Chapter 278 - 280: Su Family’s Family Rules

Chapter 278: Chapter 280: Su Family’s Family Rules

"I just cooked some fish. Do you want some, Luoluo?"

Su Luoluo waved her hand. After a moment of thought, she exchanged a glance with Cai Xia and lowered her voice. "There’s something I wanted to ask you and Ah Zhu about... how you handle certain things."

Hearing this, Ah Zhu, who was busy nearby, hurried over. "What’s wrong? Are you having trouble with your beastmen?"

Usually, this kind of secretive talk meant one thing: a couple’s quarrel. Ah Zhu was instantly on alert.

Su Luoluo cleared her throat, looking a little embarrassed. "It’s not that. I wanted to ask... how do you usually get your beastmen to listen to you?"

"Get them to listen?" Ah Zhu was baffled. "Luoluo, you have that problem? Your beastmen are always so considerate!"

Cai Xia saw Su Luoluo’s evasiveness and a knowing smile touched her lips. She gave Ah Zhu a little nudge. "That’s not what she means. Luoluo, are you asking how to make them listen to you when it comes to... *that*?"

"Huh?"

’Whoa, how did the conversation suddenly jump to the fast lane?’

Su Luoluo quickly shook her head, denying it. "No, I just wanted to ask if you ever set rules to get your beastmen to listen to you."

"Oh, that? Of course. For example, my rules for Yi De, Er De, and San De are that they have to report to me whenever they go out, they’re not allowed to even glance at other females, and they have to look after the cubs themselves."

’So the Beast World has things like that, too. It’s not that outrageous.’

"So, would it be too much if I made some rules for them?" Su Luoluo asked tentatively.

"Of course not! I’m already up to ninety-nine rules," Ah Zhu said matter-of-factly.

Ninety-nine!

’Honestly, those family rules were a bit much.’

After getting the information she needed, Su Luoluo thought for a moment, then returned to her cabin to write down a few rules of her own.

After finishing the Su Family’s Family Rules, she got up and went to the outdoor kitchen.

She calculated the time. It had been a while since they’d had hot pot.

She called Mo Xuan over and asked him to hunt a sheep and bring it back for a lamb hot pot.

The moment Mo Xuan heard there would be lamb hot pot, he shot out of the cabin. It wasn’t long before he returned, dragging a sheep behind him.

Seeing Mo Xuan busy, Fu Feng went over to help. The two of them butchered the sheep, then cleaned it and cut it into small pieces.

Su Luoluo washed the earthenware pot, stir-fried some aromatics, poured in hot water, and set it to stew into a broth.

Xi Yi and Nantu arrived just as the broth was ready. Smelling the aroma, Xi Yi immediately praised her. "Luoluo, what delicious thing are you making now? It smells amazing."

"It’s lamb hot pot! We can start eating soon!"

Xiao Ye arrived a moment later with the cubs. When the little ones smelled the food, they all craned their necks to look at the stove, drool instantly pooling at their lips.

Seeing the cubs staring so eagerly, Su Luoluo couldn’t help but laugh. "There’s some for you too. Don’t worry, I made a non-spicy broth especially for you."

Luan Ting was the last to arrive, with his three little wolf cubs in tow. Smelling the aroma, the cubs got excited too, letting out a series of yips.

Su Luoluo turned her head to look at the three of them. "Don’t worry, you get some too."

As she spoke, she took out a small bowl and ladled some broth for them.

Just as she finished ladling a bowl and was about to hand it over, a slender hand reached out. "Thank you, little sister-in-law. This is just what I needed."

’Seriously? Why is he everywhere?’

Su Luoluo instinctively glanced at Luan Ting, then said slowly, "This broth is for the wolf cubs. Are you, their uncle, going to snatch it from them?"

At her words, Dongfang Luanhe looked slightly embarrassed. He handed the bowl to Luan Ting. "Here, Xiao Luan... I didn’t mean to. I didn’t know."

Luan Ting accepted the bowl with a neutral expression and said to Dongfang Luanhe, "That’s enough for today. This hot pot is a private family meal. It’s not for outsiders."

"Outsider?" Dongfang Luanhe looked heartbroken. "Xiao Luan, do you really see me as an outsider?"

Luan Ting was left speechless. He pursed his lips, about to explain, when Su Luoluo scoffed. "Excuse me, City Lord, but everyone at this table is one of my beastmen. If you’re not an outsider, then who is?"

Dongfang Luanhe: "..."

Luan Ting paused for a moment, then looked at him and said, "Come back tomorrow."

