Yunyang thought for a moment. Although Pei Wenye was the only one who had actually spent time with Nuo Xiao, the other beast husbands had seen him a few times as well. They could be considered acquainted.
She nodded. “It’s Nuo Xiao.”
Pei Wenye: “…”
He knew it!
That damned snowy owl really was coveting their Mistress!
And he had actually succeeded. Sure enough, what their Mistress had said in the outer star system had only been to placate him. She still thought that snowy owl was better-looking.
Pei Wenye lowered his eyes and reached out to gently tug at Yunyang’s sleeve.
“Mistress, who’s better-looking, Nuo Xiao or me?”
The other beast husbands had all seen Nuo Xiao before. At that moment, they, too, drooped their brows and gazed at Yunyang.
Their Mistress had said she had agreed to the matching application, so there was definitely no room for compromise. Before Nuo Xiao arrived, they had to work hard to secure their positions in her heart!
Yunyang felt that trying to brush him off at a time like this would only create more trouble.
If she brushed off Pei Wenye, the other beast husbands would probably take turns asking the same question. Then she would have to placate all nine of them.
So, after giving it some serious thought, she answered all nine of them at once.
“Each of you has a different style, so within your own style, you’re all my favorite.”
Whether or not that counted as brushing them off, at least it saved her time.
The nine beast husbands knew perfectly well that Yunyang was placating them, but being willing to placate them was still better than refusing to do so.
The Federation’s laws already supported females having multiple beast husbands. As the Federation’s only SS-rank female, their Mistress could take a hundred husbands and no one would dare say a word.
Now that she had only taken a tenth husband, they should be satisfied.
Male beasts who weren’t satisfied could be banished to the cold palace.
The beast husbands stopped pressing her for details.
Xuan Yu was the first to extend his hand. “Mistress, the meal will be ready soon. Shall I carry you over to sit down?”
“Okay.”
With Yunyang’s permission, Xuan Yu lifted her into his arms and hurried toward the sofa in the living room under the envious gazes of his eight rivals.
After Yunyang sat down, Qin Mo, Rong Jin, and Chen Yueli continued preparing lunch. The other six beast husbands sat down beside Yunyang, one pouring her water, another kneading her shoulders, while the rest massaged her legs and rubbed her waist.
Enjoying her husbands’ massages, Yunyang finally had the time to check the messages Nuo Xiao had sent her.
Nuo Xiao had transferred his entire fortune to her, and the Federation Bank had sent several messages in succession. But Yunyang already owned an entire planet, so to her, Federation credits were nothing more than a string of numbers.
What interested her more was the flight information Nuo Xiao had sent.
The Interstellar Male Academy was located on S04. H2978 was also in the S star system now, so Nuo Xiao only needed to spend an hour aboard the starship before arriving at H2978.
In other words, Nuo Xiao could still make it in time for lunch today.
Yunyang turned her head toward the kitchen. “Add two more dishes.”
She had seen Nuo Xiao’s appetite back on Snow Star. If they prepared their usual amount of food, it probably wouldn’t be enough for him.
The moment she said this, Qin Mo and the other two understood why.
Although they weren’t particularly eager to do extra work for Nuo Xiao, they would not disobey Yunyang’s wishes.
Qin Mo had Steward Two bring over some fresh ingredients, then added several more dishes to the menu.
While this was happening, Yunyang opened the StarNet and started scrolling through videos.
It wasn’t easy to finish cooking for an entire family. By the time Chen Yueli was stir-frying the last dish, Steward One had already detected a visitor and verified his genes.
“Master, your beast husband Nuo Xiao is requesting entry to the villa.”
Upon hearing this, every one of the beast husbands—including Qin Mo, Rong Jin, and Chen Yueli in the kitchen—turned to look toward the villa’s entrance.
Yunyang was too engrossed in the video to hear clearly. She merely gave an absentminded response.
Only then did Steward One remotely unlock the door.
When the villa doors opened, the nine beast husbands saw their new rival: Nuo Xiao, dressed in a black formal suit.
Nuo Xiao paid no attention to the gazes of his nine rivals. Instead, he immediately shifted into beast form and flew over to Yunyang, claiming the spot on her lap. He rubbed his fluffy, round head against her arm.
He shifted his feet, about to say something, when he noticed the content playing on the screen—
A male with his upper body bare, dancing suggestively.
Nuo Xiao: “…”
He quietly observed the rivals nearby. Seeing that they all looked completely accustomed to it, he tactfully said nothing.
So this was their Mistress’s little hobby.
However, those males didn’t have bodies as good as his, nor were they as handsome. If he danced for their Mistress in private later, she definitely wouldn’t like those videos anymore.
Nuo Xiao’s fantasy was beautiful, but he had forgotten that one of his rivals was a merfolk.
What kind of beastman could be better at singing and dancing than a merfolk?
The answer was obviously no one.
But even with Fuyuan around, Yunyang still liked watching videos of this sort.
It all came down to the same saying: the flowers at home were never as fragrant as the wildflowers.
Nuo Xiao had no idea that his little plan was doomed to fail. He rubbed against Yunyang’s hand again.
He successfully drew her attention away from the screen. When Yunyang lowered her head, she met the snowy owl’s round, adorably vacant eyes.
She blinked. “Nuo Xiao?”
Nuo Xiao nodded vigorously, then flew down to the floor and shifted into human form.
He continued ignoring the gazes of his rivals. Then he tugged at his collar and quickly undid the top two buttons.
After that, he bent over so Yunyang could get a good look at his snow-white, firm abdominal muscles.
“Mistress…”
Nuo Xiao had barely spoken those two words when someone suddenly appeared and shoved him aside.
Chen Yueli’s black panther ears twitched slightly, while his long panther tail curled around Yunyang’s arm.
“Mistress, all the dishes are ready. Let’s eat first, shall we?”
The Nuo Xiao who had been shoved aside froze for a moment. This black panther was Chen Yueli, wasn’t he? Hadn’t he just been…
At that thought, Nuo Xiao turned toward the kitchen, only to find another Chen Yueli there.
Were they twins?
While Nuo Xiao stood stunned, Yunyang’s attention had already been completely drawn to Chen Yueli.
She took hold of his panther tail and stood up, following the direction in which he tugged.
Chen Yueli revealed a triumphant smile and swiftly swept her into his arms, racing toward the dining room.
Qin Mo placed the dish in his hands on the dining table, then silently gave Chen Yueli a thumbs-up.
He had to admit, the clone ability was incredibly useful.
Although Nuo Xiao still hadn’t figured things out, the moment he saw Yunyang being carried into the dining room, he immediately followed, hoping to sit beside her.
As an SSS-rank ability user and a flying beastman, his speed was naturally astonishing.
But after Chen Yueli set Yunyang down in her dining chair, he very naturally took the seat to her right.
When his clone and true body were within the same area, they could freely switch positions. His true body had taken the seat, and he then recalled the clone.
The seat to Yunyang’s left had been claimed by Fu Shiyi, the newly promoted SSS-rank wind ability user.
With the seats closest to her already taken, Nuo Xiao tried to snatch another nearby spot.
But because he hadn’t chosen his target decisively enough at the start, he still fell behind Pei Wenye and Cang Zhuonian, who were of the same rank.
Nuo Xiao understood.
His rivals were collectively excluding him.
But he couldn’t be too forceful.
He had only just arrived and had yet to be marked by their Mistress. If all his rivals joined forces to badmouth him in front of her, she might directly divorce him.
After weighing the pros and cons, Nuo Xiao stopped competing with the other beast husbands and silently took the seat farthest from Yunyang.
Even so, throughout the meal, his gaze remained fixed on her.
