98: Fighting and snatching

Why was his armpit hair so neat and every strand so distinct? And so clean... Nan Zhisui raised her arm and looked at her own.

Hmm... "Had enough fun?" The Cold-Blooded Snake Beastman opened his deep black eyes and looked at her with a slight squint.

Nan Zhisui felt a wave of embarrassment. "Fun? What fun? I wasn't having fun. Take me down!"

This time Xuan Jin didn't continue to make things difficult for her. He grabbed her waist, used his snake tail to push off, stood upright, and then landed on the ground.

The whole process scared Nan Zhisui out of her wits.

Once on the ground, Nan Zhisui immediately pushed Xuan Jin away and jumped down, and Little Snake Yanger also immediately wrapped himself around her arm.

Nan Zhisui gave Xuan Jin an angry huff and then walked ahead without a word.

The Cold-Blooded Snake Beastman's tail transformed into legs. He unhurriedly put on a beast skin skirt and followed behind her.

Nan Zhisui ran ahead in a fit of temper, while Xuan Jin followed unhurriedly behind.

Nan Zhisui realized she couldn't outrun Xuan Jin and stopped in her tracks.

The Cold-Blooded Snake Beastman also stopped, following unhurriedly behind her.

"Are you sick?" Nan Zhisui turned around and shouted angrily.

"Can you cure it?" Xuan Jin looked down and asked.

Nan Zhisui: "..."

"Don't annoy me. I'm going to find Little Fu."

"Little Fu? That golden Mermaid Cub? Didn't she end up in the hands of the Bird Beastmen?"

"Even if she's with the Bird Beastmen, I have to snatch her back."

Xuan Jin snorted coldly, clearly having a poor impression of the Bird Beastmen. "Those bird-men are proud, bellicose, ill-tempered, and unreasonable. Now that they have her, your cubs will indeed have a very hard time."

Nan Zhisui stopped and turned to look at him. "Xuan Jin, you are still my beast husband. So theoretically, you are also the father of the cubs. You can't just stand by and watch like this."

Xuan Jin raised an eyebrow, not appearing angry at this statement.

"But I don't even want my own Cubs, so why should I care about the Cubs you had with others?"

Nan Zhisui stomped her foot in anger and turned to leave.

"Oh, are you angry? Getting angry so easily isn't good for your health."

Nan Zhisui was truly speechless.

Out of all her beast husbands, she really hated Xuan Jin the most.

Nan Zhisui turned around and looked up at him, saying, "Stop following me. I'm going home now!"

Little Snake Yang also poked his head out and hissed fiercely at Xuan Jin.

Xuan Jin stopped in his tracks.

Nan Zhisui took a few steps and looked back. Seeing that Xuan Jin really wasn't moving, she started to run.

But after only a few steps, the Cold-Blooded Snake Beastman appeared behind her again.

Nan Zhisui: "...Why are you following me again?"

Xuan Jin: "Going home."

"What?" Nan Zhisui said in disbelief.

Xuan Jin walked casually behind her. "Going home."

Nan Zhisui: "...?"

Going home?

What did this possessive Cold-Blooded Snake Beastman mean?

But when she saw Xuan Jin actually following her back to the Cave, Nan Zhisui was truly stunned.

He was going to follow her home?

Was it really "going home" in the sense she understood?

When she brought Xuan Jin and Little Snake Yanger back to the Cave, the two Males at home, White Fox and Lan Xing, had already been waiting for a long time.

Xuan Jin swaggered into the Cave as if he were truly coming home, looking left and right. Facing the bare Cave, he showed a hint of disdain.

White Fox lay there weakly; even lying casually, he exuded an air of elegance and charm.

He sized up the Black Snake like this.

Lan Xing didn't fight or compete; he leaned obediently against the wall of the Cave, watching this showy snake.

After Xuan Jin finished touring the small Cave, he stood beside Nan Zhisui.

Nan Zhisui wanted to avoid him and moved to a different spot.

Xuan Jin followed her and moved as well, still standing right beside Nan Zhisui.

"Fox, fish. Hello. I am Xuan Jin. I am Nan Zhisui's... snake husband."

White Fox: "..."

Lan Xing: "..."

This indescribable sense of stagnation was truly hard to put into words.

The faces of the two Male Beastmen were filled with as much disdain as possible.

