Healing S-Class Beasts Made Me the Empire's Treasure

Tears like little pearls tumbled from the corners of Pei Shiyi’s eyes.

The sight only made Huo Zhanting and the others sitting across from him angrier.

’Here we go again,’ they thought. ’He’s playing the victim and acting pitiful again.’

’What kind of male acts like this?’

’He has absolutely no shame. He can just turn on the waterworks whenever he wants.’

But to the utter astonishment of Huo Zhanting and the other men—who were used to letting their fists do the talking—

Yu Lan was actually fooled by Pei Shiyi’s act.

"I didn’t."

"Pei Shiyi, how could you think that?"

"I would never think something like that."

The moment Yu Lan finished her anxious denial,

Pei Shiyi pressed his advantage.

"I don’t care. I’ve decided you’re the one for me."

"I don’t want to be with any other females."

"Just give me an official status. I want whatever they have."

He demanded it as if it were his right.

Jun Lin Yuan looked at Pei Shiyi, then down at himself.

A thoughtful expression flickered across his handsome face.

’So you can just demand status so brazenly?’

’So simply and naturally?’

’How had he done it?’

’He’d had to scheme against Huo Zhanting and the others, take a bullet for Yu Lan, and on top of that, use a honey trap.’

’Only then had he barely managed to secure a spot by Yu Lan’s side.’

’And now Pei Shiyi just asks for it, and Yu Lan gives it to him.’

’How is that fair!’

Jun Lin Yuan’s hand on the table clenched into a fist, veins bulging on the back of it as his face soured with displeasure.

Yu Lan had no way of dealing with Pei Shiyi’s stubborn persistence.

She sighed, nodding in helpless agreement.

"Fine, fine, fine. We’ll give it a try. We’ll try."

"Then can I sleep with you tonight?"

"Do you want to touch my tail?"

Pei Shiyi pressed his advantage again, his eyes gleaming as he made the suggestions.

’His mind was racing with calculations.’

’Lanlan already has several males by her side.’

’There was no telling if those guys would whisper in her ear and make her change her mind tomorrow.’

’In that case...’

’He had to seize the opportunity and attend to her in bed tonight.’

’He had to let Yu Lan experience the unique talents of the Deep Sea Merfolk.’

’After all, he had two of them.’

"COUGH, COUGH, COUGH!"

Yu Lan choked on Pei Shiyi’s words and started coughing.

She quickly explained herself under the murderous glares of Li Yucheng and the others.

"We’re not at that stage yet."

"We’re not at that stage yet."

"I’m very traditional. We can talk about that after we get married."

Right now, her relationship with the other men was still at the kissing stage.

At most, when the kissing became too overwhelming,

she might help the men out a little.

"Oh~" Pei Shiyi said, his voice dropping in disappointment.

When Yu Lan wasn’t looking, he shot the other men a look that was both provocative and disdainful.

’So useless.’

’They’ve been with the Female Master for so long and haven’t even been favored once.’

This forced Pei Shiyi to think of other ways to try and entice Yu Lan.

The mysterious, devilish, and utterly bewitching merman from the deep sea leaned in and whispered to the pretty little female.

"Then... would you like to touch my tail fin?"

"I hear you’re a researcher at the Science Research Institute. You must be curious about this sort of thing."

"I can be your test subject. You can do whatever you want with me."

Pei Shiyi spoke the last sentence softly and slowly.

The man’s hot breath on Yu Lan’s delicate pink earlobe sent an instant shiver through her.

A jolt of electricity shot through Yu Lan’s heart, leaving a tingling sensation in its wake.

Yu Lan’s gaze flickered.

She parted her lips but found she couldn’t bring herself to refuse.

’Come on.’

’This was a Merfolk!’

’A legendary species.’

’Could any scientist really not be intrigued by this?’

’Wouldn’t they want to know if that shimmering, fantastically colored tail fin was warm or cold to the touch?’

Pei Shiyi pressed on:

"Lanlan, I’ve just arrived on the Central Star. I don’t know where to live, and I don’t know my way around."

"You’re the only person I know on the entire Central Star. Would it be okay if I stayed at your place for one night?"

