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

Chapter 252 Enen's Reflections

The reason why Us didn't make a move at the beginning was to let Shi Ruo'an take the blame. First, he seized the treasure in the Haiji Cave, and then there was the escape and pursuit battle, which attracted all the attention of Hai Bola and Mei Ji's other children, misleading them into thinking that Mei Ji was in Shi Ruo'an's hands.

If the Ancient Giant Octopus Clan had captured Megi from the start, Hypola and her other siblings would have turned their attention to the Ancient Giant Octopus Clan, leading to a direct confrontation. Even if the Ancient Giant Octopus Clan won, they would have suffered heavy losses.

"Is the eldest prince still in the ice prison? How could Hypola, who holds this card, let them manipulate her?"

Shi Ruoan said, "When we fought at the Sea Eye yesterday, they sent people to sneak into the Ice Prison and take away the eldest prince."

Ling Chengen: "They only took the eldest prince? So, we've been outmaneuvered by our allies?"

Shi Ruoan smiled wryly and said, "Just as you said, this cooperation was never going to be solid."

They had a complete plan, but the ancient giant octopus clan also had its own arrangements.

He could follow Ling Chengen's plan, but he couldn't guarantee that the Gu Juzhang clan would obey Ling Chengen's every command.

"However, when they rescued the eldest prince, they destroyed the ice prison."

"According to Us, some of the divine servants took the opportunity to escape and temporarily left the far north sea to avoid pursuers."

Ling Chengen just couldn't understand how Us managed to pass on the message right under his nose.

"The plan to rescue the Sea Temple attendant can be considered half successful."

Shi Ruoan spoke softly, but still exhaled a breath of stale air, her eyes filled with gloom.

However, these people have scattered.

There was no way to help him and Shi Panxing.

For a long time afterward, he and Shi Panxing could only live in exile.

This may also be the true purpose of the ancient patriarch, Gu Juzhang: to eliminate the possibility of Shi Panxing returning to seize the throne from the root, and to prevent them from having the opportunity to seduce him later.

By the time they gather their forces and return to the far north, this battle for the throne will likely have already come to an end.

……

What Shi Ruo'an didn't say was that it was actually Wu Si who caused Ling Cheng'en to fall into a coma.

He woke up in the middle of the night and witnessed Us trying to take Megie away.

He could intervene to stop Us and leave Meggie behind.

However... Us had poisoned him at some point, and Ling Chengen inhaled quite a bit of it.

Us promised to let him and Megie leave and would provide an antidote.

He had considered that Ling Chengen might have an antidote, but only she herself could open her spatial container.

Unable to wake her, he had no choice but to compromise.

After she was given the antidote, her condition stabilized, and she slept until late at night before waking up.

However, because he was induced to enter his reproductive period and was also affected by the poison, he did not survive until she woke up and became unconscious.

He didn't dare get too close to her now that she was in her reproductive period.

Because he was worried that he might offend her while unconscious due to his male merman instincts, he could only keep his distance from her.

As a result, he immediately lost consciousness.

When I opened my eyes again, I met her eyes.

He really didn't know how to explain to her that all his previous efforts and plans had come to nothing.

Before he could come up with an excuse, she had already noticed something amiss from various details, catching him off guard.

Ling Chengen had too high expectations for him and Shi Panxing.

She is a very young, but ambitious woman who dares to dream and act.

He knew from the beginning that she wanted to help them return to the North Sea to seize power, find a powerful and reliable ally, expand further, and open up a new channel to enrich the Shilin tribe's trade channels.

He wasn't as strong as she thought; he failed to execute the plan perfectly and didn't dare to face the disappointment in her eyes after the truth came out.

……

Ling Chengen disliked being kept in the dark, but Shi Ruoan's subconscious reaction actually corroborated some of her suspicions.

Her anger, which had been clouded by ignorance, only lasted a short time before she calmed down on her own.

What remained was anger at himself.

The plan was not thorough enough, and the plan was too overconfident. The ancient giant octopus clan was not properly controlled, leading to significant unforeseen circumstances. Shi Ruo'an was not surprised that she brought Us ashore.

