Chapter 1850 I Like You, But I Don't Want Us to Be Together
Chapter 1850: Chapter 1850 I Like You, But I Don’t Want Us to Be Together
After watching the Leopard Beastman leading the horse away, Bai Xing spoke to Hei Xun and the others, “Head in that direction. On my way here, I didn’t encounter any game.”
“Alright.”
Then everyone set off together toward the north.
With Bai Xing, the king, joining the hunt, Hei Xun and the others were exhilarated, knowing that unless there was no game to be found, any encountered would be theirs.
But no sooner had Bai Xing taken a few steps with Hei Xun and the others to the north than he heard the sound of horse hooves, and soon after, the familiar scent of a Pure Human.
If he was not mistaken, it was Xue Ganggang.
A stir went through Bai Xing’s heart.
“King, we hear horse hooves.” The other Beastmen had yet to catch the scent of the Pure Human, only hearing the sound of hooves.
“I hear them.”
No sooner had Bai Xing spoken than he saw Xue Ganggang riding towards them on horseback.
Only then did Hei Xun and the others also see her and realize it was Xue Ganggang.
Bai Xing paused for a moment before speaking to Hei Xun and the others, “You guys go on ahead. I’ll meet up with you later.”
“Yes, King.”
Then Hei Xun and the others continued to head north.
Xue Ganggang had seen Bai Xing and Hei Xun together from a distance. Her heart had not reached Bai Xing’s side when Hei Xun and the others walked off first, and that’s when her nervousness kicked in. But she didn’t have the slightest intention of running away. She rode up to Bai Xing, reined in her horse, and then dismounted.
She glanced in the direction where Hei Xun and the others had left.
“I just ran into them, and the goods have been sent back to the tribe already,” Bai Xing explained. After a pause, he could only ask, “Is something the matter?”
“Of course there’s something,” Xue Ganggang looked him in the eye. “How come you never told me you knew that I kept your portrait?”
“What’s there to talk about that.”
“Did you figure it out? Afraid I would cling to you?”
This was about to bring everything out into the open.
Having spent a good number of days together, Bai Xing had come to understand Xue Ganggang somewhat, knowing that since she had come all this way and spoken her mind so frankly, she would not leave until things were clear and understood.
So, taking a deep sigh, he still told her the truth, “I’m not afraid of you clinging to me.”
“So, you really noticed that I like you?”
Even more direct.
Bai Xing could only nod, “Mhm.”
With everything out in the open, Xue Ganggang did not beat around the bush but went straight to the point, “Then what do you mean? Knowing that I like you, why act as if you don’t know? If you don’t like me, just tell me straight. But you just said you’re not afraid of me clinging to you, so why didn’t you tell me outright instead of pretending unaware? And you stayed in Da Ling for several days, with me… Even if it was to learn more, so as to develop the Yao Tribe, but Bai Xing, can you really go that far? Using someone who likes you but you don’t like in return, to learn things… Bai Xing, are you really such a person?”
Pausing, she looked at him even more incisively, “Bai Xing, do you take me for a fool?”
Bai Xing pinched the bridge of his nose and then denied, “No. I haven’t taken you for a fool. I… I also like you, but I don’t want us to be together.”
“Why?” Xue Ganggang immediately asked. On the way chasing after him, she had come to a realization, feeling certain that Bai Xing must also like her. She was just confused as to why he didn’t express it and let them be together if he knew how she felt.
Bai Xing simply gestured around them, “Look around. This is the Beast World, not Da Ling. Da Ling is far better than here. I am the king of the Yao Tribe and won’t leave the Beast World. If we were to be together, you’d have to come to the Beast World, which means lowering your living standards in every aspect. I don’t want that.”