Perhaps it was due to her pregnancy, but Shu Yue couldn't bear to see the little boy being eaten. She spoke again, "Wente, please help him. They eat grass, so it's normal for them to be weak."
"..."
Unable to resist the female's plea, Wente flew directly towards the antelope. His appearance immediately scared away the beast that was about to pounce and bite, giving Little Horn a chance to breathe.
He lay on the ground, panting and resting. Just moments ago, he thought he was going to be bitten to death, but then he saw the powerful beastman from before descend from the sky, drive away the scoundrel beast, and save his life.
"Thank you, thank you for saving me!" the antelope said gratefully from the ground.
Wente snorted, "So weak!"
Hearing the dismissive tone, Little Horn's face turned pale, and he lowered his head in shame.
Shu Yue helplessly tugged at the beastman, "We've already saved him, why say such unpleasant things." Good deeds are never fully appreciated.
Wente choked, "Yue Yue, if you hadn't insisted on saving him, I would never have saved him!"
Little Horn, lying on the ground, heard that it was the kind female who saved him. He got up and thanked Shu Yue sincerely, "Thank you!"
Shu Yue smiled slightly, "You're welcome."
Although the female was a bit dirty, she looked very beautiful when she smiled, Little Horn thought dazedly.
Wente, seeing him like that, became furious. He stepped forward and kicked him away. How dare he stare blankly at his female! Was he tired of living!
"Ah!" The antelope Little Horn cried out in surprise. When he landed, there was a crack, and his hip bone fractured. He immediately gasped in pain.
Shu Yue glared at the beastman, "What are you doing!"
She hurried to the antelope's side and knelt down apologetically, "I'm sorry, are you okay?"
Wente: "..." He hadn't expected this horned antelope beastman's bones to be so brittle.
At this moment, Little Horn couldn't help but shed tears, "It hurts so much..."
Shu Yue felt very guilty, "Did you break a bone somewhere? What should we do?"
Little Horn cried, "Kind female sister, I'm fine. I'll be better in a few days. Can you please send me back to the tribe?"
"No problem, where is your tribe? We'll take you back!"
Little Horn sobbed, "It's not far, it's over there."
Shu Yue looked in the direction he pointed, but saw nothing. She knew the tribe must be in that direction.
She said to the beastman impatiently, "Wente! You injured him, so it's not too much to ask you to send him back to the tribe, right?"
Wente: "..." If he had known, he wouldn't have kicked him!
"Alright, let's send him back."
"Can you get up?"
The powerful beastman looked down at him. Little Horn trembled with fear, "I, I, I'll try..."
"Okay, stop scaring him. Even if he wasn't hurt, you'd scare him into illness!" Shu Yue said speechlessly.
The beastman felt wronged by being scolded, "Yue Yue, if he can't move, how can I send him back?"
Shu Yue realized this was a problem!
She knelt down and asked the antelope, "Little Horn, can you move?"
Little Horn pointed pitifully at his hip, "Female sister, my bone seems to be cracked here. I can't move here~"
"..."
"You said you can't move where?!" Wente narrowed his eyes. He strongly suspected this kid was flirting with his Yue Yue!
Little Horn was terrified and quickly shook his horns, "No, no, no, it doesn't hurt, I'm fine... hiss!" To prove it didn't hurt, he tried to stand up and immediately collapsed in pain.
"Alright, alright, don't move. It'll be troublesome if it's dislocated!" Shu Yue quickly stopped him!
Seeing that the antelope wasn't very large, Wente could carry him in his beast form. However, Wente's beast form was too tall, and how to get him onto his back was a problem.
Moreover, Wente might not be willing to carry him, and if he got angry again, he might cause further injury. Little Horn was truly an unfortunate child!
Just as she was at a loss, her gaze shifted to the bamboo basket beside her. It was filled with things, and the scallop shells on top covered the basket. Suddenly, she thought of a solution.
She directed the beastman to place the antelope onto the basket. There were flat shells underneath, so it wasn't uncomfortable. She had Wente carry it on his back, and Little Horn only needed to steady himself and not fall off.
...
Little Horn was terrified when he flew into the sky. He trembled with fear in the hot weather. Only when he returned to the tribe did he dare to open his eyes.
"Tribe, tribesmen, I'm back!" Little Horn stood in the empty center of the tribe, feeling a bit desolate.
Shu Yue asked strangely, "Where are the people in your tribe?"
Wente sneered, "They're all hiding."
Fortunately, Little Horn was in his beast form, so his blushing face couldn't be seen. Otherwise, he would have been so embarrassed that he would have wanted to dig a hole to hide in. It was too humiliating!
"Um, I'll call out again."
After calling out twice, an old antelope with a slightly aged appearance emerged from behind the nearest cave. His brown eyes darted back and forth between Wente and Shu Yue.
Shu Yue: "..." If they didn't know better, they would think they were rabbits, so timid!
"Little Horn, who are they?" the antelope tribe leader asked, still not daring to approach, hiding behind and trembling.
Little Horn was still lying in the basket. Seeing that a tribesman had finally come out, he was moved to tears, "Father, don't be afraid. They're not here to eat us. It was that strong beastman who saved me."
That's right, he was the youngest cub of the tribe leader. He had many older brothers and sisters, and he couldn't count how many, only that there were many!
The antelope tribe leader was slightly surprised, "They saved you?"
Little Horn nodded, "Look, they even sent me back. Father, you can come out. It's really okay!"
That powerful beastman was fierce, but the female beside him was kind. They definitely wouldn't eat them!
Hearing this, the tribe leader cautiously came out. Mustering his courage, he approached Wente and bowed in thanks, "Warrior, thank you for saving our tribe's child."
Although he was thanking them, the antelope tribe leader's back was tense, as if he were ready to flee at any moment.
Wente's mouth twitched speechlessly. If he had really wanted to eat them, he wouldn't have given them a chance to speak. He hadn't interacted with them before, but now he realized that grass-eating beastmen were so timid, they didn't even have the courage to speak to other beastmen.
"You're welcome."
As soon as the beastman spoke, the antelope tribe leader seemed to smell the scent of blood and was startled, wanting to run away. But he held back!
After all, he was an experienced tribe leader and had to set an example for the young beastmen in the tribe!
The old antelope disappeared, replaced by a lecherous old man with white hair and a white beard. He wore a rabbit fur skirt around his lower body, and his upper body was shriveled and sagging.
Shu Yue lowered her eyes. Since arriving on the beastman continent, she hadn't seen such an old man for a long time. The old beastmen in the Wuda tribe, at most, had wrinkled faces, but their bodies were still full. This one looked hollowed out...
The antelope tribe leader trembled and thanked them again, "You're welcome. You saved my child. How can I thank you?"