Clumsy Beast, Keep Your Paws Off-Chapter 378: From the Same Nest

The older man’s face was pale and tired, but his eyes were sharp.

Rong Ye, who had been standing nearby, suddenly felt a strange feeling in his heart. A bad premonition.

He looked at the younger man carefully.

Then he spoke in a low voice.

"Don’t tell me... you are Lan Yue’s mate."

The moment the name left his mouth, the younger man’s eyes widened.

He rushed forward instantly and grabbed Rong Ye by the shoulders.

"Lan Yue? Yes! Yes, that’s her name! She’s my mate! Where is she? Have you seen her?"

He was so fast and desperate that Rong Ye almost attacked him out of instinct. But at the last moment, he controlled himself.

The man’s aura was not hostile. There was no evil intent. There was only anxiety and desperation in his voice.

He truly just wanted to find his mate.

Still, Rong Ye felt confused.

Lan Yue had been with them for a long time now. She was even close to giving birth. Yet her mate had only found her now.

The distance between them must have been extremely far.

But there was something else.

Hadn’t Lan Wei said that her mate was dead?

So who was this man?

Rong Ye narrowed his eyes.

"How do you prove that you’re really Lan Yue’s mate?" he asked. "Show me."

The younger man did not hesitate. He immediately pulled open his clothes and revealed his chest.

There, a beautiful mark of a blue-tailed fish could be seen.

"It’s Lan Yue’s mark," he said quickly. "If you’ve met her, you’ll recognize it."

He leaned a little closer.

"You can check the scent. It’s hers."

Han Jue stepped forward to confirm it. He leaned in slightly, trying to sense whether the mark truly carried Lan Wei’s aura.

But before he could finish checking... The older man suddenly moved.

He stepped past everyone with shocking speed. In the next second, he rushed straight toward Su Mingxuan.

Before anyone could react...

Bang!

His fist slammed hard into the tribe leader’s face.

Su Mingxuan staggered back, completely stunned.

And so was everyone else.

The entire tribe was stunned.

No one had expected the older man to suddenly rush forward and start beating their tribe leader. His fists were fast and heavy, landing one after another on Su Mingxuan’s body.

But what shocked them even more was Su Mingxuan himself.

He did not fight back, nor did he dodge or block any moves. He simply stood there and took every punch.

"Has the tribe leader lost his senses in the grief of losing her both daughters?"

"Tribe Leader!" someone shouted in alarm.

The younger man was also shocked. His eyes widened in disbelief.

"Father, no! You can’t do that!" he shouted.

He quickly rushed forward and grabbed the older man’s arm, trying to pull him back.

On the other side, Rong Ye’s face turned dark with anger. His fists clenched tightly. He stepped forward, grabbed the older man by the collar, and pulled him back.

His eyes burned with fury.

How dare this man beat his father-in-law in front of him?

Su Mingxuan was his mate’s father. No one was allowed to disrespect him like this.

Rong Ye raised his fist, ready to strike the older man even harder than he had struck Su Mingxuan.

But before his punch could land, his arm was suddenly caught.

An old hand, but filled with strength, gripped his wrist tightly.

Rong Ye turned around in shock.

It was Su Mingxuan.

"Father, but he..." Rong Ye began.

"No," Su Mingxuan said calmly. His voice was quiet but firm.

"No, Rong Ye. This is a matter between our nest."

The moment those words fell, the entire area went silent.

Nest!

Everyone knew what that meant.

A nest belonged to one female. If two males belonged to the same nest, that meant they shared the same female.

That meant...

The older man was also the husband of their tribe leader’s mate.

In other words, he was Su Qinglan’s other father.

An uproar spread through the crowd. Many beastmen stared at the older man in shock.

Han Jue looked between Su Mingxuan and the older man carefully. The older man did not look very old. He seemed to be around forty, still in his prime. His face was sharp, and there was a strong, mature aura around him.

Then everything clicked in Han Jue’s mind.

The younger man had said he was Lan Yue’s mate. And he had called this older man his father.

That meant the younger man was Lan Yue’s mate, and this older man... was Lan Yue’s father.

If that were true, Su Qinglan and Lan Yue are sisters. Then both men belonged to the same nest. They were both husbands of the same female. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

Han Jue’s hand trembled slightly.

This day was truly unbelievable. One revelation after another kept appearing. He did not even know what to expect next.

He could only stand there in silence.

On the other side, Xuan Long and Hu Yan remained quiet. None of them spoke.

Right now, they did not care about these complicated relationships.

Their only concern was their mate.

They just wanted to find her.

Shi Feng stood silently beside Rong Ye. If Rong Ye wanted to beat the older man, he would have helped without hesitation.

But now, everything had become confusing. He did not fully understand the situation, so he stayed quiet and watched.

The younger merman finally managed to pull the older man back.

"Father, stop!" he said anxiously. "Please calm down."

The older man’s chest rose and fell heavily. His name was Lan Shun, a high-ranking merman warrior.

Lan Shun slowly stopped struggling. His fists were still trembling.

Across from him, Su Mingxuan stood upright. His face was bruised, and blood stained the corner of his lips, but he did not look angry.

He only looked tired.

The two men stared at each other.

Lan Shun’s eyes were filled with pure hatred and anger, like a storm that had been held back for years.

Su Mingxuan’s eyes, on the other hand, held only helplessness and quiet sorrow.

Neither of them spoke.

But the silence between them was heavier than any words.