"Doctor, come quick! Check on the female’s condition!"

Shan Xun rushed to the doctor’s office. In a fiery haste, he kicked the door down and stormed into the room.

Out of the corner of her eye, Jiang Zheyu saw the silver metal door get kicked clean off its hinges. It crashed to the floor with a deafening BANG.

The next second, Shan Xun was striding over the fallen door, his heavy footsteps sharp and deliberate.

Jiang Zheyu’s heart skipped a beat.

’That scared me to death!’

’So loud... It was like he was charging in to start a fight.’

’I might not die from spiritual power depletion, but that thunderous kick could give me a heart attack.’

Shan Xun placed her on the examination bed, but his movements were surprisingly gentle, as if she were suffering from some grave illness.

Jiang Zheyu didn’t know what to say.

The Beastman Doctor, who had been sitting at his desk, jumped in fright at the commotion.

He shot up from his chair, a dazed, terrified look on his face. Thinking something had really happened to the female, he hurried over to Jiang Zheyu. "Alright, alright, let me take a look at the female."

The Beastman then used various advanced instruments to examine Jiang Zheyu.

Shan Xun stood beside them, his expression dark as he stared intently at Jiang Zheyu.

Jiang Zheyu was speechless.

’A moment ago, in the morgue—bah—the laboratory, I was just spacing out for a bit.’

’Why does he look at me like my spiritual power is about to collapse from overuse?’

"I’m really fine," Jiang Zheyu said quietly, unsettled by Shan Xun’s unnerving stare.

"We’ll know if you’re fine or not after the doctor’s diagnosis." Shan Xun’s deep violet eyes were stormy.

The Beastman Doctor checked her again and again with his advanced equipment but still couldn’t find anything wrong.

The Beastman Doctor started to doubt himself and ran the tests one more time.

"How is she?" Shan Xun asked.

The Beastman Doctor hesitated for a moment before saying, "I’ll prescribe some tonics for the female."

"What does that mean?" Shan Xun frowned. "Is she physically weak right now?"

"Not really. There’s nothing physically wrong with the female," the Beastman replied honestly.

"What about her spiritual power?" Shan Xun pressed.

"There are no issues with the female’s spiritual power either." The Beastman gave a dry laugh, stopping just short of saying that the female was in perfect health.

In the end, Jiang Zheyu left the base’s hospital with a bottle of tonics.

Shan Xun was still frowning. "Are you sure your spiritual power is fine? You’re not affected after healing so many Beastmen?"

"I’m fine." Jiang Zheyu gave a helpless smile. "Didn’t the Star Emperor tell you? My spiritual power is actually above Level 3S."

Shan Xun knew, of course, but he hadn’t expected a female with that Spiritual Power Level to be so formidable.

"How many Beastmen did you heal?" Shan Xun had only seen her standing there, seemingly for the entire afternoon.

"All the Beastmen in that lab are healed. You can have someone from the Research Institute go check on them if you want to see for yourself," Jiang Zheyu replied casually.

"Y-You’re that powerful?" Shan Xun was still in shock.

He had thought it would take Jiang Zheyu at least a month to purify all the Beastmen in a single lab.

But it hadn’t even been a full day. In fact, the female had healed the damaged spiritual power of a hundred Beastmen in just half a day. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

It was the first time Jiang Zheyu had seen a trace of undisguised shock on Shan Xun’s fierce face. It actually made him look a little less intimidating.

"Are you that shocked?" Jiang Zheyu couldn’t help but let out a soft laugh.

Shan Xun stared at the female’s smile, unable to look away. He just gazed at her directly before asking blankly, "What are you laughing at?"

Jiang Zheyu quickly stifled her smile. "Nothing."

In the end, Shan Xun didn’t say anything more.

"By the way, you broke that man’s door. Aren’t you going to pay for it?" Jiang Zheyu asked quietly.

"I’ll have a Beastman go over later to install a new one for him," Shan Xun replied.

"Is your temper always this bad?" Jiang Zheyu asked quietly. "Ahem, I mean, this explosive?"

Shan Xun: ?

"How is my temper explosive?" Shan Xun glanced at Jiang Zheyu, his tone sounding a bit like he was grinding his teeth. "I was worried about you, that’s why I was so rash. And you say I have an explosive temper?"

His mood soured again.

For some reason, this female could always destabilize his emotions so easily.

’Annoying. Females are so much trouble!’

Jiang Zheyu paused, then quickly said, "W-Well, thank you then. I was really fine, though."

Shan Xun coldly turned his head away, no longer looking at Jiang Zheyu. He didn’t want to say another word to her.

’When I speak to her, she says I’m being harsh.’

’When I worry about her, she says I have a bad temper.’

’So hard to please!’

...

As Shan Xun mulled this over, the very air around him seemed to grow heavy.

His pace quickened, and Jiang Zheyu started to fall behind.

She could tell the man’s mood had soured.

"Um, are you angry?" Jiang Zheyu jogged to catch up. "I won’t say you have an explosive temper anymore, okay?"

"Captain Shan, a man shouldn’t be so petty."

"Captain Shan, I’ll stop saying things like that."

"Captain Shan, where are you going now?"

"Captain Shan, Captain Shan..." Jiang Zheyu followed behind Shan Xun like a little tail.

But Shan Xun was dead set on ignoring her.

Jiang Zheyu: ...

Finally, Jiang Zheyu stopped walking. ’Forget it,’ she thought. ’I don’t want to say any more. It’s not like he has to change for me. I just said what was on my mind; I never expected him to change.’

"Shan Xun, I want a nutrient solution," Jiang Zheyu called out slowly to the man striding swiftly ahead of her.

Jiang Zheyu didn’t know if he would stop for that.

But the next second, Shan Xun stopped, walked back with a gloomy expression, and said in a low voice, "What a pain."

Despite his obvious displeasure and his harsh, disdainful tone, he took Jiang Zheyu’s wrist and began walking slowly toward the nutrient solution freezer.

Hearing his words, Jiang Zheyu’s lips moved, but in the end, she said nothing.

Jiang Zheyu let out a long sigh.

"What are you sighing about?" Shan Xun turned to look at her.

"Nothing. I miss my Beast Husband," Jiang Zheyu said quietly.

’I’m not the little girl who was spoiled by her Beast Husband anymore.’

’Sigh...’

Shan Xun frowned and fell into a strange silence.

"Physiological needs?" Shan Xun’s brow furrowed, looking troubled. "I have plenty of strong, able-bodied subordinates. Do you want to pick one to sleep with tonight?"

Hearing this, Jiang Zheyu was utterly flabbergasted.

’When I said I missed my Beast Husband, I meant I wanted emotional support! How did that turn into physiological needs?!’

’And how could he say that so bluntly!’