The Gene Research Institute.
Yier wasn’t an especially malicious person. After leaving Fuyuan hanging for only two days, he helped him apply for a new photobrain.
A photobrain was genetically bound to its beastman owner and could only be disconnected upon the owner’s death.
However, a photobrain wasn’t made of indestructible material. It could be damaged by external force.
In that case, one only had to apply to the Terminal Administration Center for a replacement, and the photobrain’s identification number could be restored as well.
The Federation was highly efficient in every field. The day after Yier submitted the application for Fuyuan, the new photobrain arrived.
The first thing Fuyuan did after regaining his photobrain was send Yunyang a friend request.
At that moment, Yunyang was working out under the supervision of one of her beast husbands.
She could no longer maintain her morning exercise routine, but she could still spare one or two hours every day to train in the gym.
She wasn’t pursuing an impossibly slim figure. She exercised simply to improve her physical fitness.
Recently, the results of her training had become increasingly obvious.
Not only had the lines of her arms and calves become much more attractive, but she had also developed visible abs.
Yunyang was very pleased with this.
In her previous life, she had been at a standard weight, but after spending every day sitting in an office and working like a beast of burden, she had never managed to get rid of the extra flesh around her waist and stomach.
At last, she had made up for it.
Her five beast husbands took turns accompanying her to the gym. Today was Xuan Yu’s turn.
The wolf cub made no attempt to hide his gaze as he stared intently at Yunyang’s firm waist and abdomen.
Although his gaze was intense, it didn’t make Yunyang uncomfortable.
As soon as she finished a set, he immediately handed her the warm water he had prepared.
Yunyang accepted it and took a few slow sips. Then she blinked at the wolf cub.
“Xuan Yu, do my abs look good?”
Without the slightest hesitation, Xuan Yu blurted out, “They look great!”
That was exactly what he thought from the bottom of his heart, so both his tone and expression were exceptionally sincere.
No one disliked hearing something like that.
Yunyang pinched one of the wolf’s ears, then grabbed Xuan Yu by the collar and pulled him closer.
Her red lips brushed his cheek, fleetingly.
“You’re good with words. Here’s your reward.”
Xuan Yu’s ears twitched. Then, emboldened, he said, “Mistress, I want a bigger reward too. Is that okay?”
Yunyang asked, “What kind of reward?”
Xuan Yu didn’t answer. His gaze only grew hotter and hotter.
Yunyang understood.
They had already finished most of today’s workout. Indulging a little wasn’t out of the question.
“Carry me to the shower.”
That was consent.
Xuan Yu immediately took the cup from her hand and set it aside before carrying her to the bathroom on the fifth floor.
The bathroom was spacious, making it perfect for certain activities.
Naturally, Xuan Yu wasn’t about to miss the chance to benefit himself.
The bathtub was enormous, and he soaked in it with Yunyang.
The wolf cub wrapped one arm around Yunyang’s waist.
His other hand brushed over the lines of her abs.
Then moved lower.
His slightly rough fingertips skimmed over...
The tips of his fingers sank into softness.
...
Yunyang’s eyes grew hazy.
Through her blurred vision, she saw someone’s fingers, glistening with water, intrude into view.
“Mistress, look...”
Right in front of her, Xuan Yu rubbed his wet index finger with his thumb.
Yunyang’s face flushed as she turned her gaze away.
Of course, she knew what that was.
Seeing that she was embarrassed, Xuan Yu chuckled and leaned closer.
Just then, the photobrain on Yunyang’s wrist vibrated softly.
A trace of annoyance flashed through Xuan Yu’s eyes. Who was being so inconsiderate as to message his mistress at a time like this?
He lowered his head and nuzzled Yunyang.
“Mistress, do you want to check the message?”
Yunyang shook her head.
Whatever the message was, it wasn’t important enough for her to deal with right now.
Xuan Yu’s expression brightened.
He tightened his arms around Yunyang.
The water in the bathtub rose and fell with them.
Once.
And again.
...
Yunyang had entered the gym sometime after three in the afternoon, having rested for three hours after lunch.
As a result, it was nearly seven by the time she finally left the gym.
She lay languidly in Xuan Yu’s arms and ordered the wolf cub to take her back to her room.
Xuan Yu obeyed, but once he entered Yunyang’s room, he began acting up again.
Yunyang slapped his hand away.
“Go tell Qin Mo and the others that I don’t feel like eating tonight.”
She had eaten a little too much at lunch. Even after expending so much energy that afternoon, she still didn’t feel hungry, so naturally she had no appetite for dinner.
Xuan Yu looked at her eagerly.
“Mistress, can I stay with you tonight?”
Yunyang cast him a sidelong glance.
“Tonight’s token is the Little Panda’s.”
She had drawn that token before lunch.
“All right.”
With his little plan thwarted, Xuan Yu could only obediently leave.
Only after the door had closed again did Yunyang open her photobrain and reply to the messages she had received earlier.
The first message she answered was from You Lu.
Since she was on her period and didn’t need to recover her spiritual power, You Lu had been surfing the net practically all day.
Yunyang had only been away from her messages for a few short hours, yet You Lu had already forwarded her more than thirty discussion threads and over fifty videos.
Yunyang glanced through them. They were all things she would be interested in.
Lulu really did understand her.
She scrolled up through the chat history, only to become completely engrossed.
She had no idea where Lulu had found so many gossip threads and sexy videos featuring males.
Yunyang watched them with great enthusiasm. Before she knew it, another two hours had passed.
Meanwhile, at the Gene Research Institute, Fuyuan was becoming increasingly anxious as he continued waiting for Yunyang to accept his friend request.
Was she busy and hadn’t seen the message?
Or...
Had she changed her mind?
At the thought of the second possibility, Fuyuan began swimming back and forth in the pool.
After a long while, he took a deep breath and submitted a matching application with Yunyang to the Federation Marriage Center.
If the match was successful, he would be able to see her address in the matching information.
And if the match failed—
Then he would keep waiting!
The Marriage Center received tens of thousands of matching applications like this every day.
Its system automatically filtered them. Those with abilities that were too weak or genetic compatibility that was too low were eliminated. Only the remaining applications proceeded to manual screening.
Even so, the Marriage Center still received several hundred to over a thousand applications for manual review every day.
Fortunately, it had enough employees, and the screening process was very efficient.
Fuyuan’s matching application ended up in the hands of a sparrow beastman.
Looking at the information of the applicant and the target, the sparrow beastman shook his head.
“Another one with no self-awareness, trying to match with an S-rank Excellency.”
For the sake of professionalism, the sparrow beastman still examined the matching application carefully.
The information of the three S-rank Excellencies was practically public knowledge, so he first checked Fuyuan’s matching information.
He had been somewhat dismissive at first, but the moment he saw the information displayed there, he immediately opened the Marriage Center’s system and sent Yunyang a message in the center’s official capacity.
Federation Marriage Center: “Dear Excellency Yunyang, the male Fuyuan has applied to become your beast husband. Would you be willing to match with him?”
The message also included Fuyuan’s profile, updated by the Gene Research Institute.
Yunyang was still watching sexy videos when she received the message. Ever since she had matched with five beast husbands, the Federation Marriage Center had never contacted her again.
This was unusual.
And more importantly, it was Fuyuan who had applied for the match.
Yunyang paused the video and opened the attached profile.
Name: Fuyuan
Age: Unknown
Height: 194 cm
Beast Form: Mutated Merman
Ability: Mutated Sonic Waves
Ability Rank: SS
Occupation: None
Genetic Compatibility: 98%