Nan Zhisui looked up at the sky—she couldn't see the sky in the Cave, but she could see the ceiling.

An extremely awkward atmosphere began to spread.

White Fox got up from the bed, perhaps to assert his presence; every step he took was firm.

"You are the female master's beast husband, yet you kidnapped her and even bullied her, letting her get this thin?" White Fox questioned sharply.

Xuan Jin didn't feel he had done anything wrong at all. He crossed his arms and said nonchalantly, "You guys are incompetent. What's the use of her being in this pathetic state? Any Male could kill her.

Not to mention, there are beasts more powerful than us Seven-Striped Beasts in other places. If she doesn't even have the ability to protect herself by then... this whole Cave of Males will have to be buried with her.

Fox King. You should know that once a Male contracts with a Female, it's equivalent to giving himself a huge weakness. Is pampering her for her own good? Is it for everyone's good?"

White Fox paused slightly. "My name is White Fox." This was his response to being called Fox King.

Xuan Jin didn't care what his name was. With his arms crossed, he said, "I was just training her, and my training is very effective. Her ability to escape is now top-notch."

Indeed, she was fast and good at camouflaging. Having escaped from him several times, she had certainly been trained.

Xuan Jin's words silenced the Males present. White Fox and Lan Xing began to think.

It seemed they were actually convinced by his words.

Lan Xing was still indignant and said, "But you still can't let Sister go hungry. Sister has become so thin!"

Xuan Jin thought for a moment and said, "I couldn't quite accept her eating habits before. My mistake. I'll change from now on."

White Fox and Lan Xing thought at the same time: This Snake King's attitude in admitting his mistake is actually quite good?

Nan Zhisui felt the situation wasn't right. Weren't these three Males at each other's throats before? Why was the atmosphere gradually becoming harmonious as they spoke?

Did they just understand and forgive Xuan Jin?

Having said what needed to be said, Xuan Jin didn't continue speaking. He walked out of the Cave unhurriedly.

Nan Zhisui hurried to White Fox's side and supported him.

She asked with some confusion, "You and Lan Xing have accepted him just like that?"

White Fox and Lan Xing looked at each other.

For a moment, they couldn't understand why Nan Zhisui would contract a Cold-Blooded Snake Beastman.

But looking at it from another perspective, the Cold-Blooded Snake King of the Eastern Swamp was her beast husband.

That was indeed quite impressive.

White Fox lowered his eyes and said, looking gentle and obedient, "female master, Xuan Jin is your beast husband. Therefore, he is our family."

Seeing White Fox state his position so quickly, in order to show his own magnanimity, the fish also nodded vigorously and said, "Sister, I will work hard to accept all of your beast husbands."

Nan Zhisui: "...?"

Is this right!!

...While Nan Zhisui was discussing Little Fu's matter with Lan Xing, the Cave suddenly shook violently.

Nan Zhisui and the others rushed out of the Cave and saw that deep black Cold-Blooded Snake Beastman. The scales on his tail were standing up, each one as sharp as a knife.

His tail drilled straight into the stone wall in front of him, and before long, he had carved out a huge Cave.

Lan Xing asked anxiously, "Xuan Jin, what are you doing?"

"Carving out a large Cave for the Little Female."

Lan Xing asked loudly, "Isn't there already a Cave?"

Xuan Jin's tail stopped slightly, and he turned to ask, "You're saying that small Cave of White Fox's belongs to the Little Female? Then where does White Fox live?"

White Fox, Lan Xing: "..."

Was this Cold-Blooded Snake Beastman planning to create a new Cave for Nan Zhisui himself?

Once the large Cave was finished, the Cold-Blooded Snake King was finally satisfied. Next, he began carving another Cave right next to the large one.

White Fox asked, "Xuan Jin, what are you digging now?"

The Cold-Blooded Snake King glanced sideways at White Fox. "Fox King, you have a Cave, and the Little Female has a Cave. It makes no sense for me not to have one."

He looked down on the Cave others had dug for the Little Female; he wanted to carve one for her himself.

Moreover... he didn't know how many beast husbands the Little Female would have in the future, but his Cave had to be the closest to her!

White Fox and Lan Xing's expressions were very strange.

When it was just the two of them, they felt that the Male Competition had already begun.

But after Xuan Jin arrived, they realized their previous Male Competition was just child's play.

This snake was the one truly fighting and snatching.