Chapter 87: Chapter 85: Spending a Vast Fortune for the Position of Main Husband

When Su Mo and Fei Yan came out of the room, they found Yue Ying and Mo Xiao still waiting by the door.

She had no idea how much of the commotion inside they had heard. The thought alone made a blush involuntarily creep onto her fair cheeks.

She was probably feeling a bit guilty, completely missing the worry in their eyes.

Yue Ying’s eyes shifted. He walked over and, without warning, wrapped an arm around Su Mo’s slender waist.

"Our little Momo has gotten so thin lately. Sit next to me in a bit. I’ll feed you so you can eat more!"

As he spoke, his hand took the liberty of caressing her, his fingertips ambiguously tracing the small of her back. "So thin... it truly makes one’s heart ache~"

Su Mo’s heart skipped a beat. She turned her head to glance at him, struggling as she whispered a reminder, "We’re in public. Mind your image. Have... have some shame, will you?"

Yue Ying frowned, displeased, and muttered, "What’s wrong with just a hug? You and Fei Yan were all over each other in the room for ages. Why didn’t you remember to have some shame then?"

"..."

Su Mo turned her head and glared at him, momentarily at a loss for words.

After a long moment, she feigned nonchalance. "We, uh, we didn’t... do anything~"

Yue Ying’s mouth twitched in anger. He was about to explode! How dare she still claim they did nothing?!

He reached out and gently pinched her earlobe, which had turned red from guilt. "Wife, you’re a textbook example of someone who lies through their teeth! I heard everything!"

"...Eaves... eavesdropping isn’t a good habit."

"I don’t care! Whatever he got, I want it too! However you treat him, that’s how you have to treat me from now on! No favoritism! Also, I’m sleeping in your room tonight!"

"...That’s... not a good idea, is it?"

’Are you kidding me? This frail little body of mine really can’t handle them... That damn fox is up to no good. I think they’re trying to play me to death...’

Yue Ying: "!!!"

’Sooner or later, my wife’s words are going to be the death of me. I’m being so sincere, and she can still twist my meaning like this...’

Yue Ying grabbed Su Mo’s hand and placed it over his heart, his face earnest. "I promise I won’t do anything too out of line. I’ll just stay with you, okay?"

Su Mo glanced at him hesitantly, as if weighing the truth in his words.

She heard him sigh helplessly. "Although... I really want to sleep with you, I’m even more afraid of... sleeping you to death."

"COUGH!"

Su Mo’s face flushed crimson. She glanced around nervously. "Lower your voice!"

’Is this something to be proud of???’

Yue Ying’s eyes narrowed. "Alright, then when we go to sleep tonight, I’ll discuss it with you in detail."

Su Mo: "..."

She was completely at her wit’s end with this fox who refused to listen to reason.

Behind them, Mo Xiao and Fei Yan slowed their pace. They exchanged a look, their thoughts unspoken.

’We have to find a way to cure our wife’s poison as soon as possible.’

Halfway there, a servant stopped them. "Miss Su, His Highness is awake. He requests your presence."

Su Mo nodded and followed him, changing direction to head for Ye Yuan’s room.

Fei Yan and the others remained outside, waiting for her in a secluded spot.

Ye Yuan was propped up against the headboard, drinking water.

When he saw her approach, his pair of light blue eyes suddenly lit up, and his cheeks grew slightly flushed.

Su Mo frowned worriedly and reached out to feel his forehead. No fever. She secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Just as she was about to pull her hand back, Ye Yuan grabbed her wrist.

"Wife, are you angry with me?"

"Hm?"

Ye Yuan looked at her cautiously. "I already know about... Ye Ling..."

Su Mo comforted him in a gentle voice, "No, I’m not. She was just concerned about you. Besides, your father has already punished her."

Ye Yuan tightened his grip on her wrist, then lowered his head and asked in a small, humble voice, "Wife... will you despise me?"

"..."

Su Mo didn’t quite understand what he meant. ’Does he think he’s going to be disabled, so he’s feeling insecure?’

Su Mo glanced down at his reattached arm, her expression serious. "Don’t worry, I will definitely make sure you make a full recovery."

Ye Yuan looked up, his light blue pupils meeting her confused gaze. "I’m not talking about that. I wanted to ask if you’ll abandon me... Wife, you don’t actually like me that much, do you?"

