After I Dumped 7 Beast Husbands and Ran

"Yes, I understand." The young mermaid smiled gently at his female master. "You must be exhausted from training today. I won’t disturb you."

After speaking, he helped Nan Zishi to the bed. He had her lie down and then covered her with a Beast Skin blanket.

The beautiful Lanxing squatted by the bed, his blue-purple eyes filled with a smile as he softly asked her, "Who would you like to sleep with you tonight?"

Nan Zishi felt a little awkward.

’This feeling of picking a consort is so odd.’

’If I choose another male in front of Lanxing, wouldn’t that be terrible?’

What she didn’t know was that outside the cave, Hu Bai and Xuan Jin were also waiting nearby for her answer.

She said nervously, "Hu Bai, I guess..."

Outside the cave, Hu Bai’s eyes brightened slightly, and he gave a slight smirk.

Xuan Jin narrowed his eyes, clearly displeased.

"Why Brother Hu Bai?" Lanxing asked, not understanding.

"Because... Hu Bai’s fur is soft, and I’m a little tired today. I just want to sink into something fluffy."

Lanxing nodded with a smile. "I understand."

Nan Zishi asked hesitantly, "Lanxing, are you angry that I chose Hu Bai?"

’I’m such a scumbag.’

’I’m the biggest scumbag woman in the world!’

’I really hope I don’t make this beautiful boy cry!’

Lanxing shook his head. "I’m not angry. I understand. Besides, it’s wonderful enough that you like me at all."

’*Sniffle*, how can Lanxing be so good!’

Lanxing stood up. "Wait here. I’ll go get Brother Hu Bai."

Nan Zishi watched Lanxing leave, and then saw Hu Bai enter.

The handsome, charming, and dashing male, Hu Bai, transformed into a big, fluffy fox in front of her and lay down by her side.

The beautiful, bewitching White Fox’s eyes seemed to flirt with her as he whispered in a soft, gentle voice, "Female master, how would you like to cuddle?"

’OMG!’

’Having such a giant ball of fluff making eyes at you... any fluff-lover would be in absolute heaven!’

Nan Zishi slowly scooted closer, finding the most comfortable position to cuddle the big fox as she fell asleep.

Hu Bai chuckled softly, his fluffy paws pulling her in close. "Go to sleep. I’ll watch over you."

"Mm."

Nan Zishi snuggled into his embrace, falling asleep while hugging the big fox’s head.

...

Xuan Jin watched jealously as Lanxing left Nan Zishi’s cave.

The young man wasn’t like Hu Bai, who would turn and challenge him with a glare or a clash of auras.

Instead, he went to the side, picked up Little Fu, and leaped with her into the ocean.

Xuan Jin, also feeling stifled with frustration, grabbed the nearby, meandering Little Snake Yang and returned directly to his own cave.

The Cold-blooded Snake Beastman listened carefully to the sounds from the adjacent cave. He let out a sigh of relief when he confirmed they were only sleeping.

’But he was still thoroughly pissed off.’

’What’s the big deal? So what if my body is hard and cold? Is that so uncomfortable to sleep with?’

’Did she have to have that flirty fox with her?’

’Just wait until it gets hot.’

’Won’t that damn fox make her overheat?!’

’Then the little female will definitely want only me to accompany her.’

She Yang cowered in a corner of the cave. Xuan Jin, just now remembering his little whelp, grabbed him by the tip of his tail and lifted him up.

The little blue snake struggled, thrashing about.

"HISS, HISS!" ’Bad male, stinky male! Let me go!’

"You really don’t want to acknowledge your mother? You want to keep calling her ’godmother’ forever?" Xuan Jin asked.

The little blue snake immediately fell silent.

’How could he not want to acknowledge his mother?’

’Though he was still confused about why his mother didn’t want him, why she had abandoned him.’

’But the time he had spent with his mother recently had been so wonderful.’

’He longed to acknowledge her openly, to be able to snuggle up in her arms and be doted on without hiding.’

