Lethal Stunner: Kicking Off with Five Beast Husbands
Chapter 143 Regret, Just Regret

Chapter 143: Chapter 143 Regret, Just Regret

"Time reversal, I first met my Female Master seven years ago."

Shi Xie picked up an Ice Sea Flower and reminisced with a smile, "Seven years ago, when the Female Master left, she gave me the seed of the Ice Sea Flower."

"As long as the Ice Sea Flower blooms, it will mark the moment we reunite."

"I guarded the Ice Sea Flower at the bottom of the ocean, waiting for seven years."

"But..." Shi Xie’s gaze darkened as he looked at Li, his smile deepening, "The flower I nurtured for seven years—you stormed into the seabed and just ripped it out without permission."

Shi Xie had originally come to hunt down Li.

But when he arrived at the small villa in Moon City,

and saw Xiao Jinsheng’s silhouette through the window, he suddenly understood what Xiao Jinsheng meant by the blooming of the Ice Sea Flower.

"Honestly, I should thank you." Shi Xie chuckled, "If you hadn’t stolen the Ice Sea Flower, I might still be waiting at the bottom of the ocean for another seven years."

Li didn’t want to listen.

Li felt his head buzz at that moment.

"I don’t understand fish talk. Can you shut up already?" Li’s expression soured, as he casually tossed away the Ice Sea Flower that Shi Xie had placed on his dining table.

Shi Xie picked up the Ice Sea Flower and returned it to its place.

He then brought out a box and slid it toward Li.

"You seem to enjoy pulling out other people’s flowers—why not grow your own?" Shi Xie looked genuinely concerned. "Is it because no Female Master gave you seeds?"

"I actually have extras. You can take them."

"In the future, don’t go pulling up flowers someone else put their heart into nurturing."

"Did he catch some illness last night?" Li ignored Shi Xie and looked toward Xiao Jinsheng with a face full of perplexity. "How does someone wake up in the morning looking like they’ve lost their mind?"

"Time reversal? How creative." Li sneered coldly. "If you’re so free, why not go weed the yard?"

"It was truly a time reversal," Xiao Jinsheng explained.

At first, none of them believed Shi Xie, thinking he was intentionally targeting Li. But now, even the other six men in the household began to grow curious.

Xiao Jinsheng recounted what had happened to her the night before.

When Li heard Bai Yan and her supposed "Insect Brain system" were behind it again, his urge to kill grew uncontrollable.

"You went back to seven years ago alone. Were you injured?" Yu Yunxiao asked, concerned.

He rose and walked over, his Healing Element Superpower activating as he began inspecting Xiao Jinsheng.

"I’ve replicated five Superpowers and practically count as a Ten Stars powerhouse—I sure wouldn’t get hurt." Xiao Jinsheng chuckled comfortingly, reaching out to tug at Yu Yunxiao’s cat ears.

Yu Yunxiao grabbed her wrist and pushed her hand away.

After confirming Xiao Jinsheng was in good health, he snorted, "You only know how to pull on my ears. Why not tug on your own instead?"

"Stingy kitty," Xiao Jinsheng mimicked his snort playfully.

"So, about you and them." Que Zelian let his gaze fall on Xiao Jinsheng, his golden eyes flickering as he spoke. "One you’ve known since childhood, and the other you met seven years ago due to time reversal."

"Mm, that’s about right," Xiao Jinsheng replied.

"That’s why I’m the main husband." Li smiled smugly.

"Jealousy can disqualify you from being the main husband," Yu Yunxiao retorted with a sneer.

"Oh, and you’re so magnanimous?" Li countered.

As Yu Yunxiao and Li were about to start quarreling, Huaiqing’s puzzled voice interrupted, "What are you even doing?"

Everyone turned toward the sound and saw Su Ye standing there, deep in thought, looking grim.

"I’m searching for my missing memories," Su Ye answered.

"Huh?" Xiao Jinsheng was stunned.

