CHAPTER 183: A STICK FOR THE STUBBORN CHILD

She was also embarrassed because of Yuan Ni, as everyone was now looking at her as if she were the one who caused this mess. She did, but there was no need to look at her with those accusatory gazes. It was too much, damn it. She hurriedly shook off his hand and said to him in a disappointed voice, "Yuan Ni, you are really too much. How could you come up with such a sinister plan to hurt Ruan Chanchan? It’s really too much. You have broken my heart. I am so disappointed in you. As my mer, you should have at least thought of my face before making up such a bitter scheme?"

Yuan Ni looked at his empty hand, which was just as empty as his heart. He was suffocating in pain and could hardly breathe. It was over. Now he was going to lose everything. Not only his reputation, but also the woman he loved. Now, everyone in the tribe would think of him as someone who was not only scheming but also ruthless. Who would dare to be with him? He guessed that no woman would be willing to be with him anymore.

His eyes turned red, but he didn’t dare to cry out loud; this was all his fault, and he was the one who made the wrong judgment. So even if he was suffering, he had to suffer with his head held high. He didn’t regret what he did; he did it for someone he loved. He only regretted that he caused a good woman like Ruan Chanchan to be disappointed in him, and he raised his head to look at his grandmother, whose eyes were full of pain and disappointment in him. The sight alone was enough to make him lower his head and never raise it again.

He thought that he was prepared for the worst, but he realised that he still underestimated a lot of things.

"Chief, I plead guilty. This has nothing to do with anyone. It was all me; I was the one who was upset with Ruan Chanchan and did something foolish. If you want, then you can punish me," Yuan Ni spoke regretfully. He didn’t dare to look at anyone, not even his grandmother, as he was worried that if he peeked at her expression, he would end up bawling his eyes out.

When Shao Xia heard that Yuan Ni had taken all the blame, she heaved a sigh of relief inwardly. She shook her head and stated, "I am really disappointed in you, Yuan Ni. No matter how much you liked me, you shouldn’t have harmed Ruan Chanchan. You almost caused the entire tribe to misunderstand that the mushrooms were poisonous. Do you even know how many people would have died because of your selfishness? " After she finished speaking, she turned around and left, muttering something about how selfish and foolish some people could be.

Yuan Ni was heartbroken. He opened his mouth to tell everyone that it was Shao Xia who asked him to eat the poisonous mushrooms, but then he swallowed his words back down. He had just finished telling everyone that he ate the mushrooms on his own accord; how could he tell everyone that it was Shao Xia who asked him to do it? He lowered his head and silently shed tears of regret. He felt so unjustified that he didn’t even know where to take this steam out.

Xie Daiyu looked at the mer who was silently crying and shook his head. There was nothing that he could do at the moment. They all gave Yuan Ni a chance to tell the truth repeatedly, but the mer was stubborn and didn’t listen to a thing that they had to say, so what could they even do about the current situation? In the end, it was his fault for loving someone who didn’t deserve it.

He turned and looked at his mother. Even though they had no valuable evidence, it was clear that Shao Xia was the one who asked Yuan Ni to drink the soup made from the poisonous mushrooms. Were they really going to let her off just like that?

Chief Xie shook her head. It wasn’t that she didn’t want to punish the woman, but there was no evidence, and Shao Xia was still popular in the tribe. Alas, she wondered what was happening to their tribe. They should be united on the front, and yet they were acting like this.

"Okay, let’s bring Yuan Ni back to his cave. Priestess Yuan, you can take the recipe of the antidote from Ruan Chanchan and make it for your grandson," said Chief Xie. Given the situation, she didn’t want to make Ruan Chanchan make the antidote for Yuan Ni when the mer had clearly schemed against her. Whether he did it of his own will or did it because someone asked him to, the one who was harmed in the end was Ruan Chanchan.

She couldn’t ask the victim to take care of the culprit, could she? Even if she had thick skin, she couldn’t bring herself to say such words.

Yuan Ni didn’t say anything, and Priestess Yuan didn’t either. She shot a disgusted look at her grandson before asking someone to bring him to their cave. She then walked over to where Ruan Chanchan was standing and took her hand in hers. "I am really sorry that because of my stupid grandson, you ended up in trouble like this. And thank you because even though he did such a thing to you, you still saved his life. I really don’t know how to thank you for the favour."

"There is no need to thank me." Ruan Chanchan shook her head and patted Priestess Yuan on the back of her hand. "I did what I thought was right. Now I can only hope that you can teach a good lesson to your grandson. No matter how much he loves a woman... putting his life at risk is not right." As she spoke, she didn’t forget to hand a thin, long stick to Priestess Yuan.