Chapter – 19
Please, Chieftain, Decide for Us!
Li Qingqing didn’t want to waste words on her. Dragging her, she headed off to find Li Yue to settle this matter.
“Li Qingqing, let me go! I’m your elder!” Wang Yufen struggled incessantly.
Li Qingqing gave her a hard kick. “Damn old hag, you’re so heavy! Do you know how hard it is to drag you?”
Ling Xiaotuan also stepped up and gave her a kick. “Damn old hag, how dare you talk about me like that!”
Ling Mo proactively went to help pull Wang Yufen.
Ling Mo was very strong; Wang Yufen was dragged along like a piglet.
The others also followed, looking like they were there for a spectacle.
Li Qingqing rolled her eyes at them. Just moments ago, when she fell, none of them had the sense to help her up. They really thought they were marmots in a melon patch, only knowing how to watch the show all day.
There were many small, sharp stones on the ground. Wang Yufen scraped against them, crying out in pain. “Aiyo! Murder! Li Qingqing is murdering me!”
“Li Qingqing is trying to kill me, an old woman!”
“Chieftain, decide for me!”
“Won’t someone save me?”
All along the way, people were just watching the show; who had time to bother with her?
“This is a case of the wicked being tormented by the wicked.”
“Exactly, for once, Li Qingqing is doing something good for everyone!”
“What, you all don’t consider Aunt Yufen a person? Bullying Aunt Yufen doesn’t count as bullying?”
“Exactly! Today they bully Aunt Yufen, tomorrow it might be us!”
An Xuan, hearing the discussions around them, spoke up in Li Qingqing’s defense. “You don’t understand, so don’t interfere recklessly. Wang Yufen hit someone, that’s why Qingqing is taking her to the Chieftain to settle this.”
Someone who had witnessed the truth also chimed in, “Yes, you didn’t see it! Just now, Aunt Yufen nearly strangled Shayè to death!”
Immediately, everyone’s faces showed fear, and they didn’t dare say another word.
Su Qianyi hid in the crowd, watching everything, and suddenly a scheme came to mind.
Li Qingqing cast a grateful look at An Xuan. “Thank you, An Xuan.”
An Xuan was a very straightforward person. She slung an arm around Li Qingqing’s shoulder and said breezily, “It’s nothing!”
Li Yue didn’t live in a cave but in the tribe’s giant tree hollow, the exclusive residence of the Chieftain.
When the crowd reached the tree hollow, Su Qianyi was sitting face to face with Li Yue, seemingly having just finished a conversation.
Li Yue saw that the back of Wang Yufen’s clothes was torn and her flesh was scraped raw and bloody from the stones. Her face immediately darkened.
Just moments ago, Su Qianyi had told her that Qingqing was bullying people again, and she hadn’t believed it.
“Chieftain, save me! Li Qingqing wants to kill me…”
Li Qingqing truly admired Wang Yufen’s acting skills. Crying now with a runny nose and tears, she really made herself out to be the victim.
“Wang Yufen, why don’t you show the same fierceness you had just now…” Li Qingqing’s words were cut off by Li Yue.
“Li Qingqing, is this what you meant by wanting to change?” Li Yue’s aura was powerful, her voice full of authority, causing everyone present to hold their breath.
Li Qingqing was confused. “Mother, it was Wang Yufen who bullied others!”
Su Qianyi, not wanting her plan to be disrupted, quickly interjected, “Qingqing, quickly let go of Aunt Yufen! Then apologize to Foster Mother, and let’s consider this matter over.”
Li Qingqing finally realized that Su Qianyi was behind this mischief.
“How can it be over? She injured someone. If it’s over, how will I explain it to the tribe?”
Ling Xiaotuan, hearing this, became anxious. “It’s this damned old hag’s fault! What does it have to do with my sister-in-law!”
Ling Mo also said, “This matter was indeed started by Wang Yufen. She said my sister-in-law’s parents were killed because of her bad luck.”
Li Yue hadn’t considered this layer of reason, but she felt that a few words of gossip didn’t warrant such punishment.
“A few words don’t cause physical pain. Was it necessary to beat her like this?”
Chi Lin suddenly stepped forward. “The one who injured someone earlier was indeed Wang Yufen. The injured person is now at the Shaman’s.”
Li Yue looked at his face, her expression unreadable. She turned her head away and snorted coldly. “When did the matters of my Silver Tiger Tribe require a fox to interfere?”
Chi Lin tactfully took half a step back. “Chi Lin has overstepped.”
Li Qingqing stepped in front of Chi Lin. “He is my beast husband, wedded in a ceremony before heaven and earth. He is one of our Silver Tiger Tribe. Why can’t he speak?”
Li Yue, seeing her like this, felt a surge of anger from who knows where. “You truly are your father’s daughter…”
Li Qingqing had been here for some time now and had never seen the original host’s father. She didn’t know why Li Yue said that.
Bai Yuan originally didn’t want to get involved in this mess, but he felt he should do something. “Chieftain, I was there. This matter was indeed Wang Yufen’s fault.”
An Xuan, who had previously dared not speak, seeing Bai Yuan also speaking up for Li Qingqing, finally spoke. “Qingqing truly did nothing wrong.”
Li Yue was momentarily stunned. Her only daughter had been spoiled rotten, always causing trouble everywhere, and everyone found her extremely annoying. How could so many people speak up for her now?
Her gaze fell on Bai Yuan. “Did Qingqing threaten you? I failed you. You are a fine male of our tribe. If I hadn’t forced you to marry Qingqing…”
Before she could finish, Bai Yuan interrupted. “I never yield to threats. I only state the facts.”
Su Qianyi, though wearing a smile on her face and constantly trying to soothe Li Yue, was grinding her teeth hard inside. Since when did Li Qingqing have such good relations with everyone?
Feng Hao leaned against the entrance to the tree hollow, thinking this drama was quite entertaining.
The next moment, he was knocked to the ground by three hurried figures.
“Hey! Watch where you’re going!”
The three males knelt in unison before Li Yue. “Please, Chieftain, decide for us!”
Li Yue hadn’t even sorted out this domestic dispute yet, and now new issues were piling up. She was utterly vexed.
She rubbed her temples and asked impatiently, “What is it?”
The three men, seeing Wang Yufen tied up on the ground, became enraged and rushed forward as if to kill her.
One of them directly grabbed her by the neck.
“Enough! What are you doing now?” All action ceased under Li Yue’s stern rebuke.
The three men continued crying, “This damned old hag strangled our wife until she passed out! She’s at the Shaman’s now, and we don’t know if she’ll live or die!”
Li Yue glanced at Su Qianyi. Seeing her guilty look as she turned away, Li Yue knew she definitely hadn’t told the whole truth.
“Wang Yufen, is what they said true?”
How could Wang Yufen dare speak now? Who knew that little vixen’s body was so weak that a few chokes would nearly finish her off.
“What did the Shaman say?” Li Qingqing asked.
One of them replied, “He… he said to prepare… prepare for her burial…”
After speaking, the three of them huddled together and continued crying.
“Take me to see her. Perhaps I have a way,” Li Qingqing said. As soon as the words left her mouth, everyone stared at her.
Su Qianyi spoke with a sarcastic tone, “Li Qingqing, this is not the time for your nonsense.”
Li Yue was very displeased hearing this and gave Su Qianyi a look, warning her to say no more. But she herself didn’t really believe her daughter had such capabilities.
