Chapter 37: Engraving

Chapter 37: Chapter 37: Engraving

Gu Weilan only had classes for the morning. Shen Mianzhou hurriedly spread his legs and knelt in front of her. Holding a tray in one hand and pressing the other on his thigh just above his knee, he gently said to her in his textured, youthful voice, "Female Master, after we form a bond in a while, how about we invite the academy’s Priest to do our Engravings?"

Gu Weilan’s throat tightened. When had she ever seen such a seductive display?

In her past life, the Apocalypse had struck just as she entered her residency training in the obstetrics and gynecology department. Because she was a veteran bookworm who had read all sorts of wasteland and apocalyptic novels, she maintained a high level of vigilance against the world, which allowed her to survive until the system, Pomegranate Seed, transmigrated her to this world. Where would she have ever encountered such alluring male vixens? If she had to claim any experience, it was only from what she had seen in short videos online. However, she had truly never experienced being seduced face-to-face by such an incredibly handsome stunner.

"Alright!"

In reality, Gu Weilan’s mind was completely blank as she thought, "His little mouth was moving, but I didn’t hear a single word he said..."

Lorenzo had popped out his rabbit ears and tail at some point. Sitting beside Gu Weilan in his Half-beastman form, he extended his index and middle fingers, mimicking a tiny person walking. His fingers strolled from the grass over to the leg of Gu Weilan, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground. The two-fingered little legs then hopped onto her knee, gently treading up her thigh...

"Female Master, can I join in too? Also, can I keep you company in bed tonight? If so, I definitely won’t be sad anymore about you misunderstanding me and cancelling my match..."

As Lorenzo tilted his head, his cream-colored rabbit ears twitched. His heterochromatic eyes, filled with anticipation and fear, nervously awaited Gu Weilan’s response.

She pleaded inwardly, "Good heavens—what decent, disciplined person could withstand this kind of test? Save me, save me..."

"A-Alright!" Gu Weilan felt like a helpless traveler who had stumbled right into a den of seductive sirens...

Shi Lingfeng was dressed in a white dress shirt and a suit vest. He knelt on one knee with one hand behind his back and the other splayed wide, balancing a tray. On the tray sat the caramel pudding jelly he had just made. This time, he wasn’t wearing his usual semi-rimless oval glasses. Instead, he wore rimless rectangular glasses, which shifted his "elegant scumbag" aura into something more akin to an aloof, authoritative older man. Paired with his deep Uncle Qing voice, he said, "Female Master, please have a taste..."

She wondered, "Have a taste? Taste who? Who is tasting whom?"

Gu Weilan gulped. Outwardly, she remained calm, but inwardly, she was screeching like a rubber chicken, "System! Pomegranate Seed—I love you! I truly am so grateful you brought me here! Ahhhhhh—"

"BZZZT BZZZT... Host, do your best... Give birth to cubs... BZZZT BZZZT... It will benefit you... BZZZT BZZZT..."

She wondered if the system had crashed, affected by her excited screaming.

One look at Lorenzo, Shi Lingfeng, and Shen Mianzhou made it clear that they had properly studied Beast Husband etiquette and graduated with high marks. The brothers, Xie Jing and Zhan Heng, had never taken such courses.

As a result, Xie Jing could only stand there foolishly. He pressed his right hand against his lips and cleared his throat. His ears were completely red, and a blush stained his cheeks. His deep, pleasant voice sputtered like an old phone running out of battery, "Female Master... I know I was wrong. Please cancel the match termination..."

Gu Weilan instantly snapped out of her bewildered daze caused by the little vixens and looked at Xie Jing. His red hair looked even more fiery and intense under the sun. However, his eyes were filled with nervousness as he looked at her.

"Hurry up and confirm the match termination," Gu Weilan said.

"The Ice Star Core I took from Housekeeper Zhan..." She opened her Light Brain and immediately transferred a sum of Star Coins to Housekeeper Zhan. "I’ve already transferred the cost to him.

"Once I master my spiritual power, I will finish the remaining ten appeasements for you as soon as possible. A match termination is a match termination. There is no need for us to drag this out.

"Even if you refuse to hit confirm, on the sixtieth day after a female applies for termination, the Beast God System will automatically select confirm on behalf of the male." She looked at Xie Jing.

Was Xie Jing not handsome? He was. In fact, his striking, bold features were practically tailored to Gu Weilan’s exact tastes. However, she had a slightly wicked streak in her. Since he dared to demand a match termination from her, she dared to exact her revenge by tormenting him both physically and mentally. She found it highly amusing. Of course, she didn’t care to treat all her Beast Husbands this way. Xuanshuo, for instance, was completely off her torment list!

Ignoring the tight-lipped, embarrassed look on Xie Jing’s face, Gu Weilan stretched and tapped her Light Brain. "Let’s form a bond first. The Priest for the Engravings is on the way."

Shen Mianzhou had already opened the Star Network long ago, just waiting for Gu Weilan’s nod. Thus, he beat Lorenzo to the punch and successfully formed a bond with Gu Weilan.

Lorenzo, having been a step too late, didn’t show any displeasure. He only looked slightly forlorn as he leaned his head into the crook of Gu Weilan’s neck. His clear, youthful voice breezed into her ear like a teasing zephyr. "Female Master, can I be the first to get my Engraving later? I want... to have it engraved right here."

His fingers trembled slightly, curling up as he played the part of a fragile, helpless youth, deliberately leaving the exact location of his Engraving ambiguous.

Meanwhile, Shi Lingfeng couldn’t help but narrow his eyes. He planted his left hand by Gu Weilan’s left waist, blocking Lorenzo from pressing any closer to her. His nose was only half a centimeter away from touching hers.

His deep Uncle Qing voice suddenly felt aggressively possessive. "I want my Engraving placed right here on my Female Master."

He lifted his kneeling knee and pressed it gently against the inner side of Gu Weilan’s thigh. Gu Weilan’s eyes widened slightly.

Just as Shen Mianzhou was seething over his inability to interject himself into the situation, the doorbell rang. The sound prompted the Beast Husbands to cease their blatant teasing of Gu Weilan.

Gu Weilan let out a heavy breath. She wasn’t a female who resisted her own desires, but they couldn’t just be so... intimate out in the open under the broad daylight, could they? This, this, this... She had never thought she would one day have the phrase pop into her head: "What a scandal!"

The academy’s assigned Priest arrived very quickly.

Lorenzo chose to have his Engraving placed over Gu Weilan’s heart. Shi Lingfeng’s was engraved at the root of her thigh. Shen Mianzhou opted for the spot behind Gu Weilan’s right ear.

The moment the Engravings were finished, the Priest offered a prayer to the Beast God. The three Engravings flashed with a faint luster and grew slightly hot for a second before settling back into the appearance of ordinary tattoos.

Gu Weilan had never seen anything so magical. She couldn’t help but poke the rabbit totem on her chest, finding it quite fascinating.

As for Lorenzo’s own Engraving, it was nestled in the groove of his broad, muscular chest. The mole Engraving on Shi Lingfeng’s body was on the outer side of his left arm. Shen Mianzhou had Gu Weilan’s mole totem engraved behind his own right ear, mirroring hers.

Xie Jing pursed his lips and watched in absolute silence. His silver, phoenix-shaped eyes were calm, yet something was quietly brewing within them.