30: Chapter 30 Wolf Hunting, Isn't it better to be alive?

Tang Ruan stared into his soul-stirring eyes.

A few seconds later.

She took off her clothes and stepped into the water.

Lang Lie looked at her in disbelief, his heartbeat almost drowning out his reason.

Had he just given an order to his own Mistress?

And she, surprisingly, had followed it!

Did she really... care about him that much?

Lang Lie had come here originally just hoping to clear his head.

To force himself not to have any unrealistic thoughts anymore.

Tang Ruan could not possibly belong only to him.

But now, he was wavering.

If he insisted, could she really—belong only to him?

But that would be too unfair to Tang Ruan.

A Female Beastman protected by only one Beast Husband cannot survive in the face of disaster.

Lang Lie took a deep breath.

Tang Ruan slipped and plunged headfirst into the water.

"Mistress!"

A few bubbles surfaced in the water.

Tang Ruan poked her eyes out.

Lang Lie: ...

The hot spring water wasn't deep, but if one were sitting on the ground, that was about the height of it.

Tang Ruan poked her head out and slid toward him.

"Alright! Don't be angry anymore. No matter what they say, I won't take another Beast Husband."

One must coax their own man.

Moreover, seeing him jealous for her sake, that feeling of being cared about made her heart feel sweet.

Lang Lie watched her waddle through the water...

Afraid she would choke on water, he pulled her over.

They were too close, their bodies pressed against each other.

Tang Ruan subconsciously tried to break free from his hand.

As a result, she stepped into empty space.

Tang Ruan: ! ! !

Half a second later, Lang Lie fished her out of the water.

"Cough, cough! Why is the water so deep over here!"

Seeing his shoulders exposed, she had assumed he was sitting.

It turned out he was standing!

Tang Ruan's head only reached Lang Lie's shoulders.

Then this water was just deep enough—to drown her, since she couldn't swim.

She stopped being reserved and wrapped herself around him like an octopus.

"You better hold me tight, I can't swim."

A triumphant smile curled the corners of Lang Lie's mouth.

He supported her with both hands in the water.

He lowered his head and kissed her.

After a while, Lang Lie reluctantly pulled away.

Tang Ruan panted slightly, her cheeks flushed red.

Under the influence of the heat, she felt a bit dizzy.

So if she didn't push him away, he could actually kiss for this long!

But she didn't dare to loosen her grip for even a second, terrified of falling back in.

Yet he was still able to free up one hand to gently stroke the lips he had kissed until they were slightly swollen.

"If you hold me with two hands, I'll fall!"

"Does the Mistress have so little confidence in me?"

It wasn't that Tang Ruan had no confidence in him; it was that she had no confidence in herself!

She had gone swimming with her ex-boyfriend once, only to fall into the deep end.

He had taken a long time to fish her out, eventually causing Tang Ruan to get pneumonia from choking on water.

He had said it was because she was too fat, so he couldn't pull her up.

Ever since then, she had a trauma regarding any water that could go over her head.

Lang Lie saw the look in her eyes change from full of confidence to somewhat disappointed.

Tang Ruan immediately said: "Of course I believe in you!"

He happily raised the corners of his mouth and lowered his head to nuzzle her neck.

"Mistress, I..."

She felt the change in his body.

"Not here! Let's go back!" Tang Ruan shrieked.

"Why..." Lang Lie looked at her pitifully.

"It's not good if someone sees."

He thought for a moment.

With a wave of his hand, a circular band of blue light appeared in the distance and then vanished in a flash.

"What was that?" Tang Ruan asked in surprise.

"A Barrier set with my Supernatural Ability. Now, no one can disturb us."

Lang Lie smiled like an elementary school student waiting to be praised.

"Your Supernatural Ability is back?" Tang Ruan was pleasantly surprised.

"Yes, it's back a little bit. But just now, I used it all up."

Tang Ruan: ...

In the end, he still got his way.

When Lang Lie was ready to go for a second round.

Tang Ruan no longer had any fear of the water.

