Help! The Villainess Trapped in the Beast World's Drama!

Chapter 86: Chapter 80: Tough Guy in a Pink Apron, Tianjue

”It’s good that I’m back. You take a break; I’ll do the cooking.” Lu Xiao still had a gentlemanly spirit, naturally he wouldn’t freeload. He walked into the kitchen and started washing vegetables and cutting meat, looking quite the part.

He saw something hanging on the wall that was pink and looked like clothing, but not quite. ”What’s this?”

Shen Tang followed his hand with her eyes and smiled as she answered, ”It’s an apron that you wear on your chest to prevent oil stains from splashing on your clothes while cooking.”

In this world, Beastmen rarely cook, and aprons are unheard of. Shen Tang made it from an old discarded dress. After losing 200 pounds of fat, she couldn’t fit into those oversized clothes she used to wear, so she repurposed them.

”That’s quite convenient.” Lu Xiao nodded in approval.

He took the apron off the wall and tied it around his waist.

Shen Tang’s words got stuck in her throat.

Whoa, is this something she could look at?

A strong macho man paired with a pink apron, strangely harmonious.

When Shen Tang wore this apron, it felt a bit loose, like having a breezy cloth hanging on her chest. But Lu Xiao’s robust and tall figure filled the apron, his massive chest muscles especially full, tight, even slightly showing their contours.

Shen Tang’s eyes sparkled, and she couldn’t help but swallow.

Such husband material!

The perfect husband to seek.

One who can fight on the battlefield and enter the kitchen.

Left hand holding a gun, right hand flipping a pan.

Most importantly, he’s handsome, has a good physique, and a stable personality.

Except for not liking her, he was perfect in every way.

Xiao Jin had just returned and saw Shen Tang staring at Lu Xiao with a cheeky look, little hands propping her chin, face full of absorbed admiration and fondness.

His golden eyes narrowed dangerously, his handsome face darkened slightly, and he strode forward, lifting her like a little chick, his voice low and menacing, ”I chased those beastly brats all day, and you’re just lounging around at home, gaining weight without exercising! You’re so lazy, get up and work!”

Shen Tang was happily watching the male model but got pulled off the sofa and was furious, ”You’re crazy, you stupid leopard!”

Xiao Jin scanned her disdainfully from head to toe, smirking sarcastically, ”With that weak chicken body of yours panting after two steps, and you’re calling me crazy?”

Shen Tang rolled her eyes, shook off his hand, and rubbed her sore wrist.

What’s got this leopard all worked up suddenly?

She silently added in her heart.

Absolutely can’t choose a violent maniac like this leopard as a husband!

Lu Xiao watched the two bantering and had a meaningful expression flash across his face.

Among the five Beast Husbands, Xiao Jin hated Shen Tang the most, while his aversion to her showed clearly on his face. Previously, he avoided her like the plague; even getting touched by her nauseated him.

But this time, coming back, Lu Xiao clearly sensed a change in the atmosphere between them.

He wondered what they experienced together while the others weren’t around.

A flicker of interest passed through his deep, gray eyes.

This little female... is becoming more and more intriguing.

Lu Xiao didn’t have much affection for Shen Tang, nor did he particularly detest or like her.

At most, he found her slightly interesting.

Lu Xiao rarely encountered things that interested him.

After leaving the polluted areas, he received a repatriation order from his family, which should have sent him straight back to the Imperial City, but he wasn’t in a hurry to leave now.

He’s curious what other interesting changes this female might undergo.

...

Outside the city, in a dense forest.

More than a hundred Beastmen gathered.

All were Third Rank or above.

There was even a formidable Sixth Rank Beastman, a fierce and scar-faced man.

The scar-faced man saw the Wolf Beast return with injuries; his facial muscles twitched violently as he coldly reprimanded, ”Before I issued any task, how dare you act on your own? Are you looking for death!”

The Wolf Beast hung his head in defeat, weakly saying, ”Sorry, I saw the Leopard Beast by that female’s side leave, thought she’d be home alone, and figured it was a rare opportunity. I-I thought I could succeed...”

”And how did you get all these injuries? Don’t tell me you couldn’t handle a female?” the scar-faced man coldly interrogated.

”Just as I was about to succeed, another Beast Husband came back unexpectedly. I couldn’t match his power and got caught,” the Wolf Beast explained.

The Beastmen present grew somber, realizing that now, with that wicked female having another High-level Beast Husband return, accomplishing their goal only became harder.

Damn, that wicked female is so lucky.

Evil always prevails!

The scar-faced man looked towards the Wolf Beast, frowning in confusion, ”You were caught by them and still made it back alive?”

”I had accepted my fate to die and didn’t expect to survive, but...” The Wolf Beast looked confused, his mouth trembling, ”That Eagle Beast intended to kill me to eliminate future troubles, but Shen Tang told him to spare me; she didn’t kill me.”

The scar-faced man’s expression darkened, he checked the Wolf Beast for any listening or tracking devices, only relaxing once sure there were none.

Yet everyone remained on high alert.

”Why would that venomous female let you return?”

”Given her malicious nature, shouldn’t she have dismembered you long ago? It’s truly strange.”

”Stay cautious, who knows what that female’s scheming. She definitely noticed us and intentionally let a flaw slip to capture us all at once.”

”You’re right! That demon definitely harbors ill intent, everyone stay calm for the next couple of days, don’t stir things up.”

All Beastmen present had varied grievances and grudges against Shen Tang, resenting her deeply, and spontaneously formed a killer group to plan an unprecedented assassination.

The Wolf Beast listened to the others denigrate Shen Tang repeatedly, his lips twitched uneasily, ”But, I feel it’s somewhat unlike her...”

His voice was too soft, drowned in the beast’s curses.

Ultimately, the scar-faced man issued the order, ”Tonight’s assassination is canceled.”

The Wolf Beast’s gaze was complex.

He felt Shen Tang seemed different from the rumors—so vicious and sinister—but maybe it’s just his illusion, thus he said no more.

...

Meanwhile, Shen Tang had no idea she accidentally escaped murder.

Heading out for dinner, she spotted several more skinny little cubs hiding at the door, even more than the afternoon.

She raised an eyebrow, walking over.

The cubs were as before, scattering fearfully the moment they saw her.

This time though, Shen Tang placed a pot of meat broth by the door, wiped her hands, and went back inside.

She instructed the system to monitor the door.

Not long afterward, the escaping cubs crept back quietly.

They looked at the big pot of meat broth at the door in amazement.

Several little cubs cautiously approached, sniffed at it, so tempted by the aroma of meat that their drool was about to fall.