CHAPTER 86: CHAPTER 86: DON’T CRY

Ruan Li was planning to buy a large villa nearby since the family wanted to settle on S Star. Fortunately, she had over five million Star Coins in her account, so she took three Beast Husbands with her to look at houses in several neighborhoods near the business district. She finally decided to purchase a four-story villa with a garden, terrace, and swimming pool.

Today is the official moving-in day.

The aircraft slowly landed in front of the new villa, and Ruan Li eagerly jumped off first.

She walked forward joyfully.

Female, only twenty years old, spent five million to buy a villa, raising men.

Such a wonderful life, back then, she would have laughed herself awake from her dreams.

The four men following her also couldn’t help but show faint happiness seeing her so pleased.

However, the joy was temporary.

"This room is mine."

"This one is mine."

"Why! My brother is Ruan Li’s first Beast Husband, he should have the first choice!" Bai Ci said angrily, as he knew Bai He wouldn’t fight for anything.

Ruan Li scratched her head, a bit troubled, "How about you all stay on this floor, and I’ll sleep on the third floor?"

"No way!" four voices spoke in unison.

Ruan Li initially chose the room in the center of the second floor, it had good lighting, a nice view, and was on a lower floor. She never expected the three of them would almost argue over the rooms.

Zhe Ye serenely said, "It should be based on the position where we lived on Star A."

At that time, he lived next to Ruan Li.

This decision, Xi Han had no objection since he also lived next to Ruan Li at that time.

But Bai Ci disagreed because that meant his brother could only stay in the room at the edge of the second floor.

"If Bai He doesn’t want to stay on the edge of the second floor, he can stay on the third floor. Now that Shi Jue and Xu Mo are back, the five rooms on the second floor can be filled."

Seeing Bai Ci coldly smile and preparing to battle with words, Bai He stopped him, shaking his head.

Bai Ci gave his peace-making brother an angry glare and mocked, "Are you sure? If you agree today, they all stay on the second floor with Ruan Li, and you stay alone on the third floor, are you certain?"

Bai He pursed his lips, glanced at Ruan Li, seeing her tugging nervously at her dress hem, his white lashes trembled downwards, "If I fight, Ruannuan would be troubled."

With these words, Bai Ci was first stunned, then looked at him with an incredulous gaze, seemingly surprised that his brother finally understood something intuitively.

Ruan Li bit her lip, frantically brainstorming how to allocate five rooms to five people!

Her eyes suddenly shone brightly as she looked at them, "How about this, all the rooms on the second floor are yours to stay in. Each day I’ll pick one person to sleep with, and my clothes and such will go to the room on the third floor, how about it?"

Zhe Ye was silent for a moment, then spoke first, "...Alright, I have no objections."

Xi Han looked at her, his ice-blue eyes showing no emotion, but Ruan Li felt he was somewhat unhappy.

Bai Ci snorted coldly, "At least you have some conscience."

Bai He looked up at her, "Don’t take what Bai Ci says to heart. I agree too."

Ruan Li waved her hand, "It’s fine, then Bai Ci can stay in the guest room on the first floor."

The first major task after moving in, assigning rooms, had been completed satisfactorily, and naturally, the next step was to tidy up the whole villa and arrange some furniture and decorations.

As for cleaning, prior to settling in, she had already asked robots to do a deep clean.

"Zhe Ye, have you found any news about Xu Mo?" Ruan Li asked at the door.

Zhe Ye let her in and closed the door, "I found some information, but on the day of the emergency evacuation, there were too many aircraft passing near Star A, it will take some time to check them all. However, since this matter involves Ruan Ying and Xu Mo is her precious experiment subject, he should be secretly held in a place beyond oversight."

"Moreover, considering the equipment needed for her experiments, I’ve checked several research institutes but haven’t found any similar information. Live Beastman experiments are illegal across the interstellar realm; once this is exposed, she’ll face life-long exile as punishment..."

"However, Ms. Ruan Ying is highly respected throughout the interstellar realm. Very likely, even if her crimes are exposed, due to her female status and current standing, no one will punish her."

Zhe Ye saw Ruan Li’s increasingly gloomy face, and suppressed the words "give up on Xu Mo" in his stomach forever.

After all, Xu Mo saved Ruan Li; both publicly and privately, he couldn’t suggest such a thing to her.

Ruan Li raised her head, speaking softly, "Alright, I got it. Thank you, Zhe Ye. You’ve worked hard these days."

Zhe Ye reached out, his fingertip pressing against the corner of her eye, capturing the teardrop about to fall, extremely distressed.

His voice hoarse, "Don’t cry."

"Mm, I’m just, missing that pesky fox a little bit," Ruan Li’s voice was slightly choked, counting the days, Xu Mo had been missing for over twenty days, yet there was still no news.

Zhe Ye held her waist, pulling her into his arms, hugging her tightly, "I know, I know."

He spoke in a low, soothing voice calming the young female.

After her emotions completely subsided, his thumb gently massaging her red swollen eyelids, "I will broaden the search area for Xu Mo again, don’t worry, there definitely won’t be any danger to his life."

Ruan Li responded softly.

"Do you want to go shopping tonight? Let’s have a meal outside, just the two of us," Zhe Ye suggested.

"Okay."

Zhe Ye continued to quietly massage her for a long time, "Feeling much better now, go wash your face, let’s get ready to go out."

Ruan Li looked in the mirror, indeed unable to tell she’d cried earlier. She put on a very casual makeup, paired with a light purple floral dress, fresh and natural.

As she stepped out, she saw Zhe Ye had already changed into casual attire, wearing a long-sleeved black shirt with the buttons done up to the top, black pants, black leather shoes, at least he had a handsome face to support it.

Ruan Li held his arm, sweetly said, "Let’s go."

This time they chose the city’s famous shopping mall, wandering, shopping, dining, everything was going beautifully.

Until—

Ruan Li saw Ruan Jiao appearing in front of them, though this time, she was alone.

Evidently, Ruan Jiao came seeking her voluntarily.

Ruan Li originally wanted to find an opportunity to contact Ruan Jiao, to see if she could glean information about Ruan Ying from her, but she didn’t expect she would come to find me.

Zhe Ye remembered this female, she was the one who had unpleasantly scolded before.

Ruan Jiao saw Zhe Ye’s uneasy gaze, showing a guarded stance, she calmly glanced past the Beastman, her eyes landing on Ruan Li.

"Interested in talking? Privately."

Ruan Li tugged at Zhe Ye, "I have some things to discuss with her, I’ll be right back, don’t worry, there are surveillance cameras everywhere, she won’t do anything to me."

Ruan Jiao saw them entangled sweetly, her brow furrowed, "I came by myself to see you, sincerity enough,"