Little Jing smiled and nodded. The Tiger Beastman was staring at her without blinking, his glare the only threat he could muster. She gestured with her hands and said, "Let’s give him a buzz cut. If he’s ugly and can’t even pull off a buzz cut, we’ll do the right thing and send him home for some ransom money. If he’s handsome, we’ll make him a new member of the family!"
Feng Yu nodded eagerly. He grabbed a pair of scissors and a comb and went right to work on the Tiger Beastman’s hair with a series of SNIP, SNIP, SNIPS.
The Dust Cleaning Technique was still active, and any hair that fell was immediately whisked away by the wind.
The Tiger Beastman looked as if he had lost the will to live, but he continued to glare at her relentlessly. ’This male looks way too effeminate,’ he thought. ’There’s no way I’m becoming Couple Brothers with "him." I don’t want this guy clinging to my arm or bossing me around.’
But right now, he didn’t even have the strength to open his mouth...
Surprisingly, while the Tiger Beastman was on the scrawny side, he had great bone structure. Even the notoriously difficult buzz cut just made him look resolute and steely, giving him the air of a rugged outlaw. He wasn’t ugly at all. He’d be even more handsome if he put on some weight!
Little Jing nodded in satisfaction. "Not bad. You can stay for now."
As she said this, she took out an elixir and held it to his lips. Suddenly, her hand paused, and with a light laugh, she scooped him up in a princess carry!
The Tiger Beastman froze, a strange sense of shame washing over him.
Feng Yu glanced at them but said nothing, silently retreating into one of the rooms. ’I have to get used to the fact that she’s no longer just mine,’ he thought.
Back in the room, Little Jing placed the Tiger Beastman on the bed, leaned in, and chuckled. "Well, well. I didn’t expect the grimy young man from before to be so handsome. I can’t help but want to take a little bite."
The Tiger Beastman glared at "him." ’Beastmen don’t eat other Beastmen! The meat is gross!’
Little Jing had secretly applied a Spirit Storage Talisman to herself and could hear the Tiger Beastman’s thoughts. Pressing her lips together to hold back a laugh, she continued, "So where should I start?"
Her finger tapped his nose, slid down to prod his feverish lips, and then continued down to his Adam’s apple...
The Tiger Beastman tried to tense up, but his body wouldn’t obey, remaining limp and weak. ’This "male" must be incredibly jealous,’ he thought. ’He’s probably afraid I’ll steal his place in the female’s heart, so he’s trying to put me in my place.’
This torment was worse than being whipped. He suddenly understood the cruel torture of being tickled on the soles of the feet with a feather until you laughed yourself into hysterics.
Little Jing chuckled softly. "Alright, I’ll stop teasing you. We may have bought you from that Long Tusked Elephant Beastman, but whether you stay or go is your decision."
She popped the elixir into his mouth and left for the next room without another word.
Feng Yu was lying on the bed, staring blankly at the ceiling, when Little Jing unexpectedly walked in. He shot up, pulled her into his arms, and began kissing her urgently. His passion was almost too much for even Little Jing to handle.
Little Jing gently stroked his back and whispered, "Are you upset, Feng Yu?"
Feng Yu buried his face in the crook of her neck and shook his head. "No, just a little scared. I’m afraid that with more males in the house, you won’t have eyes for me anymore."
"How could that be? We have a bond forged over more than ten years; no other male could ever compare to that. My Feng Yu, you’re the most special one to me!
I could do without anyone else, but never you," Little Jing said, running her hands through his hair and mussing it up. "Besides, I want to be like my Mother, with six or seven males by my side. And I want to have a deep, indispensable bond with every single one of them.
So, for the future harmony of our family and our ability to avoid disaster, you need to take on the responsibility of keeping me in check. Don’t let me get carried away by my feelings.
They have to earn your approval with their strength before they can become part of the family. After all, they won’t just be my Beast Husbands; they’ll also be your brothers."
Feng Yu felt a powerful jolt in his heart. He pulled her into a tight embrace, all his previous hesitation, unease, and fear vanishing completely.
’That’s right,’ he realized. ’They’ll be my family, too!’
However, those earlier feelings hadn’t completely subsided, and Feng Yu proceeded to express his delight to Little Jing in another, more intimate way.
When Little Jing woke up, Feng Yu was already in the courtyard making breakfast. She habitually transformed into her Gong Chuan disguise. She and her brother were twins and looked ninety percent alike, though the natural differences between male and female made the resemblance seem closer to seventy or eighty percent.
Stretching lazily, she walked out the door and came face-to-face with the Tiger Beastman, whose expression was a complex mixture of emotions.
As her memory of the previous night returned, Little Jing smiled and waved at him. "Morning!"
The Tiger Beastman’s gaze lingered on the mark on her neck, then shifted to her face, and finally settled on her fingertips.
He had actually been quite naive before, the type to believe anything anyone told him. He’d once thought that a male and a female could have babies just by sharing a blanket. But after being betrayed and trafficked, he had been exposed to endless filth and all sorts of bizarre stories.
One such story was about families with too many males, where the men would form their own... close bonds.
With his Dantian destroyed, he had thought his life was over. He’d resigned himself to being a mediocre Beastman, fated to live out his remaining days in a stupor.
But after whatever elixir that "male" had given him yesterday, not only was his Dantian restored, but his cultivation, which had stagnated for two years, surged forward. He was now at Level 18.
When he opened his eyes, he heard Feng Yu getting up. For some reason, he felt a sudden urge to share his excitement with the other "male."
But he never expected this "male" to have such... unusual tastes. ’Could it be that "he’s" taken a liking to my physique?’ he wondered.
He couldn’t be blamed for thinking so. Back then, he’d been so covered in filth that his face was unrecognizable. Other than the fact that he was a Tiger Beastman, he seemingly had nothing else to offer.
He was both mortified and furious, his mind a battlefield where reason clashed with emotion and his morals warred with this new reality. He could only watch as the "young male" happily ran over to Feng Yu. The two stood incredibly close, even feeding each other bites of food.
"Why is he just standing there staring at me?" Little Jing furrowed her brow and murmured to Feng Yu. "That’s not right. That elixir was quite potent; it should have purged any normal drugs from his system completely."
The corner of Feng Yu’s mouth twitched. "Maybe he’s just naturally a bit slow?"
The Tiger Beastman’s face flushed red. He strode over, sat down across from them, and said in a low, cold voice, "Hello. My name is Qiu Hui, of the Qiu Family of the Jiuzhou Striped Tigers. My father passed away from a sudden illness two years ago, passing the position of Family Head to me.
I was busy handling family matters when I was betrayed, turned into a Beast Slave, and shuttled from place to place. I’m sorry. My presence might bring you danger."
Little Jing’s eyes brightened. She smiled and said, "Don’t worry about it. Feng Yu and I were planning to visit Jiuzhou for fun anyway, so we might as well help you reclaim your position as Family Head while we’re there.
In for a penny, in for a pound, as they say. If we wash our hands of you now and the Qiu Family finds and harms you again, all our effort would have been for nothing, right?
Rest assured, we’re not as weak as you might think."
She loved a bit of excitement and definitely wouldn’t miss out on something this thrilling. ’Besides,’ she thought, ’I might even accumulate some blessing from this. It’s the energy pool for my superpower, after all...’