Chapter 203 - 205: Backyard on Fire

Chapter 203: Chapter 205: Backyard on Fire

"You all have your own stone pestles. You’re not helping anything, so why stop me! It seems you just want to tire Luoluo out."

’He had let things slide before out of respect for Luoluo, not wanting to argue with these domineering beastmen,’ Bai Meng thought. ’But now he was trying to do something to help her. What right did they have to stop him?’

Si Cheng, however, didn’t speak. He just watched Su Luoluo with a focused gaze, waiting for her to make a decision.

"Who said we’re tiring her out? Luoluo was the one who said doing a little work would be better for her," Mo Xuan shot back furiously.

"Just because she says she’s not tired, you all actually believe her? You call yourselves her beastmen, yet you can’t even handle something this simple."

"Luoluo is pregnant with cubs! What if she hurts herself? You’re mistreating her," Bai Meng said accusingly, glancing at the other beastmen.

’Forbidding this and that... in the end, it’s just because they’re petty and afraid of me getting close to Luoluo.’

’But just look at them. Luoluo is pregnant with cubs, and they’re actually letting her do heavy labor.’

’If word of this got out, who knows how the beastmen of the entire Beast World Continent would mock them.’

’Their female master is pregnant, and her own beastmen are making her work.’

The more he spoke, the angrier Bai Meng became. He had assumed that with six beastmen, Luoluo would be treated exceptionally well. But this was the reality!

’And she still looks down on me in favor of these scumbags.’

The more Bai Meng thought about it, the angrier he grew.

’Why doesn’t she take better care of herself?’

Hearing Bai Meng’s baseless accusations, the already furious Mo Xuan, Xiao Ye, and Fu Feng grew even angrier.

’What is this damn White Tiger even talking about?’

’What does he mean, "mistreating our female master"?’

’When have we ever mistreated her?’

’We told Su Luoluo to rest on the sidelines from the very beginning! She was the one who insisted, saying we were overreacting. She said it was better for a pregnant female to get some exercise, as it would make for an easier birth later on.’

’Seeing how insistent she was, we had no choice but to agree.’

’But even then, we only gave her the lightest task.’

’Has he even bothered to look closely?’

’There are seven stone pestles, and Su Luoluo’s has the least amount of rice in it. Ours are all stuffed to the brim.’

With his hot temper, Mo Xuan couldn’t hold back any longer. "You damn tiger, what are you talking about? Have you even looked at Luoluo’s stone pestle? How dare you stand there and make baseless accusations."

Fu Feng snorted, adding sarcastically, "Don’t think we don’t know what you’re up to. You’re just criticizing us under the pretext of ’caring for Luoluo’ because you want to get close to her. Don’t try to make it sound so noble. Your own intentions aren’t so pure."

’He makes himself sound so righteous, but his mind is just a nest of scheming rats. As if he’s any nobler than us!’

"Some people may look like a White Tiger on the outside, but they’re nothing but a stinking rat on the inside," Xiao Ye said harshly, shooting a glance at Bai Meng.

Bai Meng listened and retorted just as rudely, "Argue all you want. The fact is, I want to help Luoluo with her work right now, and you’re stopping me. That just proves you’re petty and don’t truly want what’s best for Su Luoluo."

"Are we the ones who are petty, or are you the one with ulterior motives?" Mo Xuan sneered, his eyes half-lidded.

"Petty!"

"Scheming beast!"

"Petty!"

...

The four of them argued back and forth, each convinced they were in the right and refusing to back down.

Su Luoluo stood to the side, listening until her head buzzed as if a swarm of annoying bees were circling right above it.

The buzzing in her ears was bad enough, but they wouldn’t even leave her hands alone, yanking her from both sides.

In that moment, Su Luoluo’s patience completely ran out. She frowned, about to say something.

Suddenly, someone grabbed her hand and pulled her behind them. The strain on her body vanished in an instant.

She was still stunned, trying to figure out what had happened, when a cold, stern voice came from in front of her. "Leader, you should rest. I’ll handle this."

Su Luoluo then realized Si Cheng had taken the pestle from her hands and was now poised to start working.

’I thought they had finally calmed down, but I was wrong... things just escalated.’

Sure enough, the focus of the argument instantly shifted to Si Cheng.

"You’re not allowed either," Xiao Ye said coldly. "This isn’t your tribe’s affair, so we won’t trouble you."

Si Cheng met his rebellious gaze and replied nonchalantly, "And why not? She is my leader. What’s wrong with me helping her?"

Bai Meng had been so busy arguing with Fu Feng’s group that he hadn’t paid any attention to the people beside him.

’One look and he realized he had another rival.’

’So this is the Priest?’

’He looks like trouble.’

He shot Si Cheng a sidelong glance, pointed at the pestle in his hand, and said, "I was here first."

"So what? The pestle is in my hands now," Si Cheng said coldly.

At his words, Bai Meng’s eyes narrowed. ℯℯ𝘭.

The gazes of Fu Feng, Xiao Ye, and Mo Xuan also darkened as they stared at the pestle in his hand.

They looked... ready to pounce.

Nantu watched the three-way standoff and frowned. "They’re not going to start a fight, are they?"

Xi Yi’s iridescent eyes twinkled as he said playfully, "It’s possible. This is a good chance to see that Priest’s true strength."

’This Lizard just loves to stir up trouble, doesn’t he?’

’Things are already at a boiling point, and he’s still in the mood to watch the show.’

Nantu looked past him toward Luan Ting.

Luan Ting shook his head at him, signaling for him not to move.

’This is something Luoluo has to face herself.’

’He had a feeling this sort of thing would happen often from now on. If Luoluo doesn’t handle it well this time, it will just be a repeat performance next time.’

’Of course, he knew Luoluo hated trouble.’

’But if she doesn’t solve this kind of problem herself, she’ll never understand just how big of a headache it can be.’

’Once she truly feels how troublesome it is,’ he selfishly hoped, ’Luoluo would become much more cautious about accepting new beastmen.’

’So, doing nothing is the best choice, isn’t it?’

’None of them wanted a new addition, but openly trying to stop it was useless. They had to work on Luoluo’s feelings instead.’

Xi Yi flicked his gaze toward Luan Ting and shook his head.

’This guy’s mind is anything but simple. A true master of manipulation.’

Seeing that they were about to come to blows, Su Luoluo quickly shouted, "What do you think you’re doing? Stop it, all of you!"

Hearing Su Luoluo’s angry outburst, the group reined themselves in slightly.

But Xiao Ye had no intention of letting it go so easily.

’No matter how you look at it, Su Luoluo started this whole mess.’

’She has to give us an answer.’

He narrowed his eyes at her. "So, what’s your solution?"

In an instant, eight pairs of eyes turned to stare at her.

Su Luoluo let out a cold laugh. "My solution? Simple. The more you work, the better. Since you’re all so eager to work, there’s no need to hold back."

She pointed to the stone pestle at her feet and said to Bai Meng and Si Cheng, "Why don’t you two just make one for yourselves? That way, you won’t have to fight. The rice is over there. Go get it."

’Who has time to play these either-or games with this bunch of idiots? If they love working so much, they can just do more of it.’

’It’s free labor, after all. It would be a waste not to use it.’

’Since they’re so eager, how could I possibly let them off the hook?’