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

Mu Qingxue shook her head, "I don't have someone I like."

Mu Cheng and Song Xi'Er looked like they didn't believe her at all.

"Ahem! Xue'Er, if you want to refuse the Ye Family engagement, you have to bring your lover here, and he has to show up in two days, or else the engagement with that Ye Family kid can't be canceled,"

In order to see her lover, Mu Cheng even resorted to threats.

Song Xi'Er chimed in, "That's right, Xue'Er, you've been keeping it from us so well, you didn't even tell us."

*Mu Qingxue felt stifled, she really didn't have anyone she liked.*

*Her face going red and heart pounding just now? That was all because Xiao Ye pissed her off, okay!*

*But somehow they misunderstood!*

Mu Qingxue let out a sigh, "So I've got to actually find someone and bring him here to get out of this engagement?"

Mu Cheng nodded, "Yep, I'm not joking."

Mu Qingxue bit hard on her lower lip, hesitated for a while, and said, "Fine, I'll bring him here, but when the time comes you can't back out, you *have* to call off the engagement."

Mu Cheng and Song Xi'Er smiled, "We keep our word, no take-backs!"

"Xue'Er, do we know this person, who is he, which elite family is he from, what's his realm right now, what grade of Beastmaster talent does he have?"

The barrage of questions left Mu Qingxue totally bewildered.

*She'd only seen Xiao Ye twice, she didn't know anything about his background.*

*She just wanted to drag Xiao Ye in as a shield!*

"Aiya! Why ask so much? I'll just bring him over when the time comes, you'll see for yourselves."

Mu Qingxue stomped her foot and ran out.

Song Xi'Er's face lit up with a warm, motherly smile. "Xue'Er's being shy. Now *my* curiosity's been completely piqued—which outstanding young man has managed to win over our daughter?"

Mu Cheng, the ultimate daughter-lover, looked pretty down, like his most treasured prize had just been snatched away.

Song Xi'Er's eyes widened, "What, you're upset?"

Mu Cheng's expression turned awkward, and he forced a laugh, "Who, me? No way, it's just—learning that Xue'Er's already got a boyfriend, it's a bit much to take in all at once."

Song Xi'Er snorted, "Xue'Er's our only child. Unless something totally unexpected happens, she's set to be the next City Lord of Shanghai Base City. Her man can only marry *in* to the family, there's no way she's marrying *out*."

"The Ye Family boy is never going to marry into the Demon Capital City Lord's Mansion, so the engagement with the Ye Family is off, got it?"

Mu Cheng frowned, "Even if we cancel it, we need to have a real reason. These kinds of engagements between elite families—even a verbal promise isn't just a joke, we can't be careless."

"If Xue'Er doesn't bring someone or her guy ends up being too weak, the engagement can't be canceled!"

Song Xi'Er said, "You really want Xue'Er to marry into the Ye Family? Then our family line ends here!"

Mu Cheng said, "Even if she marries out, it's no big deal. The Mu Family isn't just going to die out—her kids can take the Mu surname. Or, you and I, while we've still got some years left, could just make another one ourselves!"

On the other side.

Mu Qingxue went back to her own quarters, made use of her privileges as the Deputy City Lord, and got Xiao Ye's comm number within ten minutes.

She wanted to discuss it with Xiao Ye and ask him to be her shield.

She pulled out her communicator. When she lit up the screen, there were unread messages in her inbox. When she clicked them open, there were over a dozen—all from Jie Gangtai, just now.

"Xue'Er, I've got a Conception Crystal Stone, I'll bring it over to you tomorrow."

"Selfie.jpg, how about it, am I handsome or not?"

"Oh right, you seem a bit weak lately. I happen to have a bottle of blood tonic, I'll bring that to you too tomorrow."

"Xue'Er, why aren't you replying to me?"

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"I get it, you must be asleep, right?"

"..."

