Beast World: A Fragile Beauty Blessed with Many Children-Chapter 182 - 181: What is Normal?
Soon, her Beast Husbands returned home. Si Shuo, having already bathed and changed, held one of the cubs and described all the things she had eaten that day.
The cubs had never eaten any of it, but that didn’t stop them from knowing it was delicious. They drooled with desire, tugging at her clothes and impatiently nuzzling at her chest...
During dinner, Ji Liang told everyone about Wei Ce. "...A Level 14 Iron-eating Beast. It looks like he’s a rather pampered Warrior from his clan, raised as one of their elites. He’s on duty at the Beast Soldier Camp. His family is currently looking for a Female Saint for him to couple with, but he’s quite resistant and ended up climbing a wall to run away from home... He has a massive appetite, eating his way from one end of the street to the other. He eats as much as three or four of us combined...
"His personality seems fine—he’s not the scheming type. So, if he becomes one of our Couple Brothers in the future, we’ll all need to keep an eye on him and give him some pointers..."
At this point, he glanced at Xu Chi, and everyone understood.
Xu Chi had no one to teach him; he had to figure out all the principles, rules, and ways of the world on his own. And because they hadn’t guided him properly, he’d beaten them to the punch and gotten their little female pregnant.
Although Xiao Cheng had been well-protected by his clan, he often snuck out to play and picked up a lot of street smarts. He knew everything he was supposed to know—and plenty he wasn’t.
But Ji Liang saw Wei Ce as the other extreme—he had been so sheltered by his family that he probably didn’t even understand what coupling truly meant.
"...He left in such a hurry that he didn’t bring any Crystal Stones, so I paid for him. He said he’ll pay me back after the Beast Soldier Camp gives him his monthly salary. When I was leaving, he almost followed me home..."
He was being vague, but Zhi Qi, Xu Chi, and Xiao Cheng had been home, so they knew Si Shuo had gone with him. If the Iron-eating Beast wanted to follow him home, he must have taken a liking to their little female, even though she was disguised as a male. After all, it wasn’t unheard of for two males to live together as a couple in the Beast World.
But Gong You looked Ji Liang up and down in astonishment. "Ji Liang, since when are you attracting males too?"
Yin Jiang also frowned. "If I remember correctly, Iron-eating Beasts and Snake Beasts are natural enemies. Could it be that kind of relationship? Do you have a natural attraction for him?"
Ji Liang’s face darkened. He glared at Si Shuo, who was clutching Zhi Le’s shoulder and shaking with laughter. His orientation was perfectly normal; he was just taking the fall for their little female.
"Brothers, can we please focus on the actual issue here?"
Gong You chuckled. "My point is perfectly normal. Look, it’s rare for a male to resist a female, let alone a Female Saint. Once Beastmen reach a certain age, they all have needs and a desire for companionship, more or less. We need to confirm whether this Iron-eating Beast, Wei Ce, has taken a fancy to our little female, or to you, one of her Couple Brothers."
Hearing this, the rest of the family couldn’t help but burst out laughing. It couldn’t be helped. Ji Liang possessed a devilishly handsome and beautiful appearance, and his lazy demeanor was particularly captivating. On top of that, he knew how to handle people and was full of personal charm.
The idea of a male taking a fancy to him didn’t seem so hard to accept, in everyone’s opinion.
Si Shuo’s eyes lit up. She kind of wanted to ship them, haha. Gong You had really led her astray. She couldn’t help but think of all the beautiful, romantic anime she had seen.
Ji Liang pulled Si Shuo into his arms and pinched her waist, not daring to use much force. He narrowed his eyes and smirked. "What’s this? Just because I don’t have fur, Little Shushu is going to gang up on me with everyone else? Don’t you know what really happened, Little Shushu?"
