TFBAT – Chapter 11

Chi Yuyang suddenly froze.

What’s happening? Is she hearing things?

“Wife…” Another voice came.

The tone was deep, impossible to ignore.

At the same time, the presence pressed against her was real and scorching, almost suffocating her.

Yet, deep down, she didn’t dislike it.

At that moment, Chi Yuyang stood stiffly in place, unsure whether to turn around.

She didn’t move, but the one holding her couldn’t contain himself and quickly nudged his head closer.

The tiger, now in human form, had a lot he wanted to say, but when he opened his mouth, he could only repeat one word.

“Wife! Wife! Wife!”

Chi Yuyang didn’t know that this was also Hu Jin’s first time interacting with a female. He was afraid of saying something wrong and upsetting his wife, so he could only express his feelings through actions.

At this moment, Chi Yuyang was wearing only a beast hide, with only the essential parts covered, so she could directly feel the strange intimacy of skin-to-skin contact.

The well-shaped arms behind her wrapped around her waist. Chi Yuyang looked down and saw his knobby hands and long, slender fingers.

The one holding her now was indeed a “human,” but previously in the room, there had only been one human and one tiger.

The events from a few days ago were still fresh in her mind, and Chi Yuyang quickly reached a conclusion.

“…Tuantuan.”

“Although I quite like the name you gave me, I also have a name of my own…”

“Hu Jin?” Chi Yuyang suddenly remembered the name she had heard before and tried calling out.

Hearing his name softly spoken by a female, Hu Jin quickly responded, “Wife, I’m here.”

“Wait…” Chi Yuyang was still not used to such close contact with a male, and the words reaching her ears only made her more confused.

How did she suddenly become his wife? She didn’t even know what he looked like.

Thinking of this, Chi Yuyang slowly turned her head. Her gaze immediately met a pair of heterochromatic eyes, and looking down further, she saw his human chest and…

It was her first time seeing such a thing directly, and Chi Yuyang’s face instantly flushed red. She violently pushed the male away and covered her face with her hands.

“Go put on clothes!”

“But there’s no extra beast hide…” Hu Jin didn’t understand why the female suddenly pushed him away.

Even with her eyes covered, Chi Yuyang could not ignore Hu Jin’s presence.

Why did his pressure increase so much after turning human?

“Then you can wear my clothes first.” Chi Yuyang panicked and said whatever came to mind, feeling that anything would do to cover him; Hu Jin’s… area was just too prominent.

Obediently, Hu Jin went to get a jacket. Then he gently held Chi Yuyang’s hand, placing the clothes in her palm.

“Wife, will you help me put this on?”

The moment Chi Yuyang’s hand was held in his, her heart raced, but when his slightly coquettish words floated into her ears, she instantly let down her guard.

Taking the jacket, Chi Yuyang told herself to concentrate.

She half-closed her eyes, moved behind Hu Jin, and quickly wrapped the jacket around his waist, hastily tying a knot with the sleeve.

Only when his lower half was finally covered did Chi Yuyang continue the previous topic.

“Um… I also have my own name, Chi Yuyang. Also, are you a tiger or a human?”

“I’m a Tiger Beastman.” Hu Jin replied verbally, while stretching his arms to skillfully pull Chi Yuyang back into his embrace.

He found that being in human form and hugging a female felt pretty good.

“Wife, what species are you?”

Tiger Beastman? Was he a beast or a human?

Chi Yuyang was slightly stunned at his answer, but before she could react, Hu Jin pulled her to his chest. She realized that her head barely reached his chin.

Chi Yuyang guessed Hu Jin must be at least 1.85 meters tall, yet he had a baby-like face. His heterochromatic blue and green eyes added a bewitching contrast to his features.

His hair color differed from the pure white of his tiger form—it was a silvery gray.

Neatly cropped short hair also hid a pair of snow-white tiger ears. If you didn’t look carefully, they seemed like decorative accessories on his head.

Chi Yuyang had to admit that this man’s looks surpassed most of the men she had ever seen.

No, she shook her head. That wasn’t what she should be focusing on.

“Let go of me first…” Chi Yuyang could not adapt to human-form Tuantuan’s enthusiasm.

Even though she had previously slept in his embrace.

After all, that was because she didn’t know a white tiger could really turn into a human.

“Why?” Hu Jin blinked his mismatched eyes. “You’re already mine.”

Unlike the round eyes of his beast form, Hu Jin’s human eyes were more downturned.

Paired with his utterly innocent expression, Chi Yuyang felt like she was the one who had done something wrong.

“When did I become your… wife?” Thinking about the past few days, Chi Yuyang even felt uncertain saying this.

If she had known this tiger could turn into a full human, she would have kept her distance.

“This is the law of the Beastman Continent. If you’ve accepted my possession, that means you agree to become my partner.”

Although he had taken human form, Hu Jin’s tail was still visible.

It wagged incessantly.

