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nTranslator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

nXie Zhou didn’t seem to care about the rumors.

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nDuring the day, Xie Zhou went out to hunt while Xie Chaochao stayed in the old house alone.

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nLi Cuihua and the other women who were also gossips had long wanted to see how the girl Xie Zhou had picked up looked like.

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nHe always treated her like a treasure.

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nOn this day, Xie Zhou went hunting in the mountains as usual. Li Cuihua and the rest went to the old house at the end of the village.

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nAs soon as they reached the entrance, they heard a sound made by a child.

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nThe women were a little afraid.

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nLi Cuihua urged, “It’s fine, there’s only one baby girl in here, nothing else!”

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nA woman pushed the door open. When she saw the situation of the pit clearly, her eyes rolled back and she fell to the ground.

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nWhen the people behind saw the situation inside, they were all shocked.

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nA thick carpet covered the pit. A baby girl sat on it. A small fox laid beside her and a tiger cub was across her.

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nThe girl and the tiger were fighting over something. It was like a tug of war.

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nIt was a snake with flower patterns.

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nOn the side, there laid an adult tiger.

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nHearing the commotion, the adult tiger stood up.

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nThe girl who was sitting on the carpet suddenly loosened her grip.

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nThe tiger cub that was fighting for the small flower snake fell backwards.

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nThe small flower snake also broke free and crawled onto the girl’s body. It wrapped around her neck.

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nThis scene frightened the women.

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nHow was this a child? She was clearly a monster!

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nTwo more timid ones passed out and fell directly on top of the first woman who fainted.

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nThere were also some who turned around and ran, without caring about their companions.

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nXie Chaochao removed the small flower snake from her neck and fiddled with it.

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nAfter a while, she crawled next to the small tiger and hugged it to sleep.

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nWhen Xie Zhou returned, he saw the three women lying at the entrance.

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nHis expression turned cold.

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nHe quickly walked toward the entrance and saw that Xie Chaochao and the small tiger were sleeping soundly inside. Only then did he stop walking.

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nHe looked down at the women blocking his way.

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nXie Zhou woke them up with a hunting stick.

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nWhen they saw Xie Zhou and saw the situation in the courtyard, the women ran off without a word.

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nXie Zhou walked in and carried the sleeping girl into the house.

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nLooking at the drooling Xie Chaochao, Xie Zhou wiped her mouth with a smile.

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nIn less than two days, the villagers discovered that the dilapidated house at the end of the village was surrounded by a courtyard wall. The old gate had also been replaced with a new one.

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nLi Cuihua and the rest did not look happy.

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n“Is he guarding against us?”

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n“That’s right. Is he afraid that we will run away with his strange daughter?”

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nA few women gathered again and started discussing.

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nThere were rumors going around in the village that the father-daughter pair that lived at the end of the village were all weird people.

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nShe was always with animals, surrounded by tigers and snakes.

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nThe villagers all stayed far away from them.

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nXie Zhou also did not care.

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nSun Chengfu had fulfilled his promise to Xie Zhou by giving him the mountain and land.

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nHowever, the land was not suitable for farming at all.

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nThat piece of land was not far from their old house and was close to the mountains. It was full of sand and it was not easy to farm.

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nSun Chengfu even claimed that it was for the good of Xie Zhou. It was close to where they lived so that Xie Zhou could conveniently take care of Xie Chaochao.

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nXie Zhou didn’t say anything and gladly accepted it.

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nBefore long, the villagers discovered that Xie Zhou had resumed his old profession.

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nHe drove the transporter.

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nThe land he was given was filled with sand. He could sell the sand for money.

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nSeeing this, Sun Chengfu started to regret giving this piece of land to Xie Zhou.

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nWhy didn’t he think of selling the sand for money!

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nNow that everyone in the village knew about it, it would be difficult for him to ask for the land back.

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