Clumsy Beast, Keep Your Paws Off novel Chapter 268

Chapter 268: Chapter 268: Move it, snake. Don’t block the door!

The dim light of the rainy morning filtered through the treehouse windows as Su Qinglan slowly blinked her eyes open.

Her first instinct was to reach out for the familiar warmth of her husbands, but as her hand swept across the furs, she felt nothing but cold and empty space.

She bolted upright, her heart hammering against her ribs. On the other side of the bed, only Xuan Long was there, his long, dark lashes fluttering as he woke from her sudden movement.

"Where are the others?" she asked, her voice trembling.

Xuan Long blinked, momentarily stunned by her frantic tone. "They... they are still outside, Lan Lan. You locked the door and told them not to come in."

Su Qinglan’s face went deathly pale. She remembered her anger from the day before, her frustration with the "stupid cats," and her angry exit.

But she had fallen asleep for hours! She thought they would have coaxed her or at least picked the lock once she calmed down.

"Don’t tell me... they’ve been out there all night?" She whispered, her eyes filling with horror. "In this rain? While I was sleeping comfortably?"

Without thinking, without even grabbing a thicker hide or her sandals, Su Qinglan scrambled out of the bed. Her feet hit the wooden floor with a soft thud as she dashed toward the door.

Xuan Long, still groggy, couldn’t keep up with her sudden burst of speed. "Lan Lan! Wait! You aren’t dressed!"

But she was already gone. She flung the door open and rushed out onto the porch, her bare feet splashing into the cold puddles.

Her heart broke the moment her eyes landed on the fence gate.

There they were...Hu Yan, Han Jue, and Rong Ye. They weren’t fighting or growling anymore.

They were huddled together in the mud, looking exactly like three large, abandoned puppies. Their fur was matted and soaked, and their heads were bowed low against the relentless drizzle.

"Oh, no... No, no, no!" Su Qinglan cried, her voice breaking.

She ran down the steps, ignoring the sharp stones and the freezing mud between her toes. She threw herself at them, her arms wrapping around Hu Yan’s thick, wet neck first, then reaching for the other two. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

"Why are you out here?! Why didn’t you come back in?" She sobbed, her tears mixing with the rain on her cheeks. "I wasn’t that angry! I was just annoyed! I didn’t mean for you to stay in the rain all night!"

The three beastmen immediately leaned into her touch, their expressions becoming incredibly pitiful.

Hu Yan let out a low, mournful whine, and Rong Ye rested his wet head on her shoulder, looking like he was on the verge of death from heartbreak.

In reality, they weren’t in any danger. These were powerful predators who had spent years surviving winters and monsoons in the wild.

A little rain was nothing more than a bath to them. They had actually spent all night hunting in their beast forms to provide food for her, returning only an hour ago to look "sad" in front of the door.

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