17: Chapter 17: You Came Here Yourself

Tang Ruan looked at the two rows of faint tooth marks on her wrist.

How could he actually bite people!

It must have been because he was too stimulated just now.

"You still haven't told me, how should I try harder?" Lang Lie pressed.

Facing his focused gaze, Tang Ruan was momentarily dazed.

"Well... you can ask him..." Tang Ruan pointed into the cave.

How would she know! She had never pursued anyone before.

Her ex-boyfriend, who got his comeuppance and died, had helped her when she was at her lowest, and they had just naturally ended up together.

When she was in school, he was already working, and the two of them were rarely together.

Although they did romantic things, it always felt like something was missing.

Of course, it was later proven that he indeed wasn't dating her seriously.

He just treated her as a diversion outside of his official girlfriend.

Only she, foolishly, had even picked out a school district house.

The past is too painful to recall.

Lang Lie saw her frowning.

Could it really be that he wasn't trying hard enough?

"Come back with me first, the snow is getting heavy."

Reminded by Lang Lie, Tang Ruan realized that a heavy snowfall had already started.

She couldn't feel the cold while hiding in the cloak, but Lang Lie was standing bare-chested in the snow.

Before she could react, he had already hoisted her up again.

Carrying her back to his cave, Lang Lie placed Tang Ruan on the leather mat.

He turned and walked out.

Before long, he tossed two pieces of fur to her.

"Change what you're wearing; it's wet."

Tang Ruan felt him turn his back.

She quickly changed her clothes inside the cloak.

"Could you please find me another thick coat? It's already dark, and I need to go back early."

"Are you sure?"

Outside the cave, the sound of cold wind howling suddenly came, mixed with hail "pitter-pattering" against the stone walls.

Tang Ruan: ...

It seemed she really couldn't go back.

The temperature inside the cave dropped sharply.

She had been very warm in the cloak just a moment ago, but now she was already shivering a little.

Thinking of her flint, which had been thrown by the lake along with the dried meat.

Tang Ruan truly regretted it so much her guts turned green.

Lang Lie found some more furs and wrapped them around Tang Ruan.

Wrapping her up like a silkworm chrysalis, Lang Lie finally felt at ease and lay down to the side.

He only covered himself with a thin layer.

Tang Ruan suddenly realized that he was sleeping here tonight too.

But this was his cave, his sleeping spot; could she really ask him to leave?

Besides, who would wrap an object of their ulterior motives so securely that it was hard to unwrap?

Tang Ruan also turned her back and fell asleep shortly after.

The next day, the snow stopped.

As soon as Tang Ruan opened her eyes, she heard a commotion outside the cave.

"The two of you were together last night? You said you wouldn't have a Mistress!" the woman's voice was sharp.

Tang Ruan walked out of the cave and came face-to-face with Lang Yue.

Her eyes were red, she glared fiercely at Tang Ruan, and turned to leave.

Xingxing, who was standing in the distance, only dared to follow after his mother had walked far away.

Tang Ruan patted Lang Lie's arm.

"She seems to have misunderstood us. Aren't you going to explain clearly?"

Lang Lie turned his head to look at her, his gaze cold.

"There is no misunderstanding."

Tang Ruan: ...

She wanted to say something else, but Lang Lie suddenly shoved something into her arms.

"Found this by the lake."

Tang Ruan's eyes lit up.

She took out the flint, and then handed the frozen, rock-hard dried meat back to Lang Lie.

She said with a grin: "This is for you!"

"For me?"

Lang Lie's expression visibly brightened.

"You were trapped in the water yesterday because you were bringing me dried meat?"

"Yes... Actually, there's something else I want to tell you—"

"Achoo!"

Lang Lie suddenly sneezed.

Tang Ruan's expression changed, "You caught a cold?"

He had walked in the snow bare-chested for so long last night, and gave all the furs to her; it would be strange if he didn't catch a cold!

Tang Ruan hurriedly reached out to touch his forehead.

When her hand touched him, a treatment method already formed in her mind.

"Fortunately, you don't have a fever."

She breathed a sigh of relief.

But a cold spreads very easily in the Tribe, so it still needs to be treated as soon as possible.

Lang Lie observed her expression.

"Besides sneezing, is there anywhere else you feel uncomfortable?" Tang Ruan asked nervously.

Lang Lie was silent for two seconds.

"I feel very unwell."

"Where do you feel unwell? Is your throat sore? Are you dizzy?"

"Yeah, both."

Oh no! It's influenza!

"Find someone to accompany me back to get medicine."

Tang Ruan happened to see Lang Yu coming this way.

She wanted to go up to him, but was grabbed by Lang Lie.

