Chapter 29: I Won’t Let Anything Happen to Her on My Watch

Chapter 29: Chapter 29: I Won’t Let Anything Happen to Her on My Watch

"Of course!"

Her unhesitating reply made Roger furious.

Bai Wanwan was already ignoring him, continuing to tend the fire.

After she had been busy for a while, she noticed Roger was still standing in the same spot without moving.

"I’m not planning to roast any meat right now. It’s useless for you to be standing around here."

Roger, who was standing beside her, didn’t say a word.

This was clearly unusual, so Bai Wanwan turned her head to look at him suspiciously.

Only then did she realize that Roger’s gaze was fixed on her lower abdomen.

Bai Wanwan immediately looked down as well. Under the loose animal hide, her slightly bulging belly wasn’t actually that noticeable.

"I’m a bit tired and I’m going to take a nap. If you have no other business, you should hurry up and leave."

She had never been polite with Roger, and she was very direct when telling people to leave.

Roger, however, suddenly closed in, nearly pinning her against the stone wall.

Bai Wanwan’s expression immediately darkened. "Roger, what do you think you’re doing?"

Roger didn’t look at her face. His eyes remained fixed on her lower abdomen as he slowly reached out his hand.

SMACK!

A loud slap landed on the back of his hand, knocking away the hand that was reaching for her abdomen.

"What do you think you’re doing?"

’If it wasn’t for him bringing meat every day so that Xin Feng could eat more and recover his strength, I couldn’t be bothered to deal with this male.’

"You’re pregnant?" Roger asked directly.

Only after saying this did he shift his gaze from her lower abdomen to her face.

His words made Bai Wanwan subconsciously touch her belly. ’How did Roger find out?’

Roger seemed to read her mind from the look on her face.

"I saw it just now when you turned sideways and bent over."

At first, he thought his eyes were playing tricks on him, so he stared for quite a while.

Then he realized the young female’s belly really was bulging. When she was standing, the animal hide concealed it, so it wasn’t obvious.

But the moment she moved, the hide pulled taut, making it very clear.

"So what if you saw? It’s not yours. What are you getting so worked up about?" Bai Wanwan shot him a look of disdain.

"Bai Wanwan, you’re a useless female! Tell me how you managed to get pregnant."

Because of his interest in Xin Feng, he had thoroughly investigated Bai Wanwan the moment he arrived in the Cat Clan Tribe.

He knew Hu Ya was the most fertile among the young females.

And that it was because of Bai Wanwan’s low fertility that she had been paired with a useless beast like Xin Feng.

’If all that is true, then why isn’t the highly fertile Hu Ya pregnant, while this Bai Wanwan is?’

’And what about those males Bai Wanwan drove away a few days ago?’

’Their Talents aren’t high—at least, not in his eyes. In any medium-sized tribe or larger, they’d be considered to have low-grade Talents.’

’But in a small tribe like the Cat Clan, they’re still considered powerhouses.’

’The Cat Clan’s Clan Leader didn’t pair powerful males with fertile females. Instead, he wanted them to become the Beast Husband for a useless female.’

’And now this useless female is pregnant...’

Roger felt there had to be a connection, but he just didn’t know what it was.

His gaze was unlike his usual carefree demeanor; it was extremely aggressive.

Bai Wanwan raised a hand and pushed his head away. "What are you doing so close to me? Back off and then we’ll talk."

As she spoke, she sidestepped away from him to maintain her distance.

This time, Roger didn’t press closer. He just stood his ground and watched her. "Fine. Then you tell me, how does a useless female get pregnant right after coming of age?"

"That’s my business. What does it have to do with you? You’re not even a Cat Clan Beastman, aren’t you overstepping your bounds?"

Roger stared at her face, and as he looked, he suddenly broke into a laugh. "Bai Wanwan, what’s so great about the Cat Clan Tribe? The food is bad, you can’t dress warmly, you live in this ice-cold stone cave, and your Beast Husband is a useless beast as ugly as a Beast."

"And?" Bai Wanwan crossed her arms, her eyes glinting coldly as she raised an eyebrow.

"Come with me. I’ll take you to a large tribe. There, you can wear fine linen, eat all kinds of delicious food, and have a comfortable house..."

"You really sound like a trafficker who kidnaps women and children."

Roger heard every word she said, but he didn’t understand what she meant at all.

"What did you say?"

"I said you should leave. I’m not going anywhere."

’Even if I were to leave, it wouldn’t be now, and definitely not with this male and his ill intentions.’

’I’m not about to be the kind of fool who gets sold and then helps the buyer count the money.’

"What’s so great about the Cat Clan Tribe? You haven’t seen the outside world. Many other tribes are big and beautiful..."

’What haven’t I seen?’

’As someone who transmigrated from a technological age, how could I be so easily swayed by a few of his words?’

’Naive!’

"You should save your breath. Go try to trick some other female next time!"

As she spoke, she started to feel sleepy. She covered her mouth with her hand and patted it as she yawned.

Roger, being completely ignored, was undoubtedly furious.

But he couldn’t lash out. This was the first time he’d been completely unable to figure out what a young female was thinking.

She seemed genuinely uninterested in him and everything he had to offer.

Even though he brought prey every day, which she never refused, she certainly wouldn’t try to stop him if he decided not to come anymore.

’What a strange and frustrating female.’

In that instant, the urge to take her away by force truly sparked within him.

Roger’s gaze darkened. He turned, pushed aside the animal hide curtain, and walked out of the cave.

The place where they were temporarily staying was not far from Bai Wanwan’s cave, right next to the Cat Clan’s Female Cave.

The Beastmen in the caravan were already sorting their goods and packing them into crates.

"Finish packing. We’re leaving immediately."

Two males who were packing crates stopped what they were doing and turned to look at him.

"Captain, I thought we were leaving tomorrow."

Roger tapped his fingers on a crate. "The plan has changed. We leave as soon as we’re packed."

After giving the order, he turned and singled out two of them. "You two, come with me."

’Xin Feng isn’t here, and Bai Wanwan is alone in the cave. This is the perfect time to abduct her.’

’Although I still don’t know what kind of secret the Cat Clan is hiding, Bai Wanwan is definitely no ordinary useless female.’

Roger led the two males away, avoiding areas where Beastmen gathered and deliberately taking secluded paths.

"Go into that cave, carry the young female out, and sneak away over the back of the mountain. Remember, she is not to be harmed."

The two males didn’t move immediately. "Captain, it’s so cold. If we take a female on the road, she might not survive."

"We’ll wait at the next tribe until the snow season is over. Now, hurry up."

The words had barely left his lips when a male, carrying a massive beast on his shoulders, appeared before them.

Chou Rong said nothing. His gaze collided with Roger’s, and the two males seemed to clash in an invisible struggle.

"I recall you’re an outsider Beastman as well. I’d advise you to pretend you heard nothing."

Chou Rong tossed the giant creature from his shoulder to the ground.

THUD!

The carcass slammed onto the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

"What do you want? You can just say it."

’Just now, I could have attacked directly, but I realized I can’t read this male’s Talent.’

’If I can’t read it, that means this Beastman’s Talent is at least equal to mine, and possibly even greater.’

"A Cat Clan Beastman saved my life. I won’t let a Cat Clan female come to harm on my watch. Are you leaving, or are you fighting me?"