Chapter 195: Chapter 195

Hemei, the panda, seeing him about to embarrass himself, became a bit anxious. She shifted her chubby body closer to Xue Lin’s ear and whispered, "Should we call over the Grey Parrot Sage to help us do the math?"

Si Yan stopped making it difficult for them, laughing lightly as she spoke, "Five pots in total are 45 red crystals."

"45 red crystals?" Xue Lin looked skeptically at Si Yan, asking, "Lady Si Yan, do you know arithmetic?!"

Si Yan nodded gently, "A little."

Xue Lin became excited then. "Lady Si Yan, come here, let’s talk about arithmetic!"

Previously, Si Yan had no idea that Xue Lin was actually an arithmetic enthusiast.

He really liked arithmetic and could even do addition and subtraction within 20.

But beyond that, he was lost.

He excitedly asked Si Yan, "When the numbers get really big, other than counting one by one, is there another method?"

She sighed and then said, "Lord of the Castle, why don’t I teach you a tally mark system?"

Si Yan’s heart skipped a beat. It seems the tally mark I’m thinking of isn’t written this way in this world? Forget it, I’m too lazy to care. I’ll teach it anyway.

Picking up a branch, Si Yan started drawing on the ground. "There’s a common tally symbol that’s drawn ." She demonstrated. "Or there’s another one, . If you don’t use the first, you can use the second."

As she drew, Si Yan explained, "The first symbol, for instance, is made of exactly five strokes. The second one has four vertical strokes crossed by a horizontal one, also totaling five strokes."

"So, you can use these symbols as a counting tool, drawing one stroke for each item you count. In the end, tally up how many complete symbols there are. When counting the total, just go 5, 10, 15, 20 for each complete symbol... This way you can save a lot of effort, and it’s less prone to mistakes."

While Si Yan spoke, Xue Lin pondered, his fingers ticking off the counts. After 20 comes 25, after 25 comes 30... Oh, I think I’m getting it! It seems quite simple!

Seeing her lesson understood, Si Yan looked up and asked, "Lord of the Castle, would you like more wine?"

But just then, a ruckus erupted from outside.

"Dad, Mom, your daughter has been bullied, BOO HOO HOO, there’s a female named Si Yan, she hit me..."

Si Yan’s ears twitched slightly. Tsk, trouble has arrived.

Xue Lin too had good ears; upon hearing Bao Lin’s clamor, he felt a tad awkward.

Yet, Bao Lin soon burst in, crying and wailing.

Just as she was about to start her complaint, she saw Si Yan, and her face instantly darkened!

Si Yan gave her an awkward smile.

Bao Lin pointed angrily at her and demanded, "Dad, Mom!!! Who is she??!! Why is she here?!!!!"

"Dad, she’s a bad female, ignore her. She’s a bad female!!!!"

Xue Lin, still immersed in the arithmetic taught by Si Yan, was getting impatient.

"Bao Lin, stop making a scene!!"

"Dad! Father Beast!!!!" Bao Lin grew infuriated. "How can you turn against me? She—she’s a bad female!"

The cold-blooded snake Beastman raised his head, hissing a warning.

Bao Lin, however, was oblivious to these signs. She held out her arm—a bruise from her scuffle with Si Yan visible on it.

"Dad, look, these, these, all these were her doing. She hit me indiscriminately. Your daughter has been hit, I’ve been beaten..."

Xue Lin glanced at the tally mark on the ground, then at the wine beside him.

No matter what, Xue Lin was full of goodwill toward Si Yan.

He asked Si Yan, "Lady Si Yan, may I know what’s going on here?"

Si Yan replied, "Lord of the Castle, that’s exactly what I wanted to ask you. My Beast Husband and I were strolling down the streets of Myriad Beasts City when your daughter stopped us, saying that snake Beastmen do not deserve to enter Myriad Beasts City. I was explaining to her that we entered Myriad Beasts City properly when her whip came lashing towards us.

