After I Dumped 7 Beast Husbands and Ran

"Father, can you tell me about Mother?" Little Aqi asked, standing in a wooden bucket while Hu Bai washed him with a piece of Beast Skin.

"Why are you suddenly asking about your mother?" Hu Bai asked.

Little Aqi snuck a glance at Nan Zishi, who had her back to them. "I was thinking... if my mother isn’t good... then I want the Pretty Lady to be my mom."

"PFFT!" Nan Zishi, who had just taken a sip of water, spat it all out.

Fox Qi asked in a low voice, "Father’s already had a hard life. If she’s not good enough, you should just break off your partner relationship with her. Then we can be with the Pretty Lady, okay?"

Hu Bai also glanced at Nan Zishi, then smiled and asked Fox Qi, "You like her that much?"

"Mhm, I like her."

The little cub’s feelings were so sincere and pure. Nan Zishi gulped down a large mouthful of water.

After Fox Qi finished his hot bath and changed into his clothes that had been drying by the fire, he happily ran over to Nan Zishi, his white fox ears twitching with his movements.

"Pretty Lady, you saved Little Aqi again today. Little Aqi owes you again."

Nan Zishi couldn’t resist ruffling his hair.

"Pretty Lady, you’re staying at our home again today, right?"

The little one was acting cute and spoiled even more naturally than before. Nan Zishi’s heart melted at the adorable cub, but she still gently booped his little nose and said, "Staying here, I’m ultimately just disturbing your lives."

"How could you be a disturbance?" Fox Qi grew anxious as he spoke. "I know! You’re afraid of my father, right? He acts tough but he’s soft-hearted. He didn’t disagree!"

"If Father disagrees, then he’s a big meanie! We’ll all just ignore him!"

"Big Sister..." Fox Qi tugged on her hand.

’This little fox cub is so sweet!’

Nan Zishi was won over by the sweet cub’s enthusiasm. She looked up at Hu Bai and saw him cleaning up the bucket Fox Qi had used for his bath.

The male fox noticed her gaze. He raised his icy eyes and said, "It’s raining outside. Where else could you go?"

Nan Zishi sighed in resignation.

The light rainy season had just begun, and a fine drizzle was falling.

The cave, already damp due to its low-lying position, grew even more humid. Hu Bai used a torch to dry out the air a bit before spreading their only Beast Skin over the stone bed.

Nan Zishi looked at the cave’s occupants: a frail, sickly man, a little Snake Beastman, a little Fox Beastman, and herself, a female.

But there was only one Beast Skin in the entire cave.

During emergencies, Nan Zishi had only ever revealed her spatial pocket in front of the little Snake Beastman and the little Fox Beastman. Even the needles and medicine she used on Hu Bai were only ever taken out of her space in front of the cubs.

They were still young, after all. At most, they were just surprised and amazed, but they hadn’t thought too much about it or asked any probing questions.

But she had yet to reveal her spatial pocket in front of Hu Bai.

Nan Zishi was now hesitating whether to take out bedding from her spatial pocket.

’Maybe not. I’m still not that familiar with this male. It would be too reckless to reveal my trump card just like that.’

"Pretty Lady, do you still not want to live with us?" Little Fox Qi asked, looking at Nan Zishi pitifully.

Nan Zishi quickly explained, "How could that be? I’m all alone out here. It’s wonderful just to have a place that will take me in. I’m not that ungrateful."

Hu Bai narrowed his eyes, a look of confusion in them.

’All alone? A wanderer?’

’A female like her, with no morals, who abandoned her husband and child—shouldn’t she be surrounded by countless Beast Husbands?’

’How could she be all alone? And how could she be a wanderer?’

Fox Qi said, "Then why do you look so worried?"

The Male Beastman standing to the side also looked up at her.

Nan Zishi cleared her throat. "Well, there are four of us, but only one Beast Skin and one bed. I was just wondering how we’re all going to sleep tonight."

"What’s there to think about?" Fox Qi’s fluffy white tail wagged happily. "The Pretty Lady sleeps on the bed. The three of us can just find a spot to lie down anywhere."

Hu Bai, who had been quiet for a long time, also spoke up slowly. "The female sleeps on the bed."

"How can I do that? It’s raining so hard outside, and the ground is damp. The two little cubs definitely won’t be able to handle it. Besides, your health is so poor; the dampness of the cave might even be part of the reason. If you don’t sleep on the bed, you can forget about getting better."

All the Beastmen in the cave, big and small, froze.

In the Beast World, females were both precious and delicate, always doted on and pampered by the males.

As a result, most females only cared about themselves and rarely showed concern for males or their cubs.

The way Little Fox Qi and Little Snake Yang looked at Nan Zishi became even more dependent and adoring.

Little Fox Qi gave Nan Zishi a big bear hug, nuzzling against her and saying coaxingly, "Pretty Lady~"

Little Snake Yang’s serpentine body also coiled around Nan Zishi’s arm, his little head nudging against her.

Nan Zishi: "..."

’These little cubs are too cute. I can’t take it.’

Nan Zishi said, "Why don’t the three of you sleep on the bed? I’m sturdy. I’ll just stay by the fire all night."

"No way!" "No way!" "HISS!"

They spoke in unison.

Hu Bai coughed twice. When he looked up at Nan Zishi, his gaze was a few shades gentler than before.

"Aqi and I have fox forms. We have thick fur, so we won’t be cold in this weather. We can huddle together for warmth. She Yang can stay warm with us too. We won’t be cold."

"You’re different. You don’t have fur like we do. So you... just be good and sleep on the bed."

Hu Bai’s words were logical and well-reasoned. Facing three pairs of determined eyes, Nan Zishi was completely defeated, 1 to 3.

She conceded. "Okay."

The fire crackled nearby. Hu Bai transformed into his beautiful fox form and settled down to sleep with the two little cubs beside him.

Nan Zishi turned over, looking at the burning flames, then at Hu Bai and the cubs.

’I spent a year in the Beast World before. Here in the Beast World, besides those old geezers in Ten Thousand Beasts City, how many Beastmen actually know how to use fire?’

’Not only does Hu Bai know how, but he’s also proficient at it.’

’And he even knows how to cook food with it.’

Nan Zishi couldn’t help but think of the White Fox Priest Apprentice she had met over a year ago.

That Priest Apprentice had his face painted with all sorts of strange fox totems. He was about twenty years old. While his body wasn’t that strong, he also wasn’t as frail as Hu Bai.

He often smiled at her—a bright, cheerful, and beautifully charming male White Fox.

He would proactively approach her and even performed a dance for her.

When his dance was over, he leaped to her side, his eyes so enchanting they seemed to be seducing her. "Nan Zishi, you know how to use fire! You’re so amazing!"

Nan Zishi couldn’t help but smile. He grinned at her excitedly. "We’re all afraid of fire, especially forest fires."

"When I was little, my father told me that only a Great Sage knows how to use fire. Are you a Wise One?"

Nan Zishi added more firewood. As she put in ingredients to cook a meal, she smiled at him and said, "What’s so difficult about using fire? Want to learn? I can teach you. That way, you won’t just be a Priest Apprentice—you’ll be a Great Sage, too."