Chapter 66: Lanlan Hugged My Waist and Wouldn’t Let Me Go

Chapter 66: Chapter 66: Lanlan Hugged My Waist and Wouldn’t Let Me Go

Zhan Heng reached out, gently stroking Gu Weilan’s cheek with the back of his fingers. "Don’t think about it too much for now," he coaxed softly. "You’ve been too tired these past few days. Get some good rest first. You can think about all that after you wake up."

Zhan Heng didn’t know why Gu Weilan had suddenly developed such suspicions.

Did she think that the three Beast Husbands who had forcibly uncoupled from her had their Light Brains hacked by other Beastmen using technological means, resulting in the forced separation?

He didn’t really want more Beast Husbands entering Gu Weilan’s life.

There were already plenty of Beast Husbands as it was!

However, if a Female Master rejected more than half of the Beast Husbands assigned to her by the Beast God System, it would immediately initiate another matchmaking process the following year.

This was to prevent any Beast Husband from bewitching a female, keeping other Beast Husbands out, and completely infatuating her until she lost all sense of reality.

The male-to-female ratio in the interstellar beast world was already severely imbalanced. If there were more Beast Husbands like that, even fewer cubs would be born naturally!

Zhan Heng pursed his lips and looked at Lorenzo Snow.

Zhan Heng knew exactly what Lorenzo’s Beast Clan did for a living.

Lorenzo ignored Zhan Heng’s gaze. Instead, he held Gu Weilan’s hand and kissed the back of it. "You rest first. I’ll go check on this for you. If a Beastman really hacked into another Beastman’s Light Brain and used it to force an uncoupling, that’s a very serious matter."

Many members of the Starlight Rabbit Clan behind Lorenzo were responsible for maintaining the security of the Star Network.

If a Beastman had truly done such a thing, his family, whose system had been exploited, would also suffer the consequences.

But if his family discovered it early on their own and caught both the bug and the Beastman who compromised the Star Network, even if they didn’t earn great merit, they would at least be credited for their hard work.

He and Zhan Heng approached it from different angles, but both wanted to find out if Gu Weilan’s concerns were actually grounded in reality.

Shi Lingfeng, Xie Jing, Shen Mianzhou, and Xuanshuo remained silent.

Shi Lingfeng decisively scooped Gu Weilan up from the chair and tossed a remark at the others. "I’m taking Lanlan back to her room to rest. Let’s discuss this in Beast Husband Lorenzo’s room later."

He hoped this statement would keep Xie Jing and Xuanshuo at bay.

Lorenzo, too, didn’t want more Beastmen to know about this matter.

Zhan Heng had no objections, though watching Shi Lingfeng carry Gu Weilan made him somewhat uncomfortable.

Nestled in Shi Lingfeng’s arms, Gu Weilan looked at Baibai and Chouchou, the two pets she had just named on the floor, and reminded Xie Jing, "Remember to help me feed them!"

Xie Jing pursed his lips. He looked at Zhan Heng, wanting to tell him that the cubs required a massive amount of Beast Rank Energy, and he was truly struggling to make ends meet!

However, having no point of comparison, he didn’t realize that the condition of the four little cubs in the Incubation Pod was actually highly abnormal. Therefore, he held his tongue and didn’t mention it to his older brother. ℯℯ𝑙.

Resigned to his fate, Xie Jing went to get food for the goofy Silver-spotted Cat and Bald Chicken.

Xuanshuo’s expression remained unchanged, but he contacted the underground dark web intelligence organization on the Star Network once again.

Gu Weilan fell asleep right there in Shi Lingfeng’s embrace.

Shi Lingfeng carried Gu Weilan back to her room, feeling reluctant to leave.

After a moment’s thought, he simply lay down on the bed holding Gu Weilan and used his Light Brain to send a message to the small group chat that contained only the four Beast Husbands. "How about we talk in the group? Lanlan is lying on top of me, hugging my waist and refusing to let me go.

"I can’t bear to wake her up."

Shi Lingfeng seemed to be stating his current situation, but in reality, anyone could tell he was just showing off that the Female Master was unconsciously hugging him in her sleep, trying to mislead everyone into thinking how much the Female Master liked him.

