266: Chapter 266 "Brother..."

Potato was actually trying to chase the Goddess away!

At this, Potato's mother couldn't help but speak up.

Before she could even open her mouth, she heard Tang Ruan say, "Then I'll come visit you another day."

Potato: "Okay!"

Potato's mother: ...

Hongshu ran back into the cave very tactfully and carried out a dusty, large sack that looked quite heavy.

Tang Ruan's spatial storage was too small and too cluttered; she didn't want to put it in there.

Turning around, she saw Heng Zhou standing behind her, the closest to her.

But thinking that he seemed to be a germaphobe, he probably wouldn't want to put this dirty sack into his spatial storage.

She shifted her gaze past him and landed on Lang Lie, who was behind him.

"Lang Lie! Put this in your spatial storage!"

"Okay!"

Lang Lie neatly took it from her.

Heng Zhou slowly lowered... the hand he had already raised.

Why was little A-Wu unwilling to order him around? Was he not her Beast Husband too?

"Goodbye, Potato's mother! Goodbye, Potato's father! Goodbye, Potato!" Tang Ruan waved goodbye to the Marmot Tribe.

"Goodbye!" Potato was very happy.

Tang Ruan had actually helped her find her father. Next time she came, she must prepare a gift she liked to give her.

Potato's mother looked at her daughter and clenched her fists...

Her ignorant daughter had just chased the Beast God's family away like that!

If today wasn't a good day for the whole family to reunite...

She would have hit her daughter for the first time!

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Fen Tian led everyone back to Central City quickly.

Lang Lie handed the Sweet Potatoes to the kitchen, and before long, the fragrant roasted Sweet Potatoes were ready.

Tang Ruan had someone take some to Guo Guo, Xiao Yi, She Mu, and Hu Niu.

She and a few Beast Husbands gathered around the stone table in the courtyard.

They enjoyed the moon while sharing the Sweet Potatoes.

She gave the largest one to Fen Tian because he was today's "great contributor" and had helped Hu Che level up.

Fen Tian, who had been feeling a bit stifled because Tang Ruan had defended Hu Che and scolded him, immediately brightened up with a smile.

A-Wu really was the best to him!

He opened his mouth and took a big bite.

Tang Ruan couldn't even warn him in time—the skin—couldn't—be eaten...

But she saw his red eyes instantly brighten a little.

Tang Ruan felt that he seemed quite satisfied.

Forget it, not everyone peels Sweet Potatoes when eating them.

She handed one each to Yan Qing, Lang Lie, and Hu Che.

Hu Che took it, peeled it in a few quick movements, and handed it back to Tang Ruan.

By the time Lang Lie broke the Hongshu open and cooled it down, ready to hand it to Tang Ruan, it was already a step too late.

Yan Qing also silently withdrew his hand.

Tang Ruan took the Hongshu with both hands and looked at Heng Zhou, who was standing the farthest away.

She hadn't given one to Heng Zhou yet!

Hu Che understood and immediately picked one up, ran over, and handed it to him.

Heng Zhou looked at the ugly fruit in his hand with disdain.

He didn't take it.

"Is this edible?"

Tang Ruan had just taken a bite and happily narrowed her eyes.

Potato had not deceived her; this Hongshu was as sweet as if honey had been added.

"It's delicious, Big Brother!" she blurted out.

Hearing those two words, Heng Zhou frowned sharply, as if pricked by a needle.

Only then did Tang Ruan realize that he seemed very sensitive to those two words.

But even if they were a couple, sometimes people would still call each other "Big Brother," right!

She didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

Heng Zhou turned to the side.

After a while, he took a deep breath, and his gaze landed once again on Tang Ruan, who was burying her head in eating the Hongshu.

Was she... not going to coax him at all?

He was angry.

She coaxed her little Beast Husbands and took care of Fen Tian's emotions; was she not going to coax him at all?

Tang Ruan: Anyway, there would definitely be times when it just slipped out, so it might be better to just let him get used to this form of address.

Heng Zhou stared at Tang Ruan.

Hu Che held up the Hongshu.

His hand was getting sore from holding it.

Suddenly, Heng Zhou walked towards Tang Ruan.

Yan Qing, Fen Tian, and Lang Lie all looked up at the same time.

Watching him approach aggressively, they all tensed up.

"Is it really delicious?" Heng Zhou asked again.

Tang Ruan looked up. "Yeah."

