Chapter 10: Ancient Beast World 04

Ye Xi'an innocently looked at Tu Mi: "Then you don't need our key anymore?"

Tu Mi froze, subconsciously saying: "Use it."

"Using it, you're still so rude to me," Ye Xi'an rested her head on Bao Jing's chest, her tone somewhat aggrieved: "Bao Jing, she's truly shameless; we won't borrow her key."

Tu Mi:

Misstep, I thought she was a soft persimmon, but she turned out to be a hard soft persimmon.

Bao Jing again witnessed Ye Xi'an's shocking words, already somewhat accustomed; when Xiong Da came to cause trouble earlier, it was the same—clearly an innocent face, yet her words were deadly.

He coughed embarrassedly, not daring to look at Tu Mi's face—not that he was particularly afraid of her, after all, on Zhu Shen Xing, the females have decisive power over males' lives, they are merely their wife masters.

Aside from the wife master, other females just need not provoke too much.

Tu Mi narrowed her eyes at Ye Xi'an; this was the first time someone had called her shameless, grinding her teeth in anger before she held back her retort.

But the most pressing matter right now is to go back first.

She's had enough fun here.

"Hehehe, sis, don't be angry; I'm just a bit hot-headed. If you can forgive me, lend me the key to go back, I'll give you double the Contribution Points—how about that?"

Ye Xi'an didn't even lift her head, her back to Tu Mi, extending her index finger backward to point at her: "First, give a ten-thousand deposit."

Since Ye Xi'an's face was buried in Bao Jing's chest, her muffled voice made the vibrations of her speech cause Bao Jing to feel an itch in his chest.

"Good!"

Tu Mi raised her hand, her index finger opposing Ye Xi'an's, and paid out ten thousand Contribution Points.

Only then did Ye Xi'an dare to lift her head, glancing at the light-blue Contribution Points balance on her arm.

Before it was zero; now there are ten thousand.

She's got money now! Going back she can buy a nice place to live.

She softly asked Bao Jing: "How much does it cost per square meter to buy a house?"

Bao Jing lowered his head to glance at the ostrich-like female in his arms, inexplicably finding her cute: "On Zhu Shen Xing, houses cannot be bought, only rented. Ordinary housing is three thousand a month, a bit better is seven thousand, and there are even tens to hundreds of thousands."

For example, the mansion they previously lived in cost ten thousand a month; females spend money like burning it.

Ye Xi'an silently memorized the price: a better place costs seven thousand, which is seventy to eighty thousand a year, plus food, drink, and bathroom expenses—this expenditure is truly huge.

"Would you like to rest a night at my tribe?"

Tu Mi put on a show of hosting guests, actually just afraid that Bao Jing and Ye Xi'an would sneak away; by inviting them to her tribe she could still keep an eye on them.

"Want to go?"

Ye Xi'an shook her head, not wanting to go.

The tribe definitely has many strangers; it'd be better to just find a random place to sleep.

Tu Mi closed her eyes, suppressing the urge to scold, patiently saying: "If you stay outside at night, you might encounter wild beasts and stray beasts—it's dangerous."

This time, without waiting for Ye Xi'an to speak, Bao Jing refused first: "Thanks for the concern, but no one here can hurt us yet."

"In that case, I won't say more. Let's exchange contact info; when your mission is done, call me, and we'll meet at the Spatial Gate."

Bao Jing glanced at the White Tiger behind Tu Mi: "; How do you get up? Rely on him?"

"Of course not; my Beast Husband from Zhu Shen Xing is also here, so you don't need to worry."

After exchanging contact info, Tu Mi teasingly flipped through Ye Xi'an's data card.

"Ye Xi'an, a Ragdoll Cat?"

She put away her phone, sizing up Ye Xi'an; she indeed looked like a Ragdoll Cat—innocent, naive, cute and silly.

Just what's with this messy head of hair? And this outfit—so unsophisticated it can't get any worse; not even close to her animal-skin skirt.

"Looks like the little cat's fur has gotten a bit tangled; I really don't know how your Beast Husbands take care of you."

"By the way, aren't you supposed to have three Beast Husbands? Why is only this Hunting Falcon following you?"

Ye Xi'an likewise examined Tu Mi's data card; Tu Mi is a Black Fox with three Beast Husbands.

"They have matters to attend to, so they stayed behind on Zhu Shen Xing."

"Really? They're truly at ease, not even afraid you'll die here."

Bao Jing watched the two females chat like that, growing a bit impatient: "Stop chatting; completing the mission is important."

"Alright, let's go."

Tu Mi mounted the White Tiger and left, glancing left at Ye Xi'an, reluctant but unable to help it—they just didn't take a liking to her.

"Take this; you can use it to wash your hair."

Having said that, she turned and chased after Tu Mi.

Ye Xi'an opened her hand, and there were those two soap pods.

Bao Jing saw Ye Xi'an staring at the soap pods, thinking she was actually taken with that lowly beastman, inexplicably feeling a bit displeased: "Still looking! Are we doing the mission or not?"

"Before the mission, I want to wash my hair—it's so itchy."

Ye Xi'an looked at Bao Jing pitifully; her head really itched, and if she didn't wash it clean she didn't want to do anything else.

"Really can't do anything with you, come over!"

Bao Jing sat by the stream, stretched out his long legs, and greeted her.

Ye Xi'an blinked; was he going to help her wash?

"Or maybe not; I can wash it myself."

"Hurry up; waiting for you to finish washing yourself, who knows when that'll be."

Seeing Bao Jing's anxious look, Ye Xi'an could only submit, lying back on his thigh as if going to her death—really, his thigh is quite elastic.

Ye Xi'an lay on Bao Jing's thigh, her hands obediently folded on her lower abdomen, eyes open as she watched him wash her hair.

The male's narrow eyes were no longer as sinister as before; although the corners of his mouth were still somewhat hard, he looked much more relaxed.

Bao Jing noticed Ye Xi'an kept looking at him, and flicked a droplet of water from his hand onto her face.

What are you looking at? Aren't you afraid water will get in your eyes? Close your eyes.

Ye Xi'an pursed her lips. Earlier he threatened to kill me; now he's just sprinkling water—who's scared?

She stubbornly looked at Bao Jing's ears: "You're also a beastman, why don't you have ears?"

"Who said I don't have ears? Look, here they are."

Bao Jing used his damp hand to push aside the somewhat long hair at the side of his head, revealing a pure white ear.

"Not that kind of ear; I mean the animal-like ears, like the ones on Zuoyi."

Bao Jing's eyes showed disdain: "Only lowly beastmen can't retract those animal ears; we high-ranking beastmen can show them or hide them completely at will."

"Can you show them then?"

Ye Xi'an felt a bit of anticipation; if they showed, she could distinguish them from humans.

"I'm a peregrine falcon; I can't reveal my ears."

He supported Ye Xi'an's shoulders to sit up, then brought his hair from the side over to her hand: "Alright, wring out the water yourself, I'll blow-dry it for you."

All that was seen: the beastman merely lifted his hand slightly, and a continuous gentle breeze blew over, still carrying body heat.

(End of chapter)