Seeing Hu Jin looking so self-righteous, Chi Yuyang swallowed the words she had on the tip of her tongue.

Beast Continent… so are there humans here? Could the voice she had heard before also have been a beastman?

What had she “taken” from him? Over these past few days, she had taken far too much.

Chi Yuyang’s mind was in a whirl.

Not thinking further, she focused her gaze on Hu Jin, but could only see his sexy jawline.

Hu Jin’s words sounded domineering and unreasonable, yet these past few days she had indeed been relying on him.

Moreover, the undeniable facts were right in front of her: she had eaten his food, used his things, and even moved into the house he had found.

Chi Yuyang rubbed her temples and adjusted her expression.

“Tuan… Hu Jin, actually I… ah-choo!” Halfway through her sentence, Chi Yuyang sneezed unexpectedly.

“Cold?” Hu Jin noticed her body gradually growing colder. “Wife, why don’t you transform into your beast form to keep warm?”

He pulled her closer.

Most beastmen would switch to their beast form to resist the cold, but Hu Jin had never seen Chi Yuyang change her shape.

And she hadn’t answered his questions about her race, which only made him more puzzled.

“I’m human. Hu Jin, do you know of other humans? Humans don’t have a beast form.” Facing Hu Jin, Chi Yuyang decided to be truthful.

“Winter is coming soon.” Hu Jin couldn’t help worrying whether Chi Yuyang, without a beast form, could survive the winter.

He didn’t know what kind of race humans were, but in this beastman world, there were many unsolved mysteries. Perhaps Chi Yuyang’s race was so small it wasn’t well-known.

Yet Hu Jin had heard that in some weak races, it was common for females to not survive the long winters.

If a female’s physique was too frail, the chances of even conceiving could be slim.

When he had previously carried Chi Yuyang on his back, Hu Jin had felt that her female weight was too light.

He gently twitched his nostrils and noticed that her scent had almost faded.

Most females on the Beast Continent come into heat only once a year, so it seemed he would have to wait another year.

The upside was that before his wife came into heat again, he had a whole year to “fatten her up.”

Chi Yuyang, still pondering how to calmly “break up” and find another way to survive, suddenly heard

Hu Jin muttering to himself.

“Winter? How long until it arrives?” Today’s weather had dropped significantly compared to the past few days, but Chi Yuyang hadn’t associated it with the changing season.

“After this winter rain ends, at most three more days, and it will be early winter.” Hu Jin felt this should be common knowledge among all beastmen.

Even if Chi Yuyang came from a tiny race, she should know a little about this.

However, Hu Jin didn’t press further; he wasn’t just a tiger who loved prying into secrets.

They had so much time ahead to be together; when Chi Yuyang was ready to speak, she naturally would.

Hearing his answer, Chi Yuyang widened her eyes.

Three days was neither long nor short, but during this time she needed to find a new place to live and stock up enough food for the winter — almost an impossible task.

Tigers were cold-resistant animals, so even in winter, Hu Jin could continue hunting.

“Sigh…” Chi Yuyang let out a long breath, deciding to wait until winter passed before making plans.

Hu Jin had decided she was his wife, and she didn’t have the heart to speak harshly.

Chi Yuyang closed her eyes, the scenes of the past few days flashing before her.

Perhaps some of it was because she missed Tuantuan’s warmth.

After Hu Jin answered a few more basic questions, he transformed back into his tiger form.

The firewood had run out, yet the storm outside still raged.

To keep warm, Chi Yuyang had no choice but to snuggle into Hu Jin’s tiger body.

Though she now knew this white tiger could turn into a human, and despite feeling a subtle, complex sensation, she was ultimately defeated by the cold — or perhaps because this was the Tuantuan she had saved.

She had no idea how advanced civilization was in this world.

However, if the dominant species here were beastmen, perhaps her expertise could find some use.

Chi Yuyang rolled over and saw the round head of the white tiger. She instinctively called out, “Tuantuan.”

“Auwooh!” I’m here!

“I want to go back to that field from that day.” Chi Yuyang was still considering how to stockpile food.

“Auwooh…” The white tiger turned its head.

It meant no.

A patch of the tiger’s fur fell and blocked Chi Yuyang’s view. She rubbed her eyes and continued explaining.

“I want to swap some things, otherwise there won’t be enough food for winter…”

Not enough food? Hu Jin thought the prey he caught now would be sufficient.

He stretched out his paw, indicating his reluctance.

At that moment, Chi Yuyang pressed down on his front paw.

Hu Jin saw her holding a strangely shaped silver object.

“Your nails are too long. I’ll help you trim them.” Chi Yuyang had discovered a nail clipper attached to her keys while packing yesterday.

Chi Yuyang had a slight OCD, and the moment she saw Hu Jin in human form, the thought came to her mind.

“Auwooh?” The feline instincts made Hu Jin want to withdraw his paw, but Chi Yuyang looked at him with a smile.