Chapter 158 - 155: She Is Leaving Herself a Way Out

But as it happened, the two males, Wolf Day and Wolf Night, understood instantly.

The two male beastmen glanced away to the sides in embarrassment.

’If she was willing, ahem, the two of them wouldn’t mind either...’

Nan Zishi: "..."

"You guys are unbelievable!"

Nan Zishi pushed Xuan Jin out of the cave. "Guard the entrance for me."

Xuan Jin was truly speechless.

’He’d gone to all that trouble to chase away Chi Xiao and Hu Bai, so why did he have to stand guard for two Silver Wolf Beastmen?!’

Once the Xuan Snake Beastman was finally out of the cave, the atmosphere inside changed.

Wolf Night was weak. Wolf Day, representing both brothers, knelt before Nan Zishi.

"Female Master, five years ago, after we became mates, we were together for over three months. Then, Wolf Night and I left the tribe for a mission and neglected to care for you."

"You bore us Lang Xian and Wolf Mu, which was already a great kindness to us."

"But Wolf Night and I were never able to earn your approval. In the end, it was because we didn’t do well enough."

A flash of pain crossed the twin Silver Wolves’ eyes.

"Do you want to... sever your mate bond with us?"

Wolf Night spoke up. "Xiao Nan. I know you never liked us, not from the very beginning. You were so resolute when you left. You must really hate us. My brother and I kept thinking that if you hate us this much, maybe we shouldn’t have looked for you. Maybe we should never have appeared before you again. Xiao Nan..."

"Do you want to sever our mate bond?"

As Wolf Night spoke, he felt a heart-wrenching pain. His heart throbbed with a dull ache.

’If Nan Zishi doesn’t like us, we don’t want to force her.’

’But I love her. I don’t want to sever our bond... ’

"Do you want to sever your mate bond with me?" Nan Zishi asked.

’Five years ago, because I was planning to leave the Beast World, I always kept my heart locked away.’

’I didn’t dare let myself like anyone, nor did I dare treat anyone too well, for fear of forging connections that were too deep.’

’That was why, even though these Silver Wolf Brothers had saved me, I pushed them away.’

’Besides, from my perspective, the Silver Wolf Brothers, especially Wolf Night, didn’t seem to like me.’

’So I never gave them my love.’

’But honestly, I don’t hate them. I think they’re pretty great.’

Wolf Day and Wolf Night shook their heads, speaking quickly. "We don’t." "We don’t want to sever the bond."

Nan Zishi looked down. "In my family, including you two, there will be a total of seven Beast Husbands. If you join, you’ll have to deal with many other males. You just met Hu Bai, Chi Xiao, and Xuan Jin. I also have a Mermaid Beastman. I’m afraid I won’t have much time or affection to give you... Are you still willing to stay in this family under these circumstances?"

"We are!"

Wolf Night answered eagerly, "What family isn’t like this? I was prepared for this long ago."

Wolf Day added, "Xiao Nan, I feel the same as Ah Ye."

Inside the cave, the female and the two males looked at each other in silence.

The two leaders of the rebel army, who caused such turmoil in the outside world, were now afraid, nervous, and full of apprehension.

Wolf Day’s fingers dug so hard into his palms they nearly broke the skin.

Nan Zishi smiled. "Then we won’t sever the bond."

"Wolf Day and Wolf Night, welcome home!"

Sitting on the ground, Wolf Night’s heart was pounding—THUMP, THUMP, THUMP—so hard it felt like it would burst from his chest.

"Brother, we’re not getting kicked out of the family!"

Wolf Day’s gray eyes instantly brightened. His heart was also racing, and the joy on his face was unmistakable.

"Yeah."

Wolf Night looked up. "Xiao Nan, thank you!"

...

Meanwhile, after Hu Bai and Chi Xiao returned to the Oasis, Lanxing rushed out to ask what had happened.

After they all shared what they knew, a smile finally appeared on Lanxing’s face. "I’m just glad she’s okay."

