307: Chapter 307 Where will she appear this time after waking up?

Hu Che stumbled in from outside the cave and lunged toward Tang Ruan.

Looking at the familiar yet strange Male Beastman before her, Tang Ruan instinctively stepped to the right.

"Ouch!"

Hu Che fell to the ground, looking back at her pitifully.

Tang Ruan stood frozen in place, her heart pounding.

It was her dream; her dream was replaying!

But the Male Beastman before her didn't look like the Hu Che she knew.

Hu Che was slightly taller and stronger than him, and his expression was much steadier.

The one before her was clearly the Hu Che she had met when she first left Dongdong Valley.

Or rather, it was just the Hu Che that existed in her dream memories.

So, was what she was seeing now a dream or reality?

Tang Ruan reached out and pinched herself hard—

"Ah! It hurts!" she couldn't help but cry out.

Could it be real?

Tang Ruan subconsciously looked at Hu Che not far away.

She saw that Hu Che still had the same expression, blinking and staring at her pitifully.

It seemed he was waiting for her to help him up.

Tang Ruan lowered her gaze and, sure enough, saw a three-inch-long wound on his calf.

Bright red blood beads formed long red lines, winding down his snow-white ankle.

But... no!

If the person in front of her was really Hu Che.

After hearing her cry of surprise, he would definitely have rushed to her side without regard for his own safety.

In fact, Tang Ruan didn't doubt for a second that, let alone just a cut on his leg,

even if his leg were broken, if he heard her complain of pain, he would certainly limp over to her side to care for her.

Therefore, everything before her must be a dream!

When she was in the human world, her dreams of the Beast World were very realistic.

Moreover, as far as she knew, some people could indeed feel pain in their dreams.

Just as Tang Ruan was thinking this, a "rumbling" sound suddenly came from the cave entrance.

Tang Ruan: It's here.

She saw that the few Rogue Beasts who had just left by boat a short while ago had rushed into her cave.

Hu Che suddenly transformed into a small orange-red fox and lunged toward Tang Ruan.

Tang Ruan instinctively stepped back, lost her footing, and sat down on the ground.

Hu Che landed steadily in her arms.

Tang Ruan just wanted to throw him out.

A Bear Tribe beastman spoke up, "Goddess, please hand him over."

Tang Ruan subconsciously hugged the Hu Che in her arms tighter.

It's here, it's here; this was exactly what he said to her back then!

Tang Ruan recalled for a moment and asked hesitantly: "If I hand him over to you, what will happen?"

"Of course, we will skin him and pull out his tendons to comfort our deceased clansmen."

Tang Ruan: Alright, alright!

The answer was exactly the same.

She looked down at Hu Che, who was desperately burrowing into the crook of her arm.

Suddenly, she had a bold idea.

These five Rogue Beasts were ones she had watched leave by boat with her own eyes.

Even if they had jumped off the boat and swam back the moment they left her sight,

it would still be impossible for them to appear here.

Chief Hu Xiao had forbidden them from entering the new Red Fox City.

Even if they had managed to sneak in.

Fen Tian had long ago used mountains to isolate the interior of Dragon Valley from the new Red Fox City, leaving only one small entrance.

This small entrance was guarded day and night by two Tier 1 beastmen taking turns.

They knew every "native" living here.

Even without their guard, how many beastmen would dare to trespass into the Beast God's residence?

Therefore, this must be a dream.

That's right!

It must be because those five beastmen couldn't complete what was "pre-scheduled" to happen.

So, this event was presented in the form of a dream!

Tang Ruan carefully observed those five beastmen.

Their appearances were the same as Hu Che's situation; if one looked closely, one could still see slight differences from their real selves.

After figuring this out, Tang Ruan was no longer nervous.

As long as she finished this dream smoothly, the same thing wouldn't happen again.

So, Tang Ruan recalled and recited her lines like she was reading from a script.

"Was it him who caused their deaths?"

"This..." The Bear Tribe beastman hesitated for a moment, then continued, "Although it wasn't him, they are all from the Red Fox Tribe."

Tang Ruan: "Every debt has a debtor, every injustice has a perpetrator; don't you feel ashamed that so many fierce beasts are bullying a little fox?"

The few Rogue Beasts looked at each other and began to whisper.

"No matter what, he is one of the Goddess's Beast Husbands."

"Hmph! Isn't it just because he took advantage of the situation back then."

"Don't forget those other Beast Husbands of the Goddess..."

Tang Ruan focused all her attention on recalling her lines.

"Should I let my Beast Husband talk to you himself?"

She didn't notice at all that, at this moment, Hu Che, who should have been burying his head in the crook of her arm,

had already lifted his head.

He was staring at her with a smile that wasn't quite a smile, his golden-orange eyes open.

"No need."

"No need..."

The beastmen said, retreating outside.

The moment Tang Ruan lowered her head, Hu Che lowered his head again as well.

He feigned opening one golden eye, observed the surroundings, and then slowly opened the other.

He suddenly flicked his tail twice, lifted his head, and licked Tang Ruan on the chin.

Tang Ruan: !!!

She forgot this part!

Tang Ruan placed him on the ground.

As soon as he landed, he changed back into human form.

Hu Che opened his big, pitiful eyes and said: "Does even the Mistress hate me now?"

He raised his right hand, "I swear to the Beast God..."

Tang Ruan watched him silently; this time, she didn't stop him from swearing, but instead wanted to hear him finish his oath.

However, he only said the content she had dreamed of before.

After Hu Che finished speaking, he looked at her like an actor waiting for her to pick up the lines.

Tang Ruan: ...

Tang Ruan: "You don't need to swear to me; as long as you don't harm me, that's enough."

"I will never harm you; I will be loyal to you forever!"

Tang Ruan: ...

Oh no! She couldn't remember what came next.

What else had she said?

Right! She was supposed to help him bandage his wound.

Then, walk out of the cave.

Tang Ruan observed the surroundings again.

Everything around her was both familiar and strange.

Unaccountably eerie.

Tang Ruan didn't want to stay any longer; she wanted to wake up quickly.

So, she tore a piece of cloth from her skirt and hurriedly bandaged his wound.

Then she ran toward the cave entrance.

"Mistress, where are you going?"

Tang Ruan didn't even look back, "I'm going out for a bit, don't follow me."

"Then I'll wait for you to come back."

Tang Ruan stepped out of the cave, and the blinding sunlight shone on her face.

In an instant, it woke her up.

Last time she woke up from a dream, she returned to the human world.

So, when she wakes up this time, where will she appear?

The Beast World? Or the human world?

Could this dream be... some kind of medium connecting the Beast World and the human world?

No, she couldn't take the risk.

Tang Ruan retreated back inside.

Might as well just sit here and wait.

If this was a dream she was having in the Beast World.

If she didn't wake up, Hu Che and Fen Tian would definitely wake her up.

In any case, she couldn't act rashly; better to wait and see.

Tang Ruan thought this, then turned and returned to the cave.

She had just taken two steps when she ran head-on into someone.