Bai Yan noticed the bloodstains on all three of them and approached with a smile. "Jinsheng, where have you all been? You're covered in injuries. Did you encounter mutated beasts?"
Bai Yan's gaze landed on the patches of missing black scales on Mo Jiao's neck. She covered her mouth in feigned surprise and turned to Xiao Jinsheng with a hint of reproach in her voice. "Oh dear, Mo Jiao is so badly hurt."
"Jinsheng, really, why didn't you heal your beast husband? You know how important scales are to these scaled beast-transformed humans."
"Such a large piece is missing now, his flesh is exposed. I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to advance in stars in the future. Although your beast husband is a snake, with enough effort, he might have a chance to transform into a Jiaolong."
"If his body is damaged because of these missing scales, I'm afraid he'll never be able to transform into a Jiaolong."
Bai Yan frowned and sighed. "I was still waiting for your beast husband to transform into a Jiaolong so that my Jin Ao would have a companion. After all, he's the only beast-transformed golden Jiaolong in the Misty Continent right now. He must be so lonely."
Initially, Xiao Jinsheng hadn't understood why the original owner was constantly competing with the female lead.
But now, with this encounter, all her previous doubts were resolved.
Just these words alone were enough to make anyone angry.
"Who cares if he transforms into a Jiaolong or a dragon? He's a snake; he can slither in the shadows. Can your Jiaolong do that?" Xiao Jinsheng retorted coldly, her face impassive.
Bai Yan wasn't surprised by Xiao Jinsheng's reaction.
She covered her mouth and giggled softly. "I was just concerned about you all. Look at Mo Jiao, he's so badly injured…"
"Is he your man? Why are you so concerned?" Xiao Jinsheng glared at her, grabbing one person with each hand and dragging Mo Jiao and Yu Yunxiao towards the courtyard. "I'm warning you, I'm in a bad mood right now, so don't provoke me."
"Jinsheng, you're so heartless. You don't care about your beast husbands at all. They're all injured," Bai Yan said with feigned worry, watching Xiao Jinsheng's anger. She watched the three enter the courtyard before a triumphant smile bloomed on her face.
Mo Jiao and Yu Yunxiao were used to Xiao Jinsheng and Bai Yan's arguments.
After all, Xiao Jinsheng either beat and scolded them or, when she was bored, went to argue with Bai Yan.
At this moment, they only wanted to get rid of this vicious woman.
Once inside the living room, Yu Yunxiao urged Xiao Jinsheng, "We're home. You can divorce us now."
Mo Jiao stared at Xiao Jinsheng coldly. Although he didn't speak, his meaning was clearly the same as Yu Yunxiao's.
Xiao Jinsheng raised a hand to her forehead, staggering as she leaned against the wall, heading towards the stairs. "Oh dear, my head hurts so much. My brain feels completely numb, I can't remember anything. I need to go back to my room and rest."
"Xiao Jinsheng, you dare to play me!" Seeing her feign madness to escape, Yu Yunxiao's fur stood on end.
Mo Jiao gave a mocking smile, clearly not surprised that Xiao Jinsheng had gone back on her word.
Seeing Yu Yunxiao's outburst, Xiao Jinsheng scrambled upstairs and hid in her room.
Leaving Yu Yunxiao alone outside, scratching at the door.
"You faithless woman, Xiao Jinsheng, come out!" Yu Yunxiao roared.
Xiao Jinsheng tore two clumps of cotton from a pillow and stuffed them in her ears, pretending not to hear.
She wasn't afraid of Yu Yunxiao breaking down the door.
After all, as long as they weren't divorced, Yu Yunxiao couldn't do anything to her.
As for the divorce she had promised earlier?
That was just talk. How could face and trust be more important than her precious life?
She was certain that if she divorced Mo Jiao and Yu Yunxiao, they would kill her the moment after.
Like muting a lecturer, Xiao Jinsheng automatically blocked out Yu Yunxiao's questioning from outside the door.
