Chapter 373 They Suffered
Qian Jingyao was so distressed that he was speechless. "How could you... become like this? Is the water shortage so serious? Didn't we reserve water for several days? How could this still happen?"
The tribesman perked up a bit, "It's useless. There are so many of us, and each of us only has one mouthful of water a day. And the water will slowly dry up. Even if we put it in the coolest place, the water will still decrease little by little... cough cough..."
"We've probably lost over a dozen orcs to lack of water. They were all injured before, or in poor health, and they didn't make it... The tribe leader wasn't in good shape either. Fortunately, just when we thought he was going to die, the dragon returned with water..."
Qian Jingyao's heart shuddered, "Where is the clan leader?"
"He's in his own home, and it's much better now..."
Qian Jingyao's face regained its color and he pulled Xia Yueke back to their cabin.
When they ran into the house, Qi'an was inside.
An An and Dun Dun were also among them, but they were originally chubby because of Xia Yuke's care. Now their little faces have become wrinkled and their lips are a little dry. However, Xia Yuke can see that the two little guys are obviously in much better condition than the other tribesmen.
"Mother beast!"
An An rushed over all of a sudden, tears streaming down her face.
"Mother beast, where have you been? Why are you back so late... Wuuuuu, we are so thirsty..."
Dun Dun also hugged Xia Yueke's thighs and began to cry.
Xia Yueke felt extremely distressed and hugged them, "I'm sorry... The mother beast is late, I should have come back sooner, I'm sorry..."
The two kids were chubby and plump, with a lot of flesh on their bodies, but now when Xia Yueke held them, she felt that they were so thin that they were just skin and bones, and it felt rough to touch them.
"I'm sorry you've suffered..."
Qian Jingyao also ran over and felt like a piece of shit for leaving the two kids here to suffer. If he had known earlier, he would have taken them with him!
Xia Yueke was crying uncontrollably, and even Lang Ce's eyes were red, as if tears were about to fall.
Just when everyone was sad, Qing Yan came out from the inner room. When he saw Xia Yueke, he immediately pounced on her and knocked her and her two cubs to the ground.
"Yue, you're finally back. Why are you so late? You don't even know how long I've been waiting..."
Qingyan has lost a lot of weight, and even his chubby belly is gone.
Xia Yueke touched his flat belly, "Qingyan, what's wrong with you? Why are you so thin? You..."
An An then spoke with tears in her eyes, and swiftly climbed up, "Mother beast, you don't know that after you left, the father beast Qingyan didn't eat anything, and he left the food to me and Dun Dun..."
"So his fat belly gradually flattened... It's all our fault..."
Qing Yan quickly said: "I'm fine, my stomach is full of energy, I'm fine if I don't eat, you are different."
Xia Yueke never expected that they were living such a hard life. She thought they would be back soon.
Unexpectedly, she was so wrong. Xia Yueke's nose turned red from crying. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry Qingyan..."
Qingyan grinned, "It's okay, I'm fine."
Xia Yuke quickly asked Qian Jingyao and the others to bring out the food.
They took away many fish from the bottom of the sea, which they packed in giant clams, but they didn't eat any of them along the way.
Qingyan, An'an, Dundun and others pounced on the food the moment they saw it, not even caring whether it was raw, and started eating it in big mouthfuls.
Xia Yueke wanted to stop them and ask them to at least cook it before eating, but when she thought about the fact that some people would eat sashimi, she simply let it go and let them eat their fill first.
It's all her fault. She was so busy thinking about how thirsty they were that she forgot they also needed to eat. The birds and animals on the land were almost dead, and they must not have eaten well these days.
After the three of them had a big meal, they all felt more energetic and no longer seemed as weak as before.
Xia Yueke asked, "Qingyan, when did you become like this? I remember we were only gone for half a month, how did it become like this?"
Even though Qingyan burped after eating his fill, he was still reluctant to let go. He gnawed on the fish and mumbled, "It was fine at first, but then we had less and less water, and so did the prey. Until the ninth day, there was nothing left, and then the fox orcs started to gnaw on tree bark and eat leaves."
"But the two cubs can't eat it. They're so small, it's not good for them to eat it. Luckily, the stray animals outside caught a lot of wild animals before. Later, all of us relied on that little bit of wild animal meat to survive, and we also drank wild animal blood. But An An and the others refused to drink it, no matter what, so the tribe leader had to step in."
Qing Yan thought about it and said with a little gratitude:
"I didn't expect the chief to secretly hide some water. There's only a small pottery jar that holds so much water. He was afraid of being discovered, so he would always come over secretly at night to give the cubs some water. That's why they look so well."
So that's how it is. No wonder Xia Yueke felt that these two guys were in much better condition than other members of the tribe.
"Mother beast, thanks to the ancestor beast, he is so kind to us. We don't like drinking blood, it's so disgusting."
Dun Dun tugged at Xia Yueke's animal hide, his eyes shining brightly.
Xia Yueke's eyes were moist again at the sight of the two little guys. Why hadn't she thought of this? Why hadn't she thought of the dangers here? She would suffer if she stayed. She might as well go to the sea with them.
An An saw Xia Yuke about to cry again and quickly hugged her, "Mother beast, we are fine. We have the protection of the Blue Flame father beast and the ancestor beast. We are not thirsty. Besides, we ran out of water four or five days ago, so we have three more days of water. Moreover, the Blue Flame father beast often brings back wild animal meat, which he catches together with the stray beasts outside!"
At this moment, the patriarch appeared out of nowhere:
"That's right. Didn't you send the flow beast to deliver more water later? Thanks to that, all of us orcs drank two bowls each, which solved our urgent problem!"
The clan leader's condition at this time was not much different from those clan members outside. It seemed that he had not had water for two days and left the last bit of water to An An and Dun Dun.
Xia Yueke wiped her tears and said, "Chief, thank you for taking care of An An and the others. It's all thanks to you!"
The tribe leader smiled and said, "Three days ago, I was about to despair. Thanks to you for coming in time. However, I know that water is hard to come by right now, so I ordered the tribe members to drink only one bowl of water a day. So seeing that they are in a bad state now, there is nothing we can do. Although the mermaid said that they can drink for a long time, I am still worried and want to confirm it again."
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