The two of them stared at each other for a long time.
After a moment,
“Sister, you’ve gotten smarter,” Chi Lin said, his peach-blossom eyes crinkling with a smile as he looked down at Jiang Mian.
Before Jiang Mian could say anything, Chi Lin spoke as if he’d had a sudden realization.
“A moment ago, you weren’t looking at me, Sister.
You kept your head down, looking at your Light Brain.
Did you figure something out?”
“The top three on the leaderboard are all your people, aren’t they?” Jiang Mian’s dark eyes were clear and beautiful as she spoke calmly.
“Chi Lin, you’re quite rich, aren’t you?
Tipping yourself just to punish yourself.”
Chi Lin paused, his eyes curving into a gentle smile.
Then, his vivid lips curled into a wide grin.
“Sister, I have a feeling that was just a guess.
But congratulations, you guessed right.”
Jiang Mian just gave him a cool look, surprised that he didn’t try to deny it at all.
She applied a bit of pressure, trying to pull her hand free from his grasp.
But he only held on tighter.
“Sister, are you angry?” Chi Lin looked at Jiang Mian through half-lidded eyes, his mountain-green irises full of innocence.
“Because I lied to you?”
“Just don’t let it happen again,” Jiang Mian said after a pause.
After all, his tests only ended up hurting himself.
Jiang Mian hadn’t been harmed.
The only thing that annoyed her was being distrusted and repeatedly toyed with and tested.
But it was only natural for the Beastmen not to trust her.
After all, the body’s original owner had done so many terrible things to them.
“Then I’ll stop livestreaming,” Chi Lin said, his eyes curving slightly.
“I have more Star Coins than I can spend.
If you hadn’t forced me before, Sister, why would I have sold my body like that?”
Jiang Mian: “…”
The only thing she heard was that he had more Star Coins than he could spend.
Jiang Mian’s lips twitched.
‘On this entire Starship, could I really be the only one who’s dirt poor?’
Everyone must have been hiding their money from the original owner.
Chi Lin found Jiang Mian’s expression fascinating.
Beneath his dark cyan bangs, his cyan eyes were filled with intense interest.
He raised his gauze-wrapped wrist, his fingers pinching Jiang Mian’s chin.
He bent down slightly, closing in on her, his lips parting as he spoke in a slow, seductive voice, “Sister~~ Beg me.
I’ll consider taking care of you.”
Jiang Mian: “…”
The young woman looked up at him, her clear eyes completely impassive.
But as Chi Lin stared into those eyes, his heart began to tingle and itch.
‘I want to kiss those eyes until they’re red.’
That one look… it was starting to excite him…
It was as if her gaze was arousing him…
“Hm?
Then I can beg you instead, Sister,” Chi Lin said, his mountain-green eyes clouding over like a misty morning veil, deep and beautiful.
His voice grew slightly hoarse.
“Ah, Sister, I’m begging you… let me take care of you…”
That cry of “Ah, Sister” was tinged with a low, hoarse gasp, making it incredibly bewitching and sexy.
Jiang Mian: ?
“No, thank you.
I can take care of myself.” The corner of Jiang Mian’s mouth twitched.
She quickly tried to back away, but a hand instantly clamped down on her waist, stopping her retreat.
Chi Lin licked his parched lips and lowered his head, bringing his face close to hers.
His dark cyan gaze fell upon her lips, and his Adam’s apple bobbed.
“Sister… want to kiss?”
Jiang Mian was now completely trapped in his embrace.
“Chi Lin!” Jiang Mian warned, her gaze cold.
“Let go.”
Seeing that cold look in her eyes only made Chi Lin want to kiss her more.
He never denied himself anything.
If he wanted to kiss her, he would just do it.
“Sister… kissing me feels really good…” Chi Lin’s voice was low and hoarse.
“Just try it…”
He tightened his grip on Jiang Mian’s waist, tilted her chin up, and moved to press his lips against hers.
The next second, Chi Lin felt a sharp pain in his neck.
‘I can’t believe I’m using the dizziness agent I failed to use on Lin Yu here, of all places.’
Chi Lin passed out instantly, collapsing onto Jiang Mian.
She was forced back several steps before she could barely manage to support the adult Beastman’s body.
Jiang Mian dumped him onto the sofa, her breathing a little uneven.
‘This Beastman is seriously heavy.’
‘This is ridiculous.
How did things end up like this?’
Jiang Mian looked down and noticed the young man’s face was flushed, his crimson lips pressed together tightly in discomfort.
She paused.
She had been about to leave, but after a moment of silence, she walked over to the sofa and checked his pulse.
‘He’s really in heat.’
All Beastmen have a period of heat.
During certain times of the year, their sex hormones surge, and the desire to mate becomes exceptionally strong.
It was similar to the mating season for animals in the wild during springtime.
That much, at least, was in line with the traits of some animals.
However, a Beastman’s heat wasn’t exactly the same as an animal’s.
Beastmen could control themselves.
A Beastman’s heat also wasn’t as unbearable as their manic periods.
A Scorpion Beastman’s heat, however, usually occurred during the summer.
Jiang Mian glanced at her Light Brain and saw that it was, in fact, summer.
This kind of hormonal surge for mating usually ended in about three to five days.
The corner of Jiang Mian’s mouth twitched.
‘The bad news for this Scorpion Beastman is that his heat has coincided with his manic period.’
‘Since his heat seems to have triggered his manic period, I should at least help treat the mania first.’
‘But to do that, I’d have to touch his beast-form part—his scorpion tail.’
Jiang Mian had never seen his scorpion tail.
This meant he must keep it hidden, either coiled around his waist or at the base of his thighs.
Jiang Mian: “…”
She wasn’t sure if the unconscious Chi Lin could survive the manic period.
If he didn’t, he would die.
‘A part of me thinks that if he dies, he dies.
It’d be one less Beastman trying to kill me.
But if I really do nothing and he dies for real, what would the other Beastmen think of me?’
‘I’m the only one who entered Chi Lin’s room.’
Jiang Mian: “…”
‘I’ve finally managed to make a few of the Beastmen see me in a slightly better light.
I can’t let all that effort go to waste.’
‘Looks like I really have no choice but to touch that scorpion tail.’
Jiang Mian lifted the hem of his shirt.
Her gaze fell on his lean waist, but she didn’t see a tail.
‘That means it isn’t around his waist.
It must be coiled around the base of his thighs.’
But he was wearing pants.
She had to pull down his pants to get the scorpion tail out.
She tried to hypnotize herself.
‘He’s a patient.
Just a patient.
In my eyes, a patient is just a piece of flesh, genderless.’
Soon, Jiang Mian turned Chi Lin over, pulled down the waistband of his pants, and saw the base of a cyan scorpion tail near his tailbone.
She paused for a moment before slowly pulling the scorpion tail out.
It felt so scorching hot that it seemed to burn her hand.
The scorpion tail was long, slender, and curved.
It tapered from the base to the tip and was made up of individual segments.
The stinger at the tip was a different color from the rest of the tail—it was dark cyan, a much deeper shade.
When Jiang Mian saw the venomous tip, her eyebrow twitched slightly.
She was subconsciously wary of the stinger.
She was genuinely afraid he might sting her by accident.
The scorpion tail was as long as Chi Lin’s own leg.
Now, the scorpion tail lay motionless on the sofa.
After a moment, Jiang Mian reached out and touched the scorpion tail.
Her fingers made contact, and Healing Power began to flow slowly from her palm.
The cyan scorpion tail was flushed with a reddish hue.
This was the burning sensation that came with the manic period.