The Villainess Cannot Escape — Five Beast Husbands Chase Her Madly-Chapter 42: Trying to Mess With Me Again?

’Trying to mess with me again?!’

Su An’an’s eyes narrowed.

Big Mouth Whiskers lashed out viciously at the skull shadow. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

It trembled, shrinking into a tiny speck, and didn’t dare move again.

Su An’an let out a long breath.

’This hidden danger is like Master Extinction’s Heavenly Sword.’

’Even though I was only bewitched by Fei Zhao...’

’...and my heart fluttered for just a tenth of a second...’

’...it was ready to make me erupt into a destructive rampage.’

"My Lord, is something wrong?"

Fei Zhao’s handsome face filled the Light Screen.

His red eyes flickered with worry.

"I’m fine! Go prepare the soothing list. If something comes up, just leave a message."

Su An’an quickly ended the video call.

The Light Screen went blue.

Fei Zhao’s bewitching gentleness vanished, replaced by a cold severity as sharp as a knife.

He raised a hand, removed his emerald-green eyebrow and lip studs, and added a note to his private account:

Jiu Su likes the devoted, gentle type.

"I’ll have to change my style next time."

Fei Zhao tugged at his low-cut robe.

A dark gleam flashed through his red eyes, like a predator locking onto its Prey.

"Your Highness, you fly into a rampage the moment you feel affection," Little Pink said, its face etched with worry. "How will you ever be able to have a relationship with your Beast Husbands in the future?"

Angsty, tragic romances weren’t in style in the Imperial City anymore.

"It’s fine. I just need to keep it physical, not emotional."

Su An’an took a sip of her iced juice, thinking this arrangement was actually for the best.

Her Five Great Beast Husbands were all devastatingly handsome, with bodies so good they could make anyone’s legs buckle.

Back on Ancient Earth, they’d have been universally irresistible, an unstoppable force of attraction!

Too bad Su An’an was a firm believer in the saying, "The wise don’t fall in love!"

’Time to focus on my career!’

Su An’an opened the Star Network. As she browsed, she asked Little Pink, "How are the sales for the Blood Frenzy Pills from the fan event?"

"All two thousand Blood Frenzy Pills have been sold. Forty million Gold Coins have been deposited into your account."

"We currently have eighty-eight Blood Frenzy Pills left in the pharmacy."

"Let’s hold on to them for now, in case of an emergency."

Su An’an was still spooked by the incident during her last livestream.

It was always better to be safe than sorry and keep a few in reserve.

「Empire Research Institute – Student Dormitory」

"AHHHH! A Blood Frenzy Pill personally crafted by Lord Jiu Su!"

A white-haired girl named Alice hugged her Light Brain, rolling around on her bed.

The two big, sparkling gold words on the virtual screen—"Purchase Successful!"—were like a stimulant, making her laugh hysterically.

When she finished laughing, she took a screenshot and posted it to her Star Network feed with the caption, "The god of luck is with me."

She was instantly flooded with over 999 private messages begging her to sell it.

「A B-Level Habitable Planet」

An anonymous post popped up in the black market’s trading section: "Jiu Su’s Blood Frenzy Pill, 50,000 Gold Coins. In-person exchange only..."

The poster had just finished typing in the location coordinates when masked figures in black burst through the door and snatched the Elixir Pill.

Similar frantic attempts to buy or outright steal the Blood Frenzy Pills were happening in various physical Star Zones.

Meanwhile, online, Fei Zhao was in a holographic conference with the leaders of the Business Alliance.

The leader of the Tiger Clan, who controlled countless energy-rich Mine Stars, slammed his hand on the table. "Tell Jiu Su that if she gives my grandson a spot on her soothing list, I’ll send her a case of A-Level Energy Baryte."

"Old Tiger, your grandson has been mad for years. You think one case of A-Level Energy Baryte is enough to buy a spot? How cheap!"

The leader of the Eagle Clan, who controlled ten interstellar shipping lanes, held up two fingers.

"I’ll trade two warships for one spot."

"I’ll trade a commercial street on a B-Level habitable planet for a spot."

"I’ll trade a medical facility on an A-Level habitable planet for a spot."

...

The ten tycoons all made their bids, each one higher than the last.

Fei Zhao lowered his gaze, sneering inwardly.

’The cases these tycoons are proposing are even more difficult to handle than my own, and my 3S Gene has already degraded.’

’They’re clearly using money to test the limits of Jiu Su’s soothing abilities.’

’To see if she’s a prize worth hunting with all their might.’

The Tiger Clan leader’s voice was grim. "Fei Zhao, if you can’t make the decision on Jiu Su’s behalf, then just let us talk to her directly."

A sharp glint flashed in Fei Zhao’s red eyes, but the charming smile on his lips never wavered.

