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

Chapter 85: Chapter 87: Crisis, a Sudden Drop in Conquest Value

Su Luoluo rolled her eyes at him. "This isn’t ordinary grass. It’s wheat. You can use it to make all sorts of noodles and steamed buns. It can be a staple food. Even without hunting, we can eat this to fill our stomachs."

"Steamed buns? Didn’t we eat those before?" Fu Feng asked, confused at the mention of food.

"There are many ways to make noodles. We could only make a couple of things with the corn, but you’ll understand once you’ve tried this," Su Luoluo said simply.

Listening to Fu Feng’s endless questions, Xiao Ye shot him a glare. "What’s with all the chatter? Hurry up and help move this."

Fu Feng was already unhappy that this punk Xiao Ye had beaten him to the punch. Now, seeing him giving orders, his expression naturally soured.

He scoffed at Xiao Ye’s words. "Isn’t a certain someone quite the schemer? Why don’t you just handle all this wheat yourself? Why bother the rest of us?"

How sour he sounded.

But Xiao Ye didn’t indulge him. He shot Fu Feng a dark look and said coldly, "It’s fine if you don’t help. Just don’t come drooling when Luoluo makes noodles and you don’t get any."

’Luoluo?’

’How long has it been, and Xiao Ye is already on such intimate terms with her?’

’I refuse to believe nothing happened between them yesterday.’

In the end, however, Fu Feng started gathering the wheat.

It wasn’t that he was afraid of Xiao Ye. He just figured it would be a real shame to miss out if the wheat was as delicious as Su Luoluo claimed.

Seeing him finally get to work, Xiao Ye snorted. "Don’t blame others for your own incompetence."

’When it comes to Beastman mating, it’s every man for himself. What’s the point of him being so jealous?’

’If he’s got what it takes, he should go after Su Luoluo himself.’

’But he didn’t think Fu Feng had a chance of succeeding.’

’With how picky and fussy he is, what female could possibly put up with him?’

Mo Xuan sized up Su Luoluo as he gathered the wheat stalks.

He took a subtle sniff. Su Luoluo still carried the faint, musky scent of a snake—Xiao Ye’s scent.

’Looks like them hooking up yesterday is a sure thing.’

’Snakes have always been lecherous and prideful. Leaving their scent on a female is exactly the kind of showy thing they’d do.’

’And he was just calling her "Luoluo" so familiarly. This punk must have really gone all out yesterday.’

’And Su Luoluo... does she look much prettier today than she used to?’

’Her once-flat nose now has a high, straight bridge. It looks really good.’

’It even changed her entire aura.’

’Could one night of mating really have a beautifying effect?’

Baffled, Mo Xuan continued to study Su Luoluo carefully.

Before Su Luoluo even had to ask, Luan Ting was already bent over and getting to work on the wheat stalks.

As Su Luoluo walked past, he also caught a peculiar scent.

Werewolves have a naturally keen sense of smell, to say nothing of the fact that his specific superpower was Super Smell Power.

The scent was very similar to Xiao Ye’s.

’A simple hug or kiss wouldn’t leave a scent that strong.’

’Unless...’

At that thought, Luan Ting’s gaze also swept over Su Luoluo.

At some point, Su Luoluo had slimmed down considerably. Her waist was now curved, and her skin, once as dark as soil, had lightened significantly, now close to the tan complexions common in the tribe.

It was like she had been completely reborn.

He’d only ever thought of her as fat before, chubby all over, so he had never paid close attention to her butt or breasts.

Now that she had slimmed down, her peach-like breasts and perky butt were impossible to miss.

When he used to go hunting with the others from the tribe, the Beastmen loved to boast about how perky their female’s butt was, secretly competing over who had the sexiest mate.

He had never been very interested in such topics, but looking at Su Luoluo’s figure now, he felt that none of their females could compare to her.

Although Nantu was somewhat surprised that Su Luoluo had lost so much weight, his attention was focused more on the wheat stalks he was carrying.