Because the Gu Juzhang clan was not at ease handing Mei Ji over to Shi Ruoan, they would definitely keep an eye on her.

But once Us got ashore, she should have killed him, or controlled him like Meggie did.

She was still not decisive enough, nor ruthless enough.

It was because of that tiny bit of kindness in his heart that this hidden danger was left behind, leading to failure at the last minute.

Judging from her interactions with Us, the ancient giant octopus clan is not much different from octopuses, except that their beast-like forms are larger. However, they can also shrink into their beast-like forms, use poison, and must have maxed out their talent in concealing themselves.

They even awakened special abilities like Shi Ruoan's, which allow for rapid movement within a certain distance.

Us's abilities were far from as mediocre as they appeared when he was with her.

The orcs in the Beast World can not only awaken superpowers, but also possess special abilities, making the situation far more complex than in the post-apocalyptic world.

Having learned this lesson the hard way, we must never repeat the same mistake.

Ling Chengen quickly summarized his failure.

Being a good person won't get you anywhere.

Only by disregarding human nature can one accomplish great things!
……

Ling Chengen was sitting quietly reflecting when he suddenly felt a little dizzy. He swayed slightly as he sat up straight, and when he opened his eyes, he found his vision was a little blurry. He shook his head and pressed his fingertips against the inner corner of his eye.

She realized that there was probably still some poison left in her body... She took out the medicine bottle, preparing to take the antidote, but her fingers started trembling uncontrollably, the medicine bottle suddenly fell to the ground, and her body swayed to one side.

She had her eyes tightly closed, mentally prepared to fall, but was caught by a pair of hot hands.

Shi Ruoan helped her up, picked up the medicine bottle from the ground, took out a black pill and put it into her mouth.

"Feel sorry--"

Shi Ruoan gently helped her lean against him, her movements careful.

"I know that I'm not in a good position to get close to you right now, but please bear with me, I won't do anything to you."

Ling Chengen suddenly found it amusing. This person was quite interesting; stubborn, pedantic, and had a set of standards for himself that could be described as harsh.

Perhaps because she suddenly couldn't see, she felt a little panicked, but since she could still use her mental energy, she quickly relaxed her tense body.

At the same time, the senses of smell and touch seem to be amplified.

She smelled the unique scent that male orcs emit during their breeding season.

His taste was very faint; she had hardly noticed it before.

Like the biting winter snow, or like pine trees buried under heavy snow.

That perfectly matches his first impression.

As his body temperature rose and warmed her, she felt a faint prickling sensation on the skin where his skin touched, like static electricity from pulling on a sweater in winter, making her feel uncomfortable all over.

Ling Chengen felt extremely uncomfortable leaning against him. She tried to put her right hand under her to create some distance between them, but when she pressed down with the heel of her palm, she landed on his thigh, touching a place that was warmer than his arm and chest. This made her recoil like a startled cat.

Shi Ruoan was even more nervous than her, and almost immediately grabbed her shoulders with both hands and moved her away from her embrace.

He turned his head to look at her face and noticed that her eyes seemed unfocused, so he waved his hand in front of her.

Still no response.

A look of surprise flashed in his eyes. Just as he was about to say something, Ling Chengen exhausted his last bit of strength, pulled out his own small bed from his spatial storage, pushed him aside, and groped his way back to his own little nest.

Shi Ruoan watched her stumble and falter, then reached out and grabbed the light gray animal skin blanket scattered on the ground, covering her waist and abdomen with it. She then looked down at her own pathetic self.

The body's reaction is straightforward; this attempt to conceal it is not an act of self-deception. But even if she cannot see it, he dares not expose his ugly desires.

Shi Ruo'an was tired of this constant torment and the instinct to force him to submit, so she simply closed her eyes and let herself fall asleep.

Once you fall asleep, you won't have so many distracting thoughts.

But this time he miscalculated again.

Enen's Reflection—

I want to be a bad person!

No, I shouldn't have been born a human being!