Chapter 69: Are you hurt? Is it your feet?
For a moment Ya Yun even wondered if she had heard wrong, but no, Lin Huahua’s face was serious, and the way she said it carried no hesitation at all.
Meanwhile, Hu Baiyu’s lion ears had gone bright red.
He stood there looking huge and powerful and completely lost, because this was the first time in his life he had heard something like this come from her mouth so openly. A three-striped lion beastman, who could make other males lower their heads from pressure alone, was now standing there trying very hard not to smile too obviously because his female had just claimed him in front of another woman.
He wanted to hug her.
He wanted to pull her into his arms and bury his face against her hair and stay there for a while.
But Hu Baiyu stayed perfectly still like the good shy lion he was, his blue eyes soft and a little dazed, his lion ears twitching with happy nervousness under his thick white hair, because hearing his tiny female claim him so openly made his big powerful chest feel too full and warm, like something sweet and scary was blooming there that he did not know how to hold.
But he did not move.
He only clenched his hands once at his sides, trying to contain himself like a good lion.
Mu Qingyi was not doing much better inside.
The gentle deer beastman had always loved her quietly, tenderly, and with a heart so loyal that even pain had not managed to shake it. But hearing her say those words, hearing her call them her males and sound so possessive about it, made something warm and fierce spread through his chest.
He smiled.
A real smile.
The kind that softened his whole handsome face and made him look even more dangerously fine than before. The broad bare chest, the strong shoulders, the powerful thighs beneath his hide beast skirt, the great antlers on his head, and now that smile too, it was really unfair how attractive these beastmen were.
Lin Huahua happened to glance at him and felt her own heart wobble for one second.
Aiyo.
Why were they all looking at her like that?
Ya Yun saw their reactions too, and the more she saw, the more furious she became inside.
What was so special about this female?
Yes, she was undeniably pretty.
No, not just pretty.
Today she looked annoyingly beautiful.
But even so, she was still the same female who had treated these males the worst. She had humiliated them, ordered them around, ignored them, and rejected them. So why were they reacting as if she had just given them the sun itself?
It made no sense.
And yet Ya Yun could not keep pushing now, because the moment had already turned against her. Her original plan had only been to bump into Hu Baiyu while gathering fruits and stay near him for a while, maybe speak softly, maybe look pitiful, maybe let the princess cause her own trouble as usual. But instead, she had been humiliated, and Hu Baiyu had abandoned her the second Lin Huahua called.
There was no face left to save.
So she could only bow her head and say, "Yes, Princess."
Her voice came out tight despite her effort.
Then she gathered her basket properly and prepared to leave, though the jealousy in her heart still burned like a coal.
Lin Huahua watched her for a moment with narrowed eyes, and only when Ya Yun truly started going did she finally look away.
Then she turned toward Hu Baiyu.
The moment she did, another strange feeling rose in her chest.
He was so huge.
Even standing there quietly, he looked enormous compared to her. His muscular body cast a shadow over part of the ground, and with the silver white hair, the lion ears, and that broad chest left bare above his hide beast skirt, he looked every bit like the kind of male who should make a person feel safe and threatened at the same time.
Lin Huahua stared up at him and, for some reason, did not know exactly why she was annoyed.
Was she annoyed because he was too close to another woman?
Was she annoyed because he was too tall?
Was she annoyed because he looked innocent and guilty and handsome all at once, and that only made everything worse?
In the end, she did not sort her thoughts out at all.
Lin Huahua only let out a small annoyed huff that made her fluffy white rat tail flick hard once behind her, her big brown eyes narrowing in confusion because she felt all warm and grumpy at the same time, and she did not know whether she was annoyed at Ya Yun or at herself or at how handsome and innocent Hu Baiyu looked standing there with his ears still a little red.
She crossed her arms she turned and tried to walk off.
That lasted exactly one second.
The moment her bare feet touched the rougher patch of stone near the entrance, Lin Huahua winced so hard that her whole little body jolted.
"Ouch! Ouch!"
The sound came out before she could stop it.
At once, both males reacted.
Mu Qingyi’s expression changed immediately and he stepped forward. "What is wrong?"
Hu Baiyu moved even faster.
The lion dropped to his knees in front of her so quickly that Lin Huahua was startled, and before she could even explain, his hands were already reaching for her legs with careful urgency.
Lin Huahua looked down at him in shock.
Mu Qingyi was there in the next second too, his calm face suddenly full of concern as he crouched to look properly. "Are you hurt? Is it your feet?"
The two of them looked so seriously worried that for one awkward breath Lin Huahua almost forgot what she was upset about.
Then she remembered the sharp ground, made a face, and said, "The stones are too sharp."
Both males froze.
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