"What?"

Xiao Yeyu's gaze swept over the needlework on the table. He picked it up with a look of disgust, but then he smelled the scent of herbs, and his golden vertical pupils widened in surprise.

Looking at her back, he subconsciously clenched his fists, opened his mouth but no sound came out.

"Your finger is all cut, who else would I give it to if not you?" Chi Li's mocking voice came from behind.

"Tch, who wants her junk..."

Xiao Yeyu said this, but his hands didn't seem to be making any move to throw it away.

"Ding—" A system notification sounded in Ling Yunxi's mind:

"Xiao Yeyu's aversion value decreased by 2, leaving -93 points remaining to complete the mission."

"Ling Yunxi!"

Suddenly a familiar voice came from behind.

Ling Yunxi paused in her movement—it was the peacock beastman whose tail feathers she had plucked.

Male peacocks rely on the feathers on their backs to attract females during courtship.

Now they've all been removed by the original owner.

It's easy to imagine how much he would hate her.

She turned around and asked, "What's wrong?"

"you……"

Seeing Ling Yunxi's ugly face, Chi Yanling suppressed his disgust and said, "Don't think that just because you can sew animal hides I'll forgive you!"

After saying that, he left without looking back.

He could never forgive her.

Don't think that knowing how to sew animal hides will make up for his losses.

That's a matter of life and death for him...

Taking advantage of being the daughter of the Holy Mother, she wantonly bullied these foreign beastmen.

If she hadn't needed to continue her studies, she would have been disposed of long ago.

"Good luck, Ling Yunxi, once you finish your studies!"

A sinister glint flashed in his eyes as he clenched his fist.

Ling Yunxi watched his angry figure disappear into the distance, but a chill ran down her spine.

Just as I was wondering about it, I looked down at my arm and saw that I had goosebumps.

And a shadow beneath her that didn't belong to her.

"What are you looking at?"

Qi Liyuan's voice suddenly rang out from behind.

Ling Yunxi exclaimed in surprise, the colossal python she had encountered the previous night was still vivid in her mind.

She suddenly stepped back a few paces to the side.

"You..." He swallowed hard, unable to say it.

"What about me?"

Qi Liyuan's eyes turned cold, and seeing her reaction, a barely perceptible smile appeared on his lips.

Why did you suddenly appear?

"Why can't I show up?" Qi Liyuan's voice was deep and magnetic. He took long strides and approached her step by step with an air of pressure, leaning down to stare at her.

His eyes had a dangerous glint in them, as if he could see right through people.

“Fat woman, after you drowned…” He paused deliberately, a terrifying smile creeping onto his lips: “You’ve changed.”

Ling Yunxi swallowed again, a hint of panic flashing in her eyes: "You..."

How did he know?

Could it be that he has mind-reading abilities?

Ling Yunxi couldn't figure him out; there were quite a few beastmen with special abilities in this beast world.

The orcs who manage to compete for this training are among the best in their respective tribes.

"What, um...?" Qi Liyuan leaned down again and asked, his voice leaving no room for doubt.

"Did I tell you I was right?"

“No,” Ling Yunxi immediately retorted, trying to shift her gaze and force herself to calm down.

But I inadvertently caught a glimpse of his Adam's apple bobbing.

"Cough cough..."

She coughed lightly and looked away again.

The snake's collarbone—cool, white, and bony.

This scene is much more comforting.

After calming down, she said, "I have indeed changed."

"oh?"

Qi Liyuan's Adam's apple bobbed, his voice was deep and magnetic, and a hint of surprise flashed in his golden vertical pupils.

Surprisingly, she didn't refute it.

"I woke up to this reality after that day when I almost drowned."

Qi Liyuan snorted coldly, "Tell me."

A cold breath mixed with a masculine scent was exhaled onto her forehead, and Ling Yunxi frowned slightly.

“I’ve come to understand something, and that is…” she said calmly, placing her hands behind her back and quietly moving away.

"Instead of begging someone to be your beastly husband, why not improve yourself? The flowers will bloom and the butterflies will come naturally, won't they?"

“That’s true, but what if…” Qi Liyuan walked up to her again, “…and still can’t attract butterflies after the flowers have withered?”

“If you don’t want to come, then you don’t have to. I won’t force you,” Ling Yunxi said, stepping back. “If it’s not mine, I don’t want it.”

A barely perceptible hint of surprise flashed in Qi Liyuan's eyes.

I have my doubts about what she said.

"At least you have some self-awareness." Qi Liyuan sneered, wanting to say something more, but saw that she had already run away.

"Let's talk another day, I have to go now." Ling Yunxi waved as she jogged away.

Watching the female's retreating figure, a hint of amusement flashed in Qi Liyuan's deep eyes.

No female in the entire wolf clan, snake clan, or even the entire beast world dared to chase after him every day and call him "beast husband."

Only she was oblivious to her own mortality, not only wanting to cling to him but also declaring that she would become his mistress.

They had already set up an ambush and sent people to secretly eliminate them.

But Jiang Yichuan, that male, beat him to it.

That saves him the trouble of doing it himself.

I thought she would just drown in the rumors and disappear from the public eye forever.

Unexpectedly, she reappeared alive.

He even entered the Beast Academy, spending his days and nights with them.

...

After Ling Yunxi ran far away, she saw that Hou Yi could no longer see her figure.

She began to slow her pace, panting heavily.

"Finally, I'm rid of him."

Wiping the sweat from her brow, she prepared to go to the back mountain again.

There were still many herbs there last time; if she hadn't met him, she could have picked some more.

"These orcs are so repulsive, anyone who dares to approach them is practically asking for death!" Ling Yunxi muttered angrily as she walked.

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