Lethal Stunner: Kicking Off with Five Beast Husbands
Chapter 138 Shi Xie, you are not cute at all like this

Chapter 138: Chapter 138 Shi Xie, you are not cute at all like this

As she spoke, she swam closer to Shi Xie: "Are you going back home? I’ve never seen what your underwater home looks like. Take me to see it, okay?"

"No." Shi Xie refused decisively.

"Why not?" Xiao Jinsheng grabbed his hand.

"No means no. We have nothing between us, so I can’t take you there." The more Shi Xie spoke, the redder his face became.

Seeing Xiao Jinsheng’s still puzzled expression, he added, "The rules underwater are different from those on land."

A mermaid’s home can only be shown to their contractual totem-bound spouse.

But he had only met Xiao Jinsheng today.

Even if... Even if they were to sign a contractual totem, wouldn’t it be moving too fast?

At this moment, Shi Xie’s mind raced with countless thoughts.

And his thoughts only grew more chaotic.

"But if you don’t take me with you, I don’t know any other mermaids in the deep sea." Xiao Jinsheng lowered her gaze and sighed, her expression filled with hurt:

"I’m just wandering here alone, with no family, no friends to accompany me. Now I can’t even find a place to stay, I can only sleep..."

Xiao Jinsheng glanced around the pitch-black underwater world, hesitated, then said reluctantly, "Sleep in the desolate sea."

"Sigh~" Xiao Jinsheng sighed again.

She looked up and secretly glanced at Shi Xie, who showed no signs of softening his stance, then rubbed her head: "Oh, it hurts! My head hurts so much—"

"What’s wrong?" Shi Xie grew nervous.

Xiao Jinsheng’s face had gone pale, her tail weakly flipping as her figure weighed down toward the abyss.

"Xiao Jinsheng!" Shi Xie shouted in a panic, urgently lunging toward the spot where she was falling, narrowly preventing her from being swept into the deep-sea vortex.

"My chest, it hurts so much." Xiao Jinsheng was cradled in his arms, one hand rubbing her head, the other pressing against her chest.

For a moment, her whole body felt unbearable pain from head to toe.

Shi Xie noticed her pallid face. Her words were only faintly audible as mere whispers.

Without further hesitation, he tightened his hold on Xiao Jinsheng, swimming swiftly toward his residence.

Xiao Jinsheng buried her face against his lightly clothed chest of sheer white silk, her lips curling upward uncontrollably.

Now she understood why Shi Xie liked to feign weakness and illness.

This tactic truly worked like a charm.

Nestled in Shi Xie’s arms, Xiao Jinsheng began to cry out randomly every minute about some new ache, almost as accurate as a clock.

Shi Xie gradually calmed down from his initial worry.

He set Xiao Jinsheng down, his doubtful gaze fixed on her: "You’re not actually sick."

"You’re faking it." Shi Xie asserted firmly.

Here, the water-element plants emitted radiant light, imbuing the surroundings with a fantastical charm.

Xiao Jinsheng didn’t need the Fog Dispersing Lamp to vividly see the underwater environment.

It was no longer cloaked in darkness but painted in hues akin to a fairytale.

She complained, "Faking what? Shi Xie, how could you be so mean?"

Of the seven beast husbands, the most obedient and gentle had always been Shi Xie.

Even if it was an act, at least the 23-year-old Shi Xie knew how to pretend.

But looking at the 16-year-old Shi Xie, his temperament was eccentric, cold, and volatile.

"I wasn’t mean to you," Shi Xie replied stiffly in defense.

But Xiao Jinsheng seemed to merely mention it in passing, not caring about his response, and immediately swam around the colorful coral in fascination.

Deep within the coral, she discovered a three-meter-wide giant shell.

The shell’s design and size struck her as oddly familiar.

Xiao Jinsheng quickly swam closer and realized it was Shi Xie’s bed from the space home.

Only, the shell bed in the space showed marks of time, and was no longer usable.

At that time, upon seeing the shell bed, Xiao Jinsheng had curiously asked Shi Xie why he turned the bed into a decorative piece in his home.

Shi Xie had merely chuckled lightly, maintaining a mysterious silence without giving away the reason.

