Qin Mo’s draw was the first to come up.
Full of anticipation, he tapped it open—only to look disappointed. “I didn’t win.”
Xuan Yu shot him a gloating glance before opening his own result.
The next second, his joy turned to misery.
“I didn’t win either.”
The two of them silently looked toward the other three beastmen.
Fu Shiyi’s result appeared third.
Under the watchful eyes of his two rivals, he quietly closed the light screen.
That definitely meant he hadn’t won!
Qin Mo and Xuan Yu felt a little more balanced. Now, only Rong Jin and Pei Wenye remained.
The two prize wheels stopped almost simultaneously. Rong Jin had yet to check his result when Pei Wenye suddenly rushed over to Yunyang, his face alight with delight.
“Female Lord, it was me—I won!”
Yunyang glanced at the light screen before him.
Who would have thought? Pei Wenye had the darkest beast form, yet he had the best luck among all her beast husbands.
Rong Jin instantly lost all interest in looking at his own result.
Damn it! Why hadn’t he won?
It had to be because his prayers to the Beast God hadn’t been sincere enough!
Pei Wenye, the lucky winner, carefully took Yunyang’s hand and asked, “Female Lord, shall I carry you back to the bedroom?”
When Yunyang nodded, he swept her into his arms and dashed upstairs, afraid that if he took even a moment longer, his rivals would snatch her away.
The four rivals stared at Pei Wenye’s retreating back until a door cut off their view.
Xuan Yu’s face was full of envy and jealousy. “Pei Wenye really stepped in dog shit this time.”
Tomorrow was the Female Lord’s day off.
Even if they won a draw tomorrow, they couldn’t be as indulgent as Pei Wenye tonight.
The day after tomorrow, the Female Lord would have to return to the tower platform to help out again.
“You all chat. I’m going back to my room.”
Rong Jin was determined to be the most obedient beast husband.
Now that the results were out, there was nothing he could say to change them. He might as well return to his room and absorb a few more beast cores.
The other three beast husbands said nothing more and went back to their respective rooms as well.
Inside Yunyang’s bedroom, Pei Wenye closed the door and carried her straight toward the bathroom.
“Pei Wenye, wait a moment.” Yunyang tugged at his sleeve.
Pei Wenye obediently stopped and lowered his head, looking at her in confusion. “Female Lord, what is it?”
Yunyang freed one hand, opened her light brain, and brought up several prize draws she had bookmarked earlier.
“Quick, use your luck to enter these draws for me!”
Pei Wenye: “...”
So the Female Lord had used a lottery to decide who would serve her tonight, only so she could select the luckiest person to enter some other prize draws for her?
Pei Wenye didn’t know what to say.
He looked at Yunyang with helpless indulgence and, in the end, entered every draw for her.
The results of the draws would not be available for at least three days.
So after entering them all, Pei Wenye eagerly carried her into the bathroom.
·
The bathroom here was no match for the one in the villa, and the bathtub was quite small. Because of that, whenever the beast husbands helped Yunyang bathe, they never went too far.
Pei Wenye was no different tonight.
But once Yunyang had submerged herself in the tub, a pitch-black dragon tail quietly coiled around her ankle.
Yunyang glanced at Pei Wenye.
His upper body remained human, and his expression was perfectly open as he massaged her shoulders.
That was, if one ignored the dragon tail inching stealthily upward.
The tail carried a coolness that felt comfortable against her skin, so Yunyang did not stop him.
A trace of delight flashed through Pei Wenye’s eyes.
The hand massaging her shoulders slowly moved lower, while the tip of his tail crept higher.
“Pei Wenye, you...”
The moment she spoke, the black dragon’s tail tip shrank back as if startled.
But it did not withdraw completely.
...
Yunyang immediately flushed. She tilted her head back slightly, revealing the fair curve of her swanlike neck.
“Don’t!”
Her voice trembled faintly, making the words sound nothing like a warning. Instead, they sounded more like an invitation of another kind.
Even so, Pei Wenye obediently withdrew the tip of his tail.