The others stared at Heng Zhou, feeling dissatisfied with his attitude when speaking to Tang Ruan.

Heng Zhou's gaze landed on Tang Ruan's mouth, where a bit of Hongshu was stuck to the corner of her lips.

It then landed on the half-eaten Hongshu in her hand.

Suddenly, he reached out towards Tang Ruan's neck.

The other three stood up instantly.

"Freeze!"

Heng Zhou's voice seemed to come from the distant firmament.

As the voice fell, an aura of pressure was released.

The beastmen passing by outside the Beast King Palace, the fish in the palace lake, the guard beastmen outside the courtyard, the butterflies resting on the flowers in the garden...

And everyone around the stone table, except for Heng Zhou, remained in their previous postures, unable to move anymore.

They could only stare fixedly at Heng Zhou with their eyes.

Fen Tian could still resist a little, but his movements were like a frame-skipping animation, only moving a little after a long time.

Tang Ruan's heart was pounding like a drum.

She didn't understand why Heng Zhou had suddenly frozen everyone.

What did he want to do?

Heng Zhou's hand landed on Tang Ruan's neck, gently rubbing upwards, sliding towards her chin.

He pinched Tang Ruan's chin, leaned down, and ate the bit of Hongshu stuck to the corner of her mouth.

Tang Ruan: ...

He raised his head and looked at Tang Ruan's somewhat panicked eyes.

He raised the corners of his mouth: "Indeed—very delicious."

Tang Ruan: ...

Then, he took the remaining half of the Hongshu from her hand and walked towards his room.

When his door slammed shut with a "bang."

The restrictions on everyone disappeared in an instant.

Hu Che looked at Heng Zhou's door, put his hands on his hips, and said: "Is this guy sick?

Mistress, is this Big Brother of yours— "

Tang Ruan stood up and covered his mouth.

"Don't provoke him!"

"I know, I know, Mistress is worried about me..."

He rubbed up against Tang Ruan and said deliberately: "If one day I am killed by him, you will never forget me, right?"

In the room, Heng Zhou heard Hu Che's smug voice and clenched his fists tightly.

"Hu Che!" Yan Qing gave Hu Che a warning look.

Hu Che immediately stopped acting up.

However, he was certain that the more he said this, the less Heng Zhou would do anything to them.

Fen Tian looked confused: "What was Heng Zhou doing just now?

He released his aura of pressure! This is the first time he has released his pressure on me!

Did he want to eat the one in A-Wu's hand?"

He looked at the Hongshu in his hand, not understanding what the difference was.

Could it be that he didn't want to peel it himself?

After Lang Lie, Yan Qing, and Hu Che looked at each other again, they already had the answer in their hearts.

He was asserting his sovereignty.

He was telling them that although he tolerated their existence,

in his heart, they were nothing but ants that he could easily kill.

They were just "toys" that could accompany Tang Ruan.

And he must be the person she cared about the most.

If one day, because of them, she no longer paid attention to him,

then he could also make them—disappear at any time.

Tang Ruan looked up at the moon. Today's moon was very round, but it seemed to be missing just a little bit.

She sighed.

She had thought that Heng Zhou would be easier to coax than Fen Tian!

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Late at night.

The door creaked open.

Heng Zhou opened his eyes and saw a familiar figure outlined by the moonlight.

He frowned in surprise, made no sound, but closed his eyes again, pretending to be asleep.

He was very curious, what was little A-Wu doing coming to his room in the middle of the night?

Could it be that she wanted to take revenge for her few Beast Husbands!

At the thought of this, Heng Zhou tightened his fingers.

If little A-Wu's heart only had them left,

then he would make them all disappear!

Suddenly, he felt a corner of his quilt being lifted.

Heng Zhou's blood seemed to stagnate at this moment.

Little A-Wu—what was she doing?

Tang Ruan carefully climbed onto Heng Zhou's bed.

One of her hands landed between his knees.

Heng Zhou couldn't help but tense up.

His Adam's apple bobbed.

Tang Ruan slowly crawled from the foot of his bed towards the head of the bed.

The short distance felt as long as a lifetime to Heng Zhou.

Every nerve in his body was trembling with her movements.

In his mind, he unconsciously recalled some fantasies he had once had about her as an adult...

Finally, Tang Ruan crawled out from the blanket on his chest.

Her eyes were sparkling as she looked at his uncontrollably trembling eyelashes.

"Big Brother..."