Lethal Stunner: Kicking Off with Five Beast Husbands
Chapter 64: Come, Slap on the Face

Chapter 64: Chapter 64: Come, Slap on the Face

"What the... I meant to send a mass message, how did I end up creating a group chat instead?!" Xiao Jinsheng shot up from her bed.

She didn’t dare look at the messages the six men in the group were sending, let alone the ones directly tagging her.

In a flurry of panic, Xiao Jinsheng only had one thought: disband the group chat ASAP.

[Group Owner Xiao Jinsheng has exited the group. Group ownership has been transferred to Huaiqing based on the order of invited members.]

Li: @Huaiqing, were you chatting with her before bed?

Huaiqing: If that’s what you want to believe, I can’t stop you.

[Group Owner Huaiqing has exited the group. Group ownership has been transferred to Li.]

Li: ????

[Li has invited a new member, ’Xiao Jinsheng’, to join the group.]

[Li has changed the group name to: "One Sheng, One Li 13149999999999999999999999".]

Su Ye: What’s wrong with you? If you’re sick, go take your meds.

[Su Ye has exited the group.]

Yu Yunxiao: What kind of name is that? Are you serious?

[Yu Yunxiao has exited the group.]

Mo Jiao: Divine Gold.

[Mo Jiao has exited the group.]

[Members of "One Sheng, One Li 1314" group: 3]

Li: @Que Zelian, why haven’t you left?

Que Zelian: If I leave, it’ll just be you and her left.

Li: ...

[Que Zelian has been removed from the group by Group Owner Li.]

[Members of "One Sheng, One Li 1314" group: 2]

Li: @Xiao Jinsheng, explain yourself. Which random guy were you chatting with before bed again?

Li: And why, after you left the group, was ownership transferred to Huaiqing?

Li: Were you secretly chatting with him?

Xiao Jinsheng: I’m innocent, waaah! The ownership transferred to Huaiqing because his name’s initial comes before yours alphabetically!

Xiao Jinsheng: I clicked in order, okay? Otherwise, why did the ownership transfer to you right after he left?

Li: Fine, I accept that explanation.

Li: But here’s the real question—what on earth were you doing to accidentally start a group chat instead of sending a mass message? ^_^

Xiao Jinsheng played dead.

Li: @Xiao Jinsheng, open the door.

Sure enough, there was a knock at her door.

Xiao Jinsheng heaved a sigh of resignation, climbed out of bed, and opened the door with her head down. "Li, I just wanted to send you a goodnight message..."

"Oh, so the ’Goodnight, baby’ was meant for someone else?" Su Ye’s mocking voice came from above her.

Xiao Jinsheng whipped her head up in horror and locked eyes with Su Ye’s cold face and golden eyes. He was wrapped in a towel around his waist.

At the same time, Li opened her bedroom door lazily, wearing a bathrobe as he casually approached her.

Xiao Jinsheng backed away repeatedly, raising her hand to shut the door, but Su Ye stuck his foot in to block it.

Li stepped forward, directly crossing over Su Ye’s foot wedged in the door, and entered Xiao Jinsheng’s room.

Su Ye glared at Li’s back, clearly tempted to kick him.

Taking advantage of Xiao Jinsheng being momentarily stunned, Su Ye stepped into her bedroom, casually locking the door behind him.

"Seriously... Why are you two not sleeping and barging into my room at this hour?" Xiao Jinsheng was on the verge of tears as she faced their piercing red and golden eyes.

"You don’t look that sleepy, so we came to have a chat," Li remarked, comfortably seating himself on her bed.

"One thought about the group message you sent, and I can’t sleep anymore," Su Ye said coldly as he sat down on the couch.

"Get out," Li’s sharp look darted to Su Ye.

Su Ye let out a dry chuckle. "First come, first serve. If anyone should leave, it’s you."

"I’m her main husband," Li emphasized.

"Says who? You?" Su Ye sneered.

"Care to prove that wrong?" Li’s gaze turned icy as he stood.

Seeing the rising tension between the two, Xiao Jinsheng thought about escaping into her Space ability.

But it was her room, after all. If the two of them really started fighting, whether someone got hurt or her furniture was destroyed, she’d be the one suffering the most.

