When Yue ger heard the leader’s words, he glanced at him. Earlier, he had ignored the leader’s confession, but now he felt nothing but hatred for it.
Yue ger suddenly pushed the leader with such force that even the sturdy beastman was knocked to the ground.
For a moment, the leader was stunned.
As the leader of the Danmu tribe, he had always held a position of authority. No one dared to treat him this way. Even those who wanted to challenge him for leadership did so through formal duels, not by publicly humiliating him like this. This was a direct challenge to his dignity…
The crowd gasped, waiting to see how the leader would react.
Challenging the leader’s authority like this, if it had been a beastman, it would have led to an immediate duel to settle the matter. But this was a ger, and a ger the leader had feelings for.
If Yue ger had any sense left, he should have given the leader a way to save face. But at this moment, he had lost all rationality. The constant news of Wang Jin and Yuan Heng’s loving relationship had driven him to the edge. He couldn’t bear the thought of the man who should have been his beastman now belonging to someone else. He couldn’t stand the idea of the affection that should have been his being given to another…
Even worse, the tribe members who had once shared his hatred for the “lunatic” were now won over by him!
Tears welled up in Yue ger’s eyes as he glared at the leader, his voice filled with resentment and anger. “It’s all your fault… It’s all because you went back on your word and married that lunatic to Brother Heng. Otherwise, Brother Heng would have been mine long ago. You abused your power for personal gain, what kind of leader are you? You don’t deserve to be leader!”
“A-Yue!” Xi ger, who had been delayed in the house studying medicinal herbs, arrived late and didn’t know what had happened earlier. But as soon as he arrived, he heard Yue ger’s harsh words.
The man he was speaking to was the tribe leader! How could he say such things so carelessly?
Xi ger quickly stepped forward and grabbed Yue ger, but Yue ger remained silent, tears streaming down his face.
“…” The leader was also silent. What could he say? Not only had he been rejected, but the ger he loved had publicly exposed his flaws. No one could feel more defeated than he did at this moment.
The leader stared at Yue ger. At that moment, several ideas flashed through his mind. He could banish Yue ger from the tribe to assert his authority, marrying him off to someone he randomly chose to appease the couple he despised, or using his authority as leader to forcibly make Yue ger his own ger…
In the end, he did none of those things. He stood up, took a deep breath, and clenched his fists so tightly that his knuckles turned white. Blood seeped from his palms, dripping onto the stone floor and staining it red.
He steadied his voice and spoke hoarsely, “I have received your rejection. From now on, I won’t bother you again.”
This was a beastman’s final dignity, once he was rejected, he would not pursue further.
With that, he turned and left. The crowd was stunned. The leader, known for his vindictiveness, had simply let Yue ger go?
Was it because Yue ger was the one he loved?
Everyone watched as the leader walked away.
Xi ger was baffled. What had happened to make things so serious?
He had always known how much the leader loved Yue ger.
In the past, Yue ger had said harsh things and done some willful things, but the leader had always tolerated it…
But this time… Xi ger sighed silently as he watched the leader’s resolute retreating figure.
Yue ger had lost someone who truly loved him.
Yue ger watched the figure walking away, feeling as though everyone around him was drifting further and further away. The warmth that had once surrounded him was dissipating, replaced by a cold, biting emptiness that left him shivering.
Xi ger supported him and glanced around. Everyone was staring in their direction. Feeling embarrassed, he lowered his head and whispered, “A-Yue, let’s go back first.”
“Go back? I’m not going back!” Yue ger shook off Xi ger’s hand and shouted at Wang Jin below the stage, “You! Come up here. I want to compete with you!”
“?” Wang Jin and the crowd were equally stunned.
Only beastmen dueled, there had never been duel between gers.
Yuan Heng frowned and stepped in front of Wang Jin, staring at Yue ger. “What do you want to compete in? I’ll compete on his behalf.”
“Brother Heng…” Yue ger was even more provoked. His eyes reddened as he said, “You’ll compete for him? You’re a beastman, and I’m a ger… Even someone as gentlemanly as you would say such a thing…”
Yue ger laughed bitterly through his tears. “Yes, you’ve already abandoned your principles for him.”
This had nothing to do with principles. His ger simply couldn’t be bullied.
Yuan Heng pressed his lips together, wanting to argue but ultimately staying silent. No matter what he said, Yue ger wouldn’t listen.
Seeing that Yuan Heng seemed unwilling to explain and remained firmly in front of Wang Jin, Yue ger’s hatred for Wang Jin grew even stronger. He glared at the man hiding behind Yuan Heng, his gaze as sharp as a blade, as if he wanted to cut Wang Jin to pieces.
Wang Jin frowned and tried to step forward, but Yuan Heng held his arm firmly in place.
Yue ger declared loudly, “Beastmen compete in strength, but gers can’t do that. Today is matching couple Festival, it's time for the gers perform. So let’s compete in performances… Let’s see whose performance is more impressive.”
Yuan Heng’s frown deepened.
He was good at fighting, but performing?
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