Qin Mo glanced around suspiciously.
The villa's doors and windows were all shut, and the air circulation system had been automatically turned off as well. Where was the wind coming from?
No, wait!
Qin Mo whirled around, and sure enough, by the door to the room on his other side, he found Fu Shiyi, who had appeared there at some point without him noticing.
Fu Shiyi was leaning against the wall, his loose loungewear unable to hide what was nothing short of a top-tier physique. When he noticed Qin Mo had spotted him, the eyes behind Fu Shiyi's glasses narrowed slightly.
"The female master said she wants to sleep alone tonight," Fu Shiyi said.
Qin Mo refused to back down. "What if the female master changes her mind?"
It wasn't like he was deaf!
But if he never tried, how would he know whether he couldn't tempt the female master into changing her decision?
Fu Shiyi stared at him for a moment, then slowly rolled his sleeves up to his forearms.
"Go outside. Beat me, and I'll let you in."
Qin Mo gave a light snort. "Fine, let's fight!"
They were both S-rank; who was afraid of who?
The two males walked out of the villa one after another. The villa's front door opened and then closed again. Hearing the commotion, Xuan Yu opened his door and hurried over to Yunyang's room as fast as he could. He reached out, about to knock, only to discover that Fu Shiyi had set up an ability barrier in the corridor at some point.
Xuan Yu: "..."
What the hell is wrong with that guy!
Whatever. At least Qin Mo definitely couldn't beat Fu Shiyi, so no one was crawling into the female master's bed anyway.
Xuan Yu cursed under his breath and went back to his room.
Outside the villa, Qin Mo was brimming with confidence before the fight started. After it ended... he was starting to question his life.
He'd already taken a fall at the hands of that wolf cub, and now he couldn't even beat Fu Shiyi?
Qin Mo frowned at the male across from him. "Fu Shiyi, your ability isn't really S-rank, is it?"
He'd been through countless battles as a federal soldier, after all; he had enough judgment to tell.
Fu Shiyi didn't even have a hair out of place. "The data on the optical brain doesn't lie."
Even though he was only one step away from advancing to SS-rank, he still technically fell under S-rank ability users.
Qin Mo didn't believe a word of that.
If he'd known this damn bird had such a high ability level, he wouldn't have gone out of his way to pick a fight.
Now look what happened—he couldn't get into the female master's room, and on top of that, he'd gotten beaten up.
Qin Mo shot Fu Shiyi a fierce glare, then grudgingly walked back into the villa and returned to his own room.
As the owner of the villa, Yunyang had already seen everything that happened in the corridor and outside through her optical brain. But she hadn't expected that after Fu Shiyi stopped Qin Mo and Xuan Yu from trying to sneak into her bed, he wouldn't follow suit at all—he simply went straight back to his own room.
With the way he acted, if she hadn't experienced it herself, Yunyang never would have imagined this guy could be so forward in that particular area.
Wait, why was she reminiscing about that?!
But it really was...
Afraid that if she kept thinking about it, she'd lose her chance to sleep alone tonight, Yunyang immediately opened the star network to distract herself.
As she drifted off to sleep, Yunyang thought fuzzily, wasn't she forgetting something?
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The next morning, Yunyang still couldn't remember what she'd forgotten.
She spent the whole morning absorbing insect cores. It wasn't until she finished lunch and was about to head out that she slapped her forehead.
Oh no. She'd left in such a hurry yesterday, she never asked Mr. Lao Wei to arrange the males who needed purification for this afternoon!
Noticing her stop, Qin Mo asked with concern, "Female master, what's wrong?"
Xuan Yu also shot her a worried look. "Female master, are you feeling unwell? I can let the purification tower know and tell them you're not going today."
Going to help was the female master's choice to begin with. If she wasn't feeling up to it and didn't want to go, no one would say anything.
Yunyang was silent for a moment, about to tell the truth, when she saw Fu Shiyi beside her lower his head and look at her.
"Is it because you forgot to have the purification tower arrange today's males?"
Yunyang nodded awkwardly.
Having a high-IQ beast-husband was really not a good thing. He could even guess that.
Fu Shiyi smiled and reassured her, "If you want to go, I'm sure the purification tower can arrange things on the spot. If you don't want to, then treat it as a day off and go do something else."
Qin Mo and Xuan Yu chimed in as well.
"Female master, don't put any pressure on yourself. Taking a day off won't hurt."
"That's right, female master. Take today off. How about I take you around Central Star?"
Yunyang only hesitated for a moment before taking Xuan Yu's suggestion.
People got breaks from work too, right? What was so wrong with her taking the occasional rest day?
After sending Lao Wei a message to let him know, Yunyang, accompanied by her three beast-husbands, boarded a flying ship bound for Central Star.
This flying ship was different from Yunyang's small personal one. It was specially designed for traveling between the various planets of the Federation, and its speed was much faster than a small ship.
On top of that, this type of ship had a special ability—
Warp jump.
Warp jumping was originally an ability of the insect race. As the oldest species in the galaxy, they were uniquely gifted, able to jump from the insect mother planet to any other planet through wormholes.
But the creativity of the beast-people had allowed them to replicate the insect race's warp jump long ago, applying it to their flying ships.
However, to achieve warp jumping, heavy energy support was needed, so the technology still couldn't be applied to the Federation military's mech suits.
Fortunately, the application of warp jump technology on flying ships had become very mature.
Thanks to this special ability, by two o'clock in the afternoon, Yunyang and her three beast-husbands had arrived at Central Star.
As the core of the entire Federation, Central Star surpassed all other planets in every aspect imaginable.
Fu Shiyi knew Central Star the best, so he took the initiative to act as tour guide, bringing Yunyang to the largest shopping complex on Central Star.
This place, Fu Shiyi had actually never visited before—after all, ordering through the star network could get things delivered in as little as ten minutes, and at worst, within a day.
It was his mother who liked to shop here, which was why he'd instinctively chosen this place.
But soon, Fu Shiyi regretted it.
The Federation's shopping complexes were, frankly speaking, built for females—after all, females were more likely to purify pollution for more males when they were in a good mood.
So every beast-person in these places had been carefully selected and had undergone strict training.
Walk into any random store, and there they were—broad shoulders, narrow waists, and long legs everywhere.
Most of those males weren't the best-looking, but their bodies? Absolutely top-notch.
The moment Yunyang walked in, she was surrounded by them.
"Respected lady, our store carries the Federation's latest fashion! Would you like to take a look?"
"Respected lady, you are absolutely stunning. You'd be a perfect match for our store's jewelry—please allow me to invite you in!"
"Respected lady, you'll definitely love what we have! Come take a look~"
Batted eyelashes and flirtatious glances came at her from all sides. Yunyang was stunned, and the three beast-husbands' faces turned black as coal.
"Fu Shiyi, what kind of place did you pick?!" Qin Mo and Xuan Yu glared at him. Having four love rivals was already bad enough; did he have to bring the female master somewhere like this?
Was he worried the female master's villa didn't have enough residents?
Fu Shiyi hadn't expected things to turn out like this either, but he didn't show a hint of embarrassment. Instead, he simply scooped Yunyang up high into his arms, keeping those males from being able to touch her.
"Female master, I'll carry you while we shop."
Qin Mo and Xuan Yu: !
Damn it, this cunning sly dog had gotten ahead of them again!
