Free Web NovelChapter 551: Chapter 403: This Skunk Fierce Beast Has Evolved
After his expression darkened for a moment, Yuan Lang suddenly chuckled. "I’m quite certain I don’t have bad breath. It must be because you’re too far away. Yue, would you like to get a little closer and confirm?"
Wu Yue looked at the single finger’s width of distance between them and silently wiped away a bead of sweat.
’If this isn’t close, then what is?’
As she thought this, her gaze unconsciously fell upon the Beastman’s lips.
’Hmm, they have a nice shape. No fine lines, and they look so plump and soft. They’d probably feel great to kiss.’
"Want to try?"
Still lost in her own wild fantasies, Wu Yue was startled by the Beastman’s amused voice.
She then realized she had just unconsciously said her thoughts out loud, and her face instantly turned beet red.
"Haha... um, let’s just forget it. Even though you’re a Beastman, your innocence is still important. Kissing and all that should be saved for your own mate."
Yuan Lang’s deep eyes filled with amusement. "Mm, I’ll be sure to protect my innocent body."
Wu Yue: "..."
’You really don’t need to tell me whether you’re protecting it or not.’
Seeing the little female’s slightly scrunched-up face, Yuan Lang was amused. He leaned his handsome face in again. "But the mate I’ve chosen is you, Yue. So why don’t you be the one to take that innocence away?"
As he moved closer, the Beastman’s hot breath ghosted across her cheek.
Wu Yue’s breath hitched, and her eyes widened, feeling as if she were about to be sucked into the inky-black depths of his eyes.
’Hey! What kind of devil is this, daring to use a honey trap in broad daylight!’
Yuan Lang took in the little female’s nervousness, and the smile on his face softened. The tip of his high-bridged nose was already faintly touching hers.
"Go for it! Go for it, you’re almost there!"
"Can you fucking keep your voice down..."
Her face bright red, Wu Yue’s eyes flew open. She placed her hands on Yuan Lang’s chest and pushed him away.
"There’s... there are people..."
Yuan Lang closed his eyes, trying to suppress the fiery rage surging within him. But the thought of how he had been just a hair’s breadth from kissing her made the embers of his anger, which he had almost extinguished, roar back to life as if doused in oil.
He reached out and patted the little female’s head. "Be good. I’m leaving now. We’ll continue when I get back from the deep forest."
With that, he picked up the three wicker baskets and stalked out of the courtyard with a menacing grin.
The group currently huddled at the base of the wall had no idea Yuan Lang was heading their way. Afraid of being discovered after speaking too loudly, they were all squeezed together with their heads down, terrified of being spotted if they peeked out.
"Looks like Yuan Lang and Yue didn’t notice us, heh."
The group snickered, grabbing the top of the courtyard wall to peek inside again, only to find themselves staring right into a pair of luminous, watery eyes.
"!!!"
"Yue, what a coincidence! What are you doing here?"
Wu Yue stared blankly at her suicidal friends. "This is my house. What do you think?"
Qingcao said awkwardly, "Oh, right. I totally forgot this was your house."
She slowly lowered herself from her tiptoes. "Um, we were just passing by... just passing by..."
Teng Kun, who was beside her, nodded vigorously. "Yep, just passing by, hehe..."
On the other side, Teng Qian and the female Beastman nodded frantically, their expressions showing nothing but fervent agreement.
’And what a coincidence it was! Just passing by and stumbling upon such a thrilling scene... it must be a special kind of fate.’
Wu Yue glanced at the Beastman standing behind them, his face as black as thunder, then flashed an exceedingly gentle smile. "I believe that you were just passing by, but..."
As she spoke, she tilted her chin. "I don’t know if the person behind you believes it, though."
The group froze, suddenly overcome with a very bad feeling.
They turned their heads with a creaking, mechanical slowness...
"Yuan... Yuan Lang... What are you doing here too?"
Qingcao greeted him, her face twisting into a grimace. Her heart was filled with despair.
Teng Qian and Teng Kun were so pale it wasn’t even worth mentioning, yet they still had to force a smile.
Wu Yue looked at this cowardly bunch. ’Is this what they call ’smiling through the tears’?’
Yuan Lang’s expression was so ugly that no one doubted for a second they were about to be served a knuckle sandwich.
The female Beastman looked at her future mate’s cowardly display, poked Teng Qian in the rear with exasperation, and said, "Why are you so scared? Don’t be a wimp, just fight him!"
Teng Qian looked up at her with teary eyes. "I can’t beat him!"
The female Beastman: "..."
She gave Teng Qian an indignant look. "You’re such a disappointment! Hmph!"
With that, she shot a harsh glare at Teng Qian, who had curled into a cowardly ball, then turned and left in a huff, swinging her arms angrily.
