As soon as Su Cha returned home, Cang Yuan detected the scent of a snake Beastman on her.
It was very faint, but fresh.
He didn’t say anything and simply continued eating.
Seeing that Cang Yuan had made dinner, Su Cha didn’t stand on ceremony and immediately scooped herself a bowl.
Cang Yuan’s culinary skills were mediocre at best, limited to boiling rice, roasting meat, and cooking sweet potatoes and regular potatoes.
It wasn’t surprising that he had cooked her a portion.
Although the original owner of this body had despised his cooking, she would snatch his share and leave him starving if he didn’t cook for her.
If he refused to cook altogether, she would rummage through their belongings and trade them with the clan for food.
Therefore, even though Su Cha had taken over the body, he still made extra food every time.
If she ate, he would simply eat less.
Su Cha finished a small bowl of plain porridge, consciously washed her bowl, and went to sleep.
Unsurprisingly, the original owner’s constitution was terrible.
Even after taking cold medicine, Su Cha developed a low-grade fever.
When she woke up in the morning, her head felt exceptionally heavy.
After groggily drinking a bowl of porridge, she didn’t bother washing the bowl.
Cang Yuan cast a surprised glance at her but washed it himself without a word.
Then, he watched as Su Cha brought medicinal herbs from her room and began to brew them.
Ever since she discovered that he would pour away the medicine, this female had stopped brewing it for him.
Instead, she would just portion out the herbs and leave them in the kitchen.
Looking at her flushed cheeks, Cang Yuan guessed that she must have fallen ill from soaking in the water for too long yesterday.
He stood to the side, observing her.
Females died easily from illnesses.
He wondered why she would rather be sick than find a male to mate with.
“Don’t you have anything else to do?” Su Cha’s voice broke the silence, tinged with disgust and a slight hoarseness from her cold.
She was just brewing medicine for herself, not plotting to murder him.
Did he really need to stare at her so cautiously for so long?
Cang Yuan remained silent.
He felt a bit awkward inwardly but didn’t show it on his face.
“Are you a Witch Doctor?”
Su Cha let out a lazy yawn.
“No.”
In the Beastman world, a Witch Doctor needed to travel to Central City to be officially granted the title.
This usually required the guidance and recommendation of an old witch doctor.
Right now, she was at best practicing without a license, armed with nothing but her medical expertise.
“However, the medicine I prescribe is no worse than a Witch Doctor’s,” Su Cha added in a mild tone.
“You haven’t taken your medicine for days.
If you keep this up, you’ll be bedridden in half a month.”
“That has nothing to do with you,” Cang Yuan replied, his voice even flatter, as if he didn’t care whether he lived or died.
Su Cha scoffed lightly and dropped the subject.
If her guess was right, he was much more willing to wait for his Beastman friend, Shi Yuan, to return than to trust her.
However, Shi Yuan’s trip wouldn’t secure a Fox Clan Witch Doctor; instead, he would return with news of the Holy Crystal.
Even if the villain could hold out until then, the damage to his leg would already be irreversible.
Once she finished her medicine and felt the heaviness in her head subside, Su Cha decided to go to the Clan Leader to exchange for some salt.
Along the way, the most frequent topic of conversation she overheard was about the mating of Yunxi and Mo Ze, with everyone envying their match made in heaven.
Inevitably, people would mention Su Cha’s failed pursuit, and there were more than a few who slandered her.
She couldn’t be bothered to pay them any mind.
“Even though Su Cha hasn’t achieved Transformation, the strength she displayed wasn’t weak at all,” Beastman A noted.
“So what?
The final decision still rests in Young Master Mo’s hands,” Beastman B replied.
“If it were me, I’d choose Yunxi too.
She’s beautiful and gentle.
With Su Cha’s fierce and malicious temper, what male would like her?
Hey, why are you poking me?”
Beastman B turned his head in annoyance, only to see the very subject of their gossip walking straight toward him.
Shocked, he cowered like a frightened quail, not daring to utter another word.
Lately, the lower-tier Beastmen in the clan had become rather afraid of Su Cha.
She had suddenly proven capable of defeating a Fourth-tier Beastman, and with her notoriously unreasonable and domineering nature, no one wanted to risk being dragged to the arena for a beating.
However, Su Cha walked right past them without even pausing to cast a glance in their direction.
The two Beastmen breathed a long sigh of relief and dispersed to go about their own business.
Yet, there was always someone blind enough to court trouble.
“Well, little piece of trash, how does it feel?
Hard to swallow, isn’t it?” Yu Yue’er mocked, her tone arrogant.
“I told you earlier that it was wishful thinking on your part, but you just wouldn’t accept it.
Now you know.”
“You don’t need to worry your pretty head about how I feel,” Su Cha retorted, casually crossing her arms over her chest.
“Able to parade around so soon?
They must have gone easy on you with those thirty lashes.
Stealing Dragon Beast Meat is a serious crime.
