A vile, ugly, and fat female? A chaotic scene of six beastly husbands vying for her favor.

Chapter 40 Pulling her into his arms
Ling Yu touched the necklace, a sweet feeling welling up in her heart.

Liu actually prepared a gift for her.

This necklace is clearly something he put a lot of effort into; the color is absolutely beautiful.

In the beast world, females can receive gifts from their beast husbands as a sign of love, but the original owner of this body never received anything from a male.

Without realizing it, she had a guess.

Liu, she probably doesn't dislike her anymore, and might even have a little bit of affection for her?
She chuckled softly, ate a few pieces of roasted rabbit meat, and then began preparing to make warm animal hides. While processing the rabbit hides, she also boiled the hemp into soft fibers according to the method given by the system...

To improve efficiency, Lingyu used the tools available in her backpack.

The last gift pack from the system was quite generous, containing pots, materials for tanning hides, scrapers, dryers, and crafting speed-up packs.

She accomplished a day's worth of work in just two hours.

It greatly improved efficiency.

By the time she had finished preparing everything, it was already pitch black outside.

Lingyu didn't wait for her father to return. She left some meat and fruit and went to sleep on her stone bed.

In the past, my father's return time was unpredictable.

After all, he was the clan leader and had many things to do, so this made it easier for her to do her own things.

Late at night, Ling Yu was sleeping when she was suddenly awakened by voices. She rubbed her eyes and looked over.

Father came back, along with a middle-aged man.

The two seemed to be speaking in hushed tones.

"Alas, the weather is cold now, and the prey is hard to find and cunning. Xuan's hunting team was injured, and the tribe's food is running low."

"The elder's group who went hunting with him, especially Fu, instigated his men to cheat and hide when the prey attacked, letting Xuan and his young males take the lead!"

"This time they attacked the giant toothed beast. Its thick hide made it difficult to attack. Xuan was almost bitten to death by it. Fortunately, he dodged in time and was only injured. But continuing like this is not a solution."

Ling Yu's heart skipped a beat. Xuan was injured?!
The conversation over there was still going on.

"I never expected Jiang to be so blind to the bigger picture. Other tribes outside are also eyeing us covetously. If this continues, our tribe will perish sooner or later."

"I'll talk to Jiang again tomorrow. Winter is coming, food is scarce, we can't afford any more internal discord..."

From her father's conversation with that man, Lingyu gradually understood the situation.

What she perceived as a peaceful life was actually a turbulent undercurrent, with the tribe facing internal and external troubles and at a critical juncture of life and death.

All she can do right now, besides helping everyone get through the winter, is improve their hunting prowess and stop losing males.

Xuan and his companions primarily engage in hand-to-hand combat when hunting.

I remember seeing the scars all over Xuan's body when I transmigrated; they were all left from hunting, old wounds not yet healed and new ones added.

If you can manufacture bows and arrows for ranged attacks and wear weapons and armor for melee combat, the probability of getting injured will be greatly reduced.

The most important thing is to find iron ore.

……

I couldn't sleep all night; in my dream, I saw Xuan transformed into a wolf and fighting wild beasts.

Ling Yu saw that Xuan's fur was wet, touched it, and found it was covered in bright red blood!
In the blink of an eye, a deep, bone-revealing claw mark appeared on Xuan's abdomen!

Her heart ached with fear. She tried to stroke his head, but saw him droop his eyelids listlessly and gradually fall silent.

"No...don't die...Xuan!"

She cried out in pain.

Suddenly opening her eyes, Ling Yu realized she had a nightmare. She woke up in a cold sweat.

She quickly washed her face and saw that her father had already left.

He then hurriedly went to the cave where Xuan was.

When I went inside, it was quiet, and I could vaguely hear Xuan's breathing as he slept.

Seeing Xuan lying unharmed on the stone bed, his chest bare, his perfect pectoral muscles exposed before her eyes, and his strong and powerful waist when he curled up in bed, she felt an explosion of male hormones.

Ling Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

She took a few steps closer and saw several new wounds on his arm, covered with a thin scab, but it was clear that he had been in excruciating pain when he was injured.

