CHAPTER 178: SAVING THE LIFE OF AN UNGRATEFUL WOLF

"I never said that—" Shao Xia felt her cheeks heat up when she heard Ruan Zeqiu’s response. When the mers turned to look at her with blaming eyes, she couldn’t help but clench her fists in anger. Who were they looking at? Did they forget that she was the one who was bringing the majority of the meat these days? It seemed like she needed to find another tribe, one that would respect her. How dare these people stand up against her, and that for someone like Ruan Chanchan?

Ruan Zeqiu was amused upon hearing this. He curled his lips on one side and said to Shao Xia, "Then what did you mean? You refused to imprint on Xie Daiyu, right? You were the one who broke the promise of never accepting a mer other than him, right? Then what was he supposed to do? Become a priest and wait for you like you were his goddess? I don’t know about you, but as a mer, I can never do such a thing."

Shao Xia gritted her teeth. At this moment, she hated Ruan Zeqiu just as much as she hated Ruan Chanchan. She swore in her heart that she would make sure that Lang would succeed in her plan. This bastard needed to be dragged down from his high horse. How dare he question her in such a manner? And say such words in front of her?

"Fine. I did say something wrong, but that doesn’t change the fact that your sister poisoned someone to death—"

"And I am telling you that I can save his motherfucking life. So now get out of my way," snapped Ruan Chanchan. She had had enough of the back and forth. While they were quarrelling, Yuan Ni’s breathing was getting shallower and shallower. Could this woman not see that the mer was in urgent need of medical attention? No, she raised her head and looked at Shao Xia, whose eyes were flickering with unease. This woman knew that Yuan Ni was going to die, but she was still stopping her because she wanted him to die!

Ruan Chanchan felt enraged. Though she understood why this woman hated her, she could never understand how Shao Xia could stoop so low to just hurt her. Was it really worth killing someone just because of her jealousy? Ruan Chanchan could never understand people like Shao Xia.

She pushed the woman to one side, but with her totem broken, even when Ruan Chanchan tried to push the woman away, she couldn’t. Because her strength was way too weak. She frowned and looked at Shao Xia, who was staring down at her contemptuously, and exhaled heavily. "Step aside."

"Who are you to tell me what I should do? He is my mer, and I refuse to let you touch him. Who knows what you might do to him?" Shao Xia grinned. She was quite satisfied seeing Ruan Chanchan struggle. See? This was where the difference lay between the two of them. Their strength was simply unmatchable—

"Oww!"

Shao Xia screamed in pain when Ruan Chanchan raised her hand and poked her right in the eyes. That’s right. Her eyes. Not one but both of them.

Shao Xia covered her eyes with her hands and stumbled forward. Tears of agony started to fill her eyes as she turned and glared at the woman who had dared to pull that sneaky move on her. With her vision blurred, she said to Ruan Chanchan, "What do you think you are doing?" She couldn’t help but snap when she saw Ruan Chanchan already marching her way toward Yuan Ni.

"What I think is right," replied Ruan Chanchan as she crouched down next to Yuan Ni and called Xiao Xi to run a test on this idiotic mer who had risked his life for a woman who didn’t even care if he lived or died. All she wanted was to make use of his death to hurt her.

"I told you that you are not allowed to touch him–" Shao Xia straightened up and walked over to Ruan Chanchan. She wanted to pull her away from Yuan Ni when —

"And I say that she can do whatever she wants." A new voice joined in the fray, and everyone turned to look at Priestess Yuan, who finally decided to grace them with her presence. She was smiling serenely, even though her grandson was lying on the ground, and with her pace unhurried, it seemed like the mer was adopted rather than her biological grandson. For a second, Ruan Chanchan slowed down and simply looked at the old woman.

What? What if she wanted him dead, too? Let us be honest, this foolish mer was quite a pain in the arse.

Ruan Chanchan stared at the old priestess and waited for her to continue speaking.

"Darling, should I run the test?" Xiao Xi asked while blinking his eyes innocently.

Ruan Chanchan raised her hand and said to him, "Wait for a few moments. Let me be very clear that this mer is worth using my points for. The last thing I want is to save a headache and get blamed for it. That would be two times the loss."

Xiao Xi tilted his head to one side, as he couldn’t understand a thing that Ruan Chanchan was saying, but since his host asked him to stop, he could only stop and listen to her.

Priestess Yuan looked at Shao Xia, whose face had turned red and softly remarked, "I am his grandmother, and more than you, I have the right to decide whether or not Ruan Chanchan can save him. And I say that she can."

Ruan Chanchan: "..." Are you sure about that? Honestly, you can save yourself the trouble. No? Fine.

Realising that someone really wanted to save Yuan Ni, Ruan Chanchan told Xiao Xi to run a test on the idiot lying in front of her.

[Ding]

[Request accepted. Are you willing to exchange 200 points to run a medical test?]

"This mer should be very glad that I am no longer the same kind of person, or else he would have died a sorry death!" Ruan Chanchan gritted her teeth as she tapped yes.