Gentle Beast Novel Chapter 37

Gentle Beast Chapter 37

“Put

down, Ryan, I can’t go back with you.”

Seeing the leopard tribe in front of her, Jǐ Xiǎo ??u finally hurried to say aloud.

Although she was very grateful for Ryan saving her from the wolves, it did not an that she would return to the race with him.

She finally walked so far and he brought her back again, when would she be able to go ho?

Just as she said this, Ryan suddenly jumped from the high mountain side and into the air. The arm holding her leg suddenly ca loose.

The mountain peaks were steep and perfectly vertical, almost no cushion between them at all.

The cold wind blasted against her cheeks and Jǐ Xiǎo ??u’s heart trembled. She wondered why Ryan suddenly let her go, but took the initiative to hug his body, her slender legs wrapping around his waist. Her entire body was terrified.

Falling from the peak of a hundred ter tall peak felt about the sa as a modern day roller coaster.

The wind whistled straight into her ears.

Until the mont they landed on the ground, Jǐ Xiǎo ??u’s mind was still blank.

Ryan gathered himself and looked at the pale face of the girl in front of him. Clearing his throat, he began to calculate her account, “Why did you leave without saying anything?”

Jǐ Xiǎo ??u’s face was panicked and her legs shifted subconsciously toward the road, “I didn’t leave without saying so. . . I told you before.”

Ryan frowned: “When?”

“Not long ago. Before you went out to hunt. . . you promised I could go when my injury was better.” Jǐ Xiǎo ??u still koala-hugged Ryan’s shoulders and did not realize how close the two of them were. When Ryan asked sothing, she answered, “Now that my injury has healed, there’s no need to stay.”

Ryan’s eyes flashed.

Jǐ Xiǎo ??u saw him give no response and struggled to get down, “Let

down. . . Ryan.”

Ryan was unmoved and asked in response, “When you leave the leopard tripe, you’re going to the east side of the continent?”

Jǐ Xiǎo ??u felt sluggish but quickly nodded.

Ryan: “Do you want to find Pat?”

Jǐ Xiǎo ??u asked in disbelief, “How do you know?”

She had never told him that she was going to the easternmost side of Bornia.

Ryan did not answer, stepping forward to ask, “Find him for what?”

Jǐ Xiǎo ??u bit her lower lip and initially did not want to answer. But, on second thought, Ryan already knew she was human and there was no need to hide certain things.

“Eric’s grandfather told

that Pat is well-inford. If I found him. . . I might have the opportunity to go ho.”

Otherwise, she would already be an alien in this world with no race, no attribution, and no reason.

When Ryan relaxed a little, Jǐ Xiǎo ??u broke free of his arms and hopped to the ground. Sorting out herself, she confird that nothing had been lost and said to Ryan, “I thank you for taking care of

for these past few days. And thank you for saving

just now. . . but I’m leaving, Táo Táo.”

After saying that, she paused then turned back to her original road.

The girl carried her backpack and wore the goose down coat given to her. The coat pressed heavy on her, and her figure quickly beca smaller and smaller.

Until she looked insignificant.

Ryan watched her back, watching as she stepped further and further away, his eyebrows furrowed deep and eyes dark.

This feeling, of unwittingly burying a line in his heart, ordinarily couldn’t be noticed but now it ached.

But, that thread had long been in his heart.

Now it was suddenly being pulled away and uprooted, as if he wouldn’t have the ti to cry out in pain before his chest was soaked in blood.

Ryan pressed against the root of the pain and his expression suddenly shifted. In a split second, he stood behind Jǐ Xiǎo ??u and he picked her up, taking her back to the tribe.

Jǐ Xiǎo ??u was frightened. Finally able to react, she opened her mouth incredulously, “Táo Táo?!”

Ryan held her tight in his arms and his agile body drifted through the trees, feet borrowing the strength of the trunks to increase his speed.

The leaves whirled with rustling sounds.

Jǐ Xiǎo ??u, in this noisy environnt, heard Ryan’s voice, “With your ability, you won’t reach the east and you won’t find Pat. You will die on the road.”

Jǐ Xiǎo ??u did not understand what he ant and felt a little anxious, “Even if I can’t, I still have to try. Just let

go. . .”

As long as there was still a shred of hope left, she didn’t want to give up.

What’s more, for Jǐ Xiǎo ??u, there was no difference in staying with the leopards or heading East. They were all beastn and could easily take her apart and eat her up if they beca unhappy.

In fact, the leopards were even more terrifying. Because when that mont ca, she would have nowhere to hide.

Jǐ Xiǎo ??u saw Ryan was indifferent and her fingers clutched tightly at his leather jacket, “I don’t want to go with you. I want to ho, Ryan, I must go ho. . .”

“I will help you find Pat,” Ryan suddenly interrupted her.

Right in front of the tribe, Ryan stopped at the edge of the forest and looked at the girl in his arms.

Jǐ Xiǎo ??u paused and hesitated, “What did you say?”

Ryan repeated: “I will help you look for Pat. But in the an ti, you must stay with my race.”

Jǐ Xiǎo ??u asked: “Why?”

Why would he help her? And why did he insist and keeping her with the leopards?

Ryan’s next remark made her freeze——

“Because I want to pursue you.”

*

. . .

Jǐ Xiǎo ??u completely forgot how they even returned to the leopard tribe.

It wasn’t until Ryan set her down on the bed and reached out for her clothes that she suddenly awakened and she jumped up to hide in the corner, clutching her coat as she asked, “What are you doing?”

Ryan’s eyes fell upon her and thought Holden’s coat was particularly unsightly. He narrowed his eyes and said, “Take off your clothes.”

Jǐ Xiǎo ??u did respond due to shock at his statent then shook her head again and again, “No, I won’t.”

Having experienced so much, Jǐ Xiǎo ??u clearly understood the beastn here were shaless with their lust and when Ryan said such things, she imdiately thought crookedly about it.

Ryan took off his coat and revealed his strong chest, tossing the clothes at Jǐ Xiǎo ??u’s head, “Take it off and wear mine.”

Jǐ Xiǎo ??u: “. . .”

Jǐ Xiǎo ??u had walked in the snow for long that her coat and pants were soaked through, but she still hesitated.

Her head was a ss and constantly repeated what Ryan had said. For fear that she had heard wrong, she asked, “What you just said, what did you an by it?”

Ryan squatted in front of the fireplace and skillfully ignited the fire, adding firewood as his low voice asked, “Which sentence?”

Jǐ Xiǎo ??u hemd and hawed, a little unwilling to say, “The. . . to pursue

one. . .”

Ryan turned around, eyes fixed on her, “What else does it an?”

Jǐ Xiǎo ??u: “. . .”

Ryan finished starting the fire up and stood. Walking over to Jǐ Xiǎo ??u, he bent over to look her eye in the eye, “I will help you find Pat, and I hope you stay with the leopards. I want you to be mine. Don’t you humans call this behavior a courtship?”