TFWYH – Chapter 126 Too Scary

Yuan Yuan froze for a moment before realizing that Tang Wan had been teasing her on purpose. She was both exasperated and touched.

She picked up a jade bracelet and slipped it onto Tang Wan’s wrist, saying: “This bracelet is a pair. One for you, one for me. From now on, you’ll be my sister. What do you think?”

Tang Wan tried to refuse, attempting to take the bracelet off and hand it back, but Yuan Yuan stopped her: “If you won’t accept it, then you really do look down on me.”

Since she said it that way, Tang Wan had no choice: “Then… thank you!”

“Don’t say that, Sister Wan—it’s I who should thank you!”

Tang Wan thought to herself, this girl was really quite nice!

Though she came from a brothel, she was well-educated, gentle in speech, beautiful too. Clearly, the madam had invested a lot in her.

Probably wanted to raise Yuan Yuan into a money tree!

Who could have predicted things would turn out this way?

Yuan Yuan then chatted with Tang Wan for a while longer, talking about the brothel she had stayed in and revealing many little-known methods used to train the girls.

While speaking of this, Yuan Yuan’s face turned pale: “Sometimes when I think about it, I almost feel grateful for this illness. Otherwise, I never would’ve gotten away.”

Tang Wan agreed.

After all, with all the time and money invested into training a girl for over a decade, no madam would let her go easily.

Truly, misfortune could turn to blessing.

After leaving the small wooden hut, Tang Wan headed deeper into the mountains.

Unfortunately, she didn’t come across any tigers. Instead, she found a rabbit’s nest.

Since it was getting late, she decided to try her luck again tomorrow.

Just then, a gray blur shot out with a swoosh, aiming straight for the dead rabbit hanging at her waist.

Before her brain even registered what it was, Tang Wan’s body reacted first. Like lightning, her hand shot out and grabbed the thing by its neck.

“Awooo awooo…”

The creature howled and struggled frantically in her grip.

Only then did Tang Wan see clearly—it was a wolf cub.

Wait a second!

This wolf cub looked familiar.

Right! Wasn’t this the same wolf cub she had encountered the first time she came up the mountain? The one whose parent—whether mother or father—had been killed by a wild boar.

The cub stared at Tang Wan pitifully, its round eyes watery and glistening.

Tang Wan silently released it. The cub toppled onto the ground, half its body buried in the grass, with only its tail sticking out and wagging.

When it finally scrambled its chubby legs free, it saw Tang Wan’s figure walking farther away, and a dead rabbit lying on the ground.

The cub glanced at the rabbit, then at Tang Wan, then happily picked up the rabbit and trotted after her.

Tang Wan: …

She cast it a sidelong glance, and the cub immediately skidded to a stop, clutching the rabbit in its mouth while looking around innocently, as if saying I’m not following you.

But as soon as Tang Wan continued walking, the cub once again scampered after her on its short legs.

When she stopped to look, it pretended to look around with an innocent face.

When she walked, it followed again.

After this repeated several times, Tang Wan was speechless. She finally stopped and said: “I can’t afford to raise you. Stop following me!”

“Awooo…” The cub dropped the rabbit and barked at her.

In Tang Wan’s ears, it automatically translated to— Who said this wolf was following you? The road doesn’t belong to you anyway!

Tang Wan blinked in disbelief: “You… can understand me?”

“Awooo…” What’s so hard to understand about two-legged talk? Not difficult at all.

Wait, what?!

The cub tilted its head at her in surprise: “Awoo?”

You can understand me? The great wolf’s howl?

“…” No! I don’t!

Ahhh, wasn’t it said no animals could turn into spirits after the founding of the nation?!

Too terrifying!

Tang Wan’s face went blank with fear as she spun around and ran, her little chubby legs pumping furiously!

The wolf cub tilted its head curiously, watching her go: “Awoo?”