78: Get out of here, you stinking snake!

In the woods by the seaside, the Merfolk Lan Xing found the Fox Male Creature, White Fox.

"Brother White Fox!"

Something was wrong with White Fox; Lan Xing hurriedly inspected his body.

The Seven-Striped Fox King's body was hollowed out inside, as weak as an old man's.

Lan Xing quickly used gentle water to lift him up and then carried him on his back.

Like him, White Fox was Sister's beast husband, making them Males of the same Family.

Sister cared about White Fox so much; he couldn't just leave him be.

Lan Xing carried White Fox toward the ocean. When they reached the shore, members of the Merfolk Clan swam to the surface one after another.

"Your Highness!"

Lan Xing gave urgent orders: "Quickly, invite the clan's Shaman over. Ask him to save a life!"

"Yes!"

After those Merfolk swam into the sea, several others swam out. They dropped pearls in anxiety as they cried out:

"Your Highness, this is bad! Princess Xiao Fu has disappeared again!"

...Nan Zhisui was forced to look at him.

To be honest, Xuan Jin's facial features were very handsome.

He had beautiful black phoenix eyes with a faint, natural eyeshadow at the corners.

Enchanting and handsome.

Wicked and cold features somehow combined to form a very good-looking face.

Nan Zhisui realized she had stared for two seconds too long and immediately looked away. So what if this Male was good-looking?

He hurt White Fox and was forcing her.

"Why are you angry?" Xuan Jin lowered his head to ask.

"You hurt White Fox," Nan Zhisui looked at him coldly.

Xuan Jin narrowed his eyes.

"Since he is one of your beast husbands, my fight with him was merely Male Competition between Males of the same Family. If you don't allow Male Competition, that would be unreasonable."

"I won, so I get you. He lost, so he retreats to the back."

"Besides, I wasn't heavy-handed. I wasn't the one who injured him; he was injured because of his own physical problems."

This Male was truly skilled at making excuses!

Xuan Jin said, "Little Female, when Males compete for a Female, they win through strength, not looks."

Nan Zhisui: "..."

In the Beast World, regardless of the Family, status was fought for through strength.

Males would fight each other to compete for status within the Family.

The loser could only accept defeat and was not allowed any complaints.

If a Male lost a Male Competition and went crying to the Female, in this world, that Male would be considered overly dramatic.

Nan Zhisui suddenly asked, "Also, the Python and that group of small snakes that chased me yesterday—you orchestrated that, didn't you?"

Xuan Jin admitted it readily: "Yes."

Nan Zhisui continued her questioning: "What about the day before yesterday? That venomous snake—did you lead it there to bully me too?"

"No." He wouldn't admit to things he didn't do.

When that giant Cobra found Nan Zhisui, he had been nearby the whole time. If anything had gone wrong, that Cobra would have become snake soup.

However, he truly hadn't expected the Little Female to pull out a little gadget he'd never seen before and knock the venomous snake unconscious with a single needle.

His Little Female had a few little secrets.

Even though she had secrets, the result was quite good. As long as she had the ability to protect herself, he could have her all to himself!

Nan Zhisui glanced at him suspiciously.

If a Female was severely injured or died, her Males would also suffer a fatal blow.

Nan Zhisui felt that Xuan Jin probably wouldn't actually send a venomous snake to bite her.

So what he said was likely true.

Nan Zhisui didn't want to discuss these topics anymore; she asked about the snake cub she cared about most.

Nan Zhisui asked, "Xuan Jin, what about the egg I gave birth to for you before I left? Did it hatch?"

"Thrown away," the Cold-Blooded Snake Beastman said indifferently.

Nan Zhisui's pupils dilated in shock. She abruptly stood up, "What??? That was our cub, and you threw it away???!!!"

Back then, she hadn't wanted to engage in Mating and have a cub with this Stinky Snake because, for one, she truly feared his true form, and for another, she felt this Stinky Snake didn't look like a responsible father.

And it turned out he actually just threw their snake egg cub away???!!

Is this something a father would do?!!

"Even his own mother didn't plan on keeping him, so why should I?" Xuan Jin leaned back slightly, not feeling that he had done anything wrong.

