"I will take care of Brother Xiu Yan."
Ji Nuan’s gentle voice echoed in the cave. Despite being so soft, her words were not drowned out by Ge Rou’s crying, resolutely reaching everyone’s ears.
All the animals looked up in surprise at the thin and frail female cub in the cave, even Ge Rou stopped crying.
The small female cub, skinny and bony, lay quietly on a massive beast skin, struggling to turn her head to look at them. The resolute light shining in her eyes moved them all.
Xiu Yan caught the bright gaze of the once perceived ’ugly’ and thin female cub, a deep gleam in his eyes flashed, but was gone in an instant.
Seeing everyone’s attention on her, Ji Nuan repeated firmly, "I’m serious. I will take responsibility to care for Brother Xiu Yan. He ended up like this because he saved me... it’s only right for me to take care of him."
Ge Rou, who had previously held some contempt for her, dried the tears from her face, came over to sit on the beast skin, and gently touched Ji Nuan’s parched hair. "Shan Zaizai, males are supposed to care for females. You shouldn’t feel guilty about this. Brother Xiu Yan and the rest of us won’t blame you."
How could they not blame her? Ji Nuan’s heart felt extremely bitter. If it were her child who lost an arm saving a stranger, she would surely resent the person responsible.
All she could say was that the orcs here were excessively kind. The scarcity of females led to an unprecedented tolerance towards females in this world, even for a female like her who was unable to bear offspring.
Ji Nuan tried to sit up, realizing that her arms had regained some feeling. She struggled to turn over, propping herself up with her arms on the beast skin.
She looked at the animals with unyielding determination, "I’m serious.
Although I’m not as strong as you orcs and can’t hunt much prey, I will do my best to gather food. I can cook for Brother Xiu Yan, I can stitch beast skins for him. I can do a lot of things."
Ge Rou turned away to wipe the tears from her eyes, pulling Ji Nuan’s tiny body into her arms, chokingly said, "Good cub, thank you."
The orcs looked at Ji Nuan with admiration and regret. What a pity, such a good female cub if only she could bear offspring.
"No need, I can manage on my own." A deep masculine voice interrupted the commiseration.
Xiu Yan looked at Ji Nuan with detached indifference, "I don’t need your help."
If it wasn’t for the fact that this orc had just saved her, Ji Nuan would really have loved to slap him in the face with a beast skin.
Did he think she didn’t notice the brief moment of disgust in his eyes after he looked her up and down?
So annoying!
Even though she truly is grey, thin, small, and dirty...
Uh...
Suddenly she also finds herself disgusting. What to do!
Forget it, she won’t argue with an injured person. She’s a magnanimous beast.
"I am going to take care of you. I am going to cook for you, I am going to sew beast skin for you, and you’ve got no say in it."
Ji Nuan said with her head shaking, her dirty little face was determined.
To deal with such a cold, aloof, and powerful orc, she needed to embrace the spirit of "I don’t fear scalding water if I’m a dead pig."
Wasn’t the saying registered nurse always repeated before she was reborn, "It’s not about what you say, it’s about what I say"?