176: Chapter 176 I Love Everything About You

To confirm her sense of smell hadn't erred, Bai Wanwan leaned closer to Zhu Xiu, her nose twitching slightly as she sniffed carefully.

Sure enough, a pungent scent of blood wafted towards her.

Zhu Xiu noticed her movement and reached out to grasp her wrist, "Don't worry, the blood isn't mine."

"Not yours?" Bai Wanwan looked up, her gaze suspicious.

"Mm," Zhu Xiu nodded, his tone calm, "A Male was following me, so I taught him a little lesson."

Bai Wanwan raised an eyebrow, "We just arrived at the Golden Lion Tribe, and someone is already following us?"

"They probably spotted my trail and followed to take a look."

Zhu Xiu explained nonchalantly, but he knew in his heart that the Male had been tailing them since the afternoon, likely sent by Clan Leader Jin Cang to monitor them.

However, he didn't plan to tell Bai Wanwan this to avoid worrying her.

Zhu Xiu had his own plans.

The Rainy Season was approaching; the environment of the Golden Lion Tribe was relatively comfortable, at least enough to let Wan Wan live peacefully.

As for her status as a Sacred Female, it would attract conflict wherever she went. Instead of hiding everywhere, it was better to stay here temporarily and see how things developed.

He hoped the other party's tracking was just out of caution rather than malice.

Zhu Xiu took Bai Wanwan's hand, "Let's go, it's getting late, let's go home."

Bai Wanwan nodded and turned to call Yan Lie: "Yan Lie, let's go."

Yan Lie quickly transformed into human form and walked swiftly to her side.

When they came, Bai Wanwan was focused only on finding Zhu Xiu, turning a deaf ear to the suggestive sounds coming from both sides of the street.

But now, those sounds seemed amplified a hundred times, clearly entering her ears.

She could feel Zhu Xiu's grip on her hand tighten slightly, while Yan Lie also drew closer, his breathing gradually becoming heavy.

Passing by a low wall, a Male's low panting came from within; Bai Wanwan only felt her cheeks burning and her mouth dry.

She couldn't help but look up at Zhu Xiu, only to find him staring at her as well.

On the other side, her hand was caught by Yan Lie, who gently scratched her palm.

"Uh... I'm hungry, let's hurry home."

Bai Wanwan quickly pulled her hand away and shook off the two Males to walk ahead.

The atmosphere just now felt like the two Males were about to devour her.

Even though she had walked away first, she could still feel the two Males' gazes falling on her back, burning hot.

Zhu Xiu tightened his empty hand, not sparing a glance at Yan Lie beside him, and followed her at a leisurely pace.

Yan Lie's mind was full of images of Wan Wan beneath him, intimately close to him.

His face was very red, and his heart beat faster.

Seeing Zhu Xiu catch up, he snapped back to reality and followed closely.

Bai Wanwan pushed open the door and walked in hurriedly.

Xin Feng heard the commotion and came out from inside.

Seeing the strange look on her face, he couldn't help but ask: "Did you not find Zhu Xiu, or did something happen?"

Bai Wanwan stepped forward, grabbed his hand, and walked into the room, "I'm tired, going to your room to rest."

If she let Zhu Xiu catch her, she definitely wouldn't be able to fulfill her promise to Xin Feng, so she simply acted first and reported later.

After entering the room, Bai Wanwan quickly lay down and said in a low voice: "When Zhu Xiu comes back later, just say I'm tired and fell asleep."

A gentle curve appeared at the corner of Xin Feng's mouth, "Alright, I'll go get some water for you."

Xin Feng walked out of the room to fill a stone basin with hot water, and Zhu Xiu and Yan Lie entered one after another from outside.

Zhu Xiu glanced at him, not even bothering to ask; his gaze turned towards Xin Feng's room, and he stepped inside.

Bai Wanwan squinted her eyes, feeling a bit sleepy; hearing the sound, she didn't open her eyes, "Did you tell him?"

Sensing "Xin Feng" sitting down by the Stone Bed, Bai Wanwan turned over to hug his waist, "Today I..."

Before she could finish, she finally noticed the scent was wrong; the aura on Zhu Xiu was colder.

Snapping her eyes open, Bai Wanwan's clear eyes met Zhu Xiu's half-smiling gaze.

"Intentionally avoiding me, hiding all the way in Xin Feng's nest?" He was almost laughing from anger.

Bai Wanwan immediately let go, quickly closed her eyes to pretend to be sleepy, and said in a lazy tone, "Mm... what do you want to say? I'm so sleepy, wait until I wake up tomorrow to talk."

After saying that, she rolled over and intentionally made her breathing a bit heavier.

Zhu Xiu didn't speak again, but after sitting for a while, he suddenly reached out to pick her up.

Bai Wanwan had no choice but to pretend to wake up again, "What's wrong? Don't mess around, I'm sleepy."

Zhu Xiu chuckled and leaned over to look at her, "I've seen what you look like when you're truly sleepy..."

Was her acting that bad?

Should she keep pretending or not?

Forget it, no more pretending...

She opened her eyes and grinned at him.

Zhu Xiu made a move to pick her up again, so Bai Wanwan quickly pulled his hand and said: "I really am a bit sleepy, I don't want to move."

Zhu Xiu's eyes, shimmering with a faint red glow, swept over her features; he didn't say a word, but his presence was overwhelmingly oppressive.

"The real reason?"

Bai Wanwan saw that he was a bit angry, so regardless of anything, she leaned forward and kissed him first.

The gloom between Zhu Xiu's brows hadn't completely dissipated, but it was noticeably softer than before.

"Don't think you can get away with this, tell me the reason."

"Alright, alright, I didn't mean to lie to you, I was just afraid you'd think I was being biased."

Hearing "biased," Zhu Xiu's eyes narrowed, clearly turning cold.

"When you went out, I promised Xin Feng I'd sleep in his room tonight, and I don't want to break my promise."

She wrapped her arms around his neck, "I've kept all my promises to you as well, right? I don't want to disappoint any of you."

The emotions surging in Zhu Xiu's heart were smoothed over a bit, "You weren't intentionally avoiding me?"

Bai Wanwan gave him a bright smile, "Why would I intentionally avoid you? I can't like you enough."

Sweet talk always works.

Sure enough, the corners of the usually cold Male's eyes tilted up slightly.

Bai Wanwan struck while the iron was hot and kissed his eyes again, "You should smile more, I like seeing you smile."

The Little Female squirmed in his arms, and the fire he had just suppressed began to rise again.

He had no choice but to pull her hands down from his neck, "As long as you put me in the most important place and don't intentionally lie to me, I will learn to smile for you."

Zhu Xiu had been alone for too long and rarely showed emotion, not even knowing how to smile.

Hearing him say this, Bai Wanwan felt a pang of heartache; she cupped his face, "No need to learn. Smile if you want to, and don't if you don't. Since I like you, I'll like everything about you."

Zhu Xiu took her words to heart, a faint light flickering in his eyes.

"Hmm? What's wrong..."

Sensing something was off with his gaze, she had just started to speak when Zhu Xiu held the back of her head and kissed her.

Her words just now were like a spark that instantly spread through Zhu Xiu's body.

Bai Wanwan did her best to meet his demands until her lips felt a slight numbing pain...