Beast World: A Fragile Beauty Blessed with Many Children-Chapter 196 - 195: Quite Easy to Please
Wei Ce smiled and said, "That’s no problem at all. Many of the males in our clan have the Earth Element Ability, so they can help with the renovations.
The clan has quite a few shops and fields, all accumulated by our members over generations.
We Iron-eating Beast Clan Members aren’t good at running businesses, but we know our own limitations. We rent out the shops and fields, get a bit of monthly salary from the Beast Soldier Camp, and rely on the bamboo forests on the mountains behind our clan’s land. It’s barely enough to make ends meet...
Opening a school and a Martial Arts Hall shouldn’t lose Crystal Stones, right? If... if you feel bad about it, Shuo, you can just hire a few more Iron-eating Beast Clan Members to help out. It’ll give everyone some odd jobs to do in their spare time."
Si Shuo was swayed by his words and said hesitantly, "Why don’t you bring it up with your clan members tomorrow? If they don’t agree, then we’ll just forget about it.
Our original plan was to train the teachers first. Since the shop is turning a nice profit now, we were going to find a mountain on the outskirts to use as a school and widely recruit cubs to learn writing and martial arts!
If we can open the school and Martial Arts Hall right on our doorstep, that would be for the best."
Seeing the joyful smile on her face, Wei Ce’s heart tickled. He took advantage of the fact that his Couple Brothers were busy picking out rooms and building nests.
He pulled her over, cornering the young female against the wall. He put up a defensive barrier, his breathing a little heavy. "Shuo, I... can you still do that thing with the Beast Mark to me?"
Si Shuo grabbed his clothes and buried her face in his chest, laughing. ’This Iron-eating Beast is so pure,’ she thought. ’It’s like someone in a modern relationship asking for permission before a kiss.’
’If I didn’t say anything, would Wei Ce really think this was the most intimate thing we could do?’
Wei Ce didn’t understand why she was laughing, but he gently stroked her back and grinned foolishly along with her. "It’s so great that I’ll be able to see you every day from now on, Shuo!"
Their progress was a bit fast, but when you meet the right person, every extra second apart is a waste of time. From when they parted yesterday to their meeting today, he had felt a profound hunger. His emotions had been on such a rollercoaster that he almost didn’t recognize himself.
Never mind the past—just the day before yesterday, if someone had told him he’d be happily coupled now, Wei Ce would have taught them to talk sense with his fists.
Si Shuo lifted her head, wrapped her arms around his neck, and stood on her tiptoes to kiss him.
Wei Ce bent down to meet her. The moment her lips touched his, his fair face flushed beet red. Shyness and joy warred within him.
He held her slender waist tightly, carefully learning to kiss her back. His obedient, reverent manner touched Si Shuo’s heart.
Unable to bear teasing him any longer, Si Shuo led him to deepen the kiss...
After a long time making out, Wei Ce felt like he was about to catch fire. He nuzzled her neck, utterly content, murmuring "Shuo" and "kitty cub" endlessly. He rubbed against her so much it felt like her fur would come off.
But then his stomach started to RUMBLE, shattering the romantic atmosphere!
"Come on, let’s go eat," Si Shuo said with a laugh, pushing the clingy Wei Ce away and pulling him by the hand toward the back of the house.
The courtyard estate was huge. After entering the main gate, a stone-paved path was flanked by two good-sized plots of land overgrown with weeds. The second courtyard was surrounded by buildings on all four sides, and the east and west wings each had a small, separate yard behind them, which would be perfect for the cubs once they were older and needed to be separated by gender. The third courtyard contained a very large yard with a bamboo grove, a rockery, and a half-acre pond! A row of buildings that could be used as warehouses separated it from the fourth courtyard. This final courtyard was spacious and bright, serving as a training ground for the cubs. The buildings facing the north street were used as lounges.
The second courtyard was quite large. In the center stood a big stone table under an awning, just big enough for the whole family to gather around for meals.
It was the two little ones’ first time out of their room, and their eyes couldn’t take everything in. Xuyou, in particular, directed Xiao Cheng to carry both of them on a full tour of the courtyards, inside and out, before finally getting tired and falling fast asleep.
With a new member in the family today, the table was laden with delicious food!
Wei Ce stared at the dazzling array of food and couldn’t help but swallow. The Iron-eating Beast Clan might seem large and prosperous, but they were really just an empty shell. To get enough to eat and replenish their energy, they couldn’t afford to be picky.
It made him look like some uncultured Beastman from a remote region...
Xu Chi brought out the last dish, a fish soup, and said with a smile, "The Third Elder told us a bit about your preferences, Wei Ce. He said you’re pretty easy to please—bamboo, fruit, and meat from animals not raised by Beastmen, right?"
Wei Ce’s eyes flickered toward Si Shuo as he grunted in agreement. "There are a lot of bamboo rats in the bamboo forest behind our mountain. I eat those for an extra meal. Normally, I just eat bamboo and fruit, plus a meal of rice or Floating Wheat cakes. I... I really am pretty easy to please."
Si Shuo bit her lip to keep from laughing. ’His definition of "easy to please" is pretty relative, isn’t it?’
In Beast City, Beastmen wanted to eat meat often but were unwilling to bear the hardship and risk of hunting every day, so they began raising poultry and livestock.
But as it turned out, the Iron-eating Beasts looked down on these farm-raised animals. So, they had no choice but to resignedly stick to a vegetarian diet, occasionally supplementing it with a bamboo rat. He was indeed both a picky eater and "easy to please."
"Wei Ce, just eat your fill. If you don’t like farm-raised meat, we can still provide you with more than enough!" Si Shuo pulled him down to sit. With the Beast Mark connecting them, there were no secrets in the family.
She whispered, her words slightly muffled, "Our family has a space, you know. And it’s one with pretty good preservation. Before we entered Dongye Forest, we ran into a fairly large Beast Tide in Puchang City.
With the Beast God’s help, all those frenzied Fierce Beasts were purified. We stockpiled a ton of them!"
’It wasn’t just a ton; it was an overwhelming amount. The huge Sumeru Space was stuffed to the brim. The tropical fruits, the fish, shrimp, and crabs from the rivers and seas—it was all thanks to those Fierce Beasts.’
’Meat from 630,000 Fierce Beasts... paired with bamboo and fruit, that should be enough to feed one national treasure, right?’
"So, Wei Ce, just eat to your heart’s content. When Beast City organizes a hunt later, we’ll all go stock up on more meat!"
With Si Shuo’s reassurance, Wei Ce nodded repeatedly. "Then I won’t hold back. If... if the family runs low on food or Crystal Stones, you have to tell me."
Everyone laughed and agreed. The family enjoyed the feast at the table, discussing their future as they ate. Si Shuo even brought out some fruit wine to liven things up.
The night was as cool as water. After her bath, Si Shuo changed into a Peacock Dress and wrapped a thin cloak tightly around herself. With a mere thought, she appeared in Yin Jiang’s room!
Yin Jiang was still building his nest. As a Hunting Falcon, he usually lived on cliffs, and the nests he built were drab and purely functional. But the young female in his family loved beautiful things.
He had spent a good deal of time learning from the other avian males in the Beast Soldier Camp how to build beautiful nests to attract a female’s affection. He remembered a few key points: bright colors and plenty of sparkle.
So when Si Shuo suddenly teleported to his side and saw the room filled with glittering Fluorescent Stones, the elegant persona she had been cultivating shattered. She joyfully dashed toward the wall, leaving Yin Jiang with a view of the back of her head. "Yin Jiang, where did you find all these Fluorescent Stones?"