"Heh, that’s just because Lanlan is too tired and mistook you for me. But since you haven’t officially become Lanlan’s Beast Husband yet, you can only rely on this kind of guesswork when it comes to her preferences," Zhan Heng mocked mercilessly, sitting on the sofa in Lorenzo’s room.

Lorenzo pursed his lips, feeling that chatting via text made it too easy to leave evidence and leverage behind. He insisted, "Shi Lingfeng Beast Husband, you should still come to my room. There are some things that cannot be said in a group chat."

Shi Lingfeng pursed his lips, struggling internally for a long time before he lowered his head and planted a kiss on Gu Weilan’s lips. He rubbed his cheek against her palm and couldn’t resist kissing it as well. Only then did he tuck her in and leave her room.

Gu Weilan opened her eyes slightly and watched Shi Lingfeng leave. Only then did she roll over and fall into a deep sleep.

When Shi Lingfeng saw Zhan Heng, Lorenzo, and Shen Mianzhou, he tucked away all the warmth on his face.

The distance between his narrow peach-blossom eyes and his brow ridge was rather close; without that tender expression, he looked somewhat fierce.

Sitting on the sofa with his right leg crossed over his left, his red-soled leather shoes paired with his domineering aura revealed his usual, true self—someone not to be trifled with.

He looked at Zhan Heng. "Spit it out. What exactly did you want to talk about?"

Looking languid and self-satisfied, Zhan Heng merely cast a sideways glance at Lorenzo with his narrow phoenix eyes. "This matter involves the collective interests of his Beast Clan. It has nothing to do with me. Selfishly, I’d prefer it if the Female Master found fewer Beast Husbands."

With his heterochromatic eyes, Lorenzo couldn’t help but pinch the bridge of his nose as he looked at these so-called brothers who shared neither parents nor surnames.

"I know the Female Master has secrets she’s keeping from us. She wouldn’t have said those words without a reason. So, I just had my uncle look into it."

However, Lorenzo’s expression wasn’t one of relief; instead, he looked rather solemn.

Only then did Zhan Heng’s interest pique. Raising an eyebrow slightly, he rested his elbow on the armrest and propped his fingers against his cheek, looking at Lorenzo. "What? Did you find out that your family’s engineers in charge of maintaining network security were neglecting their duties?"

Lorenzo stared at Zhan Heng coldly with his heterochromatic eyes.

Zhan Heng shrugged and spread his hands. "It was a reasonable guess."

Shi Lingfeng frowned. "Can’t you just hurry up and tell us what exactly happened? I still need to go back and sleep with the Female Master."

Shen Mianzhou furrowed his brows slightly, looking at Shi Lingfeng with disapproval.

Shi Lingfeng merely shot him a faint sidelong glance.

Shen Mianzhou couldn’t help but clench his fists. He was too weak. In this household, he barely even had the right to speak.

Ignoring the minor friction between Shi Lingfeng and Shen Mianzhou, Lorenzo directly used his Light Brain to open the map of Kh023 Star.

Pointing at the map, he circled the Rank Fourteen Star Beast that had been parasitized by the Insect Clan.

Not far from it, he also circled the legion soldiers sent by the White Tiger Clan and the Vermilion Bird Clan.

Lorenzo looked at Zhan Heng and Shen Mianzhou. "Do you remember the Female Master saying that the Rank Fourteen Star Beast was parasitized by the Insect Clan, and that this kind of parasite could also infect Beastmen through contact?"

Zhan Heng and Lorenzo turned to look at Shen Mianzhou.

Shi Lingfeng couldn’t help but look at Shen Mianzhou as well.

Tapping his finger lightly against the tabletop, Lorenzo’s steady, youthful voice elaborated. "Before, those two Beast Husbands who matched with the Female Master, whose names darkened and then lit up again...

"If I’m not mistaken, they were Bai Yanli and Rong Hua Jin, right?

"What if their Light Brains weren’t hacked? What if the Insect Clan parasitized their consciousness and forced them to uncouple from the Female Master?"

Shi Lingfeng frowned slightly. He felt that Lorenzo was being somewhat alarmist. He knew about parasites, but he had never seen or heard of parasites being able to control a Beastman’s consciousness.

He thought Lorenzo was starting to spout nonsense just to shift the blame away from his clan’s network security.