Chapter 108: If Anyone’s Backing Down, It’s Someone Else

The Little Fox was sulking.

He buried his head under the covers, trying to suffocate himself.

Wen Qian watched his life-or-death theatrics, feeling a bit drained. He’d been so smooth when he was making his threats, so why was he acting like he’d suffered a huge loss afterward?

’The minds of foxes are truly hard to fathom.’

"I don’t care, you have to take responsibility for me!" Wrapped up tightly in the blanket, the Little Fox glared at her.

Wen Qian rubbed her temples, trying to reason with him. "Let’s take a huge step back. A moment ago, weren’t you the one who started it...?"

"I’m not backing down. If anyone’s backing down, it should be someone else..." The Little Fox turned his head away, cutting her off in annoyance.

’That tiger should be the one to back down. That tiger is the most annoying.’

Question marks popped up over Wen Qian’s head. She resisted the urge to yank his ears. ’This kid is really impossible.’

"Alright, alright, just put your clothes on first... We can talk about everything else later." Wen Qian rubbed her temples.

"Does that mean you agree?" The Little Fox’s eyes lit up.

"What?" Wen Qian was baffled.

"To take responsibility for me." The Little Fox’s ears twitched suddenly.

"And by ’take responsibility,’ you mean..." Wen Qian felt she needed to be more careful when talking to him; this guy always twisted her words.

The Little Fox lifted his chin. "Come back to the Beast World with me and be my wife."

Wen Qian: "..."

The first thing Yin Zhi did when he got back to the villa was look for Wen Qian.

When he heard she had gone to the second floor to take care of the Little Fox, his expression immediately darkened.

He had always been bothered by Wen Qian giving the Critical Stone Fragment to the Little Fox, and now he was grinding his teeth in frustration.

The thought that the two of them might have spent the night in the same room made him so angry his ears popped out. He bit his lip tightly and strode quickly upstairs... leaving a curious-looking Li Jiu in his dust.

But just as his fingers touched the doorknob, he heard a boy’s low voice from inside.

Yin Zhi shoved the door open and, before either of them could react, yanked Wen Qian into his arms. His face was filled with anger, and his eyes were locked on Qi Ke. "In your dreams."

Seeing Yin Zhi’s sudden entrance, Wen Qian’s eyes flashed with pleasant surprise. "You’re back!"

Yin Zhi was already feeling wronged, and her question made him sniffle subconsciously. "What, should I not have come back?"

’I was only gone for a day, and she’s already taken that fox spirit to bed! If I’d come back a few days later, would I have been attending their wedding banquet?’

At that thought, his eyes reddened again.

At the same time, he cursed Gu Mian out in his head. ’Is he just a decoration? Useless at a critical moment...’ In his anger, Yin Zhi didn’t even realize he had already considered Gu Mian to be on his side.

Wen Qian opened her mouth, unsure of how to explain for a moment, so she just gave his ear a couple of reassuring pinches.

His ears twitched involuntarily, but the man’s voice was still laced with displeasure. "Don’t think you can just brush this off. I won’t... Mph, Qianqian, stop pinching."

"Are you two just going to pretend I’m not here?" Watching the intimate pair in front of him, the Little Fox grit his teeth and couldn’t help but speak up.

He was naked right now, which made it a bit inconvenient to move, but for these two to so blatantly "show off their affection" right in front of him was too... outrageous!

"If you don’t want to watch, you can get out. This is Qianqian’s room, anyway." Seeing Qi Ke frustrated, Yin Zhi’s mood improved slightly.

Hearing this, the young man raised an eyebrow, his bright eyes tinged with playfulness. "I’m afraid I can’t... After all, Qianqian was the one who took my clothes off."

Wen Qian: "..."

Yin Zhi: "...?"

Without a second thought, Yin Zhi lunged for the Little Fox. Wen Qian wrapped her arms tightly around his waist a split second before he moved, but his momentum still carried her onto the bed...

And so, when Shen Mqing pushed the door open to peek inside, this was the scene that greeted him.

On the spacious bed, a man and a woman were in a state of disarray, and the man on the bottom was clearly naked.

’Holy crap, even in the Beast World, this is pretty explosive!’

He kept fumbling in his pockets for something, cursing himself for rushing over without his phone. Otherwise, one picture could have been traded for at least ten family buckets!

"What are you looking at?" The next second, however, a confused male voice sounded from behind him.

Shen Mqing slammed the door shut, turned, and blinked at a bewildered Li Jiu. "Nothing. The Young Master told us to wait downstairs."

Li Jiu wanted to ask how the Young Master knew he had come upstairs, but then he remembered how powerful the Tiger Clan was and ultimately held his tongue.

So he turned around and obediently headed downstairs.

Watching the boy’s slender back, Shen Mqing breathed a sigh of relief. ’Thank goodness it was this silly kid. Anyone else probably wouldn’t have been so easy to fool.’

He glanced back at the closed door, still shaken. ’This concerns the dignity of the Tiger Clan. No one else can see this...’

Back in the room, the Little Fox had already slipped on a bathrobe. He sat on the edge of the bed, a proud look on his face.

Although the two hadn’t gotten into a real fight just now, they had knocked over quite a few things. Yin Zhi knew what annoyed Wen Qian the most, so when the Little Fox threw a pillow to the floor, he immediately stopped.

Looking at the utter mess, Wen Qian let out a deep breath, forcing herself to stay calm.

After a long moment, her gaze swept over the two on the bed, and she forced a very stiff smile. "You two take your time. I won’t disturb you."

The Little Fox had been feeling wronged, but hearing her words, his face instantly paled. He was just about to speak when he saw Yin Zhi, who had been sitting upright beside them, suddenly bury his head in Wen Qian’s arms. He softened his tone. "Qianqian, my hand hurts."

The Little Fox: "?"

The Little Fox almost laughed in anger. ’He was the one who lunged at me, and now *his* hand hurts?’

Fortunately, Wen Qian didn’t fall for it. She managed to pull away from him a little. "You’re not hurt. You’re never hurt when you’re hitting people."

"It hurts..." Yin Zhi wrapped his arms around Wen Qian’s waist again. Then he took her hand and pressed it against his own ear.

The Little Fox watched from the side, dumbfounded. ’Is this really the Young Master of the Silver Tiger Clan? Why does he seem so... manipulative?’

His eyes darted around, and a smirk played on the Little Fox’s lips. Then he also strode toward Wen Qian.

His slender fingers gripped her wrist, pressing it firmly against his half-exposed chest. The corners of his eyes tilted up as he intimately rested his chin on Wen Qian’s neck, deliberately teasing her earlobe with his warm breath. "Qianqian, I’m hurt too."

Wen Qian: "...?"

’Wait, this plot... Why can’t I follow it anymore?’

Yin Zhi wanted to explode in anger, but he was afraid of making Wen Qian mad, so in the end, he could only extend his tail and wrap it fawningly around her calf.

Seeing this, the Little Fox also let out his fluffy, soft tail. The orange-red tail swept constantly against Wen Qian’s ankle, its fawning intention clear...

Under this kind of "care," Wen Qian felt a wave of dizziness. She swallowed hard, her voice stuttering, "Why don’t you... why don’t you two just fight it out?"

’Right now, she felt that some problems just had to be solved with violence!’