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

Chapter 98: Careful Testing
Ling Chengen thought about it for a moment, but ultimately did not refuse his suggestion.

That's good, I can get the system reward sooner. If I'm lucky, I can find out the location of the salt mines around the Stone Forest Tribe, and I won't have to wait for more than half a month.

After all, the salt shortage is getting worse and worse. If she can't produce new salt before the tribe runs out of salt stones, the tribe will definitely be in turmoil.

After receiving her promise, Bai Qingyu felt a surge of energy throughout his body and soared westward from the sky like the wind.

Seeing his happy expression, Ling Chengen couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

This was also her first marriage.

To be honest, I never really felt it.

Perhaps it was because she was somewhat indifferent to emotions, or perhaps she wasn't attracted to Bai Qingyu, so her heart didn't seem to be very turbulent.

However, she wasn't sure what kind of person she liked, so she wasn't too resistant to agreeing to be with Bai Qingyu.

They rushed back to their tribe the following afternoon.

As soon as they landed, a fluffy tiger cub jumped out of the bushes, squatted on a rock, and looked at the two people walking back side by side with a suspicious expression.

"Oh! Sister, you actually stayed out all night with a man outside, and for several days at a time!"

"Isn't this incredibly irresponsible of you? What are your three brothers-in-law supposed to do?"

Ling Chengen walked past the rock, reached out and pulled the tiger cub squatting on it into his arms, stroking it hard a few times, causing Ling Xiaoxi to struggle fiercely, muttering, "Sister, let me go! Your hands are too strong, it hurts."

Ling Chengen pinched her small round ear and snorted coldly, "I have something to do when I go out, but you're about to have a brother-in-law, so get used to it soon."

Ling Xiaoxi jumped out of her arms and moved away, staring in shock at Bai Qingyu, who was standing beside her in an overly intimate manner. Bai Qingyu's furry tiger face had a hesitant expression.

No, that's it?
Her older sister had been pursuing her for a long time, but they hadn't even held hands yet. How come they came back after a few days apart and said they were together?

Do my father and brother-in-law know about this?
She stood there stunned for a while, then suddenly came to her senses, leaped off the rock, and shouted towards the cave, "Father, something terrible has happened—"

"My sister has brought Bai San back!"

Bai Qingyu, holding Ling Chengen's hand, watched Ling Xiaoxi run away and couldn't help but laugh, "Your sister even gave me a nickname! This is the first time I've ever heard anyone call me Bai San."

Ling Chengen tried to pull his hand away, but found that he was holding it very tightly. Helplessly, he asked, "Don't you need to go back and talk to your family? And you're holding a ceremony tomorrow night, shouldn't you start preparing earlier?"

Bai Qingyu shook her head and said, "I'll go back later. There are some things I need to discuss with your father."

"For example, where should the marriage ceremony be held? After the ceremony, should I move here from Hanshan, or should we find another place to dig a cave?"

Ling Chengen raised an eyebrow and said, "You don't actually think that if we become partners, I'll move to the Cold Mountain Tribe with you, do you?"

Bai Qingyu shook his head: "Just thinking about it makes it impossible. Besides, don't you still have three beastmen? You can't possibly move to Cold Mountain with them. Your father is counting on you to take over the Stone Forest, so he definitely won't agree to you leaving the Stone Forest."

Ling Chengen felt relieved after hearing what he said, and then let him do whatever he wanted.

Suddenly remembering something, she turned to look at the treehouse next to Yu Shaochen. The three giant trees there had been encouraged to grow lush and leafy, and each treehouse had been built on it. The treehouses were hidden among the fluffy and dense canopy, looking quite elegant.

"Let me show you my cave and treehouse first."

“There are six people in my family, and you know them all, so I won’t introduce them to you.”

“Ling Xiaoxi and my father both have their own caves. They live in the two caves on the west side, and my cave is on the far east side. Currently, Chongzhen and Su Weihua live in it.”

“Yu Shaochen lives in his own treehouse.” Ling Chengen pointed to the tall tree covered with small blue flowers. “That’s his house. Some time ago, Chongzhen and I both asked him to help build our own treehouses. The treehouse built on the red tree is Chongzhen’s, and my treehouse should be built on that purple flowering tree.”

"It wasn't finished before, so I haven't seen the inside. If you're interested, I can take you up to see it."

Bai Qingyu was naturally interested and followed her to the purple flowering tree.

