Ugly, Fat, and Vicious? My Five Beast Husbands Are Obsessed Anyway

Chapter 36: Chapter 36: The Far-Traveling Beastman Has Returned

Nantu?

’Why does that name sound a bit familiar?’

’He seems to be my Beastman, the one who went on a long journey and whom I haven’t met yet.’

’Is he back so soon?’

Su Luoluo remembered that the original owner of her body had angered him into running away from home by using a seduction fruit.

Without even thinking too hard about it, Su Luoluo knew that meeting this person meant her future days would not be easy.

While she was nursing a headache off to the side, the other Beastmen were being quite lively.

After Fu Feng finished speaking, his gaze returned to the popcorn in Xiao Ye’s hands.

The aroma was just too fragrant; he couldn’t ignore it even if he wanted to.

He stared intently at Xiao Ye, but the other man acted as if he didn’t see the plea in his eyes, not moving his own eyes or hands in the slightest.

Mo Xuan, watching from the side, sneered, "Don’t bother. I didn’t get any, let alone a newcomer like you."

Hearing this, Fu Feng’s expression soured as he looked at Xiao Ye. "Aren’t you being a little too stingy? At the very least, I tipped you off. You’re not even going to share one with me?"

"Tipped me off?" Xiao Ye shot him a sideways glance, a playful smile gracing his lips. "Are you sure you weren’t just here to watch the drama?"

"What drama is there to watch?" Fu Feng said, his eyes flickering slightly.

"What do you think?" Xiao Ye gave him a look that said he couldn’t be bothered to expose him, his gaze light and airy.

Fu Feng: "..."

Alright, he really had come to watch the drama.

The popcorn, coated in honey, was simply too fragrant.

Even as Mo Xuan drank his peanut porridge, he found it hard to ignore the scent.

He paid no mind to the two bickering, turning instead to Su Luoluo. "Is there anything you need me to do today?"

He had a plan: if he did an extra task, he could use it as an opportunity to negotiate with Su Luoluo and get her to make a batch of popcorn for him too.

He’d heard from Xiao Ye that it was sweet, so it must be delicious.

’What was it called again? A snack?’

’Not something you eat for a meal, but a treat you can have anytime.’

Su Luoluo found it rather amusing to see Mo Xuan being so proactive today.

To think that the arrogant and untamed Black Panther could be so easily captivated by popcorn.

She had made quite a bit of popcorn. Aside from the large portion for Xiao Ye, she had saved a little for herself to satisfy her own cravings.

Although she loved it, looking at the fat on her body, she didn’t dare to indulge in such a high-calorie food.

However, since someone was now proactively offering to help, she certainly wasn’t going to refuse.

Su Luoluo pointed at the makeshift kitchen in the barren clearing. "I need a table, a few chairs, and oh, a canopy to block the rain. It would make cooking and eating here much more convenient in the future."

"Then I’ll go gather some stones."

There were no tables and chairs in the tribe in the true sense of the word; they usually just used a random tree stump or stone as a table. When Mo Xuan heard Su Luoluo’s request, he assumed this was what she meant.

But to his surprise, Su Luoluo shook her head. "I want to make a set of table and chairs out of wood."

’The scavenged kind are convenient, but they don’t have a consistent height and aren’t comfortable to sit at.’

She wanted to find some lumber and make a proper set herself.

’If there are no nails, I can just use wood or bamboo skewers shaved into small rectangular pegs as a substitute.’

"Wood? How can you make a table out of that?" Mo Xuan had never heard of making a table from round logs.

Su Luoluo smiled. "If you split the wood into several planks, you can nail them together to make a big table."

Su Luoluo mentally took stock. Besides a large dining table, she would also need a smaller table for cooking preparation.

Finding trees wasn’t difficult for Mo Xuan, but splitting the wood was a bit of a problem for him.

His claws weren’t as sharp as those of the avian beastmen.

Thinking of this, he looked at Fu Feng and said, "You’re coming with me."

"What?" Fu Feng was stunned.

"After the table is done, I’ll give you half of my popcorn," Mo Xuan said, a little frustrated.

’To think I could get some popcorn just by doing an extra task, but now I have to give half of it away.’

