"Ahhh, it hurts so much, Qiao Ci, how dare you hit me, you beast..." Lu Yan's body was scratched in multiple places, and even her face was cut. She couldn't help but curse.
Upon seeing Qiao Ci's cold gaze, she immediately fell silent.
At that moment, she felt that Qiao Ci would really kill her.
Leng Yan, who had never seen such a scene, scrambled away. Even when she returned to Nan An's side, she was still trembling.
"What's wrong?" Although he disliked her always persuading him to leave the tribe, seeing her so pitiful and weak, Nan An couldn't help but feel concerned.
"Qiao Ci just tried to kill me." Lu Yan's eyes still held fear.
"What happened specifically?" Nan An asked, his expression angry. Why was Lu Yan always stirring up trouble?
Lu Yan knew that while Nan An loved her, his intelligence was still intact.
She certainly couldn't truthfully tell him about her instigating things, but she couldn't stand Nan An's questioning and disdainful look. So, she loudly accused:
"I was almost killed, and you're not going to confront Qiao Ci, not worrying about my injuries, and you're questioning me right off the bat. Nan An, do you still have me in your heart?"
After yelling, she lay on the bed, covering her head with animal hide, her body trembling slightly under the hide, as if she had suffered a great injustice.
Nan An looked at Lu Yan with deep eyes and pointed to his leg: "How am I supposed to reason with her? Should I ask her to break my other leg too?"
Nan An couldn't help but have reservations about his leg, as the treatment was delayed, potentially leaving him with a limp.
If it weren't for his love for her, he would have exploded long ago. Now that he was no longer the leader, he had to recover in the tribe. She kept urging him to leave the tribe, then complained about this or that being bad for her or mocking her. Nan An had the patience to comfort her at first, but now only felt endless frustration.
Which former leader, after being challenged and overthrown, didn't end up living the life of the lowest rung, constantly targeted by the new leader? However, after Qiao Ci became the leader, she had never troubled him.
Moreover, Qiao Ci was protected by the gods, and he didn't want to be her enemy.
After the passion subsided, and finding himself in a low point, Nan An was surprisingly rational.
Hearing his sarcastic rhetorical question, Lu Yan couldn't stand it and sat up abruptly: "Nan An, what do you mean?"
Seeing her swollen eyes from crying, Nan An felt a pang of concern again. Conflicted, he stepped forward and hugged her to comfort her: "Qiao Ci is at the height of her power right now. Can we avoid her strength for now?"
"Hmph hmph." Lu Yan felt a little guilty about his leg, and she had intended to escape from here today anyway.
However, she had a strong premonition that the man she met, who was glowing with beauty, was definitely not simple. He might even be her destined one.
She had to stay and observe. She absolutely could not let him fall into the clutches of the old demon Qiao Ci.
*
Qiao Ci had taught Lu Yan a lesson. Fearing that Ming Xi would be scared, she had already prepared an explanation. To her surprise, he seemed unfazed, showing no unnecessary emotions, like a well-behaved little white rabbit.
Hmm, a good cub~
"You can stay here for now. Tell me anytime if you need anything."
"Are all the people here tiger beastmen?" Ming Xi asked cautiously.
"Yes." Of course, the tiger tribe would be full of tigers, right? Didn't Xiao Shaozi sense that birds of a feather flock together and transform into a little cub that hadn't taken human form?
Thinking that the little cub could scare him, Qiao Ci asked with a grave expression, "What animal forms are you afraid of?"
"Mmm, actually, I'm not that timid. It's just that I get startled when I see them suddenly. It's not that exaggerated usually." Ming Xi felt that his method of striking up a conversation using the little cub was too shameless, and his ear tips turned slightly red as he explained.
"That's good." Qiao Ci nodded.
If he was afraid of everything, she would have to take him into seclusion.
Ming Xi just wanted to talk to her more, but he rarely interacted with people and wasn't good at conversation.
Suddenly, his eyes lit up: "Is that little cub today your companion? I'm unfamiliar with this place and the people here. Can it keep me company? And I need to apologize to it, after all, it was beaten because of me."
"Of course." Given that Xiao Shaozi got along well with Dan Qing in the previous life, Qiao Ci confidently called the little cub in to keep Ming Xi company.
Xiao Shaozi, knowing it had been entrusted with an important task, trotted in with its furry head, circling Ming Xi to show goodwill.
Ming Xi also bent down and held the little cub in his arms. The little cub closed its eyes contentedly. The man and the tiger got along harmoniously.
Qiao Ci was completely relieved. It seemed Ming Xi wasn't really afraid of tigers.
"By the way, aren't you curious about what my true form is?" Ming Xi found another topic and quickly turned his gaze to Qiao Ci.
"Then what beast are you?" Qiao Ci cooperated readily.
"I am a leopard, known for my speed. I have some connection with your tiger tribe." Ming Xi felt a long-lost sense of nostalgia when he spoke of his true form. Now, he no longer belonged to the leopard tribe.
He was abandoned by the leopard tribe because of his frail health, and his father saved him.
However, his father had already perished, and he lived aimlessly every day until he accidentally saw Qiao Ci.
That feeling of a thousand years at a glance brought him joy and confusion. The more he secretly watched her day by day, the more he wanted to get closer, so he came to the tiger tribe...
Leopard???
Qiao Ci thought of a meme from the modern era, and a smile bloomed in her eyes. She suddenly wanted to see his true form.
Qiao Ci wasn't one to just think and not act, so she honestly asked, "Can I see your true form?"
Ming Xi looked at Qiao Ci with a hint of hesitation: "Because I had some issues before, I can no longer transform into my full beast form. My half-beast form... is very ugly."
"It won't be." Qiao Ci comforted him.
In her heart, she thought she absolutely couldn't laugh at her cub, even if he was half-human, half-beast, she couldn't show any inappropriate expression.
As Qiao Ci braced herself, her face tense, ready to face a storm, the pure and beautiful youth before her, his ears trembled slightly, turning into fluffy, round leopard ears, and he flinched and shook them.
The next second, a long tail emerged from behind the youth, as if shy, and quickly retreated behind him, then occasionally poked its head out...
This? Ugly?
Does the youth have any misunderstanding about himself?
Qiao Ci had prepared herself to accept her cub's non-human, non-beast true form.
Good heavens, but he hits her with a bombshell right away?
Who could possibly stand this?
The youth's holy appearance, innocent eyes, fluffy ears, and mischievous tail were a visual shock that made Qiao Ci's blood surge.
Who wouldn't be mesmerized by a little celestial man with inherent charm?
Qiao Ci quickly turned her head and tilted her face up.
In any case, she would absolutely not admit to being the "pervert" that Xiao Shaozi had mentioned.
Remembering Xiao Shaozi, she quickly picked it up and fled in disarray.
Ming Xi was stunned, then felt a sense of loss. His un-mighty half-beast form had ultimately disgusted her, hadn't it?
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