Chapter 45: He’s a Little Mute
The forest was deep, the bamboo was quiet, there was no one around, and there were no fences confining it.
It looked so small, like a cub.
If she secretly picked it up and cuddled it for a while, surely no one would notice, right?
And so, tiptoeing stealthily, reeking of sneakiness, she stepped up behind the giant panda, suddenly leaned down, and like a sneak attack, scooped it up in one go.
“?!”
Hua Rong had been quietly practicing his combat power on the Bamboo Peak.
Suddenly, his entire body was lifted!
Who?
He immediately opened his eyes and was just about to struggle when he heard a clear, melodious, and gentle voice coming from above his head. “Wow~ It really is so comfortable and so soft!”
It was actually a female!
He turned around, and his gaze instantly locked on her.
Not only was she a female, but she was an indescribably beautiful female, as surreal as a fairy in a painting. He had never seen her before.
But… wasn’t she being a bit too bold?
To pick up the beast form of a strange male in the Bamboo Peak, casually petting and playing with him, and saying ambiguous things that made one blush and their heart race—she was simply acting like a lecher.
But he had never seen such a beautiful lecher.
Was she… drunk?
He didn’t smell a trace of alcohol; instead, he caught a faint scent of bamboo leaves, like fresh, tender green shoots just sprouting in spring. It made one want to swallow.
It was very fragrant, very nice to smell.
Su Miantang was petting him gleefully when she suddenly saw him turn his face. His pitch-black, perfectly round eyes stared at her unblinkingly. They were clear, bashful, and seemed to hold a hint of shyness, which stirred her beastly desires once again.
Ah!
He’s seriously so good and so cute!!
Not only cute, but his looks were off the charts!!!
She had never seen a panda with such clean fur and such beautiful eyes. She couldn’t help but plant a kiss on him, then grabbed his two front paws and buried her entire face into his fluffy belly, shaking her head frantically like someone huffing a cat.
This simple action scared the life out of Hua Rong.
S-s-she actually kissed him?!
And buried her head in…
“Mnn~”
He could clearly feel every single place she touched, and couldn’t help but let out a comfortable, humming noise.
Having grown this big, he had never interacted with a female his own age, much less experienced such intimate contact. His whole body flushed so red it was practically bleeding.
Was she about to turn into her beast form next and mate with him?
But she abruptly stopped.
“Shh!”
Hearing the panda make a noise, Su Miantang found it incredibly cute, but due to her guilty conscience of being a thief, she was afraid of being discovered. She hushed him quietly, coaxing him.
“Don’t make a sound, let’s play quietly.”
“…”
She had already gone this far, yet she told him not to make a sound. W-was she trying to have a secret affair with him? Was she afraid others would find out?
She really was a lecher.
He suddenly felt a bit angry, and also a bit wronged.
Completely oblivious, Su Miantang narrowed her smiling eyes into crescents, pressing her forehead against his, her eyes sparkling with little stars. “You’re really so squishy, so pretty, and so cute! Worthy of being a national treasure!”
“I really want to steal you away and play with you forever and ever…”
“Little cutie, what color sack do you prefer?”
She expressed her affection unscrupulously, without the slightest discomfort.
Hua Rong, however, was overwhelmed by such intense love and peerless beauty. His pure heart couldn’t resist it in the slightest, and his anger vanished completely.
Did she really like him that much? Enough to want to take him home?
But…
In a moment of excitement, he transformed into his human form.
Due to the difference in size, his posture changed to pinning the little female firmly beneath him. Four eyes met, breaths mingled, and her trembling lips were mere inches away. With just a slight movement, he could kiss her.
He slowly looked at her soft, moistened red lips. But beneath him, the little female acted as if she had suddenly been spooked, screaming as she shoved him away. “Ah—”
Pushed to the side, Hua Rong: “…”
What was wrong with her?
Did she not like his human form?
“Y-y-you…”
Terrified, Su Miantang scrambled backward, tightly hugging a bamboo stalk next to her. Her trembling arms startled away several plump little birds resting above.
“Y-y-you, how can you be a person?”
No, why was he a panda beastman? And not just a simple giant panda?
Although she had long known that everyone on the Central Star transformed from beast forms, since arriving here, she had never seen anyone show their beast form in broad daylight unless specifically requested or announced beforehand.
Thinking back to what she just did—sneaking up behind him like a flower-picking bandit to hug him, kiss him, rub him, and even burying her face in his… all to a strange adult male. She completely lost all face, had nowhere to hide, and was so ashamed she wanted to jump off a cliff!
“Why did you turn into your beast form?”
Only after asking did she realize how problematic her question sounded.
She sounded exactly like a hooligan who, after shamelessly molesting a young girl, turned around and blamed her for wearing a short skirt to deliberately seduce him. Too despicable!
And his expression showed obvious sadness, as if he didn’t know how to explain.
“I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I’m sorry!”
Su Miantang suddenly rapid-fired a triple apology.
To show her sincerity, she even walked right up to him and bowed ninety degrees. “I didn’t know you were a person just now. I thought you were just an ordinary panda, which is why I did those things…”
“But I still offended you!”
“If you want to hit me, scold me, or call the police to arrest me, you can!”
Hua Rong was stunned by her words.
How could she not tell the difference between a beastman and an ordinary wild beast?
Su Miantang didn’t know that her cognitive disconnect here was as absurd as seeing a person on Earth and not knowing whether they were male or female.
But… Hua Rong knew she wasn’t a lecher.
How could a fairy be a lecher?
Instead, he found her surrendering with raised hands to be very cute, feeling shy and embarrassed by his own overactive imagination just now.
It’s okay.
He waved his hand.
With her head down, Su Miantang didn’t see it. Thinking he was unwilling to forgive her, she turned to leave. “Never mind, I’ll just go turn myself in!”
No, no!
Hua Rong wanted to grab her but didn’t dare. In his panic, he actually started using sign language.
—Don’t go.
—I have already forgiven you.
Seeing this, Su Miantang froze.
So it wasn’t that he didn’t want to explain earlier, but that he couldn’t.
He… was a mute?
A deep sense of pity instantly welled up in her heart. How could such a clean and handsome boy, such a beautiful and adorable giant panda, be unable to speak?
Truly, heaven was jealous of heroic talents.
Fortunately, she had volunteered at a special education school in the past and knew some sign language.
“Really?”
“You forgive me?”
She looked at him happily and signed back—Thank you, you’re a really good person!
She actually understands sign language?
Hua Rong’s eyes lit up.
In that instant, it felt as though a door in his heart, sealed in dust for a long time, was slowly pushed open, bringing in a ray of brilliant, fulfilling sunlight.
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