Guide To Train My Beast Husbands-Chapter 123: Nan Zhi wants to get close
She had never let her parents down; as long as she had meat to eat and hides to wear, Nan Wu had made sure that her parents would have a share as well. Not once had she acted selfishly. Even though it was really hard on Nan Wu to raise the entire family on her own, she was willing to do it for the sake of her family. But who would have thought that when she fell, instead of helping her out and hoping for her to get better, they abandoned her?
Even if her condition was beyond recovering, they could have at least tried—or maybe waited until she had died before looking for a replacement. That alone would have honoured the painsticking efforts that she had put into raising this family.
Nan Wu smiled mockingly when she recalled the harsh words her parents had spoken regarding her condition. The way they were speaking was as if she were already dead. Years of hard work and she was abandoned within minutes! Minutes! That was all it took.
Father Nan was furious but before he could quarrel with his daughter, he was pulled back by his wife. Mother Nan noticed the anger in Nan Wu’s eyes and knew that her daughter had heard her and Father Nan talking. Though she felt regretful, she also knew that the current situation wasn’t apt for more quarrelling. It would only push their daughter away from them even more.
Mother Nan shot her husband a look and then turned to look at her daughter. With a straight face she said, "Alright, if you want to, then you can move out."
Nan Wu glanced at her mother and nodded.
Once the matter was decided, Father Nan was dragged out of the cave by his mate.
Ruan Chanchan, who had eavesdropped on their entire conversation, jumped to one side. She hid behind a tree trunk and heard Father Nan say angrily, "Why did you stop me from speaking just now? That girl has gotten more and more stubborn. Look at this; she now wants to move out and wants to live with her siblings on their own. How are we going to raise them on our own!?"
"Shut up! Can you not see that Wu was much colder to us than usual?" Mother Nan snorted coldly when she heard the words of her husband. "She must have heard when we were talking about putting our second daughter in her position and after she died, she was hurt because of that. If you continued to push her, then she would have revoked even the little meat that she agreed to give us. If you don’t believe me, then you can go ahead and continue quarrelling with her. Let’s see how she takes it."
After she finished speaking, she turned around on her feet and headed down the trail, leaving a bewildered Father Nan behind.
Father Nan watched his mate walk away and stomped hard on the ground. Who was he doing this for!?
He chased after his mate, worried that she would go to that vixen, like mer again and he could not allow that to happen. His strongest daughter was now upset with him and if his mate was also snatched away, where would he go?
Ruan Chanchan peered out from behind the tree. She wanted to go inside but was worried that Nan Wu would think that she was listening to the drama of her family. Just as she was wondering if she should wait for a few more minutes and then go in, Nan Wu’s voice came fluttering toward her.
"You can come inside, Chanchan. I know you are there."
Hearing her words, Ruan Chanchan jumped up in the air. She turned and looked at the mouth of the cave before gulping hard and going inside. "Before you get angry..I wasn’t trying to eavesdrop—"
Nan Wu simply smiled when she heard Ruan Chanchan’s words. She said, "There is no need for you to apologise. I know you didn’t mean to do it." Her gaze then dropped to the many hides that Ruan Chanchan was holding and she asked, "Did you get a way to change the dressing of my wounds?"
"Yeah." Ruan Chanchan walked over, glad that Nan Wu had changed the topic. She sat down next to the woman, looked at the dirt-covered bandage and said to her, "It won’t be as good as this one and will need constant changing but it is still better than wearing this."
Nan Wu nodded.
"Chanchan, you are here?" Nan Zhi, who went outside to look for something to eat, returned with a bunch of pitiful wild vegetables. When he saw Ruan Chanchan, his eyes lit up. Earlier he was quite upset because he could not find anything to eat but now that he saw Ruan Chanchan, he was quite happy. At least something good happened to him today.
Nan Wu saw the look in the eyes of her brother and slowly her brows started to rise. Earlier, she thought that her brother was just in awe of capable Ruan Chanchan, but now she had a feeling that there was more than just admiration in her brother’s heart/
Ruan Chanchan, however, had no idea about the little thought of the two siblings. She just nodded and then started to change the bandages. At the same time, she started to teach how to clean and apply new bandages to Nan Zhi. "Make sure you wipe the dried-up blood. If the wound is not cleaned up properly, it will start festering. I don’t think you want that?" She questioned and Nan Zhi immediately shook his head.
He didn’t want his sister to get anymore hurt. So, he very carefully followed along with Ruan Chanchan and made sure that he learnt all the steps without forgetting anything.
"You can take some hot water from me if you cannot boil the water on your own." Ruan Chanchan told Nan Zhi as she slowly got to her feet and looked at the mer. "Or I can teach you how to start a fire—"
"I will come to your cave to grab a bowl of water then, Chanchan."
