Ugly, Fat, and Vicious? My Five Beast Husbands Are Obsessed Anyway

Chapter 37: Chapter 37: The Panties Flew Away

[Ding! Congratulations, Host. Your attraction value has increased by 10 points. Current value: 40!]

Su Luoluo was surprised it had jumped so high. All she had done today was make popcorn.

’Could that be why?’

’Looks like there’s some truth to the old saying, "The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach."’

Thinking of this, Su Luoluo asked the system, "System, what about their Heartbeat Values?"

"Reporting to Host, the current targets’ Heartbeat Values have not changed."

Su Luoluo: "..."

’Fine. I guess I was overthinking it. In the end, it’s still all about looks!’

The food was only good enough for a few attraction points.

Grinding corn into flour looked simple, but it was exhausting work.

Su Luoluo was exhausted after just a short while. The silver lining was that it was a good workout. It made her break a sweat, which would help her lose weight.

That thought made her feel a little better about it.

’Once I have more corn, I have to make a proper stone mill and roller. That would be much easier on my arms.’

After toiling away for the better part of the day, she finally ground all the corn into a fine powder.

Her resources were limited, and with no wheat flour available, Su Luoluo decided to just do without it.

She poured the corn flour into a fruit bowl, then added some cool water and kneaded it into a dough.

Once the dough was ready, she picked a large taro leaf to cover it and let it rest.

While the dough rested, she gathered some fresh mushrooms and shepherd’s purse. After washing them in the Green Pond, she minced them finely.

She also diced some wild boar meat. She made two separate fillings, one with mushrooms and one with shepherd’s purse, mixing each with the meat. She seasoned them with fine salt and a little bit of rendered, cooled lard, stirring until everything was well combined.

By the time the fillings were ready, the dough had finished resting.

She gave the dough a few more kneads, divided it into small balls, and used a wooden stick to roll them out into even wrappers. Then, using wooden chopsticks, she placed a bit of filling onto each wrapper.

She dabbed the edge with a little water, folded it in half, then tucked in the sides and pinched it shut. Just like that, a corn dumpling was made.

After wrapping all the dumplings, Su Luoluo placed them in a nearby fruit bowl, planning to cook them after the others returned.

She also remembered to slice some more pork to make a stir-fry with porcini mushrooms.

Just as she was finishing her prep work, Mo Xuan and Fu Feng arrived, carrying a massive tree trunk.

Before Su Luoluo could say a word, the enormous trunk was sliced into four thick slabs with a sharp CRACK.

Mo Xuan held up one of the slabs and looked at Su Luoluo. "Is this size okay?"

’Okay?’

’It was perfect.’

Su Luoluo had been planning to nail some planks together herself, but who would have thought one slice of wood could be this large.

’Back in the post-apocalypse, a piece of wood like this from a centuries-old tree would be a priceless treasure.’

’This primitive world really is different. Everything is on a massive scale.’

She nodded. "It’s great, but a square shape isn’t very convenient."

As she spoke, she grabbed a piece of charcoal from the dead fire pit and sketched out a large circle on the wood.

"Cut it along this line!"

Fu Feng was used to Su Luoluo’s strange gadgets and ideas, so he didn’t ask any questions. He simply did as she said and cut out the wooden slab.

And just like that, they had a round tabletop.

"This is good," Fu Feng commented. "It just needs some legs."

Hearing this, Fu Feng used his superpower to cut four proportionally-sized legs from the remaining wood.

Su Luoluo then instructed him on how to make some wooden pegs, and they used them to attach the legs to the tabletop.

Following the same method, they also made six chairs.

When arranged together, the set was a perfect fit.

With the leftover wood, she had the three men build some shelves and cabinets to make storing things more convenient.

While the three of them worked, Su Luoluo reheated the popcorn she’d made earlier to ensure it was still crispy. Then, she wrapped it in a leaf and handed it to Mo Xuan.

Mo Xuan took it and inhaled the aroma deeply.

’Yep, that’s the stuff.’

He noticed the portion was the same size as the one she had given Xiao Ye earlier.

He couldn’t help but see Su Luoluo in a slightly better light.

’She was pretty sharp when it came to things like this.’

Seeing that the popcorn was ready, Fu Feng immediately rushed over.

Mo Xuan took another fresh leaf from Su Luoluo, placed it on the new round table, and began to divide the popcorn for Fu Feng, one kernel at a time.

