The wicked female is extremely fierce, but she's pampered by her seven beast husbands.

Chapter 264 Springtime Frenzy
Ling Chengen went out and didn't return for three hours.

When she returned, Yu Shaochen had already gone back to his treehouse, and Shi Panxing had also long since returned to the cave. Only Yu Heng was sitting by the fire on the rocky beach waiting for her.

Ling Chengen stared blankly for several seconds when he saw the figure illuminated by the firelight before slowly walking towards his location.

As she stopped, Yuheng turned to the side and handed her a cup of hot milk.

Ling Chengen was about to sit down next to him when Yu Heng casually placed a straw cushion on the ground: "Don't sit on the stone, it's too cold."

Ling Chengen never refused his meticulous care. He readily agreed and sat on the futon, looking at the small earthenware milk pot that was exactly the same as the one in his own space. He took a sip of milk with honey and frowned slightly, saying, "It's overcooked."

"Really?" Yuheng poured himself a glass, took a small sip, and said blankly, "It's alright, isn't it just the same taste?"

Ling Chengen blinked, then finished the milk in his cup, giving up on discussing how to boil milk with him; as long as he liked it, that was fine with him.

"Have the cows raised in the tribe started producing milk yet?"

Yuheng nodded and said, "They started producing milk a while ago, but the amount was relatively small before. I think milk is quite nutritious, so I had them distribute it according to the number of cubs, mainly to those under eight years old."

Ling Chengen nodded: "This is indeed suitable for children."

Yuheng drank a cup and felt a bit greasy, so he removed the small milk pot and replaced it with a kettle of hot water, which he then placed on a metal rack to boil.

"However, the cows sent by the Thunder Bull Tribe have now adapted to the environment of the Stone Forest and are producing more milk than before. The calves can't finish drinking it all, so the beastmen in charge of raising the cows are asked to take the extra milk to the square every day and sell it directly."

Ling Chengen asked curiously, "Is anyone going to buy it? This Thunder Ox is considered part of the tribe's property, right? What will happen to the items traded?"

Yuheng tilted his head and said, "This is what I want to talk to you about today. Life in the tribe is getting better and better, but nowadays, we are still following the principle of unified distribution, which has actually begun to affect the development of the tribe."

While uniform distribution ensures that no one in the tribe is left behind, this fairness is, in a sense, unfair.

Because some people always contribute more and some contribute less.

This would dampen the enthusiasm of the already hardworking orcs.

Ling Chengen nodded and said, "I am aware of the problem you mentioned. I am already thinking about a solution."

"I originally planned to wait until we moved to Beast City to make the announcement."

"But we can try it out in the tribe first. However, I don't have much time to spend in the tribe recently. Do you have time to keep an eye on it?"

Seeing her speak so eloquently, Yuheng nodded in agreement after listening and said, "Okay, I don't have much to do anyway, so I'm just idling around."

Because he is currently the strongest warrior in the entire tribe, and he has a reserved and aloof image in the outside world, many orcs in the tribe are in awe of him. Therefore, if he intervenes to resolve conflicts, as long as he is not too biased, they are willing to listen to him.

However, because he had not been in the tribe long enough, he did not have the same prestige and influence as Ling Xiao.

However, this does not affect Yuheng's status in the tribe.

He wasn't one to meddle in other people's business. If his partner weren't the young clan leader, he would only care about his own affairs. Whether others would seek treatment from him depended on his mood.

"Okay, then try it out as I say."

Ling Chengen wanted to implement a unified currency system within the tribe.

Although the most common currency in Kitahara is currently blue crystal shells.

However, blue crystal shells have their own disadvantages.

First of all, the quantity is small.

Since it's a natural form of currency, once it's damaged, you can only consider yourself to have suffered a loss.

Secondly, there's the value and exchange rate.

Blue Crystal Shell is not suitable for small-scale transactions with low value and small quantity.

Take milk trading like today, for example. Some families with only three or four members might not be able to buy a whole bucket of milk, maybe just half a bucket, or even a few bowls...

The value of a bucket of milk is far less than that of a single blue crystal shell.

This makes trading very complicated; barter is the only option.

Without a basic standard, conflicts can easily arise during transactions.

Just like vegetables, which are rare in winter, such resources are precious to some small-sized orcs who prefer fruits and vegetables, but they are generally not even worth a glance from beastmen who prefer meat.