"Who do you intend to have carry you back? Only a Beast Husband can carry his own Mistress."

Tang Ruan was speechless.

Is that important?

Hasn't he already carried her many times?

"Cough, cough, cough, cough..."

Lang Lie suddenly coughed so hard he couldn't stand steadily.

Tang Ruan had no choice but to support him.

"I need to go back and get medicine to help treat your illness."

"Is the medicine you need... cough... the one we gathered together last time?"

"Yes."

"I have some here."

Huh?

"Support me inside, I don't have the strength..."

Tang Ruan supported Lang Lie into the cave.

Lang Lie opened his space.

All kinds of medicinal herbs instantly appeared on the open ground.

Furthermore, these herbs still retained the freshness they had when they were just picked.

"How do you have so many?"

"Seeing that you liked them, I kept them all when I was chopping wood."

Tang Ruan happily picked out what she needed from them and immediately used the flint to start a fire.

But she still lacked a pot to boil the medicine.

She spotted a stone of the right size in the corner of the cave.

She moved it over.

"It would be great if we could hollow out a hole in this, but unfortunately you don't have the strength..."

Lang Lie: ...

"I'll do it!"

Lang Yu walked in.

He took the stone from Tang Ruan, and a white vortex wrapped around the stone.

A moment later, the stone was carved into a stone bowl.

"Lang Yu, you are amazing!"

Tang Ruan couldn't help but exclaim.

Lang Yu smiled slightly.

"I saw you do it when you boiled medicine last time."

"Cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough!"

"Chief! How are you?" Hearing Lang Lie's coughing, Lang Yu asked nervously.

"I'm fine."

Lang Lie looked at him, his gaze as sharp as a knife.

Lang Yu: ...

"Did you have something to find me for?"

Lang Yu subconsciously took a step back.

"My father is sick, and I heard the Witch Doctor is here."

"What kind of illness?"

"The same illness as you."

Lang Lie: ...

But he was faking his illness...

There were many wolf-beasts with "the same symptoms" as Lang Lie.

It was all related to last night's sharp drop in temperature.

Tang Ruan finished brewing the medicine for Lang Lie, then went to see the others.

Before leaving, she instructed: "If your body is weak, rest more."

She also asked Lang Yu to make a trip to the Marmot Tribe.

The Marmot Tribe had already learned how to make fire, so no one was sick.

Busy until evening, Tang Ruan returned to Lang Lie's cave.

She discovered that he hadn't drunk the medicine she brewed for him.

"Why didn't you drink it?"

"I'm already better; my body is very strong."

Tang Ruan: ...

She observed him for a while and found that there was indeed nothing unusual.

She stated her idea: "I want to teach the Wolf Tribe to make fire."

Tang Ruan had Lang Yu go back and ask the Marmot Tribe for some flint.

Lang Yu had also already told Lang Lie about the situation at the Marmot Tribe.

Lang Lie also felt that while Heavenly Fire was scary, it could indeed keep out the cold.

Thus, he summoned the Wolf Tribe beastmen.

Tang Ruan taught them step-by-step how to use flint to make fire, build a fire pit, dry clothes and food, and even how to use snow to extinguish fire.

Tang Ruan taught very carefully; whether it was a Male Beastman or a Female Beastman asking her, she treated them all equally.

Lang Lie watched her busy at work.

A sense of pride welled up; his Mistress was truly amazing!

She wasn't a Female Beastman who relied on her fertility and was ignorant and lawless.

Previously, Lang Lie did not want a Mistress.

Because his father—a beastman with a high-level Supernatural Ability.

Had long suffered abuse from his Mistress, eventually killed his Mistress in retaliation, and committed suicide.

He was also driven out of the Snow Wolf Tribe because of this.

If he hadn't happened to be picked up by Lang Chi's father, he would have lost his life long ago.

In order to be accepted, he had never told anyone about this history.

It was late at night when Tang Ruan finished.

When she returned, she found that Lang Lie was already asleep.

The firelight reflected off his flaxen skin, and his chest muscles rose and fell with his steady breathing.

Below that were perfectly defined eight-pack abs...

Tang Ruan unconsciously... stood there... and watched for a while longer...

She had to admit... it was truly perfect.

She took a deep breath and found a piece of animal hide to cover him.

She lay down behind him and turned her back.

As night fell, the blizzard came again, so they just had to make do for another night.

In a half-dreaming, half-waking state, Tang Ruan felt a chill and unconsciously moved closer to the source of warmth.

Until she bumped into a warm wall.

She pressed her face and hands against the wall, letting out a soft hum of comfort.

"This time, you came closer on your own..."