’Is he really jealous?’

Jiang Yunnuan’s eyes flickered. She found the whole situation utterly ridiculous.

After a moment of silence, she swallowed and spoke with an amused tone.

"Even if I terminate the contracts with them, I’ll just be assigned other Contractors. Are you going to act this way then, too?"

"You can set your status to sterile."

To ensure the continuation of high-quality Beastman genes and to reduce competition, the marriage system had two strict rules.

One: Infertile women would not be assigned Contractors, but they could form contracts of their own volition.

Two: Sterile Beastmen would not be assigned a Contract Master and, likewise, could only form contracts of their own volition.

Feeling his possessiveness so directly for the first time, Jiang Yunnuan was stunned.

’He wants me all to himself?’

’Well, that in itself wasn’t the issue. If they were truly in love, she would be perfectly happy with a one-husband-one-wife setup. The problem was, she wasn’t free.’

’And she hadn’t come here to fall in love, either.’

"Hah. Get those improper ideas out of your head. If they change their minds, I won’t go through with the Contract Termination. And even if I do, I will absolutely *not* set my status to sterile."

Jiang Yunnuan felt she needed to set him straight now.

This way, he wouldn’t get his hopes up too high and be unable to handle the disappointment later.

In any case, she couldn’t give him any promises.

Hearing her words, Jun Yao’s gaze darkened instantly.

He didn’t say a word. He just lowered his head and kissed her fiercely, launching an even more ferocious assault.

Outside the Barrier, Si Xie clenched his fists, gritting his teeth as he stared at the halo of light.

’Damn it, it’s been fifteen minutes! Jiang Yunnuan’s task must be finished by now. Why is that bastard still not done kissing her?’

"Fu Yuan, how much longer until we reach the Mist Forest?"

"About twenty minutes."

Fu Yuan glanced at the Flying Device’s interface and replied calmly.

’Still that long?’

Si Xie frowned, hesitating over whether to resume his attack on Jun Yao’s Barrier.

That bastard’s Energy was immense; he could shatter Si Xie’s Barrier with ease. But for Si Xie to break that bastard’s Barrier was another matter entirely. It would take dozens of attacks, at the very least.

The clash of their Energy would make the Flying Device shake violently, and it would be bad if that caused an accident.

’Forget it. I’ll just endure it for another twenty-odd minutes.’

He kept trying to convince himself to endure it, but he was in absolute torment.

’Time had never passed so slowly before.’

’Even the fruit beside him no longer tasted sweet.’

He held back for as long as he could, but finally, he couldn’t resist opening his Light Brain and sending a message to Jiang Yunnuan.

"Jiang Yunnuan, what are you two doing? Is that bastard taking advantage of you? Why don’t you tell him to open the Barrier?"

When half a minute passed with no response, he sent several more messages.

"Hello???"

"Why aren’t you answering?"

"Did you get this? Answer me if you did. I miss you!"

DING...

After he sent those messages, he finally received a reply: an extremely high-definition photo.

In the photo, a handsome, domineering man was pinning a woman to a lounge chair, kissing her fiercely. The woman’s face was obscured by her long, brown hair, her expression impossible to see.

Their clothes were still tidy, not a single piece missing, and nothing indecent was exposed, but Si Xie’s intuition screamed that they were up to no good!

"That animal!!!"

He was so furious he could have coughed up blood. Gritting his teeth, he pressed the voice message button and sent a long tirade.

"Jun Yao, that was you, wasn’t it?"

"I know you sent that picture. You’re just trying to piss me off, aren’t you?"

"Are you a fucking animal? How can you be in heat 24/7? This isn’t what she wants, is it? You’re forcing her, aren’t you?"

"Do you even fucking remember the penalty for forcing a Contract Master?"

"You bastard, you pervert! Just you wait! One day, when I’m stronger than you, I’m going to rip that thing off you and feed it to the dogs..."

His frenzied tirade instantly drew the attention of Fu Yuan and Ming Ye up front.

The two of them turned around again, their faces clearly showing they were enjoying the drama.

When he finally stopped, having ranted nonstop for over ten minutes until he was panting with exhaustion, Fu Yuan smiled and asked, "What happened? Why are you so angry?"

Si Xie, still fuming, shot him a vicious glare and launched an indiscriminate attack.

"Are you a fucking idiot? You can’t figure it out? Do you even have to ask?"

Fu Yuan: "..."

’Damn, for him to be this furious... it looks like he’s really fallen for Jiang Yunnuan!’

He rubbed his nose, silently turning his gaze away.

’He hadn’t found out a thing and just got chewed out for nothing. Getting involved in this drama wasn’t worth it at all!’

「Inside the Barrier.」

Hearing Si Xie’s shouting, Jiang Yunnuan’s muddled mind cleared for a moment, and she belatedly realized what had just happened.

Her eyes widened as she stared at Jun Yao, a look of fury and shock on her face.