’Brother Hu Bai and Brother Chi Xiao have both seen her, but I haven’t yet. I really want to see her too.’

"I have a question for you two." Hu Bai’s expression was more serious than ever, which made Chi Xiao and Lanxing turn serious as well.

Chi Xiao said, "Go ahead."

Hu Bai began, "Before, when I saw you all returning one by one, I didn’t think too much of it. I just assumed you each had your own circumstances and had been temporarily separated from her."

The male beastman paused, choosing his words carefully before asking:

"Our female master... did she abandon you two as well?"

Lanxing: "As well?"

Chi Xiao: "Huh?"

Hu Bai pressed, "Is that right? Did she abandon you too? I want a definite answer."

Lanxing’s eyes grew moist, and he nodded. "Yeah. She left after she and I had Little Fu. For more than five years, she never came looking for me or showed any concern. We were only reunited recently when she came to the ocean."

Chi Xiao, though confused, also nodded. "Over six years ago, I got into a fight with Xuan Jin. That bastard used his superpower to severely injure me."

"I was poisoned by his snake venom and on the verge of death when the Little Female Master suddenly appeared. She gave me something to eat that neutralized Xuan Jin’s poison. Then she mated with me. Strangely enough, it seemed like she laid the egg very quickly. As soon as the egg was laid, she left."

Hu Bai added, "My situation is the same as yours. I met her when I was learning the Priest’s dance. My face was covered in colorful Priest makeup... We fell in love, and after two months of pregnancy, she gave birth to Fox Qi. She brought me and Fox Qi back to Stone Village, and then she left that very night."

After hearing Lanxing’s and Chi Xiao’s stories, Hu Bai surprisingly felt that his situation was still a bit special.

’Perhaps the time it takes for a mermaid to lay eggs is very short, happening soon after mating. That would explain why Nan Zishi’s time with Lanxing wasn’t long.’

’Nan Zishi’s time with Chi Xiao was probably less than a single night. Can a bird egg be laid in less than a night?’

’I always felt the time Nan Zishi spent with me was short, but compared to Lanxing and Chi Xiao, it was actually quite long.’

’But the common thread is that she left right after giving birth to our children.’

Hu Bai suddenly thought of a crucial question.

"Chi Xiao, Lanxing, since our female master gathered everyone back together this time, has she... mated with either of you?"

Lanxing shook his head. "No. She hasn’t shown any intention to, and I can’t force her. Maybe she doesn’t want to have any more children. I can understand that."

Chi Xiao was bewildered. ’We’ve only hugged. How could we have possibly gotten to the mating stage?!’

’Mating...’

The Fire Red Eagle beastman’s face instantly turned red.

’I’m... kind of looking forward to it.’

Hu Bai said, "Something’s wrong."

The White Fox beastman’s face turned pale. "Wrong, it’s all wrong."

"She’s hiding something. She must have a secret. There might be something—or someone—more important to her than us..."

"Brother Hu Bai, what are you talking about?"

"I was careless. How could I have been so careless!" Hu Bai was both anxious and angry.

"Lanxing, in a normal family, a female might show favoritism, doting on some Beast Husbands while neglecting others. But it’s absolutely impossible for her to not sleep with any of them."

"She’s drawing a line. She’s leaving herself an escape route."

"In other words, she’s hesitating. She... might be planning to leave again?"

Hearing that Nan Zishi might leave, Lanxing’s face went deathly pale. "Brother Hu Bai, what on earth are you saying?"

"I don’t know... I’m not sure... It can’t be like that, it just can’t be!"

’I can accept her having many Beast Husbands. I can even accept that her most beloved male isn’t me.’

’But she can’t abandon me. She can’t abandon me again!’

At that moment, Hu Bai even thought of Xuan Jin, the one who annoyed him the most.

He gritted his teeth and thought, ’Isn’t that snake Xuan Jin the most lecherous of all?’

’Hasn’t he managed to conquer the female master yet?’