Chapter 423 - 422: Extra 18: Witch and Black Cat Cosplay 2 (Ye Ming)

Chapter 423: Chapter 422: Extra 18: Witch and Black Cat Cosplay 2 (Ye Ming)

Shi Lan had often asked her Beast Husbands to assume their beast forms before. They all knew she loved how they looked, but Ye Ming had never heard her ask him to stay that way for an entire day.

He was a bit unsure. "Do I have to stay in my beast form all day?"

’What are we going to do tonight?’ he wondered.

Shi Lan nodded. "Mhm, just follow my lead. You’re not allowed to change back into your human form unless I say so."

"Alright."

Though he had no idea what his wife was up to, Ye Ming readily agreed.

He quickly transformed into a Black Panther. As an adult Beastman, even in his smallest panther form, he still came up to Shi Lan’s knees, making him about twice the size of an ordinary adult cat.

Shi Lan gazed down at him, realizing she had a problem.

’This isn’t quite what I had in mind.’

She squatted down and hugged Ye Ming. He was a bit heavy, and after holding him for a little while, she got tired and set him back down.

"Well, this will have to do. You follow behind me. We’re going to buy a few things, and then we’ll head to the amusement park."

Ye Ming looked up at her, his green eyes a mixture of resignation and indulgence, and nodded.

Shi Lan went for a walk in the city center. With such a large animal trailing her, she attracted quite a bit of attention along the way.

Luckily, she had a clear destination in mind. She headed straight for a candy shop. After buying a lot of candy, the two took a Hovercar toward the amusement park. Once there, Shi Lan found the park’s manager, spoke with him for a bit, and successfully became an official park NPC.

The amusement park manager stared at the Black Panther beside her for several moments. Shi Lan knelt and gently stroked Ye Ming’s head, replying with a sweet smile, "Oh, he’s really just a little kitty. He won’t hurt anyone."

Ye Ming opened his mouth but swallowed his protest. Instead, he meekly nuzzled the hem of his wife’s skirt, looking utterly harmless.

Beastmen emit fluctuations of spiritual power. The manager’s Spiritual Power Level was low, so when a High Level Beastman intentionally suppressed their aura, an ordinary person wouldn’t be able to sense it.

The manager couldn’t tell if Ye Ming was a Beastman, but he could certainly tell that this was by no means a "little" kitty. He’d never seen a cat that big.

But Shi Lan had offered far too much money. Besides, the NPC activity she proposed sounded very entertaining. The manager figured it could bring new vitality to the park, and after confirming that the creature beside her wouldn’t harm anyone, he said no more.

Shi Lan’s makeup was heavy today, so people who didn’t know her well would hardly recognize her. Besides, the public buzz about her and her Beast Husbands had died down long ago. Online news changed rapidly, and for now, at least, more people were focused on cursing the former Monarch.

So the manager didn’t recognize Shi Lan.

Shi Lan successfully brought Ye Ming into the amusement park. She wove a scepter from vines, like a rack for candied fruit skewers, and threaded it with all the unique candies she’d bought. The simple green vine scepter was instantly transformed into a beautiful, multicolored accessory that matched Shi Lan’s costume perfectly.

She stopped by the carousel, an area with heavy foot traffic and lots of children. She’d only been standing there for a moment when a curious child approached her. "Miss, what are you doing?"

He was a male cub, around three or four years old. He was adorable, with short, curly, dark brown hair and a little brown tail attached to the back of his outfit, like a bear’s tail.

As he spoke, his eyes involuntarily shifted to Ye Ming, who was beside Shi Lan. "Whoa, a big kitty!" he exclaimed.

Perhaps because Ye Ming was still a bit large, however, the boy shuffled closer to his father, looking a little scared.

Ye Ming instinctively glanced down at his own paws, wondering how he had been mistaken for a cat yet again.

The boy’s father, however, saw that this was no cat. He let out a soft "SHUSH" and whispered to his cub, "Son, quiet down. Don’t startle them."

The little boy nodded earnestly, but this time his eyes glanced toward the candies on Shi Lan’s scepter, and he secretly gulped.

