33: Chapter 33 Life and Death Bond

"That time the leader was seriously injured, he talked in his sleep, and we all heard it.

His mother always abused his father.

Because of this, the leader does not wish to have a Mistress.

Or rather, her Mistress can only have him as her one Beast Husband."

Lang Chi said, walking in front of Lang Yue.

"If you had known this from the beginning,

you wouldn't have turned the leader's best friends into your Beast Husbands.

You originally wanted to provoke him, but discovered he didn't care at all."

"You... you..." Lang Yue pointed at Lang Chi's nose in anger.

Lang Chi had been bullied by Lang Yue since he was young.

Seeing her angry now, he felt a sense of vindication.

He continued: "Your Beast Husbands all died protecting you, yet you never grieved for them at all.

And now you want to use me to make the leader think that Tang Ruan is like your mother, a Female Beastman who loves every one she sees!"

Lang Chi stared back, meeting her gaze.

"What nonsense are you spouting? Whose younger brother are you, really?" Lang Yue shouted sternly.

Lang Chi raised his eyebrows triumphantly.

"The people in the tribe already know about you and Lang Mo.

Do you guess the leader knows?

A person like you is simply not worthy of the leader!"

Lang Yue gritted her back teeth: "Useless thing!"

The next day, Tang Ruan was much better.

She walked out of the cave to breathe fresh air.

The members of the Wolf Tribe were all cleaning outdoors.

Potato Mom discussed with Lang Lie holding the Marmot Tribe's Binding Ceremony together with the Wolf Tribe's Moon Viewing Festival.

From afar, Tang Ruan saw a familiar figure.

Her mood instantly soured.

Just as she was about to turn around, that person actually took the initiative to greet her.

"Little Female Beastman!"

Lang Chi ran over.

Tang Ruan immediately stepped back three paces, assuming a defensive posture.

"Don't come over!

Keep your distance!

I'll state this first: I don't like you at all."

From the time she left the house until now, three Female Beastmen had already asked her when she was going to take Lang Chi as a Beast Husband.

They even said that she clearly liked him, so why wouldn't she give him a title.

She didn't know who started the rumor.

This habit of believing rumors without proof is truly the same in every world.

Lang Chi looked aggrieved: "But we are friends... How can you not like me..."

So, that's what he had been thinking all along?

He cared for her because he treated her as a good friend?

Tang Ruan breathed a sigh of relief.

She stared at the claw marks on his face and one eye that rivaled a panda's.

"What... what happened to you?"

"This is a trophy of friendship!"

Tang Ruan: ...

Lang Lie and Potato Mom walked over from a distance.

Potato Mom came to Tang Ruan.

"Tomorrow, Potato and Hongshu will hold their Binding Ceremony.

You and Lang Lie should go up together too."

"Do we need to?"

Tang Ruan had asked Potato.

The Binding Ceremony was just to obtain the Beast Husband Mark.

It wasn't as complicated as human marriage.

"Hmm," Potato Mom glanced at Lang Lie, "The Beast God will also be happy if there are more people, just consider it helping Potato make up the numbers."

Since Potato Mom had spoken.

Tang Ruan naturally had no reason to refuse.

On the day of the Moon Viewing Festival.

A bright full moon hung high in the sky.

Potato Mom helped the beastmen hold the binding contract ceremony.

As the ancient and mysterious chanting began, Hongshu took the sharp knife from Potato Mom's hand and slashed a line across his chest.

Blood, like strung-together beads, flowed into the bowl that Potato was holding.

Potato drank it all in one gulp.

A peanut-sized, brownish-red mark appeared on her neck.

Hongshu gently stroked the mark, and both of their faces were filled with happy smiles.

Tang Ruan furrowed her brows.

How could she have forgotten that one still had to make a cut.

"I already have a Beast Husband Mark, you don't need to do this," Tang Ruan instructed Lang Lie.

"But if a Female Beastman drinks the heart blood of a Male Beastman, the Male Beastman cannot betray the Female Beastman.

Otherwise, he will suffer endless heartache."

Tang Ruan: "You don't need to."

Lang Lie's gaze fell on the top of her head, and he curled his lips into a smile.

Seeing Potato Mom was about to walk up to them.

Tang Ruan grabbed Lang Lie's hand and instructed again, "Don't take the knife in a moment.

We are just here to make up the numbers."