Su Luoluo claimed this stuff was delicious and could be a staple food, enough to fill their stomachs when they weren’t hunting.

’This little weed, this prickly stuff, could actually fill someone’s stomach?’

’Her claim sounded ridiculous to him.’

’Even a common herbivore has to eat several meals a day just to feel full.’

’And here she was, shamelessly claiming that this stuff could fill their bellies and even replace hunted meat?’

’What a joke.’

However, despite his doubts, he took an opportunity when Su Luoluo and the others weren’t looking to quickly pluck a few golden kernels of wheat and pop them into his mouth.

The moment they entered his mouth, he nearly choked.

’What is this stuff? It’s so scratchy!’

’It was prickly and itchy in his mouth, with no flavor whatsoever.’

’It was even worse than the thorny grass by the side of the path.’

’That stuff has thorns, but at least there’s moisture in the stems. If you chew it enough, you can get it down.’

’But this stuff was bone-dry. Not only did it have no flavor, it was painful just to have in his mouth.’

’He had no idea what Su Luoluo was thinking, treating this stuff like some kind of treasure.’

’She must be crazy!’

’Treating a weed like it’s a treasure.’

’And to think he’d previously thought Su Luoluo was pretty smart. After trying the wheat, he felt he had expected too much of her.’

"Be careful, all of you. This is good stuff."

Su Luoluo was directing the group to place the wheat stalks down carefully, worried they might damage them.

Just as she was giving careful instructions, her system suddenly chimed.

[PING! Detected a 10-point drop in Nantu’s Heartbeat Value and a 5-point drop in his attraction value.]

At the notification, Su Luoluo glanced back at Nantu. He was carrying wheat stalks and looked perfectly normal. ’I didn’t do anything to offend him, did I?’ she wondered.

’Why would his values suddenly drop so much?’

Unable to figure it out, Su Luoluo silently asked her system, ’System, what happened? Why did his values suddenly plummet like that?’

"Reporting to Host: This is the result of Nantu’s disappointment in you."

’Disappointment?’

Su Luoluo nearly stumbled when she heard that.

’Did I hear that right?’

’Nantu was disappointed in *me*?’

’I didn’t even realize he had any expectations for me!’

Hearing this, Su Luoluo couldn’t help but ask, ’Since when? When did he ever have any expectations of me?’

’It couldn’t be that he’s like that perv Xiao Ye, interested in me because of my figure...’

’I never would have guessed. He seems so cool and aloof on the outside, but he’s actually that passionate on the inside.’

’So he’s one of those quiet, intense types!’

Su Luoluo’s mind raced. ’If that’s really the case, maybe I could try a different approach with him.’

Just as she was letting her imagination run wild, the system’s mechanical voice sounded again:

"Host is mistaken. Nantu is not interested in your appearance. He is disappointed in your claim that collecting this wheat can provide a staple food."

Su Luoluo: "..."

’I knew it.’

’With my current looks, I shouldn’t get too cocky.’

’Looks like my brief success with Xiao Ye went to my head.’

After a moment of silence to let the embarrassment fade, Su Luoluo asked again, "What does my collecting wheat have to do with anything? Why is he disappointed over that?"

"Nantu just secretly tried the raw wheat. He found it coarse and impossible to swallow, which is why he is so disappointed in you."

’Seriously? Dude, you can’t just eat wheat raw!’

’You shoved it in your mouth, husk and all. Of course it was going to be scratchy!’

’And his values dropped, too? He’s acting like some kind of mentor, as if I need to produce "scientific research" just to be worthy of his notice.’

’Buddy, I’m just here to win you over, not to be some great inventor for this world.’

’Still, that Heartbeat Value should be easy enough to get back. Once I’m back at the tribe and I grind this into flour, I’ll be sure to give him a real surprise!’

’Sapiosexuals. They’re all a little neurotic, aren’t they?’