Before this, Yunyang and Pei Fangying had never dealt with each other.
So after lunch, the two of them had little to talk about. Even sitting together, they each focused on their own lightbrain.
Felicity, on the other hand, would occasionally smile and strike up a conversation with Yunyang.
One didn’t hit someone who greeted them with a smile. Besides, Felicity’s words earlier had proved that she truly hadn’t known what Pei Qingyang had done.
Thus, whenever Yunyang took a break from browsing the Star Network, she would occasionally respond to her.
Every time she did, Felicity’s eyes would light up, as though being able to speak with Yunyang were an immense honor.
Watching Felicity’s reactions, the six beast husbands all felt that something was off.
But since their female master hadn’t said anything, they didn’t dare to interfere.
Fortunately, the buyer didn’t keep them waiting long.
At two in the afternoon, a starship arrived in the residential district where the Pei family lived.
The moment the robot butler detected an outsider’s arrival, it informed Pei Fangying.
The visitor was only a male, so Pei Fangying didn’t even plan to send one of her beast husbands. She simply instructed the robot butler to bring him inside.
Outside the villa, Tao Zhan stepped down from the starship and saw the robot butler waiting to receive him.
He didn’t feel slighted. After all, he truly had no qualifications to be personally welcomed by a female.
Tao Zhan followed the robot butler into the villa.
After stepping through the door, the first thing he saw was three females sitting on the sofa.
Three?
Tao Zhan swallowed nervously.
He knew Lady Pei, and he had also learned about Lady Yunyang through the Star Network.
As for the other lady, he didn’t know her, but since she could sit alongside the other two, her mental power rank was certainly no lower than B-rank.
This was the first time he had seen three such distinguished ladies at once.
Because he was nervous, Tao Zhan unconsciously slowed his steps, afraid of making the slightest breach of etiquette.
He bowed to the three females one by one before cautiously looking toward Pei Fangying.
“Lady Pei, you summoned me?”
Pei Fangying didn’t answer. Wilder was the one who responded.
“Our female master called you here to ask about the matter concerning your purchase of the mining rights last time.”
As he spoke, Wilder opened the transaction details again.
The moment Tao Zhan saw the familiar document, his heart gave a jolt.
His panic became visible on his face.
“Lady Pei, I truly didn’t know your son had sold them without authorization when I made the purchase. If I had known, I wouldn’t have dared to buy the rights to a Pei family mine even if I had a hundred lives!”
“Besides, I never actually completed the purchase. You said last time that you wouldn’t pursue the matter any further.”
Tao Zhan had left himself some room to maneuver.
His words sounded like a heartfelt confession made in panic, but they were actually quite crafty.
He only said “Lady Pei’s son” without naming which son.
When he entered, he had clearly seen Lady Pei’s youngest son standing behind Lady Yunyang, which meant he was one of Lady Yunyang’s beast husbands.
If he directly named Pei Wenye, it would certainly do him no good.
Unfortunately, none of the people present were fooled by his little trick.
Wilder pressed him directly. “Tell Lady Yunyang exactly who it was that sold the mining rights to you without authorization.”
Tao Zhan’s eyelid twitched.
He cautiously stole a glance at Yunyang, wanting to see how she felt about the matter.
But Yunyang’s expression was calm, revealing neither anger nor pleasure.
Noticing Tao Zhan’s gaze, Yunyang spoke. “Go ahead and tell the truth. I won’t take my anger out on you over this.”
Tao Zhan looked at Pei Fangying again.
After wrestling with himself for a moment, he decisively said, “It was Pei Wenye.”
Afraid of embarrassing Yunyang in front of outsiders, Pei Wenye, like the other five beast husbands, had refrained from saying much that day.
But now that he was being framed, he could no longer endure it.
It was all because of that damned Tao Zhan. If Tao Zhan hadn’t conspired with Pei Qingyang to falsify the records, Mother wouldn’t have condemned him outright.
Pei Wenye moved his lips, wanting to defend himself.
Yunyang swept him a glance.
Pei Wenye immediately swallowed his words and continued standing silently behind Yunyang like a backdrop.
Hearing the same answer from Tao Zhan once again, Pei Fangying looked at Pei Wenye in disappointment.
In the past, Pei Wenye had been most afraid of seeing that look in his mother’s eyes.
But now, he was completely unmoved.
Pei Fangying withdrew her gaze and looked at Yunyang. “Lady Yunyang, can you believe these transaction records now?”
Pei Wenye looked at Yunyang nervously.
Would his female master really believe Tao Zhan just like that?
Yunyang did not answer immediately.
She was wondering what terms Pei Qingyang had offered Tao Zhan to make him risk offending an S-rank female by stubbornly framing Pei Wenye.
Of course, she didn’t believe Tao Zhan’s words.
Yunyang thought of several possibilities. The most likely one was that Pei Qingyang had something on Tao Zhan.
Or perhaps Tao Zhan’s cooperation with Pei Qingyang in framing Pei Wenye was itself the leverage Pei Qingyang held over him.
Slander was no minor offense in the Federation. If exposed, Tao Zhan would not only be barred from matching with a female for life, but would also lose the right to receive purification from a female.
There was one thing, however, that Tao Zhan probably didn’t know.
Yunyang curled her lips and suddenly asked, “What’s your name?”
Tao Zhan froze.
Lady Yunyang was asking for his name?
Could it be that she had taken a liking to his appearance?
Carrying that hopeful fantasy, Tao Zhan hurriedly replied, “Lady Yunyang, my name is Tao Zhan. I’m an A-rank esper, and my beast form is a rattlesnake…”
Yunyang had only asked for his name, yet he had revealed all his personal information.
The six beast husbands cast him a cool glance.
Although Tao Zhan was somewhat intimidated, he didn’t cower.
Females didn’t like timid males.
If Lady Yunyang’s six beast husbands frightened him, it might ruin the good impression Lady Yunyang had of him.
“Tao Zhan, is it?” Yunyang’s eyes curved slightly.
The six beast husbands’ gazes were instantly drawn to her. Even Felicity stared at Yunyang blankly.
Realizing that she had actually become entranced by the female’s beauty, Felicity’s face suddenly grew hot.
Meanwhile, Yunyang continued, “What’s your contamination level?”
“Seventy-one.”
That wasn’t particularly high.
But it didn’t matter.
Yunyang released a thread of mental power. “Come here. Open your mental landscape.”
Pei Fangying, Felicity, and the beast husbands of both women had no idea what Yunyang was trying to do.
Could it be that Lady Yunyang had really taken a liking to Tao Zhan?
Felicity felt that this was highly unlikely. Compared with Lady Yunyang’s six beast husbands, Tao Zhan’s appearance was downright ordinary.
Even she might not have been interested in Tao Zhan, let alone the distinguished Lady Yunyang.
The outsiders couldn’t make sense of it, and the six beast husbands were equally bewildered.
Even Fu Shiyi, who was usually so perceptive, couldn’t figure out what Yunyang was thinking.
As for Tao Zhan, he had already been struck dumb by this sudden stroke of luck.
Oh, great Beast God, could it be that he was finally going to shed the title of “single male”?
