After they finished the barbecue, Yunyang put out the fire in the grill and had the robot butler clean up the mess.
She herself took her six beast husbands for a stroll around the residential area.
After making one full circuit, she had digested much of the food she had just eaten, and only then did Yunyang head back.
Her six beast husbands stayed close by her side without taking a single step away. Xuan Yu and Rong Jin crowded at the front, with Qin Mo and Pei Wenye right behind them.
Fu Shiyi and Fuyuan lagged behind at the very back.
As they followed Yunyang back, Fuyuan suddenly caught sight of something from the corner of his eye.
He turned and took a closer look. Not far in that direction stood the outer wall of the residential area, beyond which grew clusters of artificial flowers and grass.
The artificial plants around the residential area were tended to every day by specialized robots, ensuring that no dust or debris would affect the females’ view.
But now, on one of the clumps of artificial grass outside the wall, he spotted a tuft of white fur.
Fu Shiyi was closest to him and naturally noticed that something was wrong.
Following Fuyuan’s gaze, the red-gold eyes behind his lenses narrowed slightly.
The man’s fingers moved faintly, and an invisible gust of wind carried the tuft of fur over to them.
Fu Shiyi pinched it between his fingers and carefully rubbed it.
Although the color was similar, it did not belong to Qin Mo or Xuan Yu.
Fuyuan leaned closer for a careful look as well. At the tip of the fur, he noticed a very faint trace of green.
Could this be… fox fur?
Fuyuan looked at Fu Shiyi and opened his mouth.
Before he could say anything, Fu Shiyi slowly shook his head.
The latter had clearly also recognized what kind of beastman the fur belonged to. Without making a sound, he slipped the tuft into his pocket.
Fuyuan more or less understood what he meant, so he closed his mouth and hurried after the others, who had already walked several steps ahead.
Fu Shiyi followed as well.
After they returned to the villa, it was time for the essential plaque-drawing ritual.
Once Yunyang closed her eyes, the remaining four beast husbands placed their jade plaques face down on the table.
Qin Mo and Rong Jin stood to the side, serving as mere background scenery.
“Female Lord, you can turn them over now.”
Hearing that, Yunyang opened her eyes and carefully examined the four jade plaques in front of her.
Well, in truth, she couldn’t tell anything at all. The backs of the jade plaques were completely identical.
Yunyang randomly picked one and turned it over.
It was the snake jade plaque.
Pei Wenye immediately leapt to his feet, excitement written all over his face. “Female Lord, shall I carry you upstairs to rest?”
Yunyang put the snake jade plaque into her spatial device before nodding and allowing Pei Wenye to lift her into his arms.
Only after watching their female lord and her rival disappear upstairs did the other beast husbands prepare to return to their own rooms.
Fu Shiyi adjusted his glasses. “Fuyuan found something outside the wall.”
At those words, the three beast husbands who had been about to go upstairs stopped at once and turned to look at Fuyuan.
“What is it?”
Fuyuan said nothing. Instead, Fu Shiyi took the tuft of fur from his pocket.
The moment Xuan Yu saw the white fur, he instinctively looked at Qin Mo. “Did you sneak out behind the female lord’s back?”
Qin Mo shot him a cold look. “I would never do anything behind the female lord’s back. On the other hand, a certain bounty hunter might very well have done something without telling her.”
His words were clearly pointed.
Xuan Yu had indeed been playing a few secret tricks behind Yunyang’s back, and he was immediately rendered speechless.
He absolutely could not let his rivals know what he had secretly done.
Otherwise, they would all imitate him, and he would no longer be special in the female lord’s eyes.
Xuan Yu quickly changed the subject. “Only you and I have white fur among the people in this house. If it isn’t one of us, then could it be an outsider?”
Rong Jin took the tuft of fur and examined it carefully.
“This is fox fur, isn’t it?”
The moment the words “fox fur” were spoken, both Qin Mo and Xuan Yu’s expressions changed.
They took turns examining the fur, and the result proved that it really was a tuft of fox fur.
Fuyuan recalled what Yunyang had said while they were eating barbecue.
“The female lord said earlier that she felt as though someone was watching her. Could this fox be the one she noticed?”
The other beast husbands thought of it as well.
Qin Mo’s expression darkened. “What kind of fox spirit is this? He actually dared to spy on the female lord!”
“Let me see him. He’d better hope I don’t.”
Xuan Yu and Rong Jin nodded in agreement.
But come to think of it, hadn’t the female lord encountered any fox beastmen recently?
The five beast husbands temporarily had no idea who the fur belonged to, but they all sounded an alarm in their hearts.
If that fox beastman merely admired the female lord, then it would be fine. But what if he intended to harm her—
Fu Shiyi offered his assessment. “If he isn’t an SSS-rank ability user, then he’s probably with the military.”
The six of them had not sensed the other party’s presence at all that day. Under such circumstances, either his ability rank was higher than theirs, or he was wearing equipment capable of concealing his aura.
Such equipment could only be purchased by members of certain specialized professions—and by the Federation military.
“Whatever the case, he’ll definitely come back,” Qin Mo said with absolute certainty.
If the beastman was interested in the female lord, he would certainly find every possible way to make her notice him.
And if he wanted to harm her… then he was even less likely to simply disappear.
The other four agreed with Qin Mo and decided to heighten their vigilance, cutting off every possible threat that might harm the female lord.
If possible… they also wanted to eliminate every possible rival.
Unfortunately, the female lord would not have only the six of them as her beast husbands.
While the five beast husbands discussed the matter in the living room, Yunyang and Pei Wenye first made a connection through their mental power.
Only after her mental power had fully recovered did Yunyang withdraw it.
But the night was far from over.
Compared with using a spirit body, Pei Wenye seemed to prefer doing things in reality.
The black flood dragon, with a human upper body and a serpentine lower half, wrapped his tail around the female’s pale, slender legs…
Just as the ambiguous atmosphere reached its peak, Pei Wenye suddenly withdrew his tail as though someone had poured cold water over him.
“Female Lord, your period has started.”
He looked a little dejected.
Because Yunyang had taken painkillers in advance, she had not felt a thing. It was only after Pei Wenye pointed it out that she realized what had happened.
She touched the tip of her nose. “I’ll go take care of it.”
It was indeed not a good idea to feel nothing at all. Not only had her clothes been soiled, but there were also specks of blood on the bedsheets.
“All right. I’ll take care of things here.”
Pei Wenye returned to his human form and carried Yunyang to the bathroom so she could change by herself. Then he removed the bedsheets and tossed them into the washing unit.
After quite a bit of fussing, the two of them finally lay back down on the bed.
Pei Wenye had no intention of continuing and obediently lay beside Yunyang.
But Yunyang, who had eaten only a little meat, was far from satisfied.
She squeezed Pei Wenye’s chest muscles, then ran her hand over his abdominal muscles. And then…
Seeing Yunyang becoming increasingly bold, Pei Wenye had no choice but to catch her hand. Helpless yet restrained, he said, “Female Lord, you’re on your period…”
Yunyang replied with complete justification, “We can use our spirit bodies.”
Pei Wenye’s slit pupils brightened.
The female lord had said it herself.
He released Yunyang’s hand and pulled her into his arms, lowering his head to kiss her fiercely.
When their passion reached its peak, Yunyang took the initiative to release her mental power and enter Pei Wenye’s mental landscape once more.
Even when using their spirit bodies, Pei Wenye did not hold back in the slightest.
Yunyang lost control several times.
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