74: Chapter 74 Can't I hug him?

As soon as the voice fell, several large trees in the distance burst into flames in response.

The Beastmen kneeling under the trees screamed and rolled to the side. The Cub was so scared that it began to wail loudly.

Even Tang Ruan was startled. After these past few days of getting along, especially after yesterday... the relationship between the two had further improved.

In truth, Tang Ruan was no longer afraid of him. But just now, she had witnessed his terrifying side once again.

His obedient appearance from yesterday suddenly flashed through her mind. Tang Ruan hesitated for a moment. She walked over and sat back down on his lap. She raised her hands and wrapped them around his neck.

Yan Qing: ... When Yan Qing lowered his eyes to look at her, the vertical pupils that had appeared just moments ago had already vanished. A trace of a smile still hung on the corners of his mouth.

Tang Ruan: ... Confirmed! Yan Qing is truly a love-struck fool!

"Yan Qing, they are all my friends. Could you please not be so fierce to them?" Tang Ruan softened her tone.

Yan Qing couldn't help but peck her on the lips. "I will listen to you in everything."

Tang Ruan pursed her lips, suppressing her laughter, her eyes filled with triumph. Ahhh! She seemed to have discovered some kind of switch for him! This is so fun!

She tried hard to hide the secret joy in her heart. She thought she had hidden it well, but he still saw through her.

"Are you feeling smug?" Tang Ruan: ... "Because I listen to you?"

Tang Ruan: Is this a threat? Will answering incorrectly anger him? Had she underestimated Yan Qing?

Yan Qing suddenly leaned in, his focused gaze causing Tang Ruan to shrink back in a hurry. His hand gently gripped the back of her neck, applying pressure slowly, still giving her no room to retreat.

Yan Qing kissed her on the forehead. Tang Ruan: ... Tang Ruan: She really thought he was going to hit her...

"Feel free to be smug; a Beast Husband is naturally supposed to listen to his Mistress." He rubbed his nose against hers.

"From now on, there is no need to hide it. I am definitely one of the Beast Husbands you should be proud of..."

Tang Ruan: Yan Qing really has a strong sense of Beast World "husbandly virtue"; he doesn't care how many Beast Husbands she has. He just wants to be her pride.

Tang Ruan patted her chest and watched him turn his head to look at the crowd. "Hurry up and eat!" His tone was a little better, but his gaze could still scare someone to death.

The few Beastmen finished the steamed buns with tears in their eyes. With tears in their eyes, they gave the evaluation that it was "delicious." Tang Ruan also thought it was delicious. But in this situation, even if they didn't think it was good, no one would dare say so!

Tang Ruan decided to bring some back for She Yan and the others to taste. Their evaluation would be the most genuine one.

After packing up the buns, Tang Ruan discovered that there was still quite a lot of the prepared meat and various vegetables left. Leaving them here would be a waste since the Beastmen wouldn't know how to cook them. She suddenly thought—

"Yan Qing, can you make an oven?" "What is that?"

Tang Ruan drew the shape of an oven on the ground. In half a minute, Yan Qing carved it out of a giant rock. Tang Ruan was so excited she was incoherent.

"Then... what about a pizza pan?" "Is it like this?" As she drew it, he had already finished making it using his Supernatural Ability.

"A wok!" "A kettle!" "A medicine pot!" Whatever Tang Ruan said, he would carve it using his Supernatural Ability.

Finally, under Tang Ruan's "guidance," he also baked pizza, scallion pancakes, rose cakes, apple pies... Looking at the food piled up on the table, Tang Ruan's eyes welled up with tears.

He is not a Snake King; he is Doraemon! Having Yan Qing is equivalent to having a temperature-controlled device and a food processing plant.

At this moment, Tang Ruan's desire to obtain Yan Qing's heart reached its peak. It was just one more Beast Husband; it wasn't impossible... The main thing was that this Beast Husband was simply too useful!

Tang Ruan distributed some of the food to the Beastmen in the Outer City. She planned to take the rest back for the Snake Tribe to taste. Once they selected their favorites, she would teach the Beastmen in the Outer City how to make them. Anyway, now she possessed a full set of kitchenware, hahahaha!

