After The Soft And Cute Beauty Marries The Wolf King - Chapter 21

The letter was written by Xie Zhifeng.

 

In the letter, it was said that the princess couldn’t wait any longer and didn’t want to wait until it got warmer. She insisted on coming to visit during this coldest season.

 

Xie Zhifeng’s letter was not so serious. He even joked that the emperor was worried and asked him to persuade the princess. As a result, the siblings secretly discussed and played a trick on the emperor. Helplessly, the emperor had to agree.

 

Xie Zhiqing stared blankly and put the letter down. He couldn’t believe it. After patting his face to calm down for a moment, he picked it up again and read it carefully from beginning to end.

 

Only then did he dare to believe what was written in the letter.

 

Xie Zhiqing patted his chest and looked at Lang Sa—

 

His heart was like a drum, and besides the thumping of his own heartbeat, he couldn’t hear anything else.

 

He moved his mouth and said to Lang Sa, “My, my… brother, brother is coming…”

 

Lang Sa put on a coat and walked to his side, took the letter and glanced at it.

 

He patted Xie Zhiqing’s head and said, “Then I’ll go prepare, you—”

 

Before he could finish his sentence, Xie Zhiqing suddenly jumped up from the chair and shouted, “Brother and little sister are coming!”

 

His excitement was beyond words.

 

Lang Sa couldn’t help but cry and laugh, comforting him, “Alright, alright, I got it, you go quickly—”

 

Before he could finish, he was interrupted again.

 

Xie Zhiqing grabbed Lang Sa’ hands and spun around in place, shouting something in excitement.

 

Without waiting for Lang Sa to ask, he rushed to the corner where Fufu was, grabbed the little rabbit drinking water and hugged it— the water bowl was knocked over, and the splashed water dripped onto Xie Zhiqing’s chest, wetting a small piece of his clothes.

 

Ignoring this, Xie Zhiqing hugged Fufu over his head and exclaimed, “Fufu! My brother is coming! I’m going to see him soon, are you happy!”

 

Fufu: “…”

 

The speechless little rabbit awkwardly held onto Xie Zhiqing’s wrist to prevent itself from slipping.

 

After bothering Fufu, he went to disturb Ateus.

 

Ateus sensed trouble ahead of time, slowly got up from the ground, but still couldn’t escape Xie Zhiqing’s harassment.

 

Xie Zhiqing rubbed its pointed ears, then lifted its two front legs, mimicking a clapping gesture, and even tried to lift it up like he did with Fufu—

 

Of course, it failed.

 

Xie Zhiqing exclaimed, “Oops,” and quickly put Ateus down, scratching his head embarrassedly, “Why are you so heavy!”

 

Feeling the inexplicable complaint, Ateus shook his leg away with his tail.

 

Xie Zhiqing wasn’t satisfied yet, so he simply squatted down, his upper body leaning on Ateus, making unclear noises in his mouth, his face rolling on its body.

 

“Thanks, Ateus, for delivering the letter to me early!” Xie Zhiqing rubbed its fur vigorously, rubbing his face until it turned red before sighing, “Wow, I knew your fur was rough, but I didn’t expect it to be this rough. My face hurts haha! I won’t rub you again in the future!”

 

“Hey! Let me see.” Lang Sa couldn’t stand it anymore, pulled him up, and said, “You know it hurts, yet you still rub?”

 

“I’m just too happy.” Xie Zhiqing didn’t care about that much. He rubbed his face, looked up at Lang Sa, his eyes full of joy, “It’s been so long since I’ve seen them…”

 

Lang Sa pinched his chin, laughed, and said, “Be honest now!”

 

He turned his head to Ateus and said a few names, “Bring them to me and arrange for some escort personnel.”

 

Xie Zhiqing pursed his lips and smiled at Ateus, “Thank you!”

 

“Thank it?” Lang Sa raised an eyebrow, “What about me?”

 

“Thank you too!” Xie Zhiqing bumped his shoulder with his forehead, “Thank you the most, handsome and brave Wolf King!”

 

He was overflowing with happiness from head to toe, and even his tone of speech was more cheerful than usual. His cheeks had a faint color, and when Lang Sa touched them, the skin beneath his fingertips was slightly warm.

 

Lang Sa gently rubbed that delicate skin and suddenly understood; this was probably what people meant by “cheeks flushed with excitement”.

 

He looked carefully at Xie Zhiqing again, realizing, so this is called red. He got it now.

 

—

 

Because of this letter, a group of people and wolves suddenly became busy.

 

Wolves weren’t social animals, so gathering together on such a large scale was rare.

 

Lang Sa was busy again, but this time Xie Zhiqing didn’t get bored for too long—Lang Xiaoxiao, the lively one, was back.

 

She really went out looking for men, but she returned empty-handed—she was called back shortly after leaving. Lang Sa said, Xie Zhiqing’s maternal relatives were coming to visit, so she had to come back quickly.

 

However, even without this matter, Lang Xiaoxiao had to return home.

 

She had caused trouble on this trip.

 

When Xie Zhiqing saw Lang Xiaoxiao, she was being lectured by the old wolf.

 

After listening for a while, Xie Zhiqing roughly understood what had happened.

 

Lang Xiaoxiao went out without a plan and just wandered around. She left the grassland and went to the nearest nomadic tribe.

