Chapter 104
Yuan Heng saw that Wang Jin had acknowledged the relative, so he cupped his hands and gave a slight bow to the man: "Yuan Heng pays his respects to the city lord."
Hearing this, the man turned his gaze to Yuan Heng. The warmth and joy on his face instantly vanished completely. Although a smile hung on his face, it was icy cold and sent chills down one's spine.
"......" Yuan Heng saw this but was not afraid, meeting his gaze directly, his eyes filled with resolve.
Yuan Heng was neither subservient nor arrogant—even facing the man's pressure, he did not retreat or show fear...
His frank gaze and the love he showed when looking at the ger beside him were completely unconcealed...
The city lord thought he was much more pleasing to the eye than Cheng Bai.
But no matter how pleasing, he was still the one who had whisked away his younger brother.
The city lord responded casually and then stopped looking at Yuan Heng, as if in his eyes, Yuan Heng wasn't even worth a glance.
Wang Jin was startled and somewhat displeased, he was about to step forward to speak but was pulled back by Yuan Heng.
Wang Jin looked at Yuan Heng, who shook his head at him, his eyes full of tenderness and reassurance.
"......" Wang Jin fell silent. Taking all of this in, the city lord lowered his gaze, eyes dark and unreadable, then turned towards Cheng Li and Cheng Bai: "Everyone rise. Whatever it is, we can discuss it back at the residence."
After speaking, he raised both hands and clapped twice in the air. A roar came from the distance as a fierce beast charged towards them, pulling a carriage behind it.
The beast had a head like a qilin but a body resembling a tiger, covered in ice-blue scales that shimmered with a silvery light under the sun, looking extremely majestic...
Wang Jin was frightened. Yuan Heng instinctively shielded Wang Jin in his embrace, protecting him like a priceless treasure.
The city lord watched, his eyes flickering slightly. The fierce beast had already arrived, obediently lowering its head before the city lord and even rubbing against his waist in a coaxing, affectionate manner.
The city lord reached out and patted its head, treating it like a large pet. The beast, comforted by the patting, let out a few low grumbles, completely lacking the ferocity a fierce beast should have.
Wang Jin found this astonishing, but the people around seemed to treat it as completely normal.
Yuan Heng was constantly attentive to the ger's expression, seeing him like this, he lowered his head and gently explained to him in a soft voice: "The clan leaders of the Celestial Fox tribe all know how to tame beasts."
Beast taming?
Does that mean even fierce beasts have to listen to this older brother? The original body's older brother is actually this powerful?
Wang Jin looked at the city lord with shining eyes, his pure and eager expression like he had discovered something novel and fascinating. The man saw this, and a trace of a smile appeared in his lazy eyes.
"Yao'er, come, let's go home." The city lord reached out his hand to Wang Jin. Yuan Heng tactfully released Wang Jin, giving him an encouraging look to reassure him and urge him to go forward.
Wang Jin stepped forward, reached out, and took the city lord's hand. The city lord led him onto the carriage behind the fierce beast. After Wang Jin and the other boarded, the beast stood up and moved steadily inward.
Its majestic demeanor seemed not like it was pulling a carriage, but rather patrolling the city.
Wang Jin found it novel and fascinating and restlessly looked around inside the carriage, like a child who had gotten a new toy.
Xi Ning was amused. Wang Jin watched for a while. Seeing the fierce beast moving further away while Yuan Heng was still left behind, he grew anxious. He stepped towards the carriage door and half stood up.
Xi Ning saw this and pressed Wang Jin back into his seat.
"Brother?" Wang Jin glanced at Xi Ning, then looked outside at Yuan Heng, saying anxiously: "Brother Heng hasn't followed yet!"
"Cheng Li will naturally bring him." Xi Ning comforted, his gaze following Wang Jin's to the man standing in the distance.
That man's eyes were fixed on this place. Ning'an City was one of the top-ranked cities in the beastman world, its prosperous scene was something rarely seen by wandering tribes outside. This beastman ignored the bustling surroundings, his focus entirely on his younger brother.
Even as his younger brother rode away in the carriage, his gaze continuously followed...
He does seem more sincere than that Cheng Bai fellow...
Moreover...
Xi Ning thought of how Yuan Heng had patiently explained the beast taming of the Celestial Fox clan leaders to his amnesiac younger brother moments ago, and he slightly hooked the corner of his mouth.
Although he is a beastman who wandered outside, never having been to Ning'an City before, he knows quite a lot...
That beastman, even knowing that I can tame beasts, still instinctively protected my younger brother...
It seems my younger brother's gains from getting lost this time are not small.
"You like him very much?" Seeing that even after being told the man would follow, his younger brother's eyes were still fixed in the beastman's direction... Xi Ning paused, curious, and asked.
Hearing this, Wang Jin nodded jubilantly: "Like him, like him very much."
He withdrew his gaze, turning a brilliant smile towards Xi Ning beside him, a smile as bright as the morning sun.
His clear, bright eyes were overflowing with full love, his gaze sweet as if soaked in honey.
Xi Ning paused slightly, a trace of dazedness and surprise flashing in his eyes.
How long had it been since his younger brother had shown such a sincere smile to him.
This amnesia... might not be as bad as imagined.
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