Liang Yixiao thought there was a lot of truth to what the leopard beastman had said.
No male could dislike an excellent and beautiful lady.
He had to seize the opportunity.
Liang Yixiao immediately decided that tomorrow, when it was his turn to protect Lady Yunyang during the day, he would confess his feelings to her.
He continued to silently cheer himself on until bedtime.
Yet the moment he woke up the next morning, he began to feel nervous.
He grabbed the leopard beastman, who was preparing to head to training. “Old Yang, how about you come with me?”
“No way. I’m afraid Executive Director Noah will skin me alive.” Old Yang shook his head repeatedly.
Today’s morning training was under Executive Director Noah’s supervision. If he dared skip it, Executive Director Noah would chew him out until there was nothing left of him.
Liang Yixiao turned to the other two comrades.
The two of them took off as if the soles of their feet had been greased.
As if! Old Yang didn’t dare skip training—did they think they would?
Executive Director Noah was famous for being strict.
Seeing the other two run off, the leopard beastman hurried after them as well.
The dormitory was suddenly left with only Liang Yixiao.
He sighed, and his courage began to waver.
Maybe he should just forget it.
Lady Yunyang’s beastmen husbands were all so outstanding. There was no way she would take a fancy to someone like him.
Liang Yixiao had almost convinced himself to give up on confessing when he saw Leonardo approaching on his tiny legs.
“Leon?” Liang Yixiao froze.
Leonardo let out a cry.
Liang Yixiao: !
“You’re going to accompany me while I confess to Lady Yunyang?”
When the little white fox nodded, Liang Yixiao instantly found his courage again.
After straightening his clothes, he scooped up Leonardo and headed toward Yunyang’s residence.
Leonardo clearly disliked being carried by the scruff. He struggled a couple of times before jumping to the ground, then followed behind Liang Yixiao with his head held high.
Yunyang still had to go to the tower that morning.
So early in the morning, the members of the guard unit changed shifts and stationed themselves outside her residence.
As usual, after finishing her morning exercises, Yunyang returned to shower and change before setting off for the tower.
Today, she wore the dress Pei Wenye had given her, paired with a wine-red cropped cardigan. Her long, slightly wavy hair hung loosely over her shoulders.
The outfit itself was simple, but on someone as beautiful as her, even the clothes looked luxurious.
The young federal soldiers in the guard unit were all stunned.
Lady Yunyang was simply… too beautiful!
Liang Yixiao was dazed for quite a while too. When he finally came back to himself, he began to hesitate again.
He was an utterly unremarkable male. Wouldn’t confessing to Lady Yunyang be an insult to her?
Leonardo noticed Liang Yixiao’s insecurity and reached out with a forepaw to paw at his leg.
Liang Yixiao lowered his head to look at him.
Meeting those green eyes, Liang Yixiao somehow found his courage again.
He crouched down, picked Leonardo up, and placed him on his shoulder. Then, after taking a deep breath, he walked toward Yunyang.
Yunyang was still waiting for You Lu to come out, so she remained where she was.
When Liang Yixiao approached, he suddenly bent forward in a ninety-degree bow.
“Lady Yunyang, I want to become your beastman husband!”
He rattled off the sentence so quickly that he had no intention of raising his head afterward. His face was flushed bright red.
At those words, the gazes of the five beastman husbands immediately focused on Liang Yixiao.
Yunyang first glanced at him, then shifted her gaze to Leonardo, who was with him.
The fluffy white creature she had seen near her residence last time seemed to have been Leonardo.
She didn’t think much of it.
Turning her attention back to Liang Yixiao, she gave him a polite smile.
“I’m sorry, but you’re not my type.”
Although Liang Yixiao’s beast form was also a fox, his human appearance was not particularly striking.
Yunyang admitted that she was a hopelessly looks-oriented person.
Just as the Federal Marriage Center had said, there were countless male citizens in the Federation. Why shouldn’t she choose someone she liked?
