The wicked female is extremely fierce, but she's pampered by her seven beast husbands.

Chapter 167 Brothel Attire
Ling Chengen reached out and pushed his face away, his expression playful: "Want to have a legitimate reason?"

"Then you need to keep trying."

She sat up straight, not feeling awkward sitting in his lap at all. Instead, she felt as if she were sitting on her own throne, looking directly into his eyes, which were sharp and incredibly captivating. She pinched his chin with her fingertips to straighten his face.

Chongzhen's face showed undisguised disappointment, but she did not lose her temper. However, she was still unwilling to accept it and was also annoyed with herself for making such a boastful statement.

If he hadn't initially declared that they would keep to themselves and only discuss cooperation and interests, not personal feelings, he wouldn't be in such a passive position today.

I want to smash my past self's head until it's swollen!

Chongzhen was good at comforting himself. Seeing that his request was not being fulfilled, he turned to another approach. He hooked his arm around her waist, brought his bewitching face close to hers again, and whispered, "How hard should I try? Do you want me to be your slave? Or will you serve me diligently elsewhere?"

Ling Chengen felt his teeth were aching terribly, and his expression twisted in pain: "Get back to normal! Are you possessed by some unclean thing?"

The unclean thing (Shigeaki) instantly lost his faint smile, grabbed her waist and put her back on the chair, decisively widening the distance between them.

"You have no sense of romance! You're such a blockhead."

Chongzhen gritted her teeth and muttered a couple of sentences, completely giving up on trying to seduce this blockhead. Instead, she grabbed the charcoal pencil on the table and buried herself in the drawings and notes on it.

Ling Chengen returned to his original position and, seeing that he had shifted his attention, breathed a sigh of relief without making it obvious.

Her slender, pale fingers gripped the skirt, seemingly bent over and carefully adjusting it, but in reality, she was almost shocked by her momentary wavering resolve.

Male beauty is indeed a deadly thing.

She came to her senses and got up to leave this troublesome place; it was really not advisable to stay here any longer tonight.

That's what she thought, but Chongzhen didn't.

Seeing her get up to leave, he hurriedly grabbed her wrist, frowning as he said, "Why are you running away? We haven't gotten to the important business of tonight yet!"

Ling Chengen looked down at him, raised an eyebrow and said, "You've gone through all this trouble for no reason, and now you're in the mood to study?"

Chongzhen said righteously, "Playing is playing, joking is joking, but you can't joke about this."

"Hurry up and teach me."

"Otherwise, when will I be able to fully master it and become a truly indispensable force to you?"

He didn't believe that her attitude towards him would be so bad once his value was naturally demonstrated.

He knew Ling Chengen's personality all too well.

She will cherish and value useful and valuable people.

Conversely, her attitude towards useless people was absolutely appalling.

Seeing that he was really interested in learning, Ling Chengen could only sit back down in his chair, straighten his attitude, and begin to answer his questions.

As time went by, teaching Shigeaki became increasingly difficult for her.

Chongzhen also clearly realized that she was not actually fully proficient in this knowledge, so he did not tease her or make sarcastic remarks. He simply reduced the number of questions he asked and, through self-study, observation, and trial and error, slowly sought the answers he wanted.

Every night after Ling Chengen left his treehouse, he was like a dried-up salted fish, all his energy drained, which made Bai Qingyu's eyes subtly shift towards resentment.

With the dry season halfway over, a rare breeze blew into the treehouse that night.

Dried grass and flowers to repel insects were hanging on the walls inside the house. Near the glowing grass that emitted a warm light, several pots of quiet yet dangerous carnivorous plants were placed, which finally drove away the noisy phototactic insects around the glowing grass.

After taking a bath, Ling Chengen climbed out of the water and went straight back to his treehouse. He lay on his back on the bed with his hands behind his head, staring blankly at the wooden planks above him.

The window was open, and a cool breeze blew in from outside, taking away some of the heat and gradually calming my restless emotions.

Just as she was drifting off to sleep, Bai Qingyu lifted the hanging insect-repelling curtain, entered the room, and quietly sat at the foot of her bed.

In a half-dreaming, half-awake state, Ling Chengen sensed someone beside him and reflexively sprang up from the bed. Instinctively, he raised his hand to attack the foot of the bed. His seemingly harmless five fingers precisely struck the most vulnerable spot on Bai Qingyu's neck.

Fortunately, Bai Qingyu was already familiar with her attacks. He quickly blocked her hands, grabbed her arms, and pulled her directly into his arms. He lowered his head and gently bit her earlobe: "You're really ruthless. Hmm, do you want to kill me?"

