When beauty meets beasts

680 What A Confused Wolf

Huanhuan thought it through.

This was Rock City, and her mate was the beast king. This was their territory.

She didn’t care what others thought. She just had to do what she wanted.

As for whether Shuang Yun would be unhappy with her decision…

‘Then so be it.’

Anyway, he wasn’t her only husband.

Facing the powerful Lin Huanhuan, the Divine Wood clan present was very dissatisfied. In their opinion, Lin Huanhuan was too arrogant. She did not have the dignity and generosity that a high priest should have.

Someone muttered softly, “She just relied on her mate to become a high priest. What’s there to be proud of?!”

Xue Hui immediately looked over and frowned. “Don’t talk nonsense!”

The man was unconvinced and wanted to say something else, but he had to shut up despite his anger because of Xue Hui.

Xue Hui said to Huanhuan, “For so many years, I’ve been acting as the high priest. They’re already used to me being in charge and can’t accept the appearance of a new high priest, so they’re a little emotional. Please forgive them. I’ll teach them a lesson and stop them from talking nonsense.”

Who didn’t know how to put on a show? Huanhuan laughed.

“It’s your business how you want to teach them a lesson. I just want to remind you not to take yourself too seriously. Even without you people, Rock City can still operate very well.”

Xue Hui’s expression changed slightly. “Don’t say that. After all, we’ve been friends for many years…”

“It’s only called a friendship when we still have feelings for each other. Now that you’re already having thoughts that you shouldn’t be having, wouldn’t I be stupid if I talked about friendship with you?”

Xue Hui was speechless.

Huanhuan was shorter than her. When Huanhuan looked at Xue Hui, she had to look up. Even so, Huanhuan’s aura was still not weaker than hers.

“I’m a nostalgic person. Whether it’s the things at home or my friends outside, as long as they’re still the same, I’ll try my best to cherish and protect them. But if you’ve changed, don’t blame me for not remembering our past.”

No matter how bad Xue Hui’s mood was, she maintained a helpless smile. “You’re thinking too much. We don’t mean anything else…”

“Alright, you don’t have to explain too much. I have eyes. I’ve seen your performance.”

Xue Hui could only sigh. “I didn’t expect things to turn out like this. It’s my fault.”

Huanhuan glanced at the expressions of everyone present. Their faces revealed unwillingness and resentment. Clearly, none of them thought it was Lady Xue Hui’s fault.

They felt that Lin Huanhuan was the culprit.

Huanhuan pretended not to see the dissatisfaction in their eyes and said unhurriedly, “Since everyone is here, I’ll say something else. In a while, the tree people will come to Rock City. At that time, I’ll leave the fruit forest and vegetable fields to them.”

As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere immediately exploded.

Everyone spoke at once.

“We’ve been taking care of the fruit forest and vegetable fields all these years. What will we do if we hand them over to the tree tribe?”

“What tree tribe? I’ve never heard of them. Can they really manage the vegetable fields and fruit forest well?!”

“Aren’t you being too arbitrary to make such a big decision when you’ve only just returned? I think we should wait for the beast king to return.”

…

When everyone was done, Huanhuan said, “When the time comes, you can manage the fruit forest and vegetable fields with the tree people. You’ll help and supervise each other. You’ll develop the planting business of Rock City together. Isn’t that good?”

However, no one agreed.

They had always been in charge of the fruit forest and vegetable fields, so it was equivalent to their territory. They could not accept others invading it.

Ah Gui spoke up too, “We’ve been managing the vegetable fields and fruit forest well. The harvest over the years has been good. I don’t understand. Why do you have to let others take over the vegetable fields and fruit forest?”

Huanhuan asked instead of answering, “I was the one who suggested starting the vegetable fields and fruit forest back then. My family led the wolf beasts to develop them bit by bit. Logically speaking, they should be my family’s private property. What I want to do with them is my family’s business. Why do I have to give you an explanation?”

Ah Gui was stumped.

The others fell silent.

Xue Hui said in a low voice, “You’ve been away from Rock City for too long, so you don’t know this. The vegetable fields and fruit forest are no longer what they were before you left.”

“Oh?”

“Before you left, the vegetable fields were only a few dozen acres, and the fruit forest only had one mountain. Over the years, we’ve worked hard to manage them. We’ve already expanded their range several times. Even if the first few dozen acres of vegetable fields and fruit forest are your family’s private property, the vegetable fields and fruit forest we’ve developed ourselves over the years shouldn’t belong to your family, right?”

Huanhuan thought about it seriously. “You have a point.”

“So about the tree people—”

Huanhuan interrupted her. “How about this? The dozens of acres of land that my family owns will be handed over to the tree tribe to manage. As for the area that you later expanded, they’ll naturally be yours to take care of. Later, we’ll clean up the accounts for the past few years. We’ll all pay the taxes and land rentals we need to pay so that we won’t end up unhappy.”

“What taxes and land rents?”

Huanhuan looked back at Shuang Yin. “Didn’t your father say anything about taxes and land rent?”

Shuang Yin shook her head. “No.”

“Tsk, what a confused wolf. Just how much has he let others take advantage of him?!”

Huanhuan sighed. “Since Shuang Yun didn’t set the rule of paying taxes and rent before, let’s forget about the taxes and land rents from before this. I won’t pursue the matter, but from now on, all beasts doing business and farming in Rock City have to pay taxes. As for the exact amount… I’ll make a detailed notice and paste it on the city’s noticeboard later. You can take a look for yourself.”

Although they didn’t know what taxes were, they could roughly guess from what Huanhuan had just said that they would have to pay.

Ah Gui frowned and said, “This isn’t a small matter. Can we wait for the beast king to return before confirming if we should implement it?”

“I’ll ask Shuang Yun for his opinion myself. You don’t have to worry about that.”

“But…”

“No buts. I don’t want you to object to the first thing I do when I return. It makes me think you’re deliberately making things difficult for me.”

Ah Gui looked a little embarrassed. “Why would we? We have no intention of making things difficult for you.”

“It’s best if you don’t.”

Huanhuan looked at the sky outside. “That’s all for today. I’ll go back first. Do as you please.”