There is a beast in the bright morning.

Chapter 245 I hope so

Ever since she obtained a "Swallowing-the-Will Flower" from the Sky Tree, Cat Tears has been caught in a dilemma.

On one hand, his emotions made him hope that he could use the flowers given by the Sky Tree to reconcile with Panhu.

But rationality made Maomao Lei feel that doing this was deceiving Panhu, since he had clearly said he would not deceive Panhu anymore.

"Ugh, my head is spinning. Never mind, I just want to make up with Panhu, and this is the last time I'll lie to him." Cat Tears looked at the little red flower in her paw and made up her mind.

Following the scent of Panhu Lake, Cat Tears arrived at a pool of water and saw Panhu Lake drinking water.

Cat Tears was completely focused on Panhu and didn't notice Haochen sneaking up behind him.

On his way back to the Deer Man Shop, Hao Chen saw the furtive Cat Tears and curiously followed him, only to discover that Cat Tears seemed to be plotting to steal Panhu.

Furthermore, Hao Chen discovered a red flower in the cat's paw and seemed to care about it very much. Hao Chen's intuition told him that the flower was not simple and might have some special effects.

Driven by curiosity, and with nothing else to do, Hao Chen couldn't help but want to get involved, thinking maybe something fun would happen.

"What luck! Pan Hu is drinking water right now, but why do I have this urge to tease him a little?"

Looking at Panhu drinking water under the tree, Cat Tears felt a strong urge to join in, completely unaware that Panhu had stopped drinking and was staring at the water's surface.

As Pan Hu lowered his head to drink water, he noticed the cat's tears on the tree through its reflection in the water: "What is this little devil up there trying to do? Is he trying to scare me again?"

This scene reminded Panhu of his childhood, when Cat Tears liked to hide and then suddenly jump out to scare him when he passed by.

For a moment, Panhu felt as if he had returned to the time when Maomao Lei was a child, and he was even looking forward to the possibility that Maomao Lei would suddenly jump out and scare him.

"Hehe, I'll pounce down in a bit and then put the flower on Panhu's body."

Cat Tears was perched on a tree, preparing to jump down, when Hao Chen suddenly appeared upside down in front of her, disrupting her preparations.

"Cat Tears, what are you doing? You're not planning to play a trick on Panhu, are you? How about I join in?"

"Who are you? Don't you know it's scary to suddenly jump out like that?"

Cat Tears was startled by Hao Chen's words and subconsciously took a step back, but forgot that he was in a tree. He slipped and fell straight down from the tree.

"Meow..." Cat Tears flailed its limbs in the air, trying to grab the tree trunk to stop itself.

"Oh no..." Hao Chen slapped his forehead, realizing he had messed up. He had forgotten that cats are creatures that can't withstand such a sudden fright.

Just as Hao Chen was about to intervene to save Mao Mao Lei, he saw that Pan Hu was already below, ready to catch Mao Mao Lei, so Hao Chen stopped interfering.

Upon hearing Cat Tears' screams, Panhu rushed to Cat Tears' feet without hesitation and caught him with his own body.

With a bang...

Cat Tears opened her eyes and realized that she had fallen from such a tall tree, yet she didn't feel any pain at all.

But soon, Cat Tears realized that the texture under her was wrong. It seemed very soft. She reached down and touched it with her paw, and found a furry patch.

"Mao Mao, are you alright?"

Just then, Panhu's gentle voice reached Cat Tears' ears, and he realized that it was Panhu who had caught him: "Panhu, I didn't expect it was you who saved me, thank you so much."

Just as Cat Tears was about to hug Panhu's neck, Panhu came to his senses, immediately stood up, threw Cat Tears off his back, and then left without looking back.

"Wait, Panhu!" Cat, with tears in her eyes and quick paws, snatched the flower in her hand and put it on Panhu's head: "Here's a little flower for you, please don't be angry anymore and ignore me!"

Cat Tears looked at Panhu with a mixture of expectation and unease, as if afraid that the flower would have no effect and would only make Panhu angrier.

Seeing Pan Hu's sullen face, seemingly very angry, Maomao Lei involuntarily trembled: "Ru, what's wrong? Are you angry?"

However, the next moment, Panhu suddenly raised his head and smiled at Maomao Lei: "No, I'm not angry at all, haha."

Seeing Panhu smile at her, Cat Tears was instantly captivated, thinking that the Demon Tree was indeed reliable and that the flower was really useful.

Having witnessed everything from the tree, Hao Chen felt a surge of excitement. The images of Zhan Hu and Oleander flashed through his mind, and an idea suddenly formed in his heart.

"If I could get my hands on the Cat's Tears flower and put it on Zhanhu and Oleander, the result would be..."

Thinking of this, Hao Chen disregarded the fact that he had just startled Mao Mao Lei and quickly jumped down from the tree to stand in front of Mao Mao Lei.

"Cat Tears, where did you get those flowers? Do you have any more?"

Looking at the overly familiar Haochen, Cat Tears was speechless. He only had Panhu in his heart and couldn't tolerate any other dogs.

In order to get rid of Haochen as soon as possible, Cat Tears decisively sold the Sky-Supporting Tree: "If you want this flower, you have to find a strange tree with a long face, I think it's called something like the Sky-Supporting Tree!"

