19: Chapter 19 Do you want to kill her?

Lang Lie's breath hitched.

He turned around.

What did she mean?

Who did she have her eye on?

Lang Mo, Lang Yu, or Lang Chi?

Tang Ruan decided to simply make things clear to him once and for all.

She stepped back a few paces.

"Lang Lie, I know you have feelings for me.

But in this lifetime, I don't intend to have any partners.

I know you want to become my Beast Husband because I can bring benefits to the Wolf Tribe.

But rest assured, even if I am not your Mistress,

as long as the Wolf Tribe doesn't oppose the Marmot Tribe, we will always be friends. I will still extend a helping hand whenever you need it."

Over these past few days, Tang Ruan had increasingly understood the intentions of Potato's mother.

The arrival of the Wolf Tribe had made the previously dangerous forest no longer dangerous.

If any ill-intentioned beastmen came in, the Wolf Tribe would work with them to protect their home well.

Because this was their home too.

Lang Lie furrowed his brows, gazing at her.

His gaze flickered.

He didn't seem to understand.

His hands clenched at his sides.

His expression became hurt in an instant.

He reminded Tang Ruan of the little dog that had been thrown out by its mother on a snowy day.

"You don't intend to have me?"

His voice was filled with disbelief.

He had thought that over the past few days, the two of them had been getting closer and closer.

Tang Ruan was just different from other Female Beastmen.

But she cared about him; she even cared about the entire Wolf Tribe.

So all of this... was it just out of—kindness?

Lang Lie suddenly walked toward Tang Ruan.

He grabbed her hands and pinned her between himself and the stone wall.

His warm breath fell on Tang Ruan's brow.

The world suddenly went quiet...

Only his heavy breathing could be heard.

In truth, Tang Ruan had almost been scared to tears by his sudden actions.

But she held back her tears, bravely raised her head, and mocked, "What?

Is the dignified chief of the Wolf Tribe planning to...

force himself on a little Female Beastman like me?"

Lang Lie's hand suddenly loosened.

He looked at her reddened eye sockets.

His heart felt as if it had been pierced by a stone awl, hurting so much he couldn't breathe.

Did he hurt her?

Did she hate him that much?

"You know... it is said that a Beast Husband is influenced by the contract and will fall in love with his Mistress without reservation, and can even die for a single word from her..."

Tang Ruan didn't understand why he was suddenly telling her these things.

She just widened her eyes, trying hard to put on a fearless expression.

"But I like you, and I feel it has nothing to do with the contract..."

Tang Ruan gritted her teeth, "But I... don't like you."

He suddenly let go.

He turned to the side, making way for her.

"You may go! I will find a Female Beastman to escort you."

"Thank you, but no need."

Tang Ruan brushed past him and walked into the forest.

She walked faster and faster, and in the end, she unconsciously began to run.

As if she were fleeing.

But she didn't even know what she was fleeing from.

"Ah!"

Tang Ruan suddenly tripped over something.

She scrambled up, painfully clutching her twisted ankle.

A low growl of a beast came from not far away.

She looked in the direction of the sound.

In the grass, a giant wolf with messy fur slowly stood up.

Its one eye emitted a faint yellow light in the dimness.

Tang Ruan felt like she had seen him somewhere before.

Was he a beastman of the Wolf Tribe?

Why was he here?

Suddenly, an earth-shattering sound came from the distant forest.

Upon hearing the sound, the one-eyed wolf turned and fled.

In the end, Tang Ruan was escorted back by a Female Beastman.

She returned to the cave and didn't go out for several weeks in a row.

For one, the twisted ankle was recovering slowly.

For another, the snow was falling heavier and heavier.

The Binding Ceremony originally scheduled for the full moon for Potato and Hongshu had to be postponed as well.

Because the moon couldn't be seen at all.

"Legend has it that where the Beast God lives, one can see the largest moon in the world.

The Beast God likes the moon, so holding the Binding Ceremony on this day will receive the Beast God's blessing."

Potato drew a large full moon on the ground.

"Do you think the Beast God might like the moon I drew as well?"

