CHAPTER 148: OH NO! CHIEF XIE WAS BEATEN.

"You...you are speaking nonsense." Yuan Ni didn’t believe that Xie Daiyu had no feelings for Shao Xia, and he was not doing this out of sheer spite and nothing else.

Hearing his response, Xie Daiyu sneered. He said to Yuan Ni, "Only a fool like you will chase after Shao Xia as if she were some treasure. If you want her attention, then fine, you are free to do it. But don’t try to drag me along with you." Xie Daiyu felt sorry for Yuan Ni. He knew that he was a really good person and his heart was in the right place. But he was too naive and stubborn when it came to loving someone.

"Of course I will." Yuan Ni was humiliated and embarrassed when he heard Xie Daiyu speak of Shao Xia as if she were some sort of dead bug that he was avoiding. A mer like him certainly didn’t deserve to stay next to Shao Xia. It was a good thing that Shao Xia and Xie Daiyu separated, or else, with his temper, Xie Daiyu would have certainly caused a lot of trouble for Shao Xia. bah! What did he mean by saying that he was disgusted by the fact that Shao Xia broke her promise? He was sure that Xie Daiyu was making excuses.

He curled his lips in dissatisfaction and sneered. "And you can stay with that Ruan Chanchan. I have to say that the two of you are a perfect match." By saying such words, he wanted to disgust Xie Daiyu, but who would have thought that he would instead curl his lips in a gentle smile and agree?

"You are right; the two of us are a really good match."

Apart from Ruan Chanchan, there was no other woman in the whole tribe who could pique his interest. He was very curious about Ruan Chanchan. Moreover, he now knew that Ruan Chanchan had a rather good temper and was gentle and caring. She was also funny.

After all, which woman in the tribe would agree to pamper a mer instead of sitting tight and being pampered by their mers if their mers were stronger than them? However, Ruan Chanchan was different. Even when she was weak, she was willing to take care of the chores that she could do instead of relying on him. This was enough to warm his heart. One had to remember that when Xie Daiyu was with Shao Xia, the woman did nothing.

Even when she could hunt beasts down, she never shared her meat with Xie Daiyu and gave it all to her father and brother. The reason? They were weak and didn’t have enough to eat. But she never once rejected Xie Daiyu when he brought meat for her. In fact, she would even let her father scold him for bringing in too little meat.

In the past, he ignored everything because he believed that Shao Xia truly liked him. That was why he was willing to silently suffer, but now that he was no longer related to her and had seen through her colours, Xie Daiyu didn’t feel like there was anything worth liking in Shao Xia.

He glanced at Yuan Ni, who was staring at him as if he had force-fed him a rotten corpse. Xie Daiyu smiled and said to the mer, "There is no need for you to look at me like that. Although the two of us cannot see eye to eye, I will still suggest that you stay away from Shao Xia. That woman will only hurt you in the end. Of course, if you don’t want to listen to me, then you are free to do so."

"You don’t need to tell me anything. Humph." Yuan Ni felt really upset. He came here to talk with Xie Daiyu out of the goodness of his heart, and the mer actually told him that he should stop paying attention to Shao Xia? He had been chasing after his goddess for so long; how could he give up? He wanted to say a lot of things, but Xie Daiyu’s status as the son of the chief made it difficult for him to say those words. In the end, he could only swallow the bitter fruit and run away.

He didn’t believe that Shao Xia was going to do anything that would hurt him. Xie Daiyu must be saying those words because he was jealous. That must be the case. Xie Daiyu and Ruan Chanchan had little to no contact. How could Xie Daiyu be happy with Ruan Chanchan? He must be upset that Shao Xia chose him, and that was why he was causing such a fuss.

When Xie Daiyu saw the mer running away, he sighed. As the next leader of the tribe, he was just looking after Yuan Ni. If he didn’t want to believe him, then there was nothing that he could do about it. Shaking his head, he turned on his feet and headed inside the cave. But as soon as he stepped inside the cave, he saw his mother being strangled to death by his father.

"You are being too much. It hurts, dammit. Are you trying to kill me, my dear?" Chief Xie was in great pain. She knew her partner was going to be angry with her once he found out that Xie Daiyu had gotten together with Ruan Chanchan, but she never thought that he would try to kill him. She cried, "I am your mate. The mother of your children – how can you even think of killing me? How can you be so cruel?"

"Am I being cruel? I am the one being cruel?" Father Xie raised his hand and smacked his partner on the face. The sound of a crisp slap echoed in the cave, but even then Father Xie was not satisfied. He raised his hand and slapped his partner one more time. "Who is the one being cruel? How can you—" slap. "How can you give our precious son to someone like Ruan Chanchan?"