Even a fool like Qin Mo could guess what had happened before this.
He casually looked away and continued walking toward the garden in the residential area.
Rong Jin nervously climbed back through the window into his own room, then opened his communicator and sent a message to Yunyang.
【Mistress, I ran into Qin Mo when I came back to my room.】
But Yunyang was too exhausted and fell asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow, her communicator automatically switching to do-not-disturb mode.
She missed the message entirely.
So when the knock came at her door two hours later, Yunyang simply assumed one of her beast-husbands had come to call her for breakfast and thought nothing more of it.
She slowly dragged herself out of bed, shuffled to the door, and opened it, asking with a thick voice full of sleep: “Qin Mo, is breakfast ready?”
Qin Mo lowered his gaze, concealing the darkness in his eyes.
So sleepy—looks like that little red panda kept her up quite a bit last night.
He stepped forward slightly, one foot already crossing into Yunyang’s room. “Mistress, let me help you freshen up.”
Yunyang didn’t think twice and reached out her hand toward him.
She really was too sleepy—could barely even keep her eyes open—so having someone handle her morning routine was more than welcome.
Qin Mo immediately scooped her up, closed the door, and headed to the bathroom.
Yunyang leaned against his chest, her brow furrowing slightly. “Qin Mo, why is your hair wet?”
Water was dripping onto her face!
“Went out for a morning workout earlier,” Qin Mo said meaningfully. “About two hours ago.”
Two hours ago?
Yunyang didn’t catch on at first, but after washing her face and feeling a bit more awake, she quickly glanced down at the time.
Two hours ago…
Wasn’t that exactly when Rong Jin had left?!
It was also at that moment that Yunyang noticed the message Rong Jin had sent her earlier.
Watching Qin Mo dry her face, she felt a pang of guilt and looked away.
Qin Mo wrapped his arms around her waist. “Mistress, just two days ago you said you’d be fair.”
Yunyang had no response to that, so she chose silence.
But silence didn’t end the conversation. Qin Mo’s arms tightened slowly. “Mistress, last night you also said you wanted to sleep alone.”
Yunyang didn’t want to continue this topic, so she awkwardly deflected: “Qin Mo, what’s for breakfast this morning?”
But those words seemed to trigger something, and what followed was a long, lingering kiss.
When they parted, Qin Mo’s chest rose and fell slightly, and certain parts of him had become all too familiar to Yunyang.
“Me.”
— What’s for breakfast?
— Me.
Yunyang: “…”
Fine.
It wasn’t like she didn’t enjoy it too.
·
In the living room, after realizing that neither Yunyang nor Qin Mo had shown up all morning, Fu Shiyi and Rong Jin quickly understood what had happened.
Xuan Yu, still unaware that two of his love rivals had sneaked into her bed last night, was just gnashing his teeth while staring up at Yunyang’s room on the second floor.
That shameless Qin Mo—he must have seduced Mistress!
They still had to go to the purification tower that afternoon, so Yunyang didn’t dare let Qin Mo carry on for too long. After one round, she kicked him out.
Not long after Qin Mo left the room, Xuan Yu caught the scent and came looking for him.
The wolf cub said in a sarcastic tone: “Oh, Deputy Qin does sneaky things too?”
Qin Mo was still riding the high of being satisfied, so he didn’t bother arguing. He simply walked past him and headed to the kitchen to prepare Yunyang’s lunch.
Being ignored sent Xuan Yu into a fit of rage, but soon he turned with suspicion toward Fu Shiyi and Rong Jin on the sofa.
“Why are you both so calm?”
Neither of these two love rivals were the type to be so magnanimous—especially Fu Shiyi, who had fought each of them one by one last night just to stop them from sneaking off to see Mistress.
Now that they’d all found out Qin Mo had spent the night with Mistress, they didn’t react at all?
Facing Xuan Yu’s skeptical gaze, Fu Shiyi adjusted his glasses and said nothing.
Rong Jin quickly hid the flicker of guilt in his eyes, masking it well. “Mistress’s happiness is what matters most.”
Xuan Yu narrowed his eyes.
Something was off.
Twelve kinds of off, even!
He suddenly leaned over to the sofa and carefully sniffed both of his love rivals’ scents, then went to the kitchen and sniffed Qin Mo’s as well.
And just like that, it was over.
As a wolf, his sense of smell was far sharper than most, so Xuan Yu could detect traces of Yunyang’s scent on all three of his love rivals—and the intensity was the same.
He fell into self-doubt.
So last night, he hadn’t been the only one she’d favored—Qin Mo wasn’t the only one who’d gotten lucky!
Mistress had clearly said she wanted to sleep alone last night, yet she’d let Qin Mo and the others sneak in and succeed.
And on top of that, why had he been the only one left out?
Was Mistress dissatisfied with his performance?
Or did she not like the things he’d spent a fortune on?
All day long, Xuan Yu kept turning these questions over in his mind.
Yunyang noticed that the wolf cub seemed off, so during the after-dinner walk, she pulled him aside for a word.
After all, he was one of her beast-husbands, and she did care about him.
Xuan Yu gave her a complicated look, then—crack—he dropped to his knees again.
Yunyang: !
Xuan Yu grabbed one of her hands, something glistening in his eyes.
“Mistress, if there’s anything about me that you’re unhappy with, just tell me, and I’ll change it. I beg you… please don’t loathe me.”
Since when had she loathed Xuan Yu?
Yunyang was stunned herself. “I haven’t…”
Then, thinking of something, she snapped her mouth shut.
Out of her four beast-husbands, only Xuan Yu hadn’t come to her room last night.
Xuan Yu must have figured that out and thought she’d deliberately refused to favor him, which led to these thoughts.
Yunyang rubbed her forehead. “I don’t loathe you.”
On the contrary, she actually quite liked some of those toys Xuan Yu had gotten from who-knows-where…
At that thought, her face grew warm.
Good thing the lighting outside wasn’t bright, so Xuan Yu couldn’t see.
“Last night was an accident.” She reached out to pull him up but couldn’t budge him. “Xuan Yu, tonight you’ll sleep with me.”
Those words instantly turned the wolf cub’s mood from gloomy to sunny.
“Mistress, don’t you dare back out.” He sprang up smoothly and pulled Yunyang back inside.
Over the course of one day, Yunyang had experienced four different feelings.
Meanwhile, outside the villa, the other three beast-husbands waited a long time without seeing Xuan Yu bring Yunyang back, and understanding dawned on them immediately.
Damn it, that wolf cub lucked out.
They’d only gotten one chance each last night.
But this wolf cub gets to monopolize Mistress for the whole night!
If only they hadn’t sneaked in…
Qin Mo and Rong Jin were both consumed with regret.
In the room, Xuan Yu was working harder than usual.
Worried that Yunyang might truly be dissatisfied with him, he pulled out all the stops to please her.
Yunyang was on the verge of passing out.
Afraid she couldn’t take much more, Xuan Yu carried her to the bath.
But the moment he lowered her into the tub, he noticed a small trace of blood on his arm.
Xuan Yu’s eyes snapped open wide.
He’d hurt Mistress?!
In an instant, a thousand ways to atone flashed through his mind.
Seeing him frozen there, Yunyang followed his line of sight, and a flash of red suddenly entered her vision without warning.
Wait… what’s today’s date?
Yunyang opened her communicator and took one look, and her heart sank.
The 23rd.
She was doomed.
