CHAPTER 64: CHAPTER 57 YOU’RE MORE LIKE HER NOW_2

Ming Yan lifted the person up to take a look.

He leaned in and sniffed.

"Is this a female?"

"Hey, don’t just sniff around!" Si Yan resisted.

Si Yan was in a terrible state, the male’s ferocious gaze fixed on her without blinking.

Looking into those starkly contrasting black and white eyes, Ming Yan realized something. "So it’s you."

"...What? You’ve got the wrong person."

Ming Yan’s voice filled with disgust. "You think by disguising yourself as a male to get close to me, you can scheme against and obtain me? Female, you are far too foolish."

"I, Ming Yan, will never like you, nor will I ever acknowledge you as my Mistress."

Si Yan was beside herself with rage. "Are you that full of yourself? I wasn’t trying anything! I already have a mate, and I’m not interested in you!"

"Is that so?" Ming Yan sneered contemptuously. "Still pretending."

"I... I don’t even know you!" Si Yan said in despair.

"Don’t remember?"

Ming Yan pulled Si Yan closer, as if he wanted to see through her eyes exactly what she was thinking.

"That day, near that weak tribe... the Yanxiang Tribe..."

When Si Yan heard ’Yanxiang Tribe,’ her heart skipped a beat. Could it be that the original owner of this body truly knew this male who, despite not seeming to be a villain, was more terrifying than any villain?

"I was badly injured and collapsed in the forest of the Yanxiang Tribe. You saw me, and I asked you for help."

The Black Tiger male’s mouth curled into a smile, but the two scars on his face made him look even more fearsome.

"Instead, you stripped me of everything I carried. You didn’t even leave me my beast-skin skirt. When you returned, I thought you would save me, but instead, you threw me into the river, leaving me to the mercy of the current."

Si Yan pursed her lips. She didn’t remember any of what he was saying; she hadn’t done such a despicable thing, and this blame, which could cost a life, wasn’t something she wanted to shoulder.

Ming Yan stared at her face, his fingers squeezing it out of shape as he relished her current expression.

"You don’t know this, but luckily the river washed away the toxins from my body. I managed to gulp down a few mouthfuls of water, and it actually restored some of my strength. That’s how I survived."

At that time, Ming Yan was at a low point and in a wretched state, having encountered numerous humiliating incidents along the way.

But he remembered her.

It wasn’t just because of the evil act she had committed.

Because...

The male suddenly laughed. Looking at Si Yan’s current expression, he said, "Look at your expression now. You resemble her even more."

Who did she resemble?

Si Yan didn’t even have time to think about that.

Ming Yan’s hand tightened inch by inch. Si Yan could even feel his hatred. Does he want to kill me?

With that, Ming Yan threw her onto the shore. Si Yan used a technique to roll smoothly onto the ground, choking and coughing.

The Black Tiger male stepped closer. His terrifyingly oppressive presence made Si Yan’s heart clench tighter and tighter.

She truly understood the terrifying nature of males in the Beast World.

He suddenly squatted down and asked her bluntly, "Why did you disguise yourself as a male cub?"

He then asked nonchalantly, "Are those three snake cubs yours?"

Si Yan backed away, her expression serious.

Ming Yan tilted his head slightly. For just an instant, all the murderous aura and oppressive feeling vanished.

"Si Yan... Teacher...?" he asked, deliberately using the respectful address.

"Yes, they are my cubs. Don’t hurt them," Si Yan answered. "As for why I disguised myself as a male, it’s because females in every tribe are treated as breeding tools. I don’t want to be a tool. That’s all there is to it."

"Tools?" Ming Yan stared at her.

She was afraid, yet she managed to control herself, appearing not at all fragile.

Drenched, she supported herself with one hand behind her. Her cherry-red lips were pursed tightly, and she looked at him with a mixture of persistence and defiance, her body tensed with wariness.

She didn’t realize how her combination of vulnerability and stubbornness could ignite a certain desire in males.

Ming Yan’s dark eyes narrowed slightly.

She was indeed very beautiful, even more so than the prettiest female in Black Tiger City.

But such a beautiful female would likely attract turmoil and trouble.

Yet, she was also somewhat interesting.

The look Ming Yan gave her now carried a touch of interest.

He stood up, turned, and took a few steps. "Sort yourself out," he said.

With an unreadable smile, he added, "I won’t kill you."

Si Yan watched warily as he walked away, then quickly hid behind a large tree.

Leaning against the large tree, as if it offered some reliable support, she suddenly sagged, letting out a huge sigh of relief.

It was too terrifying, truly too terrifying.

She really had a moment when she felt he wanted to kill her.

She truly had no idea what this fearsome male was thinking.

She reapplied the Mute Grass and smeared her face with mud before emerging again.

Ming Yan examined her carefully. "You’re so slow," he commented.

Si Yan remained silent.

The male suddenly stepped forward and wrapped his arm around her waist.

Si Yan felt her heart tighten again but dared not struggle.

Next, Si Yan felt herself lifted into the air. Her stomach churned, and the air rushed painfully against her face.

Shielding her face from the wind, just as she was about to open her eyes, she saw the tall male holding her with one hand snatch a bird out of the air with the other.

Snatch a bird?

Si Yan looked down.

HOLY CRAP! She was in mid-air!

She was afraid of heights!

This male had actually leaped into the sky with her, just using his own jumping power!

Her heart tightened again. Instinctively, she sought something to hold onto. Finding his arm, she clung to it, terrified.

The male, who was preparing to land, paused momentarily upon feeling the touch on his arm.

He looked down.

The petite female clung tightly to his arm, her complexion even paler than when he had frightened her in the water earlier.

"Ms. Si Yan?"

Si Yan restrained her sob, pursing her lips.

From an angle Si Yan couldn’t see, the corners of the male’s lips curved slightly upward. He adjusted his position to land steadily, then with an explosive push from his powerful legs, he leaped forward over a hundred meters!

What inhuman leaping ability! Oh, no, no, no, they weren’t human to begin with! This was too scary.