Upon hearing the familiar voice, Ling Chengen instinctively relaxed his body, and then his mind slowly came back to work.

She rested her chin on his left shoulder, her eyelids still closed, and said weakly, "It's so late, and you suddenly came over and sat down at my feet without saying a word. How could I not react instinctively?"

Bai Qingyu's body was cool and refreshing. When I pressed against her, it felt like I was hugging a refrigerant. The restlessness in my body and the heat that had swept over me while I was sleeping all miraculously disappeared at that moment.

This is the advantage of water-type warriors; they are truly not afraid of the heat in summer.

If it weren't for Bai Qingyu sleeping with her and always touching her inappropriately, doing things that were hard to describe, and always leaving her covered in sweat, she would have been willing to hold him and fall asleep every night during this hot, dry season.

Unfortunately, no if.

When an eighteen or nineteen-year-old boy tastes forbidden fruit for the first time, he is in the midst of intense pleasure and unable to control himself. Asking him to return to his former ascetic state is simply too much to ask.

Therefore, in order to hold onto his last line of defense, Ling Chengen decided to sleep alone.

Bai Qingyu slowly spread her water-based abilities throughout the bedroom. The treehouse, which had been like a furnace, suddenly cooled down, becoming as cool and pleasant as if autumn had arrived in an instant.

Ling Chengen squinted his eyes and sighed comfortably. His chin, which was resting on his shoulder, tucked in slightly. He wrapped his arms around his firm and slender waist. The place where their skin touched was completely cool and extremely soft.

With her eyelids drooping, she belatedly realized that this guy was shirtless again, brazenly baring his upper body, and was once again engaging in brothel-like behavior in her room.

Ling Chengen: "..."

Bai Qingyu always accepted her advances and intimacy without hesitation. Even when she wrapped her arms around his body, he couldn't help but smile and kiss her earlobe, his laughter tinged with a soft nasal tone.

"She clearly loves holding me, but she always refuses to sleep with me."

"Mmm... Shall we sleep together tonight?"

Bai Qingyu whispered intimately in her ear, like a tempting demon, his fingertips gently kneading and twisting her neck inch by inch until they slid down to her lower back.

Ling Chengen's eyelids were heavy and he wasn't feeling well. Because his ears were itchy, he turned his head away and snuggled into his arms, leaning against him as if he wanted to fall asleep again.

She heard everything he said.

But I don't want to answer.

If yes.

That means it won't just be that he sleeps here tonight, but that he will come to test me day and night after that.

Bai Qingyu has learned the lesson of pushing one's luck to the extreme.

Bai Qingyu waited for a long time but didn't get an answer. Instead, she watched as Enen drifted off to sleep again, a look of helplessness and annoyance on her face. Chongzhen was really something else, finding all sorts of ways to coax her into being alone. Studying together during the day wasn't enough; she also had to pester Enen at night, completely draining her energy so she had no energy left to pay attention to them.

What a vicious scheme!

However, he was much slower than Zhong Zhen in learning obscure knowledge, and his ability to learn was not as strong, so he always suffered in this regard and had nowhere to complain.

He wanted to find an excuse to have Enen stay with him at night and give him special treatment.

But urban planning and design is not something someone like him can do; he can't learn it.

It also took up her time.

So, besides gritting his teeth and keeping a dark watchful eye on the two of them, he had no other recourse.

Fortunately, it's currently the dry season, the hottest time of year in the northern wilderness.

His water-based abilities give him a unique advantage when it comes to climbing into bed.

Ah, I never thought he would end up like this. It's shameful to even talk about it.

Bai Qingyu held the person against the headboard. As soon as he lay down, the person in his arms, like an octopus, pressed most of their body against him, their cheek pressed against the left side of his chest, their cheeks and eyelids slightly flushed, and the fine sweat on their forehead slowly disappeared under the coolness surrounding them.

He looked down at her peaceful sleeping face, his right fingertip gently touching the tips of her slightly curled eyelashes, and couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "What does he do to you every night that makes you look so tired?"

"And yet you still indulge him, even though he's so tired every day that he can barely keep his eyes open."

Ling Chengen naturally wouldn't answer his question. She was already lost in a dream, her body comfortably stretched out, one leg resting on his knee, her left hand on his lower abdomen, her fingertips unconsciously touching the taut veins near his abs.

The slight heat on her fingertips, distinctly different from his body temperature, stirred his heart, and his gaze involuntarily fell on her left hand.

He quietly looked at her pink and delicate nails, which were neat and beautiful, trimmed so cleanly that not even a speck of dust could be seen in the crevices.

He always felt that her hands were the perfect match for his skin.

