Arc 6: Chapter 5
The corners of Yue’s smile disappeared instantly, and his expression darkened and cooled. His deep, pitch-black eyes looked towards the male beastman, killing intent seething in the shadows. But underneath bubbled a sense of fear of being cast away into the abyss.
Ever since he became the slave of the little female, no, ever since the little female appeared in front of him, Yue had been afraid and uneasy. He was afraid of losing everything.
His slave status was an unending torment, it was like an incurable disease that made everyone else hate him, eating away at his blood, flesh, and mind. From the moment he awakened, losing everything was his fate.
Deep inside, Yue felt a sense of injustice and anger at being oppressed in his heart, but he didn’t understand this feeling. He only knew that his beast form was rejected by the Beast God and hated by the world.
The only luck in his life was when the little female came into his world. The little female would visit him, send him meat, and cook a lot of delicious food for him. The little female wouldn’t beat him or scold him, instead, he would pounce into his arms and kiss him.
Yue lowered his eyelids and couldn’t help remembering a lot of things—the tribe’s alienation and disgust, being sold from tribe to tribe, and years of cold and hunger.
The only different memory was of the little female, his warmth, his soft and moist lips, and delicious body.
Yue knew he was not qualified to compete with any male in the tribe. But…
Lin Yuan was his female…
Yuan… Lin Yuan…
Sui Sui was his.
【Di! Please pay attention, host, the villain’s blackening value has risen to 47%.】
【Di! Please pay attention, host, the villain’s blackening value has risen to 63%.】
【Di! Please pay attention, host, the villain’s blackening value has risen to 74%.】
The three system prompts almost made Lin Yuan explode.
He had been so busy gathering, cooking, and feeding Yue for so long, and finally reduced his husband’s blackening value to below 40%, but one sentence from someone else directly doubled it?!
Lin Yuan’s ears flatted back and the fur on his tail puffed up in an aggressive stance, he hissed: “No, no, no! Go away!”
Lin Yuan was determined to protect his husband!
Yue’s eyes brightened a little, while the male beastman wasn’t expecting Lin Yuan to reject him and he was both in disbelief and angry.
To him, Lin Yuan was just an unliked female beastman who should be grateful to him for taking the initiative to go to his cave. If not for Lin Yuan’s cooking, then he wouldn’t have given him a second look: “Yuan, I only asked because I felt sorry to see you being single for so long. A female beastman like you, no male beastman would want to be your mate, let alone have children with you.”
Yue’s good mood plummeted and he became furious. His expression turned icy and his eyes sharpened like blades. It was the kind of anger when one’s beloved treasure was insulted.
Lin Yuan said speechlessly: “What’s wrong with a female beastman like me? Female beastmen like me have very high standards. I like fair-skinned and pretty male beastman, are you?”
Lin Yuan tsked disdainfully: “Also, what does me having children or not have to do with you? I don’t even like you.”
The male beastman was red in the face after being disliked by the little female: “You—”
The male beastman couldn’t outtalk Lin Yuan and he was frustrated and angry, but it was forbidden to hurt females. In the end, he turned around and stomped away.
Lin Yuan smugly watched the male beastman walk away, and then scooched closer to Yue and leaned on the man’s shoulder. He whispered softly: “I think you’re the most beautiful~”
【Di! Congrats host, the villain’s blackening value has decreased to 59%.】
Before, Yue had never cared about whether he was good-looking or not, like most male beastmen, he cared most about physical strength and fighting, but as Yue bathed by the river at night, he pushed aside his damp bangs and his pitch-black eyes locked into identical blurry ones on the water’s surface.
His reflection was vague and blurry, and the little female’s words echoed in his mind.
Compared to other male beastmen, he was indeed more pale.
As for pretty… was he?
Yue had questioned why the little female would choose him, but now he understood, it was because the little female thought he was pretty. The little female liked pretty things.
Yue silently touched his cheek, his gaze calm and thought to himself that from now on, he would take good care of his face and wouldn’t let it be scarred. As long as he had stayed pretty, the little female would stay by his side, take care of him, and continue to be good to him.
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Inside his cave, Lin Yuan had finished bathing and was drifting off to sleep on the animal-hide mattress.
Sometime later, footsteps sounded as someone entered the cave and lay down next to him. A muscular arm wrapped around his waist, and cool lips touched his skin.
Yue’s voice was as light as a feather: “Sui Sui…”
Lin Yuan mumbled sleepily and stuck out his tongue to lick the man’s lips.
Yue was completely seduced by this soft creature and his kisses became more fierce. Their lips pressed against each other and their tongues danced together, as if they had melted into one and could no longer be separated.
Lin Yuan felt the air getting thinner and thinner. He felt as if he was being squeezed by a giant python, as if he was about to get eaten.
Luckily, Yue obediently listened to Lin Yuan’s words and didn’t leave any marks. Kind of.
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When Lin Yuan put on his skirt the next morning, his skin on his butt was a little painful. Yue had bit and sucked there for a long time.
Yue saw Lin Yuan’s discomfort and felt a little guilty. He smoothed out the skirt and said: “No one will see anything.”
Lin Yuan was about to praise him when the man’s hand snuck inside and rubbed twice dishonestly.
“...”
Hooligan! Big pervert!
Lin Yuan jumped up and bit the man’s earlobe angrily and said fiercely: “You can’t do this during the day! Only at night! Only at night! Do you hear me?”
Yue heard him, but he didn’t want to agree. He couldn’t wait to hold Lin Yuan in his arms all of the time. It was such a pity to only do it at night, when he couldn’t see well in the darkness.
After a moment of hesitation, Yue grabbed Lin Yuan’s slender waist and kissed his eyes, coaxing: “I heard you. I’ll listen to you.”
Lin Yuan was easily coaxed, and the angry cat quickly became soft and well-behaved after kissing.
After breakfast, Lin Yuan sat at the door of the cave and sewed together an animal hide skirt. He had already sewn two for Yue, but he felt two wasn’t enough.
Yue waited by his side. They had already discussed going to the forest together after Lin Yuan was done sewing.
Lin Yuan had stroked Yue’s hair and said with some excitement: “You said you would show me your beast form. Let’s go to the forest together later and you can turn into your beast form, I want to see how big your beast form is.”
Yue waited in both anticipation and nervousness. His beast form was very scary and not pretty, would the little female dislike after seeing it?
But he couldn’t refuse the little female, maybe… he won’t be scared?
【Di! Please pay attention host, the villain’s blackening value has risen to 70%.】
Lin Yuan was not too surprised, he already knew about his husband’s insecurity. He wanted to let his husband know that he wasn’t afraid of his beast form, and that his husband’s beast form could be liked too.
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The trees in the forest were huge and each over four meters tall, successfully blocking most of the sun. Lin Yuan felt nice and cool as he walked, but the man holding his hand was sweating coldly.
After walking for two hours and making sure that no one would come, Lin Yuan stopped walking and tugged at Yue’s hand. He said softly and harmlessly: “Yue, this place should be good. You can change into your beast form.”
Yue’s originally pale skin was almost bloodless. His eyelashes trembled and he nodded with difficulty: “Okay.”
Yue felt that his fingers were shaking. He had never felt so much fear and panic, even more than when he first awakened.
His skirt fell to the ground. Under the flicker of sunlight and shadows, the handsome man shifted into a giant black python.