"Boss, Mr. Tan is here to discuss something with you." The Beastman standing outside spoke respectfully, not daring to enter or raise his head.

Si Yu narrowed his eyes slightly, as if pondering something. "I know. Tell him to wait."

"Yes, sir." The Beastman outside replied.

Jiang Zheyu was just starting to feel happy that the man was finally leaving.

The man walked over to her. Jiang Zheyu quickly composed her expression and looked at him with great apparent reluctance. "Mr. Si, please hurry back."

Si Yu raised an eyebrow at her. "I’ll be back tonight. Don’t even think about slacking off. Just focus on how you’re going to please me."

Jiang Zheyu’s face stiffened, but she forced a smile. "I definitely won’t slack off."

The man finally left, and the door to the room was closed once more.

Jiang Zheyu gritted her teeth. ’This man is impossible to deal with. When I don’t like him, he forces himself on me. Now that I say I like him, he doesn’t want me anymore. A man’s heart is truly a needle at the bottom of the sea—so fickle and unpredictable.’

She grabbed some clothes and put them on, not wanting to be naked any longer.

So, she picked out a Baise dress to wear.

The dresses were either Baise, red, or black.

The red and black dresses were especially form-fitting, accentuating her curves.

The Baise dresses were more ethereal, falling to her calves. These were the ones suitable for dancing.

’Yes, besides dancing, Jiang Zheyu had no other presentable skills.’

’Didn’t Si Yu first notice her when she entered the ring in a Baise dress? And didn’t he later see her dancing in a pink dress in a livestream?’

’Isn’t that how he came to desire her body?’

’Jiang Zheyu felt that Si Yu liked her a little, but not much. He was more interested in her body.’

Jiang Zheyu was speechless.

’Damn it! Why is it that when the female lead enters the ring, he’s attracted to her resilient personality, but when I get on stage, he’s just seduced by my body?’

Her Light Brain was also missing, and she couldn’t contact anyone now.

Jiang Zheyu suddenly remembered the system’s virtual account.

She quickly called on the system to bring up the virtual Light Brain.

"Apologies, Host. The Star Network is blocked here. You cannot contact anyone," the system explained.

"Huh? It’s the Star Network that’s blocked, not you. Why can’t I contact anyone?" Jiang Zheyu was frustrated.

"This system function requires a connection to the Star Network to operate," the system explained mechanically, its voice devoid of emotion.

"Fine," Jiang Zheyu said, not knowing what else to argue.

After changing her clothes, she slowly walked to the door. She wanted to see if she was locked in and if anyone was outside.

Jiang Zheyu tentatively opened the door and found that it wasn’t locked. As she pulled it open, the two Beastmen outside turned to look at her, bowing their heads slightly. "Do you have any orders for us, female?"

She looked at the two tall, powerful Beastmen and gave a dry little laugh while saying, "It’s nothing, it’s nothing."

And with that, she closed the door.

After shutting the door, Jiang Zheyu leaned her back against it.

’Just as I thought. That guy Si Yu posted guards to watch me, afraid I’d run away.’

Jiang Zheyu quietly probed the spiritual power of the Beastmen outside, then quickly withdrew her senses. The Beastmen outside didn’t notice.

She clicked her tongue in annoyance. ’I originally thought that if the spiritual power of the Beastmen guarding me wasn’t high, I could easily control them. I didn’t expect their spiritual power to be even higher than mine. A real miscalculation.’

’And using two Beastmen with S-rank spiritual power or higher just to guard a weak female like me... isn’t that making a mountain out of a molehill?’

Jiang Zheyu’s face stiffened. Then she started thinking in the opposite direction. ’Why do I have to run? The female lead kept running, and that’s why she kept getting dragged back into a tormented, abusive relationship.’

’Besides, Si Yu is pretty good-looking—even better than a male model.’

’It wouldn’t be a loss if I got together with him.’

’That’s right! What am I even rejecting? This world is polyandrous anyway.’

’I’ve never been able to get over the hurdle of polyandry, which is why I’ve never accepted any Beastman other than Su Yan.’

’But now, I don’t think it’s impossible to overcome.’

’This world is offering me a huge perk. I should just accept it. It’s not like anyone will criticize me for it.’

’This isn’t the modern world, where a woman with multiple partners would be condemned.’

’Here, having multiple partners is morally acceptable!’

As Jiang Zheyu thought this, she comforted herself, and gradually, she managed to convince herself.

So, she decided to accept Si Yu and have a proper romance with him!

In the novel, the female lead had already gone down the passionate path of running, cursing, resisting, and a love-hate relationship where they tried to kill each other.

She didn’t have the female lead’s perseverance, nor was she suited for that kind of kill-or-be-killed romance. She’d rather just jump straight into a sweet relationship!

’As long as I take the initiative, a sweet romance will be mine for the taking, right?’

Then she remembered that Si Yu’s beast form was a Dragon Bone Lizard.

HAHAHAHA...

’I’ve already gotten over snakes. Would I still be afraid of a lizard?’

Jiang Zheyu wanted to cry but had no tears. ’Why are they all cold-blooded animals...?’

’And I really don’t like cold-blooded animals...’

「In the Starship’s reception hall.」

Si Yu walked in slowly. Inside, a man with a lazy and slovenly posture was slumped in a central chair, his long legs, clad in black leather pants, sprawled carelessly across the tabletop.

"This table isn’t for your feet," Si Yu said, walking in with a deadpan expression. "If you don’t want your legs anymore, you can just say so."

Only then did the pink-haired man slowly lower his feet.

"Hey, why so serious?" the man said lazily. "Spent so much time pretending to be a gentleman outside that you’ve forgotten your true nature?"

"What is it?" Si Yu sat in a nearby chair and said coolly, "If you don’t have anything important, then get the hell out."

The man’s eyes glinted, his blue irises tinged with a crazed, playful smile.

He had a fair, tender face, as innocent and harmless as an angel’s. Combined with his pink hair and blue eyes, it was as if he were composed of the world’s purest and most beautiful colors.

But the words that came out of his mouth were utterly vile. "I heard you captured a female and even went to grab her yourself. What’s that all about? I’ve never seen you touch a female before. Why the sudden enlightenment? Is she different to fuck or something? I’ve got a lot of females in my pens. Want me to send a few over for you to play with?"

In his mouth, females sounded like objects to be casually traded.

"You came all this way just because you were curious about this?" Si Yu’s dark green eyes were deep and frigid.

Tan Yue sensed something was off. ’Why is Si Yu acting so strange today? It’s like I’ve touched a nerve or something.’

He could feel the man’s faintly simmering anger.

’Tan Yue hadn’t brought many men with him. If this continues, there might be bloodshed.’

So he changed the subject and stated his real reason for coming. "Have you heard about the Beastman who developed a way to lower the Beastification Value?"

Si Yu didn’t answer, but Tan Yue continued on his own, "Want to pull a job together? We grab that Beastman. If they’ve already developed a reagent to lower the Beastification Value, can a cure for spiritual power be far behind?"