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

Chapter 342 Extra Chapter: Assassinating the Guard
After watching Ling Chengen quickly finish processing all the documents on the desk, Yu Heng suddenly realized that she might have other plans, and raised her eyebrows to ask, "Are you planning to go to the front lines?"

Ling Chengen paused as he closed the file, then looked up and said, "I have this idea; staying in the city is a bit boring."

Yu Heng frowned and said, "You cannot leave the city."

Ling Chengen sat up straight, somewhat indignant, and said, "Why can't I leave the city? I have my own legs."

Yu Heng sneered, "Have you forgotten about being tricked into falling into the river by the Uja and Daxing tribes?"

“You’re no longer some unknown female from a small tribe. Your name and characteristics have long been known to those tribes. You are the most representative figure in the City of Ten Thousand Beasts. They can’t wait for you to appear on the front lines and will try every means to get rid of you.”

"I don't believe you haven't thought of these things. What you should do now is stay in Beast City quietly. Your safety is the greatest victory for Beast City."

Ling Chengen curled his lips, lowered his head and continued processing the documents, letting out a soft sigh: "I can go there undetected."

"Do you think we're the only ones with spies everywhere? The orcs exiled from the Southern Plains are a diverse group, representing various races, some of whom we've never even heard of or seen before. It's already impossible to guard against them while they're just staying in the City of Ten Thousand Beasts, let alone the fact that you're going to be on the front lines..."

Ling Chengen, holding his pen, looked at Yu Heng's cold and stern expression, and rested his chin on his hand, saying, "Then what should we do? If we fight with the southern tribes for a year or two, am I supposed to just stay holed up in the city for all this time?"

"Isn't this just like declaring that I'm afraid of them?"

Yu Heng suddenly fell silent, staring at her for a long time before finally relenting, "You can go, but you must take me with you. After Shi Ruoan's cub is born, I will take turns guarding you."

“There are quite a few high-level warriors in the south. The number of level 17 warriors is no less than that of our Beast City, and there may even be more level 15 and 16 warriors. Although you are strong, you must have a level 17 warrior by your side to protect you until you advance to level 17.”

After hearing his request, Ling Chengen looked helpless and said, "You might as well find a rope and tie me to your belt."

Yu Heng opened his left hand, and the vines and leaves stood up from his palm, swaying seductively towards Ling Chengen.

Yuheng watched as the expression on her face gradually stiffened, and raised an eyebrow, saying, "Since you've put it that way, then it's not impossible."

Ling Chengen: "..."

She glared fiercely at Yuheng, gritting her teeth as she said, "I thank you for worrying about my safety! But it's unnecessary, I'm not a stray dog..."

“In my opinion, there’s no difference,” Yuheng said.

Ling Chengen slammed his pen on the table, stared at him, and said, "Did you spit poison on your mouth today? Or did you just come here to pick a fight with me?"

Yuheng put away Jiaojiao, casually flicked the small green vine that was being used as an earring on his left ear, and said with a half-smile, "How dare I? My wife is so fierce, if I were to pick a fight with you, you'd probably tear this old body apart."

Ling Chengen looked at him suspiciously, stroking his chin: "Have you been acting strangely all day? What did I do to you?"

Yu Heng didn't say anything, just quietly watched her, which made Ling Chengen feel more and more guilty.

Ling Chengen avoided his gaze, lowered his head and continued working on the documents, saying, "Fine, you can leave it at that. I'm busy now. If you have nothing to do, go take a walk around the hospital."

Yuheng remained seated, and Ling Chengen waited a while before looking up speechlessly and saying, "I won't run away alone. If I really have to leave the city, I'll definitely take you with me. I promise you, okay?"

Yuheng then stood up and straightened his robes, saying, "If you dare to go back on your word, be careful I'll drug you next time and make you bedridden for two months."

Ling Chengen watched him leave, then gestured with his lip towards his back. Unexpectedly, Yu Heng suddenly turned around, and Ling Chengen immediately straightened his expression and sat down at his desk with a serious demeanor.

Yu Heng stood there staring at her profile for a long time, then sighed softly and said, "I'll have Shi Ruo'an come over to keep you company in a bit."

Ling Chengen suddenly looked up at him: "Why? He's not available, why do we have to make him come? I'm not a child, I don't need someone with me all the time!"

Yuheng turned his head and snorted, "He's bored by himself, and he doesn't have anyone to talk to. He might as well come over and help you with some official business, which can also help you share some of the burden."

Ling Chengen nodded and said perfunctorily, "I understand, you should leave now."

They're really meddling, acting like a doting father.

Yuheng scoffed at her gesture of shooing her away and said, "Next time you're swatting someone away from behind, wait until they're a little further away."

Ling Chengen, enraged and embarrassed, said, "Enough with the nonsense, let's get out of here!"

