Chapter 100: Ji Chen

To clarify this, Yun Li stopped ordering people to leave and instead asked Xin what they had learned.

No one in the Xin family has any ties to the Youbuluo Snake Beastmen, but fortunately the family has a powerful Beast Husband who holds some authority in the Tribe, so she can devise ways and gather quite a bit of information for Yun Li.

"Weren't you previously wanting to know what life is like for those outsider females in the Youbuluo?"

I asked a male Beastman who returned from the Youbuluo; aside from a small fraction of outsider females who don't dislike Snake Beastmen as partners, most outsider females don't have a good relationship with the Youbuluo Snake Beastmen.

It's just that they can't leave the Youbuluo, and the Youbuluo Snake Beastmen are quite strong, so those females actually have a hard time.

It's not a lack of material satisfaction; rather, the females subconsciously despise, fear, and dread the Snake Beastmen's animal bodies, preventing them from staying peacefully beside their Snake Beast Husband, even refusing to bear his offspring.

A Yu added from the side, "Even if they have offspring with Snake Beastmen, those females won't raise them; they don't even want to see them, and the offspring are driven away when they approach."

This makes the relationship between those females and the Snake Beastmen even less able to improve, since the Snake Beastmen hope that offspring will ease the females' fear of their animal bodies.

But it has no effect at all, and only makes those females hate the Snake Beastmen even more.

"But aren't those the offspring they painstakingly gave birth to? As mothers, how can they treat their own young like that?"

Jiao Jiao listened nearby, her face full of incomprehension.

"Some people are just afraid of Snake Beastmen; what can be done about it?"

A Yu snapped at her, "You're not afraid of Snake Beastmen, no one in your family has been hurt by them; why don't you find a Snake Beastman and bear offspring for them?"

Anyway, A Yu can't accept a male whose animal body is a slick, slithering snake, so she can quite understand why those females can't accept even the snake offspring they themselves gave birth to.

Not everyone is like A Li; seeing one's Beast Husband become a beast body, they can still accept him staying beside them, and even grant him the position of First Beast Husband.

"How can that be the same?"

Jiao Jiao frowned, thinking A Yu was being unreasonable.

"No matter what, the offspring are innocent; it's one thing for those females to dislike their Beast Husband being a Snake Beastman, but the offspring can't be abandoned just because they're snake young."

A Yu thought she was being irrational; people are simply afraid of snakes, and even tiny snake offspring are still snakes.

"If you feel so sorry for those snake offspring, then go to the Youbuluo and raise them for them!"

"But those aren't my offspring. If I had snake offspring, I would of course treat them well."

Jiao Jiao said calmly, "I just think, if they truly don't like snake offspring, then why did they give birth to them in the first place?"

A Yu was choked by her words and instinctively looked at Yun Li, who had a Snake Beast Husband.

"You're not them; how do you know they haven't tried to accept the snake offspring they gave birth to? A Yu just said something right: you're not afraid of Snake Beastmen, so why don't you find a Snake Beastman as your Beast Husband?"

Jiao Jiao's face grew cold at Yun Li's words, and in a sharp tone said, "Choosing a Beast Husband can't be a compromise; are you only willing to bond with a Beast Husband because you see his usefulness?"

Ji Chen finally seized a chance to speak, "All of a sudden, why are you arguing? Jiao Jiao, in the Tribe, females usually pair with males because they like them, and A Li is no exception."

"Am I right? A Li?"

"Snort"

Leng Xiao let out a snort, "When the females speak, why does a male like you butt in? No wonder you still haven't attracted any females even after all these years."

Ji Chen's eyes flickered with a dim shade, and he gazed at Yun Li affectionately, "I've never bonded with any other female, simply because I never found the one I truly liked.

But now, I'm certain who the female I love is."

Xin instantly looked at A Yu, who curiously stared at Yun Li, while Yun Li worriedly looked at Leng Xiao.

Leng Xiao is a jealous sort; even though after arriving at the Silver Eagle Tribe he often praised Ji Xuan at home, it was all talk—if someone actually came in, he might instantly put on a different face, not to mention he never liked Ji Chen at all.

Leng Xiao watched helplessly as his own female was declared for by another male, almost driving him mad, yet with A Li's friends present, he couldn't behave too poorly.

So he took a deep breath and, with a somewhat calm tone, asked, "Do you like our A Li?"

"Yes, I like A Li."

Ji Chen, with deep affection, expressed to Yun Li, "Before I met A Li, I had never been so moved by a female; I even thought that if I ever were to bond with a female, I would become that female's First Beast Husband.

But A Li, I happened to meet you. All those fantasies vanished the moment I saw you… If you're willing to accept me, even if I'm not the First Beast Husband, I'm willing.

I love you; this lifetime I only want to be with you forever."

"Wuwu, so infatuated~"

Yun Li hadn't reacted much to Ji Chen's heartfelt confession when she heard A Yu's voice, on the verge of tears from being moved; she glanced sideways and saw A Yu covering her mouth, her eyes sparkling with excitement, clearly enjoying the drama.

Yun Li fell silent, "..."

Ji Chen saw A Yu stirring trouble, a flash of dark ferocity crossing his eyes, yet his face remained lovingly fixed on Yun Li.

"A Li, I came here today just to ask you: would you accept me as your Beast Husband?"

Yun Li listened, meeting Ji Chen's gaze; the tenderness in his eyes seemed enough to drown someone, yet she inexplicably felt not a single stir, only a hint of awkwardness.

Clearly, her Beast Husband had also whispered all sorts of sweet words to her, but when he said them, he was terribly shy, his heart bubbling with delight.

When it came to Ji Chen, she listened and listened, and she couldn't count how many times goosebumps rose on her skin.

When she arrived at Ji Chen's place, she kept listening, and she couldn't tell how many times goosebumps had risen on her skin.

Yun Li replied, "I don't like you."

Her crisp, decisive refusal caused Xin to can't help but glance at her twice more.

Ji Chen's words almost moved even this female who held a slight bias against him, making him want to agree at once, but he didn't expect A Li to refuse so quickly.

And Leng Xiao, upon hearing this, let out a huge sigh of relief; based on what Ji Chen just said, if Ji Xuan had a male wanting to enter his home, he'd rather have Ji Xuan come in, since at least he isn't that good at coaxing females.

It was already hard enough competing with Mu Qing and his brother for A Li's favor, and Leng Xiao didn't want a formidable rival showing up at home.

He was already thinking that if A Li accepted Ji Chen, he'd summon his brother tonight to go find Mu Qing, and the three males would spend the night actively persuading her not to let Ji Chen in.

He kept thinking that if A Li agreed to Ji Chen, he would tonight call his brother to go together to find Mu Qing, and then the three men would, that night, personally try to persuade her not to let Ji Chen enter.

Because that guy looks like no good male.