Chapter 44: No More Beast Husbands Allowed

His narrow, almond-shaped eyes stared at her like they were looking at prey. A sense of danger seemed to burn in the shadows of his eyelashes, making her face flush. She then hurriedly turned over and lay flat on her back.

"What...what are you saying?" Her heart raced at his words.

His breathing was slightly rapid and shallow.

Seeing the expression on the female beside him as he amused her, he smiled slightly, revealing his sharp canine teeth.

Seeing her so shy, the blush on her face only added to her cuteness.

At that moment, he suddenly smelled her unique feminine fragrance, which made him feel a sudden surge of inexplicable heat.

He stretched out his slender fingers and stroked her hair on the other side, moving downwards until he finally pinched her chin, his fingertips caressing her fair and delicate skin.

He then gently turned her face to face with him.

Their eyes met.

"You... um..."

He suddenly stepped forward and kissed her, not giving her a chance to speak.

"What about me?"

A moment later, Jin Tong slightly parted his lips from her kiss, his voice low and heavy with breath.

"Don't forget, I am your beast husband."

Then it was covered up again.

Their hot breaths mingled, indistinguishable from one another.

...

The next morning, Shu Ning recalled the previous night, which made her feel extremely embarrassed.

After saying goodbye to Ling Shuang and Yue Ying, Jin Tong and Shu Ning were about to leave.

At this moment, Chi Yan caught up with them, "I'll go to the wolf clan with you, my brother has already agreed!"

Jin Tong turned around impatiently: "Why haven't you given up yet? He agreed, but I didn't!"

Then Chi Yan took Shu Ning's hand, his eyes radiating an almost imperceptible allure, and whispered to her, "Shu Ning will agree, right?"

Shu Ning was drawn to his sincere and beautiful eyes.

Seeing her hesitation and then looking into his eyes, Jin Tong instantly understood what was going on.

Pull Shu Ning away from him.

Shu Ning shook her head, and after a moment of clarity, said, "I'm sorry, I already have Jin Tong."

Upon hearing this, Jin Tong's lips curled into a slight smile. He then put his hand on Chi Yan's shoulder and said, "Did you hear that?"

"You can have several beast husbands, right? I don't mind your other beast husbands. Besides, my strength and appearance are no less than Jin Tong's. Just consider me another beast husband." Seeing that charm was not working, Chi Yan tried to persuade him with reason.

“You’ve been rejected. She doesn’t like you!” Jin Tong added.

Chi Yan continued, "Wouldn't it be good to have another beastman protecting you? I won't give up until you give me a reason to give up."

"Really, it's not necessary. Thank you for liking me, but it's really not necessary. I've had enough." Shu Ning couldn't think of a reason to refuse.

"Since you can't give me a reason to refuse..."

“Yes.” Shu Ning’s eyes flashed, and she suddenly said, “My other beast husbands will be jealous, and I have to take care of their feelings.”

Shu Ning didn't want her beast husbands' already low favorability rating to drop further.

"Don't lie to me, your other beast husbands don't like you at all," Chi Yan said.

"Who says no beastmen like me? Xiao Chong does," Shu Ning said with a hint of pride.

"Even if it's to avoid hurting him, I can't add any more beastmen."

Upon hearing this, Jin Tong's eyes darkened, and his expression became complicated.

"I'm sorry, Chi Yan, you are indeed very good, but I really can't have too many beast husbands. You will definitely meet a female you like in the future." Shu Ning looked at him apologetically.

"I don't want any other females, hey... don't go..."

Just as he lowered his head in silence, Jin Tong, just like yesterday, deftly placed Shu Ning behind his back, got up, and left.

Watching the two figures disappear into the distance, he seemed to be deep in thought...

Burning Heart Cliff —

On the night of the sculpted hope, the male gray fox, brought to Burning Heart Cliff, knelt at the highest point, holding Lanling's ashes.