There were just as many males who wanted a female lord. If she accepted everyone who came along, how many beastman husbands would she end up with?
Liang Yixiao’s body stiffened.
But he quickly adjusted his emotions.
“I understand. Thank you, Lady Yunyang.”
Although Lady Yunyang didn’t like him, she hadn’t left things vague or strung him along with ambiguous hints. Instead, she had allowed him to decisively cut off these feelings that never should have existed.
Of course he needed to thank her.
After saying that, Liang Yixiao straightened and turned around, preparing to return to the guard unit.
“Wait.”
Yunyang’s voice made him stop.
Liang Yixiao turned back to face her, his eyes filled with confusion and the faintest trace of hope.
But Yunyang was looking only at the little white fox on his shoulder.
“Your name is Leonardo?”
Leonardo hadn’t expected Yunyang to take the initiative to speak to him. After freezing for a moment, he quickly nodded.
He glanced at the five outstanding males beside Yunyang, then suddenly leaped down from Liang Yixiao’s shoulder.
He tilted his head and rubbed himself against Yunyang’s leg.
The five beastman husbands: !
What was this fox doing?!
Yunyang: !
The little fox had rubbed against her!
Suppressing her excitement, Yunyang crouched down and extended a hand toward Leonardo.
Leonardo was very well-behaved. He rested his head in her palm and gently rubbed against it again and again.
He was clearly a fox, yet he behaved like an obedient little cat.
His ears brushed across Yunyang’s fingertips, and she instinctively stroked one of them.
Fox ears felt different from wolf or tiger ears. The fur at the tips and along the outer edges was soft, fluffy, and not prickly at all.
The inner side had very little fur, making it soft, smooth, and warm to the touch.
In short, they were incredibly satisfying to pet!
Although Yunyang knew that the little white fox in front of her was actually a male, she still couldn’t stop herself from stroking him again and again.
Why was this texture so addictive?
As Yunyang continued petting the fox, her five beastman husbands stared fixedly at Leonardo.
They really wanted to toss the fox back onto Liang Yixiao’s shoulder, but they were afraid Lady Yunyang would be unhappy, so all they could do was remain silent.
As for Liang Yixiao, he stared in shock at Leonardo, who had been living alongside him for days.
Leon, you’ve changed.
You weren’t like this when you were staying with me.
The members of the guard unit watched Leonardo enviously, wishing they could take his place.
What an honor it was to be petted by Lady Yunyang!
Leonardo lifted his head slightly and allowed Yunyang to fuss over him.
He knew it was shameless of him to use his fox appearance to seduce Lady Yunyang.
But Lady Yunyang would be leaving this place soon.
He really didn’t want to do nothing at all.
“Yangyang!”
Yunyang was still petting the fox when You Lu emerged with her eleven beastman husbands.
She hurried over, then froze for a moment as she looked at Leonardo in confusion.
Where had this tailless little white fox come from?
Although You Lu found it strange, she had no desire to investigate.
Yangyang clearly liked the fox very much. She wasn’t so tactless as to ask unnecessary questions.
When You Lu approached, Yunyang reluctantly withdrew her hand.
“Lulu, let’s go.” She stood up without saying goodbye to Leonardo.
Goodbyes were for the sake of meeting again. Yunyang probably wouldn’t be returning to T01 Star for a long time, so it would be difficult for her to see Leonardo again.
It would be a lie to say Leonardo wasn’t disappointed.
But being petted by Lady Yunyang had already been an incredible stroke of luck.
He should be content.
“All right.”
You Lu nodded and didn’t ask a single question.
She linked arms with Yunyang and escorted her away.
The two had just reached the control tower when they saw a spacecraft land in the open area beside it.
Once the hatch opened, the ten merfolk who had gone to investigate the secret base the day before stumbled out.
They were covered in wounds—and they had brought along a gigantic… cage?
