“Cui Cuicui, don’t be afraid. I-I’ll take good care of you,” stammered Lu Cuicui’s mate, trying to comfort her.

After the tribe leader’s outburst last time, ordering her to find a mate and settle down, she had no choice but to randomly pick a male for mating.

But just a few days later, both she and her partner were exiled from the tribe. It had to be said, this male was truly unlucky.

Fortunately, most beastmen are extremely loyal to their mates. Even after being expelled from the tribe, he had no intention of abandoning Lu Cuicui.

However, Lu Cuicui showed him no kindness. She angrily grabbed the animal skin from the ground and threw it at him.

“Get lost! Just leave! What good are you? You’re useless!”

Her mate caught the animal skin, bent down to put it away, and mumbled as he walked toward the cave entrance, “I-I’ll go hunting, y-you stay here and wait for me…”

“Get out!”

Her response was another furious scream.

Her mate scratched his head awkwardly, then transformed into a leopard and left.

As darkness fell, the cave was pitch black. Slowly coming down from her anger, Lu Cuicui looked around at the darkness surrounding her and began to feel afraid.

“That useless fool! He’s been gone so long hunting and still hasn’t returned!”

Cursing under her breath, Lu Cuicui stood up and tiptoed to the cave entrance.

A pale moon hung in the sky, casting a soft, silvery glow that was at least better than the pitch-black cave.

Hugging herself, Lu Cuicui, whose stomach had been growling with hunger, decided to wander around to see if she could find any edible fruit.

She hadn’t walked far when she heard voices ahead.

“Heh heh, good haul tonight. Didn’t expect to find a beastman wandering around this late.”

“It’s been a long time since we had beastman meat. Tastes way better than that dry, tough prey! Hahaha…”

Several rough voices echoed through the forest.

Lu Cuicui immediately froze, hiding in a nearby bush, listening carefully to their conversation.

However, they were too far for her to hear clearly.

In the moonlight, she could see several tall, muscular figures, seemingly even stronger than the males in her tribe.

Her heart leapt with joy—she thought she had encountered beastmen from another tribe. If she could join them, she could find a stronger mate and wouldn’t have to live in the forest anymore.

Smiling at the thought, she was about to step forward to greet them when she saw the group approaching. Under the dim moonlight, she noticed one of the males holding the corpse of a leopard beast.

Lu Cuicui’s smile instantly froze.

What replaced it was bone-chilling fear.

That leopard beast wasn’t a wild animal; it was a beastman, looking exactly like the form her mate took when he went hunting!

Clamping her hand over her mouth, Lu Cuicui finally realized the horrifying truth. These weren’t beastmen from another tribe. They were wandering beastmen.

As a female, she knew all too well what would happen if she fell into their hands. Her body trembled uncontrollably as she crouched in the bushes.

“Who’s there?!”

Just as Lu Cuicui was consumed with fear, one of the wandering beastmen scanned the area, his fierce gaze sweeping toward her hiding spot.

“Ah…”

Lu Cuicui let out a terrified squeal and scrambled backward, only to fall flat on her back.

Hearing the noise, the wandering beastmen rushed over. Upon seeing Lu Cuicui, they burst into laughter.

“Hahaha! It’s a female!”

“Man, we hit the jackpot! Not only do we have beastman meat, but we also found a female.”

“This winter’s not going to be boring at all, hahaha…”

The wandering beastmen rubbed their hands together, their grins lewd and malicious.

“Don’t! Please, don’t come near me! If you take me, my tribe’s beastmen will come after you…”

Terrified, Lu Cuicui’s legs were so weak she couldn’t stand up.

One of the wandering beastmen was about to grab her when he wrinkled his nose in disgust, noticing a puddle beneath her.

“Ugh, this female is disgusting. She wet herself out of fear.”

“Well, females are naturally timid. Don’t scare her too much, or we won’t have any fun this winter.”

“Let me, let me! I’ve been hoping to lay a nest of eggs next spring, hehe…”

A skinny wandering beastman slung Lu Cuicui over his shoulder. “I can’t wait any longer!” he sneered.

He laid her down on a cleaner patch of ground and started to pull off her animal skin skirt.

Lu Cuicui trembled like a leaf. She had heard the horror stories in her tribe—females captured by wandering beastmen were better off dead. Forced to work day and night, whipped, and shared by dozens of wandering beastmen, many didn’t survive long enough to bear offspring.

She didn’t want that!

“Please… please let me go,” Lu Cuicui begged through tears, her face a twisted mix of fear and hatred.

Why? Why was she being captured by wandering beastmen while Lu Mian’er and Hu Jiao Jiao got to live comfortably in the tribe?

The wandering beastmen, used to such pleas, continued to grin, watching her struggle like she was nothing more than a sideshow.

“Wait! Don’t you want females? My tribe has many females—far prettier than me! I can help you capture them!”

Lu Cuicui suddenly shouted, pushing the wandering beastman away.

The beastman paused.

“Female, are you telling the truth?” one of the wandering beastmen asked, his eyes narrowing dangerously.

Lu Cuicui nodded hastily. “Yes! Tomorrow they’ll be leaving the tribe with only a few males to guard them. If you distract the guards, you can capture all the females.”

Even if she were to die, she would make sure Lu Mian’er and Hu Jiao Jiao went down with her.

“Really? Female, tell us where we can find them,” one of the wandering beastmen asked excitedly.

Ever since becoming a wandering beastmen, they hadn’t seen many females. If they could capture more, there would be enough for everyone.

Lu Cuicui puffed out her chest, trying to appear confident as she negotiated.

“I’ll tell you, but you have to promise not to hurt me.”

The wandering beastmen exchanged glances and burst into laughter.

Without hesitation, they agreed.

“Sure, no problem. Now tell us where the females are.”

Seeing how easily they agreed, Lu Cuicui thought she had them wrapped around her finger and grew smug.

These wandering beastmen were fools—she would use them to drag Lu Mian’er and Hu Jiao Jiao down with her.

She wouldn’t return to the tribe, and neither would they.

Feeling triumphant, Lu Cuicui revealed the location where the tribe females would be harvesting potato the next day.

“Great! Tomorrow, we’ll catch them all!”

The wandering beastmen were excited, and the skinny one lunged at Lu Cuicui again.

“Ah… What are you doing? You promised!” Lu Cuicui cried, kicking her legs in panic.

The wandering beastmen burst into laughter, treating her fear as entertainment.

“Haha, silly female. Didn’t anyone in your tribe ever tell you? You can never trust a wandering beastman’s word!”

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I feel sorry for her, but at the same time, she is quite vicious, and I’m not sure whether I should pity her or not.

Oooo and her mate he is so unlucky 😭😭😭