"No. You need this." Heige ignored Shi Li's refusal.
It wasn't until he carried Shi Li into the bedroom that she remembered to struggle.
"I'm perfectly capable of walking; I don't need you to carry me all the time. Go do what you need to do. I'm going to go find Jensen." Seizing the moment while Heige was stunned, Shi Li hopped onto the bed by herself.
'I have to say, this bed is really soft. The original owner may not have gone out much, but she was an expert at making her little nest cozy and comfortable.'
"Do what I need to do? Don't you know what your Beast Husband should be busiest with at night?" Heige pushed her down with a single, powerful move, pinning her completely and looming over her.
He clearly knew about Shi Li's other Beast Husbands. He had even spent time with Jensen, and the two of them had always gotten along well enough. But now, just hearing Shi Li mention Jensen's name irritated him.
Shi Li flushed a deep red and shoved at Heige's chest, but the man was like a block of iron—she couldn't budge him at all.
"Stop fooling around! Don't I need to rest?" Shi Li felt like her heart was about to leap out of her chest. 'This guy is moving way too fast! He's definitely speeding!'
But Heige paid her no mind. As if trying to inhale her very essence, he buried his face forcefully in the crook of her neck. The sudden warmth against her skin made Shi Li cry out before she could stop herself.
'I'm done for, I'm done for, I'm done for!' The phrase echoed in Shi Li's mind.
DING DONG, KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK, DING DONG!
As luck would have it, the doorbell rang at that exact moment.
"Get up, quickly! We have guests!" Shi Li mumbled as she pushed and shoved at Heige.
Only then did Heige release Shi Li, looking a little displeased. Watching her back as she fled in a panic, he licked his lips, unsatisfied.
'She smells so good.'
Besides their superhuman combat abilities, male Beastmen also possessed desires far stronger than those of ordinary humans. If these desires went unsatisfied for a long time, it could even trigger a spiritual power rampage.
On top of that, male spiritual power was inherently unstable, making them crave the unique soothing abilities that only females possessed even more.
This was what made male Beastmen so obsessed with females.
When she opened the door, she found a group of people in official-looking uniforms standing there. The sheer size of the group was enough to startle Shi Li.
"I haven't broken any laws!" Shi Li tightened her grip on the doorknob, ready to slam the door shut.
"No, no, esteemed lady, we are from the Female Protection Association. This morning, your terminal detected that you were in danger and sent an alert."
"We took you to the hospital. Later, the hospital notified us that you had woken up, but when we arrived, they told us you had already gone home."
"So we had to take the liberty of disturbing you at your home… Please don't file a complaint against us." As the staff member spoke, he inadvertently saw the fresh red mark on Shi Li's neck, which even had a faint, moist sheen to it.
Combined with Shi Li's flushed cheeks and flustered eyes when she opened the door, the staff member couldn't help but realize they had probably come at a bad time.
'We probably ruined her fun.'
Instantly, the entire group drooped like frost-bitten eggplants, utterly vexed with themselves and terrified that Shi Li would file a complaint.
"Huh? N-No, of course not." 'I couldn't thank them enough, why would I ever complain?'
"Thank you for your understanding. We came mainly to check on your current situation, and to see what you plan to do about the Beast Husband who attacked you."
"Should we lock him in the underground prison, just like the previous one?" Seeing that Shi Li wasn't angry, the group breathed a collective sigh of relief.
"The previous one?" Shi Li's new memories were still a bit jumbled, and she didn't react for a moment.
"Yes, your previous Beast Husband, Bai Qingye. He's in the underground prison now for attacking you." The staff member pulled up their terminal and showed Shi Li a photo of Bai Qingye.
'A classic, refined scoundrel.'
The moment she saw his face, Shi Li felt that phrase was the perfect description for this Bai Qingye.
His fair face featured sharp, mature features, and he looked to be several years older than her. A pair of gold-rimmed glasses rested on his high-bridged nose, giving him a scholarly yet abstinent air.
"So, do I have the authority to have them both come home? I think there might have been some misunderstandings before," Shi Li asked, tentatively testing the waters.
'If anyone had suffered the original owner's abuse the longest, it was Bai Qingye. After all, he was the first to marry her.'
The two of them had been neighbors. Bai Qingye had taken good care of the original owner when she was a child, and he was a kind, stay-at-home type of man. The two naturally got married under their parents' arrangement. At the original owner's demand, Bai Qingye was also forced to give up his job as a researcher, reduced to being a househusband.
As she sorted through her memories, Shi Li's heart truly ached for Bai Qingye.
She suddenly realized that each of these Beast Husbands was tragic in their own way.
The longer they were with the original owner, the more tragic their lives became.
"Huh?" The staff member, thinking they had misheard, couldn't help but let out a questioning sound.
After all, the interstellar male-to-female ratio was completely imbalanced. Sometimes an entire planet didn't even have ten females.
Females were rare, but two-legged males were a dime a dozen!
'Why is the little female in front of us so unwilling to get a new Beast Husband?'
"I want them both to come home. It was all my fault; I was just angry at the time." Seeing their blank expressions, Shi Li's confidence wavered. 'Don't tell me I don't actually have the authority to get them released, do I?'
'That would make my crime even greater!'
"Oh! My goodness! You are truly a beautiful and kind, noble female!" Who would have thought the staff members would suddenly start reciting praise like poetry.
"Yes! How fortunate your Beast Husbands are to be married to a female like you!"
"Of course you have the authority to have them released. We will bring them both to you as soon as possible."
"A female as devoted as you is a rare sight these days! We'll have them here within two hours."
Hearing all this praise, Shi Li's face grew redder and redder. It had been a long time since she'd felt so fraudulent.
'Can someone with five Beast Husbands really be called devoted?'
'What an insane world.'
After seeing the large group off, Shi Li felt her stomach start to rumble.
'It seems I haven't eaten a single bite since I got to this world.'
'I'm about to starve to death.'
But when she opened the refrigerator door, that was when she truly felt she might starve!
It was packed to the brim with Nutrient Liquids of every color.
The rows of bottles and vials reflected Shi Li's dumbfounded, despairing expression.
"Isn't there… any real food to eat?" Shi Li felt her voice was weak and feeble, as if she were about to die.
"This… isn't considered real food?" Heige, who had just come out of the room, was confused. 'Aren't Nutrient Liquids the most real food in the world?!'
'Is there any food more proper than Nutrient Liquid?'
"How can this be considered real food! Are there no vegetables? No meat? Wouldn't you want to die if all you did was drink from these bottles and jars every day?" Shi Li was utterly appalled. 'I am not drinking Nutrient Liquid! It looks absolutely disgusting!'