8: Chapter 8 Where are you looking?

Lang Lie wrapped one arm firmly around her waist.

He leaned down, his nose grazing her shoulder as he took a light sniff.

Tang Ruan: !!!

Tang Ruan's entire head instantly flushed crimson.

She reflexively tried to push him away—

He didn't budge.

"Don't move..."

Lang Lie's magnetic voice rang in her ear.

"Unless you have a guilty conscience..."

Tang Ruan: ...

Tang Ruan didn't listen to him.

She shifted from a sudden burst of power to a continuous push with both hands.

But it was obvious that regardless of her method, he remained as steady as a mountain.

The disparity in strength between a Male Beastman and a Female Beastman was simply too vast.

Inexplicably, she thought of that dream again.

That person had been just as forceful, holding all the dominance...

Ah!!!

What time was it? Why was she still thinking about such scandalous things!

Lang Lie's nose slid down from her shoulder, sniffing lightly along her body.

However, besides the moment his nose touched her shoulder, he maintained a distance of over ten centimeters from her.

But the more he acted this way, the more ambiguous the atmosphere became.

Worse still, Lang Lie stood with his back to the Marmot Beastmen.

His tall stature completely shielded Tang Ruan from their view.

They couldn't see what he was doing at all!

So...

At this moment, the Marmot Beastmen's expressions were—0o0!

Potato's Mother: Tang Ruan is sacrificing her dignity to protect our Tribe; it's so moving.

Potato: Ahhh! Tang Ruan is going to be eaten.

Wolf beastmen must love eating hairless prey!

No, she had to save her!

If Hongshu and Potato's five older brothers hadn't been pulling her back with all their might, Potato would have already rushed forward to snatch food from the wolf's mouth.

Fortunately, things did not develop in the direction she feared.

"This is it!"

With a gentle tug, Lang Lie pulled off a 'grass rope' tied around Tang Ruan's waist.

When this little Female Beastman first approached him, he had smelled a unique scent of fresh grass.

He had thought it was a scent characteristic of her Tribe.

But after a day of contact, only the scent on her body smelled the best.

Hmm, even without this... she smells good.

The wolf Tribe's sense of smell was extremely sensitive; he subconsciously took a deep breath.

"Is this the secret why the poisonous insects don't bite you?" His broad palm held the thin insect-repellent belt.

It was as if he were holding her little life in his hands...

"Yes," Tang Ruan admitted generously. "I just didn't expect that you powerful wolf Tribe members would also be afraid of tiny insects."

"That doesn't sound like the truth." Lang Lie curled one corner of his mouth.

He didn't believe her lies; if she had said she simply forgot, he would have believed it even less.

Tang Ruan lowered her eyes and stopped explaining.

"Make four more of these for me!" Lang Lie closed his palm and turned to leave.

As soon as Lang Lie left, the Marmot Beastmen swarmed around her.

"Tang Ruan, are you okay!" Potato lunged forward and pulled Tang Ruan into a full hug.

Fleshy Potato was a small 1.5-meter 'potato'.

Tang Ruan couldn't help but reach out and pat her head.

"Tang Ruan, don't make them for them. He stole our territory; those poisonous insects should just bite them to death!" one beastman said.

"Right! We can't give it to them."

"But if we don't hand them over, they'll definitely cause trouble for Tang Ruan," Potato said.

"How about making some fakes?"

"Nonsense!" Potato's Mother let out an angry roar, and all the beastmen fell silent.

Potato's Mother took Tang Ruan's hand, her eyes flashing with a glimmer of hope.

"Tang Ruan, make them for them, and make them earnestly!"

Because the Marmot Tribe was weak, they had lived a life of hiding for many years.

Whether they could rely on the great tree that was the wolf Tribe to revitalize the Marmot Tribe depended entirely on Tang Ruan.

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The next morning, another dozen or so wolf Tribe beastmen entered Dongdong Valley.

Hongshu stood on a large rock, providing a live broadcast.

"Two females.

Six cubs.

Two elderly ones...

They're carrying another one in..."

"They all look like the old, weak, sick, and disabled," Potato's Second Father said while massaging Potato's Mother's shoulders.

