"My dear, try this. These scallops are delicious. Grill the rest." Her appetite was growing by the day.
She used to be full with two pounds of meat. Now it was nearly ten times that. She seriously suspected all this food wouldn't just turn into fat!
"Alright, eat more. There are plenty more in the river. We'll catch more after we finish these." The beastman efficiently grilled the remaining scallops.
Shu Yue sat on a rock, eating and watching the beastman continue to fish. Even if it all turned to fat, there was nothing she could do. She was hungry…
Before long, the scallops piled up like a small mountain. Wente climbed out of the river, and the smile on his lips suddenly turned cold. "Who! Come out!"
"What?" Shu Yue was startled and looked around.
A particularly large-horned antelope in the woods, startled, ran over. It actually spoke human language, "Don't misunderstand, I, I wasn't peeking at you…" One could tell it was terrified.
Wente glared coldly at the antelope. "Who are you, and when did you get here!"
Little Horn trembled all over from fear and involuntarily transformed into a naked young man. Shu Yue's eyes widened.
Immediately, her eyes were covered by a pair of large hands, and she heard an exasperated, cold shout: "Block it!"
"Yes, yes!" Little Horn picked up a shell kicked by the beastman and used it to cover his private parts.
He was almost kicked in the groin by the thing. Wuwu, it was so scary…
Shu Yue could see again. She first glanced sideways at the beastman. He wouldn't even let her look anymore~
Little Horn felt the beastman in front of him was very powerful, but his female was too ugly, covered in mud and dirty. This must be a female who didn't like to clean!
"Brave warrior, spare my life. I am a horned sheep beastman from a nearby tribe. My name is Little Horn. I just came here to find some grass seeds to eat, not to intentionally peek at you…" Little Horn fearfully squatted down, hugging the shell.
He had only just arrived. Seeing a dirty female eating the meat from the shell, he was curious and didn't leave in time. Who would have thought the beastman beside the female was so powerful? Would he be eaten? Wuwu~
"Horned sheep?" Shu Yue had never heard of horned sheep beastmen before. Were these beastmen who specialized in eating grass?
When Little Horn heard the voice, he found it very pleasant. He couldn't help but look at the dark female again. Before he could see anything different, he was glared at by the powerful beastman and shrunk his head back.
Wuwu, beastmen who eat meat are all so scary!
Wente knew about horned sheep beastmen, but like other fierce beast race beastmen, he looked down on these herbivorous beastmen. It wasn't to the extent of considering them food, though.
The terrified appearance of the young man made Shu Yue feel sympathetic. She couldn't help but tug at the beastman's arm beside her. "Wente, don't scare him. Look, he's almost crying."
Wente glanced at him upon hearing this and became even more disgusted!
The young man's eyes were brimming with tears, the teardrops swirling in his eyes, but he refused to let them fall.
Seeing this, Shu Yue's maternal instincts were about to overflow. Where did this little cute boy come from? He perfectly captured the crying demeanor of a Qiong Yao drama heroine.
"Sigh, don't cry. We didn't hit you. Just explain and clear up the misunderstanding, alright?"
Little Horn's eyes were filled with tears. He looked at Shu Yue expectantly, feeling extremely touched. Although this female was ugly, her voice was really nice, and more importantly, she was kind!
"If you look again, I'll dig your eyeballs out!" Wente was increasingly displeased with this boy.
Upon hearing about his eyeballs being dug out, Little Horn quickly lowered his head, his shoulders shaking. He stammered, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I really didn't mean to disturb you. I'll leave now, okay?"
Shu Yue thought Wente was too fierce. She quickly spoke before him, "Of course, you can leave. Hurry up and go!"
She was afraid that if the child stayed any longer, he would be terrified by Wente. What if, like that timid rabbit, he was scared to death on the spot? That would be a sin.
Hearing the kind female's words, Little Horn secretly glanced at Wente. Seeing his tacit approval, he felt instantly relieved. He quickly transformed into his beast form and ran away.
The young man turned back into an antelope and galloped into the forest. His slender legs ran as fast as the wind and fire wheels. This starting speed was faster than a cheetah's!
Shu Yue exclaimed, "He runs so fast!"
The beastman snorted softly. "Herbivorous beastmen. When it comes to escaping, no one can beat them."
"How so?" she asked curiously.
Wente explained, "The horned sheep tribe has always lived in the plains. The grass here grows lushly, and there are no fierce beasts. However, they are often attacked by hungry carnivorous beastmen in winter. To survive, they have long since developed extremely fast speeds, which is why they run so fast."
She heard that herbivorous beastmen could dig holes. She wondered if it was true.
Although they could all transform into "humans," herbivorous beastmen were at the lowest end of the beastmen. That was why he was so afraid when he saw him.
Shu Yue felt a little speechless after hearing this. She thought to herself that this was all forced by life.
The two didn't pay much attention to this small interlude. The beastman grilled all the remaining scallops. They couldn't finish them all, so he removed the meat, placed it on clean leaves, wrapped it up, and put it in a bamboo basket to eat later.
She thought the shells were hard and beautiful, and wouldn't be damaged even when roasted over a fire. So, she picked up two of the largest shells, planning to use them as frying pans when they returned to the tribe.
After they were full and satisfied, Wente carried her and flew towards the cave. Their entire belongings were stored there. They took them and left.
This area was flat, and the forest was divided into patches. There were almost no dense forests, only sparsely spaced ones, more like a vast grassland.
The beastman's vision was unobstructed. He didn't need to fly high; flying about ten meters was enough.
Shu Yue's eyesight was now super good. This short distance allowed her to see the environment below clearly. A rabbit was hopping around in the grass. Before it could be proud for a few seconds, a brightly colored python head suddenly shot out from behind the rabbit and swallowed it in one bite.
"…" She clutched her chest. The outside world was truly dangerous~
As she watched, a familiar antelope appeared in her sight. The antelope ran extremely fast, its hooves like wind and fire wheels. Seeing this, she couldn't help but have a strange illusion.
She feared that its four hooves would suddenly lose control and scatter as it ran…
Obviously, this situation was impossible. The antelope ran very fast, and a wild beast was chasing it closely. The beast had fangs and looked messy and disgusting.
Its size was similar to the antelope's, and its speed was also comparable. Seeing that the antelope named Little Horn was about to be caught, Shu Yue couldn't help but ask the beastman to go down and help him.
"Wente, that horned sheep beastman is so pitiful. Go down and help him kill that beast."
Wente glanced down, his eyes filled with disdain. "No. As a male beastman, if he can't even defeat a scruffy beast, he might as well be eaten."