Xiao Jinsheng calmly met his gaze and explained, "That day while chatting with Peng Qin, she commented that my relationship with you five guys wasn’t going well, and she told me something."
"A Beast Husband who is treated coldly by a female might be tricked away by another female."
"A female and a Beastman who aren’t married but engage in intimate contact might also develop a Contractual Totem," Que Zelian replied.
Xiao Jinsheng felt a tightness in her chest upon hearing this.
It’s certain now that she definitely has a Contractual Totem with Li.
She tentatively asked, "So, what do you think of such people?"
Que Zelian chuckled lightly, "No name and no status, not worth mentioning."
Xiao Jinsheng’s expression slightly changed as she saw him raise an eyebrow, "I’m referring to those Beastmen."
"Among Beastmen, due to Terminal binding, they generally can only accept other Beast Husbands assigned to the female at the same time by the Terminal, since the Terminal only matches once."
"Most of the additional Beast Husbands a female receives later don’t integrate easily."
"But I trust you won’t bring someone back midway, will you?" Que Zelian asked with a smile.
Xiao Jinsheng had a massive headache but still nodded, "Of course not, I only trust you."
She closed her eyes, pretending to be sleepy.
Her heart was extremely restless.
There are still four Beast Husbands outside clamoring for a divorce.
There’s also a wild man outside waiting for her to divorce all the Beast Husbands.
The man holding her firmly refused to divorce her and, of course, wouldn’t allow her to bring someone else home to marry.
Xiao Jinsheng wanted to weep.
Indeed, being a woman is hard.
"Sleepy?" Que Zelian jiggled his leg, shaking the person in his arms awake.
"Hmm, I’m a bit sleepy." Xiao Jinsheng nodded with immense drowsiness.
"But I’m not sleepy yet." Que Zelian lifted Xiao Jinsheng’s chin with his hand, leaned down, and kissed her lips again.
It was still a gentle kiss, taking away the last trace of lipstick on Xiao Jinsheng’s lips.
Xiao Jinsheng blushed, breathing lightly, not yet adjusted from the sudden kiss.
She sensed Que Zelian lightly laying her upper body down, leaning over, and planting soft kisses on her collarbone, which was glowing with a totem.
Xiao Jinsheng nervously gripped Que Zelian’s arm, snapping back from her daze.
Although she indeed had this goal for tonight.
But the weird Contractual Totem obviously would ruin her plan.
The Contractual Totem with Li could be anywhere on her body.
She gently pushed Que Zelian’s arm, speaking out of exhaustion, "I’m really sleepy."
"Very sleepy?" Que Zelian embraced her and sat up, his gaze landing on the faint red marks on her collarbone.
Those were all left by him kissing her, all marked on her collarbone.
Even at the corner of Que Zelian’s mouth, there was a faint lip rouge from her lips.
"Do you need to wear lipstick even for sleeping?" Que Zelian seriously inquired, "I’ve studied your makeup, and lipstick isn’t meant for sleeping."
Xiao Jinsheng froze at the question.
Of course, she knew there was no reason to wear lipstick at night.
But wasn’t it all for her act?
"It’s just that I’m afraid of a Fog Corpse attack at night," Xiao Jinsheng complained.
Que Zelian just couldn’t connect wearing lipstick at night with being attacked by a Fog Corpse.
"If a Fog Corpse kills me at night, even if I die, I want to be the prettiest Fog Corpse," Xiao Jinsheng spoke sincerely, though she was babbling nonsense.
Sure enough, Que Zelian fell silent.
Xiao Jinsheng continued, painfully raising her hand to her forehead, "You don’t know how terrifying today’s Fog Corpses are."
"And I know my relationship with you five isn’t good."
"Having such thoughts means I’ve already prepared for the worst that I might die."
Que Zelian couldn’t listen to her negativity anymore and leaned down to kiss her again, blocking her words.
Que Zelian’s reaction was indeed going as Xiao Jinsheng initially planned.
But that was before she knew about the troublesome Contractual Totem.
At least for today, she couldn’t proceed further with Que Zelian.
"I told you, I won’t divorce you," Que Zelian gently kissed her a couple of times and released her.
He looked down and softly asked, "What would it take for you to believe me?"
"Or perhaps..." Que Zelian’s palm moved to her lower back.
Her slender waist was gently grasped by him.
"If you sleep with me and we become real spouses, would that make you feel safer?"
Xiao Jinsheng widened her eyes in shock.
"Wasn’t your goal today to finally sleep with me?" Que Zelian asked with a smile.
Xiao Jinsheng blushed and explained, "No, that’s not it."
"Did you misunderstand me? Am I that kind of person?" Xiao Jinsheng showed a flustered face, taking the opportunity to leave Que Zelian’s arms.
Que Zelian reached out, grabbed her wrist, and pulled her back into his arms.
His fingertips lightly traced the glowing totem on Xiao Jinsheng’s collarbone, "If you’re worried this totem will be seen by the other four, there’s no need to worry at all."
"Each female has a Contractual Totem with every Beast Husband, appearing in different places on their body, following a fixed order."
"The first Beast Husband’s totem will appear here," Que Zelian gently tapped on Xiao Jinsheng’s collarbone with his fingertip.
What he did tickled Xiao Jinsheng, making her doubt curiously again.
Since the first Beastman’s Contractual Totem would appear on the collarbone, she hadn’t seen the totem with Li on hers.
Regarding the Contractual Totem, neither the Terminal nor the given storyline mentioned anything about it.
Clearly, this is something only Beastmen know.
"By the way, I remembered something concerning Mist West," Que Zelian suddenly said.
He seemed to be recalling, "Besides females and Beastmen, this world has another type called Fallen Beastmen."
"They hide in Mist West and aren’t recognized by the Terminal. Even if a female wants to accept them, there won’t be a Contractual Totem."
"However, this isn’t important. After all, Fallen Beastmen are extremely dangerous, and no female would interact with them. Just knowing is fine, and if you ever encounter them, stay away."
"There are such dangerous people?" Xiao Jinsheng was surprised.
The doubts in her heart about not having a Contractual Totem with Li were also answered.
She judged Li to be a Fallen Beastman, so it made sense there wouldn’t be a Contractual Totem.
Xiao Jinsheng recalled her disrupted plans for tonight.
Previously, she worried about a Contractual Totem with Li appearing on her body. Now without this worry, she felt she could continue her plans.
She snuggled closer to Que Zelian’s embrace, speaking with a hint of fear, "It’s the middle of the night, and you talk about Fallen Beastmen. I was sleepy, but now I’m scared awake."
"Oh? It’s my fault again," Que Zelian smiled helplessly.
Yet, he noticed Xiao Jinsheng’s hand slipping under his clothes, palm against his abs, fingers restlessly kneading.
"I recall someone recently claiming adamantly that she isn’t that type of person," Que Zelian ominously reminded.
"She also said her goal wasn’t to sleep with me."
Xiao Jinsheng was regretting her originally smooth plan and didn’t notice the man’s usual behavior beneath his words was somewhat different.