The Villainess Redeems Herself, The Beast Husbands are in a Daily Love Battle-Chapter 92: Cannot Agree

"But after getting married, you handed over all your business to your husband’s family, gave up your independent identity, and retreated into the shadow of Osborne Family. Now your wealth is tied to Osborne Family, are you really content with that?"

Lady Lynn’s shoulders slightly sagged, her smile tinged with bitterness.

She softly murmured, "It’s been so long, why bring this up. Those glories have long been buried by time."

"For the continuation of the family, someone had to make sacrifices. I chose this path, and I’ve accepted its costs."

"So how many children have you had in total?"

Selene Kane suddenly asked, her gaze fixed intently on her mother’s face.

Her eyes looked weary, faint dark circles underlining them.

"Ten."

The system immediately shrieked in her mind.

Its voice was high-pitched and urgent.

"Did you hear that! This is what qualifies a female! This is the ideal host for our Good Pregnancy System! Immense potential! Exceptional talent! A promising future!"

"You’ve only had one, step up your game, don’t slack off, we have to surpass her! We must break into the top three! We have to show other females what strength means!"

It was so excited that its voice trembled, its speech so fast it almost blended together.

"I knew it wasn’t a waste to come! I knew choosing you was right! My Good Pregnancy System is about to get promoted and earn a raise! The year-end bonus is secured! At the system headquarters commendation ceremony, I must stand in the C position!"

Selene Kane couldn’t be bothered to respond, not even lifting her eyelids.

There’s no reasoning with a system only concerned with reproductive quotas and performance evaluations.

It doesn’t understand dignity, nor does it understand freedom.

"Lady Lynn, I think the status of females now is too low, so low it makes it hard to breathe."

She sat upright with her legs together, her long hair naturally draping over her shoulders.

"Although many laws explicitly state that women should be protected, these so-called rights are like air, invisible, intangible, and unattainable."

"We stay at home, ostensibly protected, but in reality, it’s like being caged. Every morning we wake up, facing not choices, but arrangements. How many children to have, when to have them, with whom, these decisions are never in our hands."

"The harm childbirth does to the body is far more severe than they say."

She looked down at her abdomen, gently stroking it with her fingertips.

"Every delivery is like a dance with death. If I could choose, I definitely wouldn’t have so many. I’m not a birthing machine, I also want to live for myself once."

Suddenly, it felt like her head was struck by a high-voltage current.

A sharp pain exploded instantly.

Her pupils contracted, and her fingers tightly gripped the armrest of the chair.

A strong metallic taste surged in her mouth, the salty liquid spreading on her tongue.

She gritted her teeth, forcibly swallowing back the blood, her throat moving slightly.

The system immediately emitted a shrill warning sound.

"Warning! Warning! Host, please stop making statements that undermine unity and incite dissatisfaction! This behavior seriously violates the system agreement and endangers the task progress!"

Selene Kane took a deep breath, but her gaze was colder and more ruthless than before.

She lifted her head, countering back word by word.

"If you dare shock me again, I won’t live — I’ll end it with the baby in my belly! Let’s see if you buckle under system accountability first, or if I succumb to this body’s collapse first?"

The current vanished instantly, and the oppressive feeling in her mind abruptly retreated.

The system’s voice changed, no longer arrogant, but rather slightly panicked.

"You... you previously agreed enthusiastically! Your attitude was positive, your cooperation exemplary! You were rewarded in advance, the Elixir, Spiritual Liquid, genetic optimization... weren’t they all premium configurations? Don’t forget what you wanted!"

Indeed, what she wanted, she couldn’t obtain by herself.

Without the system, she was just an ordinary female.

In this hierarchal, bloodline-supreme world, she didn’t even have the right to stand up and speak.

She closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, the sharpness in them had quietly receded.

"Relax, I didn’t say I wouldn’t have children. I’ll complete the task and achieve the goals. But I just want to live a little easier, a little more comfortably, with less pain and more dignity. That’s not too much to ask, right?"

The system was still uneasy, its voice cautious and probing.

"Host, you’re already living quite well. The favorability levels of the several Beast Husbands towards you are steadily rising, all breaking 60 this morning, entering a stable development period."

"Caleb Shaw has already reached 70."

The system emphasized these three words, seemingly hinting at something.

"He is a top existence, with a bloodline purity of 98%. With such high favorability towards you, the future child’s talent will definitely be extraordinary. This is a great opportunity, host, you must seize it."

"They all earn well, in the future you won’t have to do anything, you can just lie back and enjoy it."

Selene Kane paused, her fingers slightly halting, the teacup paused at her lips.

Her heart suddenly skipped a beat, countless thoughts flashing through her mind.

How did Caleb Shaw reach 70 so quickly?

Logically, with his physical and recovery speed, the decline in spiritual values should be very slow.

Unless... it was because of that day.

But when she first came to this world, she also encountered a similar situation.

At that time, she was still unfamiliar with the society’s rules, her emotions fluctuating greatly.

But the system only issued slight warnings, never jumping directly to critical levels. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

She couldn’t help but suspect, had someone tampered with something?

Or was Caleb Shaw enduring enormous mental pressure in places she couldn’t see?

"Well... that’s about it."

She didn’t want to continue this topic nor let the system continue to question her.

Some things, the more said, the more confusing it becomes.

"What do you mean by ’that’s about it’?"

The system’s voice was cold and hard.

She didn’t answer again.

No matter how the system questioned, hinted, or popped up a series of options attempting to prompt her to respond, she chose silence.

Her gaze lowered, landing on the pattern at the edge of the teacup.

It’s not that she didn’t want to answer, but she couldn’t answer.

Some answers, once spoken, would lead to more consequences she couldn’t bear.

She picked up the teacup and took a slow sip.

The warm tea flowed down her throat, but it couldn’t suppress that familiar metallic taste.

That taste seemed to seep from deep within her being.

She had long gotten used to it.

This was the aftereffect of long-term mental exhaustion.

Especially old wounds left on high-intensity battlefields.

She swallowed the tea and closed her eyes.

"Now all those doing business, holding power, are males. They dominate society, controlling interstellar trade. And females? Most of the time, they’re placed in homes, positioned in the most prominent spot of the living room, for admiration, yet not granted real responsibility and power. Their existence seems solely for reproduction and maintaining family stability."

Lady Lynn frowned, gently closing the folding fan in her hand.

"Miss Kane, isn’t that statement a bit too much? We females hold a voice in the family, especially in educating children, managing household affairs, and maintaining social relations, roles not to be dismissed. Such a sweeping generalization is rather unfair."

"For the sake of offspring, females have given so much, enduring the risks of childbirth, the pain of genetic modification, the continuous drain of spiritual power. I cannot agree with your viewpoint."