In the evening, snow began to fall thick and fast.
A bowl of steaming hot lamb soup warmed one from the inside out.
Everyone in the kitchen wore a satisfied expression.
Especially Yi Yuexi.
But after every two bites of lamb, he would glance around, observe everyone’s rough eating manners, and then elegantly wipe his mouth.
However, no matter how often he wiped, no one paid him any attention.
Mu Ling had already eaten so much that his tail and wolf ears were visible, swishing behind him. His cold, handsome face was beaded with a few drops of hot sweat.
Lu Liufeng was slightly more restrained, his gentle and handsome face tinged with a blush, occasionally turning to serve the Madam more food, very considerate.
Jiang Xi hadn’t enjoyed eating lamb so heartily in a long time.
Moreover, perhaps because of this world’s pure, natural environment, the lamb was more fragrant, tender, and smooth than any she had ever tasted, without a hint of gaminess.
She had even prepared a small bowl of dipping sauce.
But her three beast husbands ate so quickly they didn’t have time to dip, simply ladling it directly into their bowls and eating it like soup, devouring it noisily.
Seeing the Madam’s bowl was empty, Lu Liufeng moved to ladle more for her.
Jiang Xi quickly waved her hand.
“No more, I’m full. You all take your time.”
Mu Ling looked over and couldn’t help saying, “Madam, eat a little more. It’s so delicious. After today, we might not get to eat it again.”
Jiang Xi pointed to the remaining half side of lamb in the corner.
“Isn’t there still half left?”
Mu Ling’s wolf eyes brightened, and he felt blissful once again.
Yi Yuexi raised his fox-like eyes, his voice slightly lifted.
“Once it’s finished, I’ll go find more.”
“There’s more than just this one there.”
Although this meal was enjoyable, it was obtained by Yi Yuexi at the risk of his life.
Before Lu Liufeng and Mu Ling could speak, Jiang Xi quickly said,
“Eating lamb every day would be too腻 (greasy/cloying). We can look for other prey. I know how to cook many different dishes. It’s more interesting to alternate.”
She didn’t directly criticize Yi Yuexi, after all, he was also trying to provide food for the family. She couldn’t dampen his enthusiasm too much.
Hearing this, Yi Yuexi indeed became interested.
“Right!”
Before tasting tonight’s lamb, he thought the braised pork face from last night was the most delicious food in the world.
After the Madam’s words, he felt full of anticipation for future meals.
But then, he became alert again.
Propping his chin with one hand, his beautiful fox eyes glanced sideways at the Madam as he declared,
“Once I find the Golden Soul Fruit, I will definitely dissolve the marriage contract. No matter how you try to win me over with food, I won’t change my mind.”
Jiang Xi looked at him speechlessly.
She admitted that Yi Yuexi was extremely beautiful, his every movement filled with nobility and allure.
He lived up to the rumors of females fighting over him.
However, compared to this type of beastman who attracted attention like bees to honey, she preferred those who sought a stable life.
Jiang Xi spoke faintly,
“I hope you find the Golden Soul Fruit soon.”
Just then, Lu Liufeng glanced at Mu Ling and Yi Yuexi and suddenly spoke.
“I don’t plan to look for the Golden Soul Fruit anymore.”
The atmosphere, which had just turned cold, instantly warmed up again.
Everyone in the kitchen looked at him in unison.
Jiang Xi was especially stunned, her dark grape-like eyes filled with confusion.
Yi Yuexi was full of surprise, “Why?”
Mu Ling’s eyes flickered somewhat. Holding his bowl, he gulped down a few mouthfuls of lamb soup, not daring to ask Lu Liufeng nor look at the Madam.
But his wolf ears had already pricked up subtly.
Lu Liufeng turned his head, his amber eyes gazing tenderly at the Madam.
“I really like life like this now. I want to spend my whole life with the Madam.”
Seeing the Madam was dazed and slow to react, he smiled slightly and added,
“Moreover, I was originally a beastman sent for political marriage. Where could I go if I left the Madam? The Eagle Strait wouldn’t accept a tribesman abandoned by his Madam.”
Yi Yuexi’s expression became complicated.
He knew about Lu Liufeng. As the eldest son of the Eagle Strait chieftain, Lu Liufeng was the respected young chief of his tribe.
If he had stayed at the Eagle Strait and married a female from there, he would undoubtedly have become the future chief and leader of the Eagle Strait.
The Eagle Strait was different from other major tribes. Although other beast clans lived under the strait, the strait itself was purely an Eagle tribe territory, completely controlled by the Eagle clan.
Thus, the chieftain was also the tribal leader.
The Strait’s “Thread of Sky” controlled the trade route with the sea tribes, making it the most prosperous and wealthy tribe along the coast.
Many females were willing to live in the Eagle Strait, and some even Blessed Maidens had settled there.
Thinking of Blessed Maidens, Yi Yuexi’s gaze fell on the Madam, and his feelings grew even more complex.
He remembered Mu Ling telling him two days ago that the Madam’s external spiritual power had recovered.
Could that be the reason Lu Liufeng chose to stay?
But Yi Yuexi would absolutely not stay for a Blessed Maiden.
After all, even Blessed Maidens had extended offers to him before.
The fox tribe possessed peerless beauty bestowed by the Beast God. Fox tribespeople loved beauty, and Yi Yuexi was no exception.
His mother was the most beautiful female in the tribe, and his father was the most beautiful beastman of the fox tribe.
His former dream was to marry the most beautiful female in the world and have the most beautiful children.
For this, he traveled thousands of miles from his tribe to the Holy City, a gigantic city rumored to have the world’s most beautiful females.
He went solely to find the most beautiful female in the world, then marry her and bear beast children.
But everything was ruined by Jiang Xi.
She saw him once at a banquet, made a huge fuss, and insisted on marrying him.
Her mother was a Holy Maiden of the Holy City, the supreme existence there.
The Holy Maiden waved her hand, and he was bound and brought before Jiang Xi, forced into a marriage contract.
To be honest, when the Holy Maiden died, a new Holy Maiden ascended, Jiang Xi lost her external spiritual power, and was exiled, Yi Yuexi felt vindicated.
Even though he was forced into exile in the Cursed Land along with her, it felt like a sweet release.
Moreover, he wasn’t without a way to dissolve the marriage contract.
The fox tribe’s ancestral lands secretly guarded a Golden Soul Fruit tree.
But when he went to the Holy City, he never imagined he would be forced into a marriage contract, so he didn’t bring the Golden Soul Fruit with him.
As soon as he was forced into the contract, he sent someone back to the tribe to fetch the Golden Soul Fruit.
But before the person returned, he was exiled to the Cursed Land.
Before the exile, the new Holy Maiden offered to dissolve his marriage contract, but on the condition that he marry her.
The new Holy Maiden wasn’t the most beautiful female in the world, so he refused her.
Because he knew his tribespeople would definitely come to the Cursed Land to find him.
It’s just that now, with the heavy snow blocking the mountains and the paths through the Giant Tree Forest impassable, even if they were coming, it would have to wait until spring.
Yi Yuexi admired Lu Liufeng and felt he shouldn’t stay in the Cursed Land to be tormented by the Madam for life.
So when he sent people back, he asked for two Golden Soul Fruits: one for himself and one for Lu Liufeng.
But since Lu Liufeng was unwilling, Yi Yuexi wouldn’t force him.
He glanced with his fox eyes and said lazily, “Suit yourself.”
Then he looked at Mu Ling.
“What about you?….
