The Villainess Cannot Escape — Five Beast Husbands Chase Her Madly-Chapter 147: Bedroom, the Four Great Beast Husbands Fight for a Spot
"What exactly are you trying to say?"
Ying Jiuyao’s tail slapped the ground in frustration. "I hate it when you’re so damn cryptic."
"He’s trying to say that Anan is very likely the Divine Female!"
Night Abyss suddenly spoke, his voice heavy with an undeniable weight.
"Bullshit!" The Big Cat’s pupils shrank as he flatly denied it. "Anan just reached S Level. How could she possibly be the Divine Female?"
Anxiety flashed in Night Abyss’s dark red eyes, his Adam’s apple bobbing violently.
"Big Cat, have you forgotten? In Silent Valley, when you lost control and went berserk, not even a 3S Strong Person dared to approach you."
"But Anan, a mere E Level Wasted Female, managed to overcome that Level gap with her will alone and drag you back from the brink of collapse. Is that something an ordinary female can do?"
"My Beast Core was shattered, and my life was hanging by a thread. Anan invented the Life Sharing skill herself to reshape my Beast Core. That’s the only reason I’m sitting here now."
"The fox’s genes were collapsing. After taking the Life-extending Forbidden Medicine, he was about to turn into a monster. It was Anan who prepared the Spirit Grass in advance and pulled him back from the brink of death."
"And the Mermaid Clan’s curse afflicting Lan Cangming—even their own High Priest was helpless against it, yet she dispelled it with ease."
"Her Majesty the Queen herself might not be able to perform such miracles of healing that defy all logic. If Anan isn’t the Divine Female, then how else can you explain it?"
"Anan’s master is Lord Jiu Su! Isn’t it normal for her to know a few Healing Secret Skills that can bypass Levels?!"
Ying Jiuyao retorted stubbornly, but his ears pressed back uneasily.
Night Abyss’s eyes grew bloodshot as he took a step forward. "Jiu Su is nothing but a shadow on the Star Network! Who has ever seen her in person? Who has ever found a single trace of her real existence?"
"But Anan is different. She’s our precious treasure, the one we live with day and night!"
"If she becomes the Divine Female, it means she’ll become the Prey of the entire Beast Star!"
"Look at the past wars fought over the Divine Female! In which of them didn’t countless powerful individuals fall, their blood flowing in rivers?"
"With our current strength, can we fend off the greed of the entire Beast Star?"
Night Abyss’s question was like a sharp sword piercing the Big Cat’s throat.
He opened his mouth, but couldn’t utter a single word.
"The Mermaid Clan’s prophecy states that when the Divine Female descends, a reign of terror and bloodshed will follow. We... we can’t stop it!"
Lan Cangming’s deep voice sounded as if it were being forced from the depths of his chest.
"Don’t scare yourselves! Jiu Su is the Divine Female. Anan is just her apprentice."
Ying Jiuyao forced a smile and waved his paw, pretending to be calm.
"What if Anan *is* Jiu Su?"
Fei Zhao suddenly spoke. His voice was as light as a feather, yet it sent shockwaves through the conference room. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚
"Bullshit!"
Ying Jiuyao slammed his paw down hard on the metal table, the impact making the holographic projection ripple.
"When Jiu Su became famous overnight on the Star Network, Anan couldn’t even control her Spiritual Power Tentacles properly! How could they possibly be the same female?!"
"I have proof!"
Fei Zhao opened his communicator. In the dialogue box with Jiu Su, the words "Read—Unanswered" were as jarring as blood under the dim blue light.
"During the three-day magnetic storm lockdown, I sent a message to Jiu Su telling her I was about to take the Forbidden Medicine for Life Extension. The instant she read the message, Anan came rushing down to save me."
"When enough coincidences pile up, they stop being coincidences."
"Impossible!"
Ying Jiuyao’s rebuttal was weak and powerless, his voice sounding as if he were sleepwalking. "If Anan is really Jiu Su, then... she’s terrifyingly strong!"
Night Abyss suddenly grabbed Fei Zhao’s shoulders, his dark red, slitted pupils practically spitting fire. "Do you dare to stake your life on this speculation?"
