"I just feel that your Spiritual Sea... still isn’t in great shape, you know?" Gu Weilan said, wearing an expression of earnest coaxing.
She placed Xie Jing on his large bed, crouched in front of the fiery red Qilin, and smiled like the Big Bad Wolf. "Little Qilin, I think you could actually consider adding another course of treatment or something. Just to consolidate the results. You know? It’s for the sake of your physical and mental health."
Gu Weilan nodded, earnestly sweet-talking him. "We Beastmen must think of ourselves more! You have to be willing to spend money on yourself! Understand? How about this! For every ten soothing sessions, I’ll give you one for free. That’s a great deal, right?" She gave herself a thumbs-up.
Xie Jing’s silver pupils flickered. He blinked his eyelashes, which were longer than a camel’s or an alpaca’s, and cleared his throat, just about to reservedly say he would think about it.
In truth, he had been racking his brains for an excuse to stay after restoring his Beastman Form, so he could find a chance to make Gu Weilan revoke the mating annulment! Gu Weilan had been entirely too busy these past few days. She was either absorbing Star Cores or studying planting knowledge on her Light Brain. She completely lacked the time to talk to him. Under such circumstances, how was he supposed to get closer to her? How could he even bring up canceling the annulment? Since Gu Weilan was offering him a way out today, then he...
A clear, resonant Uncle Qing voice rang out behind Gu Weilan. "Female Master, can I pay Star Coins too? But I might not be as rich as Beast Husband Xie Jing. Can I pay ten million Star Coins per soothing session? I want to book ten sessions."
Gu Weilan immediately turned her head to hug Shi Lingfeng.
Xie Jing instantly grew anxious!
"Didn’t you agree to let me renew for another course of treatment? Why are you treating him so well when he gives you less money! And treating me so poorly!" Xie Jing was furious. What was so great about this ugly, stinky dog! He was even stingy!
Shi Lingfeng nuzzled deeper into Gu Weilan’s embrace. He looked at Xie Jing and said, "Isn’t it because I am the Female Master’s Beast Husband that she treats me better?"
Xie Jing choked on his words, feeling like he was going to explode on the spot! Judging by his voice, Shi Lingfeng sounded like a calm and capable male. Why were his words so grating and obnoxious? After falling silent for a moment, Xie Jing directly opened his Light Brain to use the superpower of wealth.
On her end, Gu Weilan immediately heard her Light Brain speak the most beautiful words of love in the world: "Your Star Pay has received a transfer of three hundred million Star Coins!"
Shi Lingfeng rubbed his head against Gu Weilan’s collarbone and whispered in his Uncle Qing voice, "I will transfer the money to Female Master right now too. As long as Female Master finds time to soothe me, that’s enough. I’m not picky about the time."
Xie Jing’s lips twitched, much like a little dog whose bone had been snatched away and was about to bare its fangs.
Gu Weilan ruffled Shi Lingfeng’s head, then reached out and scratched Xie Jing under the chin, forcing an involuntary look of enjoyment onto his face. Only then did she stand up. "Alright, today is the last day of Xie Jing’s first paid course of treatment! Tomorrow will be your free bonus day, and then I’ll soothe Shi Lingfeng!"
Gu Weilan patted Shi Lingfeng’s wolf head. Once he left, she locked the door.
She sat on the edge of the bed and pressed her finger against Xie Jing’s forehead, once again entering the familiar expanse of his Spiritual Sea.
Gu Weilan used her Light Element within Xie Jing’s Spiritual Sea, forcefully dispersing as much of the blackish-grey mist as possible. The raging sea of fire in his mind had already been reduced to a mere flicker. She hadn’t realized that she was spending increasingly longer periods inside his Spiritual Sea. Before, it was only a minute. Now, five minutes had passed, and she still hadn’t fainted!
However, at exactly five minutes and seventeen seconds, Gu Weilan fainted once again.
At this moment, Xie Jing finally restored his Beastman Form!
He ran his left hand through his fiery red short hair, leaving only a few stray strands hanging over his forehead while slicking the rest back. His prominent brow ridge and straight nose bridge gave his features a deep, striking appearance. His silver eyes stared unblinkingly at Gu Weilan in his arms. With long, powerful fingers, he carefully traced the contours of her cheeks.
The back of his index finger irresistibly pressed against Gu Weilan’s lips. He desperately wanted to lower his head and kiss her just like this. But if the Female Master found out, she would hate him! Not wanting Gu Weilan to hate him, Xie Jing reluctantly pulled his finger away. Yet, unable to suppress his guilty desires, he gently pressed his own lips against the back of that very same index finger.
He heard the sound of Zhan Heng headbutting his bedroom door, which made him frown. Grabbing a pillow to cover his vital areas, he swung his long legs off the bed, walked over to open the door, and looked down at his twin brother.
"What are you doing?" Xie Jing asked in a low voice. "Did you think I would do something against the Female Master’s will? Don’t think so low of me! I am your twin brother, after all!" His brownish-red eyebrows furrowed slightly, his face displaying an expression of utter disdain at the thought.
Zhan Heng looked at Xie Jing with ruby-red eyes and squeezed himself into the room uninvited. He couldn’t speak right now, and due to the heavy pollution in his Spiritual Sea, he had no way of expressing his thoughts to Xie Jing. However, he knew that Xie Jing could understand exactly what he meant!
Wearing a thoroughly roguish expression, Xie Jing impatiently closed the door and went to the wardrobe to grab a pair of black boxer briefs. After slipping them on, he walked over to the sofa and poured himself a glass of water.
"It looks like you don’t plan on helping me stay by the Female Master’s side?" Xie Jing glanced at Zhan Heng.
Zhan Heng gave Xie Jing a look, then jumped onto the large bed and snuggled into Gu Weilan’s embrace.
"You should know that, besides me, the Female Master currently only has two Beast Husbands whom she has explicitly slated for annulment. And apart from you and me, the Female Master still has eight other matched Beast Husbands." Xie Jing picked up a fidget spinner. The sight of his wheat-colored fingers spinning the toy was incredibly attractive. He continued, "Those eight Beast Husbands are all your competitors. Can you truly suppress the possessiveness in your bloodline? If I’m with you, at the very least, our chances of monopolizing the Female Master’s time would be much greater, wouldn’t they? The probability of her going to the others would shrink. Zhan Heng, won’t you consider it?"
Seeing Zhan Heng glance at him, Xie Jing instantly understood what his brother was trying to say.
A smile curled the corners of his lips. "Even if the Female Master’s child-bearing palace has a congenital mutation, I don’t care! Her Wood Beast Rank is different from ordinary people’s. The cubs we breed with her using an Incubation Pod shouldn’t be too bad!
"I don’t want to spend the rest of my life groveling under a Female Master with a terrible temper, nor do I want to live in endless regret. So, now that I’ve found a good Female Master, I deeply regret my previous hastiness. I want to become Weilan Female Master’s Beast Husband once again.
"You’re my brother. You wouldn’t want me to gang up with other males to steal her away from you, right? Like... that Young Clan Leader of the Gray Wolf Clan named Shi Lingfeng, whom I could easily ally with right now? His family manufactures military equipment. It just goes to show that the males matched with our Female Master are all top-tier!"
Upon hearing Xie Jing say all this, Zhan Heng finally couldn’t help but shoot him a cold glare.