Ye Luoxing took Bei Yan's hand and walked downstairs and out of the wooden house, not letting go the whole time.
Bei Yan let her hold his hand, and even slowly took her hand, holding it tightly.
Man Ling glanced over and whispered to Di Kuli and the others with a smile, "It seems this one might work too."
Qing Yang and Ji Mu lowered their eyes and looked at the hands held by each other. Lu Lan's gaze moved to Bei Yan's neck and stared at it in a daze for a few seconds.
"I thought you would get there first, but I didn't expect that the red bird would get there first." Feng He pursed his lips and whispered, slowly following behind.
Lu Lan turned his head and looked at Feng He. He knew that Feng He was talking to him. Lu Lan remained silent and didn't say much.
Outside the wooden house, the guarding flamingos transformed into animal forms, obviously intending to carry Ye Luoxing over. Ye Luoxing let go of Bei Yan's hand, but he didn't let go. She turned to look at him, and saw Bei Yan speak first: "Since you're already holding it, don't let go."
"Hmm?" Ye Luoxing uttered a single word in confusion when she saw Bei Yan pulling her straight towards the flamingo.
When Feng He saw this scene, the corners of his mouth, which had just returned to normal after he thought she was going to separate from him, quickly deflated again.
Bei Yan changed from holding to hugging, holding Ye Luoxing in one hand and lightly jumped onto the back of the flamingo, then pulled her down to sit.
Bei Yan whispered in her ear, "The day of the Beast King's selection is not far away. Now is the time to let the orcs of Beast City get to know you better and deepen our relationship. Now that we've come this far, can you help me pretend to be more like you?"
As he said this, his ruby-like eyes stared at her steadily, but the unfathomable depth in his eyes seemed inconsistent with his words.
Bei Yan smelled very nice. Ye Luoxing didn't say anything. She nodded and said, "Okay."
Bei Yan smiled brightly, and the flamingo under him took off. A colorful team flew towards the outer city. Lu Lan, Feng He and others sat on the backs of other flamingos and followed behind. Their expressions were different yet somewhat similar.
Further away in the inner city, near the main peak, Krolin stood on a secluded high place, watching the flock of birds and beasts flying away.
He showed a gentle yet somewhat crazy smile, with deep obsession in his eyes. He whispered: "A Luo, I finally... see you again."
The north wind carried the evil spirit of these beasts away. Before the orcs in the Beast City discovered them, the orcs had disappeared from the spot, leaving only a desolate silence.
In the sky heading towards the outer city.
Bei Yan held her hand with his right hand, raised his left hand, and stroked the thing on her neck again, and the smile on the corner of his mouth deepened.
Ye Luoxing tilted her head, noticed his expression, and said, "Do you like it that much?"
Bei Yan couldn't hide the smile on his face. He looked at her and said, "I like it very much."
Bei Yan held her hand tightly and asked, "When you put this thing on the snowy owl, he should have told you what it meant, right?"
Ye Luoxing nodded: "Well, he told me, but I just said that I will not be responsible for you."
Bei Yan asked again, "Did you say the same thing to him?"
Ye Luoxing did not answer. She didn't think too much about it when she gave Feng He the information collector. At that time, she didn't even know that Feng He was an orc.
Seeing she didn't answer, Bei Yan didn't ask any further questions. He just stared into the distance and said seriously, "Every male beast is taught the importance of the throat by his father from birth. This is because it is the way beastmen need to communicate. It is even more important when surviving in the wild or hunting. Once the throat is controlled by an enemy beast, no matter how powerful the beast is, it will become a loser."
Ye Luoxing listened quietly to Bei Yan's story. She didn't interrupt, but just looked into the distance. Family, to her, was a very distant word...
"Of course, one of the most important reasons is that the male and female beasts here are different." Bei Yan said this.
He turned to her, "The neck strap you took off was given to me by my father, the beast. I have never taken it off since I became an adult."
Bei Yan's sudden words made Ye Luoxing turn to him in surprise. She was in a trance for a moment, and she always felt that his red eyes were full of stars at this moment.
But she couldn't read those eyes. Perhaps at this moment, Bei Yan couldn't even read himself. The complexity in his heart was expressed through his eyes...
Ye Luoxing was stunned for only a few seconds before she reached into her pocket and took out the bright red neckband. She handed it back to him carefully: "I'm sorry, I might have been too rude just now. This thing is very important to you. I'm returning it to you. Please keep it well."
Ye Luoxing didn't throw it away at that time. The thing felt very good in her hand, and she guessed that he might need it.
Bei Yan lowered his eyes and stared at what she handed him. He laughed, let go of her hand, and took the red ribbon.
Just as Ye Luoxing was about to withdraw her hand, he grabbed her hand again. Under Ye Luoxing's surprised eyes, Bei Yan slowly wrapped the red ribbon around her wrist. As he wrapped it, he said, "This bright red ribbon, dyed with the most colorful flowers in the world and my blood, has special meaning for us Flamingos. Today, I give it to my partner."
He uttered the last few words clearly, fastened the belt, raised his equally bright eyes, and looked into her eyes again.
Ye Luoxing's hand froze in the air. When he looked back, he was also frozen in the red glow. Bei Yan's smile was still more beautiful than the colorful clouds: "If you don't like it, you can throw it away or tear it away. It's all your freedom. You just don't have to give it back to me."
Ye Luoxing felt her wrist getting a little hot. The red color was so intense that it caught her eyes and was hard to ignore.
Then, she withdrew her hand and gaze and said, "Our relationship is fake, you male orcs..."
She paused here, then continued, "Your feelings came too quickly, haven't we been together for very long?"
Ye Luoxing thought about Bei Yan's denial and his just joking remarks. She noticed that Bei Yan's eyes were not the same as before. If she was really overthinking it, it would be fine. However, she was afraid that she was not overthinking it, so after hesitating, she still told him the truth.
But Bei Yan did not deny it.
He said, "Excellent orcs always attract the attention of other orcs. I don't deny that I'm drawn to your excellence, nor do I deny that this alliance is driven by my own greed and ambition. You are part of my greed and ambition, but I believe there's more to it than that. This feeling will only grow stronger like a flame. I will carefully preserve the gift you gave me, because that moment is special to me."
Bei Yan felt his heart beating. She was right. He had only known her for a short time, but she was like the rising sun, its light slowly pouring down upon him. Right now, it was only a slight flutter of emotion, but Bei Yan knew that if he continued to get along like this, sooner or later, he would fall into the enigma that was her...
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