Future Beast World: Becoming A Pampered Beauty-Chapter 183 - 127: Presenting a Gift
Sang Luo rubbed her stomach. "I’m hungry."
The previous night had indeed been exhausting. Si Ye gave her a light kiss on the lips, both guilty and shy. "I’ll go get you something to eat."
He returned quickly. Si Ye had the kitchen staff set out a table full of delicacies. As Sang Luo ate with gusto, a blushing Si Ye glanced at her several times. He noticed she hadn’t mentioned last night’s events at all, seemingly unconcerned.
Si Ye’s Adam’s apple bobbed. He took one of her hands, placed it over his heart, and said earnestly, "Luoluo, last night... I lost control. Since I’ve taken you, I will definitely take responsibility. Next month, I will choose an auspicious day to hold our wedding ceremony!"
"Mm, okay. I’ll listen to you." Sang Luo sipped her meat soup. She had already gotten what she wanted, so she wasn’t particularly concerned with such formalities.
Sang Luo ate a large basin of Spirit Fruit roasted fish, two Fragrant Mud Roasted Chickens, and drank a large bowl of Spirit Mushroom and Silver Ear Meat Soup. She also ate more than half of the many unidentifiable dishes on the table, yet the hunger in her stomach only grew... A suspicion formed in her mind. ’Could it be? Pregnant after just one time?’
Si Ye wasn’t too surprised by her appetite. For many clans with large beast forms, their food intake was proportionally massive. Ordinary food was simply not enough to satisfy their bodies’ needs. Take him, for example; he rarely ate, mostly subsisting on Beast Crystals.
Si Ye took a few King Rank Beast Crystals from his storage space and gave them to her. Only after she ate them did her hunger finally begin to subside.
From outside the door came a servant’s voice, announcing that the banquet had begun and inviting the Young Master to attend.
Si Ye didn’t move. He wasn’t interested.
Sang Luo tugged on his sleeve and said with a smile, "Let’s go have a look. After all, it’s your mother’s five-hundredth birthday. Didn’t you travel all this way just for this?" She could see that deep down, he wanted to go but was conflicted.
"Alright. You’ll come with me."
Si Ye took her hand, and they went to the banquet together.
Along the way, many people saw them walking together and began to speculate about the identity of this unfamiliar noble female and her relationship with the Young Master...
The sun had climbed high in the sky, and the banquet had already been underway for some time, but it didn’t matter much. The main reason for Si Ye’s trip was to present a birthday gift.
"Young Master, please come in!"
Seeing him approach, the guards at the gate bowed hastily and invited him in.
Someone blocked Sang Luo.
"I don’t recognize you, noble female. Your name is not on the banquet list, so I’m afraid you cannot enter."
Si Ye’s expression darkened. "She is with me. Isn’t that proof enough of her identity?"
The guards exchanged troubled glances. None of them were fools, but hadn’t the Clan Leader arranged another good match for the Young Master? They didn’t recognize this noble female at all.
"If Luo’er can’t attend the banquet, then that’s fine. I’ll trouble you to deliver this birthday gift to my mother. We’ll be leaving."
"Young Master, please wait! The Clan Leader has been waiting for you. The banquet was delayed by more than half an hour for your arrival. Please, you and the noble female, head in quickly!"
After the two entered, a guard hurriedly sent someone inside to announce their arrival.
...
The Bian Clan Leader’s five-hundredth birthday was a grand affair. Guests were invited from all corners of the world. Aside from the Elders and descendants from the various branches of their own clan, the attendees also included high-ranking members of other Beast Clans. The massive crowd numbered over a thousand, all dressed in fine brocade robes and bearing generous birthday gifts.
Fine wines, rare Spirit Fruits, and endless songs and dances filled the air.
The scene was dazzlingly lively.
Clan Leader Si Jing sat on the high seat at the very front, with Ning Feng seated by her side. The two were conversing with high-ranking members of various clans. After a short while, a young female in a blue dress walked onto the stage to offer a toast to Si Jing. Si Jing took her hand, speaking to her with a warm and loving smile.
A slight commotion stirred below the stage.