Xuan Jin tilted his head, looking at his disabled little whelp, only to see the little blue snake crane its head and hiss fiercely at him twice.

’Even if I acknowledge my mother, I will never acknowledge you!’

Xuan Jin narrowed his eyes, flicking his long, forked tongue at him.

"Are you sure? I’m the one who hatched you, after all. You’d really acknowledge her and not me?"

She Yang: "..."

"She gave birth to you and then ran off, yet you still want to acknowledge her. I, on the other hand, incubated you for two months. And you won’t acknowledge me?"

Little Snake Yang was coaxed into deep thought.

Xuan Jin continued to patiently persuade him. "If you want to acknowledge her, you have to go through me. I’m your biological father, after all. Otherwise, how will you explain where you came from?"

"Besides, look at how many Beast Husbands she has. And how many cubs."

"If you don’t rely on me, she won’t pay you any extra mind even if you do acknowledge her. However, if we, father and son, team up, we might just be able to carve out a little more space in your mother’s heart."

Little She Yang’er, to his shame, began to waver.

Xuan Jin continued, "Look at you now. In your mother’s eyes, can you compete with the clever Fox Qi? Can you compete with the lovely and adorable Little Fu? Who can you possibly outshine?"

"HISS." ’You can’t fool me!’

"Snake Beastmen are naturally attached to their mothers," Xuan Jin said unhurriedly, placing Little She Yang’er on the ground. "You must like Nan Zishi even more now that you know she’s your biological mother."

"But she has too many people to focus on. So many Beast Husbands, so many cubs."

"Don’t you want her attention? Don’t you want her to hold you?"

She Yang: "..."

...

「Early the next morning.」

Nan Zishi, having had a comfortable night’s sleep, dutifully strapped on her sandbags.

Her entire body immediately felt much heavier.

Hu Bai, as considerate as ever, brought her some clean water. "Female master, time to wash up."

"Alright. Thanks, Little White."

As Nan Zishi was washing up, Little Yang’er came in, draped over Xuan Jin.

The two of them swaying beside her looked like a pair of human noodles, a sight that forced Nan Zishi to pay attention.

’What’s going on? Don’t Little Yang’er and Xuan Jin usually hate each other? Why are they stuck together today?’

"Well, well, little female. Did you sleep well last night, cuddling your little furball?" Xuan Jin drawled.

She Yang poked his head out, his eyes curving into a smile. "HISS HISS HISS HISS." ’Godmother, Godmother.’

After hissing, he tried to wrap himself around Nan Zishi.

Snake Beastmen are naturally drawn to their mothers. Little Yang’er was just instinctively fond of his mom and wanted to cuddle.

But Xuan Jin wouldn’t allow it. He snatched the Little Snake and placed him back on his own body.

’You little rascal! You haven’t even helped me with the Xiong Jing yet, and you’re already thinking only of yourself.’

Nan Zishi couldn’t be bothered to deal with his passive-aggressive nonsense.

After she finished brushing her teeth and washing her face, she handed her things to Hu Bai. He took her daily necessities with a smile and began putting them away.

"So you like this type? The gentle and considerate kind?" Xuan Jin said snidely. "Which means you don’t like me."

She had no idea why Xuan Jin was being so talkative this early in the morning.

"Is it just because I don’t have soft fur? Because my muscles are rock-hard and my body isn’t warm? Is that why you don’t like me?"

Xuan Jin flicked his tongue at her. HISS HISS HISS.

At first, Nan Zishi just thought Xuan Jin was fooling around, deliberately being snide with her.

But when she looked up, she actually saw a hint of sadness in the green tea male’s eyes.

Nan Zishi: "..."

"You don’t like me, do you? Because I’m a Cold-blooded Snake Beastman."

"That makes sense. There aren’t many females in this world who like Cold-blooded Snake Beastmen."

"Like me. Or Little Yang’er."

’Oh no, the snake’s putting on a show.’

—

Haha, our Sui Sui thought Xuan Jin was just being passive-aggressive.

She never expected he was actually putting on an act for her.