Animal-eared Girl Era: Start by Forming a Contract with an SSS-Class School Belle

Cheng Bingxi complained to Xiao Ye.

As the one who had accompanied Xiao Ye the longest, not to mention his childhood friend and first Beast Girl, she usually understood Xiao Ye and never let her personal feelings get in the way or blamed him for anything.

But she was human, and she could've had all of Xiao Ye's affection, but all this time, she seemed to be the one who got the least attention.

*She had always kept these resentments bottled up, and today, finally alone with Xiao Ye, it all burst out.*

Looking at Cheng Bingxi's sad, hurt gaze and that utterly pitiful expression, Xiao Ye's heart softened. He couldn't bear to ignore her. He lifted his hand and pinched her smooth, soft cheek, then said,

"Relax, your Nine-tailed Celestial Fox template can be upgraded. As my Beast Girl, I'll upgrade all your templates for you."

"The Nine-tailed Celestial Fox and the Spirit Illusion Cat, both templates will get upgrades."

"But it takes one step at a time, and a meal is eaten bite by bite. The requirements for template upgrades are strict, and the resources needed are rare—super hard to get."

With his promise, Cheng Bingxi relaxed. She slapped away Xiao Ye's big, rough hand that had been messing with her long legs and said happily,

"Hehe! As long as it can be upgraded, I'm happy. I'm going to train now!"

Xiao Ye stared in surprise at his discarded hand, then hurriedly pulled Cheng Bingxi, who was about to head down to the basement, back beside him, flashing an evil grin,

"You've been training all day. Take a break already, it's all about balancing work and rest."

He once again put his rough hand on her soft skin and went on,

"I've ignored your feelings before, so today I'll make it up to you."

Cheng Bingxi's beautiful eyes shone and she teased, "How will you make it up to me? With tasty food, right?"

Xiao Ye knew she was a foodie.

But he shook his head, then nodded and said with a smile, "I'll make it up to you another way."

Another way?

Cheng Bingxi had this adorably dumb look on her face. *What kind of compensation is that?*

Next thing she knew, Xiao Ye had picked her up and carried her into the bedroom....

Some time later, the two of them returned to the living room couch.

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Cheng Bingxi, her cheeks glowing, rolled her eyes at him. So that was the type of compensation he meant.

*What a total bastard.*

Xiao Ye grinned and asked, "Just tell me if you're ever feeling down and I'll make it up to you."

Cheng Bingxi: "..."

"Feeling any better?" Xiao Ye smirked, "If not, I can always do another round to cheer you up."

"If once isn't enough, twice will guarantee a good mood for you!"

Cheng Bingxi rolled her eyes at him, "You already said you'll upgrade the Nine-tailed Celestial Fox template, of course I'm happy now."

And then, a mature, sexy figure walked in from outside. Her eyes widened as she looked between the two, finally fixing her gaze on Xiao Ye and saying,

"If the White Fox gets a template upgrade, what about the Spirit Illusion Cat?"

Liu Ya had seen firsthand how terrifying the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon template upgrade had been. It was insane.

Just training speed alone, it crushed all the SSS-level templates, and the process even triggered the forces of heaven and earth. Plus, the Power of Realm was top-tier....

*Bottom line, she wanted a template upgrade too!*

Hugging Cheng Bingxi's soft body, Xiao Ye looked troubled and said, "Sister TA, template upgrades will reset your Realm. You're already at the Great Venerable Realm, and after upgrading the template, your Realm will go back to Mortal Realm Tier One."

Liu Ya scoffed, "Who cares, I'll just retrain. It's easier to walk the same road a second time."

Xiao Ye said, "But the crystal cores in my pocket aren't enough for three Summoned Beasts to train with."

Liu Ya slapped her full chest, "If there aren't enough crystal cores, just go out and earn more—leave it to me."

Xiao Ye was shocked, "The resources needed for mythic-level templates are insane, nearly four or five times what an SSS-level Summoned Beast needs. You're really that confident you can earn it all?"

Having been a professor and TA for so long, Liu Ya had tons of ways to earn crystal cores. So she smacked her full chest again and said,

"Of course! There are plenty of ways to get crystal cores. Worst case, I can just borrow some. What do you think I have all those disciples and students for?"

