CHAPTER 103: CHAPTER 95: FINALLY GOT IT!_1

"Snake beastmen are treacherous and cold-blooded. It must have been him!"

"That’s too much! Give Xue’er back!!!"

Females were too important to the tribe. The loss of a female meant all the males in the tribe bore responsibility!

Wang lowered his head, his mood terrible.

"Cold-blooded snake beastman!"

"The cold-blooded snake beastman is too wicked!"

"You despicable vagrant snake beastman!" A young silver wolf cub picked up a rock and threw it at Wang.

Si Yan couldn’t stand it any longer. She rushed forward in two steps, and the rock from the young silver wolf cub struck her right on the head.

A stream of crimson blood trickled down her forehead.

Si Yan touched it. Damn it! My face is ruined!

Si Yan didn’t realize that the moment she was hurt, the presence of the male beastman behind her instantly turned icy.

Si Yan turned around. "Are you stupid? Don’t you even know how to dodge?"

He looked at her face, at the blood flowing from her forehead, his dark purple eyes growing even deeper.

He looked down at her. "My body is tough."

Even though he was about to shed his skin, his bones were strong. He hadn’t paid those few stones any mind and, naturally, hadn’t thought of dodging.

But she... was she protecting him? Why protect him?

"Your body is tough?"

Si Yan paused, giving him a once-over. So that was it. He didn’t dodge because he couldn’t be bothered.

Si Yan seethed, "Just because your body is tough, you think you deserve to be hit? What on earth are you doing?!"

"Si Yan?" Yin Xiu hurried over, frowning. "What are you doing?"

Si Yan turned around, touched her head, and immediately feigned weakness. "Xiu Witch, I’m fine, I’m fine, really."

Wang: "..."

"Si Yan... are you alright?"

Si Yan had taught them how to store food, a great kindness, so the Silver Wolf males were somewhat worried about her.

The cub who threw the stone was pushed before Xiu Witch and Si Yan by his beastman father. "Mistress Si Yan, I’m sorry. My child has caused trouble. I’m truly sorry."

Si Yan continued to feign weakness, shaking her head. "It’s alright, I’m fine."

Her insisting she was fine while acting weak only made the Wolf Clan feel even more guilty.

Yin Xiu frowned, staring at She Wang. This male beastman before her had no Beast Crystal, yet he seemed extremely difficult to provoke.

Si Yan immediately stepped between Yin Xiu and Wang, saying, "Xiu Witch, your clan’s Xue’er—it has nothing to do with him."

Yin Xiu sighed. "Si Yan, although you taught the tribe some ways to store food and water, you can’t protect a malicious vagrant beastman."

Si Yan sneaked a glance at the Great Demon King. The Great Demon King is cruel and fierce. But he didn’t do this. I can’t let him take the blame.

"It wasn’t him," Si Yan said. "Really, it wasn’t him, because he’s not a vagrant beastman."

A Silver Wolf male said, "You’re always around snake beastmen. There’s no guarantee you’re not biased towards them!"

"Exactly! How can you prove he’s not a vagrant beastman?!"

The Beast World’s prejudice against vagrant beastmen was long-standing.

Wang had grown accustomed to this. He lowered his head slightly, his eyes pitch black.

Si Yan glanced at Wang. Isn’t he going to argue?

Then she said to Yin Xiu, "Xiu Witch, he really isn’t a vagrant beastman, and he certainly wouldn’t steal a female from another tribe."

"Why?" Yin Xiu asked, perplexed.

Si Yan drew out her words in response, "Because... he has a Mistress."

Wang gently lifted his gaze to look at the slight silhouette of the female beside him, her face smeared with mud.

Si Yan didn’t beat around the bush anymore. "He is my male."

Cold-blooded snake beastmen were such lowly, unwelcome existences. No females were willing to accept them, and any female who did accept a cold-blooded snake beastman was labeled an outcast. Therefore, cold-blooded snake beastmen could only snatch females for themselves. And how could females obtained by force be any good? After becoming a female’s Beast Husbands, they would all be despised by the female, ostracized, and even have their mate bond severed, leading to their death.

If not for the strong reproductive ability of snake beastmen—a single litter could produce more than ten, or even several tens of cubs—their race would likely have gone extinct long ago. The Sen Ran clan, being giant pythons, had a somewhat weaker reproductive ability, but one litter could still typically produce several cubs.

Females with snake husbands felt that having a snake beastman mate was shameful. They would often hide their snake husbands, and their totems as well.

So, Si Yan acknowledging his identity in front of so many beastmen actually surprised Wang.

"He really is your male?" Yin Xiu looked at She Wang incredulously.

Lang Dan, looking as if she were shipping a couple, gazed at Si Yan and Wang. "Si Yan, is he the snake husband you mentioned you like a lot?"

Si Yan cringed. It had just been idle chatter, and now someone was calling her out on it. She couldn’t help but feel awkward but could only continue her bluff. "Yes, yes, that’s him."

The Great Demon King is right behind me. Saying this... is so embarrassing! Whatever. I’ll help the Great Demon King out of this predicament first. After that, he should at least let me hold his hand, right?

Lang Dan was thoroughly enjoying shipping them. She clasped her hands, tilted her head, rested her chin on her hands, and sighed blissfully, "How lovely."

In the Beast World, females could have multiple Beast Husbands. But males could only have one female. So, if this male beastman truly was Si Yan’s Beast Husband, then he absolutely wouldn’t snatch a female from another tribe.

Thus, the moment Si Yan acknowledged him as her Beast Husband, Wang’s suspicion was cleared.

Realizing it was a misunderstanding, the wolf pack dispersed. After all, the Day of Blazing Flame was approaching, time was short, and they needed to hurry and stockpile supplies.

She Wang looked on coldly at Si Yan.

Si Yan said, "Follow me."

Si Yan walked a few steps forward, then looked back. Seeing Wang hadn’t followed, she quickly turned, grabbed his hand, and led him along.

Wang looked down at the hand Si Yan was holding. She wants to hold his hand... He felt the softness in his palm and, after a moment’s thought, didn’t pull his hand away.

At that moment, Si Yan’s heart was leaping with joy. I got to hold it, I got to hold it! Although the contact area isn’t large, and I can’t absorb much power... Still, I got to hold it!!! My cultivation is starting!!!

When Si Yan returned to the cave, she exclaimed excitedly, "Dongchi, Nan Mo!"

Two cubs dressed in identical beast-skin skirts saw Si Yan holding Wang’s hand.

Dongchi: "..."

Nan Mo: "..."

Mother actually held hands with their scumbag dad? How hateful, why don’t we feel happy at all!

Si Yan led Wang to the cave, reluctant to let go of the hand she had managed to hold with such difficulty.

But just then, Wang slowly withdrew his hand from Si Yan’s grasp.

Si Yan: "..."

Just for such a short while? I only absorbed a tiny bit of power. My space didn’t even expand by 0.1 cubic units. Stingy. So stingy.

The male beastman looked down and saw the disappointment in the female’s eyes. His brow twitched slightly, and a flicker of amusement arose in his heart.