Chapter 212 - 214: The White Lotus’s Scheme

Chapter 212: Chapter 214: The White Lotus’s Scheme

"She went to make pottery?"

When Su Nuannuan heard this, her lips instantly split into a wide grin.

’So what if she’s the Heavenly Destiny Girl? After all this time, she’s still just making pottery?’

’Once I seize the Salt Well and expand the Black Pig forces, Su Luoluo can spend the rest of her days making pottery!’

"Besides going out to make pottery, has there been any other movement from the people in the Wolf Clan Tribe?"

Huang Mao shook his head. "I haven’t seen anyone go out. They’re all busy treating the plague for people from other tribes with scabs. They seem pretty kind."

’Kind?’

’Hmph, the people of the Wolf Clan Tribe are disgustingly hypocritical.’

’They’re so nice to others, but they certainly showed me no mercy.’

"No one has gone out at all?"

"That’s right."

’If no one goes out, how am I supposed to find the Salt Well?’

’That old fox Su Yang has hidden it really well. I can’t find a single clue even by lying in wait.’

’Looks like I’ll have to try a different tactic.’

Su Nuannuan said to Hei Mao, "Go get Hong Shuang."

Hei Mao nodded and left. Huang Mao, still standing in place, asked, "What about me, my lady?"

Su Nuannuan thought for a moment, then whispered a few words in his ear.

Upon hearing her, Huang Mao nodded and excused himself, saying, "Don’t worry, my lady. I’ll be sure to handle it well."

After Huang Mao left, Hong Shuang happened to walk in.

Looking at Su Nuannuan sitting on the white beast skin chair, she felt a pang of unwillingness, but she quickly concealed it.

She performed a salute and said to Su Nuannuan, "Leader’s Wife, did you need me for something?"

Su Nuannuan looked at the delicate-featured woman before her, the corners of her mouth lifting into a slight smile. "You like Hei Feng, don’t you, Hong Shuang?"

Hearing this, Hong Shuang looked at Su Nuannuan, her tone flat. "I don’t know what you’re trying to say, Leader’s Wife."

When Su Nuannuan heard this, she raised an eyebrow. "You don’t have to be so tense. Liking Hei Feng is nothing to be ashamed of. A man as brave as Hei Feng... it would be abnormal not to like him."

Hong Shuang fell silent for a moment before speaking slowly, "I don’t understand your meaning, Leader’s Wife. Is this why you called me here today? If so, you needn’t worry. I have no improper intentions toward the leader."

Before Su Nuannuan arrived, it wasn’t that she hadn’t expressed her feelings to Brother Hei Feng, but he had always rejected her, saying he had to put the tribe first.

But after he saw Su Nuannuan, he quickly changed his mind.

Only then did Hong Shuang realize it wasn’t that Brother Hei Feng didn’t want a Contract Totem; he just didn’t want one with her.

Since Hei Feng liked Su Nuannuan, there was nothing more for her to say.

With that, she prepared to turn and leave.

Su Nuannuan quickly stood up and grabbed her. "Actually, if you want a Contract Totem with Hei Feng, it’s not impossible."

Hearing this, Hong Shuang looked at Su Nuannuan in surprise. "The leader is so good to you, yet you want to break your contract with him?"

Su Nuannuan shook her head. "I don’t want to. I just have no choice."

"What do you mean?"

Su Nuannuan paused, putting on a heartbroken expression. "The Witch Doctor said my body is weak. I can’t bear cubs."

Hong Shuang was stunned for a moment, then a flicker of joy ignited in her heart.

’I can’t believe Su Nuannuan is a barren female.’

’She seems so smart and capable, but she can’t even give birth.’

’When a Beastman forms a Contract Totem with a female, the most important thing is her ability to bear cubs. What’s the use of contracting with a female who can’t even do that?’

She hid her thoughts and comforted Su Nuannuan, "You don’t need to be anxious, Leader’s Wife. Perhaps the Witch Doctor just hasn’t found a solution yet. Once he does, you’ll have cubs in no time."