My heart aches terribly.

This man had a fiery temper, was competitive and combative, and was more prone to injury than others when hunting, but he was also the bravest hunter in the tribe.

Perhaps it was the itch from the scabs, because the large, bony hand couldn't help but scratch them.

She quickly pressed his hand down, and when he stopped moving, she took out some ointment for treating sprains and bruises from her backpack and applied it evenly to his wound.

This ointment is a high-tech product and works faster than herbal remedies.

It also makes it easier to remove scars.

Just as she finished applying the ointment and was about to pull it back, Ling Yu's hand was pulled forcefully, and she fell abruptly into Xuan's arms. Xuan squinted, as if he hadn't woken up yet, and rubbed his face against her ear.

Then, Hu Hu continued sleeping.

"..."

Ling Yu was speechless.

It startled her, but thankfully the guy didn't wake up.

She tried to break free from the man, but the more she struggled, the tighter he held her, and his hot, masculine body felt much warmer.

She hadn't slept well last night, and before she knew it, she had fallen asleep.

After an unknown amount of time, a surprised, hoarse voice rang in my ears: "What are you doing here?"

When Ling Yu opened her eyes, she saw Xuan, with his messy, spiky hair, sitting on the stone bed, staring at her with a bewildered look.

Wasn't she here to apply medicine to him? Why is she asleep?
After a period of chaos.

"I heard you were injured, so I came to check on you. And then..."

"You want to do that kind of thing to me again!"

Xuan stared intently into her eyes, but this time his tone was no longer filled with disgust and resentment as before.

The last syllable rose slightly, and one could even detect a hint of teasing.

Ling Yu blushed and quickly explained, "You're the one who dragged me onto the bed."

"lie!"

Xuan snorted coldly, his tone smug: "You lusted after my body, so you deliberately snuggled into my arms, wanting me to hold you. That's the truth."

"I don't!"

Ling Yu quickly retorted, "Wouldn't that make her a female hooligan?"

Xuan's lips curled up, seemingly too lazy to argue with her about such a thing. Then he noticed the cool feeling on the wound on his arm.

I couldn't resist taking a sniff, and a refreshing coolness wafted up.

"What is this?"

"Don't touch the medicine, let it be absorbed."

Ling Yu quickly went over and pressed down his restless hand. Fortunately, he had been sleeping and hadn't rubbed off the medicine.

"Does it still hurt?"

Looking at the scar again, she still felt a pang of heartache.

Xuan glanced at her disdainfully: "It's just a small injury, it doesn't hurt at all!"

"At least you still have some conscience, knowing to come see me."

That arrogant and smug look in his eyes is just like that of a big dog.

Ling Yu smiled, but still couldn't help advising, "Don't risk your life like that next time. Those people are hiding behind you, letting you go all out. What's the point of risking your life then?"

"Rather than let those cowards hold me back, I'd rather go and do it myself! I can't do something so pathetic as to dawdle and hide in the back."

Xuan recalled the events of yesterday's hunt, and a hint of anger rose deep in his eyes.

However, those people seem to have stopped acting altogether lately.

They wouldn't help with even the slightest thing.

Otherwise, we would have caught that prey yesterday!

"If they won't attack, then provoke the prey and lure it to them!"

Ling Yu disagreed with his approach, a ruthless glint in her eyes: "When they're about to die, let's see how they manage to hide away so peacefully!"

To put it bluntly, how are those people any different from traitors and collaborators?

While their own people are selling their blood and lives for their clan, these people hide behind the scenes to enjoy the fruits of their labor, and even hinder them by not helping. They are worse than animals!
This was the first time Xuan had ever seen this female with such an expression.

It seemed as if he was being wholeheartedly protected, as if he were someone who was cared for and cherished.

Clearly touched and soft-hearted, yet stubbornly jokingly said:

"Hmph, I didn't expect you, little female, to be so cunning!"

Then, her next words, tinged with grievance, blurted out: "But I don't want to see you hurt again..."

Xuan suddenly froze.

My heart felt as if it had been struck by something, and a warm current suddenly spread from my heart throughout my body.

She seems to really care about him.

(End of this chapter)