CHAPTER 145: ARE YOU CHASING ME AWAY

"This is really good; if we drink this in winter, then I am sure it will feel really comfortable," said one of the totem warriors.

"Indeed. It’s hot and really warms you up."

"Thank you for letting us taste something so good, Chanchan."

"Thank you."

"Thank you very much."

The people of the tribe were quickly won over by the delicious taste of the soup. They drank their fill and patted their butts before turning around and walking out of the cave. When Ruan Zeqiu saw the pitiful amount of bone broth in the pot, he was really upset but didn’t say anything as he knew that it would cause trouble for him and his sister. Anyway, they had a lot of bones; they could always collect more and cook some soup for themselves.

Ruan Chanchan, however, didn’t care about the soup that had run out in the pot. At the moment, she was grinning ear to ear as she listened to the notification going off in her mind. She had received a lot of goodwill points but that wasn’t what made her happy. It was actually,

[Special Reward: Cloth Weaving Technique.]

Congratulations on obtaining the cloth-weaving technique, darling. Xiao Xi bobbed in front of Ruan Chanchan and smiled at her. He was quite happy that his host was growing.

Ruan Chanchan looked at the text that had appeared in front of her and put it aside; she was going to learn how to weave clothes later at night. If she suddenly passed out, then her brother would raise the entire tribe on his head again, crying and making a fuss that they had ruined his sister. Just the demo from earlier was enough.

"When are we going to eat the mushrooms?" Xie Daiyu asked. He was afraid that Ruan Chanchan would eat the mushrooms alone and wanted to try it first. Even though he knew that Ruan Chanchan must be speaking the truth and these mushrooms could be eaten, he still didn’t dare to let her take the risk. If something happened to his destined one, then he wouldn’t even have a chance to cry.

"Tomorrow morning. I think we have drunk enough soup for tonight." Ruan Chanchan was afraid that the two mers would ask her to cook again, so she hurriedly relayed her plan. She was stuffed and looking at the bulging belly of the two mers, she knew that they were full too. It was just them being greedy. "We have to wait until tomorrow. Anyway, the longer the bones are stewed, the better the soup will taste. So, I will put them in the pot tonight and we can have them in the morning."

Xie Daiyu nodded and when he saw Ruan Chanchan yawn, his eyes turned doting and he asked, "Do you want me to help you wash these innards? It seems like you are really tired."

She was indeed really tired. She had been walking around the mountains all day long and didn’t have the time to rest and when she returned home, Ruan Zeqiu snatched her mushrooms and ran all the way to the other end of the cliff. Her legs were now shaking.

"Alright." Ruan Chanchan didn’t want to clean the innards; since someone wanted to clean them, then she should let him do it.

Darling, didn’t you say that you didn’t want to rely on a mer again and leave everything on him? Xiao Xi reminded Ruan Chanchan at once.

When Ruan Chanchan heard Xiao Xi’s response, she sat up straight. She looked at Xie Daiyu, who was about to take the innards outside and wash them. She said to him, "Leave it. I will clean them." Looking at Xie Daiyu, she couldn’t help but remember Yin Fu. When her mother forced her to marry Yin Fu, she was truly upset and didn’t treat that mer well. She made him do all kinds of odd jobs and forced that mer to suck up the humiliation that she had put him through. He was obedient and nice but slowly turned resentful under her torment.

Ruan Chanchan didn’t want the same thing to happen with Xie Daiyu and she didn’t want to mistreat another mer, so she immediately stopped him. She got to her feet and took the innards of the beast from him and then walked out of the cave. When Xie Daiyu saw Ruan Chanchan walking out of the cave, he was stunned as if he couldn’t understand her reasons. What happened? Didn’t she agree to let him wash the innards? Why did she suddenly take them away from him?

Xie Daiyu frowned and chased after her.

"Are you trying to chase me away?" Xie Daiyu asked worriedly. He thought that maybe Ruan Chanchan didn’t want to get involved with him any further and was trying to draw a clear line. Did he eat too much? But he usually ate that much. Maybe she got tired of cooking for him and thought that he was too burdensome. After all, who would cook so much for a single person?

"No, why would you ask that?" Ruan Chanchan wanted to say yes but when she saw the worried look in Xie Daiyu’s eyes, she could only swallow her words. With the wild glint in the eyes of the mer, she was worried that he would either kill her or cry if she said ’yes’. Both of the options were rather tragic for Ruan Chanchan.

If he killed her, then it would be really problematic. And if he cried, then his admirers would kill her in his stead. Anyway, they already believed that Ruan Chanchan was the one who got the better end of the deal. Sighing, Ruan Chanchan could only worry about her bleak future.

The weight pressing on Xie Daiyu’s shoulders finally eased a little, and he said to her in a low voice, "Because you stopped me from washing these innards. You clearly handed me the task, so why did you take it away from me?" After he finished speaking, he didn’t forget to shoot an aggrieved look at Ruan Chanchan.