Chapter 73: Chapter 73 - 67: Family Dinner
City Lord Shi Lun is dead.
The news quickly spread throughout the shelter.
The beastmen in the city were extremely shocked upon learning.
Shi Lun was a powerful beastman at the peak of Eighth Rank, and there were very few who could contend with him! The onlookers quickly sought out the details and learned that Xue Yinzhou and the others did it, which wasn’t surprising.
This storm quickly subsided in the city, as people are used to such events, no one paid much mind to it.
The position of City Lord in the shelter has always been held by the capable; the beastmen and the army in the city follow orders from the "City Lord," not a specific beastman. Whoever’s fists are strongest gets to sit in this position, Shi Lun became the new City Lord by killing the previous old City Lord.
Shen Tang had amassed enough redemption points and planned to return to the Empire.
Xiao Jin and the others had no interest in the City Lord position, naturally, they were going to follow her.
Quickly, a large arena was set up in front of the City Lord Mansion, and powerful young male beasts eagerly challenged, kicking off a new round of competition for the City Lord position.
The coming months in the city are destined to be tumultuous.
But this no longer concerned Shen Tang, she submitted an application to the Empire, and within three days, a spaceship would come to pick them up.
Shen Tang took several large pieces of fresh beast meat next door to find Song Fang.
This past month, Song Fang had looked after Shen Tang quite a bit and often came to play with her. She was considered Shen Tang’s first friend since her arrival, and before leaving, a proper farewell was necessary.
Upon hearing that Shen Tang was moving out in a couple of days, Song Fang clutched her chubby arm, with a mournful face said, "Tangtang, I can’t bear to see you go; you don’t know how snobby the females in the city are! I only consider you a friend; once you leave, I’ll be so bored I’ll grow weeds!"
"I’m only leaving the polluted area; it’s not like we won’t see each other again!"
"Right, suddenly I remember that my redemption points are almost enough too, once I return to the Empire, I’ll come find you to play!" Song Fang reverted to a cheerful demeanor.
"By the way, you mentioned teaching me how to make braised pork a few days ago, don’t go back on your word!"
Shen Tang nodded with a smile, "I’ve even brought the meat over to you."
Song Fang laughed sincerely, praising, "Though Tangtang, you don’t look the best, you’re the kindest and gentlest female I’ve ever seen, and with your cooking skills, if I were a male, I’d want to follow you to eat and drink... By the way, how is your progress with the beast husbands? Have you slept with them yet?"
At this, she gave a slightly sly and gossiping smile.
Shen Tang’s mouth twitched, Sis, you’d make her happier if you didn’t say that at the start!
Upon hearing her bring up the male and female matters again, Shen Tang’s chubby face blushed, "Nope."
"Oh dear, you must hurry! Those five beast husbands of yours are each dazzling and strong, incredibly popular among the females! Once you leave the polluted area, you’ll meet even more outstanding and beautiful females; hurry and sleep with them before they get charmed away by others!" Next door, Song Fang saw Shen Tang wasn’t the least bit anxious, "like iron that won’t bend," she said.
Shen Tang thought of the beast husbands’ evasive attitude toward her, which was better now, but they still shunned any physical contact, especially that dog-man Xiao Jin! Daring to spout nonsense about misogyny!
Speechless, he thought himself some overbearing CEO!
"Tangtang, listen to me, feelings between male and female need nourishment. You and those five beast husbands are worlds apart, meeting takes half the city, you don’t even eat together usually! How do you cultivate feelings?" Song Fang angrily flicked her forehead, almost wishing to impart the husband-taming techniques completely.
Song Fang was also average-looking and her strength was ordinary, but looking at the men she held, they were all decent young talents in the city, trained to be docile and obedient, skilled in serving tea, massaging legs, and kneading shoulders—this was indeed the work of male beasts.
"..." Shen Tang thought of her five beast husbands who held their heads high and looked down on others, imagining them someday serving her tea, massaging her legs, kneading her shoulders—the image was too beautiful for her to even dream of!
But Song Fang made a point, her and Xiao Jin’s contact was too sparse, making it impossible to foster relationships.
Perhaps the issue lay right here.
The system seemed to hear her thoughts and swiftly issued a new task,
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for triggering a side quest: Host a loving family dinner, Reward: a package of food seeds!]
A loving family dinner?
Shen Tang raised an eyebrow, it indeed seemed like a good opportunity to foster feelings, she quickly opened the Light Computer to message the beast husbands.
[To celebrate our victory, I’ll personally cook a grand dinner tonight! Remember to come over!]
Xiao Jin had already removed her from the blacklist.
As soon as she sent the message, the beast husbands received it instantly.
Xiao Jin was doing one-arm push-ups in the training room, his muscular lines erotic to no end, drenched in sweat, his vest soaked through.
"3041, 3042, 3043..."
Suddenly, the Light Computer on his wrist vibrated with a message from the specially concerned pinned contact.
He flipped onto the ground, propped up a leg, wiped his body of sweat with a towel, brushed his damp black hair back, and glanced at the message from the chubby girl, steel-colored golden eyes holding a hint of interest, "Family dinner?"
Does this chubby girl have such intent?
Thinking of the food she cooked, so tasty one’d wish to bite their tongue, he surely had to go tonight!
And be the first to get there!
To snatch some fresh grub!
With that, he couldn’t bother with training anymore and rushed home for a cold shower.
Shen Li was lying on the sofa reading out of boredom when he received the message from the Light Computer, charming fox eyes curling into a smile, "Xiao Tang’er really keeps surprising me."
Jia Lan was soaking in the bathroom with a white cloth draped over his face, covering his eyes, not paying much attention to the incoming message from the Light Computer.
When he finished bathing, he dried off the water from his body, changed into loose pajamas, and suddenly recalled the message, opening the Light Computer to take a look.
—Family dinner?
What does this female plan to do now?
Jia Lan raised an aesthetically pleasing brow, with a hint of intrigue in his azure-blue eyes.
Previously, he certainly wouldn’t bother going, not wanting any entanglement with Shen Tang, mere sight of her made him uncomfortable for an entire day.
But this time, Jia Lan thought about it and for the first time in his beastly life replied to her message.
[Sure, I’ll be there at six.]
Lu Xiao returned from patrolling outside the city with his team, only then seeing the Light Computer’s message, noticing the time was nearing 6:30, he flew directly to the small mansion where Shen Tang lived, conveniently bringing back some newly hunted fresh prey.
After waking from her beauty sleep, Shen Tang found that the beast husbands were all there, feeling good, these dog-men were being quite considerate!
"What’s that thing on your face?" Xiao Jin noticed the black muck slathered on her face, making her look like a ghost, full of disdain.
This chubby girl finally turned pale, but now made herself look like such a ghost?
Shen Tang rolled her eyes, it was a black mud face mask, she had specifically snagged a bottle from Song Fang.
Tonight was the great chance to boost her favorability, naturally, she had to tidy up her image!
Insensitive dog man!
"I’ll go handle the prey." Lu Xiao didn’t need Shen Tang to say much and took the initiative to carry the prey to the yard, efficiently plucking, skinning, and preparing them.