Seeing that Yunyang was reluctant to let her beast-husband take the risk, Xie Wenna gave her a gentle smile.
“Your Excellency Yunyang, if you don’t mind, you’re welcome to stay in the Black Jiao Tribe for a few more days. Our people would be delighted to have you here.”
Yunyang forced herself to maintain a smile and shook her head.
“Thank you for your kindness, Saintess, but my other husbands are still waiting for me on land.”
Besides, she wasn’t accustomed to staying in the dim depths of the sea.
Xie Wenna didn’t press her. She soon rose to her feet. “Then I’ll have someone escort you back to land.”
This time, Yunyang didn’t refuse.
Afraid that Pei Wenye might secretly run off to attempt his transformation into a dragon, she was so eager to return to land that she didn’t linger in the Black Jiao Tribe at all.
“Mistress!”
The moment Yunyang appeared, her eight husbands surrounded her, having waited for her with bated breath.
Nuo Xiao had originally been making idle conversation with Zan Moli, but he immediately abandoned Zan Moli and followed behind the eight husbands, gazing at Yunyang with longing.
It didn’t take long, however, for everyone—including Nuo Xiao—to notice that Yunyang was in a poor mood.
While Yunyang and Pei Wenye had been away, the eight husbands had already swiftly arranged the habitation module. Even the entire set of furniture had been put in place.
They had prepared everything before setting out, enough to recreate their villa on Central Star.
Of course, the area on land was limited, and the habitation module had only been expanded to two stories. An exact replica was impossible.
Thus, the moment they noticed Yunyang was feeling down, the eight husbands immediately began trying to comfort her.
Fu Shiyi was the first to stop beside Yunyang. He cautiously reached out his hand toward her.
“Mistress, shall I carry you back to rest?”
Yunyang nodded listlessly.
Only then did Fu Shiyi pick her up and stride into the habitation module.
The other husbands followed close behind.
Nuo Xiao wanted to follow as well. He was worried about Yunyang too.
However, Leonardo, who was walking at the back, quietly shut the door in his face.
After being left outside, Nuo Xiao rubbed the tip of his nose helplessly and turned to look for Zan Moli.
But Zan Moli had no intention of staying either.
“White-Feathered Chicken, you can play by yourself. I’m going back to the tribe.”
That White-Feathered Chicken had always had a bad temper. Now that he had been rejected, there was no telling whether he might take his frustration out on Zan Moli.
Zan Moli had no intention of staying behind to be a punching bag.
After dropping those words, he jumped into the sea and transformed into his beast form. Then, together with the tribespeople who had escorted Yunyang ashore, he returned to the tribe.
Nuo Xiao: “…”
He glanced at the closed habitation module, then silently returned to his own spacecraft. After shutting the hatch, he transformed into his bald beast form and curled up in the pilot’s seat.
Inside the habitation module, Yunyang was placed on the sofa.
Qin Mo, Xuan Yu, Rong Jin, Leonardo, and Chen Yueli all transformed into their beast forms and offered their ears and tails to her.
Fu Shiyi, Fuyuan, and Cang Zhuonian sat down beside her, anxiously asking what had happened.
“Mistress, did Pei Wenye bully you?”
Cang Zhuonian cracked his knuckles, ready for a fight.
Pei Wenye: “?”
“Cang Zhuonian, don’t talk nonsense! How could I possibly bully Mistress?”
Cang Zhuonian clearly didn’t believe him. “Then why did Mistress leave with you and come back without a smile?”
Surrounded by her husbands, Yunyang’s heavy mood eased somewhat.
She raised a hand and pressed down Cang Zhuonian’s raised fist.
“Zhuonian, this isn’t A-Ye’s fault.”
She briefly summarized what Xie Wenna had said and told the eight husbands.
After hearing her out, all eight husbands fell silent.
They all wanted fewer rivals in love—ideally, they would be the only ones to receive their Mistress’s affection.
But when it came to a matter of life and death, none of them truly wanted their rival to die.
Pei Wenye disliked the oppressive atmosphere.
He squeezed his way closer to Yunyang.
This time, the furry beasts didn’t fight him for a place. They all shifted aside.
