Xiao Jinsheng calmly met his gaze and explained, "I was chatting with Peng Qin that day, and she saw that my relationship with the five of you wasn't very good, so she told me something."
"A beast-husband treated coldly by his female might be lured away by other females."
"And a male and female who have intimate contact without being spouses will also have a contract totem appear," Que Zelian replied.
Xiao Jinsheng's heart tightened upon hearing this. She could now confirm that she definitely had a contract totem with Li on her body. She tentatively asked, "Then what do you think of such people?"
Que Zelian chuckled, "Unrecognized, not worthy of high society."
Xiao Jinsheng's expression shifted slightly, then she saw him raise an eyebrow. "I'm referring to those transformed beings."
"Among transformed beings, due to the terminal's binding, most can only accept other beast-husbands assigned to the female at the same time by the terminal, because the terminal only matches once."
"Most beast-husbands added later by the female aren't easily integrated."
"But I trust you, you definitely won't bring someone else back midway, right?" Que Zelian asked with a smile.
Xiao Jinsheng had an immense headache, but still nodded. "Of course not, I only trust you." She closed her eyes, trying to pretend to be sleepy and go to sleep. Her heart was incredibly agitated. Now, four beast-husbands were demanding a divorce. And there was an unattached man outside waiting for her to divorce all her beast-husbands. The man currently holding her was firmly against divorcing her, and certainly wouldn't allow her to bring an outsider back to marry. Xiao Jinsheng felt like crying. Indeed, being a woman was so difficult.
"Sleepy?" Que Zelian jostled his thigh, directly shaking the person in his arms awake.
"Yeah, a little sleepy," Xiao Jinsheng nodded, heavy with drowsiness.
"But I'm not sleepy yet," Que Zelian reached out and lifted Xiao Jinsheng's chin, lowering his head to kiss her lips again. It was still a gentle kiss, taking away the last trace of lipstick from Xiao Jinsheng's lips. Xiao Jinsheng gasped softly, her cheeks flushed, still trying to regain her breath from the sudden kiss. But she felt Que Zelian gently lay her upper body down. He leaned over, his head lowered, and scattered kisses fell on her glowing collarbone.
Xiao Jinsheng nervously gripped Que Zelian's arm, her expression shifting from dazed to alert. Although her goal for tonight was indeed this, that bizarre contract totem would clearly ruin her plans. The contract totem between her and Li might very well be somewhere on her body. She gently pushed Que Zelian's arm, saying drowsily, "I'm so sleepy."
"Are you very sleepy?" Que Zelian picked her up, his gaze falling on the few shallow red marks on her collarbone. Those were from his kisses, transferred from her lips and left entirely on her collarbone. Even the corner of Que Zelian's mouth still had a trace of lipstick from her lips.
"Do you need to wear lipstick when you sleep?" Que Zelian asked seriously. "I've studied your makeup, and lipstick isn't suitable for sleeping."
Xiao Jinsheng's expression froze at the question. Of course, she knew there was no reason to wear lipstick late at night. But wasn't it all for her performance? "I'm just afraid of a sudden attack by a fog corpse," Xiao Jinsheng complained. Que Zelian simply couldn't connect wearing lipstick late at night with being attacked by a fog corpse.
"If a fog corpse kills me in the middle of the night, I'll still want to be the prettiest fog corpse, even in death," Xiao Jinsheng said with a sincere look, seriously spouting nonsense. As expected, Que Zelian fell silent.
Xiao Jinsheng continued, raising a hand to her forehead in feigned agony. "You don't know how terrifying today's fog corpse was."
"And I also know that my relationship with the five of you isn't good."
"So, having this thought means I've already prepared for the worst-case scenario: my inevitable death."
Que Zelian couldn't bear to listen to her pessimistic words and lowered his head to kiss her again, effectively cutting her off. Que Zelian's reaction indeed followed Xiao Jinsheng's initial plan. But that was before she knew about the troublesome contract totem. At least for tonight, her plan with Que Zelian couldn't continue.
"I told you, I won't divorce you," Que Zelian only kissed her a few times before letting go. He looked down and asked gently, "What do I need to do for you to believe me?"
"Or perhaps..." Que Zelian's hand settled on her lower back. Her slender waist was gently held in his palm. "If you sleep with me, and we become true husband and wife, would that make you feel more secure?"
Xiao Jinsheng's eyes widened in surprise.
"Wasn't your goal tonight to sleep with me first?" Que Zelian asked with a smile.
Xiao Jinsheng blushed and explained, "No, that's not it at all."
"Are you misunderstanding me? Am I that kind of person?" Xiao Jinsheng feigned a flustered expression, taking the opportunity to pull away from Que Zelian's embrace. Que Zelian, however, reached out and grabbed her wrist, pulling her back into his arms. His fingertips gently traced the glowing totem on Xiao Jinsheng's collarbone. "If you're worried about this totem being seen by the other four, there's no need to worry at all."
"The contract totem between a female and each beast-husband appears in a different location on the body, and these locations have a fixed order."
"The totem of the first beast-husband will be right here," Que Zelian's thumb gently tapped Xiao Jinsheng's collarbone. Xiao Jinsheng felt a slight tickle, and her confusion returned after hearing this. If the contract totem of the first transformed being she had intimate contact with appeared on the collarbone, then she hadn't seen a totem for her and Li. And the matter of contract totems had never been mentioned in either the terminal or the system's storyline. Clearly, this was something only transformed beings knew.
"Speaking of which, I just remembered something about the west of the Misty Continent," Que Zelian suddenly said. He seemed to be recalling, "In this world, besides females and transformed beings, there's also something called 'fallen transformed beings.'"
"They hide in the west of the Misty Continent. Because they are not recognized by the terminal, even if a female is willing to accept them, there will be no contract totem."
"But none of that is important, as fallen transformed beings are extremely dangerous, and no female would go near them. You just need to know about it. If you ever encounter them in the future, stay far away."
"There are such dangerous people?" Xiao Jinsheng asked, surprised. Her confusion about why she and Li didn't have a contract totem was also answered. She deduced that Li was a fallen transformed being, so it wasn't strange that there was no contract totem.
Xiao Jinsheng thought again of her interrupted plan for tonight. Before, she was concerned about a contract totem with Li appearing on her body. Now that she no longer had that worry, she felt that, given the current situation, her plan could continue. She snuggled deeper into Que Zelian's embrace, her voice trembling with fear. "Why are you talking about fallen transformed beings in the middle of the night? I was already sleepy, and now I'm scared awake again."
"Oh? Is it my fault again?" Que Zelian smiled helplessly. But he noticed Xiao Jinsheng's hand sliding into his clothes, her palm pressed against his abs, her fingers restlessly rubbing.
"I remember someone just confidently said she wasn't that kind of person," Que Zelian reminded her with a subtle tone. "She also said that her goal wasn't to sleep with me."
Xiao Jinsheng was busy regretting her otherwise smooth plan, so she didn't notice that the man holding her was speaking in a slightly different manner than his usual habit.