245: Chapter 245 Little Red Flower

"A-Wu."

Tang Ruan turned her head, holding four leaf-wrapped packages in her arms, and stood up.

Heng Zhou's gaze fell upon her hands.

These were honey-glazed dried meats roasted by the Black Bear beastmen.

On the road, little A-Wu had told him that Fentian loved eating them.

But because they were troublesome to roast, the Black Bear beastmen rarely brought them out to sell.

Seeing them this time, she bought some for Fentian.

She also bought one package for him...

Tang Ruan followed his gaze, which landed on the dried meat in her arms.

Tang Ruan: She had bought a total of five packages of this dried meat, four for Fentian and one for him.

Could it be—was it not enough?

Heng Zhou: Should he also prepare something she liked before confessing to her?

Forget it, the opportunity was rare; even if he were rejected, it wasn't like he hadn't been rejected before.

Watching his gaze suddenly turn resolute, Tang Ruan reluctantly picked up a package of dried meat, "How about I give you another—"

"I hope you can listen carefully to what I am about to say. Every word is from my heart!" Heng Zhou suddenly spoke.

Tang Ruan: ...

Under his gaze, Tang Ruan nodded nervously.

Listening to his tone, it didn't sound like he wanted dried meat; it sounded more like a confession!

Didn't they just agree to be siblings?

Did he change his mind again?

"Go ahead—"

"A-Wu, I'm back!"

The door was kicked open, and Fentian walked in, draped in a variety of items.

"I knew A-Wu would be here."

Fentian took one of the packages off his body and tossed it casually toward Heng Zhou.

Heng Zhou caught it and realized it was exactly the same as the dried meat Tang Ruan had bought.

"The dried meat made by that Black Bear is delicious. A-Wu bought some for me before; try it!"

Heng Zhou: The two of them were truly—in sync.

Fentian suddenly noticed the dried meat Tang Ruan was holding in her arms.

"Ah! You went to buy some. No wonder there was only one package left. It was almost bought by a tiger beastman."

Tang Ruan asked reflexively, "Did you snatch it?"

"No."

Tang Ruan just let out a sigh of relief.

"I just glanced at him, and he gave it to me voluntarily, even saying he wanted to treat me."

Tang Ruan imagined the scene; in reality, it wasn't much different from snatching.

"Then these things on you are also..."

Fentian was hung with over a dozen items, everything from food and drink to toys.

"I was originally going to buy the sweet cakes you like. But when they saw me, they insisted on bowing and giving me things. They even said the Beast God was more approachable than the Beast King."

When Fentian spoke, his face carried pride.

After getting familiar with ordinary beastmen, Fentian actually enjoyed the feeling of being worshipped by them.

Sometimes, when he saw beastmen in need, he would help them out.

That was why the beastmen liked him so much.

Even some races that hadn't joined the Beast Kingdom, upon hearing that the Beast God lived in the Beast Kingdom, scrambled to join.

"Hurry and put these things down!" Tang Ruan helped him take the items off his body one by one.

Fentian suddenly grabbed her hand.

"Close your eyes," he said with a smile.

Tang Ruan obediently closed them.

She felt as if he was putting something around her neck.

"You can open them now."

Tang Ruan opened her eyes, looked down, and discovered a rare pendant carved from a dual-colored crystal around her neck.

Half of the pendant, which was blue, was carved into the shape of a fish tail, while the other half, looking like ink wash, was carved into a feather shape.

The feather connected to the fish tail, perfectly forming a circle.

What was even more magical was that the hollowed-out part in the center of the circle shimmered with tiny, starlike light.

Tang Ruan stared in awe.

This was even more beautiful than the light from the "dazzling" large ring Yan Qing had given her.

This kind of light effect might have been easy to see on a monitor in her original world.

But in the Beast World, she knew how rare this was.

Fentian curled his lips, his face clearly saying, "Hurry-and-praise-me!"

Tang Ruan reached out and wrapped her arms around his neck.

Fentian leaned down accordingly.

She kissed him on the cheek, "So beautiful! I love it!!"

As she spoke, she added two more kisses on his lips.

Fentian wasn't so easily satisfied and immediately wanted to deepen the kiss.

Tang Ruan suddenly coughed lightly and pushed him away.

Her gaze flicked toward Heng Zhou behind them.

Fentian tilted his head in confusion.

"What's wrong? It's not like Heng Zhou hasn't seen me kiss you before."

Tang Ruan: ...

She didn't know how to explain it to this "primitive man," so she just pushed him away.

She hadn't dragged him very far.

When she was pulled back by him.

Due to momentum, Tang Ruan crashed directly into his chest.

She was immediately scooped up by Fentian.

"A-Wu, I miss you so much, I want you right now."

Tang Ruan: !!!

"Keep your voice down, others will hear."

"What does it matter if they hear?"

Beastmen were open; it really didn't matter if they heard—they might even praise them for being a loving couple.

But Tang Ruan always felt that it wouldn't be good for Heng Zhou to hear.

After all... he was her brother, wasn't he...

And, what exactly did he want to say just now?

Not far away, inside the room.

Heng Zhou gripped the package of dried meat in his hands tightly, his fingers piercing through the leaves and embedding into the package.

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Fentian always had a way to make Tang Ruan stop thinking.

But after returning from the Jiao Clan, Tang Ruan's level had dropped to Level 1, and her stamina was far less than before.

She started begging for mercy after only a few times.

Fentian's breath sprayed against the back of her neck.

"A-Wu, don't you have too little confidence in yourself?"

"That's right, I am weak, I surrender." Tang Ruan directly gave up.

Fentian stared at her slender, fair neck and took a few deep breaths.

In the end, he still dotingly suppressed his desire.

A-Wu's current body really couldn't handle the exertion.

He lowered his head and took a light bite on the back of her neck.

Tang Ruan covered the back of her neck with her hand, "Are you a puppy?"

Fentian rolled over to the side, looked at her triumphantly, and pulled her into his arms.

Tang Ruan picked up the pendant on her neck and admired it secretly.

Seeing this, Fentian said, "This crystal is from the Wu Clan; wearing it can not only strengthen your Energy but also help you recover your memories."

"Years ago, the Wu Clan Chief was trapped under a collapsed mountain peak. His tribesmen used this crystal to extend his life for three years."

Hearing this, Tang Ruan looked up at Fentian.

"Then you..."

She hesitated to speak further.

Fentian was so annoyed he took a light bite on her shoulder.

"Ouch! How did you learn to bite people?"

He had already bitten her once just a moment ago, this was the second time!

Fentian lifted his chin, his thin lips pouting slightly, and his red eyes stared at her with a hint of resentment.

"I know what A-Wu is thinking. I didn't snatch it."

"I helped them rescue their Chief, and they gifted this crystal to me."

"I didn't originally intend to take it. But they said this crystal could help beastmen with head injuries recover their memories. I wanted to try it for A-Wu. And I had them carve it like this for me."

Tang Ruan: So that was it.

Fentian had actually learned to help others.

She raised her hand, patted his solid arm, and said jokingly, "Student Fentian, you did well! Here is a little red flower as a reward!"

"Student? Little red flower? What are those?"

Fentian didn't understand.

During the years he hadn't been by A-Wu's side, she had learned so many things he didn't know.

"Student means friend," Tang Ruan explained.

"A little red flower is..." Tang Ruan stared at his smooth chest. A sudden idea came to her.