She placed her hand over her heart, familiarizing herself with the unfamiliar mental energy, and successfully opened the star chart linked to the terminal.
In the Misty Continent, zombies and mutated beasts roamed freely, and men gained self-preservation through beast transformation.
Women, on the other hand, could only awaken mental energy and link to the terminal, but lacked the physical strength to protect themselves.
This was why the terminal bound men and women together through a marriage of shared life and death.
Beast-transformed humans in the Misty Continent wanted to advance in star level. Before marriage, tasks were temporarily issued by the terminal. After marriage, they could only receive tasks by linking to the terminal through their wives on the star chart.
However, Xiao Jinsheng's relationship with her five beast husbands was poor. The female lead's husbands could receive tasks once every half a month.
Xiao Jinsheng's husbands hadn't received any tasks from the terminal for half a year.
Without access to terminal tasks for half a year, they couldn't enter the other side of the Misty Continent shrouded in poisonous mist to obtain resources for star level advancement. Their strength was quickly falling behind their peers.
Besides receiving tasks, another function of the terminal link was to display the current marital status and information about the marriage partner.
Beast-transformed humans in the Misty Continent had diverse abilities, but their star levels were unified, ranging from one to twelve stars.
Among the people Xiao Jinsheng knew, the female lead Bai Yan's golden Jiaolong beast husband had the highest star level, currently eight stars.
She tapped on the information of her five men and sighed after reading.
Yu Yunxiao, age 19, height 182 cm, Aquarius (January 29th), beast form Snow Cat, ability level three stars.
Su Ye, age 23, height 186 cm, Gemini (May 21st), beast form Black Panther, ability level four stars.
Que Zelian, age 25, height 187 cm, Virgo (September 6th), beast form Dragon-Sparrow, ability level five stars.
Huai Qing, age 26, height 188 cm, Capricorn (December 24th), beast form White Ram, ability level three stars.
Mo Jiao, age 24, height 190 cm, Scorpio (October 31st), beast form Black Snake, ability level five stars.
Xiao Jinsheng's sigh wasn't out of disdain for her five beast husbands' strength.
Her sigh was because she was so fragile that even if these five butchers only had one star of power, killing her would be effortless.
Therefore, divorce was absolutely impossible!
Xiao Jinsheng clasped her hands together, sincerely thanking the terminal's life-and-death marital protection law, when she heard a loud kick against her bedroom door.
An impatient voice sounded from outside, "Come out, it's time to eat."
It was a relatively familiar voice from her memories, but to the current Xiao Jinsheng, it still felt somewhat strange.
She tried hard to recall and matched the voice to a face.
She also knew who this person kicking the door was.
Her ill-tempered third beast husband, Su Ye.
Xiao Jinsheng dawdled for a while, and when there was no more movement outside, she cautiously opened the door and quietly went downstairs.
Just as she turned the corner into the dining room, she bumped into a man leaning against the wall. He wore tight black clothing, his golden eyes couldn't hide his arrogance, and his handsome face was strikingly aggressive.
"Oh, I thought you wanted me to come upstairs and feed you," Su Ye sneered, a mocking smile playing on his lips as he saw Xiao Jinsheng sneaking downstairs.
Xiao Jinsheng quickly closed her eyes and turned her head away. She felt like she was being attacked.
The thought that this handsome man would be a butcher who would kill her in the future made her heart sink with a cold dread.
She turned her head towards the dining table and was initially stunned by their beauty, then filled with despair.
Four such good-looking and handsome butchers were sitting around the table.
The gazes of the four men at the table were all cold and indifferent.
Yu Yunxiao, seeing her, turned his face away in anger.
Mo Jiao stared at her with deep, shadowy eyes, his killing intent stirring.
And the man with his long red hair half-tied back, wearing a black and red Tang suit, possessing a noble and elegant air, cast a fleeting glance at her with his orange-red eyes before indifferently looking away, his attention solely on the hot tea in the jade cup in his hand.
Xiao Jinsheng recognized him as her fourth beast husband… uh, no, her fourth butcher, Que Zelian.