Animal-eared Girl Era: Start by Forming a Contract with an SSS-Class School
Chapter 440: Empress: I Should Find a Man! (Please Follow)

Chapter 440: Chapter 440: Empress: I Should Find a Man! (Please Follow)

"How could I turn down my bestie’s heartfelt gift?"

Ziran said with a cheeky grin.

Xiao Ye shook his head, "Just put that jar of wine away. As for this Chair of Enlightenment Essence, I really can’t accept it—it’s way too valuable."

Gu Qingcheng’s sword-shaped eyebrows furrowed. In her eyes, Xiao Ye rejecting her congratulatory gift basically meant he still hadn’t accepted her as Ziran’s bestie.

*She was suddenly feeling a bit pissed off.*

*She had apologized, made her position clear, even recognized Xiao Ye.*

*But in the end, Xiao Ye still didn’t treat her as one of his own.*

*Seriously, was first impression that important?*

*Yeah, the first time she met Xiao Ye, she really had been overbearing and rude.*

*Did Xiao Ye still totally hate her or what?*

Spirit-soul Gu Qingcheng let out a cold snort and said, "Xiaogu, I can see that my man doesn’t hate you as much anymore, but he’s still got some resistance in his heart, so it’s awkward for him to accept your gift."

"No way, you gotta do more—find a way to make my man stop resisting you."

"Let me think. Our guy probably has business coming up, so you should tag along the whole time, help out, and see if that helps wipe away his resistance and rejection of you."

Gu Qingcheng looked at Xiao Ye’s handsome face and felt a little irked inside.

Then she let out a sigh, replying in her mind, *Alright, fine. If it’s for your future sex life—err, and my own, too—then I’ll do it.*

Spirit-soul Gu Qingcheng nodded, "Xiaogu, one day you’re gonna thank yourself for making this wise decision!"

Ziran glanced at the buns and soy milk in Xiao Ye’s hands and said, "I want imported breakfast."

Xiao Ye paused, then said, "Not the right time or place for that."

Ziran didn’t care at all—she popped a bun in her mouth and went for his face.

Xiao Ye ended up eating Ziran’s imported bun.

Ziran chuckled, "Well? Good, right?"

"Super tasty!" Xiao Ye replied.

Standing off to the side, Gu Qingcheng was totally petrified.

*Did they really just treat her like a third wheel?*

Spirit-soul Gu Qingcheng ground her teeth and muttered, "Tsk tsk tsk, this hussy really knows how to play, always coming on to our man every chance she gets."

"Qingcheng, you better take notes. You’ll need this yourself one day."

"Mm-hmm, I am paying attention. This hussy is making me improve!"

Gu Qingcheng awkwardly looked away. She had a drink last night, and the booze she thought she’d already suppressed suddenly started pulsing back up, making her whole body hot.

"Huh? Qingcheng, where you headed? Come have breakfast!" Ziran called out curiously as Gu Qingcheng hurried upstairs in a panic.

Xiao Ye chuckled, "Guess she’s off to freshen up."

"No biggie, when she’s back down, we can ask her if there are any high-level secret realms here in Hang City Base City."

"If we can get 200 Venerable Realm Crystal Cores in Hang City, we’ll just do it here."

"Oh right, before your dad Zi Dao left, he gave you that storage ring—did he put any training resources in there for you?"

Ziran set a storage ring in front of Xiao Ye, "I haven’t even looked yet."

Xiao Ye opened the storage ring and peered inside, and once he saw what was in there, he was stunned.

"Sixty Rule Fragments of devouring type, and a hundred Creation Rule Fragments!"

"Man, your dad’s a total baller—way too generous," he marveled.

Ziran tilted her head and snuggled up to Xiao Ye’s shoulder, giggling, "So, can you find some time to come back to the Rule Domain with me?"

"Honestly, it’s been so long since I’ve been back—kinda missing the old childhood vibes."

"Yeah, you can bring all your beast girls. They’re welcome, too."

Xiao Ye thought about it, then said, "Sure, we can do that, but it’ll have to be after your template finishes upgrading."

