6kv Chapter 283: Silence is Tonight’s Cambridge
Chapter 283: Silence is Tonight’s Cambridge
Watching Mo Yan about to be thrown, Qiao Xixi’s heart leaped into her throat.
"AWOO~!"
Mo Yan felt his body fly into the air. He heard An’an’s cry and remembered the secret promise he had made to her.
He had said he would definitely awaken his beast soul and become strong so he could protect An’an in the future.
A black mist suddenly spilled from Mo Yan’s eyes, instantly enveloping his small, thin body.
This change made all the beastmen’s eyes widen in astonishment.
A flood dragon suddenly shot out from the black mist, flying toward the elephant beast cub.
The elephant beast cub snorted, preparing to continue the fight. But the flood dragon swiftly darted into its nose. The uncomfortable elephant beast cub thrashed its trunk and retreated again and again. At that very moment, Mo Yan suddenly shot out, his small body slamming into his opponent.
Ordinarily, his small, thin frame would have had a hard time budging an elephant beast cub at least three times his size. But with this impact, the elephant beast cub felt a force from Mo Yan that was far stronger than before. It was sent flying in an instant.
"Wow! Mo Yan actually won!"
The cubs all stood up uncontrollably. They had all thought Mo Yan was doomed to lose, never expecting him to turn things around at the last critical moment.
The way the cubs looked at Mo Yan changed. Even cubs admire strength!
He came down from the high platform and walked over to Qiao Xixi and the others, his black eyes sparkling as if waiting for praise.
"Mo Yan, you’re so amazing."
"Yeah, yeah! That elephant beast was so much bigger than you, and you still won."
"That was awesome!"
The cubs were absolute masters at providing emotional validation. No matter how shy Mo Yan was, being showered with such praise made his eyes curve into a smile.
"AWOO~ Gaga, Gaga gweat! Gweat, pfft~!"
Qiao Xixi also patted Mo Yan’s little head. "Mo Yan, you were wonderful."
Hearing Qiao Xixi’s gentle voice, a bittersweet feeling suddenly surged in Mo Yan’s heart. His eyes felt hot, and he looked up at Qiao Xixi.
"Clan Leader..." The word had barely left his lips when tears streamed down from the corners of his eyes.
Mo Yan sniffled and quickly wiped his tears away. ’I can’t cry when everyone is so happy. It’ll ruin the mood.’
But Qiao Xixi pulled him closer, her fingertips gently wiping away the teardrops at the corners of his eyes.
"From now on, little Mo Yan, you can laugh when you’re happy and cry when you’re sad. Don’t suppress your emotions anymore. You can tell me anything you want to say, okay?"
As soon as she said this, Mo Yan could no longer hold back and threw himself into Qiao Xixi’s arms.
"Sob, sob, sob... Clan Leader..."
Mo Yan had fantasized countless times about what his father and mother were like.
He couldn’t imagine it, but from the moment he saw Qiao Xixi, he began to dream of how wonderful it would be if his mother was like the Clan Leader.
’She’s so gentle, so patient, and she’s so, so good to every single one of her cubs. I love, love, love the Clan Leader’s embrace. It’s so warm and smells so nice... it’s the scent of a mother.’
The moment Qiao Xixi felt her animal-hide clothes grow damp with his tears, her heart completely melted.
’Who cares if he’s the protagonist or the villain of this world? Aren’t they all just adorable cubs who need to be cared for? I’ll raise him. What a cute little guy.’
Seeing Mo Yan monopolizing Qiao Xixi’s arms, the little tiger cub let out an "awoo" and started struggling to get out of her father’s embrace and onto her mother.
"Mama, Mama..."
’Mama is mine! Stupid Gaga, Mama should be hugging An’an!’
When night fell, all the competitions were over. Feili and the others tallied up the winners and told them to come here early tomorrow morning. The Clan Leader would give them the Crystal Stones for their Awakened Beast Souls.
"Those who didn’t win a match today shouldn’t be too discouraged. We will have more competitions like this in the future. Everyone will have a chance to become stronger."
Hearing Qiao Xixi say this, the beastmen became happy again. No matter what, just having another chance was a rare opportunity. After all, most beastmen would go their entire lives without ever awakening their Beast Souls.
That night, during dinner, Qiao Xixi noticed that the table was almost entirely filled with Deer Beast meat.
Jin Ling and the others all had their bowls filled with Deer Beast Blood. Even the usually wild Sangze was acting uncharacteristically proper, holding his bowl and drinking it down in big gulps.
Qiao Xixi was confused. ’Deer Beast Blood is a powerful Yang tonic. It’s the hot season now. Don’t the men feel uncomfortable eating this stuff?’
"Xixi, you don’t like tonight’s dishes?"
Seeing that Qiao Xixi hadn’t touched her chopsticks, Jin Ling served her some roasted meat with fruit jam.
Qiao Xixi snapped out of it and shook her head. "No, it’s not that. I’m just curious why you all suddenly started drinking Deer Beast Blood. Is it that good? Or... are you feeling that some part of your body is... lacking, so you’re drinking it to give it a boost?"
Words like "lacking," "short," or "not enough" were now exceptionally grating to the ears of the men!
Feiyan was the first to lose his composure. He tried to stand up but was yanked back into his chair by Sangze, who said through gritted teeth, "Shut up, you stinking fox, or I’ll knock your teeth out."
As if Feiyan could be threatened by Sangze.
Just as Qiao Xixi thought a huge fight was about to break out between the two, Feiyan miraculously sat back down in his chair and fell silent.
Qiao Xixi was very surprised and looked to Jin Ling as if seeking an answer.
After finishing the blood in his bowl, Jin Ling looked up with a gentle expression and served Qiao Xixi a bowl of soup.
"Xixi, would you like some soup? The soup tonight is very fresh and sweet."
Qiao Xixi blinked. ’But you clearly made white pepper bone broth tonight. It just tastes like white pepper. How is that fresh and sweet?’
’They’re definitely hiding something from me!’
But at the dinner table, none of the men said a word.
Qiao Qiao’s big eyes darted from one to the other, and she couldn’t help but turn to gossip with Xiya.
"Sister, it looks like there’s something wrong with our fathers’ bodies."
Xiya’s mind didn’t leap to conclusions the way Qiao Qiao’s did.
"Huh? What’s wrong with our fathers?"
"They might be... failing."
Xiya was startled. "Our fathers... are they going to die?"
Qiao Qiao shook her head with the solemn expression of a little adult. "It might be even worse than dying."
Mating among beastmen was a law of nature. The cubs actually knew about it, but their knowledge was very limited.
"Then can little sister Qiaoqiao save our fathers?"
Qiao Qiao furrowed her delicate little brows and sighed. "This... is a hopeless case."
Later that night, after the cubs and Qiao Xixi had all gone to sleep, Jin Ling opened the door of the stone house and walked out.
Sunxiao and the others were all standing on the veranda. Hearing the noise, they all turned to look at him.
Jin Ling walked over, his expression unchanged, and sat down on a stone bench.
In the darkness, none of the males spoke.
Silence reigned supreme that night...
Feiyan, with his inability to hold his tongue, was the first to speak.