The two sides have completely unequal values.

The first step is to unify the currency and gradually make the orcs in the tribe realize the convenience of using currency for transactions.

Ling Chengen thought about it for a long time and finally decided to use a less common metal and classify certain specific ores as controlled substances. This would solve the problem of orcs using supernatural abilities to commit fraud at its root.

At the same time, anti-counterfeiting measures must be taken for the currency.

The whole process is technically challenging and quite complex.

She had actually been thinking about this problem since she went north for the autumn hunt. In the end, Su Weihua helped her solve the technical problem halfway there, which relieved her of her headache.

However, Su Weihua is currently heading south with the team, so this matter is still quite difficult to handle, because she does not have a metal-type ability, and many metal-type warriors, although their ability level is higher than his, do not have as thorough an understanding of the properties of metal as he does.

So Ling Chengen came up with a compromise: to try out a temporary currency first.

After migrating to Beast City, we will exchange it using the new currency.

However, you should also remember the amount of currency issued during this period and make some easily identifiable markings to prevent anyone from taking advantage of you when exchanging currency...

Yuheng indicated that he had a solution, and Ling Chengen did not ask any further questions. He simply listened to Yuheng's explanation of the principle and then handed the task over to him.

After their late-night chat, Ling Chengen got up to return to his treehouse to rest. Suddenly remembering something, he turned back to look at Yu Heng, who was tidying up the kettle, milk pot, and cups, and said, "I almost forgot, you need to take the initiative to share the housework. Don't push it all onto Xiao Yu, understand?"

Yuheng lifted his eyelids and asked lazily, "If he can do it, why not let him?"

"You can do it too, so why don't you?"

Ling Chengen was angered by his expression, and his temper flared up instantly.

"Don't bully him just because you have better superpowers than him."

“He’s not your little brother, much less your servant. You can’t dump all the things you should be doing on him. Since you dislike the usual ways of the Southern Plains nobles, you should understand how people should get along. You and he are both people of the Stone Forest, and you are both my beast husbands. There is no distinction between you and him.”

Yuheng was somewhat taken aback. Looking at her serious expression and listening to her overly harsh words, he was momentarily stunned.

Ling Chengen turned around and walked back, reaching out to grab his collar, leaning down to press his face almost face to face with his: "Did you hear me clearly?"

"If you bully him again, I really will teach you a lesson."

Yu Heng suddenly smiled, raised his chin, and lightly touched her lips with his, provocatively saying, "So how do you plan to deal with me? Are you going to threaten me again by saying you don't care about my reproductive period?"

"That's not very deterrent."

Yuheng wasn't worried about angering her at all. His cool fingertips slid down from her chin to her collarbone, gently caressing her delicate collarbone.

Ling Chengen released his grip, creating distance between them, and coldly snorted, "If you really want to test the law, then so be it."

"You'll find out what happens when the time comes."

She gave a cold laugh, turned around, and walked directly towards the treehouse.

Yuheng straightened her collar, looked down at her fingertips that were slowly being warmed by the fire, a hint of brilliance rising in her otherwise pale eyes, and gently curled the corners of her lips: "You have quite a temper, your temper flared up after just a few words."

After a quick wash, Ling Chengen went straight to bed.

As soon as I pulled the covers up, I felt the blankets behind me slowly bulging.

She sat up abruptly, turned to look at her side, her face pale, and said, "We just had a fight, and you still climbed into my bed?"

Yuheng reached out and put his arm around her waist, pulling her into his embrace. He said lazily, "Have we ever argued? No, right? Wasn't it just you who got angry at me? I have a very good temper. I don't usually argue with people, let alone with you."

He usually takes direct action when there's a conflict.

But Ling Chengen is his partner, so he definitely can't lay a hand on him.

Ling Chengen looked at the arm around his waist, then lowered his eyes and said, "Go back to your room and sleep."

“I’ve been feeling cold at night lately, so I want to sleep with you.” Yu Heng lay on his side, propping his head up with one hand, with one of his long legs under the blanket pressing directly onto her legs. “I know your rules, don’t worry, I’m very disciplined.”

Ling Chengen had no way of throwing him out.

The main problem is that this person's superpower is too troublesome; if he really wants to pester someone... she really can't do anything about him.

