“Yun Yang, even if I die, even if I’m exiled to a barren planet, there’s no way I’ll ever form a bond with you!”
Yun Yang had just figured out what was going on when she heard this declaration.
She fell silent.
The person speaking… no, the male was called Wei Zhuo, the original owner’s betrothed beast husband.
The original owner shared her name and surname. She was a female from X92 Star of the Federation. In this Federation, where the ratio of females to males was 1:100,000, she was the kind of precious darling who could become the center of attention wherever she went.
For the sake of these precious females, the Federation had established a marriage center specifically to select males who were worthy of them.
The original owner and Wei Zhuo had not been matched by the marriage center. Their engagement had been arranged by their respective mothers when they were children.
Interstellar females were simply too rare. While countless males were desperately vying for a female’s favor, Wei Zhuo had never had to worry about such things from a young age.
Yet he was blind to his own good fortune. He even felt that the original owner was getting in the way of his pursuit of true love, and spent his days clamoring to break off their engagement.
The Federation Marriage Center was firmly partial to females. As long as the original owner refused to agree, there was no way to dissolve their engagement, so Wei Zhuo could only come to Yun Yang from time to time and tell her that he wanted to call it off.
Females were all doted on from childhood. The original owner had lived over twenty years with everything going her way, and had never encountered a male who dared to defy her.
She thought Wei Zhuo was completely different from those “seductive beasts” outside, and to keep him from calling off their engagement, she had even promised Wei Zhuo that she would take only him as her beast husband.
Yun Yang thought the original owner’s brain must have been flooded with water.
For the sake of this crooked tree, she had actually given up an entire galaxy of high-quality single males.
‘Yun Yang’, how could you be so foolish!
Yun Yang ruthlessly roasted the original owner in her mind before opening her eyes and looking at the male whom the original owner had considered exceptionally refined and beautiful.
At first glance: He really was a crooked tree.
Wei Zhuo’s looks weren’t bad, either. He was slightly above average in appearance, while his physique was truly top-notch. But a physique like his was a compulsory requirement for males seeking to please females, and one of the main subjects at interstellar male academies.
So he had no advantage when it came to his physique, and his looks couldn’t compare to the high-ranking males in the original owner’s memories, either.
He should have been grateful just for being born into a good family, yet he actually dared to dislike the original owner?
Yun Yang couldn’t understand it.
She tilted her head. “Wei Zhuo, are you sick?”
Single males were everywhere in the Federation. He was nothing more than one crooked tree, yet he really thought he was irreplaceable?
Wei Zhuo didn’t understand why Yun Yang had suddenly said that, but he knew he had been insulted.
He prided himself on his good upbringing and didn’t want to stoop to arguing with Yun Yang, so he continued, “So you’d better hurry up and apply to the Federal Marriage Center to dissolve our engagement. Otherwise, even if you get my body, you’ll never get my heart!”
Yun Yang: “…”
What was this, some line straight out of an old-school domineering CEO novel?
Was Wei Zhuo really sick?
She laughed in exasperation and opened her smart terminal right in front of Wei Zhuo. “Fine. Since you’ve pleaded with me so sincerely, I agree to call off the engagement.”
Wei Zhuo, who had been about to say something else, froze.
What did Yun Yang say?
She agreed to call off the engagement?
In the past, no matter how much he had pleaded and argued, Yun Yang had absolutely refused to dissolve their engagement. She had even promised him that after they married, he would be her only beast husband.
He had heard words like these far too many times. Even he couldn’t understand why Yun Yang was so fixated on him.
Before coming today, he had already prepared himself for Yun Yang to refuse to call off their engagement. He had even rehearsed a whole list of things to say to persuade her.
But what happened?
He hadn’t even said more than a few words, yet Yun Yang had actually agreed to call off the engagement?
Wei Zhuo stared blankly at Yun Yang, unable to figure out how he was supposed to react.
It wasn’t until the nearly transparent smart terminal on his wrist, so thin that he could barely feel it, emitted a notification chime that he finally snapped back to reality. A light screen then appeared before his eyes.
【Federal Marriage Center: Wei Zhuo, your engagement with Ms. Yun Yang has been unilaterally dissolved.】
This short sentence was something Wei Zhuo had spent years trying to obtain, yet never managed to get.
But today…
Wei Zhuo was a little dazed.
As for Yun Yang, less than two minutes after she submitted her application, the Federal Marriage Center had already sent her a reply.
And it had sent three messages in a row.
【Federal Marriage Center: Esteemed Ms. Yun Yang, your engagement has been successfully dissolved, and you have returned to single status.】
【Federal Marriage Center: Esteemed Ms. Yun Yang, there are countless males in the Federation. If this one is gone, there will always be another. Please don’t let a male with poor judgment affect your mood.】
【Federal Marriage Center: Esteemed Ms. Yun Yang, if you require it, the Federation can match you with a new beast husband at any time.】
“A male with poor judgment”?
Yun Yang laughed. The Federal Marriage Center’s attempt to curry favor with her couldn’t have been more obvious.
And she had only just dissolved her engagement, yet they were already saying they could match her with a new beast husband. Clearly, there were so many single males in the Federation that even the Marriage Center was having trouble dealing with them.
Still, this whole matching business sounded pretty fun.
Yun Yang was just about to look into it when she noticed Wei Zhuo staring at her with an extremely strange look in his eyes.
She rolled her eyes. “001, show him out.”
Robot Butler No. 1, which had been standing by in standby mode in the corner, sprang into action. It escorted Wei Zhuo out of Yun Yang’s villa and considerately closed the villa door behind him.
Yun Yang sat contentedly on the sofa and began looking into the matter of matching beast husbands.
The Federation practiced a polygynous marriage system in which one female could have multiple husbands. If a female was in need, the Marriage Center would immediately help find suitable beast husbands for her. There could be as few as two or three, or as many as… there was no upper limit.
Yun Yang’s eyes widened when she reached the last three words. No upper limit?
Did it mean what she thought it meant?
Tsk…
And the original owner hadn’t even been tempted by this?
What a waste of such a great resource!
Yun Yang poked at the light screen and searched for more detailed information.
Beast husband matching was based on genetic compatibility. When making a match, the Federal Marriage Center would first select the beast husband with the highest genetic compatibility.
Only after that would it consider other factors, such as age and appearance. Even graduation results from interstellar male academies were taken into consideration.
Those who were too old, unattractive, or didn’t know how to please females were all considered crooked melons and cracked dates in the eyes of the Federal Marriage Center, and were deemed unworthy of a precious female.
“Pretty interesting.”
Yun Yang thought about it for a moment. After the original owner came of age, her mother had set off to travel around the Federation with her eight beast husbands. In other words, she was living alone now.
The Federation provided every female with the best possible residence. The original owner’s villa had a full five floors, with each floor spanning several hundred square meters. It was downright luxurious.
Living alone in such a huge villa didn’t seem right, did it?
She absolutely refused to admit that she wanted to try out this one-female-multiple-husbands marriage system!
Yun Yang rubbed her hands together and opened the Federal Marriage Center’s official website to submit her matching information.
Name: Yun Yang
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Unmarried
As for her genetic information and the like, her smart terminal uploaded it automatically, so Yun Yang didn’t have to lift a finger.
However, Yun Yang noticed something interesting. In the marital status field, she could choose not only “unmarried” but also “married.”
In other words, even a female who was already married could apply for a match if she wanted a new beast husband.
Tsk, the Federation really spoiled its females!
Yun Yang declared that after reading so many novels in her previous life about beloved female protagonists with multiple husbands, it was finally her turn to star in a few episodes!
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【Fictional work, content warnings provided】