……

Shi Ruoan arrived rather late, and brought a lunch with her.

When Ling Chengen saw the food he had prepared, he realized that he hadn't eaten anything or even drunk any water since Yu Heng had called him over.

Because of the incident in the south, her attention and focus were on important matters. After the meeting, she saw a pile of official documents piling up on her desk and realized it was already afternoon. It wouldn't be appropriate to postpone it until tomorrow, so she simply buried herself in handling government affairs.

After smelling the aroma of the food, Ling Chengen rubbed his stomach and couldn't sit still any longer.

She walked to the dining table and sat down, looking at the vegetables and meat on the plate. She took the rice bowl that Shi Ruoan handed her with both hands and asked in confusion, "How did you know I didn't eat lunch?"

"That's what Yuheng said."

Shi Ruoan sat down on the stool next to her and put chopsticks in her hand: "He said you were discussing military affairs with Chang Tianchen, and then you stayed in the study of the government affairs office to handle official business. When you get busy, you probably don't even remember to eat lunch..."

"So I bought some from outside and had it delivered."

Although he wanted to make some himself, he decided against it because it would be more convenient and faster to buy them from outside, considering the time and effort involved.

Ling Chengen looked at him and asked, "Have you eaten? Let's eat together."

Shi Ruoan shook her head: "I'm not hungry right now, I just ate lunch."

After Ling Chengen left, he couldn't sleep anymore, but he didn't leave her room. He simply sat on the headboard in a daze. The crow warriors guarding him went out to order food and delivered it directly to his room, so he got out of bed to wash up and eat.

Less than two hours have passed, so he's not hungry yet.

Seeing that he really didn't intend to eat, Ling Chengen didn't force him to eat with her, but instead ate the late lunch seriously.

Seeing that she was eating very quickly, Shi Ruoan was afraid she would choke, so he reached for the teapot on the table, only to find that it was empty. He got up and lit the small stove by the window, then put a pot of water on it to boil. He turned to Ling Chengen and asked, "Have you considered hiring two people to take care of you?"

"At least there are people who can help you with things like serving tea, boiling water, and delivering meals on time, so that you don't forget about them when you're busy and have to do it yourself when you're thirsty or hungry."

Ling Chengen slowed down his eating pace, looked up and said, "I'm not used to having strangers around me all the time, and I have hands and feet."

"But now that you are the lord of a city, it's quite normal for you to have a few people around you who can run errands for you and take care of your daily life. When I was in the Sea Sacrifice Temple, I had a dozen or so divine servants who took care of my food and clothing. As the true leader of hundreds of thousands of people, what's wrong with you arranging for two or three people to take care of you?"

Ling Chengen asked in surprise, "Did you have so many people taking care of you before? You've also mastered quite a few life skills, that's really impressive." The topic was suddenly veered off course, and Shi Ruoan looked at her helplessly, saying, "I'm talking to you about something serious!"

"I'll think about hiring attendants some more."

Ling Chengen held his chopsticks, took a couple of bites of food, and hesitated before saying, "This time is actually not a good time. There are quite a few spies trying to infiltrate my circle recently, and someone might take this opportunity to assassinate me."

After thinking about it carefully, Shi Ruoan felt that this possibility could not be ruled out.

Even within the City of Ten Thousand Beasts, safety is not absolute.

Since expanding its territory in the east, the city of ten thousand beasts has been frequently found to be infiltrating without proper registration. Their purpose is not hard to guess.

They wanted to assassinate the key figures in Beast City.

Ling Chengen is almost at the top of the assassination list.

The second place is Yu Heng, and the third place is Bai Qingyu.

Then there's Su Weihua and Chongzhen.

Chang Tianchen, on the other hand, was ranked at the back.

As for Shi Ruo'an, because he lives a secluded life and is from the merfolk of the far north sea, which is not well known to most people, not many people know him. Not to mention his combat strength and level, even his name may not be known, so he is not on the assassination list.

Beast City now undergoes a system check every so often.

Because there was a previous assassination attempt that almost succeeded.

The other party is a dragon-type orc who can mimic changes. This race actually looks a lot like a large chameleon. They can imitate the size and appearance of any person, and even their gender. As long as they don't speak, it is almost impossible to tell the difference between the real and the fake.

Previously, that dragon-transformed orc killed a female orc who was out gathering, then followed the gathering team back to the city. He lived in the city imitating that female for a long time, passing on a lot of information about the City of Beasts, and even brazenly flirted with a male orc...

Finally, in order to assassinate Shigema, he imitated Okaze's appearance to approach the target. Shigema sensed the change in Okaze's aura and was somewhat suspicious, but still not quite sure. He wanted to test him again, but the assassin stabbed him in the back without hesitation.