"Nan Zhisui, you were the one who abandoned us first."

Caught off guard, Nan Zhisui opened her mouth in shock, her legs feeling a bit unsteady.

Really thrown away? Her snake cub was gone?

Her nose felt sore, and tears quickly filled her eyes.

She had always felt she wasn't a very maternal girl. That was why, under the coercion of the childbearing system, she was able to do something like abandoning her cubs and fleeing the Beast World after giving birth.

But why did she want to cry so much right now?

She clenched her fists tightly, trying her best to control her temper as she said, "Where did you throw him? He was still alive when you threw him, right?"

"I don't know." Xuan Jin straightened his body. "cubs of a Snake Beastman don't need to be fussed over."

"Xuan Jin!!!"

For the first time, Nan Zhisui slapped Xuan Jin.

Seeing the Little Female so furious for the first time, Xuan Jin was momentarily stunned after taking the hit.

She felt a bit of regret immediately after the slap.

If Little Seven had met with an accident...

The person she could least forgive wasn't Xuan Jin, but herself.

"We have to find him! We have to find the cub!!" she said, biting her lip.

The Cold-Blooded Snake Beastman's eyes darkened instantly.

He leaned forward, his forked tongue flicking near her neck.

"Little Female, I didn't expect you to care so much about our cub."

Wasn't their cub, She Yang, being raised right by her side?

Originally, it didn't matter whether he told her or not.

But the fact that the snake cub received more of the Little Female's attention than he did made him jealous. For now, he didn't want to tell her who the cub was.

"Little Female, a Snake Beastman's life is cheap... He was still alive when I left."

Nan Zhisui calmed down and looked at Xuan Jin... The forest swamp area was rainy, and a drizzling rain began to fall from the sky.

Nan Zhisui had been staring blankly for two hours.

The drizzle woke her senses, and she began to pull herself together.

Snake Beastmen have strong vitality; her Little Seven must be fine!

It was no longer suitable to stay outside the Cave, so she got up and returned inside.

Xuan Jin still had the small handprint left by the Female on his face.

The Cold-Blooded Snake Beastman expressionlessly went to the river, chose a massive rock, easily flattened and hollowed it out with his snake scales to create a large stone tub, then took it to the stream to fill it with water before carrying the tub and water together into the Cave.

When the massive stone tub hit the ground, Nan Zhisui even felt the earth tremble.

After setting down the stone tub, the Male Snake Beastman stood aside with his arms crossed, looking at her. "Little Female, bathe."

Bathe? Taking a bath would be good.

Nan Zhisui said, "Get out."

"Why should I go out?"

"There's a difference between Males and Females!" Nan Zhisui said. "I want to bathe; you should stay away."

A difference between Males and Females? Their partner bond was still active, and the slap mark on his face was still there, yet now she was telling him about the difference between Males and Females?

The members of the Snake Beastman clan were right; even if a Cold-Blooded Snake Beastman successfully formed a bond, he still wouldn't be liked by the Female.

There was no place for him in her heart at all.

But it didn't matter if there was no place; he would squeeze himself in.

The Male Snake Beastman said, "A Male has the responsibility to help his Female partner bathe."

Ha. She wanted him to help her bathe?

"No, I don't agree."

"I am taking care of you; this is naturally the work a beast husband should do. Why don't you agree?"

Nan Zhisui looked at the stubborn gaze of this Male and took two steps back.

Ha, it wasn't like she absolutely had to bathe; at worst, she just wouldn't!

Nan Zhisui walked to the side and lay down on the stone bed.

The black eyes stared at her, and then the large snake tail coiled around her, lifting her from the stone bed.

"What are you doing!!"

While Nan Zhisui was still struggling, the large snake tail had already pressed her into the water.

"Giving you a bath," Xuan Jin said in a calm tone.

Nan Zhisui was about to explode, "No, no way!!! I don't want you to wash me!!"

As the massive snake tail slithered over her body, Nan Zhisui's hair stood on end.

"Mm-hmm..."

Xuan Jin stared at her, "Feels good?"

"Get lost! Stinky Snake!"