"Do you think it’s possible?" Su Yejin’s golden eyes shifted toward Xiao Jinsheng, his expression serious as he asked, "What if the Insect Brain altered my memory, and it turns out, of all of us, you met me the earliest?"

That would mean he was the main husband.

"You..." Xiao Jinsheng hesitated.

Su Ye’s words were absurd.

But considering she was already living in an absurd world, and with her memory incomplete,

it wasn’t entirely impossible. After all, it wasn’t only Shi Xie’s time reversal involved—there were things he hadn’t disclosed—and she had no idea there was an earlier connection between her and Shi Xie in the time loop.

"Did you really forget something?" Yu Yunxiao asked in astonishment.

"If the title of main husband is determined by the earliest meeting, perhaps I am." Su Ye earnestly mused, "I always feel like I’ve forgotten something—something from a very long time ago."

"Eight years ago? Nine years ago? Ten years ago? Twenty-two years ago?"

The longer he spoke, the more ridiculous it sounded. Mo Jiao could only roll his eyes and look away.

Huaiqing adjusted his glasses and also noted Su Ye was making things up.

Que Zelian hadn’t planned to listen to Su Ye from the beginning.

Only Chen Yunji asked seriously, "So you and Xiao Jinsheng knew each other a long time ago?"

"I believe so," Su Ye nodded affirmatively.

"Really?" Xiao Jinsheng, whose memory was incomplete, grew even more curious.

Caicai sighed and floated passively.

Today, its transformed state was nothing but an airborne piece of seaweed.

"Twenty-two years ago, how old were you? Weren’t you just one year old? Isn’t it normal for humans to forget memories from when they were one?" Caicai huffed, "Listening to Su Ye’s nonsense, I’ve checked—his memories show no signs of being altered by the Insect Brain."

"If nothing works, how about I fix your mind for you?" Yu Yunxiao’s expression turned bitter as his eyes swept over Li and Su Ye, "Why is it that just the two of you seem like your brains are broken, despite living under the same roof?"

"If you’re bored, go weed the yard," Li replied coldly.

"Weeding is still better than stealing others’ flowers," Yu Yunxiao chuckled dryly, "At least I wouldn’t pull up a whole person while weeding."

The moment those words landed, Li felt a pang in his chest.

Especially when he saw the Ice Sea Flower sitting on the dining table.

A heavy regret weighed down on him.

Regret—it consumed him.

At that moment, Li cursed his Superpower. Why was it space-related and not time-related?

If he could, he’d want to reverse time to the day he ventured to the deep sea of the Southern Domain. No matter what, he’d stop himself from going underwater to pluck that Ice Sea Flower.

"People matter more than flowers," Shi Xie tried to mediate with a smile, "I’ve already reunited with the one I was waiting for. We’re all family here; there’s no need to speak ill of Li."

"If it weren’t for him, even if the Ice Sea Flower bloomed, I might have missed the chance to meet my Female Master."

"It was Li—it was through his actions that I was able to reunite with my Female Master."

"We’re all family now, so please don’t argue anymore. Although the Ice Sea Flower I nurtured for seven years was snatched away, I harbor no resentment toward Li."

"Li doesn’t understand fish talk—and you don’t understand cat talk either," Mo Jiao muttered, unable to hold back anymore. Just seeing Shi Xie’s smug expression annoyed him to no end.

After snapping at Shi Xie, Mo Jiao turned his gaze to Li, his scorn unhidden, "No wonder you kept proclaiming yourself the main husband and demanding she divorce us."

"Turns out you’re trying to clear us out so you can help her find new Beast Husbands."

Su Ye chuckled coldly, "Boomerang."

"Such a generous heart," Huaiqing smirked, adjusting his glasses as his gaze rested on Li, "Oh, I mean your generosity is remarkable."

"Any thoughts on that?" Que Zelian inquired toward Li.

Xiao Jinsheng, truly the center of all entanglements, was sipping tea and observing the unfolding drama as though she was a bystander rather than the one they were all fighting over.

She looked at one, then another.

Unkind as it might seem, at this moment, she too wanted to interview Li for his thoughts on all this.