Xiao Ye shook his head, "I don't believe you're really that confident!"

Liu Ya's pretty eyes flickered, "Are you trying to avoid upgrading the Spirit Illusion Cat? Is that why you're looking for excuses?"

Cheng Bingxi giggled, feeling like this conversation was quite familiar. Xiao Ye was such a jerk, teasing Sister Liu Ya like that.

Xiao Ye curled a finger, signaling Liu Ya to come closer.

Liu Ya did as he wished and grumbled, "I'm plenty confident, all right."

Xiao Ye shook his head, "I won't know how confident you are until I see it for myself."

Liu Ya's delicate little face was all confusion. *How the heck do you prove confidence? Does he want to see her earn crystal cores or something?*

But Xiao Ye's next move cleared up all her questions.

Xiao Ye raised his hand and patted her, right above her heart. It was firm, really big. Only then did he nod in agreement, "Mhm, you really are confident. You convinced me."

Liu Ya's face flushed red as she rolled her eyes, so that's how he tested her.

"Since you're so confident, I'll find a way to get the Spirit Illusion Cat template upgraded," Xiao Ye said with a grin.

Cheng Bingxi couldn't hold back her laughter, bursting out giggling as she teased,

"Sister Liu Ya, relax. Xiao Ye already promised—all three Beast Girl templates are getting upgrades. He was just messing with you."

At that, Liu Ya rolled her eyes at him, her pretty eyes glaring, "Had enough touching yet?"

Xiao Ye, "Not yet!"

After that, Cheng Bingxi transformed into the Three-tailed White Fox to train, while Liu Ya dragged Xiao Ye into the bedroom.

For a nap together.

Unlike that fragrant and comfy nap Xiao Ye was enjoying....

Elsewhere,

After experiencing another thirty seconds of "Mount Tai" crushing, Hong Tao shoved the fat woman off and dragged his exhausted self into the living room.

After thinking it over, if he wanted to take out Xiao Ye without blowback, he decided to first sabotage the relationship between Kunpeng Academy's vice dean Yun Bing and Xiao Ye. That way the Supreme Kunpeng, Yun Bing, would give up on Xiao Ye, and then he'd get a chance to lure Xiao Ye out of Shanghai Base City for a Demon Beast assassination.

When Xiao Ye got "offed," the Hong family wouldn't be affected.

Since Supreme Kunpeng Yun Bing had given up on Xiao Ye, she probably wouldn't bother investigating and wouldn't trace anything back to the Hong family.

*But how to get Supreme Kunpeng Yun Bing to give up on Xiao Ye?*

After much thought, he decided to target Supreme Kunpeng Yun Bing's preferences.

Yun Bing was a high-level Supreme. From awakening until now, she'd always cultivated in human form. Any man she contracted with would straight-up explode and die on the spot.

She had a fiery temper, a hot-headed streak, and was quick to throw hands at anyone.

The rumor was she hated men—couldn't stand simpering, bootlicking guys.

Simp? Was Xiao Ye a simp?

Hong Tao shook his head. Even his lackey Yang Junming said Xiao Ye was the reincarnation of the Grandmaster of True Love No. 1—no way he was a simp.

Rubbing his chin, Hong Tao's brow tensed into a deep furrow.

Grandmaster? True love?

The reincarnation of the great womanizer Grandmaster?

Suddenly, Hong Tao's eyes sparkled.

Isn't that just a scumbag?!

*What bullshit Grandmaster, and "the greatest lover"? Dude's just a pure dirtbag.*

Supreme Yun Bing didn't have a Contractor, but she was still a woman, and as a woman, she had to hate scumbags and look down on them.

*He had his method.*

*Let Supreme Yun Bing see Xiao Ye's true dirtbag side, make her hate him....*

"Gahahaha!" Hong Tao snickered, his voice cold and sinister, "Xiao Ye, oh Xiao Ye, Liu Ya's 'catch him in the act' plan failed so I ate a mouthful of dog food, but now with this move, how will you fight back?"