Si Shuo quickly wiped the gleeful smile off her face and said with a straight face, "Since Ji Liang says Wei Ce is great in all aspects, just a bit too trusting, then I’m confident my looks and charm are no worse than Ji Liang’s. Even if he’s initially coming after Ji Liang, I can straighten out his preferences and make him normal!"
Ji Liang lowered his gaze, a hint of a smile in his eyes. He knew how much their little female loved furry Beast Forms, so whenever he brought it up, she would feel a pang of guilt toward him.
It worked every time. But he couldn’t use the same trick too often, or it would lose its effect.
Yin Jiang raised an eyebrow. "Perfect, I’m on leave tomorrow, so I’ll go with you to check him out. The Iron-eating Beasts have good Combat Power, but their clan is small, and they tend to overprotect their young. This has led to a strange phenomenon.
They are inherently powerful, but the younger generation lacks real-world tempering, so they are quite naive. Unless they’re in a life-or-death situation or a desperate struggle, it’s hard for them to unleash their full strength. They’re heavily influenced by their emotions. If their opponent has a fierce aura, they’ll already be at a disadvantage.
"So, among the young male Iron-eating Beasts, they either become exceptionally powerful or timid and sensitive, developing toward one of two extremes."
"But Wei Ce is a Level 14 Beastman, and he said he’s one of the top Warriors in his clan in terms of Combat Power," Si Shuo countered. She was reminded of the national treasures living in zoos, raised by humans from a young age, who lost some of their wild instincts and abilities due to their comfortable lives. In fact, it wasn’t just the Iron-eating Beasts. Many of the Beastman cubs living in the Beast City were the same. They had stable living environments from birth, and the lessons their parents taught them were all about how to earn Crystal Stones to make ends meet.
If it weren’t for the Martial Arts Halls, who knows how many casualties there would be during every spring hunt. And because they wouldn’t have culled enough Wild Beasts, they would then face the outbreak of a Beast Tide!
"Perhaps that’s just the confidence his clan instilled in him?" Yin Jiang smiled. "In any case, we can’t skip the necessary strength test. After all," he paused, his expression a mixture of resignation and contentment, "after all, Shuo’er, you did say this might be the last Beast Husband you take, so we have to choose carefully."
Si Shuo nodded emphatically. ’With a big guy like Wei Ce, he can’t possibly be all show and no go, right?’ she thought.
After dinner, Zhi Qi pulled Si Shuo aside and said in a low voice,
"Kitty, we’ve discussed it. Now that we’re in Guangshou City, even if you don’t go out much, a lot of families are watching us. And the Winged Dragon Clan seems to want to take their anger out on our family."
"Some of the things the Beast God bestowed upon us, things other families don’t have, we should probably put them away for now. Even with an Array protecting us, it’s not one hundred percent safe."
"Like the clothes—we can just wash them by hand after bathing. We can use oil lamps for light at night. If that’s not enough, Gong You and Yin Jiang can both use their superpowers to provide light."
Si Shuo pressed her lips together and nodded. She understood that these things could be used against them, becoming a heavy hammer to strike them down. It was better to rely on oneself than on others. Likewise, she couldn’t become too dependent on her ’cheats’ like the Beast God, the system, and the mall.
While they brought her convenience, they also planted hidden dangers that could make her lose her fighting spirit.
"Okay, I’ll listen to you all!" Si Shuo said with a smile. She put all the modern items in her home into her storage space, silently bidding a final farewell to her past.
The night was as cool as water. Gong You, having just finished his ’overtime’ with the poultry, lay in bed, thinking about his tasks for the next day. He’d be busy feeding their little female, taking care of the cubs, and setting up the Time Law Array for the poultry coop... Hmm, he’d also heard that Silverfish grew in a mountain stream outside the city. They were supposed to be incredibly delicious, just hard to find and catch. He had to go take a look.
Just as he was starting to feel sleepy, a soft, glittering bundle under the moonlight outside the window crashed into his arms. It had seaweed-like hair, ears as thin as cicada wings, and a smugly wagging tail...