If you didn’t learn your lesson properly, what happens when you offend again in the future?”
That single sentence instantly shattered Yu Yue’er’s composure.
“You bitch!
You’ll die a miserable death sooner or later!” Yu Yue’er gritted her teeth, cursing viciously, but she didn’t dare make a physical move.
The commotion quickly attracted the attention of Yunxi and Mo Ze, who were not far away.
“Yue’er, Su Cha, what are you two doing over here?” Yunxi walked over, holding Mo Ze’s hand, smiling gently.
“Yunxi, Young Master Mo, it’s just this useless Su Cha not knowing what’s good for her,” Yu Yue’er whined, retreating to Yunxi’s side to tattle.
“I kindly reminded her that Young Master Mo has already taken a mate and told her to stop doing inappropriate things, but instead of listening, she scolded me for meddling.”
Su Cha was utterly speechless at this ability to twist the truth.
Mo Ze simply frowned upon hearing this and looked at Su Cha with disapproval.
Yunxi, on the other hand, pulled Mo Ze aside and whispered, “Mo Ze, this is between us girls.
Why don’t you step away for a moment?
I need to have a few words with Su Cha about what happened yesterday.” Putting on a front of gentle affection, Yunxi finished speaking and pecked Mo Ze on the cheek.
Mo Ze blushed slightly, nodded, and walked over to a tree in the distance, where he couldn’t hear their conversation but could still keep an eye on them.
Once he walked away, Yunxi cleverly positioned her back to him, no longer bothering to hide the smugness on her face.
“Su Cha, I told you to take a good look at your place in Mo Ze’s heart.
Have you finally given up?”
Su Cha didn’t want to waste any more breath explaining that she didn’t even like Mo Ze.
Instead, she played along with Yunxi’s provocation.
“Does getting him through those underhanded tricks give you a sense of superiority?”
“So what?
The outcome is always more important than the process,” Yunxi scoffed, assuming Su Cha was merely a sore loser.
“I don’t care what methods you use to get what you want, but the prerequisite is that you don’t.
Provoke.
Me!” Su Cha stepped a little closer to Yunxi, enunciating the last few words slowly and coldly.
SLAP!
A resounding slap echoed through the air, carrying immense force.
Yunxi stared at her attacker in utter disbelief.
Su Cha paid absolutely no mind to the venom in Yunxi’s glare.
So what if Yunxi was the female protagonist of this world?
She was Su Cha, not the original idiotic owner of this body.
If the female protagonist just focused on her own romance and left her alone, all would be well.
Otherwise, she couldn’t be blamed for acting a bit more malicious and derailing the plot even further.
After suffering an entire afternoon of torment yesterday, a single slap was getting off lightly.
“Su Cha, you’re crazy!
Why would you hit someone for no reason?” Yu Yue’er shrieked, finally recovering from her shock.
Noticing the abnormality, Mo Ze quickly sprinted over.
He pulled Yunxi into his arms, wiping the blood from the corner of her lips with a heartbroken expression.
“Mo Ze, it’s Xi’er’s fault.
It’s Xi’er…” Before she could finish her sentence, she buried her face in his chest and began sobbing softly.
She looked perfectly pitiful—saying nothing, yet seemingly saying everything.
“Damn, she’s surprisingly good at acting,” Su Cha thought.
“Su Cha, don’t think I won’t lay a hand on you,” Mo Ze warned, his eyes flashing with anger, shedding his usual gentle demeanor.
From an angle Mo Ze couldn’t see, Su Cha noticed the corners of Yunxi’s lips curling up in a victorious smirk.
Su Cha returned a smile.
Did she really think she was the only one who could put on an act?
“Mo Ze, you don’t understand.
Yesterday, Yunxi drugged both herself and me with Enchanting Grass.
Yunxi has you, but what about me?
Do you know how agonizing it was for me to endure it all on my own?
I just couldn’t swallow my anger,” Su Cha said.
She lowered her head, looking utterly aggrieved and wronged.
She really couldn’t bring herself to fawn over him the way Yunxi did.
Mo Ze was somewhat moved, a look of guilt unconsciously surfacing in his eyes.
At that moment, the people Yu Yue’er had called over arrived to back Yunxi up, accompanied by a crowd of onlookers eager for a show.
“You’re making baseless accusations!
Why would Yunxi drug you with Enchanting Grass?
It’s obvious that you were scheming and ended up tasting your own medicine,” Hu Xiao declared, twisting the truth the moment he opened his mouth.
However, surprisingly many people believed him.
After all, everyone knew that Su Cha had obtained Enchanting Grass and was planning to use it on Mo Ze.
Everyone looked at Su Cha with suspicion in their eyes.
“Mo Ze, others might not believe me, but do you not believe me either?
I only wanted to drug you, so the Enchanting Grass in my possession was a male plant.
How could it possibly affect a female?” Even as she said it, Su Cha felt sick to her stomach.
But if it meant she could disgust Yunxi, she would endure it.