Chapter 207 - 209: Real or Fake Childhood Betrothal

Chapter 207: Chapter 209: Real or Fake Childhood Betrothal

The more Su Luoluo listened, the stranger she found it.

"However, I did get some other news."

"What news?"

"Leader Amu has a son. Judging by his age, he should be eighteen now."

’If that’s the case, then it makes sense.’

’Why the original owner of this body had no memory of Xi Yi, who had appeared out of nowhere.’

’What kind of impression could a little kid make?’

’But even so, how did this child engagement come about?’

’When the original owner returned to the Wolf Clan Tribe, she wasn’t that young, but she wasn’t old either.’

’This arranged child marriage is just too strange.’

Su Luoluo thought for a moment and said, "Then what’s the deal with the child engagement to Xi Yi?"

"I had someone ask around. Leader Amu really did have that intention."

’So, the child engagement is real?’

’A relationship with a younger guy?’

’What was that Black Bear Foster Mother thinking, pairing her handsome son with an ugly female like me?’

’And with such a large age gap, too.’

’From the looks of him, Xi Yi doesn’t seem like he’s five years younger than me!’

’Then again, it’s not impossible for some people to look a bit more mature for their age.’

’It seems that if I want to find the Black Bear Foster Mother, I still have to go through Xi Yi.’

’Since he can receive letters, it means he’s still in contact with the Black Bear Foster Mother.’

’I can’t believe I went to all this trouble and still didn’t get much out of it.’

’But, I did get some useful information.’

’There’s a five-year age difference between me and Xi Yi, and I was separated from the Black Bear Foster Mother early on.’

’That means Xi Yi wouldn’t know what the Black Bear Foster Mother taught me in the meantime.’

’So even if I’ve done some unreasonable things in the past, Xi Yi wouldn’t be fully aware of them.’

Su Luoluo thought for a moment, then asked, "I haven’t had my foster mother’s cooking in so long. Did you eat any food made by the Black Bear People when you were there?"

Si Cheng shook his head. "I didn’t dare risk exposure, so I found something to eat on my own."

"I haven’t eaten it in so many years. I wonder if their cooking has changed at all?" Su Luoluo sighed with a hint of regret, as if she were truly nostalgic.

"It doesn’t seem so. From what I saw, their cooking isn’t as good as yours, leader."

Hearing this, Su Luoluo’s eye couldn’t help but twitch.

’Her original intention was to fish for information about the Black Bear Foster Mother’s cooking skills. Since she wasn’t there, she could only try to get clues from the Black Bear Tribe indirectly. Now, hearing that their cooking wasn’t great, she guessed her Black Bear Foster Mother probably wasn’t a good cook either.’

’Looks like I’ll have to keep searching for this Black Bear Foster Mother.’

’Even though Si Cheng had made an alliance with her, Su Luoluo felt she still couldn’t tell him that she wasn’t the original owner of this body.’

’If this matter were ever exposed, her life would be forfeit.’

’After all, she didn’t know the full details of Si Cheng’s background either.’

’This time, she’d sent him to investigate Xi Yi under the pretext of not knowing enough about him, asking Si Cheng to find out about his situation.’

’She hadn’t told him her true purpose at all.’

’Her post-apocalypse survival experience had taught her to always be on guard. The ones who deliver the fatal blow are often the people closest to you.’

’But it was undeniable that having Si Cheng on her side was a good thing for her.’

’Thinking of this, her mind turned to the matter of the flower rats.’

’Although Si Cheng had cleverly covered for her during Fu Feng’s questioning, she still needed to talk to him about it.’

"You worked hard today, Si Cheng," Su Luoluo said sincerely.

"It’s what I should do. The leader is very good to the tribe members. They told me you even taught them how to cook fish."

"Mm, eating nothing but wild fruits can upset your stomach. Once this rice is milled, the tribe will have more to eat."

"Thank you, leader."

"Since I’m your leader, you don’t have to be so formal."