At that moment, a timely rain fell from the sky, and he opened his mouth to catch the dew.

A moment later, a ghostly blue phosphorescent flame rose from the bottom of the cliff. Knowing that the guide had forgiven him, he didn't feel particularly happy. After scattering Lanling's ashes into the phosphorescent flame...

Wolf tribe

"Get some rest when you get back." Jin Tong left after escorting Shu Ning back to her cave.

"Okay." Shu Ning watched his retreating figure, remembering him last night...

"007, can you check how much affection Jin Tong has for me?"

"OK."

"Jin Tong's favorability rating: 30."

Upon hearing the news, Shu Ning jumped up with joy.

Finally, there is hope!

"Host, congratulations on completing the hidden side quest and helping Lie Feng resolve the poisoning issue."

Shu Ning was shocked. She hadn't expected this to be a hidden side quest, but this experience almost cost her her life.

"Is there any reward?"

"Yes, there is a reward for helping to resolve the hidden mission of poisoning Lie Feng. The host can choose the reward himself. The reward must be among daily necessities, and of course, self-defense weapons are also acceptable. You can choose three items."

Remembering that she had refused his reward last time, 007 let her choose for herself this time.

Upon hearing this news, Shu Ning rubbed her hands together, and exclaimed with delight, "Wait a minute, let me think what I want..."

She can find her own seasonings, make her own pots and pans, and even carve her own comb...

"Give me a set of needles and thread, scissors, and a lighter for outdoor use."

Rather than finished products, it's better to have tools. With tools, you can continuously produce finished products.

As for a lighter, she didn't want to go through the trouble of rubbing sticks together to start a fire at night.

She had originally wanted to choose some self-defense weapons, but when she thought about yesterday's scene, where others were so fast that she didn't even have a chance to react, she decided to give up for now.

Moreover, she already had a chainsaw, and also a field lighter, which could instantly spew out flames with just a light press of a button.

These can all be used as self-defense weapons.

"Okay, it has been automatically sent to your space."

Shu Ning decided to carve a comb at the entrance of the cave first, and then sew a few pieces of underwear.

She still isn't used to the emptiness below her these days, especially when she's sitting on their backs...

The thought of this made her feel embarrassed.

Shu Ning sawed a tree branch, cut it into flat squares with a chainsaw, then sharpened comb teeth with a knife, and finally polished the edges and corners.

And so, a simple, rough comb was completed.

Although the steps were simple, it still took her a lot of time and effort.

Next, use a needle, thread, and scissors to simply sew two pairs of underwear from the animal hide.

It was already afternoon when I finished all of this.

She recalled what happened in the fox clan yesterday. She had used teleportation once and lost 100 jin. She planned to use it twice more, and that would be about enough.

She prepared to move some water, filling the basin with it.

A day and a night passed, and the fish in the basin were still alive.

So I decided to use a knife to process the fish, salt them, and then dry them into dried fish.

"007, please upgrade the level I temporarily saved."

"Okay, upgrading for you, please wait."

...

"Upgrade complete. Host, your current level is 3. The number of teleportations you can use per day has increased to 10."

"Each time you use teleportation, you will lose 7 favor points from your beastman. After the energy consumed by teleportation is used to replenish favor points, the system assistant will automatically serve you and will remind you of the changes in favor points at any time."

Shu Ning sighed; she now had to be much more careful when using teleportation.

"007, check the beast husband's favorability value."

"OK."

Xuan Lin: -60 (Dislike)

Xuanmo: 20 (No feeling)

Yi Yuan: -30 (Dislike)

Mo Li: 5 (No feeling)

Jin Tong: 30 (Normal)

Xiao Chong: Hide.

Seeing Xuan Lin's blindingly negative favorability rating from the very beginning gave her a headache.

She noticed that Xuanmo's favorability rating had increased by 5 points. Could it be because she cooked fish soup for him yesterday morning?

At that moment, for some reason, I felt some abdominal pain.