He was on the verge of tears as he asked this.

His light blue eyes filled with tears, like little pearls about to spill and scatter across the floor.

But then he remembered that the person before him disliked crybaby Beastmen, so he had no choice but to take a deep breath and hold it all back...

Looking at his pitiful state, Su Mo couldn’t tell if she was feeling soft-hearted or heartbroken. "That’s not it... I just think you’re a bit young and might not understand those kinds of emotions."

Ye Yuan pouted and retorted, "That’s not true! I’m two months older than you! I understand more than you do..."

Su Mo was speechless for a moment. ’Is... is that a thing?’

Ye Yuan looked at her with sorrowful eyes, but his words were heart-wrenching. "I just like you, though I don’t know why. Besides you, there’s no one else I would risk my life to save. You’re different..."

His hand gripping her wrist tightened unconsciously, as if desperately trying to hold onto something he couldn’t grasp.

His nearly broken voice echoed in the quiet room. "My Combat Power isn’t high... and I always need you to comfort me, so you don’t want to be my wife, is that right?"

The fingertips holding her wrist trembled uncontrollably. "You have Fei Yan, Yue Ying, Mo Xiao, and Cang Lan by your side. Every single one of them is stronger than me... But I promise, I’ll work hard to become stronger in the future—so strong that you’ll never have to worry about me again, wife. I can wait... I can wait until you’re willing to like me. Is even that not okay? Or... do you really hate me, wife?"

Su Mo looked at the boy before her, her heart aching. "I don’t hate you..."

’Who could hate such an adorable Mermaid... He’s so well-behaved, it makes it impossible to refuse him.’

Joy bloomed in Ye Yuan’s heart, and he threw his arms around her. "What difference would one more of me make?"

DING—

Little Nine said excitedly, "Host, adults don’t choose! Take them all!"

Su Mo: "..."

’That seems... to make a lot of sense, actually... It’s over... it’s over. I’m straying further and further down the path of a heartbreaker...’

Outside the door, the Palace Master’s Wife let out a small sigh of relief.

She thought with satisfaction, ’There are benefits to being naive. After all, few people are hard-hearted enough to reject such a sincere soul.’

In this, Ye Yuan had certainly inherited his father’s good traits.

Lord Jian Yi sighed. When it came to matters of the heart, once the arrow is loosed, there’s no turning back. The love-struck fools of the East Sea were probably a lost cause.

He wasn’t worried about anything else, just that His Highness’s naive nature wouldn’t be able to compete with the others.

So he said to the Palace Master’s Wife, "I think we should take this opportunity to rush them into getting the wedding sorted out."

The Palace Master nodded. "They’ll have to get married sooner or later, so a little earlier won’t hurt! Lord Jian Yi, hurry to the treasury, take inventory of the dowry, and make the preparations!"

The Palace Master’s Wife frowned. "That’s... not quite right, is it?"

Being in such a rush... why did she feel like they were trying to trick Su Mo into marriage?

Lord Jian Yi’s brows knitted together. "What is there to take inventory of? Just open the treasury and let Miss Su pick for herself. Trading the treasures of our East Sea for His Highness’s position as main husband is no loss. Don’t blame me for not reminding you, but once Miss Su and those other men leave the East Sea, with His Highness’s temperament, it’ll be who-knows-when before he can successfully marry her!"

The Palace Master was already convinced. "My son is naive. Competing for favor in the future will be difficult. Securing the position of main husband for him is a foolproof plan!"

The Palace Master’s Wife gave him a speechless look, feeling utterly vexed.

’You really shouldn’t marry a love-struck fool. Otherwise, you’ll just end up with a son who’s exactly the same, one who even needs his mother’s family fortune to back him up in the competition for favor...’

’Forget it, forget it. We can always earn more money for the family coffers later. It’s more important to marry off this little love-struck fool first!’

From the shadows, Yue Ying, Fei Yan, and Mo Xiao exchanged a look.

What the hell was this?

They had been fighting tooth and nail without any resolution, and now these people from the East Sea were planning to just bribe their wife with money?!!!

There should be some principles, even when launching a sneak attack, right? There ought to be a ’first come, first served’ rule for everything, shouldn’t there???

The moment they pictured their wife’s eyes lighting up at the sight of money, the color drained from their faces...