In a hurry, she whipped out three sheets of Soft Film, holding them between the two men. "Stop arguing, just stop! I need your help with something important!"

She pulled out two Soft Film sheets and explained, "These two are Terminal rewards from when my spiritual power went from 3 Stars to 5 Stars a few days ago."

She waved the remaining sheet. "And this one’s from yesterday when my spiritual power upgraded from 5 Stars to 6 Stars."

Then, she pulled out her silver handgun. "This 10-Star weapon was one of the previous rewards I got from a Soft Film draw while upgrading. Another Soft Film gave me a 12-Star Space ability."

She explained how the Soft Film allowed her to open blind boxes at the Terminal, with five categories to choose from: Speed, Defense, Weapons, Strength, and Space.

Her 12-Star Space ability was already top-notch, so she didn’t need to draw for Space anymore.

As for weapons, the silver handgun sufficed as a long-range weapon.

"I can open three blind boxes now. Help me decide what to choose this time!" she asked them.

The previously tense atmosphere between the two men dissipated as they both sat on either side of Xiao Jinsheng, earnestly offering advice.

"Strength is percentage-based," Su Ye commented, squeezing her soft, fair arm. "Your base strength isn’t high enough, so the boost wouldn’t be significant."

"Pick Speed, Defense, and Weapons," Li suggested, twirling the silver handgun around his finger. "The gun’s power depends on the charging time—and real enemies, especially intelligent high-level Fog Corpses, won’t give you time to charge it."

Xiao Jinsheng nodded at Li’s analysis in agreement.

After all, as a child, she always wondered why villains didn’t attack magical girls mid-transformation during those transformation sequences.

The only reason she managed to take down Big Scar in one shot last time was because he talked too much.

And because he couldn’t figure out how to use the gun and assumed it was a toy.

"Weapons are great for surprise attacks to catch enemies off guard," Li said, placing the silver handgun on the table.

"Ambushing from the shadows, huh?" Xiao Jinsheng smiled knowingly.

"A kindred spirit!" Li said, excitedly holding out his hand for a high-five, which Xiao Jinsheng returned.

From the side, Su Ye’s golden eyes glared coldly at Li, full of jealousy, to which Li responded with a taunting smirk.

Though the two men were at odds, their suggestions for Xiao Jinsheng were strikingly similar.

With three chances to open blind boxes, they agreed on Defense, Weapons, and Speed.

After all, Xiao Jinsheng’s strength was abysmally low and could be improved through training. It wasn’t worth wasting a blind box chance.

And since spiritual power capped at Twelve Stars, the maximum number of blind box chances was only eleven.

After all, 0-Star spiritual power didn’t count.

It was time for the exciting and nerve-wracking blind box draw. Before starting, Xiao Jinsheng glanced at Li and Su Ye. "How’s your luck?"

"So-so," Li recalled. "Out of a thousand high-level Fog Corpses above Six Stars, I can only extract Star Stones from three hundred."

Hearing that, Xiao Jinsheng immediately scooted away from him.

Su Ye’s face remained expressionless. "Instant noodles without seasoning packets, drinks without straws, raffles with ’Thank you for participating,’ and the biggest prize I’ve won was a one-million-Crystal Stone coupon that expired a day before I could use it."

At that, not only did Xiao Jinsheng distance herself from Su Ye, but even Li moved off the couch and back onto the bed next to her.

Xiao Jinsheng bit her lip, struggling to hold in her laughter.

"Just laugh already if you want to. No need to suffer," Su Ye said nonchalantly.

"Watch closely. Let me show you what it means to have golden luck," Xiao Jinsheng said, putting on a serious face and rubbing her hands together in excitement.

For her first draw, she chose Defense.

Since Defense, Strength, and Speed involved percentage boosts and weren’t physical items, the Terminal helpfully included an announcement.

[Congratulations! You’ve received a 12-Star Defense Buff, permanent. This buff does not require base Defense stats. Damage is calculated based on the attacker’s strength, reducing it by 50%.]

[For example, if the attacker’s strength is 100, with the 50% Defense Buff, you will only take 50 damage.]

"Quick, which of you wants a slap from me?" Xiao Jinsheng jumped up excitedly.

"Not the face, please," Li said as he extended his gloved palm towards her.

Su Ye simply leaned his face toward her. "Go ahead, right on the face."