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

These three had already taken their seats, so Mu Cheng would not drive them away.

Mu Cheng nodded toward Qin Platform, then said to Cheng Bingxi and the other two women,

"Mothers-in-law... uh, three esteemed mothers-in-law, since Xue'Er joined your Beast Girl family, I hope you will take care of her. If you need anything, just let me know."

"Mmm!" Cheng Bingxi was shocked inside, her mouth stuffed with food, and she mumbled, "City Lord? Sure thing, City Lord."

The City Lord of Shanghai Base City was a bigwig standing high above, yet he was now speaking to them so amiably.

"No problem." "Alright."

Nangong Siyao and Liu Ya also responded.

It looked half-hearted.

Seeing that the three showed little interest in chatting with him, Mu Cheng's face turned awkward, so he had to turn his gaze to Qin Platform, planning to wait until the in-laws finished their meal before talking more.

"Brother Qin, have you found a solution for your daughter's constitution problem?" Mu Cheng asked.

Qin Platform poured both men a glass of strong liquor, clinked glasses, and finished it in one gulp. With a troubled face, he said, "No clue where to start."

Mu Cheng frowned, "Jinling City is the center of Jiangnan, with many families practicing medical arts for thousands of years. Even they are at a loss?"

Qin Platform sighed, "Yeah."

"All these years, I've visited every medical clan and searched for every rare treasure under heaven, but nothing has worked for Xi'Er's constitution."

Mu Cheng went silent, *Qin Platform, like him, was a city lord of the top-tier base cities, with high status and power. If even Qin Platform couldn't solve this, the odds were he couldn't either.*

But just then, Liu Ya suddenly spoke up, "Constitution problem, what constitution is so hard to fix?"

Liu Ya remembered her past self, when forcibly breaking a contract had left her template and body both damaged, her realm kept dropping, and she couldn't cultivate anymore.

*She, too, had tried thousands, tens of thousands of solutions, but nothing helped her template and physical defects.*

"Well..." Mu Cheng hesitated; this was Qin Platform's business, and it wasn't his place to say.

But Qin Platform didn't mind. He patted the weak-looking girl Qin Xi'Er, who kept her head down, and said plainly,

"Xi'Er has a unique kind of constitution. We call it the 'Calamity Body.'"

Calamity Body?

Liu Ya was a little shocked.

Qin Platform continued, "This constitution can't be controlled. Every time Xi'Er interacts with someone, or enters a new place, she brings misfortune to that person, disaster to that place."

"Anyone who has contact with Xi'Er, during that time, is hit by misfortune over and over again."

"Choking while drinking water or stepping in dog shit is nothing—failed cultivation breakthroughs, getting badly hurt in battle, or even being trampled to death by a Demon Beast while sleeping, all of those could very likely happen."

"!!!"

Hearing this, Cheng Bingxi, Nangong Siyao, Liu Ya, and Huangpu Xiangling immediately leaned away in their seats, afraid to get too close to Qin Xi'Er and catch misfortune themselves.

Discrimination.

"Mmm!" Qin Xi'Er's big eyes filled with tears, her eyes turning red as she pleaded, "Dad, please stop talking, can I just eat my meal in peace?"

Qin Platform offered an apologetic smile, saying, "If any of you can offer an effective solution, I, Qin Platform, will treat you as Jinling City's most honored guest, with the most generous rewards. You'd be a great benefactor of the Qin Family."

"Uh..." Liu Ya came to her senses and awkwardly pushed her chair back into place.

*The person in question was right there at the table, so her reflexive reaction had really been out of line.*

*Still, she couldn't help but wonder, could this constitution actually be due to a faulty template that led to physical defects?*

*If it was a template defect, maybe Xiao Ye could solve it.*

*But since she wasn't close to the Qin father and daughter, she had no intention of pushing Xiao Ye into the matter.*

"Dad, I want to go home," Qin Xi'Er apparently disliked this kind of situation. After a couple bites of dessert, she looked pleadingly at Qin Platform.

Qin Platform's look turned sour, "We just sat down, the seat isn't even warm, and we've barely touched the food. Xi'Er, at least let's finish the meal before leaving."

Song Xi'Er added a piece of dessert to Qin Xi'Er's plate and gently said, "It's okay, everyone here is friendly to you. You don't need to be nervous."

Qin Platform smiled, "That's right, that's right. Xi'Er's constitution is suppressed now, and will be for at least two hours, so you won't bring misfortune or disaster to anyone here. Just eat and enjoy yourself."

*Liu Ya's eyes were filled with pity. This gorgeous girl might have been born into a top-tier family, never worrying about power or money, but she felt this girl was truly pitiful. If given the choice, maybe she would rather be an ordinary person with a normal body.*

White-haired maiden Huangpu Xiangling's pretty eyes brimmed with concern. She carried her stool over to Qin Xi'Er, snuggled up beside her, and said with a grin,

"You must be the fiancée of Xiao Ye, the Young Master of the Ye Family in the Imperial Capital, right?"

Seeing her come closer, Qin Xi'Er instinctively edged away, her pretty face a bit panicked, "Yeah, how did you know?"

The white-haired Young Master pulled her back in, snuggled closer with a smile, "Because I'm his fiancée, too."

Qin Platform was stunned. He carefully looked Huangpu Xiangling up and down, then finally realized, "You're the disciple of Ziran, Supreme Alliance Leader!"

Huangpu Xiangling nodded, "That's right, I'm my master's disciple." Publication courtesy of M|V|LE-MPYR.

*It was Qin Xi'Er's first time being so close to someone else. She squirmed in embarrassment and was surprised, too—they were both fiancées of the Young Master of the Ye Family, sitting at the same table to eat.*

*With anyone else, they might be fighting by now, but Huangpu Xiangling didn't seem hostile at all.*

Qin Platform narrowed his eyes, a glint appearing along with a hint of hostility, saying, "No wonder you're the Alliance Leader's disciple—you really are stunningly beautiful, a peerless girl."

*From his perspective, his daughter Qin Xi'Er must marry into the Ye Family, as that was her only hope of a cure.*

Huangpu Xiangling shook her white-haired head and said to him,

"Uncle Qin, I am not Xi'Er's rival. I have no intention of marrying Xiao Ye."

Then her pretty eyes filled with disgust, "Men are all the same. I won't marry any man in the world—they're just not worthy!"

Hearing her badmouth all men, Qin Platform—who was one himself—actually smiled and replied, "You have your own plans, that's great."

*This meant his daughter Xi'Er had one less competitor.*

Huangpu Xiangling, snuggled up against Qin Xi'Er, asked, "Qin Xi'Er, do you really like these family alliances? Do you really like Xiao Ye? Have you even met him?"

"Huh?" Qin Xi'Er's big eyes were blank, "I don't know, I've never met him."

"Whoever Dad tells me to marry, that's who I'll marry."

Huangpu Xiangling's face darkened, "Marriage is the most important thing in life, how can you let someone else decide that for you ..."

Before she could finish, Qin Platform coughed and interrupted,

"Ahem! Actually, the Young Master of the Ye Family isn't so bad—he is number one among the younger generation. Not a single young talent in all of Dragon Country can compare to him. Marrying him wouldn't be a loss, would it?"

Huangpu Xiangling's eyes widened in disbelief, "Uncle Qin, you don't know? The number one among the young generation has already changed—Xiao Ye was the previous one."

Qin Platform looked shocked, "Oh? Is that so?"

*He usually focused all his attention on managing his base city and his daughter Xi'Er's constitution, so he hadn't kept up with all the trending news.*