Staring at her hands for a long time always brought back memories of those rare, intimate moments.

Despite appearing so soft, fragile, beautiful, and harmless, it can both bring him pleasure and destroy his dignity.

Bai Qingyu restrained himself and looked away, afraid that his mind would wander and his body would lose control. Once he became aroused, he would find it difficult to maintain his current body temperature and would instantly turn into a furnace. The person in his arms would definitely turn over without hesitation and create a distance between them.

Ling Chengen slept very comfortably that night.

Bai Qingyu didn't sleep much. It wasn't until the latter half of the night that the chaotic, beautiful, and bizarre thoughts in his mind finally dissipated completely, leaving him with a peaceful and tranquil space.

When Ling Chengen woke up, she found that it was just dawn outside and the person next to her was sleeping in an awkward position, probably to accommodate her, so the sleeping posture was extremely cramped.

She tiptoed out of his embrace, sat down beside him, looked down at the dark circles under his eyes, and shook her head helplessly.

Sure enough, it's still the same.

Without using her special ability to deliberately control her body temperature, Bai Qingyu's temperature also returned to normal, only slightly lower than her body temperature, and felt cool to the touch.

She tentatively touched his forearm a few times. He was still fast asleep, but he firmly held her hand and mumbled, "Mmm, don't be naughty—"

Ling Chengen couldn't help but chuckle, slowly withdrew his hand, turned around, and got out of bed.

A new day has begun, but I cannot indulge in the pleasures of life.

……

Ever since Ling Chengen returned to Shilin, Yuheng and Chang Tianchen have been out of contact for a long time.

She originally wanted to find an opportunity to go to the Mulan Plain to check on the situation, but then she thought of Yuheng's confident promise and Chang Tianchen's guarantee, so she gave up the idea of ​​taking a look.

These two really didn't want her to go, probably because they were afraid that if she knew what methods they were going to use, she would object, which would put them in a difficult position.

Bai Qingyu saw all of Ling Chengen's worries and concerns. Yu Heng had informed him in advance, so he knew about Yu Heng's plan. Therefore, he had been trying to divert Ling Chengen's attention as much as possible, but with little effect.

Judging that the matter in the Mulan Plain would take another half a month to resolve, he looked at Ling Chengen, who was sitting under a tree lost in thought, and suddenly asked, "How about we go to the northern and southern borders? Enen hasn't been to Huiyuan yet, has he?"

Ling Chengen was startled by his sudden idea and sat there blankly for several seconds before finally reacting: "Go to Huiyuan? Wouldn't that mean crossing the territory of the southern tribes?"

“Yes.” Bai Qingyu smiled at her. “Didn’t I tell you before? When males of our crane clan find a mate, they often take their mates with them to see the world.”

"If you are interested in Huiyuan, I will take you there."

Ling Chengen hesitated for a moment and said, "It's very dangerous to cross the territory of the southern tribes."

There are quite a few flying orcs in the south. If you brazenly fly over their heads, you'll most likely get shot down or chased away.

Several tribes in the south are notorious for being unreasonable.

Bai Qingyu showed no fear, and simply smiled and said, "There are safe routes to Huiyuan. Besides, no matter how large the territories of the orcs in the south are, they can't possibly keep a close watch on every inch of the sky. They don't have that much energy."

Ling Chengen was tempted by what he said, but rationally he felt that it was too risky.

But in the end, his curiosity overcame his wariness of danger, and he followed Bai Qingyu out the door.

Before this trip, she had no idea that Bai Qingyu would not only lead her across the territory of the southern tribes, but also across the ancient dividing line between the northern and southern beast plains—the Huiyuan.

It took the two of them seven or eight days to finally reach the border of Huiyuan.

This place truly lives up to its name.

The land stretching for thousands of miles in the north suddenly breaks off here.

It was as if it had been cleaved in two by a giant axe.

The South Plains and the North Plains are separated by a bottomless black abyss, gazing at each other from afar.

Standing at the southernmost point of Kitahara, you cannot see the northernmost point of Namhara.

In the middle is a perpetual black mist, and below it is a whistling wind with unpredictable direction. The sound of the wind howling past is like winter thunder, which is terrifying just to hear.

Ling Chengen stood on the solid rock on the south side of Huiyuan, feeling as if he were about to be blown away by the wind coming from below.

This unique landform is unlike anything I've ever seen or heard of before.

Miracles can inexplicably evoke feelings of fear and inferiority in people.

P.S.: I'm having surgery in a couple of days, and the recovery period might take about a week. I don't have many drafts saved up right now, so updates might be a bit inconsistent.