Zhu Yan wanted to ask more, but Wen Li had already gotten up and walked towards the well.
Xin Yuan, seeing his bewildered look, explained, “Wen Li’s ability awakened recently.”
Zhu Yan frowned, hesitated for a long time, and finally said nothing.
After the meal, Zhu Yan and Xin Yuan prepared to go hunting.
There were few things left at home, and the kitchen still had some tomatoes and potatoes that Wen Li hadn’t used.
“I’ll go with you,” Wen Li said.
If she went with them, she might be able to find other ingredients.
Xin Yuan, remembering the stray beasts they encountered yesterday, refused.
“You shouldn’t go out today. Stay home and rest. Xin Yuan and I will be responsible for finding food.”
Zhu Yan said nothing, but his expression conveyed the same meaning.
Xin Yuan continued, “It won’t be easy for us to go deep into the back mountains with you.”
Wen Li’s words got stuck in her throat.
So, they thought she would be a burden.
“I understand,” Wen Li said.
Xin Yuan and Zhu Yan left.
Logically, one beast husband should have stayed to protect Wen Li, but they were short-handed.
Bai Yan Ci detested Wen Li to the extreme and would not protect her proactively. Usually, he would just drop off some things to ensure she didn’t starve to death.
Besides the three of them, the original owner had two other beast husbands.
These two had gone on a long trip and hadn’t returned yet. It was unknown when they would be back.
After Xin Yuan and Zhu Yan left, the house felt much emptier.
They chose to go deep into the back mountains together this time to capture more animals.
Winter was approaching in the beast world.
To survive the winter smoothly, they had to store more food before winter arrived.
Wen Li was bored staying at home, so she looked around to find something to do.
She first cleaned the entire front yard and then rearranged the furniture in her cave.
After working hard for half a day, Wen Li was tired and out of breath.
Time passed quickly, and three days went by.
The three of them got along peacefully. Wen Li took charge of cooking, while Zhu Yan and Xin Yuan went hunting every day after eating.
The two of them were skilled and returned with a pile of prey every day, filling the small kitchen at home.
For these three days, Zhu Yan and Xin Yuan left early and returned late.
Wen Li only interacted with them during meals.
Fewer interactions meant slower progress in gaining favorability.
In these three days, Wen Li had gained less than ten favorability points in total, which was very little.
It was like playing a game; without triggering special events, favorability increased slowly.
“We’re leaving.”
After breakfast, Xin Yuan and Zhu Yan set off for hunting.
Before leaving, Xin Yuan would always say this to Wen Li.
Zhu Yan also nodded at Wen Li.
He hadn’t reacted much for the first two days. Perhaps he was influenced by Xin Yuan, or perhaps after eating Wen Li’s cooking for three days, he felt embarrassed to be too cold.
Wen Li scratched an itchy bump on her arm and warned, “Be careful.”
After the two left, Wen Li quickly checked the red, swollen mosquito bites on her arm.
Since yesterday, the herbs she kept in her cave had lost their insect-repelling effect. Several mosquitoes had entered at night and bitten Wen Li, leaving several bumps on her body.
The other bumps had disappeared when she woke up in the morning, but this one was still red and swollen, and the more she scratched, the itchier it became.
Wen Li planned to go to the shaman to get some herbs later.
After a simple tidy-up, Wen Li set off to find the shaman.
Wen Li had been staying at home for the past three days and was so bored she felt like she was molding.
Following the original owner’s memory, Wen Li walked towards the center of the tribe and saw several patrol teams along the way.
It was said that recently, a female in the tribe had been captured by stray beasts, so the tribe had increased the number of patrol teams to protect the females.
Wen Li had also heard about this incident, which was why she hadn’t dared to go out for the past three days, especially since she didn’t have any beast husbands to protect her.
Today, she had no other choice, so she decided to go out.
The further she walked, the more beastmen she saw.
Wen Li saw several familiar faces, but none of them recognized her. Wen Li didn’t feel comfortable greeting them.
Her transformation was too significant for those who didn’t know her well.
The impression the tribe had of Wen Li was that she was ugly, and nothing else.
However, the current Wen Li looked acceptable. Although her features were still rough, her skin and figure were no different from a normal person.
She had evolved from a disgusting ugly monster into a female who wasn’t particularly good-looking.
Wen Li walked a bit further.
The closer she got to the center of the tribe, the livelier it became, and the number of females also noticeably increased.
Some enthusiastic females took the initiative to greet Wen Li.
“Where are you from? I haven’t seen you in the tribe before.”
Wen Li was suddenly called out to and looked at the person in confusion.
Soon, she recognized the other person.
“Meng Yun.”
Wen Li called out the other person’s name.
Meng Yun pointed at herself in confusion. “You know me? I don’t know you!”
Meng Yun was Meng Yu’s sister.
Wen Li had always had a good relationship with Meng Yu, so she naturally knew her sister, Meng Yun.
Wen Li asked, “Where is your sister?”
Meng Yun still looked bewildered. “Who are you? How do you know my sister too?”
Wen Li only then realized that her appearance had changed too much, and Meng Yun didn’t recognize her. She said, “I’m Wen Li.”
Upon hearing this, Meng Yun took a few steps back as if she had seen a ghost, her eyes scanning Wen Li up and down. “You’re Wen Li? You’re lying!”
Wen Li shouldn’t be… Meng Yun tried to recall Wen Li’s previous appearance but found she couldn’t remember at all.
Strange, what did Wen Li look like before? Why couldn’t she remember?
But… the only impression was that she was very ugly!
The Wen Li in front of her was just not good-looking; she wasn’t considered ugly.
Meng Yun was lost in thought.
It had been quite some time since Meng Yun had last seen Wen Li. Since Wen Li’s mother passed away, she rarely went out, so Meng Yun hadn’t seen her much.
Meng Yun was completely lost in her own thoughts.
Wen Li asked again, “Where is your sister?”
Meng Yun pointed in a direction and said, “My sister is over there.”
Wen Li turned her head and looked. She saw Meng Yu and her former beast husband.
“Thanks, I’ll be going now.”
Wen Li wanted to say hello to Meng Yu.
After speaking with Meng Yun, she quickly ran towards Meng Yu.
“Meng Yu!”
Wen Li called out, and Meng Yu looked over.
Upon seeing Wen Li, Meng Yu visibly froze.
After a while, she tentatively said, “Wen Li?”
Meng Yu had seen Wen Li a few days ago, but the current Wen Li looked different again.
“It’s me,” Wen Li smiled, revealing her bright white teeth.
Meng Yu exclaimed in surprise, “It really is you! You’ve become even more beautiful!”
Meng Yu couldn’t suppress her voice. As soon as she finished speaking, Wen Li felt a palpable gaze fall upon her.
Unconsciously, Wen Li felt a sense of rejection.
She instinctively looked over and met An Yuan’s smiling gaze.
Seeing Wen Li look over, An Yuan said in a sweet voice, smiling, “Cousin~”