Animal-eared Girl Era: Start by Forming a Contract with an SSS-Class School Belle
Chapter 494: Gu Qingcheng: You Will Be My Man Sooner or Later! (Please Follow)

Chapter 494: Chapter 494: Gu Qingcheng: You Will Be My Man Sooner or Later! (Please Follow)

Xiao Ye gazed at the beautiful scenery within the Secret Realm.

*He thought about how this trip had scored him nearly ten thousand Secret Realms; the Demon Beast attributes inside covered almost every common attribute, even a bunch of rare ones too.*

*The sense of loss in his heart faded a lot.*

Now, inside the Bronze Hall, there were already Five Elements attributes, Wind, Thunder, Ice, Time, Space, Auspicious, Curse, Phantom Spirit, Light, Darkness, and more.

Of all the attribute types, there were only a handful of Attribute Demon Beasts missing.

After Xiao Ye and Gu Qingcheng came out of the Bronze Hall,

Gu Qingcheng kept sneaking glances at Xiao Ye from the corner of her eye, blushing from time to time.

But Xiao Ye didn’t spare her a look, only stared straight ahead at the Starry Sky Giant Beast.

Ziran sensed something weird in the air, and muttered to herself,

*What the hell is going on?*

*Did those two just do something naughty in the Secret Realm?*

*Nah, the vibe is all wrong, it doesn’t seem like they did anything naughty at all.*

The Starry Sky Giant Beast was insanely fast, reaching nearly a tenth the speed of light; like a shooting star, it quickly shuttled through the central region of the Rule Realm, then the southern region.

After breaking through the thin boundary between the Rule Realm and the Mortal Realm, they were back at Hang City Base City within an hour.

They arrived above the Secret Realm Hall of Hang City.

The massive figure that blotted out the sky left Hang City’s residents and soldiers, who were waiting in line in the plaza, completely dumbstruck.

"Crap, a Demon Beast is invading Hang City,"

"With a body that big, it’s gotta be at least Saint Realm Level,"

"Chill, our Empress is in the hall. No Demon Beast walks away from her."

They chatted casually, clearly not worried about the Starry Sky Giant Beast at all.

The beast shifted forms in midair, that hulking body the size of ten thousand meters vanishing, replaced by Jiang Xue’an—an absolutely stunning beauty, soft and sweet as honey.

Jiang Xue’an grinned and said, "Mistress, they say you could beat me with one hand,"

Gu Qingcheng’s mouth twitched, *She could beat a Quasi-Emperor Realm at Great Perfection with one hand? Yeah right. If anything, the little maid could probably beat her with one hand instead.*

"I’m going down first to arrange all the Secret Realms from the Black Gold Treasure Realm and Platinum Treasure Realm. You guys head back to the City Lord’s Mansion,"

She finished, face a little flushed, her beautiful eyes darting to Xiao Ye.

But when she saw Xiao Ye seemed intent on ignoring her, she pouted, looking a bit upset.

Ziran spoke up, "All right, we’ll head back first. We’ll leave this to you,"

Then, Xiao Ye, Ziran, and Jiang Xue’an left together.

Gu Qingcheng watched as Xiao Ye’s figure disappeared, clenched her delicate white fists, *A wave of loss washed over her—her mood sinking into a slump yet again.*

"Hmph. I, the Hang City Empress, will have you!"

"Xiao Ye, sooner or later, you’ll be my man!"

Her gaze hardened with determination.

Gu Qingcheng flashed away to deal with business in the Secret Realm Hall. As the City Lord of Hang City Base City, she had to take care of the Secret Realm business. With so many residents and soldiers in Hang City and daily missions, the Secret Realms couldn’t wait long.

On the other side,

inside the City Lord’s Mansion’s bedroom,

Xiao Ye was sprawled comfortably on the couch, pillow resting on Ziran’s soft, slender thighs.

Jiang Xue’an, dressed in a white broad-sleeved flowing immortal skirt, crouched half on the floor, grabbed a bunch of grapes from the table, peeled each plump grape with her dainty fingers, grinned, and said,

"Master, open up and eat some grapes, replenish your fluids,"

Xiao Ye opened his mouth and ate a grape.