Su Nuannuan didn’t miss the change in Hong Shuang’s expression. She sneered inwardly. ’She can’t even hide such simple thoughts, yet she wants to steal my position as Leader’s Wife?’

’But it’s precisely because she’s interested in Hei Feng that this will be much easier to handle.’

Su Nuannuan sighed. "It’s hopeless. I’ve been undergoing treatment with the Witch Doctor for a long time, but nothing has worked."

"Hong Shuang, you’re actually the one who’s most suitable for Hei Feng. If I stay by his side, he’ll never have a single cub."

A hint of joy flashed in Hong Shuang’s eyes, but she suppressed it. She stepped forward and hugged Su Nuannuan. "Don’t say that, Leader’s Wife. The leader likes you. Maybe he won’t care about such things."

"Hei Feng... he’s a good person, so he might not care too much. But I can’t accept it. I can’t let him be without cubs. Without cubs, what will happen to the tribe?"

"Sigh... Actually, I’ve already mentioned breaking the contract with him once, and I even brought you up, but..." Su Nuannuan trailed off, looking troubled.

"But what?" Hong Shuang asked.

"But he didn’t agree. He said he only sees you as a sister," Su Nuannuan said after a long pause.

At her words, the hand Hong Shuang was using to pat Su Nuannuan’s back stiffened.

’Does Brother Hei Feng really dislike me that much?’

’He’d rather have a barren female than have me.’

A mocking smile touched Su Nuannuan’s lips before she continued, "Actually, I think he just hasn’t discovered how wonderful you are, Hong Shuang. That’s why he refused."

"If you could help Hei Feng accomplish something, he would surely see you in a new light. Then, when I bring you up to him again, he probably won’t refuse."

"Is there anything the leader can’t do?"

In her heart, the leader had always been omnipotent. How could there be something he couldn’t do?

"Right now, there is indeed one thing that’s giving Hei Feng a huge headache."

"He found out that the Wolf Clan Tribe has a Salt Well, but he has no way of getting it. If you help Hei Feng obtain this Salt Well, Hong Shuang, he will definitely be overjoyed."

’The Salt Well?’

Finding salt was indeed a magnificent achievement.

"The Wolf Clan Tribe? I don’t know anyone there. How can I help?"

Seeing that Hong Shuang had taken the bait, Su Nuannuan immediately whispered a few words in her ear.

After listening, Hong Shuang looked at Su Nuannuan suspiciously. "How do you know so much about the Wolf Clan?"

Su Nuannuan put on a sorrowful expression. "To be honest with you, it’s because I was the one who discovered that Salt Well. They seized it from me and then tried to hunt me down and kill me."

Su Nuannuan had indeed been gravely injured when she arrived at the tribe, so upon hearing this, Hong Shuang was inclined to believe her.

However, she didn’t believe Su Nuannuan was that kind-hearted. "If I help Brother Hei Feng get the Salt Well, what happens to you afterward?"

"Don’t worry, I will definitely make Hei Feng form a Contract Totem with you. This body of mine can’t bear children, so there’s no use in him keeping me. He’ll only let me go once he accepts you."

"I’ll find a place and leave on my own then. Consider it the last thing I do for him, for the sake of us having been a couple."

As the Leader’s Wife, Su Nuannuan’s inability to bear children for so long had already caused some murmurs among the tribe members.

Although Hong Shuang didn’t fully believe Su Nuannuan, she was confident that regardless of whether Su Nuannuan could fulfill her promise later, her time as Leader’s Wife was coming to an end.

’And as long as I help Brother Hei Feng get his hands on the Salt Well, I’ll be a great hero to the tribe. Brother Hei Feng will surely look at me with new respect then.’

’Didn’t Su Nuannuan get together with Brother Hei Feng by relying on the Warm Chicken and her pottery skills?’

’A Salt Well is worth so much more than those things.’