Lethal Stunner: Kicking Off with Five Beast Husbands
Chapter 18 The Durian-Hearted Woman

Chapter 18: Chapter 18 The Durian-Hearted Woman

"Want to leave a mark? Sure, but get married first," Xiao Jinsheng sneered.

Li laughed lightly in refusal, "No, you need to get divorced before you can think about marriage."

Seeing that this man wasn’t falling for it, Xiao Jinsheng spread her hands in feigned helplessness, "I’ve shared a marriage with them after all, there’s some feelings involved. Even if a divorce is inevitable, it should end peacefully."

"If I coldly abandon them, so heartless and unfeeling, would you dare be with me? Wouldn’t you be scared of me?"

Li pressed his lips tightly, trying hard to hold back his laughter, but still failed in the end.

He tilted his head curiously, and even the demon mask seemed less daunting under his innocent gesture.

"What feelings could there possibly be? That Black Snake Beast Husband wants to kill you, doesn’t he? The Jade Cat wants a divorce too."

"They’re just ordinary Beastmen. If you abandon them, it’s abandonment. Compared to being heartless, I think you’re actually quite sentimental."

Xiao Jinsheng, hearing this, couldn’t help but silently cry out "unfair accusations!" in her heart!

She was trying to maintain her shattered marriage, all just to keep herself alive.

"Li, how can you think of me this way?" Xiao Jinsheng lowered her eyes, wounded, raising her hand to cover her heart, "I’m just—this heart has been shattered into many pieces, and each piece loved a different man."

"But for you, I’m willing to divorce them all." Her eyes brimmed with an intense passion for the man in front of her.

Though she wasn’t professionally trained in acting, her looks had garnered invitations for school events since childhood.

When it came to performance, Xiao Jinsheng considered herself decently skilled.

"I’ll wait to hear the good news about your divorces then," Li said while reaching out to caress the skin behind Xiao Jinsheng’s ear and neck, causing a numbing sensation to ripple across her shoulders from his touch.

She tried to dodge his touch and retreat, only to see Li’s figure before her scatter into fragments, on the verge of vanishing.

The distance between them was less than the width of a fist.

Li lowered his gaze and clearly saw the glowing totem mark behind Xiao Jinsheng’s ear.

The mark would light up alongside the totem behind his own ear whenever their skin touched.

However, with the press of his fingertip, the mark behind Xiao Jinsheng’s neck slowly faded away and became hidden.

"I don’t like women with hearts split among many. I look forward to our next meeting, when all your Beast Husbands have turned into ex-husbands," Li whispered softly near her ear.

As his voice fell, his figure completely disappeared before Xiao Jinsheng.

The dim palace receded, and the surrounding darkness dissipated, revealing the environment of Mist West.

Xiao Jinsheng looked up and surveyed her surroundings, discovering her location was not far from the tall building where she had just fought the Fog Corpses.

"Xiao Jinsheng." A figure dashed over from the distance, the newcomer was Su Ye.

Catching sight of Xiao Jinsheng, he scanned her carefully with his golden eyes, "Are you hurt?"

"I don’t know, I don’t think so," Xiao Jinsheng shook her head in confusion.

She even looked down to inspect herself further.

"Weren’t you waiting on the rooftop? Why have you appeared here?" Su Ye asked, puzzled.

"I don’t know either." Xiao Jinsheng’s confusion deepened as she earnestly tried to recall, "While on the rooftop, Yu Yunxiao spoke to me in a strange manner, completely unlike his usual self, so I grew suspicious."

As she reached this point, Xiao Jinsheng’s face paled drastically, her shoulders trembling slightly in fear, "Then... Yu Yunxiao started falling apart before my eyes, flesh dropping everywhere, morphing into a skinless, blood-soaked corpse that could move."

"It chased me as I retreated, and I accidentally hit the railing and fell off the building. When I woke up, I heard you calling my name."

Xiao Jinsheng swore everything she said was the truth.

She just deliberately omitted the part about her contact with Li.

Sure enough, while Su Ye found it odd that she had survived falling off the building and safely appeared here, he didn’t press further.

He even offered his hand, "Can you still walk? I could carry you back."

