Chapter 59: Coiled Numb

Chapter 59: Chapter 59: Coiled Numb

"What did you say?"

Shi Sen stopped in his tracks.

Bai Wanwan’s heart leaped with joy, and she immediately embellished her story. "Zhu Xiu said he likes me the most and wants to have a whole litter of cubs with me. You might not be afraid of Yin Da, but are you not afraid of him?"

Bai Wanwan was judging the situation based on Shi Sen’s attitude.

"He also said that in Wandering Beast City, aside from the City Lord and him, if anyone touches me, he’ll eat them."

The moment she finished speaking, Shi Sen’s hand clamped around Bai Wanwan’s neck. "Lying to me? Zhu Xiu never touches females. How could he possibly have cubs with you?"

Bai Wanwan cursed under her breath and struggled to pry his hand away.

"Why not? Am I some ordinary female? I’m a Holy Female!"

Shi Sen was skeptical, eyeing her for a moment.

Bai Wanwan couldn’t see him clearly, but males with Talent had better vision.

After sizing her up, he hoisted the little female back onto his shoulder.

Bai Wanwan thought he hadn’t given up. "You’re that eager to die? You just have to touch me?"

"Yes, I just want a taste of a Holy Female. I’ll take you to see Zhu Xiu right now. You’d better be telling the truth, or else..."

He let out a threatening snort.

Bai Wanwan pressed her lips together, suddenly unsure if seeing Zhu Xiu was a good thing or a bad one.

’If Zhu Xiu exposes me in front of everyone...’

Zhu Xiu’s residence wasn’t far, and Bai Wanwan was being carried on the Wandering Beastman’s shoulder.

He was very tall; one of his strides was equal to two or three of Bai Wanwan’s.

Carrying Bai Wanwan, Shi Sen took a few turns and quickly arrived at Zhu Xiu’s residence.

He used his free hand to pound on the door.

"Zhu Xiu."

After pounding for a long time with no answer, Shi Sen shifted his position. ’Strange, is he not here?’

Just as he was debating whether to kick the door down, it was pulled open from the inside by Zhu Xiu.

"What is it?"

A lazy voice, tinged with faint anger, drifted out from within.

Bai Wanwan quickly propped her head up to look at him.

He seemed to have already been asleep. His long hair was unbound, and standing in the darkness, she couldn’t make out his features, let alone his expression.

His earlier impulsiveness gone, Shi Sen felt his nerve waver.

In Wandering Beast City, the City Lord might tolerate him, but Zhu Xiu was someone you truly couldn’t afford to provoke. He had suffered at Zhu Xiu’s hands twice before and was still afraid just thinking about it.

"I heard they brought back a Holy Female. I was going to take her back to my den, but it turns out she says she’s your female."

"Oh?"

Bai Wanwan felt Zhu Xiu’s gaze fall upon her.

"What else did she say?"

Without the slightest hesitation, Shi Sen repeated everything Bai Wanwan had just said.

"She said you like her the most, and you want to have a whole litter of cubs with her..."

Bai Wanwan felt a bit awkward being publicly called out like this, but thankfully, she was thick-skinned and quickly adapted.

"I like you the most and want to have a whole litter of cubs with you?"

Bai Wanwan forced her head up to look at him and said in a deliberately whiny voice, "I’ve kept every word you said in my heart. That’s why I don’t want to mate with him. I only want to have your cubs."

Shi Sen grew a little agitated. He actually quite liked the way this little female whimpered.

’If she really is Zhu Xiu’s female, should I still try to snatch her?’

Bai Wanwan finished speaking, but Zhu Xiu remained silent.

She grew anxious and continued, "If you don’t think one litter of cubs is enough, I can give you two, or three, as long as it makes you happy..."

"Put the Holy Female down."

Zhu Xiu finally spoke. As Shi Sen froze in a daze, Bai Wanwan let out a long sigh of relief.

Shi Sen frowned, still unwilling to give up. "Even if she is your female, let me borrow her for a few days. I’ll return her."

He was testing Zhu Xiu’s limits.

A red glint flashed in the depths of Zhu Xiu’s eyes. "Put her down."

Shi Sen didn’t move. He took two steps back while still carrying Bai Wanwan. "Any female in the city is fair game for everyone. She’s a Holy Female, so other Wandering Beasts can’t touch her, but I can’t either?"

"Put her down. Don’t make me say it a third time!"

Shi Sen gritted his teeth, but the immense Talent Power radiating from Zhu Xiu was crushing him.

After resisting for a moment, he had no choice but to reluctantly put the female down.

"Fine, she’s yours."

Shi Sen set Bai Wanwan down. "Then I’ll just wait until after she’s had your cubs. Then she can have mine."

He spoke while staring greedily at Bai Wanwan.

Zhu Xiu’s long arm shot out, pulling Bai Wanwan to his side. His eyes were frosty. "Why are you still here?"

Shi Sen forced a smile. "Alright, I’m leaving, I’m leaving."

Only then did he depart, looking back longingly with every few steps.

Zhu Xiu retracted his arm and looked down at her. "Like me the most? Want to have a whole litter of cubs for me?"

His voice was tinged with sarcasm. "I’m not Yin Da. Your little tricks won’t work on me."

Bai Wanwan had indeed been about to try and fool him, but his words made her drop the idea.

This male was too smart; it was as if he had everything under control.

Trying to act in front of him was like wearing the emperor’s new clothes—he saw right through her.

Continuing the act would only make her look like a buffoon.

"Fine. Thank you for helping me just now."

Zhu Xiu watched her calmly. "I can help you once, but not a second time, or a third. Shi Sen won’t let you go so easily."

Bai Wanwan was frustrated. She had only given birth to one litter of cubs, so she didn’t have enough System Points to do anything.

Stuck in a den of wolves like this, aside from playing some small tricks, she really had no way to go head-to-head with these talented Beastmen.

"I know. I’ll be careful."

Zhu Xiu looked down at her, and for once, he couldn’t read any other expression on her face.

It was as if, in this moment, he was seeing the real her.

"My Beast Husband... did you capture him?"

Even though she had provoked Shi Sen, Bai Wanwan hadn’t forgotten why she had come out.

"Didn’t catch him. He escaped."

Bai Wanwan’s eyes instantly lit up. "Really? Thank you."

"Don’t thank me too soon. If he comes back, I won’t spare him."

The smile that had just appeared on Bai Wanwan’s face vanished.

"Hey, I’m trying to talk to you seriously. Won’t you consider working with me? I’ll help you accomplish what you want, and you help me leave. You wouldn’t be on the losing end of this deal..."

"I am a Wandering Beastman. This is my home. Don’t use your own ideas to guess my thoughts."

Bai Wanwan stared at him, uncertain. It was still too dark around them for her to see his expression.

’Am I really overthinking this?’

The two of them stared at each other in the darkness, neither saying another word.

’If only I had mind-reading powers. The other Beastmen are easy enough to figure out.’

But this Zhu Xiu... she really couldn’t guess his thoughts from his words or actions.

"I’ll take you back..."

Zhu Xiu stepped out and, just like every time before, wrapped his Snake Tail around her.

At first, Bai Wanwan would have been scared, but now she had grown numb to being coiled up.

She even seemed to have developed some immunity to that cold snakeskin.

She was lifted off the ground and carried forward slowly.

Out of sheer boredom, Bai Wanwan’s hand mischievously began to stroke his snakeskin.

"Bai Wanwan!"

Zhu Xiu suddenly spoke, startling her.

She had just been spacing out, and her hand was still on his snakeskin, stroking it.

"Let go!"

His voice sounded as if it were being squeezed through gritted teeth.