If a male proposed to cancel a match, he would be banned from matching again for ten years. In that case, the male Beastman would have no way to form a bond with another female. Before forming a bond, Beastmen had to undergo matching through the Beast God System. The Beast God System would conduct genetic testing on both parties, output the data, and only then could a bond be formed.
This Beast God System test was just like the premarital checkups Gu Weilan had seen in her past life. The test informed both parties whether their match was suitable and whether their combined genetics might result in intellectually disabled or physically deformed Beastman cubs. If technological interventions were forcibly used on the cubs’ genes, there would also be a high risk of hereditary diseases. Therefore, for the sake of the species’ continuation, the matching system established by the Beast God System was more biased toward females.
Thus, many males would pay a heavy price to get the female to propose the match cancellation instead. This way, the male would be the party getting canceled on, and his ability to re-enter the matchmaking market wouldn’t be affected.
When Gu Weilan returned to the villa after her classes, she unexpectedly saw a cardboard box at the door. Frowning, she unlocked the front door and instructed the robot housekeeper to open the box. The robot housekeeper opened the box and pulled out a dark gray canine that looked exactly like a Husky. Inside the box was a note: "Your Beast Husband, Shi Lingfeng, has been delivered."
Gu Weilan was utterly speechless. She wondered if this world was really so unhinged. She called out to her system in her mind, but it seemed to have lost connection, offering no response. Reaching out to take the forearm-sized Beast Form of Shi Lingfeng, she suddenly noticed bloodstains on his body!
Gu Weilan was even more speechless! She turned and shouted into the villa for Zhan Ci, only to discover that Housekeeper Zhan Ci wasn’t actually home. Gu Weilan looked at Xie Jing, who came downstairs in his Qilin cub Beast Form in response to her voice. She nodded and said, "Just great. Any male who hasn’t canceled his match with me is either terminally injured or suffering from severe Spiritual Sea pollution, to the point of being unable to maintain a human form.
"It seems that even though male Beastmen are powerful, I, a mere female, can jinx them to death!"
Gu Weilan had the robot housekeeper place Shi Lingfeng into the healing pod. Just as she prepared to scan the code to pay, the healing pod actually—quite reasonably and compliantly—deducted the medical fees directly from Shi Lingfeng’s own Light Brain!
Seeing Gu Weilan’s relieved expression, Xie Jing couldn’t help but ask, "Is this dead dog also your matched Beast Husband?"
Startled, Gu Weilan spun around, wanting to demand why Xie Jing hadn’t spoken before. But on second thought, if someone didn’t want to talk to her, why should she care? Her tone naturally cooled. "He’s not a dead dog. He’s from the Gray Wolf Clan."
Xie Jing was, after all, an outsider who had canceled their match. This dying Gray Wolf Beastman, however, remained her matched Beast Husband until he officially canceled it. There was absolutely no reason for her to stand by and watch an outsider belittle her Beast Husband right in front of her! This had nothing to do with being overly protective. If someone called her partner a "dead dog" to her face, wasn’t that a blatant provocation?
Hearing Gu Weilan’s cold words, Xie Jing widened the eyes of his Qilin cub Beast Form in disbelief and stared at her. His deep voice carried a hint of inexplicable grievance. "Are you snapping at me for his sake?"
As Gu Weilan walked over to wash the blood off her hands, her tone naturally carried a hint of displeasure. "What? He’s my legally matched future Beast Husband. If I don’t speak up for him, should I side with a strange male like you who doesn’t even bother to speak to me?" Drying her hands, Gu Weilan turned her head to look down at Xie Jing in his cub Beast Form. "Do me a favor and click to cancel our match the exact moment you recover your human form!"
Xie Jing chased after her for a few steps before stopping. After waiting for a moment, he heard Gu Weilan urging him to hurry up and get today’s appeasement over with. Only then did he move his short little legs and climb up the stairs. Upon arriving at his bedroom, he sat on the floor. Seeing that Gu Weilan had no intention of carrying his cub Beast Form onto the bed, he shifted into his adult Qilin state himself.
