Chapter 371: Agreed to Share (II)
Ruan Chanchan could not be blamed. If anyone else were in her position, they too would be shocked silly. In just one day, she ended up getting two mates out of nowhere. The old mate whom she took as her mate, who had imprinted on turned out to be her true mate.
Xiao Xi, what is the meaning of this? How come I have two mates?
Why are you surprised? Xiao Xi was also shocked, but he did not want to look like an idiot in front of Ruan Chanchan. So, he puffed up and said a bunch of nonsense. I mean, there have been instances of a woman or mer having more than one mate. And what’s more, you are an anomaly. Have you forgotten? Your soul is unstable at the moment, and since that is the case, you will naturally have more mates to stabilise your unstable soul.
Ruan Chanchan had a feeling that the system was fooling her, but at the same time, she had a feeling that maybe the system was indeed correct. What if Xiao Xi was right? What if her soul was indeed unstable? Then how many mates would it take for her soul to calm down? Ruan Chanchan could not help but worry. She turned to look at the floating system behind her and asked in a low voice, "Tell me the truth. How many mates do I even have?"
I am not sure. Who knows? Maybe ten or maybe twenties? Xiao Xi truly had no idea. He couldn’t tell the truth, as he, himself, had no idea. Ruan Chanchan’s soul was indeed unstable, and it was true that she needed the essence of the mers and men of this world. But when he met with Xie Daiyu, he thought that the mer was the only one— who would have thought that there was another mer waiting for Ruan Chanchan?
His eyes flickered uneasily.
It seemed like there was something that even he did not know about!
Ten? Twenty?
Ruan Chanchan almost jumped off the seat on which she was sitting. Was this system in the right state of his mind? Ten and twenty mates? She would die satisfying so many mates at once. What was more, these two alone were enough to make her head hurt. If she ended up getting twenty, then what would happen to her? What would she do with so many mers?
Ruan Chanchan was in a pinch, and the others were in a pinch as well. Especially Queen Rong and Rong Xian. The two of them thought that Ruan Chanchan had just imprinted on Xie Daiyu; even if the mer were to make trouble, they could always snatch Ruan Chanchan. But now that Ruan Chanchan turned out to be the mate of Xie Daiyu, there is a very good chance that the mer would take advantage of this identity and refuse to leave Ruan Chanchan.
She turned to look at Rong Xian, who looked even more disgruntled by the current situation.
"You...you.."
Realising that her son was about to lose his patience, Queen Rong raised her hand and said in a low voice, "Alright, we agree to Ruan Chanchan’s suggestion."
"Mother!"
"Do you have any other option better than this one?" Queen Rong turned to look at her son, who looked angry. It was better to step back and think of a solution rather than push and pull this situation. If they stretched Ruan Chanchan’s patience too much, there was a good chance that she might just revolt and refuse to acknowledge Rong Xian. She was smarter than Rong Xian and knew what was important.
Ruan Chanchan pursed her lips and sighed in relief. She was glad that the queen was able to see things through and did not make things difficult for her, but at the same time, she wondered how she was going to be shared between the two tribes.
Sure enough, as soon as she thought of this, the people in the tribe also started to ponder the very same thing.
Queen Rong turned to look at her son and then turned her attention to Ruan Chanchan. She asked calmly, "What are you going to do about sharing between the two tribes? Since you came up with the idea, you should naturally think of what to do."
Of course, Ruan Chanchan knew that the queen would dump this problem onto her head. She sighed and replied nonchalantly, "I think six months per tribe will be better? Of course, if there is an emergency, then I shall return to the one I left."
Ruan Chanchan did not want to be dragged down by the mers, so she stated her terms clearly.
She did not want the mers to make a fuss and stop her. After all, she had seen countless harem dramas, even if she did not have a harem—these two mers were enough to keep her busy.
Neither Rong Xian nor Xie Daiyu was willing to agree to her terms. Six months? While it sounded like a good time period, that was only when Ruan Chanchan was staying with them. But what about the rest of the six months? What were they going to do? How were they going to stay away from her for six months? Neither of them was willing to agree.
But it did not matter whether they were willing or not.
Their status did not allow them to follow Ruan Chanchan, so even if they were unwilling, no one was going to let them do as they wished.
"Alright," Chief Xie agreed. It was better than nothing. She then turned to look at Queen Rong and said in a polite yet firm tone. "My son is going to give birth in a few months. If you do not mind, then I will take Ruan Chanchan with me."
Queen Rong wanted to stop them, but Chief Xie went on and said, "Your majesty, as you can see, Ruan Chanchan has been missing for a while, and my poor son was so worried about her these days that he couldn’t sleep at ease. I don’t even know the last time when he closed his eyes."
Queen Rong turned to look at Xie Daiyu, who seemed to be in a rather good condition. If anything, he looked robust and even more energetic than usual.
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