227: Chapter 227 "I heard..."

"Tang Ruan... Tang Ruan!"

Tang Ruan turned back and saw Yan Qing appearing behind her.

"You're back?"

Yan Qing looked somewhat displeased, staring at Guo Guo, who was still fast asleep in her arms.

"Why did you come here?" he asked, "Didn't I tell you to wait for me in the basement?"

Tang Ruan glanced outside.

A few kneeling Beastmen were vaguely visible.

She swallowed the words, "It was the Witch Doctor who told me to come."

"I thought that since I hadn't left the Beast King Palace, there shouldn't be any danger..."

Hearing her voice trail off, Yan Qing couldn't bear to blame her.

He took a deep breath, walked over to her side, and said, "Don't do this next time."

"Okay!" Tang Ruan immediately agreed.

Yan Qing sat beside her, extended his legs into the water, and reached out to wrap his arm around her shoulders.

He had searched half the Beast Kingdom before finding out that the only Witch Doctor who knew how to treat the Jiao Clan had actually run off to Central City on their own.

If he had known this, he wouldn't have left.

Being away for just this short while made him incredibly anxious, as if Ruan Ruan might meet with an accident at any moment.

His gaze was suddenly drawn to ripples emerging on the water's surface.

"What is that?" Before his voice had even faded, he jumped into the water.

On the other side.

The image on the water wall in the Merfolk Palace became blurry in an instant.

Jiao Luo hurriedly withdrew her Supernatural Ability.

Watching the image on the water wall slowly become clear, Tang Ruan's figure was no longer there.

She took a deep breath and let it out.

She had almost been discovered.

Although she could now control seawater, she was still no match for that snake in close-quarters combat.

If she had accidentally dragged him over too.

She would have been wiped out by him.

But it didn't matter; Merfolk Return Day was getting closer, and she had plenty of opportunities.

Beast King Palace, hot spring.

Yan Qing caught a lively, jumping fish.

Tang Ruan: ...

There were actually fish in this hot spring?

Why hadn't she noticed before?

She suddenly remembered the Old Witch Doctor's words—

"You've lived in the Beast King Palace for so long, and you didn't know that the hot spring here draws water from the sea near Dongdong Valley?"

Since that was the case, it wasn't strange at all that there were fish.

She had even said she wanted to reward him properly!

"Yan Qing."

Tang Ruan suddenly called him.

Yan Qing turned his head, still not having figured out why a fish had suddenly appeared here.

"Thank you."

Yan Qing was stunned.

"Thank you for what?"

"Thank you for helping me divert the hot spring, thank you for helping me find Lang Lie, thank you for—"

Tang Ruan stretched out her arm, and Yan Qing naturally took her hand, interlocking his fingers with hers.

He stood up from the water and walked toward her.

The clothes on his body were soaked.

In the swirling mist, his perfect physique with broad shoulders and narrow hips was outlined.

The muscle definition on his chest was very clear.

Through the thin fabric, it was even more alluring than wearing nothing at all.

It was just that she didn't know about the part under the water...

Tang Ruan's gaze moved downward...

Ah! She had forgotten what she wanted to say next...

Even though they were already "old married couple."

Why was she still so nervous?

No! She was still holding Guo Guo! She couldn't let her mind wander.

She had to be a pure-minded Beastman!

Tang Ruan turned her face away, refusing to look at him.

Yan Qing, however, became interested.

He leaned in, placed her hand on his pectoral muscles, and followed the texture downward...

"Thank me for what..."

Tang Ruan turned her head and found that his earlobes were bright red.

She, she, she, she—she hadn't done anything!

"Thank you... thank you for loving me so much."

"Then do you love me?"

Tang Ruan immediately nodded like a garlic masher.

Yan Qing suddenly smiled and looked down at Guo Guo in her arms.

"She shouldn't be waking up anytime soon."

Tang Ruan: ?

What was he thinking?

He wasn't thinking—the same thing she had just been thinking, was he!

No!

There was a child here, ahhhhh!

Tang Ruan just wanted to refuse.

She only heard Yan Qing shout outward: "She Mu!"

"Here!" There was a hint of nervousness in She Mu's voice; he must have been scolded by Yan Qing just a moment ago.

The sound of She Mu's footsteps approached.

"Stand there and don't move."

"Yes!"

Yan Qing pulled Tang Ruan out of the hot spring.

Tang Ruan: ...

Tang Ruan shook her head, "Yan Qing... you can't... there's a Cub here..."

Yan Qing was amused by her.

He reached out and gently scraped her nose.

"What are you thinking about!"

Tang Ruan: Could it be that they weren't thinking the same thing?

Yan Qing took two dry sets of clothes from his space, put one on himself, and wrapped her tightly in the other.

Only then did he call She Mu over and hand Guo Guo to him.

"Find a Female Beastman Witch Doctor to take care of her," he said to She Mu.

"Yes!"

Tang Ruan: She felt like she had learned to be bad...

She watched longingly as Guo Guo was carried away by She Mu.

Guo Guo should have been handed over to the Witch Doctor to look after from the very beginning; the Witch Doctor was more professional than her.

But for some reason, she always wanted to stay by her side.

Guo Guo was settled.

Yan Qing took Tang Ruan's hand and walked toward the room.

As he walked, his pace gradually quickened.

Tang Ruan couldn't quite keep up.

"Yan Qing."

As soon as the words left her lips, she was scooped up horizontally into his arms.

Yan Qing's voice was slightly hoarse: "Now you can think about it."

Tang Ruan: "Huh?"

Yan Qing: "Now you can think about what you were thinking about just now."

Tang Ruan: ...

She immediately widened her eyes.

He had figured it out!

Was the word "pervert" written in big letters on her face?

Back to the room.

Yan Qing placed her on the bed.

Tang Ruan sat on the edge of the bed, and Yan Qing helped her untie her outer garment.

Only then did Tang Ruan realize that because her inner clothes were soaked, they were completely clinging to her body.

Her chest was already completely exposed.

No wonder he had wrapped her up so tightly.

So, just now in the water, the way Yan Qing looked at her must have been similar to how she looked at him.

Ah! And she had even proactively reached out to "tease" him...

It felt like she had been trying to seduce him.

Tang Ruan opened her mouth, just wanting to explain.

Yan Qing couldn't wait any longer; he reached out, hooked her chin, and kissed her...

Late at night, Tang Ruan was woken up by a tickling sensation on the back of her neck.

She turned over, dazed.

She met a pair of emerald vertical pupils as bright as gemstones.

A bright red snake tongue licked her neck repeatedly, as if tasting delicious prey in small bites.

"Yan Qing..."

Tang Ruan sat up, dazed, and hugged his massive snake head to kiss it.

She happened to land the kiss on the flame-shaped patch of bright red on top of his head.

"Why did you turn into your Beast Form?"

Yan Qing didn't speak; his snake body slid carefully across her lower abdomen.

Bringing a warm, smooth sensation.

"Are you afraid?"

His voice in Beast Form was deeper and huskier than in human form.

Tang Ruan "puffed" with laughter, "Afraid of what?"

It wasn't like she hadn't seen it before.

Yan Qing's upper body immediately transformed into his human form, but his lower body tightly coiled around her... lifting her up in front of him.

"Then let's do it this way..."

Tang Ruan: ?

That night, Yan Qing was almost crazy.

It was as if he would lose her if he didn't coil around her tightly.

This inexplicable feeling made Yan Qing both agitated and passionate.

In the end, Tang Ruan only remembered dizzily asking him for water to drink.

While drinking, she suddenly remembered something she had said while chatting with Potato N years ago.

"I heard..."