He said this while braving the increasingly cold, bone-chilling, and murderous stares from Huo Zhanting and the others, leaning close to Yu Lan’s ear to speak:

"I’ll let you touch my tail fin tonight~"

"Th-th-then, okay."

Overwhelmed by the barrage of temptations, a dazed Yu Lan nodded in agreement.

By the time she came to her senses and met the dark expressions on the faces of Huo Zhanting and the others, she was instantly consumed by guilt.

’Damn it.’

’What were they here to do today?’

’Oh, right.’

’They were supposed to be annulling the engagement with Pei Shiyi.’

’How did things end up like this?’

For some reason, Yu Lan didn’t dare to meet the other men’s eyes.

She was the very picture of caution.

But unexpectedly, after taking a deep breath, Huo Zhanting and the others faced Yu Lan, their expressions suddenly softening.

Shen Zueran spoke with a smile:

"It’s fine, Lanlan. The Peng Clan Leader’s body structure is different from ours. It’s only normal for you to be curious."

"We understand."

’He was just waiting for the day when a certain someone’s novelty wore off and he fell out of favor after satisfying Yu Lan’s curiosity.’

Tsk!

Pei Shiyi, seeing right through Shen Zueran’s intentions, shot him a dismissive, unconcerned look.

He possessively placed a hand on Yu Lan’s waist and rested his head on the pretty little female’s shoulder.

It was a clear posture of embracing her.

Meanwhile, Su Xingye, Li Yucheng, Jun Lin Yuan, and Huo Zhanting all fell into deep thought.

They looked down at themselves.

’What’s so great about touching a fish tail?’ they all thought simultaneously. ’How could it be better than touching our fluffy wolf, leopard, tiger, or lion tails?’

’If Lanlan was into that sort of thing, it wasn’t like they couldn’t oblige.’

A glint of interest flashed in each of the men’s eyes.

And so, it was settled that Pei Shiyi would move into Yu Lan’s home.

*

「A few days later」

Yu Lan discovered

that Pei Shiyi was, in fact, an absolute little vinegar pot.

He pouted all day long, getting wildly jealous over the smallest things.

Because Yu Lan had been spending more time with Pei Shiyi over the past few days,

this had seriously cut into the time the other men got to spend with her.

So when Shen Zueran sent a message asking Yu Lan to go out, she immediately agreed.

"I’m heading out for a bit. You have fun here at home."

Yu Lan called out to Pei Shiyi, who was lying on the sofa, as she passed through the living room.

She never expected this would awaken the man’s deeply buried vigilance.

With ears perked, Pei Shiyi flipped off the sofa in a flash and landed in front of Yu Lan.

His handsome, pale face was puffed up in a pout.

"Are you going out on a date with Shen Zueran and the others?"

"I want to go too."

’That’s completely unreasonable.’

’He’d be a 100,000-volt third wheel!’

Yu Lan quickly shook her head. "No, you can’t."

"Just be good and stay home. I’ll bring you back a treat, okay?"

"You like the desserts from that place in Central Square, right? I’ll bring some back for you." 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

Yu Lan hadn’t even finished speaking when Pei Shiyi’s tears started spilling down his face again.

’As expected of someone from the deep sea,’ she thought. ’His Water Control Ability is top-notch.’

"Hey, hey, hey," Yu Lan said anxiously. "Don’t cry, don’t cry. Why are you crying again?"

"Whatever it is, let’s talk about it calmly, okay? Don’t drop any more little pearls."

The corners of Pei Shiyi’s eyes were red as he stared at Yu Lan with an accusatory expression.

"I knew it. I let you touch my tail, I let you kiss me, and now you find me annoying, don’t you?"

"I could have been a female’s main husband, but now that I’m with you, I can only be Little Six."

"And you don’t even treat me well."

"Who was it that used the full power of their clan to help you solve the Garbage Star problem?"

"Who was it that you abandoned on Deep Sea Star, who had to come all this way to find you?"

"If you don’t want me, I might as well just find a river and drown myself."

Yu Lan felt a massive headache coming on.

Faced with Pei Shiyi’s fight for her affection, she had no choice but to quickly message Shen Zueran and cancel their meeting for now.