Compared to the clusters of flowers on the branches on both sides, this purple flowering tree looks particularly droopy. The grayish-brown trunk has mottled bark, and the main trunk of the giant tree is at least two meters in diameter, with its branches also being very thick.

These branches that grow horizontally from around the main trunk are also exceptionally thick, and like the banyan tree, they have grown a large number of aerial roots. When the aerial roots fall to the ground, they can provide support and make the treehouse's foundation more stable.

The tree has green leaves above its branches, and clusters of purple flowers hang down like willow branches from between the layers of leaves. The longest flower branches can reach six or seven meters. When the wind blows, the layers of purple flowers that form a curtain sway gently in the direction of the wind.

Bai Qingyu jumped onto the exposed tree roots, reached out and brushed the purple floral curtain, and exclaimed in surprise, "This is a Purple Sand Banyan. This kind of giant tree is very rare and extremely difficult to cultivate."

"I didn't expect that you could cultivate such a large sand purple banyan tree in such a short time. Your beastman's talent in plant cultivation is definitely not comparable to that of an ordinary wood-type beastman."

Ling Chengen didn't know how precious the sand purple banyan was, but she thought the tree was very beautiful, like a hundred-year-old banyan tree covered with wisteria, but these purple flowers smelled much better than wisteria.

Bai Qingyu wanted to fly her to the treehouse above, but Ling Chengen had already nimbly jumped back and forth on the tree trunk a few times and soon arrived at the treehouse, which was more than 20 meters high.

Bai Qingyu followed closely behind, landing on the platform built in front of the treehouse. Not noticing that Ling Chengen was still standing there, she didn't have time to turn back and bumped straight into Ling Chengen's back.

He hurriedly reached out to grab the tree trunk beside him, his right hand instinctively wrapping around the person in front of him to steady himself before looking down anxiously and asking, "Did I hurt you?"

Ling Chengen tilted her head slightly and pointed to his hand wrapped around her waist: "Let go."

"With such a small amount of force, how could it possibly hurt me? I'm not made of mud."

Bai Qingyu released his arms from her waist, his ears slightly red, and said, "Let's go in and take a look."

Ling Chengen ignored his slight awkwardness and walked straight towards the door of the treehouse.

Yu Shaochen knew her quite well, so he built the treehouse to be relatively large and tall.

There are four rooms in total. She stood by the window and looked out, and found that the fixed treehouse base could be extended, so it would be no problem to continue to expand it.

All four rooms are currently empty, with woven rattan curtains hanging at the doorways. Since no one is living there for the time being, the rattan curtains are not lowered but are hanging on the door frames.

Because she had previously mentioned wanting to change the windows, the window areas were left completely empty without any decoration.

Bai Qingyu leaned against the window, looking at the hanging flower curtains, and said with a smile, "The light here isn't very good. If we want more sunlight, we'll have to trim the drooping flower branches outside."

"However, this arrangement provides excellent concealment, making it difficult for others to see what is being done in the house."

Bai Qingyu was visibly happy: "After we become partners, can I live here with you?"

"If it's for a short period of time, that's fine."

Ling Chengen felt she still needed to make things clear with him: "But I think you still need to have your own cave or treehouse. After all, if you keep living here with me, someone will feel it's unfair and follow your example." Even with a partner, she still wanted to retain her private space.

Bai Qingyu was a little disappointed, but her answer was also within his expectations: "I definitely won't build a treehouse. Digging caves in the rocky mountains here is much more difficult than in Hanshan, and it probably won't be finished in a short time. You all had Yu Shaochen build your treehouses, right? What kind of reward do I need to offer to get him to help build a treehouse?"

Ling Chengen spread his hands and said, "I don't know about that. You can discuss the compensation with him yourself. Chongzhen also negotiated with him himself. I won't ask or interfere."

After all, she had more than one beast husband, and the way beast husbands got along was an art in itself.

If she has to mediate everything, then she's no different from a kindergarten principal.

They're all almost adults now, and they need to work on how to get along with each other gradually.

Moreover, if she shows even the slightest bias, these people may feel resentful.

It would be better not to interfere at all from beginning to end.

Bai Qingyu noticed her attitude and realized that she did not object to him contacting the other three people, which made him feel slightly relieved.

Before, at home, he was dealing with his family, so everyone was more indulgent and accommodating towards him.

But the situation was different when it came to Ling Chengen.