"Three hundred and six."

"Three hundred and seven."

"How come you get one more than me?" Fu Feng, sharp-eyed as ever, pointed at the extra kernel in Mo Xuan’s pile.

Mo Xuan shot him a sidelong glance. "You ate one before you left. Forgotten already?"

Fu Feng: "..."

With the popcorn finally in hand, the two began to eat with great relish.

Seeing that Xiao Ye wasn’t eating any this time, they made a point of flaunting it in front of him.

But to their surprise, after Xiao Ye finished his work and washed his hands, he also took out a half-full pouch of popcorn and began to eat.

For a moment, all three of them were locked in a silent competition.

Su Luoluo watched their childish antics and shook her head.

Once the water boiled, she dropped some dumplings in. At the same time, she started cooking the porcini mushroom and pork stir-fry over another fire.

Fu Feng caught the fragrant aroma and lingered even after he finished his popcorn.

His eyes lit up as he watched the food being brought to the table. "Do you get free meals here as long as you work?"

Mo Xuan snorted. ’And here I thought he had some self-control!’

’He’s still just begging for a meal.’

Seeing that he had been busy all morning, Su Luoluo gestured generously toward the leftover wood. "If you want to eat, go make yourself a bowl and chopsticks."

At her words, Fu Feng immediately flapped his wings, plucked a large fruit from a nearby tree, hollowed out the pulp to create a makeshift bowl, and took a seat at the round table.

He frowned slightly as he watched their chopsticks dipping in and out of the serving dish.

’Isn’t that unsanitary?’

’Everyone eating out of the same dish.’

Having spent some time with him, Su Luoluo had a pretty good idea of his fastidious nature.

She glanced up at him. "Think it’s unsanitary? There’s still some in the pot. Go serve yourself."

Hearing this, he happily carried his bowl over to the pot.

Seeing this, Mo Xuan muttered, "So fussy."

Xiao Ye immediately chimed in, "So needlessly picky."

The food was too delicious to be picky. Besides, the food in the serving bowl wouldn’t wait for anyone.

And sure enough, they finished their food in a flash. By the time Fu Feng went back, there was only a tiny bit left in the pot. He regretted not taking more; he’d barely eaten anything, and it was already gone.

’I can’t make that mistake again,’ he thought.

After the meal, the three men prepared to leave.

Just before they left, Su Luoluo called out to Fu Feng. "When do you usually go to the Green Pond?"

The mere mention of the pond reminded Fu Feng of being seen completely naked. He instinctively tensed up. "Why?"

"I want to take a bath, and I’d rather not run into you... or any of you," Su Luoluo said, deliberately emphasizing the last part as she glanced at the three beastmen, trying to make her intentions clear.

Hearing this, Fu Feng’s expression softened. "In the morning."

Xiao Ye said flatly, "I have water in my cave. I don’t go there."

Mo Xuan said coolly, "I prefer late at night."

"Alright. This way, I won’t run into any of you."

She had been wanting to bathe and wash her beast skin dress for a while. She was afraid of running into Fu Feng during the day, and at night, she was too embarrassed to go when all the other male and female beastmen were there in their pairs and groups.

She had only been able to give herself sponge baths.

In the afternoon, the beastmen and females were all out hunting or gathering fruit, so no one would be around. It was the perfect time for a bath.

She took her beast skin dress and headed to the Green Pond.

With no one around, Su Luoluo felt much bolder than before.

She took off her green-leaf top, her beast skin dress, and finally, the small underwear she had fashioned for herself out of beast skin.

’I have to admit,’ she thought, ’this beast skin underwear is actually pretty stylish, even a little sexy.’

Su Luoluo was admiring her handiwork when she bent down to wash her underwear.

Suddenly, a figure burst out from under the water.

She was so startled that the sexy beast skin underwear slipped from her grasp, flew through the air, and landed, by a stroke of sheer bad luck, right on the person’s head.

The surroundings fell deathly silent, with only the sound of dripping water. Mortified, Su Luoluo sank her body deeper into the water.

The man glared at her, his face a mask of fury, his voice icy and bone-chilling.

"I haven’t even settled the score with you, and now you’ve come looking for me. Su Luoluo, don’t even think about escaping this time."

’Where in the world did he come from?’

’I timed this perfectly! No one was supposed to be here!’