Chapter 139: They Only Want the Female Mother.

Chapter 139: Chapter 139: They Only Want the Female Mother.

The men stood in the courtyard for a long time, smelling the scent from the room grow stronger and stronger.

They didn’t have to guess what the two of them were doing in there.

But what could they do? They couldn’t just barge in.

When Shen Yue finally opened the door, her neck was covered in red marks, and her lips were swollen and moist.

That was why they were so angry, so jealous they had lost all reason.

But now, hearing Shen Yue’s words, they all turned to look at Bai Chaosi. ’So it was him,’ they thought. ’He deliberately called us back to use us as his pawns.’

’How despicable!’

’But it was our fault, too, for being so stupid.’

’We deserved it. We deserved to be yelled at by Shen Yue.’

Bai Chaosi’s mouth fell open. For the first time, he saw genuine disgust in Shen Yue’s eyes.

He had thought that after all the times he had seduced her, after their passionate kisses and even their baring of souls—and bodies—that she must have developed some feelings for him.

But her merciless words and her icy gaze told him he had been wrong.

He had been far too conceited.

This time, he had truly angered her by touching on the one thing she cared about most.

’So she saw through my tricks all along.’

She would let him get away with harmless antics, and even seemed to enjoy them.

But the moment he crossed the line, she would retract all the affection that had given him that false hope.

He had never truly found a place in her heart.

From the very beginning, all she had ever cared about were the children.

The realization of how terribly wrong he had been hit Bai Chaosi all at once.

His face turned deathly pale and his Adam’s apple bobbed. In that instant, the confidence and pride he had built over decades came crashing down.

With Shen Yue, he tasted true failure for the very first time.

Mu Silin and the others watched Bai Chaosi’s face drain of all color. Though they were furious that the fox had used them, they were also terrified that Shen Yue might actually kick them all to the curb in her anger.

They understood completely now. This time, they had truly crossed a line.

She had been willing to spend time with them lately, and their relationship had been growing closer, but that didn’t mean they could take a mile when given an inch. It didn’t give them the right to be so insolent.

She already treated them so well. Just moments before, she had asked if they were hungry and what they wanted to eat, offering to cook for them.

Even when they gave her the cold shoulder, she had still asked them so patiently.

’Just think about it,’ they lamented internally. ’Where on the entire Beast World Continent would you find a female who would indulge her Beast Husbands like this, letting them throw tantrums at her again and again?’

But they just had to go and not appreciate it.

They’d thrown fits, tossed things around, and even scared the children.

Besides, as a female, she had the absolute right to choose the Beast Husbands she wanted. Who she was intimate with, who she mated with—it was all up to her.

They had no right to interfere whatsoever.

She never belonged to any single one of them to begin with.

Yet they had been so thoughtless, so unreasonable.

’Just how disappointed and angry must she have been to finally snap like that?’

Shen Yue looked at them.

"I’m not against you wanting to claim your children," she began. "Having you here these past few days has certainly kept the children and me safe. It’s given me time to think. Your purpose in coming here was always for the children. If you can raise them well and protect them, I’m actually willing to let go. You can take them with you, back to your own cities. After all, it’s extremely unsafe for them to stay with me."

Before she could even finish...

Mu Silin cried out in shock.

"Take them away? I never thought about taking my child from you!"

Ye Lüqi grew anxious, realizing the implication of her words.

’So, Shen Yue’s original plan was to let us get to know the children, and then have us take them away.’

’She never planned on keeping us?’

’This whole time we’ve been getting along... it was just a test to see if we were fit to be fathers.’

He blurted out anxiously,

"I’m sorry, Shen Yue! I was too impulsive just now, but I never intended to take our child away! I want to live with you and our child."

Lan Cangyue quickly added,

"I never thought about taking Xi Xi from you either! I came here looking for you in the first place! I would never take Xi Xi away from you."

"You’re Xi Xi’s mother. I could never take her away from you. I’ll stay wherever you are. Please, give me one more chance. I won’t be like this again! I won’t disappoint you or Xi Xi!"

Shen Yue watched them. In truth, ever since the men in black had appeared and these men had been willing to risk their lives to save her and the children, she had already decided to let them try to bond with the kids.

She had even let them move into the bamboo house.

She knew that the original owner of this body was surrounded by mysteries, and that she would surely face more unforeseen dangers in the future.

’If the children were sent to different places to be raised separately by their fathers, it might reduce much of that danger.’

For the past few days, she had been mulling over the feasibility of this plan, secretly observing her children’s attitudes toward the men, and gauging the depth of their fatherly love.

So, she decided to use this incident as an opportunity to voice her thoughts and test their reactions, to see if they would be willing.

However, judging by their current reactions, it seemed their focus had shifted entirely onto her.

’If I let them take the children, they probably wouldn’t be able to care for them as meticulously as I do. I wouldn’t be able to rest easy.’

When she said this, even Huang Ziyue looked a little surprised.

He apparently hadn’t expected her to consider such a thing.

’Did she never plan to live with us?’

’Was her only plan for us to take the children?’

Her expression shifted.

"Don’t be so anxious," she said. "But as things stand, you can’t even maintain a good image in front of the children. It makes me question whether letting you claim them was the right decision. I won’t let you take the children for now. I won’t make that decision until they accept you of their own accord."

The men’s expressions tensed.

How could they not understand? She was disappointed in them.

She had given them a chance, and they had failed to seize it.

If they couldn’t win the children’s approval, they certainly couldn’t win hers!

"So, after what happened today, let me make myself clear. If you want to continue staying here with me and the children, and earn their acceptance, then you had better learn to control your tempers in front of them. Watch every word and action, and act like the fathers you’re supposed to be."

"And another thing. I like clever men, but I prefer obedient ones. If you want to be my Beast Husband, you need to know the rules. If you can’t follow them, then don’t waste your time and energy on me. Go find your own happiness somewhere else."

Because she never needed to win over a man; on the contrary, any man with her should be thinking about how to win *her* over.

If they couldn’t make her happy, they could get the hell out!

With that said, Shen Yue shot them one last look and turned to walk back toward the house.

But when she turned, she was met with an unexpected sight: her seven little ones standing in the doorway of the bamboo house, staring at her with wide, expectant eyes.

Shen Yue froze. Qibao was the first to rush forward.

"Mother, Xi Xi doesn’t want to leave you!"

"Er Bao doesn’t want to be taken away either! Er Bao just wants to stay with Mother forever!"

"Dabao too! I’m not going anywhere without Mother! Mother, don’t let them take Dabao away!"

Si Bao looked toward Gu Fangqi, his eyes red.

"He’s not Si Bao’s Father! Si Bao’s Father died a long time ago! Mother, don’t let him take Si Bao away! Si Bao isn’t going!"

Hearing this, Gu Fangqi’s heart went cold. ’The kid still remembers that I’m supposed to be dead!’

’He’s still holding a grudge!’

’Why’s he so touchy?’

’Good thing I didn’t do anything to scare them just now,’ he thought. ’Otherwise, this little wolf cub’s impression of me would be even worse!’