After Pampering Her 5 Beast Husbands, the Villainess Struck It Rich

Chapter 74: Chapter 74: She Really Can’t Take It

She thought Lang Qiu would finally stop. In reality, he just gave her head a soothing rub, and then...

...he kept going!!

Bai Zhi was completely stunned. She was already exhausted, her mind a total blank.

She never imagined someone could be this wild their first time. She’d thought Lang Qiu was the type with excellent self-control, but the reality was the complete opposite!

Bai Zhi’s voice was tinged with tears. "I’m so... miserable..."

Hearing this, Lang Qiu froze and let out a breath.

It wasn’t long before things finally came to an end.

Afterward, Bai Zhi felt like she’d just been fished out of the water. Drenched and sticky, she lay on the bed, unwilling to move a muscle. Lang Qiu had to carry her to get cleaned up.

Bai Zhi, too listless to move, caught a glimpse of something out of the corner of her eye. The wound on his waist had split open, and blood was seeping out.

She frowned slightly. "Your wound..."

Lang Qiu just glanced at it nonchalantly. "It’s nothing," he said, unconcerned.

Since he said it was nothing, Bai Zhi didn’t give it another thought.

The main reason was that she was just too exhausted—more so than ever before. She was so tired that she fell asleep while Lang Qiu was washing her.

She didn’t even realize when Lang Qiu left the room the next day.

By the time she woke up, it was nearly noon.

When Bai Zhi came downstairs, she was met with Yue Junxiao’s resentful, accusing gaze. At the sound of her arrival, Hu Yan and Lang Qiu, who had been talking, looked up at her, as did Yan Yichen and Sang Mo, who had been listening in.

Bai Zhi hadn’t expected everyone to be gathered today. She managed a dry, "Good morning, everyone?"

Hu Yan smiled. "Good morning."

Yan Yichen said obediently, "Good morning, Mistress."

Bai Zhi smiled at him before heading toward the living room.

Yue Junxiao watched her with pleading eyes. "Mistress, did you sleep well last night? I didn’t sleep well at all."

Bai Zhi couldn’t stand this puppy-like act of his. He used to be such a hot-tempered tiger, but now...

All she could say was, "Well, then maybe you should catch up on some sleep tonight?"

The moment she said it, she remembered it was his turn tonight. Her steps faltered.

Hu Yan looked at her. "Are you hungry? You haven’t eaten all morning. Have a little something to tide you over, and I’ll start making lunch right away."

Hearing Hu Yan, Lang Qiu immediately stood up, took the food he’d saved for her from that morning, heated it, and brought it out.

Bai Zhi had been ’active’ until the middle of the night and hadn’t eaten all morning. Her stomach was completely empty; she’d just heard it growling.

Clutching her stomach and smelling the rich aroma before her, she sat down without hesitation and began eating the breakfast Hu Yan had made.

Once she had something in her stomach, her eating pace slowed.

Bai Zhi turned her head and asked curiously, "What were you all talking about just now?"

Yue Junxiao said, a bit petulantly, "We were talking about why you weren’t up yet! You never slept this late when you were with me or Hu Yan! You must have indulged Lang Qiu last night! Unacceptable! I want the same tonight!!"

’It’s not that I indulged him,’ Bai Zhi thought. ’Lang Qiu just wouldn’t listen to me at all!’

’The only reason I’m even up now is because I begged him over and over last night!!’

She took a sip of soup to hide her discomfort.

Seeing her unease, Hu Yan said, "The female from next door came over this morning. When she saw you weren’t awake, she went back home."

Then he added, "We were actually just discussing how much his spiritual power increased."

Hearing Hu Yan, Bai Zhi instantly understood. Yue Junxiao had been messing with her!

’They weren’t talking about that at all!’

’I knew it! How could Hu Yan and the others possibly discuss something like that out in the open!’

Realizing she’d been tricked by Yue Junxiao, Bai Zhi gave him a childish "Hmph!" and turned her head to ignore him. In her mind, she planned to visit her neighbor after she finished her meal.

Recalling what Hu Yan had said about the increase in Lang Qiu’s spiritual power, she realized she had come downstairs right after waking and washing up without checking her own. So, she asked Lang Qiu, "Did your spiritual power increase a lot last night?"

Lang Qiu nodded. "After last night, my spiritual power feels very abundant. I might be close to the final breakthrough. I talked it over with Hu Yan, and it seems the increase was a bit larger than what he experienced."

’More than Hu Yan’s increase?’

’But aside from the number of times, everything else was the same last night.’

Bai Zhi froze. ’Don’t tell me the increase in spiritual power is also related to frequency?!!’

She immediately checked her own spiritual power. As expected, the level in her little "vat" had risen some. But she wondered if it was her imagination, or did the vat that held her spiritual power seem bigger?

Seeing her dazed expression, Lang Qiu asked, "What’s wrong?"

She shook her head. "Nothing."

The next second, she heard Lang Qiu say, with a deadpan expression, "So, if we want to increase our spiritual power quickly, we should consider increasing the frequency."

Bai Zhi had just taken a sip of soup when she was caught completely off guard by Lang Qiu’s words. She choked, sputtering and coughing. "PFFT—COUGH, COUGH—"

Her cheeks flushed bright red. With soup in her windpipe, she couldn’t stop her pained coughing.

’How can he say something so intimate with such a dead-serious expression?!’

’And most importantly, are all of them gathered here just to discuss *this*?!!’

And Yue Junxiao and Yan Yichen were listening with rapt attention. After hearing Lang Qiu’s words, even a flicker of profound understanding crossed Hu Yan’s face.

The most critical part was that even Sang Mo, who usually paid them no mind, was listening intently. In fact, at Lang Qiu’s words, a contemplative gleam sparked in his deep, dark eyes.

Seeing all their reactions, Bai Zhi’s heart sank. She had a sinking feeling that her peaceful days were over...

Bai Zhi swallowed hard and said in a small voice, "Actually, we could just take our time..."

Yue Junxiao, his selfish motives barely concealed, declared righteously, "No! What if we run into a situation like yesterday’s again? We have to increase our strength as quickly as possible."

Hu Yan nodded. "He’s right. From now on, you must have at least one Beast Husband with you at all times. Things are only this calm because they don’t know you’re a Purification Master yet. If they find out, things won’t be so peaceful. That’s why we have to level up as fast as possible to better protect you."

Lang Qiu nodded gravely. "Hu Yan is right. Only when we’ve all reached SSS-level will others have to think twice before trying to get near you."

Yue Junxiao’s youthful face wasn’t yet adept at hiding his emotions, and the faint hint of a smile was visible. "To level up as fast as we can, Mistress, you’ll just have to hang in there."

Bai Zhi: "..."

’Hu Yan and the others might genuinely be focused on increasing their spiritual power, but no matter how I look at it, Yue Junxiao is just being selfish!’

’But they weren’t wrong, either.’

She wanted to argue that a lower frequency would be fine, but seeing them all staring at her so seriously, she opened her mouth, then closed it again without a word.

’I’ll just have to strictly enforce the two-day weekend plan!!’

’Otherwise, I really won’t be able to take it!!’