Mu Qingxue skimmed through all these messages at a glance, *feeling absolutely nothing inside*. She deleted them all, just like that.

Then, she carefully typed in Xiao Ye's number.

Looking at the call button, *her heart actually started to flutter with nerves.*

*How should she put this?*

*Beg him?*

*Or just treat it as a business deal? Have him come be her shield and pay him for his trouble?*

*After agonizing about it for a while, Mu Qingxue settled on what she wanted to say and pressed the call button.*

Brrrrr!

The dial tone rang for a few seconds and then the call was declined.

"!" Mu Qingxue's eyes went wide and shock flashed across her pretty face. *Did he just...*

A few seconds later, she called again.

After another round of ringing, it was declined once more.

Mu Qingxue's beautiful eyes narrowed, and she gritted her teeth, "That asshole, he actually dared to ignore my call!"

She didn't buy it. Stubbornly, she dialed again.

If she tried enough times, that jerk would definitely pick up!

Brrrrr!

sroy, your call has been blacklisted by the recipient, please do not dial again!

Mu Qingxue's pretty face went dark. *Right now, she honestly wanted to rip Xiao Ye to shreds, skin him alive and break every bone.*

Right then, her message inbox lit up, showing a new unread message.

*Could it be Xiao Ye can't answer right now, so he switched to messaging?*

Mu Qingxue's mood perked up a bit, and she tapped the inbox.

Jie Gangtai: "Xue'Er, you checked my messages? That's great, I'll bring those things to you tomorrow."

Bang!

Mu Qingxue clenched her right hand and crushed her communicator to pieces with her bare hand.

This thing couldn't even make a call, what's the point of keeping it.

"That bastard, does he think I *actually* wanna find him? Hmph."

Ten minutes later, she decided to head to Kunpeng Academy in person tomorrow, to talk with him face to face about playing her shield.

First she's got to fool her parents, then fool the Ye Family brat.

On the other side.

Villa 10, Section 3, Lakeside Villas.

First-floor living room.

Xiao Ye put down his communicator with a speechless sigh and grumbled,

"Probably another private club girl's sales call. They sure work hard getting customers—it's already five in the afternoon and they're still hustling for new business."

He knew every single one of his contacts and remembered every number. If it was a strange number, he never picked up.

"A club girl?" Cheng Bingxi gave him a weird look, "Xiao Ye, do you go to those places behind our backs or something? Is that why club girls have your number?"

Next to them, Nangong Siyao and Liu Ya noticed and gave him scrutinizing looks.

Xiao Ye's mouth twitched, "No, definitely not."

"I've absolutely *not* been engaging in poverty relief!"

Poverty relief?

Nangong Siyao and Cheng Bingxi both looked totally lost. *What does that even mean?*

Liu Ya's beautiful eyes flashed with some mysterious meaning. She said, "I believe you!"

Xiao Ye changed the subject, "I still owe Sister Yunxi five liters of golden blood. You guys find me a big bottle, I need to let some blood."

Liu Ya pulled out a brand-new, unopened five-liter urinal, tore open the plastic, and handed it to him, a little confused. "Blood? What's the dean want with that stuff?"

Xiao Ye slit his wrist, and golden blood gushed out, spraying up to the ceiling like a shower of flower petals. The golden light lit up the whole living room, shining brilliantly everywhere.

He quickly used [Water Element Control] to gather all the golden blood into a single ball, floating in mid-air.

Blood kept spraying from his wrist like a water gun, nonstop.

But Xiao Ye didn't feel weak or tired at all.

[Life and Death Control]—control over life factors. Every bit of energy inside him could be turned into life essence, letting his body make blood super fast. Honestly, his body was producing blood even faster than it was spraying out.

After a while, the mass of golden blood floating in the air finally reached five liters. Only then did he stop bleeding.

Then he poured that ball of powerful golden blood into the big urinal.

He screwed on the lid. Xiao Ye clapped his hands in satisfaction and said,

"All done!"