Chapter 158 - 160: Let the Male Competition Begin

Chapter 158: Chapter 160: Let the Male Competition Begin

Xi Yi’s habit of playing the victim was nothing new. Su Luoluo had become immune to it, and his words went in one ear and out the other.

She had deliberately sent him away during this lottery.

Firstly, she wasn’t sure if he was one of her targets. Including him in something like the night watch would be tantamount to acknowledging their relationship, which Su Luoluo felt was inappropriate.

Secondly, she wanted to see how Xi Yi would react.

After her last attempt to get information about him from the System failed, she had completely given up on trying to find out from it whether Xi Yi was a target.

She had discovered that whenever she brought up Xi Yi, the System would start having all sorts of issues.

The first time, she could have written it off as a coincidence, but when it happened a second time, she couldn’t help but grow suspicious.

’Perhaps the System is deliberately keeping this from me.’

’I have no idea what it’s planning, but come hell or high water, it refuses to leak even a shred of information to me.’

Since she couldn’t get any useful information from the System, Su Luoluo decided to investigate this Lizard herself and find out why he had come to the tribe.

’As for whether he’s a target, I’ll know just by seeing if the System reacts when I get close to him.’

’It’s true that targeting the wrong person would hinder my progress with the System’s mission. But on the other hand, if I target the right one, doesn’t that mean I’ll get a reward?’

With this in mind, she wanted to test him—and the System as well.

And today’s lottery was the perfect opportunity to see what he would do.

Just as she’d expected, he had indeed returned quite early. She was rather looking forward to seeing what kind of move he would make to get her to include him in the night watch.

’But why didn’t he finish what he was saying just now?’

At this thought, Su Luoluo asked again, "Who was it? Speak clearly."

"It was..." Xi Yi glanced at the other Beastmen, deliberately drawing out his words before pausing again.

"Does Luoluo want to know?" Xi Yi asked deliberately, his eyes sweeping over the other Beastmen.

Su Luoluo rolled her eyes. "If I didn’t want to know, why would I be asking?"

"As long as you agree to form a Contract Totem with me, I’ll tell you."

Su Luoluo: "..."

"Say it or don’t. If you won’t, then forget it."

’It’s not like he’s the only one who knows. What about the others involved? Are they invisible?’

’And agreeing to form a Contract Totem with him just to get one answer? That’s not a good deal for me.’

Hearing this, Mo Xuan scoffed. "You want to form a contract with Luoluo for a single sentence? You’ve really got some nerve."

Xi Yi’s lips curled into a roguish smile. "Oh, I really do want to. If you were me, wouldn’t you want to become Luoluo’s Beastman?"

At his words, the smile vanished from Mo Xuan’s lips. This Black Bear was certainly a handful.

Seeing that none of them were saying anything, Su Luoluo fiddled with the bamboo slips in her hand. "You don’t trust the lottery, so why don’t you tell me how this should be arranged? Should I just pick one person every day?"

For Su Luoluo, that would be the easiest thing to do; all it would take was the point of a finger.

’But if I do that,’ she thought, ’it’ll be hard to be fair, and that could easily cause problems down the line.’

’Then again, it’s not entirely out of the question. I’d just have to lay down some rules beforehand to keep them from complaining later that I’m being unfair and coming to bother me about it.’

Picking one person every day was even more unacceptable. In the past, Fu Feng would have gladly agreed. After all, it seemed fair that she should be with whoever could please her the most; that’s what other females in the tribe did, too.

But ever since he’d caught Su Luoluo with Luan Ting behind their backs, he felt she treated Luan Ting differently than the rest of them.

’If she chose Luan Ting for weeks on end, wouldn’t he be forced to just stand by and watch them together in frustration?’

"That won’t work either."

"This won’t work, that won’t work... Stop just shooting everything down and suggest a viable solution," Su Luoluo said, frustrated that something a simple lottery could solve was being debated for so long.

’All they do is reject ideas, without offering a single useful suggestion.’

’What are they even doing?’

’Is this a Veto Convention or something?’

The atmosphere grew tense as they reached a stalemate. Seeing that no one was speaking, Su Luoluo felt there was no point in continuing this meeting.

Su Luoluo gathered the bamboo slips and stood up. "Since no one is talking and there are no good ideas, let’s just end it here. When you have some thoughts, we can discuss this again."

Luan Ting, who had been silent until now, spoke up gently. "I have no problem with it. I think the method Luoluo proposed is quite good. I can be the first to draw."

After speaking, he gave Su Luoluo a warm, gentle smile.

Hearing this, Su Luoluo’s expression instantly relaxed. She looked at the others. "Luan Ting has agreed to the lottery. What about you? What are you going to do?"

Mo Xuan was filled with dissatisfaction as he looked at Luan Ting. ’He really knows how to put on a show. He was silent the whole time, not saying a word, and now he jumps in to agree with Su Luoluo, making her like him even more.’

’He gets to play the good guy and leaves us to be the villains. What a hypocrite.’

Luan Ting, however, wasn’t as narrow-minded as Fu Feng believed. The reason he had remained silent was that he knew the others held a grudge against him, and he was afraid that if he spoke, they would start arguing with Luoluo.

’Luoluo is pregnant with a little cub right now; getting too worked up isn’t good for her.’

’Since they’re all silent now, it’s perfectly normal for me to state my position.’

He considered the lottery to be very fair. Everyone would get a chance; it was just a matter of who went first and who went last.

Luan Ting’s words were like a drop of water in a hot pan of oil, causing an instant, crackling uproar.

Seeing Luan Ting play the good guy yet again, Mo Xuan felt even more certain that Luan Ting lived up to his name as a Wolf Beast—cunning and fickle.

’He didn’t make a peep earlier, but the moment he saw Su Luoluo was about to leave, he rushed to agree with her.’

’He found it hard to believe the two of them hadn’t planned this out beforehand.’

But he glanced between the two of them, and their eyes never met, which made him hesitate.

’The night watch has to be arranged, of course, but we can’t do the lottery her way. Who knows what ulterior motives she might have.’

He thought for a moment, then said, "Then let’s take turns for the night watch based on age. Oldest first, youngest last."

As soon as he said this, Fu Feng immediately objected. "No way! Why should the youngest have to be last? The youngest should go first!"

He was the youngest of the group, so according to Mo Xuan’s proposal, he would be last again. No way was that fair.

Mo Xuan looked at Fu Feng and said matter-of-factly, "Tough luck for being born late."

"So what if I was born late? Didn’t I become Luoluo’s Beastman just the same as you?" Fu Feng shot back bluntly.

The two started arguing heatedly, giving Su Luoluo a headache.

Xiao Ye rubbed his fingers and said, "Since no one can agree, let’s do it the old-fashioned way. Whoever can beat everyone else goes first. The rest will fall in line after that."

’That’s actually a good idea,’ Su Luoluo thought. ’If you lose, it’s because you’re weak, so you can’t blame anyone else.’

But when Su Luoluo heard they were about to fight, her headache instantly got worse.

Wanting to quell the argument quickly, she spoke up. "How about you all perform a talent, and I’ll pick from there?"

She had only said it offhandedly, but after the words were out, she realized it was actually a great idea. She could even get to watch a little talent show between the males.