Xie Daiyu walked inside the cave; his face was twisted with fury. He stepped past the crowd and asked in a low voice, "Who is daring enough to harm Chanchan?" He dumped the heavy hind leg that he was carrying on his shoulder onto the floor, and it hit the ground with a thud.
"Why are you jumping in between the conversation for no reason?" Aunt Baidi spoke with a helpless expression. She knew that the mer had heard only part of the conversation and was reacting to it. She rolled her eyes and said to him, "It's not what you think." She then relayed what happened to Xie Daiyu, and by the time she finished speaking, Xie Daiyu was frowning so hard that he could have squeezed a fly with his brows alone.
"Rong Xian —what is he doing here?"
Xie Daiyu asked with a frown on his face, and Aunt Baidi sighed. "I told you that the prince was heading to the beast capital—"
