Help! The Villainess Trapped in the Beast World's Drama!

Chapter 605 - 551: The Romance of Fireflies

Xiao Jin lifted the tent flap and immediately saw the little female sleeping soundly. His breath lightened, and he crept into the bed, gently pulling her into his embrace.

Today is his night to serve in bed!

After working hard all day, being able to hold a fragrant, soft little female at night was indescribably comfortable, his heart felt soaked in honey, sweet and soft.

Shen Tang, originally feeling a bit cold under the blanket, grew increasingly hot as she slept, to the point where she could barely catch her breath.

She hazily opened her eyes, only to find herself buried in a furry "leopard’s den"—the Black Panther had all four limbs tightly holding her, her head resting on its soft belly, and its massive leopard head pressed against hers, warm breaths gently brushing past her ear.

Shen Tang couldn’t help but shrink back, trying to escape from Xiao Jin’s embrace. But the Black Panther, instinctively, tightened its grip with its paws, making her unable to move!

She had to reach out and push its head, "Stop sleeping, wake up."

Xiao Jin woke up in a daze, sticking out his tongue to gently lick her cheek and neck, "Tangtang, good morning..."

"What’s so good about morning, it’s not even dawn yet. Move a little, I’m too hot." Shen Tang complained verbally, but she laughed as she was licked.

Although Xiao Jin was carefree by nature, his licking was gentle and restrained. The barbs on his tongue were soft, causing only a slight tickle, not pain.

"Awoo!"

Xiao Jin suddenly became fully awake.

It turned out that while he slept, he unconsciously reverted to his original form. The massive Black Panther body nearly filled the entire tent, with its temperature like a furnace, making the tent particularly sultry.

He cozied up to Shen Tang’s little face and crawled out of the tent, planning to curl up at the entrance to sleep.

Not long after, a furry leopard head poked in again from outside the flap, excitement unmistakable in his tone, "Tangtang, want to go out to see the stars? Tonight the stars are especially bright, I know a place perfect for stargazing."

Shen Tang was awakened by his antics, sleepiness vanished, and she could easily tell that this leopard wanted to secretly rendezvous with her.

At this time, it was deep into the night, and the entire camp was silent, with only the campfire outside the tent crackling softly, the flame gradually dying down.

Shen Tang couldn’t sleep anyway, so she dressed well and lay on his back.

Xiao Jin excitedly set off, his four paws galloping like the wind, taking her to a nearby mountain peak.

The terrain here was higher, and the stars and the moon in the sky appeared exceptionally bright, the moon seeming larger.

To know, polluted areas were covered in thick fog year-round, making it impossible to see the sky clearly. After nearly half a year of recovery, the environment here improved steadily, and those toxic mists had long vanished, now looking like a regular mountain forest.

Xiao Jin lay on the ground as a "mattress," with Shen Tang softly leaning on his back, looking up at the dazzling Milky Way against the deep blue sky.

Gradually, she squinted her eyes, yawned, with her beautiful eyes glistening with sleepy tears.

Suddenly, she noticed something flickering in the night-darkened forest not far away, flying back and forth in the air—it was fireflies!

Shen Tang suddenly became wide awake again, pointing in that direction and excitedly shouting, "Ah Jin, look, they’re fireflies!"

"Fireflies?" Xiao Jin swung his thick, long tail, curious about the name.

He knew she was referring to those small glowing bugs seen occasionally on nighttime hunting trips outside the city.

However, Xiao Jin was a straightforward man without much romantic interest, always concerned about whether the prey was fat or how much money it could fetch, never paying attention to such small things. Yet Tangtang seemed to really like them.

He laughed and said, "You like them? If you like them, I’ll catch you a basketful, make a little night lamp, it can light up the night."

"No need to catch too many, these little insects won’t live beyond a few days before dying; in their freedom flying, they’re the most beautiful." Shen Tang softly spoke, her gentle voice particularly ethereal in the night, "You don’t know, fireflies are very precious, only appearing in places with good environment. In my hometown, they’re already rare."

Xiao Jin nodded knowingly at the first part, indeed, in recent years as polluted areas expanded, he hadn’t seen these glowing small insects in a long time.

But hearing the latter part, his tail resting on the ground slowly stopped moving.

Tangtang’s hometown...

Where is her hometown? In the Night Glow Empire? In other countries? On the other side of the continent, somewhere unknown to him? Or even farther away?

Does she miss her home?

Will there be a day when she goes back?