Chapter 4: Receiving the Beast Husband's Property

Mo Lie lifted his gaze upward.

The female before him stared without blinking, her slightly widened eyes especially watery, black pupils on a white background clear to the bottom, giving the impression that she was speaking sincerely.

Since the other side was willing to spend effort explaining and arguing, as a considerate Beast Husband, he was naturally willing to listen.

Mo Lie's face turned pale: "Um, Mo Lie thanks Wife Master for the care."

Lin Manzhi: "……"

The other emphasized the word "care," making it hard to understand—should one believe it or not?

At that moment, a rapid knocking sounded from outside.

"Knock! Knock! Knock!"

The successive knocks grew louder, and seeing Mo Lie turn his head, his deep blue eyes looking toward the door, he pressed his palm, laboriously sitting up from the bed, apparently intending to answer.

Lin Manzhi twitched the corner of her mouth, reached out to lightly press his shoulder, pushing him back down, and said flatly, "Stay lying still, I'll go."

Mo Lie's eyes followed her, cold and unreadable, his thoughts inscrutable.

Lin Manzhi didn't notice the gaze behind her, rose from the bedside, walked to the door, pulled it open while the knocking continued, and stared outward expressionlessly.

At the doorway stood a striking black‑haired girl, wearing a cream‑white linen halter dress, her fair arms adorned with two snake‑shaped Golden Arm Rings, a golden laurel‑leaf belt cinching her waist, exceptionally beautiful.

Her beautiful eyes shimmered, a smile at the corner of her mouth, yet her gaze somehow made her feel uneasy, giving the impression she was here to watch a spectacle.

"Lin Manzhi, last night you were very dissatisfied with Mo Lie; the Beast Husband is incompetent, dragging you to the wasteland to suffer. If Mo Lie dies on the road, you can become single again and return home."

She spoke a nonsensical tirade, laced with malicious insinuation.

Lin Manzhi compared the girl's appearance with the original text and recognized her as the vicious supporting sister from the novel—Lin Ling.

According to the source, Lin Ling and Lin Manzhi share the same mother but different fathers, both females, only two years apart, and have competed openly and covertly for favor before adults since childhood.

In short, there is no real kinship.

At this moment Lin Ling deliberately came over, looking condescending as if teaching how to act, causing Lin Manzhi to raise an eyebrow.

What does she mean by saying that?

Lin Manzhi sneered, "Are you telling me to kill my Beast Husband? You're really odd; whatever I become, whether Mo Lie lives or dies, it seems to bother you not at all, right?"

Lin Ling was unimpressed by her reaction, looking toward the interior behind Lin Manzhi.

Inside, thick carpet covered the floor, a simple bed and table were set, and upon touching the vague, ungraspable male beast silhouette on the bed, his black eyes flickered.

Finally free of this crippled dead Beast Husband.

Lin Ling has a secret: she was reborn, and after being burned to death by that crippled Mo Lie, she opened her eyes to find herself a year before their Bond.

Back then Mo Lie hadn't become crippled, but she hated him to death, and naturally wouldn't warn the City Lord to take precautions.

In any case, nothing happened in the city; the only thing that fell into the abyss was that damned black panther, and all she wanted was not to be bound to the panther again.

Since her rebirth, she plotted day and night, eventually planning for Lin Manzhi to drown in the cold season.

Then using her unique alluring Pheromone to bewilder her sister, she spent nearly a year making her dazed, and finally, unknowingly in public, she accepted Mo Lie.

However, her Pheromone effect is weak, only somewhat effective on physically weak females over long term, and useless on males.

At present, Lin Manzhi likely carries Mo Lie's aura, rendering her Pheromone control ineffective; Lin Manzhi disobeyed the command and regained her senses.

Nevertheless, she ultimately succeeded in shedding the crippled Beast Husband, solving the first thorn in her heart.

She smiled, "Sister, I'm doing this for your sake. He's your first Beast Husband; the wealth he gives you could be called a desert, because it's not a place for Beastfolk at all—hard to even get a drink! Your delicate, tender flesh couldn't survive it."

For whose benefit? Who knows, after all two constantly at odds wouldn't suddenly help you sincerely for no reason.

Here, once a female marries, all of the Beast Husband's assets belong to her, so Lin Manzhi moving out is normal.

As for her Beast Husband's territory…

Upon reflection, the City Lord, because Mo Lie became useless, revoked his City Lord's son status, moved him out of the City Lord's manor side wing, and after he gained a Wife Master, gave him nothing, leaving only the most distant, desolate tribal dwelling in Mo Lie's domain far from the city.

That place is a wasteland, actually a desert, not an exaggeration to call it barren.

Yet compared to staying here scheming and treading carefully not to expose oneself, that place is a good destination.

Lin Manzhi frowned, shifted her body forward, blocking the other's view into the room, and said coldly:

"If you're here just to babble, then leave; I need to continue resting."

Lin Ling, seeing Lin Manzhi angry, felt even more pleased, laughing, "I came personally to kindly inform you that Mother said you've married; you should move out of the house today and go to your Beast Husband's territory."

Lin Manzhi nodded lightly, "I understand."

Lin Ling, seeing Lin Manzhi unmoved, lifted a finger and twirled the black hair hanging on her shoulder, continuing:

"Sister, let me kindly remind you again: all the spoils and money Mo Lie has amassed over the years have been used as the City Witch's treatment fees; you should know that a male beast with a shattered Spirit Core cannot use abilities, nor can his Beast Form fight—he's a burden to you."

Speaking of wealth…

Lin Manzhi lowered her gaze, glanced at the two snake-shaped Golden Arm Rings on Lin Ling's arm.

She lifted her eyes again; the female before her had beautiful eyes, a face wearing a caring expression, and her words seemed to be constantly for your benefit.

Unfortunately, she had read the novel; this is a malicious girl.

Lin Manzhi, already aware of the plot, naturally ignored the female's insinuations and didn't want to waste effort dealing with Lin Ling further,

Lin Ling was somewhat odd, but everything was irrelevant to her; she would soon be off the storyline, and the heroine would deal with her.

"Thank you for coming to inform me, but I still need to go bid farewell to Mother." Lin Manzhi turned, shut the door behind her, ignored Lin Ling, and walked toward the place she remembered as her mother's residence.