“I’ve said it before, I don’t want to tie you down for life like this. You should choose to be with the female you like and become her companion…”

The person in the early morning, their pale skin appeared exceptionally white under the first rays of sunlight.

Her features are bright and cheerful, with a cool and refined air.

For the first time, Pu Shangji found the female before him so attractive.

Her lips were slightly parted as he pinched them with his fingertips, and they looked rosy and alluring in the morning sunlight.

Pu Shangji's Adam's apple bobbed down, and his cold, angry gaze gradually became unfocused.

Her voice echoed in my mind.

And he was focused on her lips as they opened and closed.

He tilted his head to the side, lowered his eyes, and slightly parted his lips.

A strange heat rising in his body compelled him to lean forward unconsciously...

Just as Pu Shangji was about to kiss her, Ling Yunxi pushed him away.

"nerve!"

Just as Ling Yunxi was about to leave, she was suddenly grabbed by the man behind her.

The bamboo tube in her hand also fell to the ground.

"Don't leave!"

Pu Shangji pressed her back into place again.

Ling Yunxi's attention was focused solely on the bamboo tube that had fallen.

As she watched the clear morning dew evaporate, her pupils dilated instantly: "My dew!!"

Anger surged within her instantly, and she turned to glare angrily at the male in front of her.

"What exactly do you want?!"

Pu Shangji glanced at the bamboo tube on the ground, then looked away.

Faced with the anger in her eyes, the heat from before had disappeared, and he became more lucid.

"You still haven't answered why you refused to travel with me?"

"I've already told you, I don't want to..."

"Don't want to be tied to me?" Pu Shangji's voice was deep. "Hmm?"

"Yes." Ling Yunxi nodded. "Is there anything else you don't understand?"

Pu Shangji's eyes widened in surprise: "Didn't we already agree on this before? You clearly promised."

Ling Yunxi suddenly remembered what Xiao Chenzhao had said.

She frowned slightly, bit her lower lip, and said awkwardly, "What happened before was decided by my parents; I was unaware of it. Do you understand now?"

The fact that Ling Yunxi did not accompany him voluntarily seemed to make Pu Shangji even more distressed.

Coming to his senses, he leaned closer to her again and asked, "What's wrong with me that you're refusing to be my partner?"

Is it that you're not strong enough? Or that your looks aren't attractive enough?

"In the last class, I entered the Beast Academy as the top wolf in the entire wolf clan. That's not weak, is it? Or... do you think I'm ugly?"

Ling Yunxi gazed at his exquisite and handsome features, frowned, and whispered, "No..."

"Then why did you reject me?!" Pu Shangji asked, his voice trembling with suppressed emotion.

"Oh, no, that's not it. Do you know that when you form a mate, you have to leave a mate mark on your body? It'll be too late to regret it when you meet a female you like later!"

Ling Yunxi pushed him away again.

He ran to pick up her bamboo tube, his eyes filled with heartache.

As the sun gradually rose and the sky grew brighter, she hurriedly went to collect more dew before it completely evaporated.

Pu Shangji stood there, stunned.

Ling Yunxi's words still echoed in my ears.

Preferred female?

He snorted coldly.

In this beast world where there are far more males than females, it's already quite good for a male to be assigned a female, let alone to meet a female he likes.

Preferred female?

What exactly is liking?

He turned and leaned against the tree trunk, watching Ling Yunxi's busy figure.

She looked surprisingly beautiful in the morning sunlight.

His thin lips unconsciously turned up.

If yesterday's wedding had gone as planned, she should now be his female.

As the dew dwindled, and Ling Yunxi could collect only a pitifully small amount, she began to feel anxious.

Suddenly I noticed a large patch of deformed leaves on the tree, bent and twisted, with a lot of dew accumulating inside.

But she was too short to reach it, so she jumped up as high as she could, but she was afraid that if she touched it, it would fall apart.

While we were trying to figure out a solution.

Suddenly, I felt a warm sensation on my back.

Ling Yunxi was startled. In the instant she turned around, Pu Shangji had already reached out and plucked the entire leaf.

He took the bamboo tube from her hand and poured it in.

His eyes were fixed on the dew inside, full of doubt: "What are you going to do with this?"

"It's none of your business." Ling Yunxi took the bamboo tube.

Pu Shangji raised his hand: "If you don't tell me, you can forget about getting it."

Ling Yunxi frowned, her lips pressed tightly together, her eyes revealing displeasure and restraint.

Seeing her displeasure, Pu Shangji returned the bamboo tube to her, saying, "Here you go."

Ling Yunxi took it, said thank you, and immediately turned to leave.

Watching Ling Yunxi's departing figure, Pu Shangji crossed his arms and smirked.

Putian family —

"Brother, when are you planning to go find Ling Yunxi and ask her to give the Pu family an explanation?"

When Pu Yueling saw Pu Shangji return from outside, she went up to him with great interest.

"Explain what?" Pu Shangji said calmly.

"Of course I'll question her about why she publicly humiliated our Pu family and made my mother unable to hold her head up in front of the wolf clan."

“I’ve been there,” Pu Shangji said simply.

"What? Oh brother, why didn't you call me when you went to find her?" Pu Yueling looked disappointed. "I wanted to see her make a fool of herself."

Pu Shangji gave her a cold, warning look.

Pu Yueling immediately composed herself: "Brother, what's wrong? Did I do something wrong?"

Pu Shangji said, "From now on, put away that arrogant attitude of yours and stop causing trouble for others all the time."

"But it was clearly Ling Yunxi who bullied our Pu family first, so why can't she..."

"Um?"

Pu Yueling looked unconvinced, but when she caught Pu Shangji's gaze, she pouted and shut up, "I know..."

Ling Yunxi's home.

"Where did the female master go?"

Xiao Mingyan heard the sound of the courtyard gate opening and poked his head out from the kitchen.

"Um... I went out for a walk." Ling Yunxi said casually.

“Oh,” Xiao Mingyan said thoughtfully, his eyes lighting up. “Princess, wait a moment, the food will be ready soon.”

"Hmm." Ling Yunxi returned to her room and took out the nectar from the Spirit Phoenix Flower that she had picked last time.

The nectar mixed with the dew of the morning after the full moon swayed.

“Nothing special,” she whispered.

[Host, I didn't expect you to finish making it so quickly.]

007's voice suddenly appeared, and Ling Yunxi subconsciously tightened her grip on the bamboo tube in her hand.

Is this all?

【Yes, host, but the dew you collected wasn't the first drop, so it's not as effective. You need to infuse it with some spiritual energy.】

Ling Yunxi attempted to infuse the Phoenix Honey Water in the bamboo tube with ice-type supernatural abilities.

A moment later: [Okay, it's frozen.]

The system displayed a surprised emoji:

[Host, no...]

"Mistress, it's all ready. You can come out for your meal now." Xiao Mingyan stood at the doorway, her tail swaying gently.

"They're here."

"The female master hasn't recovered yet. I went to the shaman yesterday to ask, and he said that pheasant soup would help her recover, so I went and caught two..."

The moment Ling Yunxi stepped out of the room, a sweet floral fragrance wafted into Xiao Mingyan's nostrils.

Xiao Mingyan was somewhat dazed, and his hand holding the soup spoon paused slightly.