31: Chapter 31 He can only curse me, but he can't take my life, my life—

Tudou clutched Tang Ruan's hand with one hand and covered her mouth with the other, looking infatuated.

"Did he really say that? He doesn't want to live a single day in a world without you. Boohoo... I'm so touched. This wolf tribe leader looks average, but his mouth sure is sweet. No wonder he was able to trick you."

Tang Ruan: ...

Do you have some misunderstanding about what 'average' looks like... Forget it, the aesthetic of the Marmot Tribe is unique even across the entire Beast World.

"Then what do you plan to do?" Tudou asked.

"Of course I firmly disagree!"

Tudou thought for a moment and said: "Actually, I would quite like to have Hongshu as my First Beast Husband. The First Beast Husband has the highest status among all your Beast Husbands. He is equivalent to the head of a family. My Big Father is a First Beast Husband."

Tudou's mother has three Beast Husbands.

The Second Father who still remains by her side now is not Tudou's biological father.

It is said that Tudou's mother's First Beast Husband and Tudou's father died in the Yougu Forest.

"However..." Tudou changed the subject, "Thinking about it is one thing, but I won't ask him to be my First Beast Husband. I can't bear to."

Tang Ruan wore an expression that said, "See! I knew it."

Standing at the cave entrance, Lang Lie took a deep breath.

He turned and walked out.

A moment later, the sound of trees collapsing echoed through the forest.

Tang Ruan: ...

Tudou: !!!

The cold wave ushered in a brief warm period.

Tang Ruan took several wolf tribe beastmen to search for new food in the forest.

She also helped Tudou collect fruit pits along the way.

According to the Marmot Tribe tradition, during the Binding Ceremony, the necklace worn around the neck of a Female Beastman must be strung together with different fruit pits.

The more types of fruit pits, the more abundant the future food supply will be.

Tang Ruan found a tree bearing yellow fruit.

She placed her hand on the trunk and closed her eyes.

A moment later, she opened her eyes.

She sighed.

It was a type of fruit with no nutritional value, and it didn't taste good either.

But the seeds could be used for Tudou's necklace.

She stood on her tiptoes and tried a few times, but couldn't reach it.

At this moment, she missed Lang Lie a little.

Just as she was about to call another beastman to help, a hand like a withered branch appeared above her head.

It plucked the fruit down.

In an instant, Tang Ruan's muscles tensed up.

She slowly turned around—

A one-eyed old beastman with a face full of smiles was standing behind her.

The scars on his face were tangled together, revealing two yellowed fangs.

It overlapped with that terrifying wolf face from her memories.

Tang Ruan took a few steps back.

"Is the Mistress of the tribe leader afraid of me?" the old beastman asked with a smile.

Tang Ruan instinctively nodded, then hurriedly shook her head.

"Is it because I look scary?"

"No!" Tang Ruan blurted out.

"Then what is it for?" He kindly handed over the fruit.

"Do you... really not remember anything?"

"Remember what?"

The old beastman blinked his cloudy yellow eyes.

"I'm old, and I can't remember many things clearly."

"It's fine."

Tang Ruan quickly took the fruit and turned to run towards where there were more beastmen.

"Mistress of the tribe leader! I remembered!"

Tang Ruan shuddered and stopped.

"I wanted to ask you if you could help me talk to the tribe leader and let me follow you, so I can have some soup to drink. Otherwise, I might die in the forest..."

He hunched his back and coughed twice.

He looked very weak.

Tang Ruan didn't look back and quickly ran to the other beastmen.

In the distance, the old beastman slowly straightened his back.

A cold light flashed in his yellow eyes.

"She really does remember..."

Then he had to make her disappear before Lang Lie found out.

Otherwise, he would definitely be the one to die!

It was lunchtime, and Tang Ruan was preparing to return with the beastmen.

"Witch Doctor sister, someone said there is a tree with small red fruits over there!"

A little Female Beastman with brown hair suddenly ran up to Tang Ruan.

"Who said that?"

The little Female Beastman looked to be only as big as a four-year-old human child.

She blinked her big eyes and thought very seriously for a moment.

"I don't know who said it... it's just that someone said there was one."

Small red fruits—Tang Ruan naturally thought of cherries.

If she could find a cherry tree, the morning's work wouldn't have been in vain.

"Where?"

"I saw it just now, it's right there! I'll take you!"

Tang Ruan followed the little Female Beastman to a slope.

At the end of the slope was a cliff, and in front of the cliff was a fruit tree.

The slope and the cliff helped the fruit tree block the wind and snow!

The bright red branches of the fruit tree were covered with fruits the size of grapes.

Tang Ruan was excited, "Quick, call everyone to help!"

She slid down the slope impatiently.

She placed her hand on the trunk.

[Large Cherry Tree, sweet and sour, juicy, matures in two years, fruits in autumn, fruits do not fall and can be stored for a long time...]

It was just as she had thought!

She excitedly opened her pocket and began to pick them.

She would pick more to take back so everyone could have a taste!

Suddenly, a "rumbling" sound came from behind her.

Tang Ruan turned around and saw a huge tree trunk rolling towards her at high speed.

"Thud!"

The trunk hit the large cherry tree.

The large cherry tree snapped upon impact.

Countless fruits fell onto Tang Ruan...

The broken large cherry tree and the cliff formed a corner.

Tang Ruan curled up in this corner.

She struggled to climb up from the ground.

Fortunately, she reacted quickly...

Tang Ruan felt a lingering fear in her heart.

Why did a tree trunk roll down?

She would go back first and figure it out!

She climbed onto the waist-high tree trunk.

Suddenly, an enlarged wolf face appeared before her.

The one-eyed wolf's cloudy yellow eyes stared at her.

Its gaping, bloody maw dripped with sticky saliva.

"Little Female Beastman, your scent still smells as delicious as it did three years ago..."

Tang Ruan's eyes widened suddenly, and she threw the bag in her hand at it.

The bag contained flint and the fruits she had picked.

The one-eyed wolf's face was knocked to the side.

Tang Ruan took the opportunity to climb onto the tree trunk on the other side.

The one-eyed wolf was faster; it shook its head and knocked her flying.

"Pfft!"

Tang Ruan's back hit the cliff wall, and a fishy sweetness surged up from her throat.

It hurt so much; it felt like her internal organs were bleeding.

Tang Ruan fell to the ground and struggled to get up.

She couldn't fall; if she fell, she would really die.

"Aren't you afraid that Lang Lie will find out... and kill you?" she said, enduring the pain.

"If you die, won't no one know?"

The one-eyed wolf took two steps forward.

The foul, fishy stench on its body was nauseating.

Tang Ruan suddenly thought of Lang Chi's words— "He is a beastman cursed by the Beast God."

"If you eat me!"

Tang Ruan looked at him, meeting his gaze, "Aren't you afraid of being cursed by the Beast God and dying suddenly?"

"Haha! A Curse!"

The one-eyed wolf suddenly laughed wildly.

"See the scars all over my face? These are all Curses from the Beast God. But he can only Curse me; he cannot take my life. My life—"

The one-eyed wolf's words came to an abrupt end.

He widened his eyes in disbelief.

Foul, fishy blood flowed down from his neck.

Soon, it pooled into a small puddle on the ground...