Yunyang didn’t react at first.
It was only when she met Qin Mo’s eyes, filled with a quiet anticipation, that she realized what he meant.
Since it had already been said out loud, Yunyang wouldn’t back out now. She decisively put away the insect core and then reached out her hand to Qin Mo.
“Carry me to take a bath.”
“As you command!”
Qin Mo was burning with impatience, swiftly scooping her up horizontally and taking two steps at a time up to the second floor.
Yunyang wrapped her arms around his neck, bouncing with the movement and couldn’t help but laugh, “Slow down.”
Qin Mo replied that slowing down was impossible.
He was already in a restless, agitated state. Afraid of hurting his mate, he had given up his first time to Xuan Yu, that wolf cub. Now, he simply couldn’t hold back.
If his beast form weren’t at a disadvantage, he would have flown straight back to the room with his mate!
Once inside, after they both finished bathing, Qin Mo eagerly pulled Yunyang onto the bed.
Of course, it was really Yunyang who was lying down.
The room’s lighting dimmed automatically, and a fiery barrage of kisses rained down.
On her eyebrows, cheeks, nose tip, corners of her lips—
Every spot he could kiss, Qin Mo did without missing a single one.
Yunyang was teased into a fluttering state of mind. When it came to these matters, the tiger cub and the wolf cub really gave her very different feelings.
When a tiger cub in heat gets passionate, his mind buzzes nonstop.
The sound was soft, but close enough for Yunyang to hear clearly.
Before long, the alarm sounds were drowned out.
Until they finally ceased altogether.
Qin Mo, of course, was not satisfied with just that. He leaned in to kiss Yunyang’s lips, his voice low and husky: “Mate, you haven’t marked me yet.”
Yunyang was a little exhausted from all the fuss, but still did as Qin Mo wished, leaving her spiritual mark on him.
Having his desire fulfilled, Qin Mo quickly grew excited again.
Once a male in heat gets started, he’s practically tireless.
By the end, Yunyang truly experienced what it meant to faint during the process.
This was how tiger cubs in heat were. If it had been the naturally fiercer wolf cub…
·
Central Star.
Fu Shiyi, who had been busy day and night designing a new model, had just stepped out of the base when he locked eyes with a pair of brown eyes.
Sensing the surrounding psychic waves, he habitually adjusted his glasses perched on his nose. The thin, delicate lenses did a good job of hiding the sharpness in his golden eyes.
“Looks like the visitor is not here for a friendly chat?”
Xuan Yu admitted without hesitation, “Someone wants to see you. They’re offering a hefty reward.”
“A bounty hunter?” Fu Shiyi’s interest was piqued. “Before accepting the commission, have they checked out my abilities?”
The answer came in the form of an icy mist spreading from beneath Xuan Yu’s feet.
The frost spread rapidly, freezing everything in its path.
If Fu Shiyi hadn’t reacted quickly enough, he might have been caught in the freeze as well.
He spread his golden wings and hovered in the air, looking at Xuan Yu with a detached gaze.
When powers are on par, land-based beastmen are no match for flying beastmen.
Distance is the biggest obstacle for land beastmen.
But Xuan Yu was well prepared.
Inside the psychic containment barrier, no matter how powerful Fu Shiyi was, he couldn’t fly beyond Xuan Yu’s attack range.
Unless Fu Shiyi’s psychic level reached SS rank or above.
Of course, that was impossible—after all, even before coming here, he had thoroughly studied this Federal Chief Fighter Mech Designer.
·
Although he had been unconscious during the process, Yunyang still felt refreshed when she woke up the next day.
It had to be said, females were truly gifted in this regard.
Breakfast was prepared by Qin Mo. Compared to Xuan Yu’s, it was much simpler, but it was still the Blue Star cuisine Yunyang liked.
She graciously finished her entire portion, then awkwardly glanced at the empty seat to her right.
“Xuan Yu hasn’t come back yet?”
Hearing the name of her rival slip from her lips, Qin Mo felt a twinge of jealousy but answered honestly, “Not yet. I guess this mission must be a bit tricky.”
“Don’t worry, Mistress. He’s highly capable—nothing will happen to him.”
Even he had been twice bested by that wolf cub.
Yunyang couldn’t tell if Qin Mo was genuinely praising Xuan Yu or subtly mocking him.
Curious, she asked, “Qin Mo, have you had some kind of grudge with Xuan Yu before?”
Qin Mo wasn’t eager to bring up that matter, but since Yunyang wanted to know, he shook his head.
“Not exactly a grudge.”
“There was this one time when Xuan Yu took on a mission near the 23rd Army base and was detected by the military’s scanners.”
“Normally, beasts aren’t allowed near military bases, so the commander sent me to check things out. Xuan Yu thought I was trying to stop him from completing his mission, and we ended up fighting.”
That was the first time Qin Mo had been bested by a beast of equal rank.
Although Xuan Yu’s abilities sounded ordinary, he had truly mastered them to an extraordinary degree.
Back then, Qin Mo could hardly believe he was facing just a simple ice-element ability user.
And then, that was that.
He lost to Xuan Yu, learned that Xuan Yu wasn’t spying on the military, and slunk back to base.
That was definitely something Qin Mo would never admit in front of Yunyang.
But even without him saying it, Yunyang could guess something from Qin Mo’s reaction the first time he met Xuan Yu.
She didn’t press further, instead pulling Qin Mo out for a walk to help digestion before settling at home to absorb a bug core.
Yesterday, Yunyang had unlocked a new way to multitask—absorbing the bug core while browsing the StarNet.
The light-brain detected changes in her pupils and automatically scrolled or flipped pages according to her reading pace, so she could surf smoothly without lifting a finger.
The StarNet was especially lively today.
Yunyang clicked on the hottest topic and, while reading, casually pulled out a bug core to absorb.
[Did you hear? Something happened yesterday at the Central Star Mech Research Base.]
[You mean that thing with Designer Fu? Honestly, he brought it on himself. Didn’t he know Designer Fu is an S-rank ability user?]
[Are you crazy? Offending the Federal Chief Fighter Mech Designer? Isn’t he afraid of facing the bug race without mechs later?]
[Who knows? Anyway, that guy didn’t succeed. Unfortunately, by the time the base’s people arrived, the other party had already fled. Otherwise, I’d really like to see who’s so bold.]
…
Yunyang blinked a few times.
Federal Chief Fighter Mech Designer, surname Fu.
That happened to be one of the beast husbands matched to her by the Federal Marriage Center as well.
Yunyang never expected to come across news about her beast-husband just by browsing StarNet.
She looked down at the white tiger in its compact beast form, curled up on her lap. "Qin Mo, do you know Fu Shiyi?"
The little white tiger twitched its tail. "I guess you could say I do. He's the one who designed the military’s combat mechas. I've met him a few times before."
"And do you know what kind of person he is?"
Yunyang’s probing question immediately put the little white tiger on alert.
His dad had said that if a female shows interest in a male, it usually means she wants him to become her beast-husband.
Her five beast-husbands weren’t even all gathered yet, and here she was, already interested in that Fu Shiyi guy?!