"If word of this gets out, the old foxes in the Royal Family Cabinet and the Upper House, not to mention the nobles and the Business Alliance... the entire Empire will bare its fangs at her!"
"Can you bear the consequences?!"
Fei Zhao hung his head, his hair hiding his pale face. After a long moment, he spoke hoarsely, "She hasn’t admitted it. It’s just my guess."
"If she hasn’t admitted it, then it isn’t true!"
Ying Jiuyao suddenly smashed Fei Zhao’s communicator with a single punch, his tail whipping back and forth wildly. "If you dare say another word of this nonsense, I’ll rip your throat out right now!"
"I risked her hating me to say all this, not to argue about whether it’s true, but to make you all prepare yourselves!"
A ball of Fox Fire rose in Fei Zhao’s palm, melting the wreckage of the communicator into molten metal.
"If she really is Jiu Su..."
His voice trailed off. Only the flickering flames reflected the fear in his eyes, making it dance between light and shadow.
A dead silence fell over the conference room. In the quiet, the breathing of the Four Great Beast Husbands sounded exceptionally heavy.
Fei Zhao slammed the searing hot metal scraps into the trash can.
"The scariest part isn’t the truth. It’s that we have no idea how many secrets Anan is actually keeping from us."
"If she doesn’t want to tell us, she must have her reasons."
The Big Cat suddenly spoke, his tone firm. "We can’t force her. Protecting her is the most important thing."
"You’re right!"
Fei Zhao took a deep breath, his gaze sweeping over the others like a sharp blade. His voice carried the resolve of one burning their bridges.
"Resign to become house-husbands? What a joke!"
"What we need to do is become Anan’s sharpest fangs and her strongest shield!"
"Let the entire Empire know that anyone who dares to touch our little princess should be prepared to be crushed to pieces!"
"Anan is no delicate little princess. Other Female Masters live pampered lives, but she’s like a lone wolf, gritting her teeth to train hard and fight for a higher position."
Lan Cangming pulled up a Holographic Screen on his Light Brain and began analyzing a map of the Empire’s power distribution.
"Whether Anan wants to be a Duke or the Empress, all we have to do is help her rise to power."
A cold glint flashed in Night Abyss’s dark red eyes. "However high she wants to climb, we’ll build the ladder for her."
"Duke? Empress? As long as it’s what she wants, the entire Empire will be her throne."
Before his words had even faded, he was already typing rapidly on his terminal, sending a secret order to the secretariat of the Judgement Court: "Any and all rumors about Jiu Su are to be crushed in the bud."
"Instead of playing defense, we should go on the offensive!"
Ying Jiuyao shot to his feet. The blue light of his Light Brain’s interface flickered as orders flew out like snowflakes.
"From this day forward, Tie Xinxian’s special forces team will provide her with 24-hour close protection."
"The underground Alchemy Room on Black Star must be cleaned out."
Fei Zhao smiled faintly and marked the slave market on the map of Black Star in a glaring, blood-red color.
"Just consider it an early gift for her dukedom."
After the Four Great Beast Husbands had finalized every detail, it was late at night by the time they left the conference room and arrived at Su An’an’s bedroom.
The moment they pushed open the bedroom door, the intoxicatingly sweet scent of cream drifted out from the hazy halo of a warm, yellow night-light.
Su An’an was lying on her side on the large, pink velvet bed. Her silk nightgown had twisted and slipped up to her waist, revealing her slender frame and the faint curve of her hips.
The moonlight cast a soft glow over her, her eyelashes casting shadows like butterfly wings beneath her eyes.
Her slightly parted lips glistened with a rosy sheen, and a fallen shoulder strap revealed a large expanse of skin as smooth as cream.
Night Abyss’s Adam’s apple bobbed. Ying Jiuyao’s tail began to whip back and forth uncontrollably.
Lan Cangming’s knuckles whitened as he gripped the doorknob. The tips of Fei Zhao’s ears turned red, and the Fox Fire at the end of his tail flickered erratically.
"Out of my way!" Ying Jiuyao was the first to make a move.
