One versus three. How was she supposed to handle this?
She might have successfully drawn qi into her body, but these three had been cultivating for years. They had long since developed their Talent Skills. She couldn't even take on one of them, let alone three.
"Hmph. You dug out the Jun Yao Inner Core, tied me up for a whole night, and you still dare to play dumb? You dead woman, just you watch how I settle this score!"
The volatile man strode up to her and, without a word, hauled her to her feet. Suddenly, he caught a whiff of a piercing stench. His expression changed instantly, his refined, handsome features twisting into a grimace as he hurriedly flung her away.
"Ugh, it stinks! You dead woman, did you crap your pants? How old are you, still soiling yourself? How can you be so disgusting?"
He wiped his hands on his clothes with a look of utter disgust, cursing nonstop, clearly repulsed beyond measure.
Jiang Yunnuan was speechless.
You're the one who crapped your pants!
Does crapping your pants even smell like this?
This is a normal phenomenon after Bone Marrow Cleansing and Body Tempering and Bone Refining! Do you have any sense at all?
She subconsciously wanted to retort, but just as the words were about to leave her lips, she remembered these guys were here to settle a score with her, and she was no match for them. She snapped her mouth shut.
"You're right, it's just as you said. What were you saying earlier? You want to settle a score? How do you propose we do that?"
A glint in her eyes, a wicked idea surfaced in her mind. Jiang Yunnuan's lips curved into a faint smile as she deliberately moved closer to Si Xie, intending to disgust him to death.
"Get away from me! Don't come any closer…"
Si Xie looked utterly horrified. His handsome face went pale as he fled, as if he were being chased by a demon, completely forgetting the purpose of his visit.
Watching him avoid her like the plague, Jiang Yunnuan was cackling internally. But when her gaze fell upon the handsome, mesmerizing face at the door, all her smugness evaporated.
The man on the left had broad shoulders and long legs, standing at least one meter ninety tall. He wore a metallic interstellar combat suit, accented with a few feathers at the shoulders and waist.
His dark blue eyes were as deep and mysterious as the ocean, and the specks of blood on his handsome face added a touch of wildness to his appearance.
Noble and refined, gentle and dashing—this was one of the original owner's contracted Beast Husbands, Fu Yuan, a Beastman with Feather Clan genes.
Beside him stood the original owner's other contracted Beast Husband, Ming Ye, a Beastman with Snake Clan genes.
Ming Ye was about the same height as Fu Yuan, also clad in a cool and striking interstellar combat suit. Beneath his short, dark purple hair, his jade-like face was cold, bewitching, and devastatingly handsome. Beneath the corners of his eyes were a few crystalline, dark violet scales that looked like some kind of natural makeup, making him exceptionally attractive.
His lips were pressed thin, and more bloodstains dotted his cheeks. His eyes were icy and dark, exceptionally frightening.
Two walking pheromones were right in front of her, yet Jiang Yunnuan couldn't muster the slightest bit of lust. Her heart hammered in her chest, filled with nothing but apprehension and anxiety.
This was bad. She'd disgusted one into leaving, but there were still two left. A person really shouldn't celebrate too early.
"Go clean yourself up and come downstairs. We have questions for you."
After tossing out that one cold sentence, Fu Yuan turned and headed downstairs.
The moment he left, Ming Ye followed suit without giving her so much as a single glance.
Although they hadn't done anything to her yet, Jiang Yunnuan knew that the matter of the Jun Yao Inner Core would not be so easily dismissed without a reasonable explanation.
On top of that, she had offended Si Xie far too deeply.
Not only had she forcibly kissed him, but she had also tied him up for a whole night. He had wanted to kill her to begin with; adding these crimes to the list, even if Fu Yuan and Ming Ye didn't do anything, Si Xie would never let her go.
She might be able to evade him for now, but she couldn't hide forever.
Ugh, this is so frustrating!
Jiang Yunnuan patted her head and irritably pleaded with the system for help.
"System, if they really try to kill me, you have to save my life when the time comes."
[Apologies, Host. The system cannot forcibly interfere with the actions of any characters in this world. The Host must find a way to resolve crises on their own. Please be sure to take care of yourself.]
Jiang Yunnuan was speechless.
This damned system was completely useless!
Resigned to her fate, she muted the system and went into the bathroom to shower.
She had considered not washing. That way, with his obsession with cleanliness, Si Xie would surely keep his distance, and she could preserve her life for a short while. The problem was, the stench was simply too overwhelming for even her to bear.
If she didn't wash, she'd suffocate from her own smell.
Between being asphyxiated by her own stench and being killed by someone else, Jiang Yunnuan chose the latter without hesitation.
Half an hour later, dressed in clean clothes, she headed downstairs with her hair still damp. She hadn't taken more than a few steps before she heard Si Xie's furious accusations and complaints.
"That ugly monster is absolutely hateful! Ever since we were forcibly assigned to her, even though we weren't satisfied with her looks, we never showed too much disdain. We worked ourselves to the bone on missions to earn Star Coins to support her. We never wronged her in the slightest."
"But what about her? She exploited, humiliated, and tormented us at will, only to turn around and shamelessly fawn over some other man. She took our Cultivation Resources to please that guy, completely disgracing us and making us a laughingstock, unable to even show our faces outside."
"That's bad enough, but now she's even gone after Jun Yao's inner core! Today it was Jun Yao, tomorrow it'll be us. Do you two really want your inner cores dug out…?"
This was not good. The guy was fanning the flames. Even though everything he said was true, she absolutely could not let him continue his incitement.
Otherwise, if he managed to persuade Fu Yuan and Ming Ye, they would join his side, and things would become even more troublesome.
She rushed down the stairs, loudly interrupting Si Xie.
"Don't listen to his nonsense, it's not like that…"
Before she could finish, her voice died in her throat. Jiang Yunnuan swallowed hard, her eyes glued to the scene before her.
Fu Yuan and Ming Ye were sitting on the sofa, their cool combat suits unfastened, revealing firm, full chests covered in fresh wounds.
Their well-defined, perfectly sculpted muscles radiated a potent sense of power, creating an intense visual impact against the backdrop of the bloody scratches.
A medical kit sat open in front of them, and they were each tending to their own wounds. Clearly, they had sustained injuries of varying degrees on their latest mission.
"You dead woman, you still dare to come downstairs?"
Seeing her, Si Xie shot to his feet, lunged over, and wrapped his hands around her neck.
Her breath caught in her throat. Jiang Yunnuan snapped back to her senses and clawed at his wrist, rolling her eyes internally.
This move again? Does this guy know anything else?
"Killing me would only hurt us both. There's no benefit in it for you…"
Jiang Yunnuan gathered her wits and began to negotiate.
Under the Protection Law, the Contract Law dictates that the woman is the master and the man the servant. If a Contract Master dies, the Contractor will suffer a backlash from the law, losing all of their Cultivation and becoming a complete cripple.
However, if the Contract Master willingly initiates a Contract Termination, the Contractor will not be affected.
"How about we opt for a Contract Termination? I'll set you free. In return, you let me go. How about it?"