"Since it’s not good for males to step in, in the end, I had a little exchange with your daughter. As you know, during an exchange, it’s inevitable that some accidental injuries might occur."

"Bao Lin lost?" Xue Lin glanced at Bao Lin.

"Dad!!!!" Bao Lin was both ashamed and angry.

"That’s not the point! The point is she hit me, she hit me!"

However, it seemed as though Xue Lin hadn’t heard Bao Lin at all; he said with admiration, "Lady Si Yan, you truly are a heroic figure among females."

He exchanged looks with Hemei, the panda, and then smiled, "Lady Si Yan, I have quite a few good-for-nothing sons at home. Would you care to choose one? Pick another to be your Beast Husband?"

Another one thinking I don’t have enough Beast Husbands and wants to find more for me? Si Yan immediately felt awkward. "No, no need for that. Lord of the Castle, you don’t know, my male gets jealous easily. I’m satisfied with just having him as my only Beast Husband."

The snake Beastman draped over Si Yan grew colder as he released a faint killing intent toward Xue Lin.

Xue Lin tensed and looked meaningfully at She Wang. "Lady Si Yan, perhaps I’m speaking out of turn here. But I must say, while you can dote on your male, you shouldn’t spoil him too much."

Si Yan: "..." Am I suddenly being lectured?

Xue Lin very much disagreed. "Your thinking is wrong. Very wrong."

"There are so many more males than females in this world; if every female were like you, wanting only one Beast Husband, what about the remaining males? Wouldn’t they have no rights to mate and reproduce? If all the females were like you, and the males’ natural instincts weren’t satisfied, and they were repressed every day, wouldn’t they become unruly, leading to fights and wars everywhere?!"

Xue Lin continued, "Moreover, as the Mistress, you’re the head of the family! How can you let a male dictate to you? He doesn’t want you to have more Beast Husbands, so you won’t take any? With your talent and perception, it’s a waste having just one Beast Husband. It would be better to accept a few more and give birth to litters of cubs of different races. Look at my family; my female controls me, and if she’s displeased, I dare not do anything." ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ novel-fire.ɴet

She acknowledged Xue Lin had a point. After all, the environment of the world they were in was different, their education was different, and the situations they witnessed were different.

She Wang, beside her, hissed even more coldly, "Mind your own business."

Xue Lin showed no fear. "Lady Si Yan, look around this world! Which female doesn’t have a multitude of males? Have you ever considered a saying—what was it? A famous quote from the Beast God... oh, right—’Existence is reasonable.’"

Si Yan quickly said, "Lord of the Castle, my existence is also reasonable."

To stop Xue Lin from continuing, she quickly added, "Too many males will lead to more competition. Males fighting and getting jealous every day would interfere with my wine-making and my research into arithmetic."

On hearing this, Xue Lin immediately shut up. Wine-making and arithmetic... those are also important.

Xue Lin, reminded of the wine, quickly said, "Lady Si Yan, I’ll take the wine! Five pots, just five pots!"

Si Yan replied, "Alright, I’ll have someone send them over when I get back."

She Wang had seemed to be in a rather bad mood for the past few days.

Sensing that She Wang could no longer hold back his urge to ’have a word’ with Xue Lin, Si Yan hurriedly restrained him and turned to leave.

However, at that moment, Bao Lin suddenly appeared and blocked her way. "Don’t go! We haven’t settled our account!"

Si Yan was a bit impatient. She said in a low voice, "Miss, I still have things to do. Would you please step aside?"

"I won’t move! We haven’t settled our account yet! Don’t think you’re so special just because you gained some favor with my father. Ultimately, he is still my father! If you have a dispute with me, he will definitely support me!"

Bao Lin said ominously, "Si Yan, I’m going to make you pay!"

Si Yan raised an eyebrow.

Just then, the dark purple, cold-blooded snake Beastman with Si Yan sprang forward like lightning and bit Bao Lin’s arm!

Bao Lin: "AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! He bit me! She let the snake bite me!!!!"