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

Mu Qingxue was completely stunned.

Cheng Bingxi, Nangong Siyao, and Liu Ya heard this and were all shocked, finding it totally unbelievable, *"Wait, you can actually do that?"*

"If you terminate the contract at the Great Venerable Realm, then what's the point of having a wedding?"

"So—Qingxue, are you really just in a working partnership with Xiao Ye, and not in a real marriage?"

Mu Qingxue felt emotions stronger than ever before, *"No, I..."*

She only got halfway through her sentence before Xiao Ye cut her off.

"Yeah, it's not like there's any real feelings between us, we're just partners, and we'll be ending the contract soon enough, that was already agreed before we even formed it," he said,

"Honestly, I was just helping out this chick, just to deal with her family."

"This chick's so damn proud, she looks down on every guy out there, honestly wants to be single her whole life!"

The three girls glanced at Mu Qingxue with shock in their eyes, giving her a look that was hard to describe.

They learned then that the two of them weren't really married, just working together.

So yeah, just like Xiao Ye said, there wasn't any need to upgrade her template.

"I..." The bright glow from Mu Qingxue's pretty face faded away, a deep grievance appearing in her eyes, with waves of helplessness and heartbreak swirling inside her.

*She wasn't the same as before anymore!*

*She had long ago completely forgotten about that agreement, and wanted to keep the contract with Xiao Ye forever, growing old together.*

"Hey, Mu Qingxue, why are you acting all pitiful? It's not like we bullied you," Xiao Ye said, giving her a little kick on the butt, sounding annoyed.

Mu Qingxue's body shook, a mist of tears already gathering in those pure eyes. Her rosy lips were practically about to bleed from how hard she was biting them.

Liu Ya, sharp-eyed as always, noticed something odd about her, glared at Xiao Ye, grabbed Mu Qingxue, and started to pull her downstairs, saying, "Xue'er, forget about that guy, he totally deserves a beating."

Cheng Bingxi and Nangong Siyao also picked up on her sadness and frustration and joined in to comfort her.

Xiao Ye stayed where he was, looking a little dumbfounded.

*Man, really? She's just going through the motions, they're not even a real couple, so why are they all treating her so well?*

*I really don't get it.*

Xiao Ye checked the bottles of Energy Liquid on the shelf, noticing they were starting to fall behind what they needed, so he pulled out the Rule-Level Treasure Profound Yellow Gemstone and some Great Venerable Crystal Cores to extract higher-grade Energy Liquid.

The Summoned Beasts with Mythical Level templates cultivated incredibly fast, and in just a few days the three girls would break through to the Great Venerable Realm. Getting all the cultivation resources ready now meant his three cultivation girls could keep on training nonstop.

He took out one Great Venerable Crystal Core after another from the system space, extracted Pure Energy Liquid with the Profound Yellow Gemstone, then filled it into tiny clear bottles.

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On the sofa, Mu Qingxue was surrounded by the three girls, red-eyed and totally unable to sit still.

Liu Ya saw her struggling to hold back tears, so she pulled her into her arms, let her head rest in her lap, and gently patted her on the back, warmly saying, "If you want to cry, just cry. None of us will laugh at you."

Maybe because she was already so hurt and sad that she couldn't take it anymore, once Liu Ya comforted her, Mu Qingxue's heart softened, and the tears in her eyes came pouring out like a floodgate had opened.

Boo-hoo-hoo!

She buried her face in that warmth, her slim shoulders shaking, quietly sobbing her heart out.

Cheng Bingxi and Nangong Siyao exchanged looks, *feeling like her reaction just wasn't right at all!*

*If the two really were just in a partnership, with zero feelings between them, why would she respond like this, crying her eyes out as if her whole world had ended?*

*She couldn't possibly be faking it, the three of them could feel it—Mu Qingxue's emotional turmoil, this kind of real feeling, it can't be pretended.*

After sobbing for ten minutes, Mu Qingxue's heart slowly calmed down, and the wave of grievance passed. Still surrounded by the three girls, she suddenly felt shy and embarrassed.

Clinging to Liu Ya, she didn't dare lift her head, anxious to avoid seeing any teasing looks on their faces.

But Liu Ya spoke up—the most beautiful teaching assistant of them all, and when she opened her mouth, she went right for the throat, speaking with serious intent,

"Mu Qingxue, do you really like Xiao Ye? You don't actually want to end the contract with him, do you?"

"While we're all here, tell us what you really feel inside, and don't you dare lie!"

"You only get this one chance. If you let it pass, it's gone forever!"

Cheng Bingxi and Nangong Siyao both nodded to back her up, "Yeah!" "Totally!"

Mu Qingxue's whole body trembled suddenly, *If you miss it, it's gone for good!* She whipped her head up, tear stains still on that pretty face now visible to all, and she spoke with unwavering resolve,

"I don't want to end the contract with Xiao Ye!"

In that moment, she pushed aside her pride for the feelings in her heart and let out her true self.

Maybe because she had finally opened up and found people to confide in, Mu Qingxue poured out all her grievances from this whole time.

The tsundere pride was gone, and now she acted totally like a spoiled girl.

"Back when Xiao Ye and I made that agreement to end the contract, that was forever ago! At the time, we were only pretending to be a couple. But after everything we've gone through together, I suddenly realized, I just can't live without him."

"I totally forgot about that old agreement a long time ago, but that jerk loves bringing it up like it's some big deal—so freaking annoying."

"He also made fun of my chest, said I was only half an A-cup, hmph! I've been eating papayas nonstop—I'm totally going to surprise him one day."

"That idiot even barged in when I was bathing or changing, and then acted all uninterested in me, leaving me so embarrassed."

Mu Qingxue kept venting, still completely unaware that someone else had popped up behind her, right in her blind spot.

It was Xiao Ye. He stood there now, stunned, digging in his ear, thinking he must have misheard.

*Did words like that really just come out of Mu Qingxue's mouth? No freaking way!*

But the voices echoing in the living room didn't lie, and they definitely came from that tsundere mouth of Mu Qingxue's.

Liu Ya grinned, put her hands on Mu Qingxue's shoulders, and said,

"We all get how you feel now—you're officially our fourth Beast Girl. So if you've got any complaints, let them all out, don't bottle them up!"

Seeing Xiao Ye's forehead covered with stress lines and his dumbstruck look, Cheng Bingxi and Nangong Siyao wore classic gossip-fan faces, chiming in, "Yeah, spill everything, we're not going to laugh at you."

"Mhm! He's not here anyway, there's no way he'll hear any of this."

Mu Qingxue had fully let her guard down now, her mouth shooting off like a machine gun, "That jerk is so infuriating, he even says eating papaya does nothing—for all I know, I could eat a ton and still not even fill out two of his big hands."

"Hmph! He wants to end the contract with me? No way! I'm sticking to him forever, just to annoy him."

"That guy says I'm latching onto him? Fine, I'll latch on tight!"

"If he keeps pissing me off in the future, I'll pop out three fat little boys just to get even with him!"

"!!" Xiao Ye's face went dark, and he finally couldn't hold it in anymore, blurting out, "Mu Qingxue, that's enough already."