When Dongfang Long saw Haitang perk up, he breathed a sigh of relief, then squatted down and said, "Tangtang, if you really want to go outside, I can take you with me, but you have to transform into a beast before you can come with me."
Females are naturally weak. If Haitang encounters danger while following him and he is unable to fully protect her, Haitang can transform into a beast and run away. Upon hearing this, Haitang looked at Dongfang Long.
"I was too willful." She didn't know how to explain it. She had never given up on wanting to go out, but when she went to look for herbs later, she only glanced at them hurriedly.
Under those circumstances, she wanted to go out, but the situation in the tribe was more serious, and she couldn't afford to be distracted by anything else.
When Haitang was about to awaken her orc bloodline, she had a feeling that she wanted to go out and search. However, now that she came to her senses, she realized that Dongfang Long had been very worried about her these days and had even specially found good things for her.
Haitang felt a mix of emotions regarding Dongfang Long's feelings. As she reached out and hugged him, she said, "Okay, I'll listen to you."
Dongfang Long breathed a sigh of relief; it was good that Haitang didn't go. The next day, Haitang and Dongfang Long selected medicinal herbs. He Shou Wu was a good thing, so Haitang went with Dongfang Long to dig it up the following day.
When Haitang returned from digging up He Shou Wu, she started drying it. "Little Ping An..." While drying the herbs, Haitang saw Little Ping An clinging to her.
Haitang looked at the child and wondered what was wrong with him. She felt very sad. "Have you been wronged? Tell your sister."
"Sister... am I a member of the hyena clan?" Upon hearing this, Haitang looked at Xiao Ping'an and nodded, then looked at Xiao Xiang not far away.
"Today, someone from the tribe spotted the hyena clan outside and even attacked an orc," Xiao Xiang said. The hyena clan had begun to roam the area.
Because of this incident, the tribe once again developed a strong aversion to the hyena clan. Under such circumstances, Xiao Ping'an also heard the crazy talk. Haitang reached out and hugged Xiao Ping'an to comfort him. When the child fell asleep, she placed him on a rocking chair not far away and listened to what Xiao Xiang was saying.
"Those children told him that his master wouldn't let him turn into a beast." Hearing this, Haitang glanced at Xiao Ping'an not far away, pursed her lips, and nodded.
"I understand." Haitang knew that she would have to explain this to Xiaoping sooner or later. She had wanted to say it from the beginning, but she hadn't because too many things had happened.
On Christmas Eve, Haitang sat next to Xiaoping'an and asked, "Sister, will you sleep with me?" Xiaoping'an was only four or five years old, and Haitang nodded as she looked at the child.
"Yes, I want to sleep with Xiao Ping'an. Sister Xiao Ping'an will tell you a story," Haitang said. Xiao Ping'an nodded and listened to the story Haitang told.
When Xiao Ping'an heard this, she thought, "Hyenas are very bad, sister... will I turn bad too? Everyone says I'm an ungrateful wolf cub."
"Nonsense, didn't you see the wolf cubs in the tribe wagging their tails like they're familiar with each other?" Haitang immediately said with a stern face. Hearing this, Xiao Ping'an laughed.
“Although you are a hyena, you are still my brother. Xiao Ping’an has no choice in how he was born. Even his sister doesn’t like the hyena clan.” Xiao Ping’an’s face turned pale.
“But my sister likes Xiao Ping’an. You are so well-behaved, obedient and sensible. You are soft and gentle Xiao Ping’an, not like those bad guys. You are yourself.” Haitang said as she looked at Xiao Ping’an.
"Sister, I can't transform into a beast." Xiao Ping'an said, her eyes red-rimmed, as she looked at Haitang. "Is it because of this that I can't transform into a beast?"
"It's because of my sister." Haitang said as she looked at Xiao Ping'an, "It's because of my sister's promise that you can't transform into a beast. At that time, my sister just wanted Xiao Ping'an to live. I'm sorry... I didn't think too much about it."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Ping'an looked at Haitang and reached out to hug her, saying, "I don't blame my sister." He understood many things.
Today, she understood everything the little orc said angrily to her. Her sister had never hidden anything from her since she was a child.
The grass was his mother, and he wondered why it didn't want him. These things made him realize how sad it was that he couldn't transform into a beast. But when he heard what Haitang said, he felt calm down.
Xiao Ping'an was comforted, and Dongfang Long came in to take a look. "This child knows what's going on in his heart and won't blame you."
“I know he’s very well-behaved. Actually… to be honest, I can be quite ruthless at times. I saved him because he was born in my hands, and I couldn’t bear to watch him be thrown into the river, so I intervened… but that also severed his right to become a beast.”
“Survival is the most important thing. I also feel that if beastification is taking away my chance to live, I don’t want it… because…” When looking at Haitang, Dongfang Long walked directly to Haitang’s side.
"I want to spend my whole life with Tangtang. Even if I can't transform into a beast, even if I lose my hand or my leg in the future, I still want to live. It may be selfish, but I want to... be with Tangtang." Dongfang Long said as he looked at Haitang.
In the past, many people in the tribe who were injured chose to fend for themselves, especially those who were seriously injured. Shi Hu did this from the beginning, but he did not think it was the right thing to do.
Dongfang Long wanted to live, no matter what, just like when he was a child, and even more so now. He wanted to live and go through thick and thin with Haitang. As long as she didn't despise him, he would always be by her side.
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