Guide To Train My Beast Husbands-Chapter 206: Penance and Regret

Is this mer alright in the head? Ruan Chanchan thought while looking at Yuan Ni, who was blushing like he was about to be cooked like a shrimp, and then all of a sudden he was smiling and giggling like he had won a lottery.

Ruan Chanchan: "..."

Should I get away from him? The way he is looking at me doesn’t look right. It was as if he was looking at some rare piece of venison that he wanted to eat in one bite without even swallowing. The sight alone made Ruan Chanchan shiver. There was only one time she was stared at like that in her life, and that was when General Wei wanted to snatch her core from her.

Does this mer want to snatch my core? But it’s already broken. What could he even do with a broken core? Unless —

Ruan Chanchan’s eyes sharpened, and she looked at the mer with a lot less unfriendly gaze before saying to Xiao Xi, "Is this mer trying to take revenge on me? Is this why he is looking at me with that covetous gaze?"

Xiao Xi, who knew why the mer was looking at Ruan Chanchan with that covetous gaze: "..."

"Alright, there is nothing like what you are thinking?’ Xiao Xi spoke in a comforting voice as he tried to calm down the raging thoughts of Ruan Chanchan. He was worried that the woman would end up cooking a baseless conspiracy theory, so he might as well calm her down before she goes down that rabbit hole. It would be truly a mess if Ruan Chanchan started seeing enemies everywhere.

But then again, what else could even happen to her if everyone kept scheming against her in the tribe?

Xiao Xi felt half sorry and half exasperated when he saw Ruan Chanchan still looking at Yuan Ni as if the mer had done some grave sin against her.

Ruan Chanchan indeed had some doubts about the mer, but she stayed quiet. Because she just couldn’t prove that the mer was planning something. It was like she knew that the mer had bad intentions but couldn’t do anything to prove them.

"Alright, it’s a good thing that you came here. There was something that I needed help with." Since she couldn’t prove that there was something wrong with the mer, Ruan Chanchan could only change the topic. She didn’t want the awkwardness to run any higher than it already had. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

"What is it?" Yuan Ni was glad that the woman had finally changed the topic. He cheered himself in his heart and muttered to himself. "What are you even doing? You are going to be the next priest of the tribe. Is this how you are going to act now?

"Can you tell me how many people are in the tribe at present?" Ruan Chanchan asked.

"..."

Yuan Ni glanced at the woman with a frown. "Not many tribe members are left. Most of them joined the hunting teams; thus, most of the tribe members died sooner or later. As for the rest, they work as scouts, so they are also in danger. And you already know what happened with the black snake tribe. So yeah, we don’t have many people left in the tribe. Why are you asking this?"

"Nothing, I was just curious," replied Ruan Chanchan. She then glanced at the mer before saying to him, "But what are you doing here? Should you not be with the rest of the hunting teams?" She did not want to ask this question, but she was curious because Ruan Chanchan heard from the others that Xie Daiyu went on the hunt with the rest of the hunting teams, and no one was in the tribe.

Most of the totem warriors either followed Xie Daiyu, Shao Xia, Ye Qian Qian or Lang. But Yuan Ni, who often followed Shao Xia, was still in the tribe, which made her wonder why he was even here and what he was planning to do.

She paused and asked in a soft voice, "Is it rebellion due to heartbreak?"

"..."

Yuan Ni wanted to glare at the woman, but held back because she was his saviour, but at the same time, he had to remind himself of this small, teensy, tiny bit of information in his mind again and again, as he was worried that he might forget and throttle the woman with his own hands. What rebellion? Did she think that he was playing hard to get?

He suppressed his anger and then said to Ruan Chanchan, "I am not— rebelling. I wasn’t cut out for hunting from the start, and my grandmother wanted me to learn from her ever since I awakened. She says that I am more of a healer and reader of the stars than a hunter, but —" he paused and tried to shove down the weird, awkward air that had started to rise up again. He didn’t want to talk about the breakup that he had gone through with Shao Xia, as it still hurt a lot.

He pursed his lips and then said to Ruan Chanchan, "I truly wanted to become a hunter, but after speaking with my grandmother last night, I realised that I am not good with hunting or anything. So when she asked me to learn from her, I agreed because I don’t want to waste any more of my time."

"So you stayed back at the tribe to learn from your grandmother?" Ruan Chanchan asked, and in response, Yuan Ni nodded.

Ruan Chanchan: "..."

"Then why are you here?" What kind of stars did he read that led him here?

"My grandmother asked me to come and see if you wanted some help. She thinks that by helping you, I can at least earn a bit of my penance."

"So you are here to fulfill your penance?" Ruan Chanchan was stupefied. Since when did Yuan Ni become so obedient? As far as she knew, this mer was as stubborn as a bull and wouldn’t listen to a thing that others had to say.