Chapter 208 - 205: Chaotic Scene (Part 2)

They were all her Beast Husbands, but when Hu Yan stared at her lips, Bai Zhi felt an inexplicable sense of guilt. It was the distinct feeling of being caught by your husband cheating with someone else.

Then, Hu Yan averted his gaze and said calmly, "Let’s eat first."

Bai Zhi didn’t breathe a sigh of relief until Hu Yan mentioned eating. She still hadn’t completely adapted to this kind of situation.

’Thank goodness Hu Yan didn’t say anything,’ she thought. ’Otherwise, I really wouldn’t know how to explain myself.’

Bai Zhi couldn’t help but wonder, ’How on earth do the females here manage to treat everyone equally?’

She felt that every time she was with one Beast Husband and got seen by another, she couldn’t help but feel guilty.

Hu Yan had made a large breakfast. After Bai Zhi sat down, he placed a glass of milk in front of her, along with some of the Chinese-style breakfast dishes she had taught him to make before.

It had to be said, Hu Yan truly had a gift for cooking. His food tasted even better than Bai Zhi’s.

Bai Zhi had just lifted the milk for a sip when someone sat down beside her. Turning her head, she saw it was Sang Mo. She instinctively shot a look at Hu Yan.

When she saw Hu Yan looking back at her, Bai Zhi’s body instantly went rigid.

Just then, Sang Mo calmly cut a piece of beast meat, swapped his plate with hers, and said nonchalantly, "Eat more. You’re too thin."

Hu Yan watched the entire exchange.

Sang Mo urged, "Hurry up and eat."

Between Hu Yan’s stare and Sang Mo’s urging, Bai Zhi’s scalp tingled, and goosebumps erupted all over her body.

Under everyone’s watchful eyes, Bai Zhi stiffly speared a piece of beast meat and put it in her mouth. The meat, usually delicious, now tasted like she was chewing wax.

’I really don’t get it,’ she thought. ’What in the world are they up to today...?’

Normally, the seat next to Bai Zhi was tacitly reserved for Hu Yan. As for Sang Mo, he always sat in the farthest spot.

But today, who knew what had gotten into Sang Mo, for he had plopped himself down to Bai Zhi’s right.

At that moment, Yue Junxiao hadn’t yet noticed anything was amiss. Baring his usual wide grin, he was about to sit to Bai Zhi’s left when he suddenly sensed the atmosphere was off.

He looked up and found everyone’s eyes on him. The smile on his face froze, and he asked, looking bewildered, "What’s wrong?"

It was only then that Yue Junxiao realized the person on Bai Zhi’s other side had somehow become Sang Mo. And Hu Yan, who was supposed to be in that seat, was now standing not far from him, holding a glass of milk—if one could ignore the veins faintly popping on the back of his hand.

The spot to Bai Zhi’s right was almost always reserved for Hu Yan by default. Yue Junxiao always liked being next to Bai Zhi, so he took the left side, but now...

Yue Junxiao stared at Sang Mo in confusion. ’Doesn’t he usually dislike her?’

’He always sits the farthest away. Why is he suddenly sitting here today?’

Thinking this, Yue Junxiao voiced his thoughts aloud. "Sang Mo, why are you sitting here? Don’t you usually dislike her? She won’t be happy with you sitting there, either."

The moment he said that, both Bai Zhi and Yan Yichen sucked in a sharp breath.

You had to hand it to him, Yue Junxiao was truly brave!

Because of his words, Bai Zhi choked on the piece of beast meat in her mouth and began to cough uncontrollably. "COUGH, COUGH, COUGH—"

Sang Mo didn’t answer Yue Junxiao. Instead, he quickly handed the milk to Bai Zhi. But at the same time, the quick-handed Hu Yan was also offering her a glass of milk.

Sang Mo saw the extra glass of milk and looked toward its owner. The moment their eyes met, the atmosphere practically froze solid.

As for Bai Zhi, who was already choking, she was coughing so hard tears were welling up in her eyes. A single piece of beast meat had nearly been the end of her, only for her to look up and see the two of them facing off again.

Bai Zhi was speechless.

Her throat still hurt terribly, but at this moment, she suddenly felt like it wasn’t so bad anymore. Her already red eyes simply grew redder.

Sang Mo placed the milk directly on the table. His tone was casual, but his eyes were filled with threat as he asked, "I’m sitting here. You got a problem with that?"

Receiving his threat, how could Bai Zhi dare to say she had a problem? She quickly shook her head. "No, no! Please, sit."

Sang Mo nodded in satisfaction, then turned to question Yue Junxiao. "Do you have any other questions now? And when did I ever say I don’t like her?"

Yue Junxiao, who had witnessed everything, was speechless.

Since their wife-master had spoken, what else could he say?

Besides, Sang Mo’s dislike for their wife-master, though never stated outright, couldn’t have been more obvious from his usual behavior...

He might as well have had "I don’t like Bai Zhi" tattooed on his forehead.

Hu Yan then smoothly placed his glass of milk in front of Yue Junxiao.

That tone, this bizarre atmosphere... Even someone as slow as Yue Junxiao could now tell that something was wrong between them.

He swallowed hard. "Hu Yan, why don’t you... take my seat."

Because of the extent to which Bai Zhi had mistreated them in the past, a scene like this had never occurred before.

Furthermore, Hu Yan had been Bai Zhi’s first Beast Husband, and everyone later learned he was the Third Prince. Almost no one would challenge his authority.

When Yue Junxiao acted cute and coquettish with Bai Zhi to curry favor, Hu Yan never thought anything of it.

But Sang Mo was a different story.

Although Sang Mo hadn’t yet figured out why, his intuition told him that doing this put him in a good mood. So he couldn’t care less if Hu Yan was happy or not—as long as he himself was happy, that’s all that mattered.

Hu Yan didn’t stand on ceremony, either. He curled his lip into a slight smile. "Then I’ll thank you."

Yue Junxiao quickly sat down next to Yan Yichen, glancing from Hu Yan to Sang Mo.

He liked sitting with his wife-master, but he had a feeling that if he sat there, he wouldn’t be able to enjoy his meal.

Yan Yichen lowered his voice and said, "You’re really brave, you know? You’ll say anything."

Yue Junxiao pouted. "How was I supposed to know what was going on with Sang Mo today? Doesn’t he usually dislike her?"

While the two of them were murmuring, Bai Zhi was in absolute agony.

Sang Mo was cutting beast meat for Bai Zhi. The moment Hu Yan sat down, he made a sandwich for her and said in a gentle voice, "Here, eat."

Seeing this, Sang Mo let out an enigmatic, cold laugh and peeled a glistening, translucent Spirit Fruit for her.

Then, Hu Yan placed a steamed bun he had made himself onto her plate.

The two went back and forth like this, and the food in front of Bai Zhi piled up at a rate visible to the naked eye.

Bai Zhi stared at the mountain of food before her, utterly speechless.