After speaking, she pulled Hu Jiao Jiao’s hand and was about to walk out.

Listening to the woman’s words, Hu Jiao Jiao suddenly realized—this was the original body’s mother.

Quickly, she held onto the woman, “Mother, I’m fine. There’s no need to see a healer.”

Hu Min’s heart ached even more.

“My dear, I’ve let you suffer. From now on, you’ll come back home with me. We won’t stay in this broken house anymore. I’ll have your father speak to the chief. They can’t force you to live here!”

There was a rule in the tribe that once a beastman formed a pair, they had to live separately from their parents.

If not for this rule, the original body’s parents would never have allowed her to endure any hardships on her own.

Long Ling’er, who had followed them back, overheard Hu Min’s words.

Her small face instantly wrinkled, and she looked at Hu Jiao Jiao.

Grandmother’s family had always disliked them. If this vicious female left, they would be abandoned.

If Hu Jiao Jiao dared to agree, Long Ling’er would make sure she left flat on her back!

“Mother, I’m really fine. See, I’m perfectly well. Besides, how can the house accommodate me and the five kids?”” Hu Jiao Jiao said playfully, holding Hu Min’s arm with a soft and sweet voice, like a songbird chirping.

“What! You want to bring those burdens along too?” Upon hearing this, Hu Min immediately frowned.

The original body had always complained about the children to her mother, which had caused Hu Min and her brothers to have a strong bias against them.

Hurriedly, Hu Jiao Jiao explained, “Mother, they are not burdens; they’re my children. Now that I’m a mother too, you’ve taken such good care of me, so I must do the same for my children. Please, let me stay here!”

Hu Min had always doted on Hu Jiao Jiao, listening to her every word.

“Alright, alright. I’ll do as you wish.”

Hu Jiao Jiao, surprised that Hu Min agreed so easily, was at a loss for words, having prepared more excuses. She felt a sudden sense of envy towards the original body for having such loving parents.

In her previous life, she had grown up in a rural family where sons were favored over daughters. Her family had even tried to marry her off to get money to marry off her brother. She refused and ran away and never looked back.

“Who did this? Who wrecked your house? Tell me, and I’ll make sure they pay!” The middle-aged woman, spotting the shattered wooden house, asked furiously.

Hu Qiang’s square, stern face was full of anger. It seemed as though if Hu Jiao Jiao provided a name, he would go and beat that person up immediately.

In the novel, the original body’s father had a fiery temper.

Because the original was always causing trouble, Hu Qiang often got into fights to defend her, creating strained relationships between his family and the rest of the tribe.

Thinking of this, Hu Jiao Jiao smiled softly and shook her head, “Father, don’t worry. I have my own way to handle them.”

With such great parents, she didn’t want them to trouble themselves for her anymore.

She would take care of her own revenge.

“Little sister, don’t be afraid. Did they threaten you? As long as I’m here, tell me who they are, and I’ll teach them a lesson!”

A hearty voice sounded.

Hu Jiao Jiao turned to see a man speaking, following closely behind her parents. Judging by his tone, this must be the original body’s eldest brother, Hu Qingshan.

“Big brother, thank you, but I really can handle it. Don’t worry about it,” Hu Jiao Jiao replied with a smile.

The original family was really good to the original body, ready to defend her without question.

Ironically, this loving family was led astray by the original body, ruining what should have been a perfect household.

“Alright, but if you ever need help, come to me anytime. I’ll make sure whoever bullies you regrets it!” Hu Qingshan thumped his chest in assurance.

Hu Jiao Jiao certainly believed him.

The novel briefly mentioned that the original body’s eldest brother was the pillar of the family, the strongest among them.

All four of her brothers were fiercely protective of their sister. However, due to the original body’s poor choices, their once-perfect family was torn apart, and none of them met a good end.

After much persuasion, Hu Jiao Jiao finally managed to calm them down.

“Dear, this house is in ruins. Where are you all going to live?” Hu Min was still eager to take her daughter back home.

“Mother, isn’t that why Father and I are here? We’ll help her rebuild the house!” Hu Qingshan quickly stepped up, eager to show off in front of his little sister.

At his words, Hu Min shot him a glare.

How could she have raised such a foolish son?

Hu Jiao Jiao thought for a moment. Fixing the house by herself would take forever, so she didn’t refuse the help.

“Alright, I’ll leave it to you and Father, then.”

With two strong men helping, there wasn’t much for her to do.

Seeing the children huddled inside the half-destroyed house, looking frightened of her parents, Hu Jiao Jiao sent them outside to play.

Hu Min, unable to sit still, noticed the large amount of game Hu Jiao Jiao had and happily rolled up her sleeves to help process it by the river.

“Mother, let me do it. You should rest,” Hu Jiao Jiao quickly intervened.

As a daughter, how could she let her mother do the hard work?

But Hu Min gently pushed her aside with a kind smile, “You sit down. You’ve never done this kind of work before, and I won’t let you start now.”

For a moment, Hu Jiao Jiao’s nose tingled with emotion.

She had never known what it was like to be cared for like this.

So this was what it felt like to be cherished by a mother. In her past life, she hadn’t been that fortunate.

Now that she had this chance, she would treasure it and love them well on behalf of the original body!

“Rip!”

The sound of flesh tearing rang out.

Looking down, Hu Jiao Jiao noticed that Hu Min’s hands had transformed into beast claws at some point.

With a firm pull of her sharp fox claws, she ripped the game open, causing blood and entrails to spill out…

Hu Jiao Jiao: “…!”

Her hands had turned into fox paws!

Although she had read about it in novels, she had never seen a beastman transform in person. This was too much of a visual shock.

It took her a while to recover.

Now that she was a beastman too, did that mean she could also transform into a fox?

Imagining herself as a little fox, Hu Jiao Jiao quickly shook her head to dismiss the thought.

She still wanted to be human.

Pulling out a knife from her space, she squatted down, “Mother, try this. It’ll make cleaning the game much easier.”

“What is this?” Hu Min asked curiously, eyeing the knife in Hu Jiao Jiao’s hand.

Beastmen had sharp claws and teeth, and only weaker beastmen used tools like bone or stone knives.

“This is a knife I found. It’s very sharp and can even cut through bones,” Hu Jiao Jiao lied without batting an eye.

She had to explain the origin of her tools from the space somehow.

Since she had already told the children that her belongings were gifts from her maternal family, she couldn’t afford to slip up now.

She planned to gift a set of knives to Hu Min.

Fox beastmen weren’t great fighters, so the knives could also be used for self-defense in case of danger.

“A knife that sharp? It looks so thin. Won’t it break?” Hu Min asked with surprise.

How could such a thin blade cut through bones?