Chapter 82: Don’t Cause Unnecessary Trouble

Chapter 82: Chapter 82: Don’t Cause Unnecessary Trouble

Lip Fei immediately gave a stiff "Yes."

The Beast King’s ceremony was drawing near, yet the Beast King himself couldn’t be bothered with it. It was said he’d sent the Second Legion to desperately search for a female...

’Perhaps this Beast King right before my eyes is smitten and doesn’t even know it.’

’The King talks about some strange feeling... when you start having different emotions for her from the bottom of your heart, doesn’t that just mean she holds a special place in your heart?’

’This is the beginning of a double standard. The first seeds of love are starting to sprout!’

Lip Fei’s blue eyes glinted. In just a few lines of dialogue, he instantly understood: the young Beast King had come in the middle of the night to ask for advice about his feelings for a female.

Tsk.

’So inexperienced in matters of love. Does the young Beast King think that just because he has a female, he can’t fall in love at first sight with another?’

He recalled Chi Jie’s displeasure from earlier, and his heart trembled slightly with fear. His legs felt much heavier.

’Forget it, forget it.’

’I’ll just go along with the King’s question. I absolutely must not complicate things.’

Lip Fei put on a serious expression and approached it from another angle. "It must be that she did something unique, something Your Majesty has never seen or heard of before. That’s why it caught your attention."

That sub-female’s cooking skills were indeed unprecedented. Chi Jie nodded slightly, lost in thought.

Observing Chi Jie’s expression, Lip Fei now had a better grasp of the situation. Maintaining a neutral expression, he continued along this line of reasoning.

Lip Fei continued unhurriedly, "Beastmen all have a strong sense of curiosity. When faced with something novel and unique like this, anyone would naturally become curious. Their minds wouldn’t be at ease. They would keep thinking about this unusual matter, wanting to find some kind of resolution."

’He hit the nail on the head.’ 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

Chi Jie narrowed his eyes and looked at the Prime Minister with appreciation. Convinced now that he was merely captivated by that voice on a whim, the corners of his lips curved into a barely-there smile.

He said, "She rejected my friend request."

Lip Fei was shocked. "...Huh?!"

He let out a cry of shock, then quickly interjected before the King could speak, "That must be because she doesn’t know Your Majesty’s true identity. And females are always proud. They are sought after by the world, and the first lesson they learn is to reject friend requests from unknown communicator numbers."

’That was close. Good thing I managed to smooth that over.’

Chi Jie gently rubbed his wrist with his fingertips, raised his eyes to glance at the Prime Minister, and praised, "Well said."

He stood up and left, believing he had no further need of Lip Fei.

’Perhaps once I use my account privileges to force the connection with that sub-female, this fleeting interest, sparked only by a similar-sounding voice, will disappear.’

’But there’s no need.’

He had already figured out the strange feeling he had for the sub-female—it was just because her voice sounded similar. Therefore, there was no need to make a big fuss and waste time on a mere sub-female whose voice just happened to resemble that of his female.

’I must focus on my red-haired female.’

...

Feng Si made five small, multicolored spheres in one go. Seeing that almost half an hour had passed, she got out of the bathtub, threw on a robe, and turned to fish out Yun Duo, who was clinging to the black recording sphere.

Yun Chi, clutching the recording sphere with both paws, was wrapped in a towel by his mother and carried back to the bedroom. Placed on the bed, Yun Chi lay on the snow-white towel, his four limbs splayed out.

The little one let his mother dry the water droplets from his body, cooperatively spreading his little front paws. His back paws, pressed against his belly, also spread open, revealing the fine, glistening scales on his chubby abdomen.

Feng Si’s gaze was gentle. She first guided the clothes over Little Cloud’s hind legs, then pulled the garment up. His two short, chubby black paws voluntarily went through the sleeves. Feng Si tugged the clothes on Yun Duo’s body into place and finally tied the laces on his back.

Feng Si carefully moved the dressed cub onto the fluffy bed, next to the pillow.

Yun Chi’s chubby body sank slightly into the soft, white blanket. As his mother’s hand left his "little bed," he let out a hiss, propped up his head, and his golden eyes looked toward the black recording sphere left by the edge of the towel.

’Yun Chi remembered.’

’That little black ball... He had let go of it to get dressed, and now it had rolled to the side of the bed.’

Feng Si followed Yun Chi’s gaze and brought the black sphere back to his side. She stroked his head with her index finger and said softly, "Yun Duo, let this keep you company for a bit. Mommy is going to make you something to eat."

"—Hiss." Yun Chi’s tiny voice came from the fluffy pile.

Feng Si gently placed her palm on the cub, who was wiggling his body and trying to crawl off the bed.

’The little guy was on the floor today, and he’d been crawling around quite a bit. I’m afraid his body won’t be able to handle it.’

She gently poked Yun Chi. "Good boy, just lie here and play under the covers for a while. Mommy will be right back."

His mother’s palm blocked his way. Yun Chi gently touched Feng Si’s palm, his golden eyes blinking. Seeing that her hand didn’t move, he lay back down on his own, a look of understanding on his small face.

’Does Mommy want Yun Duo to sleep in the nest?’

Seeing Yun Chi obediently lie back down on the blanket, Feng Si withdrew her hand, pulled the blanket up over him, and turned to leave and prepare his food.

When his mother’s figure disappeared, Yun Chi, feeling a little unsettled, abruptly lifted his upper body. His little paws clung to the edge of his nest, about to climb out, but then he remembered Feng Si telling him to wait. In his little head, the desire to follow his mother and the command to obey his mother battled back and forth.

Just then, his thrashing tail brushed against a cool little black sphere. Yun Chi turned his head to look down, and his eyes lit up. He quickly turned around and grabbed the little black sphere. He pressed it twice with his little paw, and a tablet-sized light screen popped out.

’Huh?’

’Why didn’t ’Little Mommy’ appear?’

Yun Chi tilted his head, thinking. The image of Feng Si operating the light screen flashed through his mind. A quick learner, Yun Chi immediately realized what he had to do: he had to imitate his mother’s pretty, pink finger and tap the light screen.

’I’ll make ’Little Mommy’ appear!’

It didn’t matter that his little paws were too short to reach properly. The Little Chilong half-sprawled himself over the light screen, his golden eyes filled with concentration, as his short, chubby paws poked randomly all over the screen.

——After returning from his visit with Lip Fei, the strange restlessness in Chi Jie had calmed down considerably.

He strolled through the wooded grounds of the Imperial Palace, his pair of golden eyes squinting contentedly in the darkness. Blades of grass brushed against his long calves, making soft RUSTLING sounds against his shiny black boots.

Chi Jie walked on with an indifferent expression. However, just as he had calmed down, the communicator on his wrist suddenly lit up. He nonchalantly raised his wrist to look, assuming it was an anxious message from a subordinate who couldn’t find him. Instead, he saw a friend request.

[The sub-female streamer ’Si Shi Xiao Si’ has sent you a friend request.]

Chi Jie saw it: the person who had rejected his friend request less than an hour ago had now taken the initiative to send him one.

A surprised smile touched his lips, and he stopped in his tracks.