Jiang Zheyu slowly took a sip of her coffee, then set down the spoon.

"This is awful. Not good at all." Jiang Zheyu frowned, feigning complete dislike.

Jiang Zheyu was clearly acting, but to Si Yu, it seemed she genuinely found the coffee distasteful.

He narrowed his eyes slightly and slowly raised a hand. The clerk hurried over and presented the menu. "Esteemed female, our shop offers a wide variety of coffees. Whatever flavor you desire, we will do our utmost to accommodate you."

Si Yu looked at her. "See if there’s anything you like. If not, just tell him what you want, and they’ll brew a new cup for you on the spot."

Jiang Zheyu: ...

’Uh, they can just brew a new kind of coffee? It’s not like he owns this shop. Does he think he can just do whatever he wants?’

The thought had barely formed in her mind when the clerk beside them eagerly confirmed Si Yu’s words. "That’s right, esteemed female. Whatever flavor you’d like, we can create a new blend for you."

Jiang Zheyu’s internal thoughts slowly shifted: ’Maybe this shop really is one of his properties...’

She didn’t want to make things difficult for the clerk, but she maintained her disdainful expression. "A glass of plain water will be fine."

A person imitating the original owner without grasping her essence would inadvertently reveal their own kind nature.

Hearing this, the clerk just looked at Si Yu, a little apprehensively.

Not until Si Yu slowly replied, "Then get her a glass of plain water."

Only then did the clerk hurry off, returning with a glass of water that he respectfully placed in front of Jiang Zheyu.

"I like you very much." Si Yu stared at Jiang Zheyu, his words direct and undisguised. "I want to become your Beast Husband. So, about the pairing application... how much longer will you consider it, Yu Yu? My patience is limited."

Jiang Zheyu couldn’t shake the feeling that he was threatening her!

"Are you, a lowly Male Beastman, threatening me?" Jiang Zheyu shot him a deliberately vicious look. "Tons of people like me. I, Jiang Zheyu, get over a thousand applications a day. You’re way at the back of the line."

What Si Yu hated hearing most was people calling him a lowly Male Beastman.

Everyone who had ever said that to him was already dead.

Si Yu’s deep eyes locked onto her. "Hmm? So, what you mean is, you’re not satisfied with me, Yu Yu?"

"My favorite is the White Tiger Beastman. I might consider you depending on your beast form." Jiang Zheyu eyed him with a critical, appraising gaze.

’There, see? I’m no different from any other female! Stop being interested in me!’

Jiang Zheyu already knew his beast form was a Dragon Bone Lizard. She only asked so that after Si Yu answered, she could express her utter disgust for Dragon Bone Lizards.

"Dragon Bone Lizard," Si Yu said, his dark green eyes fixed on her.

The moment she heard his answer, Jiang Zheyu’s face twisted into an expression of disgust and revulsion. "No wonder you didn’t dare put your real information in your pairing profile. Dragon Bone Lizards are truly the most disgusting beast form in the world."

Afraid that Si Yu wasn’t disgusted enough with her yet, she added fuel to the fire. "A lowly, repulsive lizard Beastman like you... the sight of you makes me sick to my stomach, yet you dare dream of becoming my Beast Husband? It’s like a toad lusting after a swan."

Jiang Zheyu was tap-dancing all over Si Yu’s last nerve.

A vein throbbed on Si Yu’s forehead. If Jiang Zheyu had been anyone else, she wouldn’t have had the chance to utter a second sentence after her first.

He was so furious he laughed, his voice crashing down like ice. "So, Yu Yu has two faces. It was ’Big Brother’ this and ’Big Brother’ that on the Star Network, but here it’s ’lowly Beastman’ this and ’lowly Beastman’ that."

It seemed a beautiful female like her was no different in personality from any other female.

She wasn’t special after all.

The color of Si Yu’s dark green eyes deepened. There was, in fact, a difference: he was sexually aroused by her.

’If a female’s words are unpleasant, you just have to poison her throat until she’s mute.’

Jiang Zheyu was unaware of the dark thoughts in Si Yu’s mind. When she heard him accuse her of having two faces, her heart skipped a beat.

’I didn’t know my number one fan was Si Yu back then!’

Outwardly, however, she just sneered. "Then I take it back. If I had known you were a lizard beast, I definitely wouldn’t have called you that. Thinking back on it now just makes me sick."

Jiang Zheyu felt she had dished out enough verbal abuse. She was about to end the conversation and storm out.

"Yu Yu, do you know the consequences of saying such things?" Si Yu’s gaze, chilling, dark, and possessive, fell upon her.

Jiang Zheyu’s eye twitched. Anxious, and no longer wanting to waste her breath on him, she stood up coolly. "I don’t care about the consequences. I’m leaving."

Si Yu remained seated, quietly watching the young woman leave.

But would he really let her go just like that? Of course not.

Besides, from the very beginning, he never intended to be her second Beast Husband.

He wanted to possess her all to himself.

Si Yu had only found out later that she already had a Beast Husband.

But it didn’t matter. He would just kill her Beast Husband. That way, he would be her one and only.

’Besides, when she first arrived, the scent of fox on her was so strong. Some wild fox from who-knows-where has its eyes on my property again.’ 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

’Might as well kill them all together.’

After leaving the coffee shop, Jiang Zheyu finally let out a small sigh of relief.

But after that brief moment of relief, a sad thought occurred to her. ’Even though I made Si Yu dislike me, I also offended him.’

For a moment, Jiang Zheyu didn’t know which situation was worse: Si Yu liking her, or Si Yu taking revenge on her.

’Both are pretty terrible.’

Jiang Zheyu felt she absolutely had to work hard to improve her spiritual power.

Si Yu’s spiritual power, according to the novel, was S+++ Level.

This meant Jiang Zheyu was at risk of being controlled by him at any moment.

Although she had the System and could buy things on credit to protect herself, going into debt was too expensive. It was better to work hard and earn Star Coins and points on her own.

Never before had Jiang Zheyu wanted to improve her spiritual power so badly.

After leaving the coffee shop, she first went to buy a set of clothes and a mask.

After changing in a restroom, she headed toward the outer city where she had visited those Beastmen the day before.

A wide, black, hooded cloak completely concealed her figure. The edge of the hood covered the upper half of her face, while the rest was hidden behind a white, grotesque, smiling mask.

Soon, her figure was walking down the chaotic and filthy streets of the outer city.

The last time Jiang Zheyu had come with Su Yan and Feng Qi, she had silently scanned the area with her spiritual power. Beastmen with A level spiritual power or higher were common, and she had even sensed a few with S level or higher. However, she hadn’t dared to get too close for fear of being discovered.

It was only because she had the System that Jiang Zheyu dared to come here alone.

The life-saving items available on credit from the System were expensive, but she could accept the cost when her life was on the line.

If she really ran into danger, she wouldn’t hesitate to go into debt.