The girl lowered her head and Xi Xue saw this. He just casually snaked his arm around the girl's waist and hugged her.

"Let me...hug you for now."

The man's heart beats faster as he feels the girl's warmth entering his skin.

'Weird. You are weird. You are a human but why...I can't get my eyes off you? Am I...in love with you?'

"....mn." Bng Huo didn't move and let Xi Xue do whatever he wanted to do. The two of them stayed hugging each other for a while.

Bng Huo fell silent while Xi Xue just silently stroked Bng Huo's head.

'I know what I'm doing now is already beyond what friends do but'

Xi Xue glanced at Bng Huo and sighed. "Bng Huo. You"

'Do you like me?'

The man wanted to ask but all he could do was to swallow his words.

"What is it?" Bng Huo looked up at Xi Xue while touching his chest. "You just said- "

"...no. Nothing." Xi Xue shook his head. "I just wonder if you will keep being my friend even though I'm a sacred beast."

The word 'friend' somehow irked Bng Huo. The girl frowned and pushed Xi Xue away gently. "I will still be your friend but you see"

The girl gulped as she stared at Xi Xue's melancholic eyes. "Friends of the opposite gender don't hug each other, don't touch each other."

'Maybe because Xi Xue is a beast, he's used to skinship but as a human...I'm not used to, ah!'

"Mn. I know." Xi Xue nodded. "But you are a 'boy' at this moment so I can, right?"

Xi Xue tilted this head and put his head on the girl's shoulder. His hand once again made its way to Bng Huo's waist.

"Ugh, men don't do this kind of thing except they're a lover, ah!" Bng Huo hit Xi Xue's back. "But between girls, I think it's still normal." The girl spoke whatever she knew.

Hearing this, Xi Xue lifted his head and brought his face closer to the girl. "So girls can hug each other and cuddle? Even if they're not a lover?"

"Uh...yeah? A best friend does that." Bng Huo nodded stiffly.

'Why is he asking this? Somehow.I have a bad feeling'

"Mn, I see so girls are fine." Xi Xue grinned. An evil smile flashed through his face.

'I can shapeshift! If I become a girl, I can hug Bng Huo all-day.'

"I'll be a girl then, " Xi Xue suddenly spoke and a blood mist slowly emerged from his body. The smell of blood lingered in the air, making Bng Huo backed off from the man.

"W-what are you doing??" Bng Huo stared at Xi Xue in horror. The man was covered in dense blood fog from head to toe. Only his sparkling red eyes could be seen.

"I'm transforming, " Xi Xue casually replied as his body slowly changed. His hair was still the same but his face became smaller. The jaw became less sharp than before.

His eyelashes grew long and thick. His eyes softened. His lips turned thicker and plump. A natural blush appeared on his cheek.

Now the blood mist covering his face slowly faded but the one surrounding his body was still there. The fog slowly turned Xi Xue's body to be more slender and voluptuous.

His flat, sturdy chest bulged. Two plump melons appeared. His hips shrunk and his waist was now small enough that it looked fragile.

His strong arms and legs turned into that of a woman. Smooth, slender and long.

In a blink of an eye, Xi Xue turned into a sexy mature lady. An enchantress.

"How is it?" Xi Xue licked his red lips as he spoke in a flirty voice, sounding sexy and mature.

Once Bng Huo heard Xi Xue's woman voice, she got goosebumps.

"Did you- wait. You are a woman now?!" Bng Huo's eyes jumped out of its socket. She scanned Xi Xue from head to toe and once she saw the man's chest, she frowned.

'What's with those mountains?! They're even bigger than mine!!'

"Ugh, you are not Xi Xue!" Bng Huo looked away, refusing to look at Xi Xue.

'I just know a sacred beast can change gender, ah!'

"Eh, but you said if I'm a girl I can still hug you, and cuddle with you." Xi Xue tilted his head, swaying his long black hair.

His two mountains bounced with just the slightest movement.

"Well I did say that but I won't hug you in this form!" The girl glared at Xi Xue with teary eyes.

'How the hell I as the real woman isn't as pretty as Xi Xue in disguise?? His chest is even bigger than mine!'

Seeing Bng Huo sulked, Xi Xue bit his lips and sighed. "If I become a child, will you hug me?" he suddenly asked.

"Huh? You can do that?" Bng Huo blinked fast. She stared at Xi Xue's bouncy chest and suddenly had the urge to slap the guy.

'I hate big boobies.'

"I can. Do you want me to be a little girl or a little boy?" Xi Xue rubbed his palms together, ready to change again.

"Boy. I want to see you as a child!" Bng Huo's eyes lit up.

'I wonder what Xi Xue looks like when he's still a child. Maybe he will be in his beast form? Wait, I have never seen his beast form, to be honest.'

Bng Huo glanced at Xi Xue.

'What kind of beast is he? Is he scary?'

Bng Huo was thinking when Xi Xue snapped his finger and the red fog appeared again.

'Time to be a child!'