She opened her round little eyes, gazing at Tang Ruan with anticipation.

Tang Ruan knew that Potato had been obsessed lately.

According to Potato's mother's wishes, based on the celestial phenomena, her ceremony with Hongshu would have to be postponed for at least a few more months.

Tang Ruan walked over and patted her best friend's shoulder.

"Likes it! The Beast God will definitely like it!"

Tang Ruan didn't actually believe in the Beast God.

In her view, beastmen holding a Binding Ceremony was the same as humans holding a wedding.

Humans could just register for marriage without holding a wedding; as long as beastmen truly loved each other, it should be the same.

"If you can't wait, just move in together first."

Upon hearing this, Potato fell silent for two seconds.

She suddenly jumped up, pointed at Tang Ruan, and shouted, "Tang Ruan! You... don't tempt me!

Are you trying to get Hongshu killed?"

Tang Ruan: ...

Sure enough, never discuss your best friend's relationship with her.

Regardless of whether your best friend is a human or a beastman.

Tang Ruan was a little angry, "I only said that because I saw you weren't happy; how did it turn into me wanting to harm him?"

Potato pouted, "If a female mates with a male without holding a Binding Ceremony, the male will suffer the Beast God's Curse—dying suddenly!"

Tang Ruan: ...

"That serious..."

She suddenly thought of Lang Lie; no wonder he had so many opportunities but never touched her.

So it was because he was afraid of dying.

She had thought he had extraordinary self-control and was a gentleman.

Tang Ruan smiled self-deprecatingly.

Why was she thinking about that person again?

Recently, even in her dreams, there were his ice-blue eyes filled with sadness.

"Sigh!"

Potato suddenly sighed.

"If only we could be like you and Lang Lie.

Without a Binding Ceremony, yet receiving the Beast God's blessing.

And becoming partners."

Tang Ruan: ...?

"What?"

Potato covered her mouth with her hand.

Tang Ruan: "What did you just say?"

Potato: "Tang Ruan, what did you just say? I didn't understand."

"Answer me first!"

Potato covered her mouth tightly, but under Tang Ruan's intense stare, she finally couldn't hold it in...

She had wanted to say it for a long time!

"Tang Ruan, you are really stupid! Didn't you notice the Beast Husband Mark on your arm?"

Beast Husband Mark?

She had seen that a mark would appear on the bodies of female Marmot Beastmen after they formed a contract.

But that was black, small as a soybean, or large like a birthmark.

She turned her wrist, "You mean this little triangle?"

Potato rolled her eyes, "Big sister, this is a wolf tooth! A wolf tooth!

What a mighty and domineering Beast Husband Mark!"

And it's bright red!

The more high-level the beastman, the more vivid and exquisite the mark left on the female.

"But I didn't bind with him?"

Potato told her about how, after Tang Ruan fainted that day, Lang Lie was so anxious to feed her honey water.

And then, in the process of feeding her, they had inexplicably formed the bond successfully.

Potato: "Only one in ten thousand beasts!

How are you so lucky!"

Tang Ruan: So she and Lang Lie were—hand-picked by the Beast God?

But she had rejected him time and time again.

She even acted like she hated him very much.

She even told him that she wouldn't have a Beast Husband!

She said: She—did—not—like—him!

This was like pulling a beauty off the street and insisting on marrying her.

After getting the certificate, telling her, actually I am a non-marriage advocate, don't touch me, I don't like you—

What's the difference!

Putting herself in Lang Lie's perspective, and he was the chief of a tribe, to be played like this...

Tang Ruan really wanted to smack herself twice!

So, she had long been his wife.

She wasn't the one who was "the other woman."

Tang Ruan suddenly smiled.

"Why didn't you tell me sooner?"

"Mom wouldn't let me say it.

She said, if it wasn't certain that Lang Lie was willing, and if you insisted on clinging to him, she was afraid he would kill you in a fit of anger.

Only after it was confirmed that you loved each other could it be said."

A Beast Husband could only get rid of the Binding of the contract by killing his Mistress.

Lang Lie must hate her to death right now, right?

So...

Does he want to kill her now?