Help! The Villainess Trapped in the Beast World's Drama!

Chapter 33: Chapter 29: Saving Lu Xiao (2)

Before long, the starving beastmen were drooling at the tantalizing aroma of meat in the air. When they saw Shen Tang enjoying a skewer of roasted pig liver, they completely abandoned their disdain for offal and scrambled to get a taste.

Only after tasting it did they realize how delicious the food they once regarded as mere waste could be!

The heart meat was firm and chewy.

The liver meat was thick and tender.

The roasted beast skin was crispy and aromatic.

Breaking open the roasted bones and slurping out the marrow was like tasting jelly, even more flavorful than the roasted meat!

”It’s so delicious. I’ve never eaten anything this tasty in my life.”

”This is way better than nutrient liquid!”

”Thinking about all the offal and bones I threw away from hunting before makes my heart ache. If I had known it was this tasty, I would’ve kept it all to myself.”

”Shen Tang that fat... wasn’t she lazy and greedy? When did her cooking skills become so good? I really underestimated her before.”

”Yeah, it’s just so good. Chew, chew. You really can’t judge a book by its cover! Shen Tang may not be pretty and she’s a bit plump, but her cooking’s amazing, and she’s kind-hearted enough to make us roast meat. Seems like we misunderstood her before.”

Shi Yin smelled the enticing aroma of meat, her stomach aching from hunger. She felt both jealousy and hatred in her heart. How had that ugly duckling seemed to change so much in just a few days? Not only did she look less ugly, but she also became so popular, stealing the spotlight that belonged to her!

”Yinyin, don’t get upset. Shen Tang is just a petty person who got a temporary success, she’s nowhere near you!” A tall, elegant man walked over and gently comforted her; it was her beast husband, White Lizard.

Shi Yin’s expression improved slightly upon seeing him, but she still snorted with reluctance, ”It’s just roasted meat. Who can’t do that? Go out now and catch a beast for me!”

White Lizard’s face stiffened. In the dead of night with toxic smoke everywhere, he couldn’t see a foot in front of him, and who knew how many polluting creatures were lurking outside? If she demanded he fetch her food now, wouldn’t that be sending him to his death?

”What, even you want to defy me?” Shi Yin was in a foul mood and was displeased with everyone, even White Lizard, who usually doted on her, received no kindness from her now.

White Lizard comforted her gently, ”I’ll catch a beast for you tomorrow. Today it’s just too late and dangerous outside.”

Shi Yin thought for a moment, realizing this might be true, so she said no more, but her stomach growled loudly. Hu Shuo glanced at her faintly, then stood up and gruffly declared, ”I’m going to ask Shen Tang for some meat.”

”You come back here!” Shi Yin’s eyes widened, rebuking harshly.

If her beast husband went to that ugly woman for food, wouldn’t that be a slap in her face?

”None of you are allowed to ask that ugly woman for roasted meat. If anyone dares, I’ll dissolve our partner relationship!”

At her words, her several beast husbands’ faces turned somewhat unpleasant. This woman could starve herself, but she wanted them to starve with her too! But she was the city lord’s daughter, a precious B-level spiritual power female. Though not particularly beautiful, she took them a long time to win over, so they couldn’t afford to fall out with her over a meal, thus they bore it in silence.

Meanwhile, An Ya’s situation wasn’t much better than Shi Yin’s.

She had lost three out of her five beast husbands, and the remaining two were gravely injured, unable to hunt.

An Ya stared grimly and resentfully at Shen Tang amid the crowd, her nails digging into her palm as jealousy brewed uncontrollably within her.

She was also starving, and without nutrient liquid, but couldn’t bring herself to ask Shen Tang for food.

Fortunately, she had plenty of sycophants.

An Ya randomly ordered a Monkey Clan beastman to get some food and see how Shen Tang taught people to roast meat.

Shen Tang sat by the campfire helping to roast meat when she noticed a skinny Monkey Clan beastman approaching for food.

The system secretly informed her that he was there to get food for An Ya.

Shen Tang’s mind turned, and a mischievous smile appeared on her lips as she handed him a large platter of barbecue.

An Ya sat on the steps of a vehicle, waiting impatiently. Soon, she saw the Monkey Clan beastman running over with a tray of roasted meat.

The meat looked wrinkled like beast hide, who knew what part it was, but it smelled delicious. An Ya didn’t care and grabbed a handful to eat greedily, ignoring her image.

The Monkey Clan beastman twitched his mouth watching her unrestrained eating style, but however she behaved, An Ya was the most beautiful female in the city, delightful no matter what!

The beastman squatted in front of An Ya with an infatuated look, asking ingratiatingly, ”Ah Ya, are you full? Should I go and get more for you?”

After eating, An Ya wiped her mouth and nodded proudly.

Suddenly remembering something, she called him back, ”By the way, what did I just eat?”

The Monkey Clan beastman scratched his head, reluctantly confessing, ”Uh... you ate pig intestines. Shen Tang said it was the only thing left that nobody wanted.”

An Ya’s face turned stone gray, and she immediately gagged, running to a tree to vomit violently.

She felt sick as if she had eaten filth, clawing at her throat in desperation to dry-heave, saliva dribbling down.

”Shen Tang! You won’t die in peace!”

Her fury soared as she cursed sharply.

That fat woman must have done it on purpose!

Just wait; she would surely take revenge!

Shen Tang kept an eye on An Ya’s situation through the system, hearing her retch until she felt faint and weak. A sly grin spread across her face, considering it a return favor.

She’s not a push-over anyone can mess with; if someone targets her, they better be ready for her retaliation.

The beastmen feasted joyfully that night, and none dared to underestimate Shen Tang anymore.

What intrigued them even more was how Shen Tang knew the purification crystal mine was a trap?

Could there really be intuition this accurate in the world?

A beastman specifically approached her to inquire, but Shen Tang just claimed it was a wild guess, revealing nothing and only heightening their curiosity and admiration.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing the hidden task: Win the Hearts of People (1), Reward: 100 boxes of high-energy compressed biscuits, reward has been automatically issued into the system backpack. Please check yourself!]

There was such a hidden task?

Shen Tang, surprised, checked the system backpack, indeed finding 100 new boxes of compressed biscuits.

Now she had both water and food.

How worried was this system about her being stranded in the wild?

While grumbling inwardly, Shen Tang heard the system’s prompt again in her mind,

[Ding! A new side quest is now issued to the host: Help the male lead Lu Xiao escape danger, Reward: Face feature enhancement once, Duration: Three days, Host please complete the task as soon as possible!]