Lethal Stunner: Kicking Off with Five Beast Husbands

Chapter 258: Chapter 258: I am a Fox Spirit

"What are you doing?" Xiao Jinsheng had just woken up and saw Xuan Jiu already dressed, putting on his tenth bracelet. noveldrama

"There might be a group beating today, so I’m preparing in advance," Xuan Jiu answered honestly.

He turned his head and saw Xiao Jinsheng sitting on the bed, not feeling sorry for him at all, but laughing gleefully instead.

With a quick glide, Xuan Jiu rushed to the bedside and climbed onto the bed.

"What are you doing!" Xiao Jinsheng saw him approaching, lifted the blanket, and retreated to the corner.

"Practice begging for mercy in advance—creeping gloomily," Xuan Jiu replied.

He asked sincerely, "If I kneel and beg them, can they not hit my face?"

"Hard to say," Xiao Jinsheng shook her head.

After all, her beast husbands had never truly fought.

Most of the time, it’s just verbal battles.

If provoked, one has to prepare for constant passive-aggressive comments every day.

However, passive-aggressive remarks don’t work on Xuan Jiu.

After freshening up and preparing to head downstairs—

Xuan Jiu and Xiao Jinsheng began politely squabbling at the second-floor stairwell.

"You’re the clever and brave interstellar patrol officer, you go first, you go first," Xiao Jinsheng stepped back.

"No, no, no, you’re the Family Head; you should go first," Xuan Jiu insisted.

At that moment, the first floor—

Though the atmosphere was quiet—

The presence of many people downstairs could be felt.

At least, in this house, aside from Xiao Jinsheng and Xuan Jiu, everyone capable of breathing was in the first-floor living room.

"How about we go down together?" Xiao Jinsheng suggested.

"Family Head, you’re so kind," Xuan Jiu was deeply moved and walked ahead, declaring, "A fox takes full responsibility for its own actions. It’s all because of this fox spirit seducing you."

"You don’t need to go downstairs; I’ll handle them first."

Xuan Jiu walked heroically yet was stopped by Xiao Jinsheng.

"I better go down first," Xiao Jinsheng intercepted him.

Just as Xuan Jiu turned back, looking at her with gratitude—

He saw Xiao Jinsheng curl her lips into a smile and say, "If you go down first and they deal with you, they’ll still interrogate me when I follow."

"But if I go first and they only start questioning me, you can come down immediately after, focusing all their firepower on you instead."

"So!" Xiao Jinsheng descended the stairs, bypassing Xuan Jiu’s position.

She patted his shoulder and spoke solemnly, "Little fox, I know you’ve always been resilient."

"Hang in there~"

"Really leaving?" Xuan Jiu gazed at her departing figure unwillingly, hiding in the stairwell and quietly listening to the movements downstairs.

"New look?" Su Yejin’s golden eyes fell on Xiao Jinsheng’s snowy white fox ears. He raised an eyebrow: "Not bad."

"New dress." Li’s hand glided over her snow-white fuzzy dress, tugging on the chibi-style fox figurine accessory hanging off her shoulder. "That snub nose is small; if you lose it, you won’t find it."

Just wait—

He planned to craft a hollowed-out gem later, sculpt a little demon, and hang it on Xiao Jinsheng’s waist.

Multiple designs—he wanted to hang them all around her.

Hearing his thoughts, Xiao Jinsheng retorted speechlessly, "You’re enabling my weight training?"

"Female Master, today the White Pearl suits you well," Shi Xie pulled out a box of pearls, ready to braid Xiao Jinsheng’s hair.

Trusting Shi Xie’s aesthetics, Xiao Jinsheng quickly went over to sit beside him.

The result was Shi Xie braiding her hair with pearls behind her—

Mo Jiao on her left deliberately tangled her hair into circles.

Chen Yunji followed on her left and gently smoothed her tangled hair.

"Mo Jiao!" Xiao Jinsheng couldn’t take it anymore. She pulled Mo Jiao before her.

Pressing his shoulders, she made him sit on the ground).

Grabbing his hair, she tussled it wildly: "You lose 300 points."

"Think carefully about how many points you’ve personally lost."

"Doesn’t matter," Mo Jiao leaned backward, collapsing into her embrace. He clapped his shoulder: "Want to hit me? Punch right here."

