106: Chapter 106 Disappointment and Sadness

Chapter 16: Disappointment and Sadness

Bai Wanwan held him and observed for a while, feeling that she might just have a guilty conscience. Zhu Xiu didn't seem to have noticed anything.

With her heart at ease, she felt hungry again, but Zhu Xiu was still tightly wrapped around her.

She raised her hand and patted his Beast Form. 'Zhu Xiu, loosen up a bit first. I'm not full yet.'

Only then did the tail wrapped around her slowly relax.

Returning to the stove, she hummed a tune while grilling fish.

The aroma grew stronger and stronger. Bai Wanwan set the grilled fish aside and began to devour it heartily.

After she was almost full, she remembered Zhu Xiu and immediately turned to look back.

Zhu Xiu was coiled on the ground, his eyes still open, staring at her. It was unclear how long he had been watching.

Bai Wanwan tidied up the bowls and chopsticks, then walked over to him, rubbing her round, full belly.

'Have you eaten?'

Bai Wanwan lay down on the mattress beside him, rolling over comfortably.

After rolling, she moved closer, snuggling up against him. 'Hurry up and recover. Otherwise, I won't even have anyone to talk to. I can keep you company for a day or two, but if it goes on for too long, I really won't be able to stand it.'

Although they were her Beast Husbands and she was responsible for them.

She did have a bit of a sense of responsibility, but not much.

So, she didn't know how long she could hold on.

Two more days passed.

She talked to herself every day, and Zhu Xiu couldn't respond to her at all.

She even ended up stopping passing ants with a stick to chat with them for a while.

'Zhu Xiu, I want to eat shrimp today. Go catch some shrimp for me.'

There were still plenty of fish in the vat, but no shrimp.

So, she used this excuse to try to send Zhu Xiu away, hoping Xin Feng was nearby and would come out quickly to keep her company.

Otherwise, she wouldn't be able to hold on.

The King Cobra's pitch-black eyes blinked twice.

Bai Wanwan felt uneasy under his gaze. Just as she was about to say something to defuse the situation, she saw Zhu Xiu flick his snake tail, turn around, and head out of the Cave.

She immediately followed him happily to the Cave entrance. 'I can eat a lot of shrimp. Don't rush back; catch plenty.'

As soon as she finished speaking, Zhu Xiu used a large rock to block her back inside.

After waiting a while, Zhu Xiu must have gone far enough.

She paced at the entrance, then peeked out through a gap in the side.

Why hasn't he come?

She waited for quite some time, but Xin Feng didn't appear.

Bai Wanwan thought her efforts today might have been in vain. Xin Feng was probably in the Tribe with The Cubs.

She still had an instinctive aversion and resistance to the darkness.

Not stepping inside, she leaned back against the rock, even finding the mood to joke with herself: This is practically like being in prison.

'Wan Wan...'

Bai Wanwan whirled around and pressed close to the gap to look out, responding with delight, 'So you were here after all?'

'Move aside a bit. Let me move this rock first.'

'Okay.' She immediately stepped back.

Soon, the rock was moved aside, and Xin Feng strode in.

'Did you just arrive? Why did it take you so long to come over?' she couldn't help asking.

'Zhu Xiu was nearby just now and hadn't left, so I waited for a while.'

'He didn't leave? What was he doing?' Bai Wanwan grew suspicious.

'He circled around the area a couple of times...'

Bai Wanwan suddenly felt something was off. She recalled how, after Xin Feng's last visit, Zhu Xiu had slithered around the Cave as if sniffing for a scent.

But he hadn't reacted much at the time, so she thought it was just a false alarm.

'This isn't right. You need to leave...'

She pushed him outward, urging him on.

'What's wrong?' Xin Feng didn't understand her sudden actions.

At that moment, something blocked the light at the Cave entrance.

Before Bai Wanwan could look up, she caught a glimpse of a massive figure in her peripheral vision.

Thud...

Bai Wanwan understood what it meant for one's heart to sink to the bottom.

Xin Feng quickly turned around. Seeing the King Cobra coiled at the Cave entrance, he took a step to the left, shielding Bai Wanwan behind him.

'Hide inside first.'

