Chapter 7: Incredible

A dark glint flashed across Xiao Jihan's cold, aloof eyes.

Yesterday, she had wanted him, but he had resisted with all his might.

He hadn't dared to use his abilities and had even tried to carefully avoid her, but she had been too crazed from the medicine, acting as if she would never rest until she had him.

She had accidentally struck her head against the wall.

Her subsequent reaction, however, had been somewhat off.

By habit, she would have certainly found a way to retaliate against his resistance a thousandfold.

"Yesterday was my fault. If I hadn't resisted, perhaps she wouldn't have had such paranoid thoughts."

Looking at Xiao Jihan, Hua Linye said, "I know. Given your temperament, you would rather die than let her touch you."

"I felt the same way, so there is no need to dwell on it."

"If we had simply disappeared for a long time like Mei Qingchen and Shen Ci'an, ignoring her completely, life would have been much easier and more carefree."

Mei Qingchen and Shen Ci'an were Su Muyao's other two beast husbands.

While those two had not officially severed their relationship with Su Muyao, they had vanished without a trace, leaving her powerless to do anything about them.

She could only vent her frustrations on the others.

Xiao Jihan composed his expression, masking the sorrow and loneliness in his eyes, and spoke in a clear, cold voice, "Both of them have powerful forces and backgrounds behind them. Their families also possess specialized secret methods to suppress the beast husband contract. Even if Su Muyao were to die, they would continue to live well."

"But we cannot."

Both he and Hua Linye had their own constraints.

If they failed to protect Su Muyao and allowed her to die, they would have to go down with her.

Hua Linye showed a look of confusion and said, "You said that since they possess such strength, they could have forcibly terminated the contract back in Beast Emperor City. Why then did they follow the exile and come to this place?"

Hua Linye simply couldn't wrap his head around it.

With eyes as frosty as frost, Xiao Jihan said indifferently, "Perhaps they have their own reasons for coming here."

After a brief conversation, the two decided not to eat dinner.

It wasn't that they feared death, but rather that they were not living for themselves, so they could not afford to die.

When Xiao Jihan returned, he set a small bucket of bird eggs and a wild rabbit to one side.

He didn't even spare a glance toward the kitchen.

It was as if even looking at Su Muyao would soil his eyes.

He said to Wen Nanxi, "Hua Linye and I won't be eating dinner."

Wen Nanxi sighed inwardly, thinking, *The Mistress is different from before. She should still eat with us!*

The three of them were Su Muyao's beast husbands, originally in a competitive relationship.

The husbands of other female beasts often fought for favor, but these three had never fought, likely because none of them harbored feelings for Su Muyao.

They also shared a common plight.

Furthermore, there were many forces on the exile route attempting to assassinate Su Muyao, including the forces of her five previous beast husbands.

To protect her, they had fought together, so they didn't hold hostile relations toward one another.

Xiao Jihan had no intention of trusting that Su Muyao had changed for the better. He didn't refute Wen Nanxi's words but simply shook his head and said, "We aren't hungry. We won't eat."

Wen Nanxi went to the kitchen to relay this to Su Muyao.

Su Muyao looked at the full basin of minced fish and said, "I've prepared dinner for the four of us."

Although she desperately wanted to ignore them, the previous owner of this body had been such a nightmare that if she didn't improve their impression of her, her life would easily be forfeit.

If she were powerful, she would naturally ignore them. But currently, she didn't even possess first-tier strength.

Moreover, those two had indeed brought food back.

Hating her was one thing, but they had still fulfilled their duty of bringing food.

Wen Nanxi said, "I'll deliver it to their rooms tonight!"

"Alright."

The Space System chimed in, "Host, they're just afraid you've drugged them!"

Su Muyao's mouth twitched. "No wonder!"

Su Muyao cooked quickly. She rendered fat from lard and made a pan of scrambled eggs with tomatoes.

She also simmered fish soup and made plain fish noodles.

She even roasted sweet potatoes.

Su Muyao packed two plates of tomato scrambled eggs, some roasted sweet potatoes, two large bowls of fish noodles, and a large bowl of fish soup.

The fish noodles and soup Su Muyao made had no fishy smell at all; instead, they tasted exceptionally fresh and delicious.

To ensure she hadn't drugged the food, she ate some food and drank some soup in front of Wen Nanxi.

"I didn't drug it, nor did I poison it."

After a pause, she added, "I'm still counting on you all to protect me and find food for me. It's impossible for me to kill you off."

Wen Nanxi's gaze was warm and gentle. "Mm, I know. They will eat."

Wen Nanxi took the food to Xiao Jihan's room and then called Hua Linye over to eat as well.

Hua Linye's injuries had not yet recovered. Today, in his effort to hunt a wild boar, he had encountered a mutated beast, causing his injuries to worsen.

He had been enduring the pain in silence, letting no one know.

He hadn't intended to eat, but for some reason, he caught a scent of rich fragrance.

Combined with what Wen Nanxi had said, Hua Linye felt something was amiss.

"She would be kind enough to cook for us?"

Wen Nanxi said, "The Mistress tasted it in front of me, and she used clean utensils. Don't worry, she didn't drug it."

"And the Mistress is right; she needs to rely on you to find food and protect her. She won't kill you."

If it were Su Muyao speaking, they wouldn't believe her, but they believed Wen Nanxi.

Hua Linye and Xiao Jihan indeed hadn't eaten much all day, and they were now hungry.

After a moment of hesitation, Hua Linye picked up his utensils and began to eat.

"This food is strange. When I ate at restaurants in Beast Emperor City, I've seen vegetables with eggs, but this is the first time I've seen fruit stir-fried."

"This is fish soup. Is it edible?"

Hua Linye was somewhat suspicious.

But sensing no strange odor, he took a spoonful of soup.

He froze. "This fish soup doesn't have a hint of fishiness at all."

The soup was clear and white, with a rich and delicious taste.

Wen Nanxi smiled and said, "The ones next to it are noodles made with fish meat."

This was the first time Xiao Jihan and Hua Linye had ever heard of "noodles."

Once they tasted them, they realized how exquisite the flavor was.

Not to mention the sweet potatoes and the tomato scrambled eggs.

Every single dish was delicious.

Afterward, they stopped talking and simply ate in silence.

They had to admit, it was truly delicious.

They never expected that in such a remote exile tribe, they could eat delicacies that surpassed those of Beast Emperor City.

If they hadn't tasted it themselves, they wouldn't have believed it.

At the same time, their hearts were filled with heavy doubt and a sense of incredible disbelief.

Su Muyao knew how to identify food and could even cook?

Seeing that they had truly eaten and understood what the food was and how to eat it, Wen Nanxi returned to the kitchen.

At this moment, Su Muyao was sitting at the kitchen table. Seeing him return, her eyes curved into crescents as she said, "You're back. Let's eat together!"

As she spoke, Su Muyao held her chopsticks, waiting for Wen Nanxi.

Wen Nanxi had originally thought Su Muyao would have started eating long ago.

His heart stirred. *Is the Mistress waiting for me?*

"Yes, we made this food together, so of course I should wait for you to eat with me."

The previous owner of the body only cared about herself when eating, but in Su Muyao's view, they were now a small group.

To live well in this tribe, the group had to be well-fed.

Only by being well-fed could they quickly increase their abilities, resolve dangers, and hunt for food.

She was very clear-headed. Although each of them was breathtakingly beautiful, they were also toxic.

They could be lethal!

She wouldn't be foolish enough to invest any real emotion in them.