Chapter 175 - 177: Su Luoluo Has Changed

Chapter 175: Chapter 177: Su Luoluo Has Changed

After Su Nuannuan left the tribe, Lan Ya was dejected for a while, feeling she had completely misjudged the girl.

She had been so good to Su Nuannuan, but the girl was not only ungrateful, she even turned around and claimed Lan Ya was a bad person who had only taken her in because she was pretty.

And to think she had even helped her find a good Beastman.

When she later heard that Su Nuannuan had run away on her own, she suddenly understood a great deal.

’She isn’t my own flesh and blood, so of course it’s different. No matter how well I treated her, I could never win her over, because she was just an ungrateful wretch from the start.’

But even so, she still looked down on Su Luoluo. ’So what if she lost weight? Her features are still so plain. She doesn’t look like a child of mine at all.’

’On the day of the Moon God Festival, I’ll grant that she had the sense to dress up. She managed to make herself look decent enough not to embarrass me in front of the other tribes.’

’But what’s fake is fake. She can dress herself up all she wants, but she’ll never be naturally beautiful.’

’Besides, this daughter of mine was simply born to defy me.’

’She never has a single kind word for me, and she’s never once shared any of the delicious food she makes.’

’Even after Su Nuannuan left and I was heartbroken at home for so long, she didn’t come to check on me even once.’

’She’s another ungrateful wretch.’

’And now, she’s actually forbidding me from going out.’

’What kind of nonsense is this, a Mother being bossed around by her own daughter?’

Even Su Yang, the tribal leader, wouldn’t dare to be so domineering with her. He always discussed things with her respectfully.

Lan Ya ignored Su Luoluo’s words and walked straight out of her house.

However, she had barely stepped outside when Fu Feng, who was patrolling the skies, spotted her. With a flick of his long tail-plumes, he glared down at Lan Ya. "What are you doing out here? Luoluo said everyone is to stay in their houses! Get back inside, now!"

An angry Dragon Sparrow was a terrifying sight. At the glare from those Phoenix Eyes, Lan Ya was scared witless.

Seeing how ferocious the Dragon Sparrow was, Lan Ya immediately ducked back inside, not daring to step out again.

’Not only is Su Luoluo disrespectful to me, but her Beastmen are the same. It’s impossible for me to ever like her.’

’And Su Yang actually advised me to be nicer to Su Luoluo. How could that be possible?’

Fu Feng couldn’t care less what Lan Ya thought. ’That old hag might be Su Luoluo’s Mother, but she treats Luoluo horribly. The fact that I haven’t settled the score with her is already me being merciful, let alone being nice to her.’

Luoluo had finally entrusted him with an important task, and he couldn’t possibly miss this chance to prove himself.

「A few days after the tribe was placed under lockdown」, Su Luoluo discovered that no one else had been infected with the plague. This made her heave a huge sigh of relief.

’Thank goodness,’ she thought. ’It’s not too serious.’

’But even so, I can’t let my guard down.’

After announcing that the tribespeople could move about freely again, Su Luoluo gathered them in the plaza for a meeting.

"On the day Ah Dong and Ah Xi fell ill, does anyone know what they were doing?"

The plague had appeared so suddenly. Su Luoluo needed to find the source of the contagion as quickly as possible to better protect everyone.

Some people in the tribe were still not convinced of Su Luoluo’s authority, but with Su Yang backing her, they didn’t dare to openly oppose her.

And a few of the tribe members began to speak up, recalling what they had seen.

"When I saw the two of them in the morning, they looked perfectly healthy. They greeted me and said they were going hunting."

"I saw that too. They’d caught a fruit bat and said they were going to roast it for lunch."

"Luoluo, could it be that they died from the plague because they ate that fruit bat?" someone asked, voicing a growing suspicion.

Su Luoluo nodded. "It’s very likely."

"Then those of us who go hunting must be sure not to hunt fruit bats," one person said with a sense of dread.

"It’s not just fruit bats we can’t eat," Su Luoluo said, hearing their comments. "For now, we can’t eat any other animals either."

"Why not?"

"We might not eat fruit bats, but what if other animals do? If they eat an infected fruit bat, won’t they get sick too?"

"Besides, the plague might not have originated from the fruit bats. It’s possible the fruit bat caught the disease by eating something else."

Hearing Su Luoluo’s explanation, the Beastmen nodded in agreement. "Luoluo has a point, but if we can’t eat meat, we’ll have nothing left to eat."

They had always lived on hunted prey, occasionally eating some wild fruit in the morning to tide them over. If they couldn’t eat meat, they would have almost nothing.

Su Luoluo said, "We can eat fish."

"Fish? That stuff doesn’t taste very good."

"It’s full of bones and has hardly any meat."

Hearing this, Su Luoluo smiled. "Fish only tastes bad because you don’t know how to prepare it. I can teach you several methods. Braised fish, fish in sour soup, grilled fish... every single one is delicious."

Hearing that Su Luoluo would teach them how to cook fish, the tribe fell silent.

Everyone knew Su Luoluo was an amazing cook. The last time she’d taught them a dish called Beggar’s Chicken, they still made it often and found it delicious.

"Besides fish, there are many other delicious things in the water, like river snails, small shrimp, and crabs. There are also some plants in the forest that are very tasty when prepared as a meal. I will teach everyone a few new dishes each day, so you’ll all have something different to eat."

Persuaded by Su Luoluo, many people nodded at her trustingly.

Standing to the side, Su Yang listened as Su Luoluo methodically arranged the tribe’s affairs. He nodded with deep satisfaction. ’Truly my daughter,’ he thought. ’She has some of my flair.’

As Su Zhao listened to Su Luoluo arrange matters great and small, he was struck by how different she was from before. ’She never used to know so much. She was always so careless about what she ate, and she was kind of... simple. Nothing like she is now, organizing this and arranging that.’

Thinking of this, Su Zhao couldn’t help but ask Su Yang, who was standing beside him, "Father, don’t you think Su Luoluo seems a little different?"

Su Yang snorted. "I’ve noticed. She’s becoming more and more outstanding. You, on the other hand, are nowhere near her level."

Su Zhao: "..."

’We’re just talking. Did he have to put me down like that?’

Unwilling to give up, Su Zhao hurried after him. "Father, if you had given this task to me, I’m sure I could have done a great job too."

"You? You don’t even have a female. We’ll talk after you find a mate!"

Ever since Su Luoluo’s relationship with her Beastmen had improved, she had become a much more capable person. Su Yang felt that Su Zhao should also find a female, but the boy was extremely picky. There were so many good females in the tribe, yet he didn’t think any of them were good enough. Su Yang had no idea what kind of partner he was even looking for.

While Su Luoluo was making orderly preparations to deal with the plague, Su Nuannuan was completely overwhelmed.

After rejecting Hei Feng three times, she finally succumbed to his relentless "efforts" and bonded with him through a totem, becoming the Leader’s Wife.

Now, she was facing the exact same problem as Su Luoluo.

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