Now, seven years earlier, Xiao Jinsheng couldn’t resist asking the 16-year-old Shi Xie directly to solve the riddle.

"Is this your bed, or just decoration?" Xiao Jinsheng asked.

"It’s just an ordinary bed," Shi Xie replied.

As he spoke, he manipulated the coral to shift positions, sealing off the entrance and hiding the area completely.

Having done this, Shi Xie turned his gaze back to Xiao Jinsheng, noticing her unusual interest in his shell bed.

She reached out as if to touch it, restrained only by the thought that it was his bed, forcing herself to withdraw her hand.

"Xiao Jinsheng," Shi Xie called softly.

Hearing her name, Xiao Jinsheng seemed momentarily lost.

After all, Shi Xie had always referred to her as "female master" and almost never—perhaps never—addressed her by name directly.

"Hmm? What’s the matter?" Xiao Jinsheng turned to him with a radiant smile.

Looking at her bright smile, Shi Xie couldn’t help but let his own lips curl into a faint grin.

He quickly noticed his involuntary reaction and hurriedly corrected his expression.

"You said you already have beast husbands, so why aren’t they with you?" Shi Xie asked.

"Because... I got lost, you see." Xiao Jinsheng pondered.

She had been affected by Bai Yan and the Insect Brain’s time reversal, causing her to travel back seven years.

By this logic, she truly was lost.

"Will your beast husbands come looking for you?" Shi Xie asked again.

"Of course they will," Xiao Jinsheng answered.

This was why, despite having an opportunity, she hadn’t acted against Bai Yan.

Bai Yan and the Insect Brain were inconsequential to her.

If she avenged herself, she’d find joy in it.

But if Bai Yan or the Insect Brain’s demise caused her to be trapped in the past, that would be a net loss.

"They?" Shi Xie was startled, his heart feeling a faint ache he hadn’t even noticed: "How many beast husbands do you actually have?"

"Just one, two, three, four, five, six..." Xiao Jinsheng began counting with a playful smile before realizing that something felt off.

She narrowed her eyes in suspicion toward Shi Xie: "Why are you suddenly asking about this?"

"You said it yourself—I’m your beast husband in the future. Why shouldn’t I ask?" Shi Xie scoffed.

"You’re not cute at all right now," Xiao Jinsheng commented, staring at his cold but strikingly beautiful face.

"Sorry for not matching your preferences—it’s clearly my fault," Shi Xie sneered sarcastically.

He turned around and swam away, widening the distance between himself and Xiao Jinsheng: "Rest here tonight. Tomorrow, I’ll take you back to the shore."

"Am I sleeping on this shell bed?" Xiao Jinsheng asked while her hand had already brushed against the petal-soft blanket covering the bed.

"You’re not sleeping on the bed. You can sleep on the ground too," Shi Xie replied.

At his words, Xiao Jinsheng let out a light snort: "See, this is exactly why you’re not cute."

She rolled onto the bed, fluently burrowing herself beneath the thin quilt.

"Only an idiot would sleep on the ground," Xiao Jinsheng quipped.

Shi Xie watched as she single-handedly occupied his only bed.

Then glanced at the leaf bedding he’d prepared for himself on the ground, his emotions a mix of exasperation and resignation.

He must truly have some brain defect to let himself get manipulated by Xiao Jinsheng.

Lying on the shell bed, Xiao Jinsheng gazed upward.

Glowing jellyfish, vibrant little fish.

They swam occasionally above the water curtain-like barrier.

The vivid underwater plants emitted a luminous glow.

It felt like sleeping beneath an underwater starry sky, letting Xiao Jinsheng reach up to touch it.

Despite the dreamy scene, Xiao Jinsheng couldn’t sleep at all.

The current situation didn’t permit her rest anyway.

Once her initial fascination with the shell bed wore off, Xiao Jinsheng sat up and swam outside.

Bai Yan was still out there, and not seeing Shi Xie made her uneasy.

"Shi Xie? Where are you?" Xiao Jinsheng called out while searching.

Her gaze was fixated upward, combing through the view above.

She naturally missed the corner near the coral where half of a curled-up fish tail peeked.