Chapter 187: Very Busy

The negotiation lasted a little over an hour, yet it ended unexpectedly quickly.

Mo Lie summoned Hua Zheng and gave a few orders; shortly after, Su Li, clutching a treasure in her bosom and beaming with joy, was escorted away by a team led by Hua Zheng, and they left Kuangsha City immediately.

Lin Manzhi, staying in the hall, muttered: "……"

She forced her head back, her hands pressing Mo Lie's shoulders: "Alright, hurry and let me go."

Mo Lie stepped away from the Little Female's neck, lifted his gaze steadily toward Lin Manzhi in his arms, and his usually expressionless face unintentionally softened.

He kept his hand fastened around Lin Manzhi's waist, let out a low laugh: "Zhi Zhi, you're truly impressive; you solved such a huge problem with ease."

From an extremely close distance, Lin Manzhi stared at Mo Lie's handsome face, his twin azure eyes, as deep as the sea, seeming to draw a person into their depths.

"What beautiful eyes..."

She was slightly stunned by what she saw.

In the next second, Mo Lie suddenly leaned in again, his slightly cold thin lips kissing Lin Manzhi's lips; the sensation on her lips caused her body to tremble reflexively.

Just moments ago lost in beauty, Lin Manzhi snapped back to herself, trying to speak, but Mo Lie's kiss blocked her mouth.

"Wait... wait..."

She shifted the hand on Mo Lie's shoulder toward his nape, gently grasped; his black hair brushed the back of her hand, and she let out an involuntary muffled hum.

Mo Lie, with his other hand, seized Lin Manzhi's fingernail and pressed it against her sensitive nape; the gentle scratching gave only a slight thrill, but fearing she might not get a breath, he slightly lifted his head and spared the lips he had kissed, which were flushed bright red.

His eyes narrowed slightly, those dark blue eyes flashing a terrifying aggressiveness, his chest rising and falling unevenly.

Lin Manzhi felt a tingling on her scalp: "……"

She was more familiar with that expression than anything; several times each night... several times each night...

Feeling a strong sense of danger, she immediately winced with a painful frown, the hand that Mo Lie hadn't grasped being lifted from his shoulder, she covered her lower back, and, with a whimper, said to Mo Lie: "Ouch, my waist has been sore and painful since last night~ I really can't take any more."

It feels truly comfortable, but my waist is indeed a bit sore; anyway, for the future, I will definitely no longer indulge Mo Lie's excessive demands!

She said, "Could you let go of me first?"

Mo Lie's eyes darkened, he fixed his gaze on the Little Female in his arms—Lin Manzhi, whose eyes were brimming with tears—and, with a hint of reluctance, finally released his hand.

He lifted his gaze, widened the overly close distance between them, and, with a hint of regret in his tone, said, "Fine."

Speaking, the leaning Beastfolk gradually sat back in his seat, his head tilted, his blue eyes still fixed tightly on Lin Manzhi beside him.

Lin Manzhi felt the restraint at her waist released, and she was so delighted she almost jumped out of the chair, a desperate urge to flee the 'bed collapse' overwhelming her; fortunately, Mo Lie's blue eyes, filled with hidden currents, pulled her back to reason.

She clearly understood what that gaze signified—like an unsated Beastfolk becoming even more dangerous, often causing prey to trigger the Beastfolk's instinctual desire for conquest.

Lin Manzhi, with her own experience, reminded herself in her mind.

Slowly, never run too fast.

Mo Lie let out a light laugh, his fingers lightly tapping the armrest beneath him, and suddenly said, "Zhi Zhi, I will learn to make more delicious dishes, to make you stronger."

Lin Manzhi averted her gaze, slowly rose from her seat, "You've delayed meeting Su Li with me for too long; there are still many things outside waiting for you to handle. Hurry and finish them, so you can come back by dinner time to cook for me."

She lowered her eyes toward Mo Lie, her jet‑black, watery eyes playfully watching him, turned and walked forward without looking back, saying, "I'm leaving first; I'll be waiting for you at home."

Only after she stepped out of the doorway did that lingering gaze vanish; Lin Manzhi smiled and shrugged, her mood soaring as she briskly walked beneath the corridor supported by massive stone pillars, heading toward the rear courtyard.

When she reached the house where she and Mo Lie lived, Lin Manzhi's heart, stirred by the earlier intimacy with her lover, had calmed.

The firm refusal earlier didn't mean she disliked being intimate with him; even without doing anything, being together is pleasant. It's just that Mo Lie needs to secure Kuangsha City, and now Hua Zheng has been dispatched, so he has many matters to attend to.

And she, upon waking, was already busy arranging the planting of fifty mu of land; the space hadn't been tended for nearly twenty days, so now that she has time, it's also the moment to plan the continued opening of areas within the space.

Lin Manzhi closed the door; alone in the house, she instantly slipped into her own space.

She blinked, and Lin Manzhi found herself at the edge of the Spiritual Field she had left, where low herbs and crops greeted her, and ahead stretched a clear river.

She leisurely walked on the field ridge; looking farther, all she saw were gray, ununlocked regions.

Lin Manzhi entered and headed straight for Wan Ri Ling Tian; she hadn't had time recently, and the Concentrated Spirit Dew and Sky God Fruit in the Spiritual Field had grown to a thousand years without being harvested, now over twelve hundred years old.

She immediately harvested the thousand‑two‑hundred‑year‑old medicinal plants in Wan Ri Ling Tian, adding over a dozen millennial medicinal plants to Lin Manzhi's warehouse.

The millennial medicinal plants, unattainable elsewhere, Lin Manzhi surveyed the warehouse stock: twelve Concentrated Spirit Dew, ten Sky God Fruit…

Looking at the freed Wan Ri Ling Tian, Lin Manzhi decided she didn't need to rush to plant more medicinal plants this time, prioritizing the full unlocking of these dark regions in the space.

Now she has three areas still locked: a vast green pasture for grazing, a mountainous garden planting zone, and a three‑room residential courtyard with white walls and black tiles.

The mountainous garden planting area, also a cultivation zone, consists of a large mountain with four smaller peaks; its central summit lake serves as the source of a river, suitable for planting fruit trees and medicinal herbs.

The grazing area, previously in the game a comprehensive pasture for cattle, horses, chickens, and pigs, now that the Mall has reached level two, there are no livestock for sale.

Lin Manzhi surmised that even if the grazing area were opened, her grand breeding venture was out of the question; not only do some Beastfolk races overlap here, but crucially, the space currently lacks a one‑click slaughter function.

As for the residential courtyard, it was previously just a three‑room house you could enter in the game, its interior beautifully arranged with all the furniture and amenities.

Placing this area in a place with poor living conditions makes it absolutely the lowest priority to unlock.

She was transmigrated into this world as a precious female; even in the newly joined tribe, the dwelling she occupied was considered suitable, so she never gave it much thought.

The unlocking requirements for these areas vary.