"Just reach out." Xiao Jinsheng said.
She wasn’t exactly feeling sorry for the man.
After all, that handso face was conveniently on Su Ye’s head, making it easier for her to admire.
A husband’s appearance, a wife’s pride.
And this type of handsoness with varying aesthetics? She had six of them.
Xiao Jinsheng, ever fair, reached out to slap both Li and Su Ye’s extended hands with all her might, delivering a serious smack to each.
The impact made her palm tingle slightly.
"What are you even doing?" Li gently pulled her reddened hands over.
"I drew a skill that doesn’t require base defense data and can offset 50% of damage." Xiao Jinsheng replied.
"Testing your defense ability on ?" Su Ye raised an eyebrow.
"Forces are mutual." Xiao Jinsheng waved her slightly numbed hand. "Considering your strength and mine, it’s not like I can ask you two to slap , right?"
While speaking, Xiao Jinsheng warily eyed Su Ye. "You’re not planning to hit , are you?"
Su Ye was too exasperated to respond: "I could scare you to death."
"Points." Li interjected.
Su Ye shot him a cold look. "I’m talking to her. Why are you cutting in?"
"If it’s not Li, are you saving it for New Year?" Li shook his head at Xiao Jinsheng, his every gesture targeting Su Ye.
Su Ye clenched his fists audibly.
As she watched the two n unable to stay civil for even a few minutes and start bickering again, Xiao Jinsheng quickly changed the subject.
For her second blind box, Xiao Jinsheng chose to open speed.
[Congratulations! You’ve obtained a 9-Star Speed Buff, permanently active. This buff doubles your current speed.]
Having been lucky for so long, the sight of the 9-Star Speed effect didn’t even faze Xiao Jinsheng.
After all, her base speed wasn’t great to begin with; she had failed the 800-ter run...
Xiao Jinsheng placed her hopes on the third blind box.
The soft film dissolved into shimring light, revealing a black-gold Tang Blade in Xiao Jinsheng’s arms.
The Tang Blade followed a horizontal style, asuring 80 cm in total length, with a 60 cm blade and 7 mm thickness.
Its scabbard and handle were black, adorned with golden cloud patterns.
"A 9-Star Tang Blade—the system says it can slice through iron like mud, but I don’t even know how to use it." Xiao Jinsheng frowned.
"I’ll teach you." Su Ye’s brows lifted in delight.
Thinking of Su Ye’s massive two-ter-long horse-chopper blade, Xiao Jinsheng couldn’t help but get excited.
With a ready-made teacher, she already started daydreaming about her future as a heroine.
Perfect! She decided to dream about this tonight.
Riding on the joy of opening three blind boxes, which had softened Li and Su Ye, Xiao Jinsheng hurriedly ushered them out the door. "I have training early tomorrow morning. You two should rest early. Good night~"
With that, she swiftly shut her bedroom door, skillfully locking it to prevent these two n from realizing and coming back to settle scores.
Sure enough, Star Map soon received a ssage from Li.
Li: I’m here to settle the score. Care to explain how many tis you changed the subject tonight?
Xiao Jinsheng: Brother~ Darling~ Husband~ I’m so sleepy, let rest, okay?
Li: [Video call invitation sent]
When the video connected, Li was lying alone on the diamond-beaded bed where chaos had ensued between them in the domain last night.
He’d already removed his mask and was leaning against a soft silver-gray pillow. "Typing it out? What’s the point? I prefer hearing you say it face to face."
Xiao Jinsheng pressed her lips together and shyly avoided his gaze.
"Say it." Li urged, his red eyes smiling. "If you don’t, I won’t end this Star Map call."
"Brother~" Xiao Jinsheng’s cheeks flushed as she sweetly called out.
"And?" Li raised an eyebrow.
"That’s enough, for now." Xiao Jinsheng purposely adjusted her expression to appear stern. "I’ll call you more later. I’m hanging up now; I’m really sleepy."
With that, she didn’t give Li a chance to respond and ended the call unilaterally.
