Chapter 37: Soul-Stirring
Su Muyao couldn’t control the trembling racking her body at that moment.
She felt an urge to reach out and hug Wen Nanxi, but she fought hard to suppress it. She was terrified that the moment she touched him, he might fling her away in disgust. Moreover, she had promised to change, so she absolutely could not repeat the behaviors of her predecessor.
Thus, even though her hands were trembling slightly, she didn’t take the initiative to touch Wen Nanxi.
It was just Wen Nanxi using his snake tail to wrap around Su Muyao’s body.
Even though the snake body was motionless, he could feel the scorching heat radiating from every inch of her skin. Amidst a cool, dark fragrance, Su Muyao felt as though her entire being was enveloped by his presence.
At that moment, the ink-black depths of Wen Nanxi’s picturesque eyes seemed to ripple, taking on a slightly darker hue.
His voice, usually gentle, now carried a hint of huskiness. “Wife Master, are you still hot?”.
“Do you feel any better?”.
As he spoke, he reached out with his well-defined, exquisite jade-like fingers and gently tidied her disheveled hair. He softly tucked a loose strand behind her ear.
However, the spot where his fingers brushed against her ear was extremely sensitive.
Su Muyao shuddered all over; it was almost too much to bear.
She fought back the surging numbness in her body and looked at him with misty eyes. “B-better… a little better!”.
In reality, she wasn’t better at all; her body felt even hotter, and the tingling numbness was intensifying.
Holding it back was painful, and a mist formed in the corners of her eyes.
Seeing her like this, Wen Nanxi let out a helpless sigh and wiped the moisture from the corners of her eyes.
“Wife Master, if you are uncomfortable, you can say so.”.
He feared that transforming completely into his beast form would frighten her. He could only use his snake tail to help cool her down.
Compared to Su Muyao, whose breathing was erratic and whose body was tingling, Wen Nanxi remained as gentle as jade, maintaining his elegant and upright demeanor.
Only his gaze had become somewhat dark and heavy.
“I… I really am fine!”.
Actually, at this moment, her body truly felt much better.
His snake tail carried a natural, refreshing coolness; wrapping it around her allowed the heat in her body to gradually subside.
However, when his snake tail moved slightly, the numbness she felt from being coiled up was very obvious. It made her whole body feel like it was being electrocuted.
She had absolutely no experience with this kind of thing.
So, Su Muyao’s eyes were a bit hazy right now.
After a long time, the heatwave in Su Muyao’s body finally subsided, and her eyes regained their clarity.
She said somewhat shyly, “Um, thank you for tonight.”.
“I’m fine now.”.
“Is there anything happening, or is there something you need me to do?”.
“You helped me, so I will repay you.”.
Wen Nanxi’s picturesque eyes darkened a few shades, his voice low, mellow, and slightly raspy as he said, “Wife Master need not be so polite with me.”.
As he spoke, he withdrew his snake tail, transforming it back into legs, and then took out a clean handkerchief to wipe the fine sweat from her face.
Wen Nanxi’s movements were so gentle that Su Muyao couldn’t bring herself to refuse.
His voice had a clear, rich quality, like the notes of an ancient zither or spring water in the deep mountains—it was incredibly pleasant to hear.
Because she had been biting her lip so hard to endure the sensation earlier, she had broken the skin, revealing a trace of bright red blood. It looked as if her lips had been stained with rouge.
Of course, Su Muyao didn’t know this at the moment.
But Wen Nanxi’s picturesque eyes carried a deep darkness as he locked his gaze onto her lips.
His long, slender fingers gently touched her lip, rubbing it softly.
A fine, tingling numbness shot from her lip straight to her heart, causing her heartstrings to tremble violently.
Su Muyao went into a daze, and her tongue involuntarily darted out to lick her lip, accidentally brushing against Wen Nanxi’s finger.
Realizing that Wen Nanxi’s gaze and aura had shifted in that instant, Su Muyao stiffened. She wanted to cry but had no tears. “Um, I… I didn’t mean to!”.
Wen Nanxi wouldn’t think she was deliberately seducing him, would he?.
Heaven be her witness, she really wasn’t.
Thanks to Mei Qingchen’s appearance and his cold words reminding her of the vicious things the previous owner had done, she didn’t dare to act pretentiously.
Wen Nanxi looked at her reddened eyes, noticing she seemed to be afraid of something.
He pinched the bridge of his nose helplessly and softened his voice: “I know. In the future, don’t bite your lips; you’ve bitten until they bled.”.
“If you feel uncomfortable, next time you can bite my finger.”.
For some reason, hearing this sentence made Su Muyao’s face feel hot.
Why did she feel that the air was filled with an ambiguous, sticky atmosphere?.
She thought it must be her imagination.
“Ah… okay!”.
Wen Nanxi wiped the trace of blood from her lips, then handed her a bag that looked like it was made of animal hide.
“This is?”.
Su Muyao paused. “A space bag?”.
Based on her predecessor’s memories, she knew this beast world had magical tools and unique items, including space bags. Space bags came in different sizes.
Such items were only possessed by beastmen of noble birth. If one were to buy them, the price would be extremely expensive.
“Mm. There are two thousand golden crystal coins inside. Take them and use them for now. Buy whatever you want; you don’t need to work so hard selling things at the trade market.”.
“Later, I will bring back the things I left in the Beast Imperial City.”.
Wen Nanxi had some wealth left in the Beast Imperial City.
Currently, this was all he had on hand, and he was giving it all to Su Muyao.
Hearing this, Su Muyao was dumbfounded.
In this beast continent, one golden crystal coin was equal to ten silver crystal coins.
One silver crystal coin was equivalent to a thousand copper crystal coins.
Therefore, one golden crystal coin was worth ten thousand copper crystal coins.
A single copper coin could buy a chicken egg.
So, this was a massive amount of money.
Su Muyao looked at Wen Nanxi with shock in her eyes.
She asked somewhat uncertainly, “Is this for me?”.
“Mm, for you.”.
Su Muyao was quite surprised inside; it turned out beastmen husbands were so rich.
Based on what he meant, this was only a small portion of his money.
It seemed her beastmen husbands all came from very noble backgrounds.
Just then, a memory suddenly flooded Su Muyao’s mind.
The original owner had recklessly squandered her beastmen husbands’ dowries and crystal coins.
Some were used to curry favor with Jiang Mochuan, the beastman her predecessor liked the most.
Unfortunately, Jiang Mochuan hadn’t even spared her a glance.
Others were used for other things after she was tricked by people.
Not only that, but after using the beastmen husbands’ crystal coins, she would also humiliate them.
In the end, everyone automatically took back their remaining dowry coins.
After all, no one’s dowry money came easily.
After taking them back, the beastmen husbands didn’t bring the coins with them into exile. It seemed they were guarding against her predecessor.
Thinking of what her predecessor had done, and thinking of the beastmen husbands silently enduring it, she felt they were quite pitiful.
Her predecessor was truly a piece of work.
But Su Muyao always felt it was strange; she felt many of her predecessor’s behaviors were odd.
The Space System suddenly spoke up at this moment: “Host, this body originally belonged to you. However, before this, it was manipulated, and a malicious soul was stuffed into it. That soul intentionally committed evil acts so that when your soul returned, you would be killed by your beastmen husbands.”.
“However, that malicious soul has completely dissipated and can no longer affect this body. You can rest assured, Host.”.
Su Muyao’s expression shifted; so that was the reason.
After collecting herself, she handed the space bag back to Wen Nanxi. “I can’t accept this.”.
A gentleman makes money in the right way.
Besides, since they would have no relationship later on, she certainly couldn’t use their crystal coins.
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