I was terrified! Raising a colossal star beast in the Beast Taming World

Even amidst this overwhelming, almost suffocating grief, Xue Youyou's words still captured the attention of everyone present with lightning speed.

Suddenly, the intermittent sobbing sounds in the room stopped abruptly, as if they had been cut off by some invisible force.

Meng Yanqing thought she had misheard, looking at Xue Youyou with disbelief, her voice trembling slightly: "Youyou... what did you just say?"

Apart from Meng Yanqing, everyone else looked at Xue Youyou with blank and bewildered expressions, as if that short sentence had exceeded their current comprehension.

However, Xue Youyou remained calm and composed, seemingly unaware of how shocking her words were. Since Meng Yanqing had asked again, she repeated herself quite naturally: "I said, I will be everyone's mother."

This time, everyone heard it clearly and there was no room for misunderstanding.

What's going on?!

Xue Youyou is going to be their mother?!

Under the astonished gazes of everyone, Xue Youyou calmly got out of bed, walked to the tea table, and seemed to have nothing to do with the shocked and confused looks around her. She then proceeded to boil water and brew tea.

In no time, a steaming cup of tea was ready.

She carefully cooled the tea down before raising her head, smiling slightly, looking around at everyone, and saying, "Those who are willing to call me 'Mom' can drink this cup of tea."

"Anyone want a drink?"

Normally, one cannot laugh when their hometown is destroyed and their loved ones are killed, especially in such a sorrowful situation.

But Xue Youyou smiled right at that moment.

Surprisingly, not a single person felt any aversion to it. On the contrary, her smile possessed a strange, heartwarming power that genuinely soothed the wounds lingering in everyone's hearts.

Even though the other person was just a girl of similar age to them, she smiled and said she wanted to be their mother.

It is clearly absurd from a rational perspective, but from an emotional perspective... it seems to subtly reveal a kind of inexplicable rationality.

Everyone blinked and looked at Xue Youyou, each with their own thoughts. However, half a minute passed, and ultimately no one took the first step.

Meng Yanqing, standing to the side, covered her face with both hands, her cheeks burning hot. She was so shocked by Xue Youyou's actions that she almost ascended to heaven on the spot.

As Xue Youyou's official girlfriend, she felt incredibly embarrassed for her, wishing she could dig a hole and disappear. She could only scream internally, "Youyou, what are you doing?!"

"How could anyone possibly acknowledge you as their mother in front of so many people? What on earth are you thinking?!"

However, just as Meng Yanqing was about to experience an overload of heat, a figure emerged from the crowd and went straight to Xue Youyou.

Lin Yueyao?

What is she going to do?

Everyone was startled, and their gazes immediately focused on Xue Youyou and Lin Yueyao.

Xue Youyou scrutinized Lin Yueyao as she walked forward, noticing that her eyes were still red and there were two clear tear tracks at the corners of her eyes.

She's a brave and strong girl.

Xue Youyou didn't say much, but gently pushed the cup of tea in front of Lin Yueyao.

Lin Yueyao lowered her eyes slightly, seemingly afraid to meet Xue Youyou's gaze, but her movements were very firm.

After taking the teacup, she tilted her head back and drank the water in one gulp, much to everyone's astonishment.

Although she finished the tea because she was moving too fast and her hands were trembling uncontrollably, and a few drops spilled onto the table and the floor, she did indeed finish the tea.

She wiped the water from the corner of her mouth with her sleeve, then set the teacup down—a fluid movement that surprisingly exuded a touch of boldness and magnanimity. Lin Yueyao finally mustered her courage and looked at Xue Youyou, her voice still trembling: "I...I'm sorry...I spilled a few drops. Do you need to drink them all?"

Even Xue Youyou hadn't expected Lin Yueyao's first words to be like this, and she was momentarily stunned.

She had a vague feeling that the child might have misunderstood something—she wasn't conducting any obedience test, she was just trying to comfort everyone who was upset.

Xue Youyou let out a soft "uh," explaining somewhat helplessly, "Actually... just one sip is enough."

She had originally planned to use one cup of tea multiple times, since there were quite a few people here, and it would be too much trouble to make one cup for each person.

Lin Yueyao also vaguely realized at this moment that she might have indeed misunderstood something.

But no matter what Xue Youyou was planning, for her, being able to recognize Xue Youyou as her mother was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that she couldn't miss.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Lin Yueyao mustered all her courage once again, her voice trembling with a mixture of hesitation and the urge to break a taboo, and softly called out, "Mom... Mom."

As soon as she finished speaking, everyone in the room was so shocked that their jaws almost dropped. Their gazes, filled with an indescribable strangeness, all fell on Lin Yueyao. They really hadn't expected her to actually say it.

Xue Youyou merely smiled slightly, her face showing no sign of unease. She then walked around the tea table to Lin Yueyao, gently hugged her in front of everyone, and softly patted her head, saying, "Don't overthink things. The deceased may be able to come back, or they may never come back... Just do what you can. Live happily."

"Um!"

Lin Yueyao nodded heavily in response.

Although Xue Youyou's words were just ordinary words of comfort, perhaps because they came from Xue Youyou, or perhaps because she had just recognized Xue Youyou as her mother, she suddenly felt a little more at ease and at peace.

Then, she silently stood behind Xue Youyou, like a young animal that had found a place to rely on.

This move truly stunned Meng Yanqing.

No, she actually adopted a daughter?! So what is she now, also becoming Lin Yueyao's mother?

Xue Youyou calmly brewed another cup of tea, looked gently at the remaining people, and asked softly, "Is anyone else here?"

This time, she waited for over a minute, but no one else came out to drink her newly brewed tea. The crowd exchanged bewildered glances; clearly, no one else was as shameless as Lin Yueyao.

However, after Xue Youyou's rather significant incident, the heavy sorrow in everyone's hearts was miraculously diluted, and their thoughts gradually returned to normal.

Lu Yutang spoke first, her words filled with hatred: "It's all the fault of those two bastards, the Marquis of Purgatory and the Marquis of Nine Netherworlds! They caused this disaster and killed our family members. I must take revenge!"

Xue Youyou was slightly taken aback upon hearing this, and for a moment she didn't understand what Lu Yutang was talking about. It was clearly that Heroic King girl who did it, so why was Lin Yan and Manzhu being blamed?

Unexpectedly, Su Wanrou echoed with a hateful voice, "That's right, one day, we must take revenge! We must make those two bastards pay the price."

Soon, the room was filled with a cacophony of criticism directed at Lin Yan and Manzhu.

After listening for a while, Xue Youyou finally realized that everyone's perception seemed to have been subtly altered by the words of the Hero King, and now they all firmly believed that Lin Yan and Manzhu were the culprits.

Even Meng Yanqing, who had become the ultimate Beast Tamer, could not escape the influence of the Hero King girl, and firmly regarded Lin Yan and Manzhu as sinners for all time.

Even though Xue Youyou tried to explain, she couldn't change people's perceptions at all. Instead, it made people suspect that she was intentionally trying to exonerate Lin Yan and Manzhu.

Xue Youyou wisely stopped immediately and ceased her pointless behavior.

Anyway, she wasn't familiar with those two people, so she might as well take the blame.

But... it seems that she's the only normal person left in the entire Yue Lanzhou?

Xue Youyou blinked her beautiful eyes and briefly fell into thought.

Just then, a knock on the door interrupted the discussion in the room.