But Zhu Xiu didn't give them a chance to react. His long tail swung directly at Xin Feng.

Xin Feng swiftly transformed into his Beast Form, lifting Bai Wanwan onto his back. 'Hold on tight.'

Bai Wanwan was jolted upward. If not for Xin Feng's warning, she would have been flung off.

Once she held on, Xin Feng leaped three times in succession to dodge Zhu Xiu's attack.

Seizing the moment, Xin Feng charged outward, but Zhu Xiu opened his maw to bite at him.

Xin Feng agilely pushed off the wall, ducking under Zhu Xiu's head from a blind spot, then kicked off again and leaped out.

The dodging and weaving cost time. The snake tail followed, slamming heavily onto Xin Feng's hind leg.

Protecting Bai Wanwan left Xin Feng unable to defend in time. He plummeted from mid-air.

Even so, he twisted his body, wrapping Bai Wanwan in his embrace, using his own body as a cushion against the ground.

Bai Wanwan sprang up and reached out to touch his Beast Form. 'Xin Feng, where are you hurt?'

She hadn't seen it, but she felt that Xin Feng had been hit, which caused the fall.

Xin Feng was about to answer when he looked up and saw something behind her.

'Watch out!'

Xin Feng jumped up, trying to shield her, but stumbled.

Bai Wanwan quickly turned around. About a meter in front of her, the King Cobra's massive head exuded an overwhelming sense of pressure. His pitch-black eyes emitted a chilling light.

'Zhu Xiu...'

Before she could finish, Zhu Xiu rapidly reared up his upper body and lunged with his maw wide open, aiming straight for Xin Feng.

At the critical moment, the Silver Wolf leaped up onto a nearby giant tree.

But due to his injured hind leg, he fell from the trunk. Bai Wanwan's heart clenched.

Xin Feng crashed down, breaking several branches, then grabbed onto the trunk and flipped back up.

As soon as he steadied himself, the snake tail smashed toward him again.

With nowhere to retreat and already injured, Xin Feng had no choice but to mobilize his Innate Ability to counter.

A fierce gale whipped up around them, wildly swirling leaves and sand...

Bai Wanwan quickly turned to look beside her. At this moment, the black mist around Zhu Xiu's Beast Form was so thick it seemed coated in liquid.

She thought it was over. Enduring a life akin to imprisonment by staying by Zhu Xiu's side, she had finally managed to thin the black aura around him.

Now, in one fell swoop, they were back to square one!

The King Cobra's aura at this moment was too terrifying. Xin Feng was already injured; continuing to fight like this would surely lead to a severe disadvantage.

'Zhu Xiu, calm down quickly!'

But the frenzied Zhu Xiu paid her no heed. When she tried to approach, he even soared into the sky.

Bai Wanwan watched helplessly as the thick black mist around Zhu Xiu churned and twisted like a vortex, sweeping toward Xin Feng's direction...

Xin Feng leaped and dodged among several large trees.

The gale formed by his Innate Ability blocked the black mist, but was soon dispersed by it.

Later on, Bai Wanwan could no longer clearly see their moves.

Both Males seemed to be attacking each other as if their lives depended on it.

She anxiously paced back and forth.

Left hand fighting right hand—if either got hurt, it was no good for her.

'Stop fighting, both of you! Stop it now!'

At first, Bai Wanwan was a bit afraid of getting caught in the crossfire and kept a certain distance.

But seeing Xin Feng gradually fall into a disadvantage, nearly getting swallowed by the black mist vortex several times,

her heart leaped into her throat. She couldn't care less anymore and ran straight toward Zhu Xiu.

She couldn't let anything happen to Xin Feng. Xin Feng was the Beast Husband she had actively chosen after coming to the Beast World.

She had spent the longest time with him. In her heart, Xin Feng occupied a very important position.

Panting, she ran up to Zhu Xiu and hugged him.

Zhu Xiu, in his fury, lowered his head and hissed at her.

Bai Wanwan knew he was out of control. Her legs trembled slightly, but she held her ground.

He roared at her several times, but Bai Wanwan didn't let go.

She seemed to read disappointment and sadness in his eyes...