Moreover, it was indeed cold at night. Her quilt hadn't been made yet, and she was currently covered with an animal skin blanket. Although her animal form was very warm, it was too big for her to lie on the bed, and she was uncomfortable lying on the floor. So, she ultimately chose to sleep in her human form.

But Ling Chengen frowned, reached under the blanket, pushed away the long leg that was pressing on his knee, and said through gritted teeth, "Don't touch me, you're freezing cold."

"If it weren't cold, would I be bothering you to sleep?" Yuheng said matter-of-factly.

He was a typical Nanbara native, but the Kamishōmori Valley was much warmer than this place. His hometown had no snow all year round, the trees were evergreen, and he never needed to wear a fur coat, so he was really not used to the climate of the Hokuhara.

The key point is that his non-human form is also not resistant to the cold.

I definitely can’t die.

But he will feel cold.

As soon as Ling Chengen lay down, his body pressed against hers again, his arms tightly around her, his face close to her neck, and he pulled the blanket up high, whispering in her ear, "Why don't you turn into your beast form and I'll hold you while you sleep? That will definitely keep you warm."

Ling Chengen turned around and glared at him, then cursed, "You're dreaming!"

"Don't think I don't know what you're thinking."

He just wanted to pet her fur.

This person is somewhat of a plush toy enthusiast.

I like petting cats, especially big cats.

But is she really that obedient, someone who's willing to be petted like a pet?

I really want to kick him under the bed.

Yuheng's attempt to coax him failed. Feeling cold under the animal skin blanket, he added a quilt he had obtained from Zhilu, which contained fire crystal cotton and rainbow velvet wadding. It was indeed much warmer after being covered, but it also became much heavier.

Ling Chengen's body was still a bit cold, especially his hands and feet.

Yuheng accidentally touched her fingertips and found that her hands were cold. He held her hands in his slowly warming palms and asked, "Aren't you always in good health? Why are your hands taking longer to warm up than mine?"

Ling Chengen knew that the coldness in her body was still lingering from soaking in the icy seawater for too long last time and had not been completely removed. Recently, she had been running around every day, and her hands and feet would warm up. She was quite tired at night, so she would just go to sleep. She didn't have time to look for medicinal herbs to regulate her body.

Yu Heng raised his head slightly and saw her frowning and silent. He turned her body around and said solemnly, "Were you injured some time ago?"

With the medicine he gave me, my injuries must have healed.

So when he returned, he didn't notice anything unusual.

But those injuries must have left lasting effects...

Yuheng used his supernatural ability to probe into her body, and then his brows furrowed more and more: "You don't have any hidden injuries, but you have a lot of cold energy."

As his supernatural power washed over her body, Ling Chengen felt her tense muscles and bones, which had been constricted to fight the cold within her, become incredibly soothing. Her brows and the muscles around her eyes unconsciously relaxed, and her body slowly calmed down as she nestled quietly beside Yu Heng.

Yuheng reached down and scooped up her legs, placing her ankles on his waist and abdomen. Touching her still slightly cold toes, he turned his head and pulled her closer to him, ignoring her resistance, and said, "Be good and put your feet between my legs to warm them up."

He had hoped she would warm him up, but the reality turned out the opposite. Yuheng sighed helplessly, rested his chin on her neck, and said sarcastically, "You're really good at holding back. It's a waste that you have a mouth."

Ling Chengen opened his mouth and bit his collarbone, leaving a ring of teeth marks.

Yuheng couldn't help but breathe intimately into her ear.

He only felt a slight pain, but more than that, he felt a sudden surge of restlessness within him.

Her earlobes turned red instantly, but no one noticed in the dark.

Ling Chengen found his panting very strange.

Just one bite, and I'm already breathing so heavily.

She tilted her head slightly, trying to create some distance between herself and him.

Yuheng gripped her wrist tightly, holding her captive in his arms, his voice husky: "Don't move."

"Okay... just stay here and don't move."

He tightened his jaw, lowered his head and brushed his lips against her earlobe, his breath slowly becoming hot, and his legs, which were clamped around her ankles, slowly tightened as well.

Yuheng lowered his long, fine eyelashes and watched her earlobes slowly turn red in the darkness. He found it somewhat cute. Although she appeared domineering and strong to the outside world, her body would instinctively tense up when she was close to her partner, showing a state of resistance. She was clearly very nervous.