It's just that there is so much... how should she carry it? Tang Ruan looked at Yan Qing. "You don't happen to have a spatial ability too, do you..." Yan Qing smiled contemptuously. "This kind of Supernatural Ability of a Mid-level Beastman..."

Tang Ruan patted her chest and let out a breath. Fortunately, he wasn't truly perfect. Otherwise, she would have suspected she was daydreaming. But when she looked up... uh... "I've packed it all up for you, let's go back!"

Tang Ruan: Doraemon—Yan Qing! Having made so many things, they returned to the Snake Tribe, and it wasn't even dinnertime yet.

Tang Ruan took some to let the familiar Beastmen in the Inner City taste them. Yan Qing had originally intended to send someone to do it. But what he distributed, in the eyes of the Beastmen, should be called a "reward"... Who would dare to say it wasn't delicious?

When she arrived at She Yan's home, she mentioned the situation with the snake eggs. Hearing that the snake eggs were developing very well, the father of the snake eggs was so excited his eyes welled up with tears.

She Yan didn't have much of a surprised expression; she chased away the Beast Husband beside her, wanting to speak with Tang Ruan alone. "Tang Ruan... there is a matter I would like you to convey to the Snake King on my behalf..."

"What is it?" Tang Ruan asked curiously. She Yan was an elder of the Snake Tribe, and her adult sons all worked under Yan Qing. What kind of matter could she have that she couldn't say herself?

"It is about that sheep at the entrance of the Snake Kings Cave; I was the one who sent it, not She Lei. Could you please ask the Snake King not to arrange for my son to be sent to another city..."

So it was She Lei who sent it! Tang Ruan suddenly realized. If She Yan had wanted to send it, there would have been no need to sneak it to the door. Furthermore, that day, She Ming had told Tang Ruan that "sending the tenderest food to the most delicate Female Beastman" was a traditional way for the Snake Tribe to show affection.

That sheep still had traces of lightning and fire-type Supernatural Ability on its body. She Lei had also long shown interest in her. That was why Yan Qing had said, "I know who it is." She just hadn't expected him to act so quickly. He was already planning to send the person away...

She Yan was hoping to take the responsibility for this matter upon herself so that her son wouldn't have to leave. The heart of a parent is always pitiable... It is the same in the Beast World. "I will ask for you," Tang Ruan said. If she pleaded for She Lei directly, she was afraid he would be even angrier.

--- Tang Ruan picked out a few of the items she thought were made best from all the food and brought them to find Hu Che. He must have never eaten these things before.

As soon as Tang Ruan walked into the cave entrance, she was startled. She saw that the walls inside the cave were densely covered with marks left by sharp claws. "Hu Che!" Tang Ruan rushed into the cave.

Hu Che, in his giant fox form, was lying lazily on the ground. Hearing Tang Ruan's voice, he slowly raised his head and transformed into his human form. Tang Ruan hurriedly put down the things and rushed over. "What's wrong with you? Are you sick?"

Hu Che looked up at Tang Ruan, who was kneeling in front of him. Suddenly, he shifted his body, placed his head on her lap, and rubbed against her. Tang Ruan: ...

"Hu Che, are you sick?" He was rubbing his face against her stomach; this posture was too ambiguous... Perhaps he felt it was comfortable. Hu Che reached out a hand and hooked it around her waist.

Bringing the two closer, he rubbed against her even more unscrupulously. "Hu Che, where exactly are you uncomfortable?" Tang Ruan asked nervously. "Don't be noisy." Tang Ruan: ...

"I'm dreaming, why are you so noisy?" He switched to using both hands, hugging her waist tightly. Three black lines appeared on Tang Ruan's head. So he thought he was dreaming...

So, in his dreams, was Hu Che this intimate with her? Tang Ruan waited for a few minutes, waiting for him to realize it himself. But he didn't seem to have any intention of "waking up."

She had to gently push him. "Hu Che, you aren't dreaming; I've come to see you." Hu Che's body trembled. He slowly raised his head, looking at her with an innocent face. Then he slowly sat up. "I know..."

He wasn't even the slightest bit embarrassed! Hu Che sat facing the wall, looking up at the claw marks covering the wall. "What is going on with these? Did you get into a fight with someone?"

Tang Ruan realized at this moment that it seemed like he had scratched them himself. Hu Che did not answer this question. "If it isn't a dream, can I not hug you?"