A vile, ugly, and fat female? A chaotic scene of six beastly husbands vying for her favor.

Chapter 164 Free Labor

Lingyu and the beastmen hurried outside and immediately saw that Xuan and two male tribesmen had subdued the thieves.

They were five young male boys.

They huddled together on the ground, their necks hunched over in embarrassment, looking at everyone with fear.

Other tribesmen also heard the commotion and gathered around.

“You were the ones who stole our tribe’s food yesterday? Tell me, wasn’t that right!” Xuan stared at them coldly and questioned them.

"Yes, it's us..."

The five boys spoke timidly.

Xuan narrowed his eyes: "Who sent you here? And which tribe are you from?"

"We are...we are from the Kang tribe..."

Ling Yu frowned slightly. Xiang's older brother was named Kang, meaning he came from the Kang tribe.

"Kang tribe? Isn't that the same tribe as those who visited our tribe last time? When they left, Yu gave them so much animal meat, and they still came back to steal it?"

"Have you no shame? Stealing!"

"That's right! Your tribe's chief's sister, Xiang, didn't she say your tribe had plenty of food? Why would she steal our food?"

The crowd angrily denounced them.

If it weren't for the fact that these five males looked young, didn't resist when they were caught, and squatted on the ground obediently, they would have wanted to go up and beat them up.

A young male said with shame, "Xiang took the food you gave us back and shared it with everyone. It was just... so delicious."

"That smoked meat was so delicious. We were really craving it and wanted to learn how to grill it, but none of us knew how."

Seeing the disdainful looks from everyone, he dared not continue speaking.

Another young male weakly added:

"Ever since we tasted your tribe's food, we haven't been able to eat anything else. We dream of eating it again."

"And so, so..."

Ling Yu found it a bit far-fetched, but seeing the grease stains from when they were caught eating smoked meat around their mouths, she had no choice but to believe it.

"You came here to steal food?"

"……Uh-huh!"

The five boys nodded weakly, their honest and obedient demeanor making it impossible to feel angry.

It's like five little wild animals coming to steal food.

Some of the tribespeople just wanted to laugh, some were speechless, while others were unhappy and questioned them with dissatisfaction:
"You eat whatever you want from our tribe, you don't respect us at all!"

"Yes, you just barged into our tribe like that. Who knows what bad intentions you might have?"

"The people of the Kang tribe were thieves!"

"Chief, we must not let them get away with this! How can this be? Giving them food isn't enough, they actually have to steal from us?"

"Let's go to the Kang tribe at daybreak and demand an explanation!"

Not all tribes in the Beast World are hostile to each other; they generally follow the principle of peaceful negotiation and equality.

Combat conflicts only occur when resources and territory are plundered, and bloodshed is inevitable.

They have now settled here and established a tribe.

As close neighbors, the tribes should live together in equality and harmony, but it is unacceptable for one side to cause trouble first.

"No! Don't take us back. The leader doesn't know about this. It was us, the five of us, who came here secretly."

"We must not tell our chief, or we will be beaten and we will never be able to hold our heads high in the tribe again."

"Chief, please, please don't take us back. We'll never do it again, sob sob..."

The five boys were terrified and begged for mercy. They had only been tempted by the food and didn't want their tribesmen to find out. They especially didn't want conflict between tribes, simply because they had stolen someone else's food.

"Hmph! Don't give me that!"

“You weren’t like this when you were stealing our food.”

"We must tell your tribal chief! Let the entire tribe know who you are!"

Everyone was indignant and said in unison.

The five men, terrified at the sight, kowtowed to Ling Yu again, pleading, "Chief Yu, we know we were wrong! We really know we were wrong! Please forgive us this time..."

Ling Yu hesitated for a few seconds: "I can let you go back and complain without arresting you."

The five men's eyes lit up immediately.

The tribesmen, however, were somewhat puzzled and whispered, "Chief, we can't let them off so easily, otherwise their tribe will keep stealing our food in the future."

Ling Yu's beast husbands remained silent, watching her quietly.

Ling Yu slowly said, "I haven't finished yet. Of course, we can't let them off so easily after they stole things. Let's punish them by making them stay in the tribe and work for five days to make up for the food they stole before they go back."

She had just thought that sending it back to the Kang tribe would be pointless; either they would apologize for their actions, or they might incur their wrath.

The theft was ultimately due to the fact that the tribe had not properly fenced off the area or taken adequate anti-theft measures.

Even if it wasn't them, wild animals might infiltrate the tribe and cause trouble in the future.

The most urgent task is to build a fence.

Such a large tribal area requires the felling of bamboo poles and wooden stakes to make fences, as well as stone reinforcement and other engineering works. Most importantly, it requires people.

Since our family has a limited number of members, we should do as much as we can, even if it's just five people. We should build the fence first.

Upon hearing this, the tribespeople's eyes lit up.

Yes! They were already working on the fence during the day, but they still felt it was too inefficient and too slow.

These five can stay and help them with their work.

This is much better than sending them back to their tribe. As the chieftain mentioned before, this is free labor!
"That's a great idea! I agree!"

"I agree! Let them stay and work!"

"Haha, Chief Yu is truly clever!"

Upon hearing that they wouldn't be sent away but would only stay to do some hard labor, the five immediately nodded and said eagerly:

"We're willing! Just don't tell the tribe we're thieves! We'll definitely do a good job!"

The matter was settled just like that.

It was the middle of the night, and everyone was a bit sleepy. Wei arranged for five Kang tribe boys to stay in the wooden dormitory that had been built earlier, and some of the single males lived there.

There is still plenty of extra bed space.

They instructed the males in the dormitory to guard them and prevent them from escaping, while everyone else went back to rest.

Ling Yu returned to her room and yawned, feeling sleepy.

Yue wrapped his arms around her waist from behind, leaned close to her ear and kissed her, then gently patted her back. "Go to sleep."

As she gradually fell asleep, he couldn't sleep.

He muttered to himself: I only get to sleep with this little female once every five days, and then I get interrupted once in the middle of the night. What a rip-off.

We need to make up for it tomorrow.

The night passed quickly.

As dawn broke, Ling Yu was awakened by Yue's teasing actions. She was so sleepy that she could barely keep her eyes open. She had just pulled the thing that was bothering her out of her clothes when it soon clung to her again.

"No, sleepy..."

"Then it's your turn."