Married by Paper, Loved by Fate 44

44: Obtaining the Serpent Shedding

“System, are you crazy? If you want to harm me, just say it. There’s no need to go through so much trouble to assign me a hellish mission!” Shen Tang was terrified.

If she remembered correctly, a serpent beast’s shedding had a special meaning. They would only give it to a partner they had recognized.

Xue Yinzhou was a male servant that the original host had bought cheaply from a human trafficker when she was young. She had treated him with verbal and physical abuse since childhood. Later, he was forced to become her beast husband, and he despised her to the extreme, filled with hatred! Otherwise, he wouldn’t have pushed her off the cliff that night.

How could Xue Yinzhou possibly give her such a personal item as a serpent shedding?

This was simply an impossible mission!

The System kindly reminded, “Even if he doesn’t give it to you willingly, Host, you can find other ways to get it.”

Shen Tang was speechless, “Are you suggesting stealing? Or robbing?”

She must be out of her mind to try and rob something from an eighth-rank beastman.

Their relationship was so strained, and stealing? Serpent beasts were naturally sensitive and vigilant. If he discovered her, wouldn’t she be seeking her own death?

The System saw her reluctance and persuaded her, “This is a side quest, not mandatory. Host, you can refuse, but the reward is the Inhibitor Production Manual. If you miss this opportunity, you won’t get another.”

Once beastmen experienced mental frenzies, they needed the comfort of females. However, in the beast world, there were more males than females, and the competition was fierce. Most male beastmen were not qualified to marry.

Even beastmen with female partners weren’t always guaranteed regular comfort.

After all, female comfort consumed a great deal of energy, and except for dire circumstances, they were usually unwilling to comfort males.

Therefore, even mid-level elite beastmen would spend a large amount of star currency annually to purchase inhibitors.

However, the inhibitors produced by various empires were of mixed quality.

Most inhibitors came with side effects, treating the symptoms but not the root cause. Instead, they might even worsen the symptoms of the male’s next genetic frenzy.

To date, there was no perfect inhibitor on the market.

The inhibitors produced by the System were improved, perfect inhibitors. Their effect in eliminating genetic frenzies was far superior to the most expensive inhibitors on the market, and they had no side effects.

Shen Tang was deeply conflicted. When she returned to the empire in the future, she would inevitably encounter the female lead, Shen Qingli. For a cannon fodder supporting character like her to contend with the female lead, she needed to possess her own power.

Not only could inhibitors be sold at a high price to fund her assets, but they might also attract beastmen to serve her…

“Alright, I accept this mission.”

“The greater the risk, the higher the reward.” Shen Tang pondered for a long time before agreeing, “A personal item like a serpent shedding, Xue Yinzhou must keep it on him. But he’s always elusive, where can I find him?”

“System is locating… Xue Yinzhou is not out of the city tonight. He is resting in his room.”

Shen Tang glanced at the deep night outside the window. It was already past one or two in the morning, and all was quiet.

Xue Yinzhou should be asleep at this hour too, right?

Shen Tang, just in case, stayed up with dark circles under her eyes until past two in the morning before heading out to Xue Yinzhou’s residence.

After separating from the original host, Xue Yinzhou had also moved his new home far away. However, since the original host constantly made enemies, he still had to stay somewhat close to protect her, making his residence slightly closer than the other four beast husbands.

Half an hour later.

Shen Tang arrived in front of his residence.

It was already three in the early morning. The house was pitch black, and the bedside lamp in the bedroom was not even on. Fortunately, the access control system of a male’s residence was fully accessible to the female master. No matter how much they disliked the original host, they couldn’t blacklist Shen Tang.

Furthermore, there had been cases in the past where the female master caught her male partner cheating. Since then, the access control systems produced had a special command: as long as the female master did not press the doorbell, the system would not issue a warning.

Shen Tang successfully infiltrated the room and stood at the bedroom door. After listening at the door and hearing no movement inside, she gently turned the doorknob.

This was too perverted. She felt like a creepy pervert sneaking into a respectable woman’s room. Shen Tang was utterly speechless. What kind of sin did she commit in her past life to be bound to this System and do such ridiculous tasks!

“Host, keep going! I’ve detected that Xue Yinzhou is in a deep sleep. The serpent shedding should be in the room! Please hurry inside and search!”

“…” Shen Tang took a deep breath and cringed as she walked into the bedroom, almost tripping over something.

The cold moonlight from outside spilled into the bedroom. Shen Tang used the light to see the scene before her, her pupils shrinking. She suppressed a scream and dared not even breathe.

Xue Yinzhou was lying on his side on the bed, his silver hair disheveled, his clothes off. The lower half of his body had transformed into a thick, long snake tail, nearly ten meters long, hanging down from the foot of the bed and loosely coiled on the floor, reflecting a glazed luster under the moonlight.

What she had almost stepped on was his snake tail!

Shen Tang was so scared she couldn’t move, her palms sweating with nervousness.

She stared intently at the man on the bed. Seeing that his breathing was even and there was no sign of him waking up, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Shen Tang swallowed, carefully stepping over the winding snake tail on the floor. She walked with great difficulty, afraid of accidentally stepping on it.

There was no serpent shedding on the bed. It was probably in the cabinet.

Shen Tang went to the wardrobe, moving quietly, rummaging through drawers and cabinets.

And from her perspective, as she bent over with her back turned, the silver-haired man on the bed slowly opened his eyes. His silver-purple vertical pupils flashed with a cold, demonic light under the moonlight.

He squinted his eyes slightly, playfully watching the sneaky female nearby, like a top predator gazing at a little mouse that had not yet realized the impending danger.

Finally, Shen Tang found the serpent shedding in the cabinet. It was thin and breathable, as light as cicada wings. From shedding as a small snake to adult shedding, it was neatly stacked in piles, showing that the owner had preserved it well.

Hmph, preserved so well. I wonder who he intended to give it to!

Shen Tang couldn’t be bothered to think about it anymore. She wanted to get it quickly and complete the System’s mission.

A cold, slippery snake tail suddenly wrapped around her waist and yanked her back forcefully. Shen Tang stumbled and fell to the ground, her head nearly hitting the corner of the cabinet.

Xue Yinzhou got up from the bed and swam to Shen Tang’s front, looking down at her coldly.

“Sneaking into my room in the middle of the night to steal? Should I praise you for your courage, or for your stupidity and desire to die?”

His voice was cold and deep, violently unrestrained, and the pressure emanating from him was terrifyingly cold!

Shen Tang swallowed, trying hard to suppress her fear, and glared up at him, justifying herself, “I am your female master. It is natural for a female master to come find you. You and your belongings legally belong to me. How can taking my own things be considered stealing?”

“Heh, Shen Tang, it’s only been a few days, and your ability to be shameless has really grown.” Xue Yinzhou let out a short, cold laugh, his gaze at her like he was looking at someone who was about to die.

Shen Tang suddenly remembered the night she was pushed off the cliff, and a chill shot from the soles of her feet to the crown of her head. She quickly softened her voice, “Even if we don’t mention our relationship as partners, I haven’t told anyone else about what you did that night! Otherwise, would you be able to sleep comfortably in bed today? The place you should be is a cold, damp prison.”

“Oh? So what?” Xue Yinzhou crossed his arms, looking down at her coldly.

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