Chapter 20: The Prettier Su Luoluo
Chapter 20: Chapter 20: The Prettier Su Luoluo
’Choose a Beastman to spend the night with?’
Su Luoluo’s gaze swept over them. All three of her Beastmen avoided her eyes, looking either at the sky or at the ground.
Even Luan Ting, who was usually the most approachable, didn’t meet her eyes, instead lowering his head to stare at the beast skin he was wearing.
’It seems none of them are willing.’
Su Luoluo sighed to herself. ’I’ll deal with this later.’
She gave Su Yang a perfunctory nod and withdrew her gaze, just in time to see Lan Ya staring at the beggar’s chicken in the distance.
A glint appeared in Su Luoluo’s eyes. She turned and walked toward where the beggar’s chicken was.
Xiao Ye was no longer there; he had already finished most of his half of the chicken.
It was hard to say if he had left after finishing the chicken or after hearing what Su Yang had just said.
Su Luoluo paid it no mind. After all, she had "more important matters" to attend to.
She had eaten two-thirds of the beggar’s chicken. After the piece she had just given Su Yang, only one last piece remained.
She picked up what was left of the chicken, tore off the last piece of meat, and walked toward the crowd.
Lan Ya was standing very close to Su Yang. When Su Luoluo brought the chicken over earlier, she had caught its aroma. The meat wasn’t just savory; it also carried a hint of banana leaf and another unfamiliar fragrance. It smelled absolutely delicious.
These wild fruits could fill one’s stomach, but they were certainly not as fragrant as the chicken in Su Luoluo’s hand.
Seeing her approach with the chicken, Lan Ya lowered her gaze slightly. ’She has some filial piety after all, knowing to bring me some chicken.’
’For the chicken’s sake, I’ll let her off the hook for not gathering wild fruits today.’
As Su Luoluo came over, Lan Ya had a smile on her face and even extended her hand. However, Su Luoluo didn’t stop at all. Instead, she walked right past her and stopped in front of Luan Ting, who was standing behind Lan Ya.
She offered the chicken in her hand to Luan Ting. "Have a piece of chicken! It’s delicious."
Lan Ya watched as the glistening, golden-brown chicken flew past her and into someone else’s hands. The smile on her face instantly vanished, and her eyes darkened as she glared at Su Luoluo.
Su Luoluo saw the glare but pretended not to, pushing the chicken a little closer to Luan Ting.
’Once Luan Ting eats the chicken I made,’ she calculated inwardly, ’it’ll be easier to talk to him about keeping watch tonight.’
However, Luan Ting didn’t take it. He looked at the chicken in Su Luoluo’s hand and said, "Give it to Madam—!"
Su Luoluo had no intention of feeding an ingrate. Before Luan Ting could finish his sentence, she stuffed a mouthful of chicken into his mouth.
Now that the chicken was in his mouth, he had no choice but to eat it.
Luan Ting could only chew and swallow it.
It tasted truly wonderful. Although he had just tried to offer it to Lan Ya out of courtesy, the moment he tasted the chicken, his eyes couldn’t help but light up.
After feeding him, Su Luoluo even made a point to ask, "Isn’t it delicious?"
With so many people watching, Luan Ting couldn’t very well remain silent, so he nodded.
At that, Su Luoluo’s smile grew even wider.
Su Nuannuan, standing to the side, had been about to say something, but when she noticed that Su Luoluo seemed to have other food by the fire, she instantly shut her mouth.
’This isn’t the time to offend Su Luoluo,’ she thought. ’Otherwise, I won’t get to eat anything else later.’
There wasn’t much chicken, so when Su Luoluo shared it with Su Yang and Luan Ting, the other tribe members didn’t think much of it.
After all, one was her Father, and the other was her Beastman.
As for Lan Ya, everyone knew she and Su Luoluo didn’t get along. So, even though they knew what Su Luoluo did wasn’t entirely proper, they also felt it was to be expected.
After all, that was just Su Luoluo’s personality.
The beggar’s chicken was gone, but there were still many sweet potatoes buried in the embers.
Su Luoluo had originally saved them for her dinner, but with so many people around now, she felt too embarrassed not to share.
Su Luoluo picked up a stick from the ground and started digging in the dirt. Before long, she had unearthed a pile of sweet potatoes.
A few nearby females saw Su Luoluo dig up a bunch of things that also carried a fragrant aroma, and their eyes widened in surprise.
One couldn’t help but ask, "Luoluo, what are you roasting? It smells so good!"
In the tribe, fire was only used for roasting hunted wild boar or pheasant.
Everything else was washed and eaten raw.
Seeing Su Luoluo roast something that wasn’t meat in the earth for the first time, the crowd watched with great curiosity.
Su Luoluo handed over a few roasted sweet potatoes to some of the Beastmen, saying, "These are some sweet potatoes I roasted. If anyone wants to try, feel free to take one."
The Beastmen had been traveling all morning and were starving. Although they had eaten some wild fruits to fill their stomachs, the fruits were ultimately just cold and watery, which didn’t sit very comfortably.
Now that there was something hot and fragrant to eat, they all gathered around with interest.
The first Beastman to get a sweet potato peeled off the blackened skin, revealing the soft, yellow flesh inside, and took a big bite.
A sweet flavor, carried by the warmth, instantly spread across his tongue.
His eyes lit up as he praised, "Delicious, this is so delicious! Much better than wild fruits."
Hearing this, the others crowded around Su Luoluo. "Luoluo, are there any more? I want to try one too."
"Me too."
"And me."
...
"Okay, don’t worry, there are more. I’ll dig them up for everyone now," Su Luoluo replied with a nod.
During the wait, the surrounding females noticed some changes in Su Luoluo.
"Have you guys noticed? It looks like the purple birthmark on Luoluo’s face is gone."
"Yes, I was just about to say that! There’s only a faint trace left."
"Yeah, and I think her skin has gotten a bit fairer too. It’s not as dark as before, and that yellowish tint is gone."
"That’s right. She’s still pretty dark, but it’s much better than before."
"It’s not just that. She’s also slimmed down a bit. She used to be so fat she didn’t even have a neck, but now you can see it."
Hearing this, Su Nuannuan also fixed her gaze on Su Luoluo’s face, scrutinizing it.
The purple birthmark on her face had indeed faded quite a bit, but her features were still an eyesore—flat and undefined.
As for her skin, it looked a little better than a Black Bear’s, but it was still plenty dark.
’A bad foundation is still a bad foundation. Even if she’s gotten a little fairer, she’s still hideous.’
After looking her up and down, Su Nuannuan didn’t give it much thought and even sneered inwardly.
When sweet potatoes were offered to Fu Feng and Mo Xuan, they hesitated for a moment but still took them.
Unlike Luan Ting, who ate with the rest of the tribe, they couldn’t stomach the wild fruits and always hunted their own food.
They had already eaten their fill and weren’t hungry at all, but the sweet potatoes before them had an incredibly tempting aroma. Since it was something they had never eaten before, they wanted to give it a try.
Besides, the other two Beastmen had already eaten her food, so accepting some wouldn’t mean they owed her any favors.
The two of them shared a tacit understanding and didn’t speak, simply lowering their heads to take a bite of the sweet potatoes.
A sweet, fragrant, and soft texture exploded in their mouths. Both of their eyes lit up. No wonder Xiao Ye, despite disliking Su Luoluo so much, still insisted on eating with her.
’This Su Luoluo really has a knack for cooking.’
’She might be a bit ugly, but with a skill like this...’ In that instant, the two of them felt that Su Luoluo wasn’t so detestable after all.
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