Chapter 377: Still Going On A Hunt

When Chief Xie heard these words, she was so angry that she raised her hand and slapped the woman who had spoken out of the line with her husband. She said angrily, "what do you know!? Do you think it is easy for us to find someone who does not want to be found? Do you expect us to ignore the entire tribe and only focus on Shao Xia? I admit that Shao Xia has done some good deeds for the tribe but she has also caused a lot of trouble. It is good enough that I have not mentioned them yet and you are already rushing to question my husband?"

"If you are so worried, why don’t you go and take a look at the Desert Tribe? You will be able to find out whether Shao Xia is missing or if she left the tribe willingly."

No one dared to speak, causing Chief Xie to snort. Don’t think that she was not aware of their petty thoughts. They wanted to act loyal to Shao Xia but at the same time, they were scared to go out and look for the woman, after all, they were also aware of the fact that Shao Xia had been making a fuss about leaving the tribe for a long time. What if she had really joined another tribe? Then their actions would only irk her wrath. They did not dare to look for her, so they could only look for other members of the tribe.

As long as the other person was responsible for breaking the secret, they could stay hidden.

"Chief, why are you hitting me? I was only speaking the truth," said Dami. She did not think that she did anything wrong. The chief and her husband were indeed being biased. They could easily help them but they were not willing.

Chief Xie was so angry when she heard this, that she raised her feet and kicked the woman twice. "Damn you! I haven’t even started finding faults with you all and you are rushing to cause trouble for me. Shao Xia has been making a fuss about leaving the tribe for so long, yet now you all are claiming that she has been missing. How can she go missing? Where were you all? If you don’t want me to start questioning your faults, you better stay quiet for me."

When Xiao Ya and the rest saw that Chief Xie was angry, they had no choice but to turn around and leave. They understood one thing: even if they were to cause trouble now, with Chief Xie determined not to interfere, there wasn’t much that they could do. Xiao Ya also wanted to coerce the chief but after seeing her stance, she knew that the chances of doing it were close to none.

Xiao Ya pursed her lips, not knowing what to do. With the current situation, it seemed like her popularity was only going to hit rock bottom. Earlier she was following Shao Xia and was quite popular but after Shao Xia disappeared, the mers started to pay less and less attention to her. Only then did she realise that these mers were just after Shao Xia! They wanted to make use of her close relationship with Shao Xia and get close to her. They never wanted to get close to her at all!

When Xiao Ya realised that her popularity was just fleeting, she could not help but turn worried. What was she supposed to do now? It seemed like she had no choice but to coax Hei Ya. Hei Ya liked her very much, so if she were to coax him that mer would definitely return her advances.

Although Hei Ya was punished, it did not matter. He was a strong mer and was also a member of the tribe, and it seemed like he was too important; if not, then the chief would not have punished him so simply. Anyway, Hei Ya only needed to produce a few kids and then he would be free; after that, he could always partner with another female. Anyway, a totem warrior could always change their partner as long as they don’t imprint on one another and promise to stay together as a pair.

She could always try to get close to Hei Ya, and then there was Ruan Zeqiu as well. He was the top choice of the women in the tribe. Even though not many women were willing to cause trouble for Ruan Zeqiu after he became the brother in law of the tribe’s heir, there were many women who were willing to try their shot at him. Xiao Ya was one of them. After all, Ruan Zeqiu was good looking and his connections to the chief were really tempting!

The only thing troublesome was that Ruan Chanchan was not willing. If she were to go and ask Ruan Zeqiu to become her partner, there was a good chance that Ruan Chanchan would beat her up along with Xie Daiyu. If not for her, Xiao Ya would have truly tried to get together with Ruan Zeqiu.

Never mind, she would first have some kids with Hei Ya. As for partnering with Ruan Zeqiu, she would think about it later on.

Ruan Chanchan did not know that Xiao Ya had started to target her brother. She was unaware of the troubles and slept quite peacefully till the evening.

When she woke up, she heard Xie Daiyu stir.

"You are up?" Ruan Chanchan looked at the mer, who nodded with a sleepy expression and pushed himself off the floor, he sniffed and said, "Is this time for a hunt?"

"Hunt? You are still going to hunt?" Ruan Chanchan was stunned when she heard Xie Daiyu say that he was going to hunt. What was going on? Didn’t anyone tell him that he should stop hunting?

To her surprise Xie Daiyu actually nodded and said, "There is no other choice; I have to go out and hunt."