Li: I hope you’re truly asleep this ti, not hiding and chatting with so other random guy.
Xiao Jinsheng: I swear~ I won’t~ Go to bed, good night, brother~
Li: Good night.
After placating Li, Xiao Jinsheng finally breathed a sigh of relief, only for Star Map to pop up with another video invitation.
Hesitating, she debated whether to feign sleep and ignore it.
Su Ye: Busy signal? Still chatting with soone else?
Resigned, she thought—barely two minutes apart, who’d believe she was already asleep?
Xiao Jinsheng accepted Su Ye’s video call, lowering her voice to a whisper.
"Why are you sneaking around?" Su Ye chuckled. "I heard soone enthusiastically calling ’Brother, darling,’ though."
"Did I? No way. Must’ve been your hallucination." Xiao Jinsheng shook her head in denial.
"Maybe I did hear wrong. Didn’t seem like you’d call that, so my mind probably played tricks on ." Su Ye replied.
"Why are you covering your eyes instead of looking at ?" Su Ye’s gold eyes glead as he pressed her.
"I’m sleepy! Rubbing my eyes is normal!" Xiao Jinsheng rebutted.
Su Ye nodded slightly. "Want to sleep? Call a few tis, and I’ll hang up."
"Brother~ I’m really sleepy." With practice cos perfect; Xiao Jinsheng’s tone was much smoother this ti.
"Call ’Husband.’" Su Ye raised an eyebrow.
"No way; tonight is reserved for calling you ’Brother’ only." Xiao Jinsheng refused.
She needed to maintain fairness and equality.
Honestly, mixing nas would risk her forgetting and mistakenly calling the wrong Beast Husband soday.
Better to stick to identical nas for every encounter—it was just easier.
"Alright, I’ll find you tomorrow night then." Su Ye nodded.
"Okay, goodnight, brother." Xiao Jinsheng bead sweetly at him.
"Goodnight, sweet dreams," Su Ye replied with a smile.
As soon as Su Ye’s video ended, Star Map imdiately lit up with a ssage from Li.
Li: Ha.
Li: Oh~ Swore on it, yet still chatting.
Xiao Jinsheng froze. Was her voice so quiet, yet Li still overheard it?
Xiao Jinsheng: Really sleeping now, truly, truly, truly sleeping!
Li: You’d better truly, truly, truly sleep.
Just when she thought Li overhearing her with Su Ye was already the worst-case scenario, Star Map burst forth with more notifications.
Yu Yunxiao: Staying up late causes hair loss.
Mo Jiao: Sleeping soon? If you don’t, other people want sleep. Stop chatting with sketchy folks late at night.
Huaiqing: It’s late. Goodnight.
Que Zelian: If your room isn’t Superpower shielded, we’re all Beastn in the house. Even in distant rooms, we can hear every sound from your room. Sleep early.
Xiao Jinsheng crumbled on the spot.
Why was it that simply taking calls in her room let everyone overhear her?
Having supernatural powers is so unfair!
After receiving ssages from everyone, Xiao Jinsheng carefully sent out a mass "Goodnight" ssage, making sure to avoid turning it into a group chat.
Xiao Jinsheng: Goodnight, sleeping, sleeping.
Yu Yunxiao: Mass ssage?
Su Ye: Progress—at least the mass ssage wasn’t accidentally a group chat.
Li: Didn’t you just tell goodnight? Now another mass ssage?
Que Zelian: Goodnight.
Huaiqing: Goodnight... it’s not just a mass ssage, right?
Mo Jiao: Oh, Miss Mass ssage.
Xiao Jinsheng buried her head under the blanket in despair.
Destroy .
This is truly the hardest job for a "Sea King."
The chaos from last night resulted in Xiao Jinsheng avoiding all six n throughout the following day.
But the more you fear sothing, the more you try to dodge it, the more likely you are to encounter it.
"Morning, Miss Mass ssage." Mo Jiao stood at the bottom of the stairs, looking up at Xiao Jinsheng, who was sneaking downstairs. He smirked coldly. "What, no mass ssage for ’morning’ today?"
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