"The Sky-Supporting Tree?!" Hao Chen thought to himself that he should have thought of it sooner. Besides the Sky-Supporting Tree, who else could produce such strange and unusual things?

But because of this, Hao Chen started to hate the Sky Tree again, and no one even thought of him when there was such a good thing.

"You guys have fun, I'm going to go chat with the Sky Tree." Hao Chen said goodbye to Cat Tears and then hurriedly left.

However, before leaving, Haochen suddenly licked Panhu's face and then ran away quickly before Maomao Lei could react.

"Hey, Cat Tears, your Panhu Lake smells really good..."

"..." Cat Tears was so angry when she heard Hao Chen's words that she glared at him. If Hao Chen hadn't run away so fast, Cat Tears would probably have come up and scratched his face.

"Damn it, I don't want to see that mad dog again. He actually dared to molest my dog."

Cat Tears came to Panhu's side with heartache, hugged him tightly, and let Panhu lean on his shoulder: "Don't be afraid, doggy, Mao Mao will protect you."

"Okay, I'm not afraid."

Seeing that Panhu listened to everything she said after she put on the flower and didn't seem angry at all, Cat Tears looked at Panhu with burning eyes.

Cat Tears leaned against the rock and stretched out its paw towards Panhu Lake: "Doggy, come and trim Furry's nails."

"Okay, no problem." After hearing this, Panhu calmly took out a nail file, then grabbed Cat Tears' front paw and carefully began to file Cat Tears' paw.

Panhu quickly polished all four of Cat Tears' paws and even added some color.

Seeing that Pan Hu didn't seem impatient, Mao Mao Lei became even bolder: "Dogs need to sleep with Mao Mao."

"Okay, I'll hold you."

As Panhu spoke, he wrapped his body tightly around Maomao Lei, which made Maomao Lei squint her eyes comfortably and sniff around Panhu's body.

"By the way, there's something I've been wanting to tell you." After inhaling enough of Pan Hu's scent, Maomao Lei suddenly got up from Pan Hu's arms.

Looking at the lake in front of her, Cat Tears finally spoke the words she had kept in her heart for a long time: "I lied to you back then, even though I was on the verge of death. I'm sorry."

Pan Hu's eyes twitched slightly when he heard what Mao Mao Lei said, but he quickly recovered.

Cat Tears continued, "I regret it so much, please don't be angry anymore, okay?"

"Could you please forget the lie I told you, and let's be like... like we used to be, okay?"

At this moment, Pan Hu looked at Maomao Lei with complicated emotions. Being deceived by Maomao Lei back then was a pain he could never forget.

Panhu tried to forget Cat Tears, but in the end he found that he couldn't, as Cat Tears was already firmly imprinted in his heart.

Besides, so many years have passed, and Panhu can't say whether he hates or loves Cat Tears more now.

Even though Panhu had forgiven Maomao Lei in his heart in the end, his personality prevented him from saying the words of forgiveness.

“But this time…” Pan Hu took a deep breath after thinking about the flower he was wearing in his hair.

Then Panhu pretended to be affected by the flowers and said to Maomaolei, "Okay, I'll listen to you. I'll forget about it now."

Hearing Pan Hu's words, Cat Tears was overjoyed: "Really? That's wonderful—"

But soon, Cat Tears realized that this might not have been Panhu's original intention; he had simply been influenced by Hua and that's why he said it that way.

Thinking of this, Cat Tears' smile, which had been upturned with joy, immediately fell. Yes, it was time to wake up from her dream.

"I'm sorry, it's all fake. I just wish it were so."

"I'm leaving, bye-bye!"

Cat Tears quickly reached out and plucked the flower from Panhu's head, then immediately ran away, as if afraid of seeing Panhu's angry expression.

Watching Cat Tears' departing figure, Pan Hu felt a pang of sadness. He opened his mouth as if to call out to Cat Tears.

But in the end, Panhu didn't say a word, only muttering softly, "...It's okay, Mao Mao, I also...I hope so."

"Sigh, I thought there was going to be a good show."

Hao Chen emerged from the void. He did not leave immediately, but stayed to watch everything silently.

If possible, he also wanted to see Cat Tears and Panhu become a loving couple.

He can't even handle matters of the heart himself, let alone help Cat Tears and the others resolve this thousand-year-old entanglement.

"The mountain has trees, but the trees have no branches; I love you, but you do not know." Hao Chen murmured, looking in the direction Pan Hu had left.

Pan Hu seemed to have heard something, and turned to look at where Hao Chen had been, but there was nothing there. "Is it just my imagination?!"

Having finished his business, Hao Chen was now rushing towards the Deer Man Shop in a great hurry.

After watching the interaction between Cat Tears and Panhu, he felt an urge to give Tianlu and Bixie a good beating.

Just as they were approaching the Deer Man's shop, they happened to run into Rabbit Lord, who was out walking Zhanhu.

Seeing Rabbit Lord riding on the back of War Tiger, Hao Chen suddenly braked sharply and blocked Rabbit Lord.

"Hey, Haochen, it's you. What's up?" Rabbit greeted Haochen, who had stopped him, by raising his paw.

Hao Chen pointed at Zhan Hu, his eyes gleaming with excitement, and said, "Rabbit Lord, can I ride Zhan Hu too?!"

Zhanhu: "..."

Rabbit Lord: "..."