“No need.
It’s not serious, and it’ll heal in a couple of days,” Su Cha said, rejecting Mu Beichen’s goodwill.
“I’m heading back now, so you don’t need to come over for free meals for the next few days.”
Mu Beichen watched Su Cha’s small, slender back.
Touching the teardrop mole at the corner of his eye, he fell into deep thought.
Cang Yuan looked at Su Cha’s disheveled state and frowned.
In a rare display of initiative, he asked, “Did that snake beastman hit you?”
Under Cang Yuan’s usual icy gaze, Su Cha felt a bit guilty.
“No, I got hurt by accident while sparring with him.
I’m sorry.
The treatment for your leg might have to be delayed a bit, but my injuries aren’t heavy.
I’ll be fine in a couple of days.”
Cang Yuan hadn’t expected Su Cha to apologize to him.
He froze for a moment before replying coldly, “It’s fine.”
Su Cha truly experienced what it meant when people said, “When it rains, it pours.”
The Clan Leader had specifically sent someone to announce that the Witch Doctor’s cub, Hu Luoluo, had returned.
Taking the opportunity of her coming-of-age ceremony, the tribe would host its first bonfire party since the beginning of spring.
All single males and every female in the tribe were required to attend, while males with mates could choose whether or not to participate.
Only then did Su Cha recall the relevant plot from the original book.
Hu Luoluo’s bonfire party was a major plot point in the novel.
Hu Luoluo had gone to a large tribe to study medicine, as she was set to inherit her mother’s position as the Witch Doctor in the future.
She had also set her sights on Mo Ze, making her a rival to the original owner of Su Cha’s body.
During the half-year she was away studying, she returned to find that the beastman she fancied had been snatched away by a newly arrived female.
Refusing to accept this, she had gone to provoke the newcomer—only to be won over by Yunxi’s charismatic personality.
In the end, she gave up on Mo Ze, and the two became good friends.
In the beast world, a bonfire party was equivalent to a massive modern blind-date event.
To ensure the continuation of the species, the Clan Leader held these for adult females who hadn’t yet found mates.
Naturally, single males and females could also pursue their desired partners during the event, and the Clan Leader would offer corresponding rewards to newly mated Beastmen.
And it was on this exact day that Mu Beichen became one of Yunxi’s males.
From then on, he broke away from his own tribe and officially joined the Langri Tribe.
It was a no-brainer that Yunxi and her group would cause some kind of trouble at the party.
Now that her hands were injured, it would severely affect her combat output…
The next day.
After asking Cang Yuan if he wanted to go, Su Cha attended the party alone.
The Langri Tribe had over five hundred Beastmen in total, including men, women, and children.
The vast majority of them had come to today’s banquet for one simple reason: everyone who attended would receive a free portion of meat.
Such an opportunity was hard to come by on regular days.
By the time Su Cha arrived, it was already quite late.
Everyone was seated casually in front of the bonfires.
Generally, mated males would sit around the fire with their females, and a single large bonfire was enough to accommodate over a dozen people.
Before she even fully stepped into the venue, she was spotted by the flashy female lead’s clique.
The most dazzling of them all was, of course, Yunxi.
Her long, silver-white hair was fine and smooth, looking exceptionally beautiful in the firelight.
Dressed in a flowing purple-and-white outfit that gave her an ethereal aura, her lovely face radiated tranquility.
Yu Yue’er had also dressed up meticulously.
Her looks were above average, and decked out in various expensive animal skins, she strutted about like a peacock flaunting its tail feathers.
Another female caught Su Cha’s attention.
If her guess was right, this was the Witch Doctor’s daughter, Hu Luoluo.
What stood out wasn’t her appearance, but her beautiful, light-blue shark-silk dress.
Hu Luoluo had plain features and couldn’t compare to Yu Yue’er or Yunxi in looks, but she made up for it by having a wonderful temper, much like Yunxi’s.
Furthermore, her mother was the most revered Witch Doctor in the tribe.
As today’s protagonist, Hu Luoluo was surrounded by quite a few females, the group chatting and laughing together merrily.
“Oh!
How did you end up crippled?
You still have the nerve to attend the bonfire party like this?
How are you going to seduce males with broken arms?” Yu Yue’er was the first to spot Su Cha.
Staring at Su Cha’s suspended arms in slings, she couldn’t hold back her gloating.
“It’s not like you don’t know—there’s free meat at the party,” a slightly plump female nearby chimed in.
“That’s true!