"Lord Jiu Su has decided that for the next livestream, she will perform Soothing on injured and infertile females."

The moment he finished speaking, the entire circular conference table lit up with blue warning lights.

"That’s a foolish decision."

"It’s a losing proposition."

"Females depend on male beasts for their livelihood. Saving them is getting one’s priorities backward."

The Eagle Clan leader slammed the table in anger.

"Fei Zhao, if you can’t make Jiu Su change her mind, then we’ll find another beastman to take your seat as chairman."

"I respect all of Lord Jiu Su’s decisions."

The smile on Fei Zhao’s lips remained perfectly still.

The meeting broke up on bad terms, and the board of directors began proceedings to impeach him for his inaction.

Fei Zhao ignored the messages, tore off his tie, and poured himself a Bloody Mary.

The drink had barely touched his lips when his Light Brain flashed with an urgent communication request.

The Fox Clan’s High Priest raised his Scepter, slamming it against the Holographic Screen.

"Has Jiu Su addled your brain? How dare you defy the entire Business Alliance for her!"

"Don’t forget, your Female Master is Princess Su An’an."

"In three hundred and eighty-four days, I will dissolve my marriage contract with Su An’an."

Fei Zhao set down his glass, his red lips curling into a sharp smile.

"I have chosen Jiu Su as my new Female Master, and I will support her to the very end—just like the Black Fox Clan Leader did all those years ago."

The Fox Clan’s High Priest froze.

He remembered that handsome and unruly leader of the Black Fox Clan from twenty years ago.

He had abandoned the Female Master arranged for him by the clan, choosing instead to follow the Downfallen Princess, Jelena.

And yet, ten years after Jelena ascended the throne, he died on the battlefield of the Black Canyon.

"If he had stayed with the Female Master we arranged for him, he would still be alive today. Do you want to end up like him, your body left in pieces on some battlefield?"

"I would rather burn bright and die like a firework than spend my life groveling before Su An’an."

The phantom pain of his severed tail flared once more.

Fei Zhao’s grip tightened on his glass, a bone-deep hatred flashing in his red eyes.

The Fox Clan’s High Priest was silent for a moment before saying in a cold voice,

"Since this is the path you’ve chosen, you’ll have to see it through to the end, even if you have to crawl."

The Light Screen went dark.

Fei Zhao downed the rest of his Bloody Mary in one gulp.

A golden announcement appeared in the Beastman Soothing section:

"Jiu Su: Call for Female Soothing List Applicants."

1. Those suffering from spiritual power exhaustion.

2. Those suffering from childbirth-related injuries.

3. Those with fertility difficulties.

The moment the news dropped, the Star Network erupted.

[Has Jiu Su gotten ahead of herself? Instead of soothing Beastmen like she’s supposed to, she’s going after females?]

[The success rate for soothing females is less than 1%! This is murder! We have to boycott her.]

[Females are precious. Even the useless ones get to live well, unlike us Medicated Poison Beastmen who will die without Soothing.]

[Who says females are precious? On some remote planets, they’re still sending infertile females to concentration camps.]

[Anonymous user from a remote planet: The females sent to the camps on my planet last year were just hair by the next day.]

[A female’s only purpose is for soothing and childbirth. Sending them to the camps is the only way to maximize their value.]

[What kind of female can’t even pop out cubs? Locking them in a camp is getting off easy.]

[Lu Ji: You’re the one who’s getting off easy, you dumbass! A moron like you, with a head full of that rotten ideology, ought to be thrown into a cosmic garbage dump!]

[Tu Xiaosan: Did some of you male beasts get your heads slammed in a door as a child? I recommend a dose of sulfuric acid for that kind of brain rot.]

[White Fairy: The moment you objectify females, you degrade yourselves into nothing more than base animals.]

[Male Beast from Remote Planet: You bitches are just asking for it. Believe it or not, I’ll...]

[System Moderator: User comment violates community guidelines. Muted for ten minutes.]

Jiu Su’s call for Soothing applicants was like a stone dropped into a calm lake, sending out a thousand ripples.

The furious flame war that erupted online between females and male beasts also caught Su An’an’s attention.

"Do these male beasts have rocks for brains? Saying a female’s only purpose is childbirth and soothing?"

Su An’an felt like she’d been thrown back in time to Ancient Earth. She immediately switched to an alt account and jumped into the fray.

[Two thousand years ago, back on Ancient Earth, there was a barbaric civilization that called women ’birthing machines’—they went extinct.]

"Your Highness, calm down," Little Pink advised.

"You can’t really blame the male beasts for getting defensive. A lot of Female Masters are short-tempered and cruel, and they take pleasure in abusing their Beast Husbands."

"And you, Your Highness, are a prime example!"