"Put your legs up a little," Yuheng coaxed, looking down at her.

Ling Chengen was speechless for a moment. He didn't want to answer him or fulfill his request.

If he moved her up a little, her knees would definitely hit places she shouldn't, further stimulating his desire.

Yu Heng deliberately breathed softly in her ear, his lips pursing her soft earlobe, his fingertips slowly moving up her wrist, finally stopping at her upper abdomen, and said indistinctly, "Can't you even grant me a small wish?"

"My wife--"

Ling Chengen was so disgusted by the sweet talk that he got goosebumps and immediately tried to get out of his arms, but was held firmly by his hand.

Whether it was the heat or the anger at his shamelessness, her cheeks were burning red, and she gritted her teeth, saying, "Don't go too far."

"Let's be reasonable, my lady. Who's more unreasonable between us?"

He deliberately spoke into her left ear, his warm breath falling on the sensitive, delicate skin behind her ear.

"You've done even more lewd things with that crane clansman, so why are you being treated differently with me?"

"Oh, by the way, I heard from the people in the tribe that he's your ideal man, right?"

Yu Heng's voice changed, deliberately carrying a hint of grievance, and he didn't forget to be sarcastic, saying, "Although our partnership is driven by self-interest, unlike your true love with him, am I not worthy of your favor?"

"Can't you be gentler with me?"

Ling Chengen just wanted to scream like a groundhog and kick this cunning and shrewish old man out.

But whether she admits it or denies it now, it won't work.

This man appears upright and honest, but in reality, he is cunning and treacherous.

Yuheng is far more aggressive than his appearance suggests. He is not a hunter who waits for his prey to fall into his trap, but an absolute attacker.

If the mountain doesn't come, I'll go to the mountain.

So Ling Chengen pretended not to hear and took matters into his own hands.

He held onto the back of one of her legs and slowly moved her upwards, the implication clear.

Ling Chengen had already clenched her fist and swung her left elbow back sharply. Yu Heng reacted quickly, catching her elbow with one hand and sneering, "You can't help but retaliate now? Have you forgotten that you are no match for me?"

Ling Chengen opened his eyes wide and glared at him: "Are you ever going to stop? Are you going to sleep or not?"

Yuheng propped himself up, pressing her waist and abdomen against his body. His eyes were clear, but his face was flushed and the corners of his eyes were slightly red.

"I'm no worse than him, are you really not interested in me?"

His clothes had been opened at some point, revealing his smooth, flat chest.

Yuheng is a typical beastman from the Southern Plains. He appears tall and slender, but when he takes off his clothes, he has well-proportioned and beautiful muscles. He has sparse and light body hair, and his skin is fair and translucent, with some areas that are pinkish, just as beautiful as his lip color...

Having been an adult for quite some time, he possesses the strength of a young orc and the charm of a mature man. With his face and physique, if he deliberately seduces, even females with normal sexual orientations would probably find it hard to resist.

Ling Chengen was the same.

She didn't dare stare for too long, knowing his purpose, so her gaze only swept over his arms and chest before shifting away. Her eyes had nowhere to settle, and finally stopped beside his ear.

"Looks like it's not that she has no desire for me." Yu Heng suddenly smiled, brushing the long hair that had slipped off her shoulder behind her back, and said with a hint of wicked teasing, "So it turns out our Enen is just too calm and restrained."

Ling Chengen took a deep breath and tried to remain calm, asking, "Did you have fun?"

"I'm really sleepy."

Yuheng gently supported her chin with one hand, drawing her gaze to his face. He locked his eyes in hers, a slightly troubled expression on his face: "What should we do?"

"I just want to tease you a little tonight."

"You just yelled at me and threatened me, so it's not too much to ask for some compensation, is it?"

Just as Ling Chengen was about to pull him off the bed, he suddenly lowered his head and sealed her lips with his, easily breaking through her defenses and their lips met.

He grabbed Ling Chengen's raised hand and pressed it back onto the bed.

The slender vines wrapped around the corners of the blanket, pulling it up and covering their heads.

The space became cramped, and the temperature gradually rose.

Ling Chengen did not resist his kiss.

