253: Chapter 253 She will one day become strong and take back everything she "lost".

Heng Zhou and Tang Ruan were both stunned.

In the silence, Tang Ruan felt that the sounds around her seemed to be amplified.

In the garden, the sound of the wind blowing through the leaves and flowers.

In the small pond, the sound of little fish leaping out of the water.

And his breathing.

As well as the sound of her own accelerating heartbeat.

"What's wrong?" After some time, Heng Zhou finally found his voice.

Because a thought was vaguely emerging from the bottom of his heart.

Even though he himself felt it was unbelievable...

Little A-Wu liked to smell the things she liked.

She was very sensitive to the scents of things she liked.

"What were you thinking about just now?" Heng Zhou asked.

"You peeked at my thoughts!" Tang Ruan's voice suddenly rose.

He could feel the nervousness in her tone, as well as—a hint of shyness.

Heng Zhou laughed out loud: "No."

But it seemed there was no need to look anymore.

Tang Ruan didn't know why he laughed, but she felt that Heng Zhou didn't seem like the kind of person who would eavesdrop on others and then refuse to admit it.

He pressed, "What were you smelling on my hair?"

"I... I wasn't smelling your hair. I saw that you had a white hair," she said nervously.

Heng Zhou: "Oh! Are you sure it's just one?"

Tang Ruan: Oh no! I forgot that his hair was naturally white.

"It was a black hair," she corrected herself. "I'll pull it out for you right now."

As she spoke, she actually pulled out a strand of his hair.

"There, I've already thrown it away for you," Tang Ruan said.

She was terrified he would say, "Let me take a look."

Heng Zhou shook his head with a smile, not bothering to expose her.

He escorted Tang Ruan to her room.

He carefully placed her on the bed and straightened her out.

"Don't get out of bed unless you have to, and don't sleep all twisted up.

Isn't there a Female Beastman from the Tiger Tribe following you?

I'll call her over later to take care of you."

Tang Ruan obediently listened to him finish his instructions.

She immediately replied, "Okay."

Then, she waited for Heng Zhou to leave.

But Heng Zhou stood by the bedside, showing no intention of leaving.

Tang Ruan: ...

He suddenly leaned over, bracing his hands on either side of her body.

The pleasant scent from his body wafted over again, and a lock of his hair even brushed against her cheek.

Tang Ruan was so nervous that her entire body went rigid.

Just as she was about to ask him, "What are you doing?"

She saw Heng Zhou adjust her pillow for her.

Tang Ruan: ...

"The pillow was crooked."

"Thank you..."

Heng Zhou straightened up, and Tang Ruan let out a sigh of relief.

Suddenly, he leaned down again.

This time his chest was almost touching her face.

Tang Ruan: This time he must have done it on purpose!

Just as she was about to push him away, she saw Heng Zhou pick up a thin blanket from the inside of the bed, unfold it, and cover her with it.

Tang Ruan: ...

Tang Ruan: "You don't need to stay here to take care of me. Just call Hu Niu over."

Heng Zhou carefully tucked the blanket in for her.

"Okay."

He stared at her, a half-smile on his lips, still showing no intention of leaving.

Tang Ruan issued an eviction notice, "If you have nothing else to do, I'm going to rest."

"I do have something to do."

Tang Ruan: "Then... then tell me."

She shrank into the blanket. For some reason, hearing him say he had something to do made her feel extremely nervous.

"I've thought about what you asked me last time. I want to be your Beast Husband."

"Really?"

Tang Ruan sat up abruptly.

Only after she had already sat up did she remember her back injury.

"Ah! Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch..."

She winced in pain.

If she hadn't exhausted so much Energy saving Lang Yu and She Ming today, she would have been afraid of her space disappearing again. She would have already healed herself.

Heng Zhou hurriedly held her and slowly laid her back down on the bed.

Seeing her seemingly quietly channeling her Supernatural Ability to alleviate her pain, he finally let out a sigh of relief.

He curled his lips and asked, "You seem very happy."

Tang Ruan was stunned.

That's right! Why was she so happy?

If it was because he had made her feel a bit moved just now, it shouldn't have made her this happy!

Things she couldn't figure out, she simply decided not to think about.

She opened her big eyes and said mysteriously to Heng Zhou, "This matter, you know and I know; absolutely do not let a third person find out. Especially Fen Tian, you know his temper... Wait until I find a way to persuade him, then I'll tell him."

"Okay," Heng Zhou readily agreed, "but—" He suddenly changed the subject.

Heng Zhou looked at Tang Ruan and tilted his head, "I want to know, have you figured out what your feelings for me are?"

Tang Ruan blinked: "What?"

Heng Zhou smiled and continued, "You rely on me and like me because I am your brother. We once spent a long time together. But when I look for a Mistress, I must find one who truly loves me, the kind of love between partners. I don't want my partner to only treat me as a brother. Have you figured out what your feelings for me are?"

Heng Zhou stared into her eyes. His purple eyes seemed to be able to see straight into her heart.

Tang Ruan didn't expect that he would throw her question back at her.

She truly hadn't thought about it.

She felt that since he was her destined partner, and they had even had Cubs together... then accepting him was just accepting him. Whether it was love or not didn't seem to matter.

She thought Heng Zhou only wanted to be with her; she didn't expect he also wanted love.

Tang Ruan felt that she had been—superficial before.

But she would feel moved by him, would get nervous, would feel shy; that must be love!

"I—"

"Don't rush to answer yet." Heng Zhou suddenly interrupted Tang Ruan.

He choked back her words, "I think it probably is."

"You should rest well first. Once you've thought it through, tell me." After he finished speaking, he walked out of the room without looking back. He also conveniently closed the door for her.

Tang Ruan: ...

Once he left, the room seemed exceptionally quiet.

She stared at the ceiling and began to seriously think about this question.

Was it love she felt for him?

If it was, why hadn't she been with him before?

What had happened between them?

The memories in the Jiao Clan were not pleasant; why was she so happy when he said he decided to be her Beast Husband?

As Tang Ruan thought, she suddenly realized she had forgotten a very important thing—"love-testing stone!"

Taking advantage of the fact that the Energy given by Heng Zhou's blood had not yet completely disappeared, Tang Ruan hurriedly closed her eyes and began to search within the rapidly shrinking space.

Her spiritual consciousness, while dodging the space that was squeezing toward her like a mudslide, kept taking the "valuable" things inside out of the space.

Although she believed that she would become strong one day and take back "everything she had lost."

But right now, watching these treasures she had painstakingly collected being swallowed by the darkness, her heart still bled.

Finally, just one second before the love-testing stone was swallowed by the darkness, she took it out.

Tang Ruan held the love-testing stone in her hands and placed it against her chest. Just as she let out a sigh of relief, she looked up—and discovered that she was trapped by the things she had taken out of the space.

If she wanted to get out, she could only climb over the two-meter-high pile of items.

Tang Ruan: ...

Forget it, Hu Niu would dig it out when she saw it.

Even if Hu Niu couldn't dig it out, Yan Qing would help her put the things back into the space.

The urgent matter now was—to know the past between her and Heng Zhou!

Tang Ruan closed her eyes impatiently.