When Beauty Meets Beasts

Chapter 381: Return

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

The Divine Wood clan quickly arrived at the rock mountain.

They lived in temporary residences and worked with the other beasts to accumulate work points.

When Mayne was about to go out on his next business trip, Huanhuan brought Ah Gui with her and asked Mayne to take him with him.

Mayne was put in a difficult position. “Our chamber of commerce has rules. Only the beasts from our chamber of commerce can be in the merchant team. We can’t bring outsiders.”

Huanhuan said slowly, “I’m your supplier now. Am I an outsider to you?”

“Of course not…”

Huanhuan interrupted him. “Well, since I’m not an outsider, Ah Gui is not an outsider either. He’ll be in charge of helping me track the sales of the goods in the future, lest you fool me.”

Mayne was exasperated. “You’re our regular customer. How can we fool you? Don’t you have any trust in your business partner?”

“Of course, I trust you, but as the saying goes, you can’t trust anyone. I have to send someone to watch over you guys to be at ease!”

Mayne didn’t know whether to laugh or cry at her words. “Okay, since you’ve put it that way, I’ll agree to take Ah Gui along for the business trip.”

Huanhuan blinked at Ah Gui. “Aren’t you going to thank Brother Mayne?”

Ah Gui quickly said, “Thank you, Brother Mayne!”

Mayne waved his hand. “I don’t deserve to be called your big brother. Just call me Mayne. Let me make this clear to you first. It’s dangerous to be a running merchant. If you encounter any accidents on the way, don’t blame me later.”

“Of course. I can take care of myself. I won’t be a burden to you, Brother Mayne!”

“Then pack up as soon as possible. Our caravan is leaving soon.”

Ah Gui had already packed his things. He carried his bag and followed the caravan.

Before leaving, he said goodbye to Huanhuan and Xue Hui again.

Xue Hui nagged at him a lot.

This was his first trip alone. Xue Hui was worried about him.

Ah Gui listened to her instructions patiently and nodded in agreement, indicating that he remembered all that she said.

Huanhuan looked at Ah Gui’s face and couldn’t help but think of the bowl of honey he had once given her. This child was not bad by nature, but he was too impulsive. He still needed to be tempered.

She said, “I’ll tell you something when you return safely.”

Ah Gui asked, “What is it?”

“It’s about your father and mother.”

Ah Gui’s curiosity was immediately piqued. “Just you wait. I’ll definitely return safely. You have to tell me everything then!”

Xue Hui raised her hand and knocked the back of his head. “What about you? You have to use honorifics! Why can’t you use your brain to remember these things?”

Ah Gui rubbed his head and muttered softly, “I forgot.”

Mayne was urging him on.

Ah Gui waved his hand. “I’m leaving.”

Huanhuan handed him a small cloth bag. “These are some commonly used medicine and crystal coins here. Take it with you.”

Ah Gui took the small cloth bag. It felt heavy.

He said awkwardly, “Thank you.”

Xue Hui smiled in relief. “You finally know how to speak formally.”

Huanhuan said, “Have a safe trip.”

Ah Gui followed the caravan and left. Xue Hui stood there for a long time until the caravan disappeared from sight. Then, she looked away and sighed. “Ah Gui grew up in Divine Wood City and has never traveled alone. I’m really worried about him.”

Huanhuan said slowly, “Qian Ye and Bi Huan are no longer around. As Bi Huan’s child, many beasts of the Divine Wood clan should have high hopes for him, right?”

Although what Bi Huan did was very disappointing, as a high priest, his strength was unquestionable.

The beasts of the Divine Wood clan hoped that Ah Gui could inherit Bi Huan’s strength while continuing the bloodline.

Xue Hui sighed. “Ah Gui is smart, but he’s still too young to shoulder all this responsibility.”

“He’s young. Let him take his time.”

“That’s all we can do.”

…

Whenever Huanhuan had nothing to do, she would go to the vegetable fields and take a look. She was surprised to find that the Moonlight Mushrooms in the corner had grown.

The small Moonlight Mushrooms clustered together and filled the entire tree trunk, emitting a pale blue light.

Huanhuan extended her finger and gently touched a Moonlight Mushroom.

It was soft and smooth, quite easy to touch.

The originally quiet Moonlight Mushroom suddenly let out a shy cry. “It tickles~”

Huanhuan was stunned for a moment before asking in surprise, “You can speak?”

The system disagreed. “If the creeper vines can talk, why can’t the Moonlight Mushrooms?!”

It made so much sense that Huanhuan couldn’t argue.

She knelt down and studied the moonlight mushrooms in front of her. “Do you know who I am?”

Many voices sounded at the same time like a chorus. “Everyone knows that you’re the new Divine Wood~ You’re the new hope~”

Huanhuan was amused by the way they spoke. She smiled and asked, “Then are any of you willing to make a contract with me?”

“Oh, it’s our honor to make a contract with the Divine Wood~”

Huanhuan said slowly, “But I only have 18 green crystals. One of them is already occupied by Little Green. The remaining 17 green crystals aren’t enough for all of you.”

“Don’t worry, Divine Wood. We only need one green crystal~”

Hearing their words, Huanhuan was no longer worried. She immediately took out the green crystal bracelet and asked again, “Are you willing to enter a contract with me?”

“We’re willing to follow the Divine Wood and offer our loyalty to you~”

The Moonlight Mushrooms on the tree trunk all disappeared in the next moment.

There were a lot of Moonlight Mushrooms in one of the green crystals in the bracelet.

Huanhuan pointed at the green crystals. “What should I name you?”

The Moonlight Mushrooms emerged from the green crystal and surrounded the area of her palm. They shook their light blue caps and said in a singing voice, “The Divine Wood is going to give us names. We’re happy~”

Huanhuan couldn’t help but ask, “Why do you always speak in this tone?”

“This is the way Sister Feng taught us to speak~ A beautiful tone like this can make people happy~”

Huanhuan thought for a moment. “Since you like to sing so much, let me name you guys Choir?”

“What a nice name. We like it~”

Huanhuan couldn’t help but imitate their tone. “As long as you’re happy~”

A month later, Mayne’s caravan finally returned. With them was Bai Di.

The caravan encountered bandits on the way and lost a lot of goods. Ah Gui was even injured because of this.

Fortunately, Bai Di appeared in time to save them.

Ah Gui took the medicine Huanhuan gave him, and his injuries gradually improved. By the time he returned to the rock mountain, his injuries had basically healed.

Seeing that he had returned safely, Xue Hui finally relaxed.

When Bai Di learned that the Divine Wood clan had submitted to Huanhuan, he had some doubts. However, when Xue Ling said that the Divine Wood clan had signed a contract scroll, Bai Di was relieved.