get your share."
...
Shen Miao had accumulated a considerable amount of beast crystals, but since breaking up the trade with the Ice Tiger Clan, she had not been able to find another partner.
As she accumulated more and more beast crystals, she wondered if it was time to find a buyer.
While she was still pondering, the Ice Tiger Clan, as if it were a worm in her stomach, sent people over again. This time, the orcs they sent seemed rather gentle and refined, much better than that mountain beast.
When they first fell out, Shen Miao didn't make any definitive statements, and the Ice Tiger Clan only sent someone after so long, which shows they figured she had calmed down.
The orc came over and introduced himself as Gao Shu. He expressed his desire to continue his previous cooperation with Shen Miao, and his attitude was sincere from beginning to end.
Shen Miao didn't give anyone a hard time. After all, a mountain is a mountain, and a tall tree is a tall tree. As long as the people are okay and the business can continue, that's fine.
After chatting for a while, both sides felt that things were going well, and Shen Miao invited them to stay for dinner.
Gao Shu expressed his gratitude and agreed. Seeing that he had traveled a long way and his lips were chapped, Shen Miao poured him a bowl of water.
The orc accepted it with both hands and said gratefully, "Thank you for your help."
"No need, we'll eat lunch anyway." Shen Miao smiled and went to the kitchen to prepare the meal.
The children were running around wildly in the yard. Shen Miao was afraid they would disturb the guests, so she specifically reminded them to keep it down, but the children were having too much fun to listen.
After Shen Miao went inside, the kids became even more unruly.
Erbao pointed at Sanbao and laughed, "Hey, Sanbao, you dare to ambush me? Let's see how your brother teaches you a lesson today!"
As he spoke, he pounced on Sanbao and tickled him.
Sanbao was ticklish and laughed heartily, reaching out to Dabao and Xiaosibao for help.
"Don't help, or I'll beat you up," Erbao threatened domineeringly.
The two little ones were playing around and somehow ended up near Gao Shu. Gao Shu was holding a bowl and tried to avoid them, but Er Bao suddenly raised his wooden spear and knocked the bowl over.
Gao Shu watched helplessly as the bowl flew out, spilling water all over the ground; he didn't even get a sip.
He couldn't help but feel a little regretful, and subconsciously licked his lips.
It's a pity, the sun is scorching today, he was actually thirsty a long time ago.
But the little ones didn't do it on purpose, so Gao Shu couldn't blame them. He patted the water off himself and could only accept his bad luck.
Da Bao walked over, pulled Er Bao and San Bao up, and said with a serious face, "Why are you disobedient? You spilled the guest's water. What do you want to say?"
"I'm sorry," Erbao and Sanbao said obediently.
Gao Shu was very pleased with what he saw and reached out to touch the two little ones' heads. Er Bao turned his head away and dodged, and San Bao followed Er Bao's example and dodged as well.
"Hehe, the little guy has quite a personality," Gao Shugan said with a smile.
Hearing the commotion, Shen Miao came out of the house and asked, "What just happened?"
Gao Shu waved his hand and said it was nothing, just the kids playing around. Da Bao then explained to Shen Miao, who said apologetically, "I'm sorry, the kids don't know any better. I see your animal skin looks wet, do you want to change into something else?"
"It's alright, the sun is strong, I'll just sit here and bask in the sun for a while," Gao Shu waved his hand in refusal.
Because of all this commotion, the contents of Gao Shu's animal skin bag were slightly exposed. He glanced down at it and his expression suddenly changed slightly.
Confused, Shen Miao asked, "What's wrong?"
Gao Shu didn't answer her. Instead, he solemnly took out a strangely shaped stone from the animal hide, stared at the color of the stone, and looked very unpleasant.
"What's wrong?" Shen Miao asked again.
Gao Shu, abandoning his previous gentle demeanor, sneered, "Shen Miao, if you don't want to do business with our Ice Tiger Clan, just say so. There's no need to resort to such underhanded tactics."
Shen Miao looked completely bewildered. "What did I do?"
Gao Shu thought Shen Miao was pretending to be stupid, and he immediately got angry. He kicked over the wooden stool he was sitting on. "At this point, you still dare to argue? Look carefully, what is this? The poison detection stone records everything clearly. You poisoned the water. If the bowl hadn't been knocked over by chance, I would be a corpse by now."
Growing angrier as he spoke, Gao Shu suddenly raised his hand and slapped Shen Miao with lightning speed.
Caught off guard, Shen Miao's head was knocked to the side.
Gao Shu was still not satisfied and wanted to continue attacking Shen Miao. Two figures rushed out of the room, equally tall and swift. In the blink of an eye, Gao Shu was subdued.
"Let me go! You despicable people! You poisoned me first, and then tried to silence me! If I die here today, the Ice Tiger Clan will never let this go!" Gao Shu shouted.
He was actually a little scared. If he had known there were two such powerful male beasts here, he shouldn't have chosen to turn against them in the first place.
Now, with three against one, he has no chance to fight back.
Jiuying cursed, "Watch your mouth! We have no need to poison you. There are plenty of ways to kill you."
Gao Shu's face turned bright red, a mixture of anger and embarrassment.
Qingchen also said in a deep voice, "Please be careful what you say before the truth is clear."
"Let me go first! What kind of orcs bully the few with numbers? If you want evidence, can't you check the poison testing stone yourselves? It was water that splashed on the poison testing stone that caused its color to change. Tell me, what other truth do you want?!" Gao Shu said angrily.
Qingchen gestured to Jiuying, and the two released each other. As soon as Gao Shu was free, he immediately moved far away from the two of them.
"There must be some misunderstanding here..."
"What misunderstanding! I know what your purpose is now: you're dissatisfied with us Ice Tiger Beastmen and want to kill us. You just wait and see!" Gao Shu stormed off.
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