Shi Lan’s gaze fell on him. She gave her Beast Husband a reassuring pat, worried he might be unhappy about being called a "little kitty," before turning to the boy. "Hey there, little one. Would you like some candy?"

The little boy immediately nodded. "Yes!"

"Alright, it’s simple," Shi Lan said with a grin. "If you can guess what character I’m dressed as, I’ll give you a piece of candy."

Ye Ming, who had been wondering why his wife bought all that candy, now understood completely.

The little boy tilted his head back to study her, circled around her once, and then stared at the candy on her scepter, drooling. "I know!" he said happily. "Are you the Candy Fairy?"

"The Candy Fairy? Would a fairy wear a black outfit like this?"

"But you’re so pretty, Miss! How could you not be a fairy?"

Even though the little guy guessed wrong, his words were too sweet to ignore. Shi Lan controlled a vine to hand him a piece of candy anyway.

The little boy’s eyes lit up even more. Clutching the candy, he insisted, "Whoa, you’re so cool, Miss! You have to be a fairy."

It wasn’t just the boy; his father’s eyes were also wide with amazement as he wondered what kind of magic the female was using.

But the magic was too high-level; he couldn’t figure it out at all. He wanted to get a closer look, but a dark, chilling stare from Ye Ming’s deep, cold, jade-green eyes made him immediately grab his child and walk away.

After the little boy left, more children started to gather, some drawn by Shi Lan’s costume, others by the candy.

Shi Lan had bought all sorts of special candies—bow-shaped candies, pumpkin candies, ice cream-shaped candies—all of them cute and unusual enough to easily attract children.

Shi Lan had each of them guess what character she was playing.

Most of the children guessed wrong. Only a few recognized her as a witch or a Witch, and they all mistook Ye Ming for a black cat.

After all, a Witch is always accompanied by a pet black cat, a veritable emissary of the night.

She gave two pieces of candy to the children who guessed correctly, and she didn’t leave anyone out, giving one piece to all the others.

Word must have spread about the free candy, because Shi Lan’s spot quickly became a check-in point for every kid in the amusement park. Thankfully, she had bought plenty of sweets. When she had nearly given them all away and was tired from standing, she and Ye Ming left the park.

On the way out, Shi Lan fed Ye Ming a piece of candy. She knelt beside him and ruffled his fluffy head, her eyes crinkling with satisfaction. "That was so fun. You worked hard today, too."

Ye Ming had been holding his tongue all afternoon at his wife’s command. Now, with a sweet candy in his mouth, he gently nuzzled his head against her cheek. "It wasn’t hard at all. I’m happy doing anything, as long as I’m with you."

"Is that right? Hehe, I hope you still feel that way tonight..."

Shi Lan leaned down and whispered softly in his ear. At the feeling of her warm breath, both of Ye Ming’s ears twitched sensitively.

As if she found it amusing, she gave the emerald earrings on his ear a little pinch.

...

Ye Ming had assumed his wife’s trip to the amusement park to hand out candy was just a spontaneous bit of fun. It wasn’t until that night that he learned her true target had been him all along.

She explained that the character she’d played was a witch. In a witch’s story, the black cat is both her exclusive pet and her soulmate. Therefore, he had to play the part of the pet during the day and fulfill his duties as her partner at night.

However, a black cat must obey its master—which was her. Therefore, tonight, Ye Ming could only let her have her way with him.

After spending the whole afternoon as a black cat, Ye Ming couldn’t fully revert to his human form that night. A long, thick, black panther tail remained, which his wife held in her palm, toying with it endlessly.

"Lanlan, Lanlan..."

Ye Ming gasped her name, his breathing ragged. He reached out to embrace her, trying to take the dominant position, but she stopped him with a look. "Ye Ming, you have to obey me tonight~"

In the end, Ye Ming, who was always the one in control, became Shi Lan’s complete plaything for the night, letting her explore every inch of him.

Shi Lan finally found his most sensitive spots. His face, usually a mask of calm composure, finally revealed a desperate, addicted craving. His ragged breaths accompanied his flushed body as he pressed ever closer to his wife. And that tail of his, unable to hold back any longer, finally coiled around her wrist, rubbing and tangling against her warm skin.