Because she realized that he really wouldn't let her choke on a single drop of water.

But she was truly tired...

"Mistress..."

Lang Lie's hoarse voice carried a lingering, affectionate tone.

Tang Ruan's expression sharpened.

Oh no, he seemed to have discovered that acting spoiled worked on her.

"No!" Tang Ruan put on a stern face.

Lang Lie looked at her, his expression not becoming unhappy because of her sudden change in demeanor.

Tang Ruan suddenly thought of a saying— "The one who is loved is always fearless."

So, had Lang Lie felt her love?

"I have one condition. If you agree to it, we'll go back."

He had learned to negotiate.

The Beastmen were right.

She couldn't "spoil" him too much.

But, she was willing to.

Didn't he spoil her too?

"Hmm!" Tang Ruan nodded.

"I want to be your First Beast Husband," Lang Lie said seriously.

"In the future, no matter how many Beast Husbands you take, they must all rank behind me. You must always believe. I am the one most worthy of your reliance. No matter what happens, I will never be separated from you."

"Then what if we get separated?"

If she "walked back" to her own world.

Lang Lie's gaze was firm, "Then I will find you! No matter where you are, I will definitely find you!"

Tang Ruan looked at him earnestly.

She knew these weren't just his sweet nothings.

He really would do it.

"Alright. However, aren't you already my First Beast Husband now?"

Lang Lie blinked.

He guessed that Tang Ruan had misunderstood.

So he explained it to her.

The First Beast Husband didn't refer to the First Beast Husband a Female Beastman possessed.

It was a Beast Husband bound by a special contract.

If the Mistress passed away one day, it would be the failure of the First Beast Husband.

The First Beast Husband would either commit suicide or wait for the Beast God to mete out punishment.

Nowadays, many Female Beastmen in Beastman families no longer enter into First Beast Husband contracts so that their cubs can be raised by more Male Beastmen after they die.

"You want to die with me?" Tang Ruan shrieked, "Lang Lie, isn't it better to be alive?"

She didn't understand.

That whole dying for love thing was long since a fairy tale.

"No, it's not." He held her tightly, "I cannot live a single day in a world without you."

Tang Ruan lowered her head.

She thought she loved him very much.

Yet she suddenly realized that her love for him was not even a tenth of his.

Because she had never thought that if Lang Lie were gone one day, she would die with him.

Even if she thought about it now, she would only feel devastated.

Not that she would die for love.

Moreover, up until now, she didn't even know if she was a human or a Beastman.

The lifespan of a Beastman was around three hundred years.

While for humans, a hundred years was already a miracle.

If she agreed to him, it would be equivalent to depriving him of half his life.

This was too unfair.

"Let me think about it..."

Lang Lie's expression became very hurt.

"If I'm gone and you're gone, who will take care of our cubs?" Tang Ruan tried to persuade him.

Lang Lie lowered his eyes, "You will always have other Beast Husbands..."

"Then wouldn't the cubs be very pitiful without their biological parents?"

Lang Lie suddenly looked up.

He must have thought of his own background.

Tang Ruan: "Even if it's for my sake, you must live well. Therefore, I will absolutely not agree to you being my First Beast Husband."

Later, Tang Ruan couldn't remember how long the two of them held their ground.

The atmosphere once dropped to freezing.

Fortunately—she was sleepy.

She almost plunged headfirst into the water.

"Mistress!"

Lang Lie hurriedly held her.

She took the opportunity to pretend to be asleep.

Her last memory was him carrying her out of the water with one hand.

A thick cloak wrapped them both together.

One of his hands protected her head, afraid she would be scratched by low-hanging branches...

Tang Ruan suddenly realized that, with Lang Lie, she wasn't actually fat at all.

Tang Ruan thought this matter had been brushed past by her like that.

Who knew that for several days in a row, Lang Lie went out early and returned late, paying her little mind.

The first day, he went to the Groundhog Tribe and brought her sheep back.

The second day, he went to the Groundhog Tribe and traded meat for potatoes and some fruits.

The third day, he brought the potatoes back...