After all, with two useless cripples in one household, it must be really hard for them to get any meat.
Hahaha!” After Yu Yue’er spoke, the group of females burst into laughter.
Su Cha completely ignored them.
She found a newly lit, smaller bonfire and sat down by herself.
An elderly Beastman came over to distribute her share of meat.
Su Cha politely thanked him.
The elderly Beastman paused in surprise for a moment before returning a smile and continuing his work.
The time before the party officially started was designated for free mingling.
The Langri Tribe was a small one, but its Beastmen were highly diverse.
Su Cha could see that many of them preferred to stay in their half-beast forms.
Some sported tails, while others showed off their animal ears—especially the tiger and wolf Beastmen, who were highly favored by the females.
Many males brought gifts to the party to help them win the females’ affections.
Unexpectedly, Su Cha spotted several good items and wondered if she could buy them with Beast Coins.
When Su Cha walked up to a male Beastman with antlers, Lu Ming jumped in fright.
Her actions also stirred up a commotion among the surrounding Beastmen, and whispers immediately broke out.
“Does a female like Su Cha really want to choose Lu Ming as her mate?”
“I heard Su Cha got super strong.
Apparently, she can even defeat a Fourth-tier Beastman.”
“Then why would she choose a Third-rank Deer Beast?”
“Obviously because it’s easier to successfully court a lower-level Beastman.”
Hearing all of this, Su Cha was utterly exasperated.
She thought, “You sure are a bunch of little geniuses!”
Lu Ming heard the whispers as well.
Just as he was panicking and trying to figure out how to reject Su Cha, the female spoke up.
“Hello, I wanted to ask if you could trade some of these onions to me?
I have Beast Coins.”
The Beastmen who had been watching, eager for a good show, were completely dumbfounded.
Lu Ming was also taken aback.
His face flushed bright red, and, not daring to look at Su Cha anymore, he stammered, “S-sure.”
Seeing that he had agreed, Su Cha offered a friendly smile.
“How much for a trade?”
“Three Beast Coins for the big ones, two for the small ones.”
Su Cha handed Lu Ming five Beast Coins and picked out one large and one small onion.
Before leaving, she told him, “I know you still have a use for these, so I won’t take too many.
If you have extra, you can deliver some to my house tomorrow.”
Lu Ming hadn’t expected that a female would actually like the things he dug up.
So, this spherical plant was called an “onion.”
“Tsk, tsk.
Are you so desperate that you’re courting a Third-rank Deer Beast now?
How pathetic!”
Su Cha was speechless.
She thought, “Is this idiot’s beast form really a fox and not a fly?”
Once again, she ignored Yu Yue’er, walking past her to return to her own bonfire.
When Su Cha arrived back at her spot, she found four Beastmen already sitting there—a middle-aged female and her three males.
The female’s name was Yang Juan, someone Su Cha had briefly met before when she went to the Clan Leader’s place to trade for goods.
Yang Juan offered an approachable smile and asked Su Cha if they could share the fire.
Su Cha casually agreed.
While the groups of young Beastmen were passionately flirting, Su Cha was teary-eyed as she chopped her onions.
Many females had already received gifts from males, and the bonfire where Yunxi and her friends sat was especially packed with suitors.
Covertly, Su Cha took out her pre-mixed barbecue seasoning from her spatial storage.
She tossed the meat and onions together in the spices.
Enduring the slight pain in her hands, she struggled to whittle a few bamboo skewers, then threaded the pieces of meat and onion onto them one by one.
Thanks to her years of field camping experience, she had mastered various grilling techniques.
She could perfectly cook the meat without letting the bamboo skewers burn and snap.
The savory aroma of roasting meat began to waft through the air, instantly drawing the attention of the nearby Beastmen.
They swallowed hard, subconsciously feeling that the roasted meat in their own hands was no longer appetizing.
“Su Cha, how is your roasted meat so fragrant?
We’re practically dying of cravings over here.
Could you teach my males how to do it?”
Sitting right next to Su Cha, Yang Juan got the most direct whiff of the delicious scent in the air and couldn’t help but joke.
Only then did Su Cha realize that the surrounding Beastmen were eyeing her food like hungry tigers.
Fortunately, all Beastmen knew how precious meat was, so they wouldn’t just march up and demand some for no reason.
“I’ll share some of this with you.
Just mix it in before you roast the meat, and it’ll taste great.” Ignoring the stares from all around her, Su Cha poured out half of her barbecue seasoning, handed it to Yang Juan, and went back to grilling her own skewers.