Chapter 33

Qiao Suisui held his arm and asked, "What's wrong? Are you not feeling well?"

Yet she saw Lan Ze's hollow eyes looking over, remaining silent for a long time.

"Lan Ze?"

"I will be your mate, but not your primary mate."

Qiao Suisui was startled, not understanding why he would suddenly say that.

"Your father's intention is that the primary mate can only be from the Laiboli family. And to be honest, I also have my own selfish motives; I want to..."

"You not only want to leave Aosilan, but you also want to shake off the Federation's control over you, right?"

"How did you know?"

After asking, she thought of Lan Ze's talent and realized, "What did you see?"

Lan Ze did not answer her directly. He pondered for a moment before saying, "I will go talk to my father. After we are mated, we will move out to live. The Laiboli family has many properties; you can choose one you like. Don't worry, I know you have no feelings for me; I will find another place to live."

He really is a worm in my stomach.

Qiao Suisui stared at him and silently said okay.

On this planet, houses are not rare things; every beastman has sufficient living security, let alone females. But the problem is that every house has a Sky Eye. Originally, it was to monitor and prevent beastmen from going into a rampage, but it gradually became an invisible "handcuff." The beastmen have also gotten used to it; after all, males lose their intelligence when they go into a rampage, so they have to accept this invisible supervision.

And in the entire Interstellar, only the properties under the name of the Aosilan royal family do not have these Sky Eyes installed.

Perhaps because of the uniqueness of the Empire's system, the royal family possesses supreme honor and status, and the Federation turns a blind eye to this. After all, there hasn't been an example of a royal family member going into a rampage yet.

It was after learning this point that Qiao Suisui decided to agree to the Emperor's conditions and mate with Lan Ze. Firstly, it wouldn't affect Luka's future, and secondly, she could exploit the regulation that females can choose their own residence after mating to find a loophole and obtain a house without a Sky Eye.

But before she could even finish the negotiation speech she had prepared, Lan Ze had already solved it for her a step ahead.

Is it because of precognition? She was tempted by this talent again. But after she looked up, she silently gave up her little thoughts.

Because the person in front of her was turning their head slightly in an unnatural way, their face and neck flushed red. If those eyes had focus, they would surely be panicking, not knowing where to look.

Seeing this, she smiled, revealing two dimples, looking somewhat cute and cunning.

"But this way you won't be able to live in the Huangting. Is that okay?"

"Mm. I like places with fewer people; it doesn't matter if I live in the Huangting or not."

"Lan Ze, why do you refuse to be my primary mate?"

Lan Ze turned his face to one side, his lips moving, stammering.

"Your primary mate is someone else."

"Who is it?"

He refused to answer, so Qiao Suisui kept leaning in to ask. If his face turned to the left, she would run to the left; if his face turned to the right, she would run to the right. Back and forth, Lan Ze's face became even redder from her teasing.

Qiao Suisui chuckled, feeling that this male was different from all the males she had met since coming to this world. He was closer to the boys in her original world, and she felt a bit more affection for him because of it.

So she kindly stopped, no longer teasing him, and turned around with her hands behind her back while laughing.

However, what she didn't know was that countless invisible Mental Silks were constantly extending from behind her. Those invisible Mental Silk threads wrapped around her ankles, slender waist, and snow-white back of her neck as if they had consciousness. There was also a Mental Silk that passed behind her ear, trembling slightly after gently touching her cheek, and then touched it again as if reluctant to leave, like a lover's fingers caressing her cheek.

Lan Ze saw it.

This was his first, and only, time seeing his future with another person.

If those things were all to come true one by one...

Thinking of this, his pale skin was covered with a layer of pink, and the Mental Silks trembled with excitement, showing just how jubilant their owner was.

Not long after Qiao Suisui walked out of the library, she was intercepted.

"Since you're going to mate with my little brother, stop pestering Luka!"

Yishabeier stomped over, the heels of her lambskin boots clacking on the floor tiles, rushing toward Qiao Suisui like a little whirlwind.

Qiao Suisui blinked and smiled at her.

"I'm not pestering him. You clearly know who it is that doesn't want to let go, don't you?"

Yishabeier widened her eyes, pointing her finger at the tip of Qiao Suisui's nose, thinking she was very intimidating, but actually looking like a child throwing a tantrum.

"Don't think that just because Luka likes you, I'll give up! I'm telling you, I, I, I have plenty of ways!"

"Oh? What ways do you have?"

Yishabeier stammered, her momentum suddenly dropping. Her shoulders hung limply, and she stared at Qiao Suisui's face for a long time before suddenly bursting into tears with a "waa."

"You, you, why are you so pretty... You... so annoying, sob sob sob."

Qiao Suisui held back her laughter, stepped forward, and gently patted her back to comfort her. The two girls were very close. The afternoon sunlight spilled in through the colorful glass windows, falling on both their faces and bodies, looking quiet and warm.

Yishabeier covered her face and sobbed. After a while, she sniffled, looked at Qiao Suisui, and said, "You smell so good."

Before she could react, she leaned into her neck and sniffed again, "Why do you smell so good..."

Damn it, it turns out she's not only pretty but also smells so good. If I were a male, I wouldn't be able to hold back either! Yishabeier thought viciously in her heart.

She bared her teeth at Qiao Suisui like a little wolf, but her features were all round, lacking any intimidation.

"I'm telling you, even if Luka likes you to death, I won't give up!"

"Okay." Qiao Suisui squinted and smiled, tilting her head to look at Yishabeier, saying, "Of course you can like him; no one can stop your feelings."

Yishabeier was stunned, her expression loosening, and she asked blankly, "Aren't you jealous? Watching other females circling around the male you like."

She shook her head gently, her dark, sparkling eyes filled with sincerity.

"I have no right to interfere with your feelings. Similarly, I shouldn't control Luka's feelings in the name of liking him. So, I cannot intervene between you and him. Just like you cannot intervene between him and me. I trust Luka, and I trust you. You will definitely find a way of getting along that satisfies both parties in the end."

Yishabeier's tears were still in her eyes, but she didn't feel sad at all; instead, her heartbeat accelerated slightly. She stared blankly at Qiao Suisui. She was such a weak and slender female, yet she gave her a particularly steady feeling.

She had only seen this kind of "steadiness" in her father, but it was very different. Qiao Suisui's "steadiness" was gentle and firm, while her father's was the calm composure of a person in power.

She suddenly forgot to cry and was about to say something when she suddenly hiccuped.

At this moment, two familiar voices came from behind Yishabeier simultaneously—

"Sui Sui."

"Sui Sui!"

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(End of chapter)