Chapter 388: Jealousy

Chapter 388: Chapter 388: Jealousy

Chi Yu patted Feng Xi’s hand. "Once you’ve cried it out, this will all be over, Xixi."

Feng Xi shook her head. "I can’t get over it. I can’t..."

She lifted her eyes to Bai Wanwan. "I’ll agree to any of your demands. Just give Brother Chief Chou Rong to me, okay? Really, I’ll give you anything."

Bai Wanwan didn’t answer right away. Instead, her two Beast Husbands helped her sit on the stone stool across from Feng Xi.

Feng Xi’s gaze swept past Zhu Xiu and Yan Lie. "You already have so many outstanding and handsome Beast Husbands. Why must you fight me for Brother Chief Chou Rong?"

"I’m not fighting you. If you can convince Chou Rong, I have no objection."

Feng Xi was left speechless, her lip quivered, and she started crying again.

The Chi Yu Holy Female patted her on the back. "There, there, stop crying. Our Xixi is a wonderful girl. So many males adore you..."

Before the Chi Yu Holy Female could finish, Feng Xi cut her off. "But none of them are Brother Chief Chou Rong."

She wiped away her tears with the back of her hand, her eyes dead serious as she looked at Bai Wanwan. "I’m serious. I’ll trade you anything for him."

"So you’d trade all of your Beast Husbands to me? You’d be willing?"

The moment she said this, the hands hanging at her sides were taken by the males on either side of her.

Zhu Xiu enveloped her hand in his palm, giving it a punitive squeeze.

Yan Lie, on the other hand, unfurled her fingers and gently caressed her palm, making her flinch from the ticklish sensation.

Bai Wanwan couldn’t resist shooting him a warning glance.

But Yan Lie just snorted.

Across from them, Feng Xi agonized for a long moment before shockingly nodding her head. "Fine. I agree. You give Chou Rong to me, and I’ll give you all of my Beast Husbands."

Bai Wanwan looked at her. "Aren’t you afraid your Beast Husbands would be heartbroken to hear that?"

She had specifically sent those males away before coming here.

There were no other males in the room besides Zhu Xiu and Yan Lie.

"I... never really liked them that much to begin with."

Even Zhu Xiu and Yan Lie couldn’t stop a flicker of anger from crossing their faces.

They were all too used to the fickleness of females.

Zhu Xiu couldn’t help but turn to look at Bai Wanwan, a dangerous glint appearing in his vertical pupils.

Bai Wanwan saw it clearly and felt a chill creep up her neck.

Even in front of the two Holy Females, Feng Xi and Chi Yu, Bai Wanwan immediately smiled to placate him. "I would absolutely never trade you two away. No matter what anyone offered, I wouldn’t make that trade."

"Really?"

Zhu Xiu hadn’t said a word, but Yan Lie couldn’t hold back.

Only after she nodded did a brilliant smile return to Yan Lie’s face.

And the dangerous glint in Zhu Xiu’s eyes also faded considerably.

After placating her jealous Beast Husbands, Bai Wanwan looked across again. Just as she was about to speak, Chou Rong walked in from outside.

Feng Xi’s eyes lit up, and she shot to her feet. "Brother Chief Chou Rong, Bai Wanwan just agreed! I’m going to trade her my Beast Husbands for you."

Chou Rong’s gaze shot toward her like an arrow.

Bai Wanwan was finally learning the meaning of ’trouble flies out of the mouth.’ She had only meant to tease Feng Xi; she never expected Chou Rong to show up.

"Um... if I told you I was just joking with her, would you believe me?" she asked, her eyes crinkling as she gave him a sweet smile.

Chou Rong didn’t say much. He shot her a look, sat on a nearby stone stool, and addressed Feng Xi directly. "What she said doesn’t count. Feng Xi, if you still can’t understand me, then the Tiger Clan will no longer welcome you."

Feng Xi’s lip quivered, and fat tears began to roll down her cheeks again.

She spoke through her tears, "I know, I know all of it. You don’t like me, you won’t leave with me... I just wanted to fight for a chance. Brother Chief Chou Rong, I would be better to you than she is, really!"

"I know,"

Chou Rong’s words made Bai Wanwan look at him from the corner of her eye. ’What does he mean?’

’What could he possibly know?’

"Even if she isn’t good to me, she’s still the Mother of my cub."

Seeing the conversation turning dangerous, Chi Yu immediately changed the subject, opening the basket Bai Wanwan had brought. "Wanwan, what is this? It smells wonderful!"

"Mother, these are some cupcakes and cookies I made. I brought them over especially for you to try."

Chi Yu took a very pretty strawberry cupcake from the basket and took a bite right in front of Feng Xi.

Her eyes immediately brightened. "Wanwan, this is delicious! Mother has never eaten anything so tasty."

’Of course it is,’ Bai Wanwan thought. ’I used high-quality ingredients provided by the System.’

None of the cubs could resist them.

After Chi Yu took a couple of bites, she managed to disrupt the rhythm of Feng Xi’s crying.

She stared blankly at Chi Yu, the fragrance wafting to her nose tempting her...

"Wanwan, are all of these a gift for me?"

"Yes, Mother, they are all for you."

Chi Yu happily accepted them, then asked, "Would you mind if I gave some away?"

Bai Wanwan more or less understood what she meant and shook her head. "I don’t mind at all."

Chi Yu was very fond of Bai Wanwan, but she had also watched Feng Xi grow up.

The young female didn’t have a malicious bone in her body; she was just far too fond of Chou Rong.

She offered a cupcake to Feng Xi.

"Xixi, stop crying. Eat something first. You can cry again when you’re full."

Feng Xi wanted to refuse, but after smelling the sweet fragrance of the cupcake, her hand moved faster than her mouth, and she accepted it.

"I’m not... OMPH..."

She stuffed the whole cupcake into her mouth, cutting off the words that were about to come out.

Even modern people accustomed to fine foods couldn’t resist the rich sweetness of real cream, let alone a group of Beastmen from a world of scarcity.

Feng Xi ate with such abandon she nearly forgot what she was there for.

Tears still stained her face, but her mouth was chewing away without a pause.

"Now that you’ve eaten my cupcake, you’re not allowed to have any more designs on my Beast Husband."

Feng Xi snapped back to reality, glanced at Chou Rong, and then at the second cupcake in her hand.

Then, with tears welling in her eyes, she took a resentful bite.

’If I don’t eat it, I still won’t get Chou Rong.’

’At least this way, I get to eat.’

She scarfed down five cupcakes in one go, eating so many that even Chi Yu’s heart ached for her.

But when she remembered Feng Xi was heartbroken over her own male cub, she held back and didn’t take the cakes away.

After finishing the cupcakes, she abruptly stood up. "Aunt Yu, Brother Chief Chou Rong, I’m leaving."

She was true to her word, leaving decisively.

But just as she reached the doorway, she suddenly stopped.

Bai Wanwan watched her, raising an eyebrow. "Changed your mind again?"

"My feelings will never change," she huffed. "Brother Chief Chou Rong likes you, so I won’t fight you for him. But the day you’re not good to him, the day he stops liking you, I will snatch him back."

Bai Wanwan glanced at Chou Rong, who had remained silent beside her, and huffed right back at Feng Xi. "Then you can wait forever. I’ll never give you that chance!"

"I don’t believe you. I’ll be watching you constantly."

"Goodbye, then. You can go now."

Bai Wanwan waved a hand at her, shooing her away.

Feng Xi’s lip trembled. She turned and ran out of the stone house.

As she drew her gaze back, she noticed that the corner of the previously expressionless Chou Rong’s mouth had lifted into a slight smile.