"Oh, how nice, now you’re not scaring me anymore!" Xiao Jinsheng teased him, grinning.

Su Ye blushed at her words, his face growing dark as he huffed lightly, "Fine, if you don’t want me to carry you, then forget it."

"No, wait!" Xiao Jinsheng quickly jumped onto his back, wrapping her arms around his neck and clinging tightly to him.

"You have no idea how terrifying that blood-drenched corpse was—it’s even scarier than the skinned rabbit head you once scared me with!"

"My legs are so weak with fright; I haven’t recovered yet. You have to carry me, and I might even reward you with five extra points."

"Got it, O Scoring Queen." Su Ye couldn’t help but curve his lips slightly, carrying her securely on his back.

"Don’t call me Scoring Queen!" Xiao Jinsheng protested, patting his shoulder firmly in response.

Back at the tall building, Su Ye’s update about finding her soon brought the four men back to surround Xiao Jinsheng close.

"Still alive, your luck isn’t half bad," Mo Jiao sneered.

"If I didn’t try hard to survive, wouldn’t I have to become a pair of fugitive lovers with you? And you wouldn’t like that—what could we do then?" Xiao Jinsheng’s brow furrowed as she put on an exaggeratedly pained expression looking at him.

Successfully irritated, Mo Jiao turned his back on her.

"As long as you’re unharmed, that’s what matters," Huaiqing said with a warm smile to comfort her.

Even Yu Yunxiao, who usually enjoyed quarreling with Xiao Jinsheng, silently remained still this time.

His drooping cat ears framed his face as he stood before Xiao Jinsheng, hesitating for a long moment before finally murmuring in shame, "Sorry, I failed to protect you."

Yu Yunxiao considered himself a capable 4 Stars Beastman; no matter his strength, he should at least outmatch Xiao Jinsheng, a 1 Star Spiritual Power female, in self-preservation.

But under his protection, the Fog Corpse managed to deceive him and snatch Xiao Jinsheng away.

Feeling inadequate once again, Yu Yunxiao sank into a pit of frustration.

"I’ve heard from Su Ye. That Fog Corpse disguised as you had strength equivalent to 6 Stars and its superpower was Illusion Realm. Your own superpower is Healing Element—it’s not your fault you didn’t realize."

"Besides, I’m fine now, aren’t I?"

"Just make sure to protect me better next time, won’t you?" Xiao Jinsheng said, raising her face with a cheerful smile toward Yu Yunxiao.

Yu Yunxiao’s abnormal pupils were filled with astonishment.

He thought for sure, given his failure to protect her this time, Xiao Jinsheng would return furious and unleash a tirade at him, perhaps even beat him mercilessly.

But her reaction completely defied his expectations.

She didn’t show her usual knack for aggravating everyone with sharp words. Even though she had narrowly escaped danger, even though she was the one who had suffered most, she instead turned around to comfort him.

In that moment, Yu Yunxiao realized that Xiao Jinsheng’s promise to change—might actually be genuine.

Over the past two days, she truly seemed to be improving.

"I... I’ll protect you well from now on!" Yu Yunxiao stammered, turning his flushed face away, though his gaze sneaked back to Xiao Jinsheng to observe her reaction.

"I know, Mr. Prideful," Xiao Jinsheng chuckled lightly.

"Don’t give me nicknames," Yu Yunxiao huffed, bristling.

"Sure thing, Mr. Prideful," Xiao Jinsheng chirped with a playful nod.

As Xiao Jinsheng jested with Yu Yunxiao, Que Zelian handed her a clean handkerchief.

"Hmm?" Xiao Jinsheng blinked at him in confusion.

Que Zelian’s dark gaze flickered to her lips, "Your lip makeup—it’s smudged."

In that instant, Xiao Jinsheng’s heart clenched nervously.

She let out a dry laugh as she accepted the handkerchief and wiped at her lips, playing it off thoughtfully, "Probably got ruined when I was scared by the Fog Corpse."

"Hmm." Que Zelian chuckled softly and brushed away a stray strand of hair near her cheek, his gaze lingering on the back of her neck near her right ear:

"I know—when you’re nervous, you bite your lips. That makeup might’ve been ruined when... you couldn’t stop biting them."