Although Fu Feng had been trying to get popcorn from Xiao Ye, he had still been listening to the conversation over here.

From the sound of it, he knew Su Luoluo had put Mo Xuan up to this.

’They might like working for Su Luoluo, but I’m not willing to.’

’That evil female, she’s done so many disgusting things in the past. There’s no way I’ll ever make up with her.’

Without a second thought, he refused. "I’m not going."

Mo Xuan glanced at the stubborn guy and rolled his eyes.

’What is he thinking?’

’He wants the good stuff but doesn’t want to work for it. Trying to get a free ride!’

’Once he tastes that delicious popcorn, he’ll realize his pride is worthless compared to something like this.’

’Wasn’t I the same way back then?’

He rolled his eyes again, then held out his hand to Su Luoluo. "Do you have any more popcorn? Give me one piece."

Su Luoluo wagged a finger. "No, no, no. No advance payments."

She couldn’t let them form a habit of asking for treats before the work even started.

’If this goes on, they’ll stop taking my words seriously.’

Mo Xuan endured her high-and-mighty attitude, frowning. "Put it on my tab. I’ll let this snob have a taste, and you can deduct it from my share later."

Hearing this, Su Luoluo looked at Mo Xuan suspiciously, not understanding why he was doing this.

Mo Xuan’s lips twitched, and he offered a rare explanation. "Didn’t you say the wood needed to be split for the table? His claws are sharper than mine. He’s better suited for it."

Upon hearing that, Su Luoluo immediately placed a single, golden piece of popcorn into Mo Xuan’s hand.

It looked light, but Mo Xuan could still feel its warmth and faint fragrance.

’Seriously, I haven’t even had a bite myself, and I already have to give it to someone else.’

As Mo Xuan brought it over to Fu Feng, he felt he had never been so pathetic in his life.

To make himself feel a little better, he closed his eyes as he held it out. "Try it! If you’re convinced, come with me."

Fu Feng looked at the popcorn being offered by the dark hand in front of him with some disdain. "It’s a little dirty."

Mo Xuan couldn’t be bothered with this pretentious guy. Seizing a moment when he wasn’t paying attention, he stuffed it directly into his mouth.

Fu Feng let out a yelp and was about to scold Mo Xuan when the popcorn exploded with flavor in his mouth.

It was sweet, fragrant, and crispy—a taste he had never experienced before.

His eyes instantly lit up.

Watching his exaggerated expression, Mo Xuan knew just how much the guy had been putting on an act before.

Eager to get his own popcorn as soon as possible, he grabbed Fu Feng and started dragging him forward. "Can we go now?"

Fu Feng didn’t refuse this time.

’It’s so good. No wonder Xiao Ye wouldn’t share a single piece with anyone.’

’If it were me, I’d also find it hard to part with.’

Seeing the two of them leave, Xiao Ye, hugging his pile of popcorn, zipped along after them.

Smelling the aroma, Mo Xuan found it even more irresistible.

He yelled at Fu Feng beside him, "Hurry up! What are you dawdling for? Do you want to eat or not?!"

Then he shot a vicious glare at Xiao Ye. "What are you showing off for? I’ll have my own to eat soon enough."

Xiao Ye just laughed and popped a piece of popcorn into his mouth, crunching loudly. "Too bad you don’t have any right now."

Mo Xuan: "..."

Fu Feng: "..."

After the three of them left, Su Luoluo didn’t stay idle.

She put some corn kernels out to dry. Besides making more popcorn, she also planned to grind some into cornmeal.

The shepherd’s purse in the back was very fresh, and the mushrooms were plump and dewy. Along with some pork, they would be perfect for making corn-wrapper dumplings.

Back in the Post-apocalypse, grinding corn kernels into powder was an extremely easy task.

You just had to plug in a grinder, and it was done.

Here in this primitive society, however, she could only rely on slowly grinding it by hand.

Su Luoluo found a natural, crescent-shaped stone trough. She placed the corn kernels inside, then found a long, thin stone pestle. Gripping it with both hands, she began to roll and crush the kernels.

Just as she was grinding the corn, the system suddenly sounded.