"Smooch!" Ziran scooted over with a huge grin, smacking a kiss on Xiao Ye’s cheek in delight, "Xiao Ye, you’re so good to me!"

Afterward, the two finished breakfast, and even after waiting half an hour, Gu Qingcheng still hadn’t come back down.

Ziran was starting to get impatient and wanted to run upstairs, but Xiao Ye stopped her.

"Where do you think you’re going?"

"Just stay here and wait."

Xiao Ye laughed.

Ziran pulled away from Xiao Ye’s hand and dragged him up the stairs, "Maybe she’s mad you turned down her gift and now she’s giving us the cold shoulder on purpose."

"Let’s go up and see what she’s up to."

They arrived at the stairwell to the tenth floor.

The main door was shut tight, and a pair of shoes sat outside—still warm, so Gu Qingcheng must have just slipped them off.

Ziran knocked and called out, "Qingcheng, can we come in?"

There was no response from inside.

Click!

Ziran opened the door and hauled Xiao Ye in with her.

There they saw a long white robe draped over the sofa, along with two pairs of panties.

"Taking a bath?" Ziran immediately got it, pulling Xiao Ye down on the sofa with her.

"Xiao Ye, watch your eyes—no peeking."

Seeing Xiao Ye’s curious gaze wandering toward the undies, Ziran huffed, "Hey!"

"Uh," Xiao Ye’s face flushed, "I just didn’t realize Sister Qingcheng had such a killer body—those cups have got to be, like, 36D."

"Sister Ziran, don’t get me wrong, I swear I don’t have any thoughts about Sister Qingcheng."

"I mean, what guy wouldn’t unconsciously admire that kinda thing if he saw it lying around?"

Ziran followed Xiao Ye’s gaze and checked out those undies.

Her pupils shrank!

*Sure enough, just like Xiao Ye said—definitely D-cup, at least.*

*But is it really 36D? She couldn’t quite tell.*

*Weird, Xiao Ye knew even more about this stuff than she did!*

Ziran was pretty amazed and said, "Who would’ve thought! Qingcheng’s got a figure like that—she’s basically on par with Xiaoxi!"

She quickly grabbed the long white robe and tossed it over the panties.

"Xiao Ye, could you give me a bit of your blood? I wanna grow my curves!" She stared at Xiao Ye with big, pleading eyes.

Xiao Ye shook his head frantically, "No way, wait till tonight. You gotta pair it with secret techniques and massage to get the full effect."

"Drinking blood first thing in the morning—talk about freaky."

The two of them hung out on the couch for over half an hour.

The bathroom door finally opened.

White steam billowed out, filling the living room and making the whole place look dreamlike and ethereal.

The steam even carried a faint fresh fragrance—pretty nice, actually.

Xiao Ye took a sniff and muttered, "That really smells like Sister Qingcheng’s body scent."

Out from the steam stepped a breathtaking beauty in a fresh long white robe.

Unlike her usual fierce, no-nonsense self, Gu Qingcheng’s face was flushed, and the exposed skin on her neck and arms was red as a boiled crawfish.

*There was definitely something up with her!*

Ziran rushed over, worry written all over her face, "Qingcheng, are you okay?"

"Yikes!" She touched Gu Qingcheng’s hand, only to jerk it back from the heat, "You’re burning up! What, were you soaking in magma or something?"

Gu Qingcheng looked a little embarrassed, her pretty face twisting awkwardly.

"Yeah, I was just soaking in magma and taking a bath," she said.

Ziran gave her this look, like she was a total freak, "Bathing in magma—seriously, you might be the only person in the world who does that."

"Hahahaha!" Spirit-soul Gu Qingcheng doubled over laughing in her mind, her chest bouncing wildly from how hard she was laughing.

"Xiaogu, you gotta find a man or you’re seriously gonna explode!"

"Yeah, just get with my man already."

"I told you to use some, uh, toys, but you’re too chicken—serves you right!"

Gu Qingcheng blushed. She had actually been soaking in ice water to try and cool off the effects of that drink from earlier.

*She glanced at Xiao Ye for no reason and thought:*

*Maybe it really is time I found myself a man.*