Green Pearl was beaten and was in excruciating pain.
Jiuying showed absolutely no mercy, beating her to death.
She was both angry and aggrieved, and she couldn't swallow her anger. After returning to the tribe, she immediately went to the chief's house to complain that Jiuying had beaten her for no reason.
"Chief, look, he beat me all over. Such a violent orc, our tribe can't keep him. Who knows which female beast will suffer next?" Green Pearl cried to the chief, her nose running down her face.
The clan leader was annoyed by her crying: "Why did Jiuying hit you? Did you go and provoke him?"
Green Pearl's eyes darted away. "No way, why would I provoke him? It's because he did something wrong. He got together with Shen Miao, and Shen Miao has beastmen. According to the rules, shouldn't Jiu Ying be executed?!"
The chieftain's household had many orcs, and they all found Green Pearl's words unbelievable.
Would Jiuying take a fancy to Shen Miao?
Although Shen Miao looks much better than before, her size is still a factor, and she can't compare to the other female animals in the village. Back then, Qingchen's marriage to her was all Shen Miao's own doing.
Now that she hasn't plotted against Jiuying, why would Jiuying even look at her?
But Green Pearl insisted, "I saw it with my own eyes. I don't know what they did on the mountain, but Shen Miao was carried back by Jiu Ying. Beastmen and female beastmen should keep their distance. Don't they know that?"
"And another thing, think about it, Shen Miao must have taken a liking to Jiu Ying first, and then used the excuse of treating their illnesses to keep them here. Otherwise, why would she take care of those stray beastmen she didn't know?"
"There must be ulterior motives."
Green Pearl spoke with such conviction that the orcs, who had initially been skeptical, all believed her.
They demanded that Jiu be executed.
The chieftain hesitated, mainly because he felt that Shen Miao was not that kind of female beast. But the beastmen said impatiently, "Chieftain, the sooner the better. If we keep someone like Jiu Ying around, he will ruin all the rules of our tribe."
"Yes, clan leader, we cannot be soft-hearted. Shen Miao is no good female beast, nor is Jiu Ying. They are both birds of a feather."
Amidst the fervor of the crowd, even the clan chief was speechless.
Finally, the beastmen stormed into Shen Miao's house and, without saying a word, began to drag Jiu Ying away.
"What are you doing? Let go of my Uncle Jiuying!"
Seeing the menacing aura of the beastmen, the cubs, though frightened, bravely stepped forward and used their small bodies to resist the beastmen's pulling and tugging.
"Little brat, this has nothing to do with you. Get out of my way." An orc shoved Da Bao aside.
Erbao said angrily, "This is my home, you can't just arrest people like that."
The beastmen sneered, "You little brat, do you know your mother is having an affair? And you're still here defending an unrelated outsider. Tsk, your father must be furious. He raised a son who's siding with outsiders."
"Shut up!" Jiuying struggled frantically, unable to tolerate these beastmen speaking to his cubs like that.
His relationship with Shen Miao was completely innocent.
The orcs restrained him, punching and kicking him as they shouted, "What right do you, a wandering orc, have to speak here? This is our territory, understand, kid?!"
An orc slapped Jiuying's face in an insulting manner, which drew a burst of laughter.
"Uncle Jiuying, we're here to save you!" Sanbao and Sibao rushed over, one of them biting the orc's thigh.
"Ouch!" The orc hissed in pain, cursing, "You brat, let go of me right now!"
The cubs wouldn't listen, and the orc's eyes flashed with ferocity.
Jiuying shouted, "Don't touch them! I'll go with you, do whatever you want with them!"
However, it was too late. Sanbao and Sibao were casually thrown away by the orcs. Their small bodies fell to the ground and they couldn't get up for a long time.
Da Bao and Er Bao rushed forward angrily, but were also thrown out.
The orcs sneered, "Don't overestimate yourself. Even if you grow a few more years, you still won't be a match for us, unless your crippled father can get out of bed."
With that, the beastmen, carrying Jiuying, rode away triumphantly.
Inside the house, Qingchen's eyes were bloodshot with hatred as he shouted, "Dabao, Dabao, how are you?"
"Father, we're alright." Da Bao tried to suppress the taste of blood in his mouth and replied, "Father, we're all alright, we're fine."
"Then come in, come in and let me see you."
Qingchen was extremely anxious, hating herself for being so useless that she couldn't even protect her baby.
The little ones can't even get up.
Erbao wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and casually made up a story: "Daddy can't go in. We're tidying up the yard. We'll go in once the yard is done."
Qingchen stopped talking and just pounded the stone bed hard.
The cat-beastman rushed over and was terrified to see the four cubs lying haphazardly in the yard. He quickly checked them one by one and thankfully, they were only injured and still breathing.
The cat-beastman said to Da Bao, "Da Bao, hang in there a little longer. Uncle Cat will go and get you a veterinarian."
"Thank you, Uncle Cat." Da Bao tugged at the corners of his mouth and revealed a smile.
Lin Shousheng arrived quickly and promptly examined the cubs, applying medicine as he said in a deep voice, "What kind of beastman is so despicable as to do such a serious thing to the cubs?!"
He was still unaware of the injustice done to Shen Miao and Jiu Ying in the tribe.
The cat-beastman recounted what he knew, and Lin Shousheng was filled with hatred: "These beastmen are really getting more and more useless. They can't do anything right, but they're good at bullying female beasts and cubs."
He paused for a moment, then asked, "Where is your mother?"
Given Shen Miao's personality, she would definitely fight to the death if anyone hurt her baby, yet she didn't even show up today.
Da Bao said dejectedly, "My mother was poisoned and was carried back from the mountain by Uncle Jiu Ying. She hasn't woken up yet."
Lin Shousheng looked somewhat dejected.
"Don't be afraid, my children, Grandpa Lin will go and detoxify your mother."
Shen Miao was still unconscious. Lin Shousheng took her pulse, examined her body, and then prepared medicine. The cat-beastman immediately took on the task of decocting the medicine and personally fed it to Shen Miao after it was ready.
Shen Miao's body temperature dropped, and she gradually regained consciousness.
"Am I... home?" Shen Miao rubbed the back of her head, still feeling lingering fear as she thought about the dangerous situation of being surrounded by so many vines.
"Yes, you've gone home. However, I have something to tell you: Jiuying has been taken away." The cat-beastman said solemnly.
Shen Miao didn't bother to investigate why the cat-beastman was there. She asked anxiously, "Why did you take Jiuying away? He's been perfectly normal lately and has never gone berserk. They have no right to take him away."
Her voice was filled with anger.
The cat-beastman sighed and recounted everything that had happened after Shen Miao fell unconscious.
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