Chapter 68: Plans Fell Through, She Took Shen Mianzhou Away

Chapter 68: Chapter 68: Plans Fell Through, She Took Shen Mianzhou Away

The Bald Chicken was dying, completely devoid of consciousness. The Silver-spotted Cat had only regained its senses for a few minutes; before it could even figure things out, it reverted to being a small animal driven solely by instinct.

At this moment, Zhan Heng felt a bit of regret. What was he regretting? He had only told Shi Lingfeng and Shen Mianzhou that although the Female Master had advanced to the Seventh Rank, her ability to absorb her Beast Husbands’ feedback had slowed down, in order to make them utterly loyal to her.

His underlying meaning was to tell them that they could now enjoy the right to be intimate with the Female Master, just like normal Beast Husbands. But he hadn’t expected that Shi Lingfeng, this wicked male, would actually use his family’s inheritance rights as leverage to demand that the other Beast Husbands be more accommodating of his monopolizing the Female Master!

What kind of Beastman could be so shameless? Sure enough, not a single one of these Beast Husbands was pleasing to his eyes!

While they were still discussing how to comprehensively protect the Female Master and ensure her life remained undisturbed, Gu Weilan arrived at Lorenzo’s room in her slippers. Her face was dark and impatient, her mouth set in a slightly aggrieved pout.

Shen Mianzhou took full advantage of being closest to the door. In a few strides, he was in front of Gu Weilan. He scooped her up in his arms and asked softly with concern, "What’s wrong? Did you have a nightmare, Female Master?"

Gu Weilan leaned into Shen Mianzhou’s embrace and rubbed against his firm chest. She raised her wrist, pointing at her Light Brain, her tone filled with sheer frustration. "This Samuel Riel’s profile picture keeps flashing! It’s causing the Beast God Matching System to constantly send me messages, reminding me that more than half of my matched Beast Husbands are being unmatched!

"It’s so noisy I can’t sleep at all!"

Shi Lingfeng, Zhan Heng, and Shen Mianzhou couldn’t help but look at Gu Weilan. "Samuel Riel? Is it the Ninth Rank Water Element Samuel Riel of the Mermaid Clan?"

Gu Weilan nodded. "Yes, that’s him."

Shi Lingfeng fell silent. Zhan Heng’s Mother was from the Sea Beast Clan, so he knew exactly what the name Samuel Riel represented.

Shen Mianzhou spoke up directly, "Samuel Riel is the prince of the Mermaid Clan. He carries the bloodline of the Sea Horse Clan, and the Mermaid Clan values this prince very highly."

Gu Weilan was confused. "What does any of this have to do with me?"

Shen Mianzhou opened his mouth and explained, "Whoever marries Samuel is considered to have gained the support and protection of two Sea Clans: the Mermaid Clan and the Sea Horse Clan."

Lorenzo couldn’t help but scratch his head. His voice was a bit muffled as he said, "The merfolk of the Mermaid Clan need to enter the sacrificial Sea Flame Pool once every ten years. They have to cleanse their bloodlines to elevate their purity, so they can birth cubs with even purer bloodlines.

"Originally, he was supposed to... undergo this ceremony more than half a month ago. He encountered some unforeseen events, so it was delayed."

Zhan Heng and Shi Lingfeng both looked at Lorenzo. Their gazes couldn’t be any more obvious.

Shen Mianzhou couldn’t help but ask directly, "This unforeseen event... wouldn’t happen to be related to Beast Husband Lorenzo, would it?"

Lorenzo cleared his throat. "Well... I took on a mission at the time... I didn’t know he was also the Female Master’s Beast Husband... You can’t entirely blame me for this, right?"

Gu Weilan furrowed her brows, an exasperated look on her face. She was still a bit frantic. "This thing isn’t going to keep ringing, is it? While he’s hovering in a near-death state, am I just going to keep getting pop-up notifications over here?"

Lorenzo fell silent. He had never seen any female encounter such a situation... The Beast God Matching System had never experienced a bug like this before.

