“Stay on your knees.”
Wei Yashi reprimanded Weizhuo before stepping closer to Yunyang.
She reached out to take Yunyang’s hand, but Yunyang avoided her.
With a polite yet distant smile, Yunyang said, “Auntie Wei, when did you get back from your trip? My mother hasn’t returned yet.”
After all, Wei Yashi was her elder and a friend of her mother’s. Yunyang was still willing to show her some respect.
Of course, if Wei Yashi tried to blindly take Weizhuo’s side, Yunyang could just as easily withhold even that courtesy.
Seeing Yunyang shy away from her, Wei Yashi looked a little crestfallen.
She had never had a daughter, so she had always treated Yangyang as her own.
After Yangyang and Weizhuo came of age, she had gone traveling with Lan and her beast husbands. She had only returned today.
The moment she got back, she learned from her other sons that Weizhuo had thrown a fit and broken off his engagement to Yangyang, and had even been imprisoned for trespassing in Yangyang’s residential district.
So she had not even taken time to rest. She had rushed Weizhuo over to apologize.
“Yangyang, Auntie knows that Weizhuo was in the wrong. I brought him here today to apologize to you.”
When Weizhuo remained silent on his knees, Wei Yashi silently turned her gaze toward his father, Meng Rui.
Meng Rui did not bother with niceties. He kicked Weizhuo directly in the back.
“Your mother told you to apologize. Are you mute?”
Meng Rui had served in the Federation’s military, and the kick was extremely forceful. Even with a beastman’s powerful physique, Weizhuo still sucked in a sharp breath from the pain.
The sensation immediately reminded him of the miserable beating he had received while blindfolded the other day.
Weizhuo glanced at Qin Mo.
He recognized that voice. It was exactly the same as the voice of the man who had beaten him senseless and threatened him last time.
Even now, Weizhuo still did not think he was in the wrong. He had only wanted to form a bond with Yunyang again—what had he done wrong?
Yunyang had once promised him that he would be her only beast husband in this lifetime. As long as he sincerely admitted his mistake, she would surely accept him again.
With that thought, Weizhuo abruptly raised his head.
“Yangyang, everything before this was my fault. I was young and arrogant. Can you forgive me?”
Yunyang could tell that this crooked tree truly regretted what he had done, but she had no idea what, exactly, he regretted.
She rolled her eyes and was about to speak when Chen Yueli stepped forward.
“Who are you? How dare you call my female master by her nickname?”
“According to Federation law, you should address her as Lady Yunyang!”
Meng Rui kicked Weizhuo again. “Did you hear that?”
Weizhuo had no choice but to correct himself. “Lady Yunyang, I still love you. Can you forgive me?”
The moment he said the words “still love you,” the eight beast husbands’ murderous glares shot toward him.
Where had this man crawled out from? He was not even 1.9 meters tall, he looked average, and his ability was only Grade A. How dare he claim to love their female master?
Qin Mo was the only one who knew Weizhuo’s identity, and just looking at him made his hands itch to beat him again.
But without Yunyang’s permission, he did not dare act on his own.
The other beast husbands were waiting for Yunyang’s reaction as well.
In response to Weizhuo’s apology, Yunyang lazily extended a hand toward the beast husband nearest to her.
“Fuyuan, carry me.”
Fuyuan was overjoyed. He hurriedly swept her up into his arms.
Watching Yunyang being carried away by a strange male, Weizhuo’s body stiffened.
In just a few short months, Yunyang had already acquired so many beast husbands.
Could she have done it simply to make him jealous?
Yes, that had to be it!
Weizhuo tried to get up, but his father pressed him back down. He could only say, “Yangyang, I—”
Before he could finish, Yunyang covered her mouth and yawned.
She did not even spare Weizhuo another glance. Instead, she said to Wei Yashi, “Auntie Wei, Weizhuo and I have no grudge between us, and our engagement has already been dissolved. You don’t need to bring him here to apologize.”
“My mother hasn’t returned yet, and I ate too much at dinner, so I’m feeling sleepy. I won’t be able to entertain you tonight, Auntie Wei.”
“Fuyuan, carry me back.”
“Of course.”
Fuyuan nodded vigorously and turned toward the villa with her in his arms.
The other seven beast husbands naturally had no intention of speaking with the Wei family either. Before long, only Wei Yashi’s family remained outside the door.
Wei Yashi was not foolish. She understood exactly what Yunyang meant.
Their engagement had already been dissolved, and Yunyang did not want to have anything more to do with her foolish son.
Besides… in his current state, her foolish son was truly no match for Yunyang’s several beast husbands.
Wei Yashi leaned against Meng Rui. “Although Yangyang says she has no grudge against you, you trespassed into a female’s residential district. We can’t simply let that matter go.”
“Rui, make the arrangements. Send him to a frontier planet.”
Yangyang used to call her godmother sweetly whenever they met.
If not for this foolish son of hers, Yangyang would never have grown distant from her.
What a troublesome brat. He might as well be sent to a frontier planet. At least he could serve the Federation there.
Meng Rui had once been a squad leader in the Federation’s Third Army. He did not have much authority, but arranging for someone to be sent to a Third Army base was still effortless.
He did not feel sorry for his own son in the slightest and immediately agreed.
And just like that, Weizhuo’s parents arranged his fate down to the last detail.
He seemed not to hear them at all, merely staring in the direction of Yunyang’s villa.
Meanwhile, after the eight beast husbands followed Yunyang home, they all looked at her hesitantly, clearly curious about who Weizhuo was.
Qin Mo only knew part of the story, so he watched Yunyang along with the others.
Meeting those pairs of curious eyes, Yunyang raised an eyebrow. She did not bother hiding anything from them.
There was nothing worth hiding in the first place.
“Auntie Wei and my mother have been best friends since childhood. They arranged a childhood engagement between Weizhuo and me. But Weizhuo didn’t like me and threw a fit about breaking off the engagement, so I applied to the Marriage Bureau to dissolve it.”
Rong Jin’s eyes widened. “He must be blind.”
Their female master was so wonderful, yet Weizhuo had not liked her. Were his eyes chewed out by the insectoids or something?
Yunyang burst out laughing. “Later, I was tested and found to have S-rank spiritual power. Then he came looking for me, wanting to form a bond with me. Qin Mo taught him a lesson and had him sent to prison.”
She had not taken Weizhuo seriously at all. She was merely recounting the story as an amusing anecdote.
But although the speaker had no particular intention, the listeners took it to heart.
That Weizhuo had still claimed to love their female master today. Clearly, he had not given up on her.
If he truly had not liked her, then breaking off the engagement and never bothering her again would at least have shown that he had the courage to pursue true love.
But the moment their female master tested as S-rank, he had come crawling back, claiming that he still loved her. Wasn’t that just insulting her?
Anyone who made their female master uncomfortable could not be allowed off so easily, even if she herself chose not to pursue the matter.
Besides, Qin Mo had already taught that blind fool a lesson. They could not afford to fall behind, could they?
That was what the other seven beast husbands were thinking.
Qin Mo, meanwhile, thought that the lesson he had given Weizhuo last time had clearly not been severe enough. Otherwise, how would Weizhuo have dared appear before their female master again?
No. He needed to teach Weizhuo another lesson.
Yunyang had no idea what her eight beast husbands were thinking. After yawning, she said lazily, “I’m going back to my room to rest.”
Tonight was her designated day off.
After escorting Yunyang to her room, the eight beast husbands also returned to their respective rooms.
In the dead of night, a sudden gust of wind swept through Weizhuo’s room.