Although he is aggressive, his movements are actually very gentle and delicate, and he doesn't touch things randomly.

He wouldn't deliberately cross the line regarding her sensitive female characteristics, such as areas she's particularly averse to being touched.

A kiss is just a kiss, but it also feels like more than that.

He seemed to be in control, but his kissing skills were actually quite immature. He would only lightly touch the lips, occasionally cautiously slipping past the teeth, but quickly withdrawing.

Ling Chengen was both amused and exasperated by his repeated probing actions. She wasn't a saint, and her mind was actually quite confused as he kept pushing her. But she knew she couldn't go along with him too much, or he would definitely take advantage of her.

Yuheng couldn't quite grasp the situation, but he was strangely satisfied with this intimacy.

But the further we went, the more something seemed wrong.

He became passive as the tigress in front of him gradually revealed her fangs, displaying a highly aggressive side. His lower back was being pressed down, and his breathing became completely disordered. He tried to catch his breath but lost the opportunity.

In the blink of an eye, their positions were completely reversed.

He became the one below, the innocent kiss became wet and sticky, and the faint blush on his face gradually spread, slowly turning red to his neck and chest.

But he stubbornly gripped her fingers with one hand, their fingers intertwined, their beautiful, jade-like knuckles held tightly, the veins and bones on the back of his hand clearly visible.

He slowly closed his eyes, his mind a jumble of thoughts.

I can't think of anything.

It seems different from the previous close contact.

He felt the true bond between partners, the intense longing for each other.

Noticing Yuheng's rapid breathing, Ling Chengen moved his lips away and looked down at his ravaged, bright red lips.

Like a gentle and reserved flower, it has been battered by a night of storms and rain, and is now stained with too much water.

Instead of withering, it became magnificent and beautiful.

Her pale eyes and brows revealed a hint of wild spring, she still had that languid look, but she resembled a believer of God, with a touch of piety as if she were about to be slaughtered.

As beautiful as a painting.

Ling Chengen lowered his eyes and quietly looked at his face, his fingertips gently brushing past his ear and across his smooth cheek, while his thumb pressed heavily on his lower lip.

Yu Heng slowly opened his eyes, his amber eyes reflecting her image.

Those eyes possessed a gentleness that flowed from his very bones, completely contradicting his sharp personality.

Ling Chengen lowered her head and kissed his lips again.

She thought to herself that she was also an unbearably vulgar person.

But this is a vulgar world in itself.

Human beings are inherently driven by pure greed.

Always so wildly and violently, it's accompanied by the most exquisite beauty.

They want to destroy everything beautiful, to drag everything down and perish together.

Ling Chengen imprisoned the beast within his heart, confining it in a cage and confronting it day and night.

The moment you relax, the wild beast breaks free of its cage.

Desire flickered in her eyes.

He was a complex and contradictory being.

Like a believer kneeling before a Buddhist temple, once she steps out of the temple, she throws all repentance and precepts to the back of her mind, still fanatically pursuing the feeling of having great power, and still madly infatuated with the taste of having beautiful women in her arms.

Yuheng's lips were stained with blood.

She slowly sucked all his blood away, biting repeatedly on his jaw and earlobes, leaving deep teeth marks on his fair and delicate skin.

When her teeth landed on his throat, Yuheng's eyes widened suddenly, and his body tensed up. He instinctively wanted to resist, but he also craved this rare and intense entanglement, and restrained the urge to push her away.

When she grabbed his Adam's apple, he felt a fear of death.

He was acutely aware of the strength of the tigress before him. Her seemingly slender jaw and small, neat teeth actually possessed immense destructive power, capable of easily crushing his throat.

His body trembled uncontrollably, his breathing became increasingly rapid and labored, and his eyelashes fluttered faster and faster.

But soon, the feeling of teeth biting the throat disappeared, replaced by gentle licking.

He came to his senses and found himself covered in a fine layer of sweat.

"Are you scared?"

Ling Chengen raised his head and tilted it to ask.

A wicked smile still lingered on her face, his blood stained her lips.

Like a demon, he rubbed the deep teeth marks on his Adam's apple, turning the delicate skin on his neck red.

I wrote 6,500 words; I did my best.

I'm completely out of writing; I feel like I've run out of energy and am about to die.

The extra few thousand words are a make-up for the update on the 24th.