Surviving in the Beast World with a System

Chapter 495 - 384: The Blueprint for a Good Life is Broken Again

Thinking about how badly injured Wu Yue had been when she first arrived, Yuan Lang began to feel uncertain.

"That witch... how is she now?"

Although the System had already told her about the witch, Yuan Lang didn’t know she could communicate with it, so Wu Yue asked again.

"That witch’s obsession runs deep, and she’s not just some Witch Disciple from a weak tribe. That’s why I wanted to kill her, to prevent any future trouble."

As he spoke, he remembered the Scorpion Tribe Beastmen who had ruined his plans, and his handsome face darkened.

"But just as she was about to die, she was rescued by the Scorpion Tribe’s Beastmen. In the end, all I could do was let them go."

With a CREAK of the door being pushed open, Wu Yue’s voice sounded beside him. "Come in."

"What? Is the great General afraid of a mere Witch Disciple?"

The young female’s voice was laced with a faint, teasing smile. Her shimmering eyes, also smiling, looked up at him, seeming to hold the moonlight within them.

Yuan Lang felt a pleasant tingle spread through his chest, as if something had just tickled his heart.

’This is the first time she’s called me General since she found out about my past, isn’t it?’

’Come to think of it, ever since Teng Qian and Teng Kun started calling me ’Boss,’ it’s been a long time since I’ve heard that title. For a moment, it felt both unfamiliar and nostalgic.’

The two walked into the kitchen, and Wu Yue brought the food out from the pot, placing it in the courtyard pavilion.

Watching the Beastman across from her, whose refined way of eating seemed ingrained in his very bones, she couldn’t help but reflect on her own usual dining habits.

But the mental highlight reel only got to the first frame before she forcibly shut it down.

’Eating out of a basin... yeah, I’d rather not remember that...’

"The Yan Yan’s Tribe Witch isn’t in the same territory as us. Although the Red Flame Plain borders the Polar Forest, they’re not close at all.

Before, she might have been able to use the salt trade to give us trouble, but now that we have our own salt, she has no leverage over us.

There’s just one thing we still need to watch out for..."

After learning today that the Yan Yan’s Tribe Witch was still alive, Wu Yue started thinking, ’If I were that witch...’

Heh heh...

’It’s true that I wouldn’t shamelessly chase after a male who didn’t like me, but if I had nearly been killed, barely escaped with my life, and my heart was filled with hatred...’

’...then I would absolutely use every trick in the book to make sure that person suffered.’

’So, putting myself in her shoes, that witch is no saint. Revenge is a certainty.’

The System, who was enjoying a pleasant bath, heard its host’s inner monologue and couldn’t help but dunk its mouth in the water, letting out a stream of bubbly laughter.

’This Dog Host is so self-aware! She even knows she’s no saint.’

Yuan Lang was eating, waiting for the young female to continue, but a long moment passed in silence.

He looked up, puzzled, only to see a rather ferocious expression on the young female’s face. "Thinking about an enemy?"

The Beastman’s question snapped Wu Yue out of her thoughts. Her face grew serious as she said, "I was just thinking, if I were the Yan Yan’s Tribe Witch, I would do everything in my power to get revenge on you. If I couldn’t kill you, I’d go after your tribe."

Yuan Lang’s face stiffened. "Snap out of it. You’re this tribe’s Witch Disciple."

Wu Yue gave an awkward laugh. "Right. So, the point is, we know that witch is definitely coming for revenge. We can’t let our guard down. We just have to get stronger."

She had expected her brilliant speech to earn her an appreciative look from the Beastman. Instead, he just stuffed a mouthful of food in his mouth and gave her a look that basically said, ’And?’

Wu Yue felt like someone who’d offered to wash their dad’s feet only to be knocked out by the smell—a profound sense of ’I’m showing you all this concern and *this* is how you repay me?’

’You got a problem?’ she wanted to ask.

But the words on the tip of her tongue retreated when she saw the Beastman’s taut biceps and powerful chest, turning instead into a wide, toothy grin.

"Finish up and go get some rest. You must be exhausted."

Seeing the young female’s adorably grumpy expression—fuming but not daring to voice it—any gloom in Yuan Lang’s heart evaporated. He had to take another bite of food to hide the smile tugging at his lips.

"After the trade meet ends, we can focus on storing food. With the heated kangs, we’ll be able to sleep warmly through the winter."