Nominally, he and the other three were all Ling Chengen's family members.

But these people will not tolerate or yield to him like his parents and siblings would.

Moreover, since the same female animal husband is naturally in competition with him, he cannot tolerate the harm to his own interests indefinitely.

If Ling Chengen intervenes and shows favoritism towards the beastman who is weaker than him, he will be very upset.

This world isn't about who's weaker being right.

That would be best.

He pulled Ling Chengen, who was standing by the window, into his arms, and suddenly stretched out his long arms to gently wrap her around his chest, pressing his chin lightly on the top of her head: "You'd better keep doing this and not take sides with others. I'll resolve the conflicts between me and the other people myself."

Ling Chengen wanted to leave his embrace, but felt his arms suddenly tighten, trapping her in his arms. Bai Qingyu changed his position, holding her on the windowsill, one hand on her waist, letting the purple vines outside the window sweep across their arms.

Ling Chengen raised an eyebrow and said, "Are you going to push me down?"

Bai Qingyu laughed upon hearing this, "Am I such a bad person? I love you so much, how could I treat you like this?"

"Then what do you want to do?"

Bai Qingyu lowered his eyes slightly, remained silent for a moment, then leaned closer to her profile: "Isn't it obvious what I want to do?"

Looking at the handsome face so close to his own, Ling Chengen raised his left hand and gently stroked it.

His facial features are truly outstanding, possessing a classical beauty while retaining a masculine strength and power. His eyes, in particular, always seem clean and bright. He has a straight nose, moist lips, and fair skin with a light pink tinge, making it clear at a glance that he is very healthy.

With a face like that, before the apocalypse, she would have been an absolute force to be reckoned with in the entertainment industry.

She's definitely a visual stunner.

Seeing her staring at him, Bai Qingyu gently rubbed his brow bone and the corner of his eye with her fingertips. He couldn't help but feel a little distracted, and his Adam's apple bobbed slightly. He tried his best to clench his fingers on her waist, not daring to press hard on her skin.

Even though his breeding season is over, he is already an adult male beastman, and he can do it anytime he wants.

But he can't.

Ling Chengen was only sixteen years old.

He promised her that he wouldn't do things that only a real partner would do before he turned 18.

But the thought of two more years made him sigh inwardly.

It took so long.

Being unable to do what you like when you're with your beloved female is truly a great test.

"If we don't get together, can we do something else?" Bai Qingyu, unwilling to give up, couldn't help but ask.

Ling Chengen felt the heat emanating from his palms and arms, which was higher than before. If this continued, he would definitely not be able to hold back.

But it's certainly impossible for him to force it.

Ling Chengen pressed his fingertips against his lips, rubbing them hard twice to slowly turn his pale pink lips red. He then slightly curled the corners of his mouth and leaned close to his ear to ask, "What do you mean by 'other things'?"

Bai Qingyu lowered her eyes nervously, but quickly opened them again and took a deep breath.

"Like this—"

He suddenly leaned closer, pressing his lips to her neck and kissing her from her ear down to her shoulder blade.

Ling Chengen was a little surprised by his actions, but he was also eager to try it out.

Bai Qingyu sometimes did things that surprised her, and she was actually quite curious to see what he would do next.

It wasn't about lust; she was just curious how he would carefully test her limits.

Bai Qingyu, unaware of her wickedness, looked up and kissed her earlobe again. After pulling away, he immediately observed her reaction, wanting to know whether she liked it or disliked it.

Ling Chengen tilted his head, looking at him leisurely, a hint of amusement hidden in his eyes: "That's it?"

Bai Qingyu's earlobes turned pink, and the corners of his eyes were tinged with a bitter red. He lowered his head and kissed her lips: "Are you still laughing at me?"

"I'm already very nervous, so don't laugh at me."

Seeing that he touched it and immediately pulled away, Ling Chengen couldn't help but chuckle and said, "Want me to teach you?"

Bai Qingyu's face instantly flushed red. He clenched his knuckles, but couldn't bear to look away. He stared at her intently, feeling a mix of excitement and anticipation. His voice was a little trembling, but he tried his best to remain calm as he asked, "Young Clan Leader, how do you plan to teach me?"

　Writing this kind of part always makes me feel like it's too explicit, and I keep doubting how I could write so unrestrainedly, wondering if the chapter will be blocked by the censors...

　　(End of this chapter)