Chapter 76 - 70: Mission: Spend a Romantic Night with the Beast Husband

Though Xue Yinzhou wasn’t her target for strategy, he is still her legitimate Beast Husband. It’s not good to just leave him alone.

Shen Tang originally wanted to call him over for a meal, but remembers this Snake Beast’s aloof and arrogant personality; he’d definitely refuse, and might even accuse her of having ulterior motives... She doesn’t enjoy the feeling of warming to a cold shoulder!

Shen Tang hesitated for a moment, then served a portion of food to take over to him.

Xue Yinzhou went to his room to rest.

She knocked on the door of the room.

The door opened quickly.

Xue Yinzhou looked down at her coldly, "What’s the matter?"

Shen Tang held back her anxiety, handing the food to him, "Since we boarded the spaceship, I haven’t seen you eat anything. This is the meal I set aside for you."

Xue Yinzhou glanced at the food in her hand, which was specially heated and still steaming.

His gaze flickered slightly but he didn’t bring up that incident with the drugging, only spoke flatly, "I fed before I came. A Snake Beast can withstand hunger for ten to fifteen days with one feeding. I don’t need your attentiveness."

Shen Tang’s temper flared instantly; this cursed snake deserved to starve. Here she was, kindly bringing him food, yet he thought she had ulterior motives!?

Xue Yinzhou’s expression was cold as ice, his voice devoid of any emotion, "Just remember the promise you made me that day. As for the rest, I don’t need it."

Alright, alright, alright.

He’s decided to part ways with her.

It’s her own fault for looking for trouble; her goodwill treated like dirt.

Shen Tang felt fortunate she had severed the strategy relationship with this Snake Beast, conveniently no longer needing to bother pleasing him. She shoved the bowl into his hand and left, "Eat if you want, if not throw it away, no one cares."

"..." Xue Yinzhou looked at the steaming food in his hand, then towards her retreating figure. After she completely vanished from sight, he went inside and closed the door.

He frowned handsomely, knowing that female from being around her for years, knowing her nature, unclear about sugar and salt, never entered the kitchen.

Even if she truly awakened some cooking talent, at best she’d be slightly better than others, impossible to match the lofty praise of Shen Li and the rest.

He privately believed Shen Li and the others were feigning it, just to humor her.

Yet, after Xue Yinzhou tasted a bite, his expression paused, snake tongue caught at his lips, forgetting to retract.

Indeed... it was incredibly tasty.

It was a flavor he had never tasted before in his life.

Xue Yinzhou’s gaze darkened slightly, recalling his time at the Imperial Palace, when he was young. That female had looked down on him, her gaze akin to viewing the filthiest thing in the world, disdainfully throwing her leftovers to him, commanding him to eat them.

She laughed and said, a wretched slave only deserves to eat this.

But now, as Xue Yinzhou looked at the steaming delicious food in his hand, his mind flashed back to when she opened the door, her gaze bright and seemingly holding a hint of expectation.

His eyes darkened.

Shen Tang, which of these is your true self?

...

Before bed tonight, Shen Tang faced a monumental problem.

This old and outdated spaceship only had three resting quarters equipped.

Shen Li calculated carefully, "There are six of us and three rooms, we’ll have to squeeze in, I’ll room with Lu Xiao and Xiao Jin, Jia Lan, you can room with Yinzhou, it’s a bit more spacious, and leave the other room for Xiao Tang’er."

These quarters were quite small, barely enough for one person, quite cramped for two.

The best accommodation naturally should be left for the females.

Of course, they harbored their own little schemes.

Shen Tang gained an advantage, she was too lazy to expose them.

She enjoyed having a bed to herself, monopolizing a room, it was indeed quite satisfying.

After eating and drinking her fill, she took a sip of water to moisten her throat, just about to return to her room when a system voice echoed in her mind,

[Beep! Now issuing a new side mission to the host: Spend one night with each of the four Beast Husbands, mission reward: Navigation Map!]

"Pfft!"

Shen Tang spat water out, accidentally spraying it on Xiao Jin who sat opposite her.

Xiao Jin’s forehead throbbed, fists clenching and cracking, "Shen Tang, you must be asking for it!"

"Ah no no no none of that, it wasn’t intentional, I was drinking water... cough cough! Got choked!" Actually, she was shocked by the system’s mission, this lousy system was being absurd beyond belief!

Xiao Jin sneered coldly, "Getting choked just by a sip of water! How idiotic."

Shen Tang couldn’t be bothered to argue with him, her mind in turmoil calling the system ceaselessly.

"Dare to repeat that mission just now?"

The system hesitantly replied, [Just asking the host to spend the night with the Beast Husbands, you are partners after all, isn’t that perfectly normal! Host, good luck, I believe you can accomplish this mission!]

Having said its piece, it muted its signal, calling to no avail.

Shen Tang’s forehead veins throbbed violently.

— Spend the night together.

This meant she needed to sleep in the same room with Shen Li and the others, spending the entire night!

Shen Tang stopped Shen Li and the others as they got up to leave, grinning sheepishly, "Um, I suddenly feel that the earlier plan isn’t great. You all are tall with long legs, cramming into a room is too difficult for you, how about, let’s stick to two per room!"

Shen Li, Lu Xiao, Xiao Jin, and Jia Lan’s expressions subtly altered.

They were well aware that a three-person room was cramped.

The best solution was two per room.

That meant one of them had to share a room with Shen Tang.

This big girl abruptly changing her tune almost seemed as if she welded her agenda to her forehead, causing the Beast Husbands to be wary.

This lusty female wasn’t even pretending.

Shen Tang had indeed changed for the better, undeniably much better than before, but that didn’t mean they wanted to sleep with her, it’d be... too awkward.

If this female’s old habits didn’t die...

The Beast Husbands exchanged glances, reading each other’s reluctance.

Xiao Jin was particularly apprehensive, frowning and sneering, "You all figure it out, I absolutely won’t share a room with her."

With that said, he departed swiftly, as if fleeing from some impending disaster.

Shen Tang was furious; this stubborn leopard really was disrespecting her!

The hardest obstacle to her mission completion was him.

Jia Lan frowned, rejecting as expected, "I’m not used to sleeping with females, you two sort it out."

He said and turned to leave.

Lu Xiao didn’t outright refuse but his face also made clear his unwillingness.

Forced things are unsavory, Shen Tang sighed softly and decided to start with the sly fox, "Brother Li, do you also dislike me?"

Shen Li heard her call him brother, his ears tingled, leaving him unable to refuse, "...fine, I’ll sleep with you."

In the room afterwards.

He set down bedding on the floor, considerately saying, "I’ll sleep on the floor, you sleep on the bed."

He earnestly explained, "This bed is too small, it’s cramped for both of us, I don’t sleep peacefully and might disturb you, it’s better I sleep on the floor."

Shen Tang couldn’t be bothered to expose him.

This sly fox with his sweet-talk was really cautious deep down, afraid she’d secretly take advantage of him!