 

The lifestyle of this nomadic tribe was similar to that of the wolves, except that all the residents were humans rather than beastfolk. Lang Xiaoxiao stayed there for a few days and found it boring. When she was about to leave, she was stopped by the little prince of that tribe.

 

This little prince was arrogant and domineering. He saw Lang Xiaoxiao was young and pretty, and had the idea of marrying her.

 

It was quite normal for the princes of two tribes to marry the princess, but—

 

“…” Xie Zhiqing couldn’t believe it and interrupted, “You… you beat him up? And almost to death??”

 

Lang Xiaoxiao justified herself, “Of course! If he can’t even beat me, how dare he think of marrying me? He should dream on!”

 

The old wolf was furious, cursing, “You unlucky girl! Fighting with your brother when you were young, and now fighting with the prince of another tribe when you’re grown up! What’s wrong with you?!”

 

It wasn’t that they were afraid of retaliation—when it came to combat strength, their wolf clan didn’t really have any opponents. But Lang Xiaoxiao’s behavior was truly… incomprehensible.

 

The little prince didn’t pursue the matter much, but the wolf clan couldn’t just ignore it completely. It was said that under Lang Sa’s decision, they sent some silver and livestock to apologize. He didn’t require Lang Xiaoxiao to personally apologize, but the old wolf felt that, since Lang Xiaoxiao was the one who started it, she should at least express some regret.

 

“I’m not going!” Lang Xiaoxiao refused, “I won’t go!”

 

The old wolf angrily said, “Lang Xiaoxiao! Why are you so barbaric! You injured someone, and you won’t even say sorry?!”

 

Lang Xiaoxiao replied, “Yes, I’m just that barbaric!”

 

Lao Lang left without a word, feeling frustrated.

 

After seeing Lao Lang walk away, Xie Zhiqing cleared her throat lightly and approached, asking, “Xiao Xiao, why did you… get into a fight with someone? There must be a reason, right?”

 

“I just didn’t like him!” Lang Xiaoxiao said. “Ah, Xiao Qing’er, you don’t understand. Their group is so barbaric. After they heard I was the princess of the Wolf Clan, that little prince kept finding excuses to shoot arrows, hunt, and even invited me to watch wrestling matches with him.”

 

Lang Xiaoxiao looked exasperated. “We beastfolk don’t behave like that!”

 

According to Lang Xiaoxiao, that day the prince invited her again to watch wrestling—matches where it’s do or die.

 

“I was so annoyed, who wants to watch that?” Lang Xiaoxiao exclaimed. “I couldn’t stand him, so I gave him a beating. He’s so useless, always getting others to fight for him.”

 

Xie Zhiqing nodded as she listened. “From what you’re saying, it does seem… understandable.”

 

Lang Xiaoxiao, feeling supported, said, “See!”

 

“Yeah, right!”

 

As they chatted, they arrived at Xie Zhiqing’s doorstep, where Lang Sa was coincidentally waiting, having heard their conversation from inside.

 

“Why are you clinging to Xiao Qing’er as soon as you’re back?” Lang Sa leaned against the door, arms crossed. “Go find Tanis to play.”

 

Lang Xiaoxiao frowned and muttered to Xie Zhiqing, “Xiao Qing’er, let me tell you, I have no interest in men from the grasslands or nomadic tribes, largely because of Lang Sa! I can’t stand him!”

 

Then, she remembered they were expecting guests from the grasslands and exclaimed happily, “Ah! When Xiao Qing’er’s brother arrives, I’ll observe closely what men from the central plains are like! They can’t be as barbaric and violent as Lang Sa!”

 

Without waiting for Lang Sa to retort, she quickly ran off.

 

Xie Zhiqing sighed, unable to help laughing.

 

Lang Sa shook his head in resignation. “That crazy girl. When your brother arrives, I’ll hide her away so he doesn’t think all wolf people are insane.”

 

Xie Zhiqing said, “Don’t say that. Xiaoxiao has always been curious about them!”

 

He hesitated for a moment before gently touching Lang Sa’s arm.

 

Sensing this small touch, Lang Sa took the initiative, grabbing Xie Zhiqing’s hand.

 

“She…” Xie Zhiqing smiled and teased a bit before returning to seriousness. “Her lively personality comes from living here—I hope my brother and sister could be as lively! I’m looking forward to introducing them to each other.”

 

Lang Sa rolled his eyes. “Got it, I was just saying. When guests come from afar, it’s not right to hide a princess from meeting them.”

 

Xie Zhiqing nodded, and they walked into the room arm in arm.

 

Of course, Lang Sa wasn’t the only one making preparations.

 

“Not asleep yet?” Lang Sa returned home late at night, surprised to see light in the room.

 

“Oh, just about to sleep!” Xie Zhiqing replied without looking up, continuing to work on what was in his hands.

 

He had gathered some fluffy fur and was making two rabbits, one large and one small.

 

The fur from the Fufu wasn’t very long, but after accumulating for a while, Xie Zhiqing didn’t want to waste it. He painstakingly sewed each stitch.

 

Lang Sa bent over to take a look behind him.

 

Two rabbits, one large and one small, still missing eyes and tails, but the basic shape was there, round and cute.

 

Beside them lay the jade rabbit pendant Xie Zhiqing had brought from Anyu, now, there were three rabbits on the table.

 

Lang Sa glanced at Xie Zhiqing, who was focused on his work, and pinched his ear, smiling.