356: Chapter 32 Touching Ears Seems Like

Tang Longyan suddenly could not control himself and chased outside for a few steps...

He stopped abruptly.

He could not let his emotions control him anymore.

But it was so dark outside; it should be fine if he walked her home, right?

It was out of... that kind of concern for a normal friend.

Autumn had arrived on the Barren Continent, and the autumn nights were chilly.

Yun Tiankai rubbed her arms; she had just walked a dozen meters from the cave when hurried footsteps suddenly came from behind.

She turned around and saw Tang Longyan catch up in a few strides.

"I'll walk you."

When he appeared behind her, even the surrounding air warmed up.

Tang Longyan saw her hugging her own arms.

"Whoosh."

A pair of black wings unfurled behind him, slightly curving inward.

Tang Longyan's wings did not touch Yun Tiankai, but warmth enveloped her whole body.

Yun Tiankai felt as if she were an infant in swaddling clothes.

Carefully protected by him.

Warm and safe.

The two of them unconsciously slowed their pace on the twenty-minute walk.

It took a full hour before they reached Yun Tiankai's cave.

"I'm here," Yun Tiankai said.

Tang Longyan clenched his fists tightly, as if having made some kind of decision, and suddenly retracted his wings.

"Mm."

"See you tomorrow then?"

Tang Longyan frowned slightly.

If he agreed, would she appear at his cave again tomorrow?

But if he refused...

He had just promised her not long ago that he would cook for her every day from now on.

Just as Tang Longyan was feeling extremely conflicted, he discovered that Yun Tiankai had already run back.

Tang Longyan: ...

Forget it, anyway, she might not actually come tomorrow.

The next day, at dinner time.

Tang Longyan took two crystals out of his space and handed them to She Lin and Bao Hen respectively.

The two Male Beastmen bowed to express their gratitude.

Then, they simultaneously took off the crystals hanging around their necks.

Adding the ones he gave them today, they placed them all in their palms and offered them to Tang Longyan.

"Lord Longyan, can we use these to trade for staying to eat one meal?" Bao Hen asked, emboldened.

Tang Longyan remembered Yun Tiankai's words from yesterday— "Now is not the time to casually agree to let Male Beastmen enter the Tribe. It will make other Male Beastmen think the Female Beastmen of our Tribe are loose."

He said: "No."

With just these two words, the pressure inadvertently radiating from his tone made the two of them dare not say another word.

They bowed and retreated, walking dejectedly toward an abandoned cave behind the woods by the lake.

That was the new place they had found today.

Anyway, their previous dwelling had also been found randomly.

Being closer to them allowed them to feel more at ease.

After they left.

Tang Longyan's gaze continued to scan the Tribe.

He hadn't seen Yun Tiankai for an entire afternoon.

The last time he saw her, she was walking toward the back of the Tribe holding hands with Ya Jianjian.

He had flipped the turf over there, so there really wasn't anything left.

But in order to "keep a distance" from her, even though he was very curious, he restrained himself from going over.

Finally, Tang Longyan's eyes lit up.

He saw Ya Jianjian and Yun Tiankai walking back, arms linked.

Each of them was holding a large basket in their arms, which seemed to contain a food called potatoes.

He had eaten it at his godmother's house; it was the staple food of the Marmot Tribe.

So, she went to pick potatoes all afternoon?

Tang Longyan inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief.

He didn't even realize himself that he was paying more attention to Yun Tiankai today than yesterday.

Yun Tiankai instinctively felt the gaze that fell upon her.

She looked up and met Tang Longyan's eyes, which he hadn't had time to look away from.

She happily raised her hand and took the initiative to greet him: "Tang—"

"Nickname, come with me quickly!"

Bao Yang suddenly cut in from the side and dragged her away.

Tang Longyan lowered the hand he had already slightly raised.

He was clearly very afraid of her approaching him, but when she was actually pulled away by someone else.

He felt empty inside again.

Bao Yang pulled Yun Tiankai to the pot.

"Look! I followed what you taught me, covering it with the lid makes it cook faster... But as soon as I cover it, it spits out."

Yun Tiankai: Spits out...

Bao Yang picked up the pot lid and covered the huge cooking pot.

The boiling hot soup immediately bubbled over.

Yun Tiankai hurriedly removed the pot lid.

"You can't cover it completely; you have to leave a gap."

As she said this, she picked up the tree branch that Bao Yang had thrown aside.

This tree branch was one Yun Tiankai had specifically picked out; it was very suitable for propping up on the pot.

She placed the branch between the lid and the pot, and the soup really didn't bubble over anymore.

"So that's how this branch is used. I thought you had just forgotten it on the pot!" Bao Yang said.

"How magical." Ya Jianjian looked at it curiously, then suddenly thought— "Nickname, was Lord Longyan waiting for you just now?"

Yun Tiankai: "Waiting for me?"

Ya Jianjian: "As soon as we came back, he was staring at you. I think he might have been waiting for you."

"Is that so?"

Bao Yang also said: "He spent the whole afternoon scanning the Tribe like a hawk. Zhu Zhu's Beast Husband She Lin was so scared by him that he got his foot smashed by a rock. Now that Ya Jianjian mentioned it, I think he might really have been looking for you."

Yun Tiankai: ...

If he wanted to find her, why didn't he fly up to look? Instead, he just stood there, scaring other Beastmen.

Yun Tiankai didn't understand, but she still intended to go ask.

"Nickname, do you want to put in these things you dug up?" Bao Yang called out to Yun Tiankai, who had just walked two steps.

"Yes!" Yun Tiankai replied immediately.

After thinking for a moment, she added, "Don't touch them, I'll be right back!"

Ya Jianjian and Bao Yang were both carnivorous Beastmen; they probably hadn't eaten potatoes before and didn't know how to prepare them.

Plus, she wanted to save a few for trading.

Yun Tiankai ran to Tang Longyan in one breath.

He was walking toward his cave.

"Did you need something from me?" Yun Tiankai asked.

Tang Longyan shook his head.

"Oh!" Yun Tiankai pouted slightly, looking a bit disappointed, but she immediately brightened with a smile and hopped a step toward him, "Then did you miss me?"

Tang Longyan: !

Tang Longyan's heart suddenly accelerated as she approached.

Before he could speak.

Yun Tiankai continued on her own: "You really did miss me, your ears are even red."

As she said this, she stood on tiptoe, stretched out her arm, and just happened to touch his burning ear tip.

Tang Longyan: !!!

If, yesterday, he could still deceive himself—that Yun Tiankai's closeness to him wasn't the kind of intimacy a Female Beastman had for a Male Beastman.

Her words today, and her actions, made it impossible for him to find excuses anymore.

Touching ears, among some Beastman races, even meant a courtship request.

Tang Longyan felt his breathing begin to grow heavy.

Just as he was about to reach out and grab her hand.

Yun Tiankai was finally satisfied with the rubbing and let go on her own.

After letting go, she suddenly realized—

In Beast World novels, touching ears seemed to be a courtship request.