Pei Wenye knelt in front of Yunyang and took her right hand.
“Mistress, I won’t die.”
“I’ll successfully transform into a dragon and take you back to the Federation.”
“Believe me, all right?”
His Mistress was the most distinguished person in the entire Federation.
Compared with her life in the Federation, the time she had spent in the extra-terrestrial star system already counted as suffering. She still hadn’t regained all the weight she had lost in the wormhole.
He didn’t want his Mistress to remain trapped here.
So no matter what price he had to pay, he would transform into a dragon and take her back to the Federation.
Looking at the determination in Pei Wenye’s eyes, Yunyang knew she shouldn’t stop him—just as her other husbands hadn’t stopped her from going to the insect star before.
Yunyang sighed.
“I still have plenty of healing potions in my spatial button. Take them all with you.”
His Mistress had agreed.
Pei Wenye’s expression relaxed, and he hurriedly nodded. “All right.”
Besides the healing potions, Yunyang stuffed every other useful medicine she had into Pei Wenye’s spatial button.
Although the eight rivals in love were usually eager to outdo one another, none of them said a single unpleasant word at a time like this. They silently helped Yunyang prepare everything.
Since they had no idea how long the transformation would take, they also prepared food and water for Pei Wenye.
Yunyang even made a special effort to search through Lin Ruibo’s spatial button, putting anything that might prove useful into Pei Wenye’s. She then recorded everything on her optical computer.
These were all things she would have to compensate Lin Ruibo for after returning to the Federation, so she needed to keep a careful record.
Once everything that needed to be prepared was ready, Yunyang purified Pei Wenye one more time, lowering his contamination level to its minimum.
By the time they finished tidying everything up, it was already evening. Fu Shiyi, Leonardo, and Cang Zhuonian spontaneously headed into the kitchen to prepare dinner.
Their Mistress had grown thinner. They absolutely couldn’t let her skip another meal.
Ever since they had set out for the insect star, it had been a long time since Yunyang had eaten such a lavish dinner.
She found herself unable to stop eating. In the end, Fu Shiyi had to take the chopsticks from her hand.
“Mistress, your body still hasn’t recovered. You shouldn’t eat until you’re too full.”
Yunyang was indeed full, so she didn’t try to take the chopsticks back.
After dinner, the eight husbands didn’t compete with Pei Wenye. They gave him the opportunity to accompany Yunyang to rest.
Yunyang curled up on the sofa for more than half an hour before allowing Pei Wenye to carry her back to the bedroom.
It wasn’t until she was soaking in the warm bathtub that Yunyang remembered the Nuo Xiao everyone had forgotten.
At that moment, Nuo Xiao was still curled up in the pilot’s seat.
When they had set out, Yunyang had put all the food and water Nuo Xiao had brought into her spatial button because she had one of her own.
So now, Nuo Xiao didn’t have a single drop of water.
He shook the few feathers remaining on his body and curled up even tighter.
His Excellency Yunyang had surely forgotten about him.
He really shouldn’t have hoped for anything more.
When Nuo Xiao was both hungry and thirsty, Pei Wenye finally remembered the snow owl who had come with them.
While Yunyang was still bathing, he opened the window, transformed into his beast form, and climbed out. Then he made his way to Nuo Xiao’s spacecraft.
There was a knock on the hatch. Before Nuo Xiao could react, he instinctively transformed back into human form.
He cautiously sensed the presence outside and discovered that it was Pei Wenye. Only then did he open the hatch.
Pei Wenye tossed him a spatial button containing some food. When Nuo Xiao opened it, he immediately felt somewhat awkward.
He had suspected earlier that Pei Wenye was not observing proper conduct as a husband.
Nuo Xiao stuffed the spatial button back into Pei Wenye’s hands.
“There’s no need for this much. Just give me the food I brought myself.”
Pei Wenye didn’t take it. He simply tossed the spatial button back to Nuo Xiao and turned around, returning to the habitation module.
Nuo Xiao quickly caught up with him. As an SSS-rank ability user, he was someone Pei Wenye simply couldn’t shake off, and he soon caught up.
“You’re going to transform into a dragon, aren’t you?”
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