Chapter 193
The children hesitated.
Sanbao mustered his courage and took the lead, saying, "I'll give it a try."
Shen Miao patted his little shoulder and gave him a fried locust. Sanbao put it in his mouth with a death-defying spirit. He thought the taste would be very strange, but, hey, it's not bad.
I chewed it a couple of times, and wow, it smelled so good!
Sanbao hadn't even finished eating one of the locusts, but his eyes were already fixed on the other locusts in the pot, and his hand reached out to take some.
Not only Shen Miao's family, but the other beastmen were also paying attention to Sanbao's reaction, asking him how he was feeling. But Sanbao had no time to answer.
They stuffed one into their left hand and one into their right, regardless of how big their mouths were.
Seeing this, the children didn't bother to ask any more questions. They figured they'd know if it was good or not by trying it themselves, so they started eating too.
Once they started eating, they couldn't stop, just like Sanbao.
Jiuying nudged Qingchen with her elbow and laughed heartily, "I think these fried locusts look pretty good, shall we try some?"
Qingchen gave him a cold look and said, "You can try it if you want."
"Okay, I'll try it."
Jiuying grabbed a locust, threw it into his mouth without any hesitation, crunched it into small pieces, and his eyes lit up slightly. This tastes good.
One more, please.
Qingchen's lips moved, as if he wanted to say that there was no need for him to act so realistically, but a beastman around him had already asked on his behalf, "Jiuying, it's not that exaggerated, is it? People who don't know better would think you've eaten some kind of delicacy."
"This is no delicacy! This stuff is awful! You absolutely mustn't eat it!" Jiuying declared righteously, then popped another one into his mouth.
The orcs were speechless. If you didn't stuff them into your mouth one by one, that statement might be more believable.
Seeing that the pot of fried locusts had been eaten clean, Jiuying and her cubs eagerly said, "Want some more? We'll go catch some, and we'll make sure to bring back a lot."
Shen Miao found it somewhat amusing to be stared at by so many eager eyes. She waved her hand and said, "Go catch them."
What's most abundant here now is locusts.
After the second batch of locusts was cooked, even more orcs tried it, and as everyone who had tasted it unanimously said it was delicious, no one doubted the taste of the fried locusts anymore.
More and more orcs joined in. They went back to get pots and, just like Shen Miao, set up the oil pots outside. They would fry as many locusts as they caught, refusing to believe that they couldn't eat them all.
Almost all the orcs were captivated by the delicious locusts, but a small number of them refused to eat them.
This small group of orcs included Qingchen.
Seeing Qingchen's otherworldly appearance, Shen Miao wanted to bring him down to earth. She deliberately used the fragrant roasted locusts to tempt him, circling around him several times and saying with a smile, "Really not going to eat them? Can you resist? Locusts aren't available every year. Once this opportunity is gone, it's gone forever."
Qingchen remained unmoved.
Shen Miao deliberately brought her mouth close to his ear and then took a bite with a crisp sound, which clearly reached Qing Chen's ears.
"Your Adam's apple moved, did you swallow?" Shen Miao asked as if she had discovered something amazing.
Qingchen turned her head away and said coldly, "Nonsense, stay away from me."
Shen Miao pouted, "How boring. People share good things with you, and you don't even appreciate it. If you don't eat it now, there really won't be any left."
Qingchen walked away.
"..."
Okay, you're the big villain, you're unique, you're amazing, you're aloof.
With the concerted efforts of the tribe's orcs, the locusts were caught, or rather, almost eaten, and the orcs were still somewhat unsatisfied.
The atmosphere in the tribe changed from its previous gloom and regained the vitality it had before the locusts arrived.
...
With a creak, the door was pushed open.
A female animal crept in and called softly, "Awu, Awu."
The raven orc lay quietly on the stone bed. Although his leg had been treated, the time had been too long, and the wound was still painful, so he couldn't sleep soundly.
Hearing the sound, he groggily opened his eyes and saw a charming female beast's face leaning closer.
The raven-orc screamed in fright and shakily backed away, bracing himself with his hands. But he forgot that the stone bed wasn't very big, and he almost fell off.
The female beast pulled him back, preventing him from falling off the stone bed.
The raven orc quickly shook off the female beast's hand, as if it had touched something dirty, avoiding it at all costs.
The female beast was hurt by his reaction and said sadly, "Awu, why, why are you treating me like this? I came here specifically to see you."
"You, you stay away, I'm begging you, Snowflake, I dare not covet you anymore, I will never dare again. Please don't let your parents beat me anymore, or I will die." The raven beastman said, trembling.
The female beast bit her lip, looking at the raven beastman with a mournful expression.
The raven orc couldn't bear her gaze and turned his head away, avoiding her eyes.
"I've come all this way, aren't you even a little bit touched? How can you say that?" The female beast felt wronged. "Are you upset that I didn't protect you at home? But those are my parents. If I help you, they'll beat me up too."
The raven beastman didn't want to say anything more, he just told the female beast to leave quickly.
The female animal refused.
The raven orc didn't know what she was thinking and was at a loss. Clearly, when they were with the Bloodworm Clan, she had also avoided him, and when her parents said he was harassing her, she didn't refute them.
If the female beast had said a word to him back then, his fate wouldn't have been so tragic.
The Raven Orc now feels a physiological fear of the Bloodworm Orcs, and he never wants to experience it again.
"Go away, go back." The raven beastman shooed the female beast away.
The female beast shouted, "I don't want to! I want to take care of you. Your legs are broken. If this continues, you'll become a cripple."
The raven orc was sweating profusely and broke down, saying, "That's none of your business. I brought this on myself. Please, Snowflake, go. Go quickly, or your parents will come after us again."
"No, Awu, I ran away from home without telling my parents, they don't know."
The raven orcs were even more desperate upon hearing this.
Why is this happening?
"Awu, I've brought you some food. I'm coming in."
Shen Miao's voice came from outside. Before the raven beastman could say anything, Shen Miao pushed open the door.
She was carrying a box filled with food and had a smile on her face, but the smile vanished the moment she saw the female beast.
"A female Bloodworm?"
Shen Miao put the box down, and her fingers gathered a stream of spiritual energy, pointing it directly at the female beast's forehead.
The raven-orc was terrified. Dragging his broken leg, he scrambled to his feet and cried out, "Don't do it! Shen Miao, don't do it!"
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