Because Ling Chengen happened to be looking for Chongzhen, he noticed something was wrong at the door and rushed into the house in time to throw the dragon-transformed beastman out of the room. He then contacted Yuheng to come and treat Chongzhen immediately, which saved Chongzhen's life.

Fortunately, Chongzhen was quick-witted enough that when the assassin attacked from behind, he instinctively dodged to the other side. Otherwise, that attack would have pierced his heart from behind and might not have made him make a loud noise.

If no one had entered the courtyard at that time, and if it hadn't been Yuheng or Ling Chengen who had entered, he would have died from excessive blood loss in just a few dozen seconds.

Even though Yuheng arrived using his teleportation ability, Chongzhen was already severely blood loss. His chest veins had been punctured, causing him to quickly lose consciousness and become completely unaware of what happened next.

When Ling Chengen was dealing with the dragon-transformed orc, he discovered that the orc was a level 15 warrior.

Their combat strength far surpasses that of Chongzhen.

Therefore, the fact that the dragon warrior attacked without hesitation the moment he approached Chongzhen shows his extreme confidence that he could kill Chongzhen with a single blow in an undisturbed environment.

After that assassination attempt, Ling Chengen put security matters on the agenda and assigned at least one high-level warrior to each of the weaker members of his family. The compensation was also very high, otherwise high-level warriors would not usually accept such missions.

In addition, she also realized that one must be strong oneself to succeed.

In critical moments, relying on others always carries enormous risks. Only by becoming strong can one turn adversity into opportunity and escape danger.

Therefore, she kept a close eye on Yu Shaochen and Chongzhen's physical training and special ability training, and also found corresponding high-level warriors to guide them, and strictly required them to set aside at least two hours for training every day.

Although Chongzhen was very dissatisfied, he knew it was for his own good, so after his injury healed, he intensified the training plan. His superpowers were also improved through repeated extreme training. Although he still could not be called a powerful super-high-level warrior, at least his reactions were no longer so slow.

However, Yu Shaochen was not so good. His talent was indeed limited, and no matter how much he trained, he did not improve significantly in a short period of time. Therefore, Ling Chengen could only choose more capable people to accompany and protect him, after all, he was now an agricultural expert in the City of Ten Thousand Beasts.

If he were gone, the plan to increase food production in the City of Ten Thousand Beasts would be ruined, and it would be impossible to find someone with the same talent as him.

……

After thinking for a moment, Shi Ruoan said to Ling Chengen, "Once I recover, I will take care of your safety and daily needs..."

Ling Chengen choked on the food in his mouth, coughed several times, and said with a look of horror, "Don't scare me!"

If Shi Panxing knew that Shi Ruoan was her bodyguard, that guy would probably storm into the City of Ten Thousand Beasts and have a fight with her. He would probably accuse her in front of her of discriminating against the sea race and not treating them as equals...

Shi Ruoan was a high-ranking priest in the far north sea, and was considered a son of god by the sea people.

It would be an insult to him to be her bodyguard.

Ling Chengen doesn't think his face is that big.

Moreover, after a child is born, someone always needs to take care of him/her.

Relying on Lingxiao is definitely not going to work.

Those close to him know that Ling Xiao isn't very good at particularly meticulous work, especially taking care of newborns. When he takes care of a baby, it's like he's just happy to see the baby alive.

When the original owner was born, she was also cared for by her mother. It wasn't until she was able to walk and run that she was taken in by Ling Xiao.

Ling Xiaoxi was practically raised by the original owner of this body.

Ling Chengen is not the same person who raised Ling Xiaoxi. She knows nothing about raising children and has no patience for it, so she still thinks this child should be left to Shi Ruoan to raise.

Shi Ruoan said, "Was being your bodyguard just to scare you?"

Ling Chengen shook his head and said, "Let's forget it. Your task is not easy."

Shi Ruoan looked down at herself and suddenly realized what she was saying: "If this child has inherited the bloodline of the merfolk, should we send her to Pan Xing's side first?"

Ling Chengen asked in confusion, "Why? Do merfolk cubs have to grow up in the sea to be healthy?"

Shi Ruoan hesitated and said, "Mermaid cubs can't leave the water. If they stay on land for too long, they will suffer from dehydration because their scales, which protect their bodies from moisture, haven't fully grown in yet. So they often experience dehydration symptoms, such as scale loss and difficulty breathing..."

Ling Chengen pondered, “Then you should take care of the cub yourself. The situation in the sea is quite delicate right now, and the situation can change in an instant. Although Shi Panxing is very powerful, he has far-reaching plans and spends most of his time running around in the sea. I’m still not quite at ease entrusting a newborn cub to him.”

"If the child truly inherits your merman bloodline and is unable to live without water or adapt to the aquatic conditions of our Beast City, then you should take the child back to the sea first."