"I guessed as much." Potato's Mother squinted her eyes in enjoyment. "If the wolf Tribe were still as powerful as before, why would they take an interest in a place like ours?"

To the Marmot Beastmen, Dongdong Valley was a paradise where they didn't have to worry about food or clothing.

To wild wolves who galloped across the wilderness, it was, at most, a slightly larger cage.

The greatest advantage of Dongdong Valley was its concealment; it wasn't easily discovered by other Tribes.

It was suitable for resting and recuperating.

"Then do we still have a chance to take back our land?" Second Father followed up.

Last night, all the Marmot Beastmen had moved to the Granary area, further away from Yougu Forest.

But the caves here were limited, and the temporary partitioned caves were very small and uncomfortable to live in.

During the day, they all gathered outside.

"Instead of taking back the land, it's better to find a way to make them expand the territory," Potato's Mother said, looking at Tang Ruan.

Tang Ruan understood perfectly.

Once the wolf Tribe had the insect-repellent belts, they might find that the forest was more suitable for them to live in.

When that time came, they would move out of the marmots' territory.

She quickened the movements of her hands.

"Do you want to go measure their patriarch's waist?" Potato's Mother suddenly asked.

Tang Ruan: ...

"No need... I'll just weave it a bit longer!"

She felt it was better to avoid provoking him!

But the man's firm eight-pack abs still surfaced in her mind...

His waist... this length should be enough.

Forget it, she'd weave it longer just in case it wasn't enough.

The result was that Tang Ruan used up all her stored materials and only wove three belts.

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Lang Lie held the three belts, which were almost as long as he was tall, and fell into deep thought...

"Am I a ball in your heart?"

"Your Beast Form is tall and mighty; your waist will naturally be a bit thicker.

Hehe, hehe..."

She gave a couple of dry laughs.

Hearing her praise him, Lang Lie's expression softened slightly.

"Cut them up and give them to the females and cubs first." He threw the three belts to Lang Chi.

"Sure thing!" Lang Chi caught them and leaned in. "Little female, do you want to measure my waist first?"

He pointed at his own abs.

Tang Ruan noticed that one of his abdominal muscles had been bitten by a poisonous insect; it was severely swollen and had even turned a bit purple.

The recipe for the antidote suddenly flashed through her mind.

"What are you looking at?"

Lang Lie's stern voice gave her a start.

"No... nothing." She wouldn't tell them the method to detoxify; they deserved to suffer for a few more days.

"I've run out of materials. I need to go near the forest to gather some," Tang Ruan said.

The wolf Tribe had occupied the only path to the forest; she felt it was necessary to give them a heads-up.

"I'll go with you," Lang Lie said.

"Huh?"

"I need more, one for every wolf Tribe beastman."

He hadn't considered it thoroughly yesterday.

Today he discovered that besides the poisonous insects, there were no particularly dangerous animals in the nearby forest.

It was very suitable for the cubs to play and train in.

If the wolf Tribe wanted to continue thriving, they couldn't rely solely on these few males to support the Tribe.

They had to make the next generation strong as soon as possible.

"Okay, but..."

She was about to say, 'But we don't have insect-repellent belts, we can't go deep into the forest, so we might not be able to gather that much material.'

Then she suddenly noticed that the belt Lang Lie had taken yesterday was currently wrapped around his wrist.

It was wrapped three times and tied in a dead knot.

Her belt actually looked inexplicably fitting on his wrist.

Fine then...

With Lang Lie following her, Tang Ruan boldly set off toward the depths of the forest.

This trip was quite a revelation...

"This is useful...

This is useful!

This is also useful!"

Tang Ruan felt as if she were seeing gold all over the ground.

She kept pulling and pulling!

This one treats rheumatism and colds.

This one is incredibly good for treating bruises and injuries.

She declared this place a gathering holy land!

Seeing that she couldn't even hold everything anymore,

Lang Lie took the initiative to help her put the herbs into his storage space first.

He squatted down beside her, pulled up a small blade of grass identical to the one in Tang Ruan's hand, and sniffed it.

"This shouldn't be a material needed for the belts."