Chapter 221: Chapter 221: Sob Sob
"So if I like you, does that mean you’ll be with me?"
The question echoed in the room.
Shan Xun’s angry expression faltered. He quickly replied to Jiang Zheyu, "I’m sorry."
He had completely lost his composure.
After saying this, he wrapped his hand around Jiang Zheyu’s wrist, grasped it firmly, and pulled her hands from his waist.
He spoke against his own heart, "I lost my composure. There’s no possibility of us being together."
It was as if he had regained his composure, hiding all his true feelings away.
Jiang Zheyu let her hands fall, following the pull of his grip, and didn’t try to hug him again.
A moment ago, she had taken a step back, and he had taken a step forward.
But now that she had taken a step forward, he was retreating.
Jiang Zheyu didn’t understand why Shan Xun was rejecting her confession. His spiritual body clearly adored her, and he himself obviously liked her, yet he refused to accept it.
But Jiang Zheyu wasn’t in a hurry. ’There’s plenty of time,’ she thought. ’Plenty of time.’
She would definitely win him over.
’That’s right, I can’t give up so easily.’
’In that case, I’ll take a huge step forward, then a huge step back, and see if he chases after me.’
"Captain Shan..." Jiang Zheyu let tears well up in her eyes as she looked up at Shan Xun. Her hazel eyes slowly reddened. "You’re the first man to ever reject me. No one has ever rejected me before..."
’I’ll just pretend to cry and see if he feels sorry for me.’
Shan Xun gazed at Jiang Zheyu’s reddened eyes. He found them incredibly beautiful, and had the sudden urge to lean down and lick them...
’...making the little female’s eyes even redder until tears streamed down, and then he would kiss those tears away...’
’...he’d pull her into his arms, coaxing her to stop crying...’
With her eyes still red, Jiang Zheyu asked, sounding deeply wronged, "Do you really not have any feelings for me at all?"
She waited for a moment, but the man before her simply stared down at her, showing no reaction.
’I’ve said so much, even pretended to be pitiful, and he’s not reacting at all!’
’No way, could it be that Shan Xun really doesn’t have any feelings for me?’
’Maybe his spiritual body just... likes me in a normal way?’
Jiang Zheyu: ...
So, Jiang Zheyu silently reached out to hug Shan Xun again, her voice soft and cloying. "I’m crying. I need a hug."
Afraid he would refuse, she added deliberately, "If you don’t hug me, I’ll cry even louder."
As Jiang Zheyu’s soft arms wrapped around his waist, Shan Xun was abruptly snapped back to reality.
’What on earth was I just thinking? I completely spaced out... what was I thinking!’
And because of those chaotic thoughts, he was... having a reaction.
’And then, caught completely off guard, the little female had pressed herself against him again...’
Shan Xun’s mind instantly went up in flames. His throat was utterly parched. With the female so close, his reaction became even more intense.
Jiang Zheyu had only pretended to be pitiful to gauge Shan Xun’s emotional response, expecting to see pity or conflict. She never expected him to give her... this kind of reaction.
She had thought he wasn’t reacting at all, but she hadn’t expected his reaction to be *this* intense.
’But this wasn’t quite the kind of reaction I was hoping for.’
She felt the scorching heat against her lower abdomen...
She couldn’t help but freeze in astonishment, her cheeks flushing crimson in an instant.
’Well, well, well!’
’This Shan Xun... he acts all innocent and straight-laced, but the moment I get teary-eyed, he’s instantly aroused.’
Jiang Zheyu was both indignant and flushed.
Before Jiang Zheyu could even call him out on it, Shan Xun reacted violently, yanking her by the wrist and pulling her away from his body.
"I need to step out," Shan Xun blurted out. Then, as if fleeing a flood or a ferocious beast, he bolted out the door and vanished, not even bothering to close it behind him.
Jiang Zheyu, who had been about to call him to account: ...
’This guy, honestly...’
’If he clearly likes me, why won’t he just say yes?’
’And he dares to say he doesn’t like me? If he doesn’t like me, why would he have such an intense reaction?’
Oh well. Jiang Zheyu wasn’t in a hurry anyway.
’After all, knowing he likes me is enough.’
’First, I’ll show him that I really like him and want him as my Beast Husband.’
’Then, I’ll force him to admit he likes me back.’
Whether she could actually force him to, Jiang Zheyu wasn’t sure.
’It would all depend on just how much he actually liked her.’
’When Yin Ji gets back, I’ll treat them differently and let Shan Xun see.’
She wanted to see if Shan Xun would get jealous—if he’d eventually be unable to hold back and finally dare to accept his own heart, and hers as well.
’People need a point of comparison. A little competition is what makes you realize whether you truly like someone or not.’
She was going to give Shan Xun a sense of urgency.
’I’ll have to wait for Yin Ji to get back, though. I feel a little bad for Yin Ji... but then again, maybe not. I’ve already accepted him as my Beast Husband, so what’s wrong with him helping me put on a little show?’
’So it’s fine!’
Jiang Zheyu had already mapped out her plan to win over her man.
Of course, she had also planned her mission to kill the Zerg Mother.
The Zerg Queen Detector in her hand showed that the Zerg Mother was still on this planet, and not far from her location.
She would probably need Yin Ji to lead the way when the time came.
Having decided on her next steps, Jiang Zheyu sat back down on the bed, took out a nutrient solution, and drank a bottle.
As she was thinking, she suddenly remembered Si Yu.
Last time, she had been so focused on Shan Xun—even having Yin Ji take her to that place to find him—that she hadn’t paid any attention to Si Yu.
Si Yu had fallen from the same Starship as them. She wondered if he was still alive.
However, she hadn’t seen his body at the Starship’s crash site, which probably meant he was still alive.
She had no idea who might have found him on this Primitive Planet, or if he had made his way to a tribe on his own.
Jiang Zheyu had no way of knowing, but now wasn’t the time to worry about him.
After finishing her nutrient solution, she took stock of the points she had earned from the purification she performed for Shan Xun.
It was a total of 430 points.
The chaotic black mist floating outside had been worth 30 points, but the black energy inside the sphere was worth 400 points. It was completely absurd.
Jiang Zheyu wasn’t actually surprised by this number of points.
After all, she had seen these black spheres before in the Spiritual Domain Spaces of other Beastmen.
Jiang Zheyu didn’t think much of it. Perhaps because she had seen so many of these black spheres in other Beastmen, she assumed it was a natural phenomenon of its progression.
Of course, she had no idea what this black sphere would lead to.
She was even less aware that its creation was tied to a reagent made by the heroine—a reagent for Purifying Beastification Value that had already spread across many regions.
But she would learn the truth later, and come to regret not seizing upon the doubt she felt in that moment.