"Are you angry with me?" Xie Jing’s tone seemed to carry a trace of... amusement?
Sitting on the upholstered chair beside the bed, Gu Weilan couldn’t help but tense her muscles at the sight of his adult Qilin form, which stood 1.7 meters tall. An adult Qilin’s form was far too majestic and domineering, always making Gu Weilan feel an involuntary sense of oppression.
Noticing Gu Weilan’s obvious tension, Xie Jing climbed onto the bed on his own and shrank back into his juvenile Qilin Beast Form. "You really do prefer my cub form over my adult Beast Form."
The deep, resonant voice coming from his cub form was so jarring that Gu Weilan barely stopped herself from reaching out to physically clamp his muzzle shut. Xie Jing dodged Gu Weilan’s fingers as she reached for his forehead, leaving her staring at the furry back of his head.
"I’m only able to speak today because you appeased the turbulence in my Spiritual Sea. Before, the turbulence in my Spiritual Sea was compressing my nerves, leaving me completely unable to talk." After explaining, Xie Jing finally turned his head to look at Gu Weilan. "Why aren’t you angry that my brother didn’t speak to you? Why are you only angry that I didn’t speak to you?"
Gu Weilan was taken aback. She hadn’t even known Zhan Heng could speak! But evidently, Xie Jing had his own logical way of understanding things.
Xie Jing’s cub Beast Form couldn’t help but scratch the bedsheets with its front paws. Surprisingly, his deep voice carried a hint of shyness. "If you like me, I..."
Gu Weilan reached right out and poked the red Qilin cub Beast Form’s large head. "Shut up! Just hurry up and confirm your match cancellation! Thanks!"
The moment she and Xie Jing canceled their match, Zhan Ci had immediately given her a planet! A planet that brought in 30 billion a year in revenue! And she could collect on it for three years! What kind of lunatic would return such a massive sum of money? Just to exchange it for a man? Ah, to exchange it for a male! Who would make such a loss-making deal? Did she look like some romance-obsessed fool? She only wanted valuable things, thank you very much!
Besides, she had never even seen Xie Jing’s human form. The reason she liked looking at him before was simply because she had never seen a living Qilin! This was an issue she couldn’t properly explain to Xie Jing anyway. She couldn’t exactly tell Xie Jing that she had only stared at him out of curiosity about living Qilins, rather than actually liking him, could she?
Every time Gu Weilan entered Xie Jing’s Spiritual Sea, she was able to stay longer than the day before. However, because the difference in Beast Rank level between Xie Jing and Gu Weilan was too great, Gu Weilan would pass out the moment she finished appeasing Xie Jing. Therefore, she had chalked up the red-haired young man she saw the very first time as nothing more than a hallucination. As a result, she had no idea that every time she finished appeasing his Spiritual Sea, he would return to his human Beastman form and gently embrace her.
Xie Jing did the exact same thing this time, gently holding the exhausted and unconscious Gu Weilan in his arms. His long, powerful fingers lightly brushed across Gu Weilan’s eyebrows and eyes, coming to a rest on her lips.
Meanwhile, it was as if Zhan Heng, through their shared empathy, experienced this unusual emotion welling up from the bottom of his heart. He couldn’t help but clench his jaw as he looked at Zhan Ci beside him. "The housekeeper should advise Xie Jing to cancel the match immediately, find a Female Master with high Fertility, and form a bond as soon as possible."
Zhan Ci looked at Zhan Heng, his stomach full of words he wanted to say. Yet, under the unquestionable pressure emanating from Zhan Heng’s phoenix eyes, he could only nod to indicate that he would try his best. Zhan Ci muttered inwardly, noting that Zhan Heng’s twin brother had the exact same personality as him! Once they set their minds on a person or a matter, it was incredibly hard to change!
Zhan Heng rested his elbow on the edge of the Hovercar window, lightly pressing his fingers against his lips. "Xie Jing only thinks he likes my Female Master because of our shared empathy. Since he’s already set his mind on canceling the match, he won’t change his decision. He’s just being influenced by me right now."
Zhan Ci looked at Zhan Heng but didn’t voice any opinions.