Chapter 155 Tribal Customs
Hu Lie looked helplessly at the eight orcs standing on the left side of Jiang Qingqing and the silly smiles on their faces. Then he looked at Jiang Qingqing's confused and at a loss expression. He felt it was hard to describe it at a glance. What kind of two-way love is this?
So should he learn to respect, let go, and bless them?
"Also... the way you ate just now, everyone thought you accepted them and were very satisfied with them!"
Hu Lie hesitated but still said this sentence. He had to let this silly female know the current situation. Otherwise, he couldn't let her marry him off without knowing what was going on!
Jiang Qingqing was so angry and anxious when she heard this that she stood up immediately. Then she looked at the orcs next to her who were drooling over their faces and couldn't wait to mate with her. She felt her head buzzing and she felt ashamed and annoyed.
"What do you mean by accepting? What do you mean by being satisfied? How could I know that you have such an outrageous custom here? Why didn't you tell me earlier? You are all trying to force the sale, right?"
Hu Lie gave a helpless smile and said, "I didn't expect you to be unaware of the situation! Isn't this an established custom in our Orc Continent? How come you don't even know this?"
Jiang Qingqing was speechless. She couldn't say that she was a time traveler. She managed to calm herself down and looked back at the burly orcs around her. She felt a chill when she thought that she might have to live with them in the future.
She shook her head to stop the terrible thoughts in her mind, and quickly explained to the orcs. She said anxiously: "Don't get me wrong, I really didn't know that your tribe had such a custom. I was just too hungry and really didn't accept your intentions!"
The eight orcs looked at each other, as if they had reached some tacit agreement. One of them stood up and said, "Female, we don't care whether you know our customs or not, but you ate the food we gave you, and that's the fact. Then you are the mate that the Beast God arranged for us."
Jiang Qingqing was so angry that she jumped up and down: "What kind of logic is this! I already said I don't know the rules!"
Another orc stepped forward, staring greedily at Jiang Qingqing's fair face and delicate skin, and said, "Everyone has seen it, so don't try to deny it."
"Yes, this is the rule here, you can't break it."
"That's right, you have to be responsible for us."
Jiang Qingqing stamped her feet anxiously, "Responsible? What responsibility? I didn't mean to do that!"
Although Hu Lie decided to give up, he still felt uncomfortable seeing the orcs making things difficult for Jiang Qingqing.
He tried to hold it in, but couldn't help but stood in front of Jiang Qingqing. He said to the eight orcs, "Since she doesn't want to, don't force her. Besides, this is just a misunderstanding."
"Hu Lie, stop meddling in other people's business! Since this female has already taken our food, she is ours. Don't interfere with our mating and delay the birth of the tribe's little orcs. Can you afford the compensation?" An orc frowned and looked at Hu Lie with a somewhat unfriendly look in his eyes.
Hu Lie said coldly: "That depends on whether they are willing or not. In our tribe, forcing a female is a serious crime!"
"Oh, forcing a female? Hu Lie, don't forget what day it is today. This little female accepted our stuff, it was a matter of mutual consent, how can it be forced or not?"
An orc who had been watching for a long time finally couldn't help but speak up, and he spoke with a powerful bomb, "Hu Lie, why do you always support this little female? Could it be that you have taken a fancy to her? The brothers didn't stop you from joining, so what do you mean by stopping you like this?"
"That's right, Hu Lie, you kid, don't want to eat alone, do you?" After hearing this, the orc next to him couldn't help but cast a suspicious look over.
The place where they are now is not remote, but on a day like this, who would come here for no reason? So it is clear what Hu Lie is thinking.
"Tsk tsk, Hu Lie, you are so unkind. We treat you as a brother, and you are trying to play tricks on us, right? How could you do that?" The orcs immediately directed their dissatisfaction towards Hu Lie.
The orc who had hit the nail on the head just now, seeing that everyone was about to start a fight, immediately stepped forward to stop them. What a joke! If things got really bad, the news that they were rejected would spread everywhere! Doesn't he have any face?
The orc took a deep breath and said to Hu Lie earnestly, "Hu Lie, the little female doesn't understand the situation of our tribe, don't you understand it? Do we orcs give gifts to others casually?
Everyone has only one chance to give a gift. Everyone was watching when this little female accepted our gift.
She said forget it, but what about us orcs who were rejected?
We have lost our reputation, do you want us to live out our lives in loneliness?"
Hu Lie was somewhat silent after being told this, but looking at Jiang Qingqing behind him, he was embarrassed again. Of course, he knew the situation, but... this... wasn't it Jiang Qingqing who didn't want to? Besides, there were many single orcs in the tribe, so adding a few more should... not be a big deal, right?
Jiang Qingqing saw that the other party's words made Hu Lie silent, and pushed Hu Lie away. You are trying to kidnap me morally, right? As long as I have no morals, no one can kidnap me!
"Whether you are lonely or not is none of my business. If a female really doesn't want you because of such a small matter, it only means that the female doesn't like you enough!
I have even screened you for free, which can be considered as helping you avoid trouble in advance! After all, if you really choose a scumbag, your life will be really dark in the future, right?
"Okay, I don't like to leave my name behind when I do good things, so I don't need you to help me spread my good name! We have nothing to lose, so goodbye!"
After saying that, she turned around and was about to leave, but was blocked by several orcs.
"Don't leave!"
Jiang Qingqing was instantly furious. What did that mean? Moral kidnapping didn't work, so they had to use force? These orcs really thought she was a vegetarian. If they really angered her, do you think she would dare to make gunpowder? At worst, we would all be finished!
She looked at the orcs coldly and said, "Why do you still want to fight? Come on, at worst we will both die!"
Seeing this, Hu Lie stepped forward and persuaded them: "Calm down, calm down! Everyone calm down, don't be impulsive! Don't be impulsive! There is always a way to solve it!"
"What else can I do? If you had it, wouldn't you have brought it out long ago? Why are you still arguing with me? In my opinion, the customs here are too ridiculous. How can you accept people's food if you accept it?
Are you sure this is not the ultimate version of forced buying and selling?
If this old lady sees you, she will probably kowtow three times before leaving!"