At this time, Zhan Heng couldn’t help but quietly offer a covert suggestion in a muffled voice, "How about... we cancel the unmatching of Xie Jing?"

Gu Weilan looked at Zhan Heng, her eyes devoid of any emotion, but Zhan Heng clearly felt that his Female Master was displeased.

He quickly waved his hands. "Don’t be angry, Wifey Lanlan, we won’t cancel it. Serves him right. Let him just wait until the time is up and the Beast God System automatically rules to unmatch him."

Ignoring everything else, Zhan Heng stepped right over the coffee table and pulled Gu Weilan out of Shen Mianzhou’s arms. He knew his own actions were overstepping boundaries. In fact, in the eyes of other females, a Beast Husband’s arrogant and presumptuous behavior was a means of testing whether the female liked him. However, this line had to be carefully managed. Zhan Heng hadn’t considered that Gu Weilan didn’t have much interest in taking in a large number of males.

Gu Weilan didn’t know Zhan Heng thought of her this way. She wasn’t like that. Not at all. She did have that kind of interest. However, she wasn’t magnanimous enough to forgive males who had previously rejected her. There were so many males in the Beast World! Over sixty billion! Didn’t she deserve to have fresh males who genuinely liked her in their hearts? Did she really have to go back to someone who had previously turned her down? Was she suffering from some terminal illness or weird fetish?

Gu Weilan swatted Zhan Heng’s arm. "Put me down!"

Zhan Heng pursed his lips. His dark red phoenix eyes were filled with helplessness and grievance. He would never speak up for that unlucky, stupid younger brother of his again. Never! The price to pay was simply too high!

Gu Weilan was set down on her feet. She walked straight over to Shen Mianzhou and took his hand. She looked at Lorenzo. "How long will it take to resolve this Mermaid Clan issue?"

Lorenzo wanted to say he didn’t know. But looking into Gu Weilan’s eyes, he didn’t want to end up like Zhan Heng just for hiding a piece of information that wasn’t important to him. He quickly explained, "Three to five days. You can choose to turn off your Light Brain, Female Master. If the academy comes looking for you during this time, they’ll most likely come straight to the villa. You don’t need to take online classes these next few days anyway, so it’s a good time to get some proper rest."

Gu Weilan nodded. "Then let’s do that." She looked at Shen Mianzhou. "Take me to your room and help me disconnect my Light Brain."

Shen Mianzhou nodded. His slightly curly, deer-brown hair swayed by his ears. Paired with the somewhat naive expression on his baby face, he looked oddly adorable.

Gu Weilan pulled Shen Mianzhou along as they left Lorenzo’s room.

Lorenzo couldn’t help but chuckle softly. "Beast Husband Shi Lingfeng, your plea for us not to compete with you is useless. It seems the Female Master has her own ideas."

Shi Lingfeng choked on his words, coming to the same realization. Gu Weilan appeared delicate, but she had a strong mind of her own and didn’t like males interfering with her decisions just because they were her Beast Husbands.

Shi Lingfeng analyzed calmly, "It’s just because you guys were by the Female Master’s side this time, which made her feel pity for Beast Husband Shen Mianzhou. That’s why she’s paying a bit more attention to him."

Zhan Heng didn’t want to speak; his face showed traces of dejection and irritation. He stood up abruptly and grabbed the Silver-spotted Cat and the Bald Chicken. "I’m going to study these two little animals. If they’re a year old, I’ll have the butler take them to get neutered tomorrow. That way, they won’t pee everywhere once their injuries heal."

Lorenzo had no objections to this, extending a hand in a gentlemanly gesture to tell him to go ahead.

As for Shi Lingfeng, he cared even less about the Female Master wanting to keep small animals. Females liking small animals meant they would like cubs more. This was a good thing. However, these two ugly things—especially that Bald Chicken—were simply too hideous! He didn’t even deign to give them a second glance. All that occupied his mind and eyes right now was whether the Female Master was... going to favor Shen Mianzhou tonight? At the thought of this, Shi Lingfeng couldn’t help but feel a bit irritable and sad. Yet, he still had to suppress the surging jealousy in his heart and accept this fact...