267: Chapter 267 "Now it's your turn to...do the same to me."

Tang Ruan stared at Heng Zhou's fluttering eyelashes.

He was clearly not asleep, yet he was deliberately pretending to be.

She propped her hands on his chest and buried her head in the crook of his neck, nuzzling against him.

Heng Zhou: !

The veins on the back of Heng Zhou's hands under the quilt bulged; he could no longer keep up the pretense.

"Why did you come here?" As the words left his lips, Heng Zhou realized his throat was incredibly hoarse.

Tang Ruan did not lift her head, instead continuing to nuzzle against his neck.

His skin was so smooth! Like silk; truly worthy of being a mermaid, warm and very comfortable.

"Can't Big Brother guess?" Tang Ruan countered.

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

What exactly did she take him for?

She had clearly said she would let him be her Beast Husband and even said she loved him.

Yet she kept calling him "Big Brother," and her attitude toward him was different from how she treated her other Beast Husbands.

The more Heng Zhou thought about it, the angrier he became...

He turned his face away and did not answer.

Tang Ruan suddenly took a bite of his Adam's apple.

Heng Zhou reflexively grabbed her shoulders and lifted her up.

Tang Ruan looked at him with a grin.

In reality, she was incredibly nervous inside.

The sound of her heartbeat had long since drowned out all surrounding noises.

It was her first time trying to seduce someone, so she had no experience, but she had done her best.

Tang Ruan smiled sweetly, "Exercising my rights as a Mistress."

Heng Zhou rolled over and placed her beside him.

"Do you know what you are doing?"

Tang Ruan grabbed his arm, "Sleeping with my Beast Husband."

Heng Zhou: ...

Heng Zhou took a deep breath, managing to ignore the warmth radiating from her body and maintain his composure.

"I don't like it when you call me Big Brother."

"Because you're older than me?" Tang Ruan said deliberately.

Heng Zhou looked at her, "Of course not."

How was he supposed to explain it so she would understand?

He didn't like her calling him that because every time she did, it made him feel like she didn't truly love him.

That it was just out of a sisterly affection for a brother, and she just wanted to keep him by her side.

Tang Ruan looked at him with sparkling eyes.

"Heng Zhou, do you feel like I don't love you enough?"

Heng Zhou was stunned.

He hadn't expected her to so bluntly hit the nail on the head regarding his inner thoughts.

Tang Ruan snuggled into his chest again, "Do you still remember the time you placed a curse on both of us, 'making me treat you like a brother' and making you believe 'I would definitely reject you'?"

Heng Zhou didn't understand: "I remember."

He thought for a moment, then continued: "After you told me that day, I already dispelled those two curses."

The implication was that he felt she didn't love him enough, and it had nothing to do with the curses.

It was his genuine feeling.

Tang Ruan thought for a moment, "You can probe my thoughts; my inner thoughts shouldn't be able to lie, right!"

She grabbed his other hand from his side and placed it over her heart.

Heng Zhou: ...

"Ask me, 'Tang Ruan, Tang Ruan, do you love Heng Zhou?'" she said, imitating a voice from a fairy tale.

Heng Zhou: "Do you love me?"

[Yes!]

He heard her answer in her heart without hesitation.

Heng Zhou's heartbeat suddenly accelerated: "Is it that kind of love for a Beast Husband?"

[Yes!]

"Then why do you call me Big Brother?"

[I feel that calling you that isn't just calling my lover; it also makes me feel like I'm being doted on by you.]

"Lover?"

Heng Zhou slightly frowned, looking at Tang Ruan in confusion.

Tang Ruan explained, "It's just someone you love very much, shortened to 'Lover'."

"Lover..." He repeated the word, feeling it was a more intimate term than partner or Beast Husband.

Tang Ruan: "Do you believe me now?"

Heng Zhou stared at her smooth, tender face under the moonlight.

Suddenly, he grabbed her hands and rolled over, pinning her beneath him. With an agile movement, he pinned both of Tang Ruan's hands above her head with one hand.

This was the action he often did to her when they were in the Jiao Clan; it was absurdly practiced...

His kiss descended, greedily, quickly, and desperately consuming...

As if the next second, she would wake up and push him away.

Tang Ruan struggled for a long time before finally turning her face away to avoid his kiss.

"Why are you like this!" she complained.

Heng Zhou looked at her, hurt, his gaze wavering like cracked ice crystals.

Little A-Wu really still hated him touching her...

Tang Ruan sighed.

She suddenly broke free from his restraint.

Heng Zhou immediately got off her, terrified of making her hate him again.

However, the next second, Tang Ruan pulled his hand and placed it on her heart.

Feeling that she didn't truly hate him, but just hated being restrained...

Heng Zhou asked nervously and clumsily: "Then what should I do?"

Tang Ruan: ...

He was actually asking her how normal partners should act at a time like this...

Tang Ruan scratched her head, wondering how she should explain it to him.

"In any case, you can't trap or bind the other person."

Heng Zhou nodded obediently, withdrew his hand, and placed both hands on his knees like an eager student, waiting for her next words.

Seeing him sitting so straight, Tang Ruan suddenly had the urge to tease him.

"At the very least, you have to let me... get revenge for the grievances I suffered before!

I will do to you exactly what you did to me.

Only when I feel better can we get along like normal partners."

Heng Zhou thought about it and felt that what Little A-Wu said made a lot of sense.

So, was Little A-Wu's "differential treatment" toward him earlier because she was angry about how he had treated her before?

"Okay," Heng Zhou nodded.

"Binding!"

Tang Ruan shouted suddenly, imitating his tone.

Seeing Heng Zhou freeze, she immediately laughed and gave him a push.

Using her actions to tell him she was joking.

Looking at his expression, he wouldn't actually think she was going to treat him the way he used to treat her, would he?

She wasn't into that whole forced-love thing with Male Beastmen anyway.

Heng Zhou did not resist, following her force and tilting over onto the bed.

Tang Ruan: ...

She hadn't used that much strength...

Just as Tang Ruan thought she had suddenly awakened her Supernatural Ability and pushed Heng Zhou into a serious injury.

He slowly climbed up from the bed and returned to his original position to lie down.

Tang Ruan: ...

Was he angry?

Ignoring her?

Going to sleep?

Just as Tang Ruan was about to ask — she saw Heng Zhou's icy purple eyes look over at her.

His gaze was extremely complex; for a moment, she didn't understand what it meant.

"Binding..." he said.

Tang Ruan: !!

This guy was truly 'no fun'; she was just teasing him, and he was going to trap her again.

Tang Ruan was a bit angry: "I already said I —"

She gestured wildly, then suddenly realized she could move.

But Heng Zhou's hands were pinned above his head by an invisible force.

Wisps of silvery-purple Supernatural Ability, like silk threads, trapped his hands above his head.

Tang Ruan's gaze shifted downward...

There were some on his snow-white, powerful abdominal muscles too.

Further down...

There were some on his ankles as well.

Heng Zhou tried to break free with all his might, emitting a sound of endurance.

He smiled at Tang Ruan with satisfaction: "I've tested it; it's very sturdy. As long as I don't use my Supernatural Ability, I can't break it."

Tang Ruan: ...so?

She blinked, and a thought that almost fried her brain flew into her mind.

No way... it's not what she thinks, right?

Do Male Beastmen all like... this kind of thing?

Heng Zhou: "Now, it's your turn to do... that to me."