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Chapter 605: Chapter 608: The Cut Off Hair
While waiting, the three of them were idling away the time with some oddly matched chatter.
A slight breeze blew across, causing a wave of fresh grass scent to waft through the air—it was quite pleasant.
Xi’en awkwardly touched his cut-off hair, and couldn’t help but ask, "Su Tang, do you know how my hair got chopped off?"
Surprised by the question, Su Tang repeated the thrilling story of how Gaiyin saved him, embellishing it here and there. She privately hoped that Xi’en would feel indebted to them.
However, Su Tang didn’t expect that Xi’en’s focus had entirely shifted.
There was a hint of strangeness on Xi’en’s face. As he touched his hair, he murmured to himself, "It was chopped off by a beastman? How could it be a beastman..."
Not hearing clearly what Xi’en said and assuming it was to her, Su Tang asked again, "Huh? What did you say just now?"
Xi’en hesitated repeatedly. His cheeks slightly reddened, and he spoke softly, "The... the beastman you mentioned, the one who chopped off my hair, has he found a mate yet?"
Not grasping the meaning behind Xi’en’s question, and thinking it wasn’t a big deal and not worth hiding, she responded.
So she shook her head, "Not yet." But soon...
She didn’t utter the second part. Since she was the concerned party, it was an embarrassing thing for her to say.
Upon hearing this, Xi’en heaved a sigh of relief, "That’s good."
Just as Su Tang was about to ask him what he meant, she heard Qiu Mo shouting from a distance.
"Tangtang, look quickly! Someone’s coming back!"
Turning her gaze in the direction, Su Tang saw a figure approaching. It turned out to be her big tiger.
Maybe the tiger had flown too fast, Gaiyin had faint sweat on his forehead. Su Tang gently wiped it off for him, "How did it go? Did you find anything?"
"I didn’t dare to fly too far; I found nothing." Gaiyin shook his head, then promptly turned to Xi’en, "When did he wake up?"
So Su Tang did the introductions, "Oh, he woke up shortly after you left. He’s Xi’en, the young master of the Ming Deer Clan. Xi’en, this is the beastman that saved you, his name is Gaiyin."
Xi’en started sizing up Gaiyin.
His gaze moved back and forth over him, filled with curiosity, a touch of shyness, and a hint of resignation.
Gaiyin gave Xi’en a slightly disgruntled look, expecting him to restrain himself, but grumpily realized that Xi’en had not even noticed.
Gaiyin was exasperated.
He looked at Su Tang, his eyes full of: Does this beastman have any cat cakes?
Feeling awkward, Su Tang chuckled and patted the big tiger’s back: He may indeed have cat cakes, don’t mind him, it’s no big deal if he looks at you a few times.
But if Su Tang knew that Xi’en was not just taking a few glances at Gaiyin, she would definitely be the first to step in and stop him!
Xi’en was sizing up Gaiyin; he liked him more and more!
The looks were acceptable, good physique, seemed pretty strong, wasn’t clingy, except for the fact that he wasn’t a female, everything else was to Xi’en’s liking.
Under Xi’en’s weird gaze, the four of them sat quietly for quite a while, waiting until the other two returned.
After expressing that she hadn’t found anything, it was Yadang’s turn to speak.
"I noticed some signs of beastmen activity over there. I didn’t go any further and decided to come back first."
Xi’en joined the conversation, "That’s the territory of the Sky Fox Clan. They occasionally come here to hunt Moo Beasts for a change of taste, which is why there are traces left."
