CHAPTER 147: YUAN NI CONFRONTS XIE DAIYU

When Shao Xia heard his response, she was even more satisfied. Well, it seemed like this mer was at least of some use. She hooked her arms around the little mer and softly cooed at him, "I will come to your cave tonight."

When Yuan Ni heard her response, his eyes lit up and his heart started to beat uncontrollably. He nodded and continued to repeat like a fool, "Alright, alright." Then he reached out and held Shao Xia’s hands tightly. He was quite happy when he thought about being chosen by Shao Xia. It seemed like his hard work had finally moved Shao Xia, the strongest woman in the tribe. She would certainly make him her mate after tonight.

Behind them, when the many admirers saw this, they were filled with anger and disappointment. They couldn’t help but scream in their hearts. Damn, Yuan Ni was really lucky. If they knew that they could have gotten closer to Shao Xia by speaking sweet words, then they would have done it long ago. Who would have thought that Shao Xia liked listening to sweet words?

Only if they knew!

Shao Xia smiled at Yuan Ni, who was happily latched onto her arm, and then turned to look at Ruan Chanchan with her expression distorted. Ruan Chanchan, who asked you to steal Xie Daiyu from me? He is mine! Even if I don’t want him, he can only be mine. Since you dared to steal what’s mine, I will make sure that you learn your lesson.

As night fell, Xie Daiyu returned to his cave. He wanted to stay with the Ruan siblings, but Ruan Chanchan rejected his suggestion under the pretext that they were still getting to know one another, and it was better if he stayed with his family. Only then did Xie Daiyu give up the thought of staying in the Ruan family’s cave. If his destined one didn’t want him to stay at the cave, then he was not going to force her. He would listen to whatever she had to say.

However, when he arrived at his cave, he ran into another mer. The smile on his lips slid down when he saw Yuan Ni and hesitated for a while before asking, "Does Priestess Yuan need me for something?"

"Xie Daiyu, don’t you feel upset over what you have done? How could you do such a thing to Sister Xia? You not only rejected her, but you also made her embarrassed in front of everyone in the tribe. Have you lost your mind?" Yuan Ni gritted his teeth and spoke harshly. Now that Shao Xia had accepted him, he felt like he had the right to deal with Xie Daiyu, who had hurt his mate. What was more, he simply disliked Ruan Chanchan to the bottom of his heart. That woman was not only weak, but she was also scheming.

She should really be punished by the gods for causing so much trouble.

"Yuan Ni, what right do you have to yell at me? Do you think that I will not kill you for showing disrespect to me just because you are the grandson of Old Priestess Yuan?" Xie Daiyu hated it when others tried to point their fingers at him. Considering that Yuan Ni liked Shao Xia, Xie Daiyu had already shown him enough respect. In the past, Yuan Ni had often come to his place and told him that he liked Shao Xia overtly or covertly and he had never taken his actions to heart, but it seemed like this mer had lost his mind.

He hadn’t even questioned Yuan Ni for coveting a woman who had promised him that she would never take another mer. And yet this mer thought that he had the right to question him? Who did he think he was?

"Xie Daiyu, you—"

"Yuan Ni, don’t be so self-centred. Just because you treat Shao Xia as your entire world doesn’t mean that I will have to do it too. You want to make her happy, then do it at your own expense; don’t push me to join in the fun. I have no obligation to do it."

When Yuan Ni heard his words, his face turned red. He said to Xie Daiyu, "Don’t make it sound so good. It’s your fault. Why did you stop Sister Xia from taking another mer? Every woman is allowed to have more than one husband if she wants to."

"Who said that I was the one who stopped her? I have nothing against a woman if she wants to bring in more than one mer in her house. It was Shao Xia who promised me and swore that she would never take another mer as her husband other than me. I have nothing against her if she wanted to bring in another mer, but the problem lies with the fact that she lied to me. I am not an unreasonable person. If she had been honest with me from the start, then I would have judged her according to her strength and character. But she lied and made false promises."

"Do you think that my issue with her is that she was insisting on bringing in more mers? No. My issue is her dishonesty. She lied to me, all because she wanted to bring in a mer that she liked to her cave just days before our mating ceremony was supposed to be held. What else did she mean other than forcing me into accepting her terms? She could have been open to me from the start, could she not?"

Many people in the tribe who didn’t know him personally believed that Xie Daiyu was upset with Shao Xia because she brought in another mer between the two of them. The truth? While he didn’t want to share his wife with other mers, he wasn’t exactly against it to the point that he would break their relationship. The one thing that he despised the most was that Shao Xia lied to him!