Lang Lie lowered his eyes, smiling without a word.

It was their turn.

The Wolf Tribe and the Marmot Tribe cheered together.

Potato Mom handed over a bowl of clear water.

Tang Ruan was just about to refuse.

Lang Lie took it and drank it in one gulp.

Potato Mom nodded approvingly at him.

"What is this?"

Tang Ruan sensed something was wrong.

Potato Mom looked at Tang Ruan.

"A kind of divine medicine that can make a Male Beastman forever loyal to a Female Beastman.

If one day he betrays you, there is no need for the Beast God to help...

If you leave first,

he will also accompany you on the road to the Beast God."

That means—dying!

Was what he just drank a poison or a parasite?

"Is there an antidote?" Tang Ruan asked anxiously.

Potato Mom shook her head gently.

"Lang Lie came to find me many days ago."

She looked at the two of them lovingly.

"As long as you do not abandon your Beast Husband, he can always stay by your side.

Just fulfill this one wish of his!"

After Potato Mom finished speaking, she left.

Tang Ruan immediately grabbed Lang Lie's hand.

But she could not feel any sign of illness from him.

"You are crazy..." She murmured, gripping his fingers tightly.

She didn't need it.

She really didn't need to control anyone's destiny.

She didn't allow him to be her First Beast Husband.

He used this method to bind his life and death to hers.

"Do you know that my lifespan might be very short..." Tang Ruan said powerlessly.

"It doesn't matter, I will try my best to protect you.

If an accident happens, I won't let you leave alone."

Tang Ruan originally wanted to tell him that she might not live to be a hundred years old.

But since he even considered accidents, it seemed pointless to say anything.

"It's our turn!"

A familiar voice came.

The Wolf Tribe cheered again.

Tang Ruan poked her head out and discovered that Lang Mo and Lang Yue had appeared at the Binding Ceremony at some point.

Lang Mo picked up the sharp knife and slashed down without hesitation.

Blood even splashed onto Lang Yue's face.

Lang Yue held the bowl mixed with Lang Mo's blood and drank it with an impatient look on her face.

If she didn't have the leverage of killing Tang Ruan in Lang Mo's hands.

She absolutely would not have agreed to let him become her Beast Husband!

Why wasn't this Binding Ceremony between her and Lang Lie...

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In the blink of an eye, a few months passed.

Under the careful care of the Wolf Tribe, the first batch of baby Grass Bamboo Rats had also become mothers.

Two Wolf Tribe cubs lay at the cave entrance, watching the Grass Bamboo Rats nursing.

The tiny Grass Bamboo Rats looked like large peanuts.

"I wonder if there are any sick rats, depressed rats, or rats missing their great-grandmothers today..." one cub said expectantly.

Tang Ruan leaned over.

"Do you want to eat one?"

The two cubs swallowed their saliva and nodded obediently.

Tang Ruan stepped into the cave and grabbed a plump Grass Bamboo Rat from the corner.

She handed it to the cubs.

"Let your mother roast it for you!"

One cub took it excitedly, "Thank you, Witch Doctor!"

The other cub asked curiously: "Witch Doctor, what's wrong with this rat?"

Tang Ruan thought about it.

"It is an introverted rat; it wants to be by itself for a while."

Grass Bamboo Rat: ...

Although the two cubs didn't understand what an introverted rat was.

They left happily.

Grass Bamboo Rats were really prone to getting sick; they caught every kind of illness.

Lang Lie, who was following behind Tang Ruan, paused.

"Potato is pregnant, I'm going to take a look.

Nothing will really happen."

Tang Ruan turned around helplessly and looked at the big tree behind her.

The cold wave was almost over, and the weather was gradually warming up.

She had wanted to stroll over by herself, but he insisted on following.

Lang Lie walked out from behind the tree.

"I will take you there.

When you want to leave, we will leave together."

Tang Ruan: "I might stay at the Marmot Tribe for a few days."

Lang Lie's gaze sharpened, and he thought for a moment.

"The Wolf Tribe doesn't have anything going on recently, I will stay with you."

"You will be bored."

"Potato Mom has been asking about our farming, I can talk to her for three days."

Tang Ruan: ...

If he talks with Potato Mom, how is she supposed to talk with her!

Besides visiting Potato this time, she actually had another very important matter to ask Potato Mom.

Tang Ruan turned her back and gently stroked her lower abdomen...