"About the flower rats today..." Su Luoluo hesitated, deliberating on how to begin.

Before Su Luoluo could finish, Si Cheng nodded. "Rest assured, leader. I was actually out looking for flower rats today. And our Ring-tailed Lemur Tribe does have a lot of them. Tomorrow, I’ll take some people over and get some of the pox scabs."

’It’s so refreshing to talk to a smart person. You only need to hint at things.’

’You don’t have to say much for them to understand what you mean.’

Su Luoluo smiled. "Alright, I’ll leave this matter to you."

...

While Su Luoluo was resolving one of her worries, Su Nuannuan was beginning a different kind of scheme.

"You said you discovered a Salt Well. Is that true, Nuannuan?" Hei Feng cupped Su Nuannuan’s face, about to kiss her, but she turned her head away.

He was just about to scold her when she told him a piece of exciting news.

Su Nuannuan nodded. "It’s true. I was being hunted because I accidentally discovered the Salt Well, which is why I collapsed nearby."

’The people in the tribe are getting more and more dissatisfied with me. They think my cooking isn’t as good as I claimed, and that some of my dishes are even worse than what they make themselves.’

’I have to come up with a new trick to win back their trust.’

’The Salt Well is the perfect opportunity.’

’I know how to purify salt. With this skill, how could the people of the Black Pig Tribe possibly look down on me?’

"But we don’t know how to produce salt. Even if we get the Salt Well, it’s useless."

Su Nuannuan smiled at him. "You have someone who knows how to make salt standing right in front of you."

"Nuannuan, are you saying you know how to make salt?" Hei Feng’s face was full of disbelief.

Su Nuannuan smiled and said, "Yes."

"Nuannuan, you can’t be lying about this. Purifying salt is no simple matter," Hei Feng said, still sounding unconvinced.

"Hei Feng, what do you mean by that? Are you saying you don’t believe me? Don’t forget, I was the one who told everyone about beggar’s chicken and pottery." Hearing Hei Feng doubt her, Su Nuannuan’s expression instantly soured.

Seeing Su Nuannuan get angry, Hei Feng quickly wrapped his arm around her waist and apologized. "That’s not what I meant. I just never thought I, Hei Feng, would be so lucky to have a totem contract with a female who knows so much. Nuannuan, you’re truly my lucky star."

Hearing Hei Feng say this, Su Nuannuan finally felt a bit better. "Now that’s more like it. Once we have salt, we can become self-sufficient and even expand our tribe’s power."

’The Wolf Clan is a bit stronger than the Black Pig Tribe,’ she thought, ’but they don’t have many people. If I can increase the population of the Black Pig Tribe, then its power will grow immensely.’

’Of course, it would be best if I also had a few Beastmen as powerful as Su Luoluo’s. Although Hei Feng is a Level 4 Beast Rank, he’s still a bit weaker than Su Luoluo’s Beastmen.’

Hei Feng was completely unaware of Su Nuannuan’s calculations. Hearing that she could purify salt, he asked impatiently, "So where is this Salt Well?"

Salt was such a precious commodity. If Nuannuan really led them to it, they would no longer have to worry about salt.

They could even supply salt to other tribes in exchange for more valuable goods.

Weren’t the people in the city-states growing richer and richer precisely because they knew how to produce salt?

’The Salt Well... Of course, she hadn’t actually found it yet.’

’But as long as she kept an eye on the Wolf Clan Tribe, she was sure she could find it.’

"The place is a bit far. I need some time to recall the route. I’ll tell you once I’ve drawn a map."

Hearing that Su Nuannuan couldn’t tell him the route immediately, Hei Feng was a little disappointed. "We have to wait a while? I thought we could set out tomorrow."

’Hmph. Not very bright, but his ambition is huge.’

Su Nuannuan listened, sneering inwardly with contempt.

Seeing Hei Feng’s moodiness, she turned to look at him. "Ah Feng, how is your superpower cultivation coming along? Are you about to break through to the next Beast Rank?"