CHAPTER 126: CHAPTER 118: TAI SENG IS IN THE CENTER OF THE DILEMMA_1

Lang Rong’s complexion visibly worsened.

"Say that again!"

Tai Seng said, "It’s the same no matter how many times I say it. I will not leave Si Yan’s home, nor will I go to that home of yours!"

"You scoundrel! Who do you think sired you? Who do you think raised you?!"

Tai Seng stated, "My father sired me, and my father raised me."

"Scoundrel!!!"

On Tai Seng’s typically honest face, a ferocity characteristic of the Wolf Clan beastmen emerged. "Lang Rong, do you need me to remind you? It was you who abandoned my father! It was you who caused my father and my brothers to die, one after another!"

"Tai Seng!!!" Lang Rong trembled with rage. "You treacherous son! Do you want to be disobedient to me, like Si Yan? Do you want to be expelled from the tribe like Si Yan? Without the tribe, you are nothing!"

Tai Seng almost roared, "What did you say? Si Yan was expelled from the tribe? What happened?!"

"What, you don’t know? You can’t still think Si Yan is a member of the Yanxiang Tribe, can you?" Lang Rong mocked, "That arrogant female! She refused to accept the males of the tribe, refused to bear cubs for the tribe. She was expelled, you know."

"What?!" Tai Seng was utterly furious. "On what grounds did you expel Si Yan? Her family has no males! Isn’t expelling her a death sentence?!"

Lang Rong retorted, "It’s because she’s an ungrateful wretch, and so are you!"

In a fury, Tai Seng shot back, "Ungrateful wretch? How much of the Yanxiang Tribe’s game did I hunt? When the Yanxiang Tribe’s kindling died out, who provided the new flame? You’re being unreasonable, yet you claim to be in the right?!"

Tai Seng and Lang Rong argued until they were red in the face, while the surrounding beastmen watching the spectacle wore various expressions.

"Why is Tai Seng quarreling with Auntie Rong?"

"Is Tai Seng coming back or not?"

"Shouldn’t you be asking if Si Yan is coming back? Isn’t Tai Seng Si Yan’s beastman? If Si Yan doesn’t come back, does that mean Tai Seng won’t return either?"

"Our tribe doesn’t have any Red Crystal Beastmen. If Tai Seng doesn’t come back, then we’re doomed."

"No, we must get Tai Seng to return."

Before coming to Dark Sun Lake, the beastmen of the Yanxiang Tribe had been incredibly arrogant. However, after arriving, they found their strength to be sorely lacking. They had not expected the area around Dark Sun Lake to be like this, nor did they expect their tribe to have no competitive edge here at all.

A male beastman stood up and shouted, "Auntie Rong, don’t drive Tai Seng away! The tribe still needs him!"

Lang Rong’s face turned ugly. Was it that she didn’t want to keep Tai Seng? It was Tai Seng who simply refused to return to her family. That damned Si Yan! It’s all her fault! She’s turned my son against me!

Lang Rong roared, "Tai Seng, you heartless thing! Are you really going to abandon your own mother for Si Yan?!"

Her words were very loud, and all the Yanxiang Tribe beastmen watching from the sidelines heard them.

"So Tai Seng casts aside his own mother now that he has a Mistress?"

"It’s because the Mistress is young and beautiful."

"That Si Yan is so ugly and thin, how could she be beautiful? Is he blind?"

"That’s his own mother, the one who bore him and raised him! And he treats her like this for a Mistress?"

"That’s too much, utterly unfilial!"

The incessant chattering was truly vexing.

「」

Caught between going and not going to the Yanxiang Tribe, Si Yan hesitated briefly. No matter what the Yanxiang Tribe had done to her, for Tai Seng, it was his mother’s tribe. Si Yan wasn’t sure what choice Tai Seng would make between her and the Yanxiang Tribe. She also didn’t know if things would become awkward if she went.

Her perceptive son, Nan Mo, tugged at Si Yan’s skirt, looked up with his small face, and gently asked, "Mother, what’s wrong?"

Si Yan snapped back to reality. She smiled and gently ruffled Nan Mo’s head.

What was she worried about? The Yanxiang Tribe already had nothing to do with her. As for Tai Seng, he had helped her all along. No matter what choice he eventually made, she would respect it.

After speaking with Hu Hui, Si Yan took Dongchi and Nan Mo to check on the Yanxiang Tribe.

On the way, Si Yan heard a familiar call. "Si Yan!!"

Si Yan turned her head and saw the chubby Xiong Nai running toward her.

Si Yan broke into a smile. "Xiong Nai, it’s you."

Xiong Nai giggled. "Si Yan, it really is you! I knew it was you!" She was quite plump, and her excited sprint had left her breathless.

Xiong Nai glanced at the cubs behind Si Yan. At first, she didn’t notice anything amiss. Her reaction was a bit slow, but on a second look, she suddenly pointed at Nan Mo.

"Si Yan! Your cub, Nan Mo! He’s still alive!"

Nan Mo shyly hid behind Si Yan.

Si Yan, protecting Nan Mo, said with a smile to Xiong Nai, "Yes. My cub is a bit shy; please don’t startle him."

"I won’t startle him, I won’t! I’m just so happy!" Xiong Nai beamed. "Si Yan, I am really happy. The day you left, I was worried sick. I truly feared..." A lone female leaving the tribe with several four-year-old cubs was almost certainly facing death. She had wanted to help Si Yan, but at that time, she had been utterly helpless.

Si Yan shook her head with a smile. "Still, thank you for that day."

"Thank me for what? I wasn’t any help."

Si Yan smiled faintly. When everyone was trying to expel her, when everyone stood against her, a supportive voice like hers meant the world to Si Yan at that moment. Xiong Nai had offered her warmth in her darkest hour, a kindness Si Yan would always cherish.

Si Yan looked at Xiong Nai, then glanced at her belly, and then back at Xiong Nai’s face. Xiong Nai was plump, so Si Yan hadn’t noticed at first. But now, something seemed different.

"Xiong Nai, are you... pregnant?"

Xiong Nai’s face immediately flushed with a hint of shyness. "Yes, you noticed?"

Si Yan looked past her. Not far behind Xiong Nai stood several male beastmen. Among them, a rather simple-looking Bear Beastman was watching Xiong Nai nervously. So, the cub must be that Bear Beastman’s.

Si Yan smiled. "Congratulations."

"Hehe." Xiong Nai giggled and took her hand. "By the way, Si Yan, what brings you to the Yanxiang Tribe’s camp now?"

Si Yan said, "Tai Seng came over, so I came to find him."

Xiong Nai exclaimed excitedly, "Oh, oh! I know, I know! Everyone was just saying Tai Seng had returned. Come with me; I think I know where he is."

「」

The beastmen of the Yanxiang Tribe anxiously watched Tai Seng.

Tai Seng was young, tall, handsome, and powerful. Back in the Yanxiang Tribe, he had always held an important position and commanded respect. Moreover, he was their tribe’s only Red Crystal Beastman!

But now, it seemed their tribe’s only Red Crystal Beastman had no intention of staying. He wanted to leave—to leave Lang Rong’s family and join Si Yan’s. If Si Yan didn’t plan to return, then Tai Seng wouldn’t stay either.

No, this couldn’t happen! They had to make Tai Seng stay!

Gradually, these Yanxiang Tribe beastmen understood the situation. To make Tai Seng stay, they resorted to wielding the cudgel of morality, one accusation after another.

"Tai Seng! You unfilial son!" an elderly male beastman shouted, pointing a trembling finger at him.