"Reward you? Dream on." Xiao Jinsheng reached out and tousled his hair again.

Until someone handed over a pomelo rind.

Xiao Jinsheng turned her head and saw Ying expectantly looking at her, explaining: "Yu Yunxiao told me to come for breakfast."

"He said you like covering people’s heads with pomelo rinds, so I brought one over."

Ying turned around and pointed at the plate of peeled pomelo segments on the table: "I just prepared them."

All for Xiao Jinsheng to freely choose.

Whether she wanted to eat the pomelo—

Or cover someone’s head with its rind.

"Who told you that?" Mo Jiao asked deeply.

"Can’t say." Ying shook his head.

Mo Jiao smirked coldly.

Even if Ying didn’t say it, Mo Jiao knew who.

Definitely Caicai!

Earlier this morning, Mo Jiao had noticed Caicai sticking close to Ying.

To avoid being eaten as food—

Caicai must have given Ying all sorts of suggestions, diverting Ying’s attention from treating him like a green onion snack.

Today, Huaiqing and Que Zelian even brought their specially-prepared breakfasts for Xiao Jinsheng.

Compared to the previous cold war, where Xiao Jinsheng ate silently without speaking—

She now praised their cooking while eating.

From the second-floor stairwell, Xuan Jiu had been observing the situation below. He finally straightened his back and walked down.

"Good morning, everyone!" He greeted with a bright smile.

Chen Yunji gave him a chilly glance and quietly judged him internally.

"Good morning." Only Ying politely responded in kind.

"I’m not playing your little clown," Li’s red eyes sneered.

"Exactly." Xuan Jiu nodded in agreement and clarified, "That’s because I’m Wang Jiujiu, not seven-eight-nine."

"A fox, naturally cunning," Mo Jiao said coldly, "You’ve been pretending to be ignorant all along."

"Indeed, because a fox slips," Xuan Jiu nodded, and sliding down the last step of the staircase, performed an agile slide to the sofa.

Calmly standing up, he brushed off his sleeves: "A fox, perpetually slippery."

Pretending to be clueless and deceiving us is one thing," Shi Xie chuckled softly, "but we never expected you’d even fool your own brothers."

Hearing Shi Xie’s remark, Xuan Jiu felt a growing sense of foreboding.

But then he thought—

Getting beaten up by eight people versus seven people doesn’t make much difference.

He chose to give up, and mocked Chen Yunji aloud, who was still internally judging him: "Yeah, I tricked you. So what? If you’re really upset, go ahead and beat me to death."

"Quite the combatant," Su Ye remarked coldly.

"Absolutely, my brother. Always been that way, my brother. Packed with combat spirit, my brother." Xuan Jiu quipped, staring at Su Ye with exaggerated surprise: "How’d you know I’m fifteen stars, my brother?"

The room fell silent as everyone averted their gaze in exasperation.

Interacting with Xuan Jiu inevitably brought headaches.

The only ones who didn’t scoff or criticize Xuan Jiu were Huaiqing and Que Zelian.

Huaiqing smiled and said, "From now on, we’re family. Let’s get along harmoniously and just follow her lead."

Having learned Xuan Jiu’s Fifteen-Star status, Que Zelian turned his gaze to Xiao Jinsheng.

Be it her spiritual power or plundering superpower, he could not discern her depths.

"Your spiritual power has improved again," Que Zelian remarked.

"My spiritual power is 14 stars, plundering superpower 13 stars," Xiao Jinsheng clenched her fist resolutely, "Once I reach 15 stars, I’ll search for the terminal myself and deal with it!"

"Hmm... dull and tasteless." The terminal let out a sigh, tossing the insect leg on its table.

Ever since the Insect Clan learned it fed on emotions—

The insects deployed to attack Cloud Island became mindless combatants without pain or thoughts, perpetually fighting to the death—dubbed "Haba Bugs."

These insects—

Lacked any semblance of emotion.

Regardless of what the terminal did, their flavor paled compared to other insects, especially the delicious flavor of insect brains.

Not to mention, they weren’t as satisfying as the emotional human star stones.

But the emotional Insect Clan members refused to come to Cloud Island.

The terminal was undeniably famished.

It finally turned its gaze towards the group of humans it had previously "rescued," who believed in its goodwill and salvation.

After all, they were useless food anyway.

So then...

The terminal licked its lips.

Create fear and devour them all!