Clumsy Beast, Keep Your Paws Off novel Chapter 40

Chapter 40: Chapter 40: Mu Lihua

Su Qinglan stiffened as the voice echoed through the cave.

A moment later, the one who spoke stormed in.

It was a middle-aged female. Slightly fat, her face filled with anger, and her eyes full of spite. She looked straight at the pile of good hides on the ground, then immediately stomped forward and grabbed them all in her arms.

"You have a mate waiting at home, and you’re giving all these things to this ugly girl?!" She snapped with her shrill and harsh voice. "Have you even thought about your mate?"

Su Qinglan blinked, stunned. Ugly girl? Who was she calling ugly?!

Before she could even react, the woman turned on her and jabbed a finger at her face rather rudely. "You! Do you feel no shame? Always clinging to your father and taking things that don’t belong to you. Greedy, useless girl!"

Her father’s expression turned pained. "Lan Lan is still a child," he said softly. "I have to take care of her."

But his defense only made the woman’s face twist uglier.

"Still a child?!" She screeched, throwing the hides onto the floor with a loud smack. "Look at her! Spoiled rotten by you. She can’t take care of herself, she’s greedy, she eats and wastes, and..." her voice rose and turned sharper, "...she hasn’t even given birth to a cub!"

The words hit the cave like thunder.

Su Qinglan’s lips parted in shock.

Her father’s face turned pale, then sadder than ever.

And the woman stood there, glaring at the two of them as if she’d just exposed the greatest shame in the world.

Su Qinglan stood there, stunned.

Her mind went blank as her gaze landed on the middle-aged female who had barged into the cave like a storm. The woman’s body was slightly fat, her posture stiff with arrogance.

Her face wasn’t anything pleasant either—an ugly mix of anger and disdain twisted her features, making her look even harsher under the dim cave light.

Su Qinglan’s first reaction was confusion.

Who was this aunty? And why was she acting like she owned the place?

But then...her ears caught one word.

Mate.

Her stomach dropped.

Mate...?

Her wide eyes darted to her father, who stood frozen with tense shoulders, face paling by the second.

Wait. Wait. Don’t tell her...

This woman... was she her father’s mate?

That would mean... This was her so-called mother?

Su Qinglan’s heart thudded painfully against her ribs.

She tried to dig through the original owner’s messy memories, flipping through them like broken pages in a ruined book. Fragments appeared like broken glass. A shadowy figure scolding. A hand raised to strike. A shrill voice that made a young girl tremble in fear.

Yes. It matched.

This female. This was the one.

The original owner’s tormentor.

The reason for the original owner’s change of character.

Su Qinglan’s body stiffened in reflex. It was as if her soul had inherited the original owner’s fear. Even though she wasn’t the same girl, her shoulders locked tight, and her breath felt heavy in her chest.

The female, Mu Lihua, didn’t even notice.

She didn’t stop there. Her voice grew louder and harsher. She threw insults at both Su Qinglan and her father without a care, her words ugly enough to make even the walls of the cave seem to shrink. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

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