Just when the bunch of males were so involved and excited in 'taking care' of Barete, an injured male ran over, stumbling along.
"Elvis, Nina's injured."
This sentence, despite not being loudly spoken, sent a cold air through the atmosphere.
To a tribe, there was nothing more precious than a female because females were the deciding factor of a tribe's prosperity. The injury of every female was, thus, deadly serious to a tribe, especially in such a small one like Saint Nazaire where there were only three females. Nina's injury was definitely not a trivial matter.
No matter how much Elvis was uninterested in Nina, he could not brush the matter aside.
"Where is Nina?" Elvis frowned, asking in a neutral tone.
"She has been sent to Lea," The male answered.
Elvis nodded his head, motioning the male, with his gaze, to explain Nina's body condition in detail.
The male followed Elvis tightly as he said, "We didn't see Nina when we just came back to the cave so we went to find her. When we found her, she was lying unconscious in the cave with a huge wound on the top of her head and blood gushing out. Quentin sent her to Lea for treatment so I rushed to inform you."
Elvis listened to the informant while walking to Lea's cave. He did not look at Gu Mengmeng on purpose so as to prevent her from realizing that the reason why he was rushing to see Nina was to separate Barete and her.
After all, despite having mated with a male, the female could still find other males for mating. Furthermore, he did not have an official status yet.
Elvis's thoughts clashed with each other. On one side, he wanted to have Gu Mengmeng to himself while on the other hand, he was afraid that his possessiveness and jealousy will become a nuisance to her. Thus, all he could do was to seek his private benefits in the name of public matters and to act as if he was very busy.
So, Elvis did not notice how Gu Mengmeng was feeling more guilty than he was.
Nina was still unconscious until now? And her head was wounded, and she kept bleeding? Damn it, was it because she used too much force earlier and killed her?!
"That..." Gu Mengmeng squeezed out a weird smile through her stiffened lips and tugged on the front of Elvis's clothing, "Go and finish your stuff if you're busy, I'll stay to look after Barete."
"No way," Elvis rejected without much thought.
"Why no?" Gu Mengmeng garnered her courage to ask.
Elvis stopped for a moment. The reason why he was so anxious to bring Gu Mengmeng away was to put distance between Barete and her so when Gu Mengmeng suggested staying behind, he blurted out his reply without time for any thought.
Why? Because he was jealous!
But this reason, as if... probably... most likely... perhaps... would not be appropriate.
Thus, Elvis cleared his throat and acted calm before saying, "Nina is injured, we have to see her first."
"But Barete's also injured!" Gu Mengmeng would never visit Nina, over her grave.
What a joke, she was the murderer!
"It's normal for males to get injured, you don't have to think too much about it," Elvis face darkened further. He realized that he exceptionally hated Barete. This name was particularly getting on his nerves when Gu Mengmeng said it.
"Your logic doesn't make sense! Males hurt too when they are injured and they also need people to take care of them," Gu Mengmeng moved her body to protest even though her slim body did not affect Elvis in any way but attitude was still required.
Elvis was speechless.
Males hurt too.
But, they were already used to pain, just like how breathing came naturally, until they forget that... males hurt too.
Taking advantage of Elvis blanking out, Gu Mengmeng garnered all her might to escape from him and then scampered towards Barete.
This image, to Barete, was like heaven. But, to Elvis, it was a bottomless chasm.
Eventually, Elvis did not chase Gu Mengmeng and just turned around to leave with his brows furrowed.
Yes, males hurt too.
Elvis's hand brushed against his left chest, the suffocating pain carving straight into his bones even though no blood could be seen. On the other hand, the main culprit of this hardship was currently running towards another male, eagerly treating a mere superficial wound.
Gu Mengmeng was completely fleeing for her life, of course she could not care much about Elvis. Her entire mind was filled with thoughts on how to avoid the people of Saint Nazaire to the greatest extent to ease her escape. This was the real reason why she chose Barete. Compared to Elvis who could bend a tree branch with his bare hands, the severely injured Barete was a more ideal choice.
The scene that enveloped Gu Mengmeng when she reached the stream was a little strange.
Most of the males had followed Elvis to visit Nina at Lea's cave. Although there were many of them who had decided to pursue Gu Mengmeng, females were still the most precious treasure in the tribe. Males had the obligation to protect all females in the tribe before mating. So, now that Nina was severely wounded, they had to find out what exactly happened.
There was two to three pursuers of Gu Mengmeng left by the stream. The reason they stayed was not because they did not care for Nina, but because the cause of injury was not clear. If any wild or ferocious beasts were to invade or attack, it would be very dangerous when a female was weak and vulnerable so there must always be males protecting every female by her side.
As compared to the huge bunch of males who left with Elvis, it was easier for Gu Mengmeng to find an opportunity to shake off these three innocent males.
But compared to these three who she could not even name, Barete who was still in the stream appeared particularly... special.
He maintained a strange pose, half lying in the stream, his wound soaking in the water just like that. His flesh, which was exposed, wrinkled up as a result while the flowing water in the stream entered his mouth and nostrils from time to time. He was in agony evidently but he still did not move a single inch.
"Barete? What happened?" Gu Mengmeng could not think more, and she instinctively rushed forward to help him sit up.
Barete looked at Gu Mengmeng, asking in a rather awkward tone, "Can I move now?"
"Huh?" Gu Mengmeng was unable to respond straight away.
"Didn't you ask me to sit and not move just now? So..." Barete was a little guilty. Actually, when he was thrown by Elvis just now, he secretly moved a sharp stone once to avoid hitting it. Even though he knew that Gu Mengmeng would not know about it, he was still feeling guilty so his volume became softer and softer.
"Ah?!" Gu Mengmeng smacked her forehead as she did not know whether to laugh or cry, "So when Elvis threw you earlier, you did not dodge. When so many of them ganged up to beat you, you did not escape just because I asked you not to move?"
"Yeah," Barete nodded his head frankly.
Gu Mengmeng felt a weak whack on the back of her head as she asked herself, the corners of her lips twitching, "Is this a new tactic of hitting up girls?"
Sigh...
"I asked you not to move because I was scared that your wound will worsen if you stood up and it was not beneficial for your recovery. I did not ask you to be a punching bag and not dodge a single bit when they hit you," Gu Mengmeng held onto Barete's arm and helped him up.
The scene of a 1.9 meters tall Barete being unable to lift his head up upon getting scolded by Gu Mengmeng was quite cute.
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