Chapter 157 - 159: The Beastmen’s Cunning

Chapter 157: Chapter 159: The Beastmen’s Cunning

"This again?" Mo Xuan blurted out when he saw the bamboo sticks.

He thought Su Luoluo would just pick someone, or maybe let them compete for it, with the winner being chosen. But she was making them draw bamboo sticks again.

He’d gotten screwed over by this last time when Su Luoluo chose Nantu. He couldn’t believe she was doing it again.

Mo Xuan refused to agree, no matter what.

’Who knew if Su Luoluo had tampered with the bamboo sticks?’

After all, she’d already managed to secretly mate with Luan Ting behind their backs. Since she was capable of something like that, Mo Xuan didn’t trust Su Luoluo as much as he used to.

At this thought, he protested, "This isn’t fair! I don’t agree."

’If this isn’t fair, then what is?’

’Everyone gets a chance, so what is Mo Xuan yelling about?’

Su Luoluo looked at Mo Xuan before her and said, "What’s not fair about it? You all draw them yourselves. I’m not favoring anyone."

Mo Xuan glanced at Luan Ting across from them, then said coolly, "Who knows if you aren’t being selfish and have done something to these sticks?"

’If she wanted to give Luan Ting the opportunity, wouldn’t he be put first?’

’Su Luoluo is carrying a cub right now, after all.’

’Right now, it doesn’t really matter. Even if someone draws a later spot, it doesn’t have a huge impact since everyone will get a chance to be with Su Luoluo.’

’But what about later?’

’As Su Luoluo’s belly gets bigger day by day, being further down the list will be a disadvantage.’

’Who knows when she’ll decide she can’t have them with her at night anymore?’

’By that logic, the earlier the better.’

Su Luoluo paused. She couldn’t believe Mo Xuan was suspecting her.

’If anything, she was the one most burdened by this whole affair. What reason did she have to rig it?’

However, once the seed of suspicion was planted, others began to doubt as well.

"I also think this method isn’t great. We don’t even know who gets to draw first," Fu Feng said, also questioning the method Su Luoluo had proposed.

He had been the biggest victim of the last drawing.

Because Su Luoluo had them pick stones, he ended up being the last of the five to get with her.

If it weren’t for that, how could he have ended up mating with Su Luoluo even later than that cold fish Nantu?

What saddened him most was that he had missed his chance to become the Beast Father because of it.

So, there was no way he could possibly like the idea of drawing lots.

In truth, he had wanted to be the first to jump out and object as soon as Su Luoluo finished speaking.

But then he remembered that Su Luoluo liked Luan Ting’s kind of personality, so he waited.

He would present his own point of view after Mo Xuan was done.

’That way, Su Luoluo wouldn’t be as annoyed with him.’

Hearing this, Xiao Ye nodded in agreement. "Indeed. If we’re drawing lots, we don’t know who draws first."

That was what Xiao Ye said, but inwardly he was also suspicious of the sticks in Su Luoluo’s hands.

’Who knew if she would secretly rig it for Luan Ting and put him first?’

Su Luoluo was left speechless.

’Isn’t it just about sleeping with me at night?’

’They’re making such a big deal out of it.’

’Even who draws first and who draws last is an issue.’

She pouted. "If you don’t want to draw them yourselves, then I’ll draw for you. That should be fine, right?"

She would draw all the bamboo sticks for everyone, and whoever she drew would determine the order.

And since she’d be the only one drawing from start to finish, they couldn’t have any objections now, could they?

But who would have thought that as soon as the words left her mouth...

Several different voices unexpectedly spoke up in unison to refuse.

"No!"

The sound was too loud for Su Luoluo to ignore.

"Isn’t this fair? What’s wrong now?" Su Luoluo asked with a frown.

Since they couldn’t decide who would start, she simply wouldn’t let them draw at all. She would do it.

None of the Beastmen would be involved. How was that not fair?

Su Luoluo couldn’t figure out what these guys were thinking.

However, after she finished speaking, none of the men at the table responded.

This made Su Luoluo even more irritated.

She swept her gaze over them and said coldly, "Weren’t you the ones who just said no? Why are you all silent now that I’m asking you to explain?"

’Speak up?’

’Who would be stupid enough to expose Su Luoluo’s favoritism to her face and, in doing so, admit that he’s inferior to *that* person?’

’Wouldn’t that just be airing his own dirty laundry?’

’That guy was smug enough the other day. I don’t want to see him get all smug again.’

Mo Xuan snorted internally, complaining in his mind.

Fu Feng felt much the same way. ’Who would be foolish enough to accuse Su Luoluo to her face of favoring someone else?’

It was one thing to voice suspicions about her rigging the lots, but when it came to naming a specific person, he couldn’t say it out loud.

Xiao Ye had the same idea as Fu Feng and Mo Xuan. He didn’t want to boost someone else’s prestige at the expense of his own.

Hearing this, Xi Yi poked his head out from the tree and said with a grin, "The way I see it, they suspect you of playing favorites and rigging things behind the scenes."

"Playing favorites? Favoring who?" Su Luoluo was taken aback, not understanding where this was coming from.

"Who else could it be? Obviously, it’s—"

Before Xi Yi could finish, Xiao Ye cut him off.

"Hey, why is a Lizard like you still here? Spending the night has nothing to do with you."

’This Black Bear is a persistent pest, always trying to stir up trouble between one person or another.’

’Did he really need to say that out loud?’

’Besides, he’s not even one of Luoluo’s Beastmen. What’s he doing here making a fuss?’

’They’d kicked him out after dinner. Who knows when he snuck back in?’

As an extremely possessive Snake Beast, Xiao Ye absolutely could not accept Luan Ting being more important than him in Su Luoluo’s heart.

That day in the grassy field, he had been so angry that his mind wasn’t clear, and he’d been fooled by Luan Ting’s Blinding Technique.

After going back, he thought about it carefully and realized that Su Luoluo didn’t necessarily like Luan Ting *that* much.

If she really liked him, Su Luoluo would have treated him differently in their daily interactions, not given him almost the same treatment as the rest of them.

’There might be something a little special, perhaps.’

’But if he can do it, there’s no reason I can’t.’

He wanted Su Luoluo’s heart to be completely his, and he wanted to be number one.

"That’s right, there’s nothing for you here!" Fu Feng chimed in, also trying to shoo Xi Yi away.

Five of them was already troublesome enough, and now this guy wanted to join in.

With one less person, his own chances would be much better.

Besides, Su Luoluo herself hadn’t asked him, saying that since he wasn’t one of her Beastmen, it wouldn’t be appropriate for him to spend the night.

Mo Xuan lifted his gaze to Xi Yi, who was squatting in the tree, and sneered, "Did you climb so high because you were afraid you couldn’t hear? Too bad listening doesn’t get you a share. And whose fault is that? You don’t have a Contract Totem."

Hearing this, Xi Yi’s face instantly became pitiful. He looked down at Su Luoluo under the tree and said, "Luoluo, see? It’s because you won’t form a Contract Totem with me that they’re all bullying me! Let’s form the totem contract today!"