Jiang Xue’an’s pretty eyes brightened, her lovely face full of hope, "Xiaonannan’s grapes, are they sweet?"

Xiao Ye nodded, "The little maid’s grapes are really sweet."

Jiang Xue’an lit up, beaming, "Then Master, you should eat more of Xiaonannan’s grapes,"

Ziran’s mouth twitched.

*Why did this whole conversation sound just a little off?*

*For real, was Xiao Ye seriously flirting with his beast-turned-maid, right in front of his own wife?*

"Hey, you two, that’s enough now," Ziran said, exasperated.

"Xiao Ye, what’s up with you and Qingcheng? What happened in the Secret Realm?"

Jiang Xue’an perked up her ears.

Xiao Ye pouted, his tone cooled, "Sister Qingcheng already has somebody she likes,"

Ziran nodded. *She’d already noticed something like that. Had Qingcheng confessed to Xiao Ye already?*

"And then?" she asked, super curious.

Xiao Ye clearly didn’t want to talk about it, "That’s all there is. Since Sister Qingcheng already has someone she likes, as a man, I should keep my distance,"

"Men and women shouldn’t get too close, Sister Ziran, so you don’t have to be jealous of Sister Qingcheng anymore,"

Ziran was stunned, mouth open.

*Her bestie clearly had feelings—specifically, for Xiao Ye.*

*This couldn’t be wrong. With her ability to read people, she was sure—Qingcheng definitely liked Xiao Ye!*

Jiang Xue’an completely froze.

*Crap! That meant Master was going to keep his distance from Mistress from now on.*

*How was Mistress going to end up together with Master now?*

*Doomed.*

Ziran rolled her eyes and grumbled, "Do you actually think I’m that jealous?"

"Qingcheng didn’t tell you who she likes?"

Xiao Ye shook his head, "No, but whoever it is, it sure as hell isn’t me. I’ve barely known Sister Qingcheng for two weeks. There’s no way it’s me,"

"Anyway, Sister Qingcheng isn’t a kid anymore. It’s totally normal for her to like someone after fifteen hundred years, so let’s drop it,"

*Saying that, Xiao Ye felt a surge of inexplicable gloom in his heart.*

*That Destiny Template was sweet as hell, and the Hang City Empress—killer body, absolute beauty—was sweet as hell too. Too bad, it had nothing to do with him anymore.*

*Maybe a part of Xiao Ye did wish the Hang City Empress could become his own Beast Girl, just a little.*

*But there’s no sweetness in picking an unripe fruit—if it wasn’t meant to be, there was no use forcing it.*

Jiang Xue’an, the delicate flower girl crouched on the floor, peeled grapes as she fumed inside,

*Master is such an idiot—Mistress’s crush is literally you, dummy.*

*Hmph! If you try to keep your distance, I won’t let you!*

*If it comes to it, I’ll knock you out and toss you straight into Mistress’s bed!*

*I’m a good little maid... but like, twenty percent of me is pure rebellion!*

Suddenly, Jiang Xue’an’s beautiful eyes sparkled, her gaze flicking up toward the sky.

*Mistress was almost back!*

She scrambled up, brought a water basin in from the bathroom, then pulled out a Sacred Realm Deep Sea Fruit, crushed it, and let it dissolve in the warm water.

In no time, rich, fruity fragrance wafted from the basin, filling the whole living room.

"Master, Xiaonannan’s going to wash your feet."

Before Xiao Ye could say anything, she grabbed his shoes and socks off with her soft white hands and dunked his rough feet into the basin of Sacred Realm Fruit water.

Ziran looked a little jealous and said, all sour, "Wow, somebody doesn’t need to hit up a spa, he’s got a gorgeous maid washing his feet at home."

Xiao Ye chuckled, "You could slip your feet in here too, if you want,"

Ziran looked tempted, kicked off her boots, and revealed her jade feet wrapped in black stockings.

Jiang Xue’an reached out to block her and said with a grin, "Sister Ziran, Mistress is on her way home too. She needs to soak her feet later—don’t you want to join in on the fun?"

Ziran’s face darkened.