64: Chapter 64: He kissed Hu Che!

Tang Ruan snapped back to her senses.

"What are you doing?"

The hand she swung out was easily caught by Yan Qing.

With almost no effort, he pinned it behind her back.

He used his fingertips to pry open her palm... and locked their fingers together.

All Tang Ruan could see was his sexy collarbone.

And the woody scent of cedarwood on his body.

Her heart suddenly sped up, and her ears burned slightly.

"Let's make a deal!"

He lightly sniffed her hair, longing for her, yet not daring to get too close.

"I will help you find your Beast Husband, Lang Lie.

In return, you will be my Mistress."

"Helping me find Lang Lie was something you promised from the start!

As long as I could help the Snake Tribe give birth to more Female Beastmen." Tang Ruan's voice trembled slightly with nervousness.

"Then can you afford to wait?"

She looked at him, confused.

Yan Qing pulled back a little.

Reluctantly rubbing her hand, he explained seriously, "The gender of Snake Tribe Cubs can only be determined after they grow to be two or three years old.

Two or three years—can you really wait that long?"

His gaze fell upon the ghost crystal around Tang Ruan's neck.

Many people thought that was her Beast Husband's crystal.

They thought she was crazy.

Trying to find a man who was already dead.

But the Witch Doctor told him that she had once lost a Cub.

So, this crystal might belong to her Cub.

Her Beast Husband had done what his own father wanted to do but failed at—

Killing his own Cub.

That proved Tang Ruan's body was simply not suited for gestating a High-level Beastman of that Energy level.

Naturally, she couldn't gestate his Cub either.

Furthermore, she might not even be of the Snake Tribe.

But he still wanted to be with her.

Yan Qing felt like he was going crazy.

Tang Ruan remained silent.

She hadn't known it took so long to determine the gender of snake beastmen.

She knew even less about when Yan Qing had started to like her.

Could this be the 'destiny' from the dream?

It would be a lie to say she felt absolutely nothing for him.

The sound of her heartbeat already said everything.

However, if she agreed to be with him just because of Lang Lie...

That would be very unfair to Yan Qing.

And she truly wasn't ready to welcome a new relationship yet.

"Then I also—"

"Think about it; we have plenty of time."

He interrupted her.

It was as if he was terrified she would voice her rejection.

He lowered his head and kissed the crown of her head.

A sudden warmth filled Tang Ruan's heart; Lang Lie also loved doing that...

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In the following days, Tang Ruan left early and returned late.

After visiting She Yan, she would go to work in the fields.

She needed some space to think about her relationship with Yan Qing.

Hu Che suddenly became very clingy, except when he was sleeping.

He went wherever she went.

During one meal they shared,

Tang Ruan couldn't help but ask, "Hu Che, do you like me?"

Hu Che's chopsticks froze in mid-air.

It took him a long time to look up, his face covered in question marks.

"Tang Ruan, are you poisoned again?

What nonsense are you talking?"

Tang Ruan said seriously, "I just suddenly realized that you really like being with me."

If all the beastmen who appeared in the dream were destined to fall for her,

Then Hu Che should be the same.

Hu Che stared at her, his eyes flickering.

Sunlight hit his incredibly beautiful face.

Just when Tang Ruan thought he was about to confess to her in the next second,

Hu Che suddenly put down his chopsticks.

He stood up, hands on his hips, and said angrily, "Tang Ruan, we don't have to worry about food or drink now.

I don't need to go out hunting.

The people of the Snake Tribe don't really like me.

I'm bored to death, so I can only follow you out to find some fun.

And you call that... liking you?"

Tang Ruan: ...

Tang Ruan: "Sorry, I was being conceited..."

True, why did she think she was some heartthrob?

Clearly, after being confessed to by a handsome guy of Yan Qing's caliber recently,

She had let it get to her head...

Waaa...

Tang Ruan ate a whole steamed bun with tears in her eyes.

Grain she grew herself really did taste good.

Although her narcissism had made Hu Che angry for a while,

It didn't diminish his enthusiasm for new things at all.

The Sweet Wheat Tang Ruan had planted with the beastmen matured in just one month.

Relying on her memory, she drew a design for a stone mill.

She found a High-level Beastman to build it.

It was placed in the forest for all the beastmen to use together.

Hu Che transformed into a giant fox, and like a puppy that had found a new toy, he pulled the mill, running round and round.

Tang Ruan felt sleepy just watching him.

She leaned against a tree and closed her eyes.

The midday sun hit her face, her eyelashes casting a shadow under her eyes.

Suddenly, the sunlight was blocked.

Tang Ruan dizzily opened a slit of an eye.

She saw a fair-skinned, tall youth standing before her.

"Hu Che..."

She wanted to open her eyes, but her eyelids felt as heavy as a thousand pounds.

Her body couldn't move either.

Hu Che knelt down.

In his amber eyes, a rosy glow swirled.

It was so beautiful it was intoxicating.

He gently tilted her chin up.

He leaned in and kissed her.

The kiss lasted a long time, deep and lingering.

So long that Tang Ruan gave up any thought of struggling, closed her eyes, and accepted his kiss.

She suddenly realized she didn't find Hu Che repulsive at all.

In fact, she was somewhat enjoying it...

"Tang Ruan..."

She was like a marionette in his hands; only at his call could she open her eyes.

His face suddenly became clear.

Against the light, he looked like a god of beauty descending.

"Do you like me?" His voice was like a hook.

Tugging at her every nerve.

Tang Ruan gripped the grass on the ground.

"I like you..."

Hu Che smiled. "Forget today's events, but remember what you said..."

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"Witch Doctor! Hurry and go back!

Leave the rest to us!"

Tang Ruan was woken up by the voice of a beastman.

Opening her eyes, she found she had fallen asleep under the big tree.

Hu Che was nowhere to be seen...

She... she-she-she dreamed of kissing Hu Che again!

This was already the second time!

Last time, in the Outer City beastman's cave, she had dreamed of it too.

And another time, she dreamed of him lying in her arms.

Tang Ruan clutched her hair and buried her head.

She truly was a "lecherous person"!

How could she have such thoughts about the little fox?

He was clearly so innocent!

Tang Ruan suddenly realized how difficult it was to be a virtuous person who remained unmoved by temptation.

Moreover, she wasn't even being tempted!

She was just having wild fantasies because she saw him every day...

Tang Ruan felt emo...

She didn't know how to face Hu Che anymore.

Fortunately, she didn't see him all afternoon.

When she returned in the evening, she passed by his cave and peeked inside.

She didn't see anyone.

Well... she was a little curious where he had gone.

"Are you looking for Hu Che?"

"Ah!"

Yan Qing's voice gave Tang Ruan a fright.

She nodded guiltily.

Although she didn't know what she was feeling guilty about.

Perhaps it was the guilt of... having someone else in her heart while in the presence of the person who liked her...

"I'll help you find him."

Yan Qing still looked expressionless, but Tang Ruan could hear a trace of hurt in his tone.

Before she could refuse,

He had already turned and walked out.

He didn't need to go look for him personally...

He was the Snake King, after all...

On the other side.

Inside a remote mountain cave.

Chief Hu Xiao knelt excitedly before Hu Che.

"Little Prince, it is wonderful that you have finally seen reason!"