Everyone was being secretive, and it was extremely suspicious. Ma Yongcheng didn’t want to entangle himself with such a troublesome female beastman like Zhao Chunmei, but no one else was willing to answer him.
"Tell me." Ma Yingcheng’s expression was quite fierce.
"If you save my husband, I will tell you." Zhao Chunmei finally revealed her purpose and calculation. Her eyes flashed with disgust as she thought of something.
Ma Yongcheng’s eyes fell on the bleeding brown wolf beastman tied to a huge tree. His expression was ferocious, like a rabid dog, occasionally howling and roaring.
He was on the verge of completely turning into his beast form. The blood vessel on his eyes grew more dense as if blood would drip soon, making his eyes terrifyingly red. Saliva dripped down from his mouth.
Saving this fallen beastman? He will be no different than a lunatic!
"Where is your house?" Leng Chuan was a little more composed compared to Ma Yongcheng. He could think more clearly and noticed that his friend was in a state where he couldn’t think straight.
"Right." Ma Yongcheng snapped to his senses. He turned to Xie Ziyuan. "Master Xie, let’s go to my house first. My wife and kids should be there."
The beastmen present glanced at each other and whispered when he heard his words. Ma Yongcheng couldn’t hear what they were saying and ignored them—they kept their voices as small as mosquitos—but Xie Ziyuan heard them.
Their shifty eyes suggested they were hiding something.
"What if he finds out? That rabid dog will make trouble. He already disappeared. Who knows he will come back..."
"I don’t know him personally. I heard he is an upright person. If he finds out that his wife is an immoral person, he won’t defend her, right?"
"His wife did such an immoral thing that no man could accept. Moreover, she also harmed others. Who would dare to get close to her?!"
Xie Ziyuan’s eyes flashed. He didn’t tell Ma Yongcheng directly about things he had heard. As they passed, the crowd parted.
"Come back, Ma Yongcheng! I can tell you!" Zhao Chunmei was shouting like a madwoman.
Even until they walked quite a distance away, they could still hear her shouting. However, soon her voice gradually died down. Someone had stuffed a cloth into her mouth.
By the time they arrived at Ma Yongcheng’s house, Su Yining was in the middle of enjoying her lunch. She was filled with curiosity about what had happened to the doggy beastman’s wife, so she went to investigate herself.
Everything that was happening in most houses was visible. There were some NPCs conversing with each other, packing their things, or doing other activities.
Soon, she noticed a scene that stood out from the rest. The house wasn’t as clean as others. Dust and dirt scattered everywhere, and spiderwebs riddled the walls.
The most conspicuous thing was a brown haired woman whose feet were tied to a rope. She was hugging two cute smaller chibis of beastmen children who had similar fur color as her.
She knew instantly they were Ma Yongcheng’s wife and kids.
However, she was a little puzzled. When she saw the kids’ age. She had seen the semi-realistic version of Ma Yongcheng’s face. Indeed, he looked a bit like a gangster, but he was also young.
How come his kids were already so big? Su Yining reflected on herself. Perhaps she had estimated the people’s age wrongly.
Of course, what she didn’t know was that beastmen’s abilities also granted them youthful appearance, making them look younger than their actual age.
Each time she clicked on the character’s profile, she could see their cartoonish semi-realistic appearance. The profile only contained their face and names and didn’t list other information unfortunately.
"Mommy... I am scared," the small puppy whimpered, tears hanging in the corner of his eyelashes. He was only three years old while his older sister was seven years old.
Lu Qingtang’s face flashed with a trace of fierceness, resembling an aggressive doggy. Yet when she fixed her eyes on her children, her gaze softened.
"Don’t be afraid. Mommy will protect you." After she said that, she winced and held back a hiss, not willing to let the children know about her pain.
Although she consoled her soft and obedient kids, she knew better it would depend on fate whether they could leave the place unscathed.
Those people who were once her neighbors were hell-bent on antagonizing her. The remaining people who hadn’t left the village wanted to seek refuge somewhere else, but they also didn’t want her to follow.
However, she was a female dog beastman, possessing a better sense of smell better than most beastmen. They were worried she would secretly follow them. On top of that, the cases of many fallen beastmen had made them worry.
At least, for the time being she and her kids were safe. They hadn’t decided how to deal with them yet.
On the other side, Xie Ziyuan and others finally arrived at Ma Yongcheng’s house. The door wasn’t locked, and it was empty but clean.
Ma Yongcheng sniffed the place, tracing some familiar items. "My wife should not have left for long. Her smell is still quite strong."
As the four walked to his house, some beastmen were secretly paying attention to them. Wariness was clear in their eyes.
Now that Xie Ziyuan had recovered some of his power, the faint oppressive aura emanating from him indeed couldn’t be ignored. He didn’t even deliberately release it.
Although some beastmen were timid and restrained themselves because of Xie Ziyuan’s presence, some of them were as hot-blooded and brave as Ma Yongcheng. They approached the group.
"Yongcheng, you are still young and promising. You shouldn’t hung yourself on a single tree–"
The beastman’s words were stuck in his throat the moment he saw the look on Ma Yongcheng’s face. Fierce and full of murderous aura.
The burly dog beastman stepped forward and grabbed the man’s collar. Others gasped at his anger, scurrying away. They were afraid Ma Yongcheng might vent his anger on them.
In this village, he was one of the strongest beastman. Whenever a team went out to hunt, they always caught a prey, all thanks to him.
"You all know where my wife and kids are, do you?" He sneered at them. His face became twisted, showing a ferocious expression. "Tell me where they are or don’t blame me for being ruthless!"