Seeing Luan Ting tell him to come back tomorrow, Dongfang Luanhe was instantly happy again. He nodded. "Alright. Your big brother will definitely be here tomorrow."

Su Luoluo watched this and clicked her tongue. ’What an eye-opener. That Dongfang Luanhe is supposed to be the older brother? He acts more like the younger one!’

It had been a long time since they’d eaten Su Luoluo’s cooking. The moment she set the hot pot on the table, everyone skillfully began dipping vegetables and meat, digging in.

The new fathers were quite responsible, only starting to eat after making sure the cubs were settled. It made Su Luoluo feel like she was a bit of a slacker as a Mother. Feeling a little guilty, she occasionally picked out some food for the cubs, at least looking the part.

"Luoluo, your cooking just gets more and more delicious. The cubs love it."

"Our little female cub will definitely love it too when she’s born," Fu Feng said, his eyes crinkling into a smile at the thought.

Seeing Fu Feng start up again, Xiao Ye couldn’t help but roll his eyes. "Why don’t you actually get her pregnant with a cub first? If your grandfather finds out you’re just running a bluff, you’re going to be in for it."

"What bluff?" The others looked over, confused.

Xiao Ye chuckled, chewing a piece of meat. "Oh, you know, *someone* broke off his arranged marriage and then went and told his grandfather he already had a grandchild."

Hearing that, Mo Xuan was the first to get worked up. "You’ve got a lot of nerve! Who says the first cub will be yours?"

"If Luoluo is going to have a baby, the first cub will be mine!"

The two of them immediately started to argue. Xi Yi chimed in quietly, "It could just as easily be mine."

Xiao Ye snorted. "Who’s to say I won’t have the second one?"

The scene instantly descended into chaos. Su Luoluo blinked. ’This is the perfect opportunity.’ She cleared her throat and took out the handwritten family rules.

"Stop arguing! To help us all live together more... harmoniously, I’ve written up some family rules. Everyone read them and sign. From now on, these are the rules."

"Family rules?"

At her words, the arguing men all stopped and looked at Su Luoluo in unison.

Su Luoluo actually felt a little embarrassed herself. ’What normal person writes something like this?’ But to save her own skin, she decided to go all out.

She waved the Beast Paper in her hand. "See for yourselves."

Xiao Ye was closest to Su Luoluo, so when she held out the Beast Paper, he quickly took it and began to read.

Wolf Text was written with a feather pen on the thick Beast Skin Paper. Even though he was a Snake Beastman, he had lived in this tribe long enough to recognize quite a few of the words.

He had just taken it and read the first rule when he couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow.

"’Su Family’s Family Rules, Rule One: A beastman must not deceive his female master. He must not forget promises, and he must keep his word.’"

"’Su Family’s Family Rules, Rule Two: A beastman must obey his female master. He cannot force her to do anything she does not want to do.’"

"’Su Family’s Family Rules, Rule Three: A beastman must not cheat. If discovered, the contract between them will be terminated.’"

"’Su Family’s Family Rules, Rule Four: Whatever the female master says, goes. There will be no defiance.’"

...

After Xiao Ye finished reading, a smirk played on his lips. "Luoluo, I have no objection to these rules. The question is, can *you* follow them?"

"What?" Su Luoluo was taken aback.

"I certainly won’t forget my promises to you. But I think we need to add a line here: The female master must not deceive her beastmen, either. If she’s discovered, she’ll be at our mercy. How about it?"

Mo Xuan and Fu Feng nodded vigorously. "Exactly. That’s important too."

’Who knew if she was seeing other people behind their backs?’

"Of course. I have no problem with that."

Aside from the business with her Black Bear Foster Mother, she hadn’t lied to them about anything. Su Luoluo wasn’t afraid in the slightest.

Seeing Su Luoluo agree, the men quickly added another rule to the list.

Once they were sure there were no more issues, they all shifted into their beast forms, reached out, and pressed a paw print onto the paper to signify their agreement.

"[Ding! Congratulations, Host, for successfully getting your beastmen to sign the Su Family’s Family Rules. Reward: Any Door superpower. The Host may now travel to any location at will.]"

"[Ding! Congratulations, Host, for completing a hidden mission: Making your beastmen utterly devoted to you. Reward: 1 Reversal Shield, 1 Static Talisman. These have been placed in the Host’s system inventory. The Host’s Wood Element Ability has also been upgraded to Level 3.]"

Su Luoluo had expected the Any Door, but she was surprised to receive other rewards. Though she didn’t know what they were for, she swiped them all into her personal space.

Thinking of what she was about to do, she returned to her cabin after dinner and selected the Any Door from her system inventory.