Chapter – 69
Had a “Nightmare” About a Beast Husband!
Jiang Xi leaned against Lu Liufeng’s chest, taking quite a while before her emotions finally settled.
Although she knew that as long as she didn’t agree, Mu Ling would never do anything to her,
the difference in their physiques was simply too great—so even knowing that in her heart, she still couldn’t help feeling afraid.
Lu Liufeng’s embrace carried a cool, faint fragrance, yet it was incomparably warm.
It soothed Jiang Xi, and at the same time made her even more reluctant to leave him.
It was as if, as long as she stayed with Lu Liufeng, she would never encounter danger.
Jiang Xi hugged Lu Liufeng, rubbed her cheek lightly against his chest, and couldn’t help saying,
“After some time, let’s live together, okay? That way, Mu Ling won’t come anymore!”
Anyway, once she recovered, the two of them would officially be together—so living together was only natural!
Live together?
Lu Liufeng’s long eyes froze slightly, joy flashing in their depths.
But very quickly, he calmed himself, not letting the happiness of being able to monopolize his female master cloud his judgment.
Because he knew—he could never monopolize her.
Still, he didn’t refuse her. He only smiled and said softly, “Alright.”
“The female master can live wherever she wants.”
The female master in his arms was fragrant and soft. He truly wished this moment could last a little longer.
That way, when the female master someday had a beastman she liked even more, he could rely on these memories to endure each day of neglect.
Such things were normal.
There would always be younger, stronger beastmen who replaced his position and won the female master’s favor.
But as long as he could help manage the household well and raise the children properly, the female master would still be willing to let her gaze fall upon him.
In Eagle Strait, beastmen were taught various ways of getting along with a female master even before they could transform.
The most important lesson was this: make the female master’s life comfortable—make her unable to live without you.
That way, even if she had a beastman she liked more, she would not ignore you.
Beastmen married out from Eagle Strait had excellent reputations in all tribes and were very popular.
If one could take an eagle beastman from Eagle Strait as a husband, it would reduce hostility among beast husbands and decrease fighting incidents, benefiting the family’s development and growth.
Lu Liufeng knew he could not be an exception.
He could not become a jealous beast husband who tried to monopolize the female master and bring a bad reputation to Eagle Strait.
Lu Liufeng stayed in the room, guarding her until the female master fell asleep, and only then did he leave.
Half-asleep, Jiang Xi talked to him about many things.
At one moment, she said she wanted to eat popsicles by the fireplace; the next, she said she wanted ice-chilled watermelon.
Lu Liufeng gently asked her what popsicles were, and what watermelon was.
Jiang Xi held his hand, rested it against her cheek, eyes closed, drowsily answering him,
“Popsicles are… all kinds of flavored popsicles… Watermelon… there’s no watermelon here. Green skin with black stripes, red flesh…”
She smacked her lips twice and gradually drifted into her dream, where she went off to eat.
In her dream, there wasn’t just watermelon—there were also cantaloupes! Big winter melons! Big pumpkins!
Wait?
Why is the pumpkin so big…?
Huh? The pumpkin has wheels, windows, and a door?!
In her haze, Jiang Xi vaguely felt that she had seen this scene somewhere before.
Then the pumpkin lantern lit up, and the pumpkin door was pushed open from inside.
In an instant, she realized—it was Cinderella!
Holding a top hat, she ran over in a few quick steps, and then froze completely in shock.
“Ah—!”
Jiang Xi screamed and jolted awake from the dream.
The door was pushed open in an instant.
The sky was already bright. Mu Ling’s figure appeared at the doorway, bathed in snowy daylight, gradually overlapping with the scene from her dream.
Jiang Xi nearly lost her mind.
How could she dream about Mu Ling?!
And he was wearing Cinderella’s blue princess puffy dress!!
Ahhhhhhh!!!!
Jiang Xi felt like her eyes had been assaulted!!!
Mu Ling heard the female master’s scream and thought something had happened, so he rushed over immediately.
But when he reached the doorway and saw that she was fine, he hesitated—should he go in?
No one had taught him about daytime situations for married beastmen…
He’d have to ask later.
While Mu Ling’s thoughts wandered, Lu Liufeng hurried over.
“Female master, what happened?”
Seeing Mu Ling standing blankly at the door, he thought Mu Ling had upset her again and was about to speak—
But Jiang Xi spoke first.
“It’s nothing, nothing. I just had a nightmare!”
Wasn’t it a nightmare?!
Of all people she could dream of, why did it have to be Mu Ling?!
Even dreaming of Lu Liufeng in a princess dress would have been better than dreaming of Mu Ling in one!
Lu Liufeng was tall and slender, lean-muscled, with black hair smooth like satin…
In her mind, Mu Ling’s sharp, angular face gradually turned into Lu Liufeng’s gentle, handsome one.
Thinking about it that way, it didn’t seem so eye-searing anymore—it was actually quite pleasing to look at~~
Lu Liufeng, of course, had no idea that the female master had already dressed him in a princess gown in her imagination.
He walked in with concern. “Why would you have a nightmare?”
“Should I ask the witch doctor to come take a look?”
He thought it must be yesterday’s cursed pollution that had frightened her.
Jiang Xi waved her hand.
“No need, no need. It was just a dream.”
A nightmare about Mu Ling wearing a princess dress!
Bulging biceps and chest muscles so huge they were about to burst the dress—how could that not be a nightmare?!
When she went out, Jiang Xi gave Mu Ling a strange look.
Mu Ling was baffled and followed along in confusion.
In the fire room, Lu Liufeng ladled breakfast for the female master as he spoke.
“Earlier, the chief female and the chief came by. They said everything is ready. After the female master finishes breakfast, you can go over directly.”
As he said this, he hesitated.
The female master had been frightened yesterday and even had a nightmare.
Today she would be getting close to polluted beastmen…
That would likely worsen the shock.
“How about—”
Before he could finish, Jiang Xi slurped her noodles and said quickly,
“Then let’s eat faster! Don’t keep them waiting!”
Compared to the female master’s enthusiasm, the other beast husbands in the fire room showed little interest.
Even if the chief female and the chief had come up with this idea, it was probably just a last-ditch effort.
The pollution in the Cursed Land had lasted too long. The tribe had tried all kinds of methods, and none could save polluted beastmen—the only outcome was death.
So compared to whether it would succeed, the beast husbands were more worried about whether it would harm the female master.
Lu Liufeng couldn’t help saying,
“Female master, maybe you shouldn’t go?”
Mu Ling agreed. “It’s better to leave it alone.”
“I always feel like this pollution appeared in a strange way.”
“This morning, when the chief female and the chief came, they said the black fish on the other side of the ice river had all disappeared yesterday, as if they’d never existed. It’s very strange.”
“And last night, I kept feeling like there was movement outside the courtyard, but every time I went out to check, I found nothing.”
After Mu Ling left the female master’s room last night, he went out to investigate.
But he found nothing.
Later in the night, he sensed it several more times, but each time he checked, there was still nothing.
Yi Yuexi looked at him in surprise.
“That’s why you kept going in and out last night.”
He had thought Mu Ling hadn’t given up on entering the female master’s room, getting up repeatedly to try to sneak in while Lu Liufeng wasn’t paying attention.
After all, such things happened often in households throughout the tribe.
