Feng Yiren’s laugh ca out suddenly, but it was not playful, and it carried bitterness that made the crowd go quiet again.
"So this is it," Feng Yiren said, and his voice sounded calm, but the calm was sharp like a blade, because he was holding his anger down with pride. "You were acting different, you were acting kind, and now you are considering giving away again."
Lin Huahua froze, because she did not expect that accusation, and her eyes widened with surprise.
Feng Yiren’s fox instincts were roaring, because the idea of being "given away" felt humiliating, and even worse, it felt like abandonnt.
He had already been abandoned emotionally for years by the old Lin Huahua, so he could not tolerate the thought of being tossed aside again, especially not after he allowed himself to feel hope.
Hope was dangerous to foxes, because foxes were clever enough to understand that hope could break you if it died.
Su Yanrong’s eyes brightened, because she thought her sche succeeded.
Her vulture heart fluttered with excitent, and she almost smiled too widely, because she could already imagine the fox being separated from Lin Huahua, and she could already imagine herself swooping down to take him.
Lin Huahua, however, felt offended.
Not just offended for herself, but offended for Feng Yiren too, because even though she had briefly thought about letting them go one day, she did not think of it as "giving him away," and she definitely did not think of it as giving him to soone like Su Yanrong.
Even if I ever let them leave, Lin Huahua thought furiously, I would never let them go to a disgusting vulture like her, because I am not blind and I am not cruel.
Lin Huahua opened her mouth to speak, but Feng Yiren’s emotions were already overflowing.
"I do not care if you want or not," Feng Yiren said, and his voice beca louder, because foxes were emotional wildcards, and when they snapped, they snapped dramatically. "My father made this alliance with you father and if you think that you can just make the decision of giving away like that then you must be dreaming"
Although Feng Yiren looked cruel at the mont, he was actually hurting inside because he really thought that Lin Huahua had changed for good.
But now he knew better.
Most tried mbers nodded at his words because even though Lin Huahua did not like any of her males. It would not be so easy for her to discard them if she wanted to.
Especially Feng Yiren, Since their relationship was made from the alliance of two tribes.
So tribe mbers stared in disbelief, because they did not expect the fox to say sothing like that in public.
So looked uncomfortable, because they rembered how badly the princess used to treat her mates, and hearing a male still choose to stay with her made them feel complicated.
Lin Huahua’s cheeks heated, but she was not just flustered, she was also angry, because Feng Yiren’s words carried a wound that she did not cause, but she could feel it anyway.
She could see that Feng Yiren truly believed he was disposable.
And that thought made her heart squeeze.
"Feng Yiren," Lin Huahua said, her voice softening despite her irritation, because she did not want to fight him like this. "That is not what I ant."
Feng Yiren stared at her, and his eyes looked wounded, but his pride forced him to keep his face cold.
"Then what did you an?" Feng Yiren demanded, and his fists clenched again.
Su Yanrong smiled smugly, because she loved watching them misunderstand each other.
Her males also watched with mixed feelings, because so of them wanted Su Yanrong to win, since their loyalty to her was instinctive, but so of them also felt uneasy because they knew their female was greedy and could get them killed if she pushed too far.
Lin Huahua finally looked directly at Su Yanrong, and her eyes beca sharp.
Su Yanrong’s smugness imdiately annoyed her, because Su Yanrong was enjoying Feng Yiren’s pain.
Lin Huahua took a step closer to Feng Yiren, and she did sothing that surprised even her.
She held his hand.
It was the first ti since she arrived in this world that she grabbed one of her males like that, openly and clearly, and she did it without hesitation.
Her fingers wrapped around his, warm and firm.
Feng Yiren froze so hard it looked like soone pressed a pause button on him.
His fox ears twitched, his breath caught, and his anger stalled instantly, because his instincts reacted faster than his mind.
His mind was still screaming betrayal.
But his body was screaming warmth.
The crowd gasped loudly, because they could not believe the princess would touch Feng Yiren like that in public.
Su Yanrong’s smug smile cracked imdiately, and hatred rose in her chest.
Lin Huahua looked up at Feng Yiren, and she realized another problem.
He was too tall.
Lin Huahua tugged his hand slightly, then she tilted her chin at him like a princess giving an order she fully expected to be obeyed.
"Bend down," Lin Huahua said quietly, and her voice sounded cute but firm, because even in a tense mont, Lin Huahua could never fully stop being a spoiled princess.
Feng Yiren stared at her, and his eyes were still wide.
His mind was blank.
But his body moved anyway, because foxes were prideful, but they were also weak to the female they wanted.
So he bent down.
The crowd looked like their souls were leaving their bodies.
Even Su Yanrong’s males stared in shock.
Lin Huahua’s cheeks turned pink, because she knew what she was about to do was bold, but she also knew she needed to crush Su Yanrong’s greed and crush Feng Yiren’s misunderstanding at the sa ti.
Lin Huahua lifted her other hand and touched Feng Yiren’s cheek gently.
Feng Yiren’s breath caught, because he was not used to softness from her, and his heart slamd painfully in his chest.
Lin Huahua leaned forward, and before anyone could blink, she kissed him.
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