From the first time he laid eyes on Gu Mengmeng, Barete affirmed that she was the female for him.
That time, Elvis had her wrapped up in a large piece of animal skin and he didn't get a glimpse of her face. He just felt that her scent was especially fragrant, and different from other females.
The first time he met her, she had slapped a male…
An action like that was very common in the Beast World. Males would not feel aggrieved at being hit, but would instead worry if their female's hand felt pain.
Even so, he was deeply attracted.
That was because she had hit the guy—not for doing something bad, but for expressing his interest after getting a whiff of her scent.
In general, females would feel vain and proud when such things happened. Females might give a token reprimand here and there, but to show true rage like Gu Mengmeng did—that had never happened before.