The young female turned to look, her gaze falling upon Si Ye, who had finally deigned to attend the banquet. A blush appeared on her beautiful face, but when she saw Sang Luo beside him, her smile faded, replaced by a hint of displeasure.
To the Clan Leader’s right, on a slightly lower ornate seat, sat a handsome young man in a brocade robe. Seated next to him was Bai Wan, whom they had met yesterday. This must be the Clan Leader’s eldest son, Si Yang.
Bai Wan’s expression had been sour the whole time. She kept glancing at the female in blue and sullenly sipped her wine. But when she saw Si Ye and Sang Luo enter, the hostility in her eyes was aimed directly at Sang Luo, as if she had stolen something precious from her. There was also a subtle, gloating interest, as if she was looking forward to a good show.
The couch to the Clan Leader’s right was empty.
Si Ye led Sang Luo to sit down.
The couch was not small, easily spacious enough for two. Si Ye deliberately extended his arm toward her. "Sit on my lap."
Sang Luo blushed and refused. In front of so many people, she still had her pride.
"I’m just here to accompany you anyway. I can just stand next to you."
A particularly sharp-eyed servant brought over a new couch. Sang Luo couldn’t very well refuse, so she sat down beside Si Ye.
Clan Leader Si Jing glanced in their direction. Seeing that Si Ye had come, her eyes showed a measure of gratification. But after her gaze fell on Sang Luo, she frowned slightly before indifferently looking away.
The banquet was well underway when the guests began to present their gifts.
The first to do so were, naturally, the Clan Leader’s two sons.
Si Yang presented a Thousand-year-old Spirit Ginseng, wishing the Matriarch a long and blessed life.
Si Jing accepted it happily, praising him repeatedly for his filial piety.
After Si Yang returned to his seat, Bai Wan immediately stood up and presented a magnificent robe woven from Profound Yue Silk. She mentioned that she had woven it herself, stitch by stitch, a task that had taken her three years to complete.
The robe wasn’t of the highest quality, but the sentiment behind it made Si Jing grin from ear to ear. She accepted the gift and, in return, gave Bai Wan a Spiritual Hairpin. It was a High Grade magic tool, something that money could hardly buy on the outside.
Si Ye walked forward and presented a Jade Ruyi.
"This is a Ten Thousand Years Spirit Jade that I happened upon in the Central Plain Abyss Sea, which I then commissioned a master craftsman to forge. The Red Jade inlaid in the center is a Blood Coagulation Pearl, refined from one hundred Vile Infant Evil Beasts, and has the effect of warding off evil and nurturing the body. The White Jade Marrow pearl set on the left was made from the King Rank Star Beast, the Green Flame Simurgh Eagle..." Before all the guests, Si Ye did not neglect his etiquette. After presenting the treasure and explaining its origins, he offered a few words of blessing and stepped back.
Gasps of astonishment rippled through the crowd.
"That’s a truly supreme treasure!"
"The Young Master left home at a young age to train far and wide. He is worldly and experienced, and his gifts are truly extraordinary!" 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚
After accepting the gift, Si Jing felt a genuine sense of gratification, her smile far more sincere than before.
Across from them, Bai Wan looked at Sang Luo and said with a laugh, "Oh, that’s right! This noble female must be the partner Ah Ye brought back from the outside. Since you’ve come all this way, you must have prepared a birthday gift for the Matriarch. Why don’t you hurry up and show us what it is?"
As soon as she said this, all eyes turned to look.
Even Si Jing glanced in their direction.
Now, she had no choice but to present a gift.
Si Ye frowned in displeasure and whispered to Sang Luo, "I have plenty of good things. I can give one for you."
Sang Luo hadn’t planned on giving a gift, but after what happened with Si Ye last night, Bai Wan’s words weren’t entirely unreasonable. Her intention was to provoke, but... she had just stumbled right into Sang Luo’s line of fire.
Sang Luo didn’t have much else in her storage space, but she had an abundance of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.
Any single item she could pull out was worth a fortune.
"No need."
Sang Luo patted his hand, stood up, and walked forward. She took out a brocade box that was half a person’s height from her storage space. "This is a painting I’d like to present to the Bian Clan Leader."