Yunyang let out a quiet sigh of relief.
Pei Wenye was seriously playing unfair. How could he use his tail?
But... why did she feel inexplicably disappointed?
Yunyang sank a little deeper into the water. After soaking for another ten minutes or so, she took the initiative and asked Pei Wenye to carry her over to rinse off.
Beneath the curtain of water from the shower, Pei Wenye held her and lowered his head to kiss her reverently.
Yunyang bit her lower lip, her entire body going soft.
...
Before long, the two of them emerged from the bathroom wrapped in the same bath towel.
“Female Lord, may I use this?”
Pei Wenye’s upper body was human at that moment, while his lower body had transformed into a dragon tail.
As he spoke, the black tip of his tail swayed back and forth, drawing Yunyang’s gaze.
Yunyang took a deep breath, both embarrassed and annoyed.
“No!”
Although only the tip of Pei Wenye’s tail was visible, beastmen could control the size of their beast forms.
“All right.”
Pei Wenye sounded somewhat disappointed, but obediently withdrew his tail.
At some point, the large bath towel had slipped to the floor.
A few droplets of water had originally still clung to Pei Wenye’s hair.
But by now, no one knew where they had been flung.
...
After resting briefly, Yunyang was fed two mouthfuls of warm water.
Tomorrow was her day off, so she knew Pei Wenye would not stop there.
But she had not expected the black dragon’s tail to come out and cause trouble again.
...
“Pei Wenye!”
Yunyang’s right hand reached about wildly for something to grab, only for Pei Wenye to catch it and force their fingers to interlace.
She flailed one leg, trying to kick him, but struck nothing.
...
Yunyang’s fair skin was flushed with a delicate pink.
She glared at Pei Wenye.
Pei Wenye immediately admitted defeat. “Female Lord, I was wrong.”
Now he was pretending to be obedient.
Yunyang gave a soft huff. “Pei Wenye, I’m tired. I want to sleep.”
Yet her eyes were clear, without the slightest trace of drowsiness.
Pei Wenye knew his Female Lord was angry. He secretly regretted being too impatient.
He was the last beast husband to come to her side, and he had spent the least time with her—yet he had dared to disobey her.
Pei Wenye took a silent, deep breath, forcing down the raging fire in his heart.
“Female Lord, I’ll carry you to wash up, then keep you company while you sleep. All right?”
Yunyang eyed him suspiciously. “You’ll really let me sleep?”
Pei Wenye nodded.
This time, Yunyang was the one who wanted to take back her words.
She had only been putting on a little act. In truth, no matter whether it was... she still liked it very much.
“Well, we can wash up later...”
Yunyang was too embarrassed to say what she meant outright.
But Pei Wenye understood. His slit pupils suddenly lit up.
...
After arriving on T01, Yunyang slept in for the first time.
And now, she was filled with regret—so much regret.
She never should have agreed to Pei Wenye!
Pei Wenye glanced at the time, opened a packet of colorful nutritional supplement, and held it to Yunyang’s lips. “Female Lord, drink some nutritional supplement before going back to sleep.”
“No...”
Yunyang mumbled and turned over.
Pei Wenye looked at her helplessly, tipped back his head, and drank the entire packet in one gulp. Then he lowered his head and pressed his lips to Yunyang’s.
The cool nutritional supplement was passed into her mouth. Yunyang instinctively swallowed, only to be jolted awake by the overwhelming sweetness.
“Pei Wenye, where did you get this terrible nutritional supplement?”
“It’s so sweet!”
Yunyang had barely finished complaining when Pei Wenye kissed her again.
The kiss gradually deepened, and the sweetness in her mouth faded considerably.
Yunyang felt better, but Pei Wenye...
He seized Yunyang’s wrist, his eyes filled with a jade-colored intensity that had been suppressed, yet still left her shaken.
“Female Lord...”
“Would you like to do some morning exercise?”
Yunyang: “...”
Was he talking about actual morning exercise?
Pei Wenye didn’t know whether it counted as proper or not, but getting up early to exercise really did leave him feeling refreshed, body and soul.
