Ch 35: Her Heart is Wild Despite Her Small Size
Seeing that Ji Liang was so angry that he was clenching his fists, Si Shuo playfully pinched him and said, “Xu Chi was alone before and had no one to teach him. Don’t bully him.”
“Little Shuo Shuo, you’re biased. Where did I bully him?” Ji Liang said with a dejected expression. “I’m doing this for your own good. I want to eliminate anything that’s unfavorable to you.”
What do you mean no one taught him? That’s a low-level trick males use to deceive females. Who isn’t born with a heritage?
“Si Shuo, I am not unfavorable to you,” Xu Chi stubbornly looked at her. “I just want to become your Beast Husband.”
Si Shuo was at her wit’s end. She couldn’t please both of them!
“I know. I’m hungry. I want to go back and eat. Do you want to come with me?” she asked with a smile.
Ji Liang and Xu Chi exchanged a glance, then both turned their heads and followed Si Shuo toward the tribe.
However, Ji Liang secretly took her hand and intertwined his fingers with hers, gently rubbing the back of her hand with his fingertips, expressing the pain of separation these past few days.
Si Shuo lowered her eyes slightly, her face flushed.
Xu Chi glanced at their intertwined hands, then also reached out and took Si Shuo’s other hand, intertwining his fingers with hers in the same way!
Si Shuo was stunned for a moment, her attention pulled in both directions. This kind of favor was too much to handle…
During the meal, Ji Liang and Xu Chi both grilled meat for her. Si Shuo took a knife and cut off a little of each, putting it into her wooden bowl, along with half an ear of roasted corn, eating with relish without looking to either side.
After having fun with the females for a while, Si Shuo was pulled back to the shack by Ji Liang.
The already small shack was now crowded with three people.
Her males weren’t the particularly burly, exaggeratedly muscular type, but they were still slender, upright, and had a strong presence.
It was said that beauties looked best under lamplight. With the remaining light from the bonfire outside, both males were exceptionally charming, one lazy and bewitching, the other aloof and refined.
Either one of them could debut on the spot with their looks and figures!
Xu Chi said to her coldly, “I’ll go heat up the bathwater for you.”
As soon as he left, Ji Liang pulled Si Shuo into his arms, his hand gently rubbing her chin. “Little Shuo Shuo, did my arrival make things difficult for you?”
Before Si Shuo could say anything, he spoke first.
“No, it’s just that I don’t know how to treat you both at the same time. I don’t want either of you to feel wronged. I wish I could split myself in two,” Si Shuo snuggled in his arms. “You two are already making me spin like a top. All my cleverness is used to coax you. When Zhi Le comes, I…”
Not to mention that she would have even more Beast Husbands in the future. She wondered why she didn’t ask the system for an infinite clone ability back then!
Ji Liang chuckled and couldn’t help but kiss her forehead. The soft, warm touch made him want more, so he suppressed the words he wanted to say for the time being.
He tentatively kissed lower, on her nose and cheeks, his eyes fixed on her expression, finally landing on her lips.
The snake beastman had never seen his mother since birth and didn’t know what family affection was. When he was just an egg, the competition for survival had already begun.
If he didn’t work hard to break out of his shell, he would likely become food for his brothers. So, he was the first to hatch, using his younger brothers as his first meal.
Everyone said that the father was the first enemy that the snake beastman wanted to defeat and kill in his growth. Ji Liang’s heritage also told him that if he wanted to become stronger, he had to follow the rules.
But the result of going all the way to the end was that he would inevitably be defeated and killed by his own child!
Therefore, when his father was on the verge of death from his torment, Ji Liang left. Besides becoming stronger, he also became a traveling merchant, using the knowledge he gained from traveling across mountains and rivers to fill his own heritage, and also wanting to find a female he could protect with his life.
He longed for warmth and a home so much…
The little female in his arms was fragrant and soft, indulging his impudence, and also responding shyly and full of attachment. How could he not like her?
“I’m sorry, Little Shuo Shuo. Before we become your Beast Husbands, we don’t feel secure in our hearts. Did our squabbling bother you?” He hugged her contentedly, letting her listen to his heart beating wildly for her. “You don’t need to be annoyed. This is our problem. It’s the first time for everyone to be bonded brothers, and we haven’t adapted yet.”
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Si Shuo hummed in agreement. “Ji Liang, you came to find me. What about the traveling merchant band? Are you still going back?”
Ji Liang chuckled softly. “My little female was abducted. What do I care about the traveling merchant band?
I’m not going back. I’m almost done with my work anyway. I’ve already said everything that needed to be said.
From now on, I’ll just wait to become Little Shuo Shuo’s Beast Husband and stay by your side forever!”
Si Shuo looked up at him. In the history she knew, romance was just a regulator for men at a certain stage. They had greater ideals and ambitions.
Her Beast Husbands were all very capable beastmen. They shouldn’t just revolve around her like other males.
She smiled and wrapped her arms around his neck. “Then let’s go to the Central Continent and build our own business empire there! I want to open restaurants, be a landlord, open shops…”
Ji Liang was stunned for a moment, then looked at the starlight twinkling in her eyes and chuckled softly, “I didn’t expect our Little Shuo Shuo to have such a wild heart despite her small size. I like it! Alright, we’ll go to the Central Continent.
But before that…”
Si Shuo’s face darkened, and she used her hand to block his mouth. “I know what you’re going to say. The journey to the Central Continent is long and dangerous, and the beastmen in the Central Continent have high combat strength levels.
I understand these things. Let’s work hard together and strive to gain a foothold in the Central Continent as soon as possible.”
Ji Liang nodded, his slender eyebrows and eyes full of joy. To do what he liked with the female he loved, his beast life would have no regrets!
Xu Chi heated the water and carried it in.
Si Shuo chased the two males out to stand guard. The weather here was drier, and the vegetation wasn’t as dense as in the Lu’ni Tribe. The wind carried sand and dust.
What’s more, Xu Chi was a Wind Affinity Ability User and had just fought with Ji Liang, Si Shuo was covered in dust.
After washing up, Ji Liang carried the water out to pour it away and also hung up her washed clothes to dry.
Xu Chi sat on the bed, letting Si Shuo lie on his lap, his hand gathering a small stream of gentle wind to blow her hair dry.
“Si Shuo, I shouldn’t have hidden my true strength and made you worry,”
Si Shuo smiled and stroked his eyebrows and eyes. “I know. You wanted to give me a big surprise, right? I’m more than happy that Xu Chi is so capable!”
Xu Chi, who had been tense, finally relaxed. “Si Shuo, if you’re unhappy in the future, you have to tell me. If there’s anything I’m not doing right, I can change it.”
Si Shuo hummed in agreement. “I have a mouth, and I like to get to the bottom of things. I’ll never hold a grudge.”
Hearing that Ji Liang was coming back soon, Xu Chi took out an eight-level crystal, bit it into pieces, and transferred it to Si Shuo.
Ji Liang raised an eyebrow and sat down next to Si Shuo.
Xu Chi told Ji Liang about tempering Si Shuo’s meridians.
Ji Liang didn’t expect Si Shuo to have an ability, but he didn’t ask. He and Xu Chi each took one of her hands and channeled their spiritual power into her meridians, beginning the second cycle of tempering…