"He's awake, did I succeed?" When Ruan Li left the desert, she hadn't reacted yet, until she saw Shi Jue lying on the sofa slowly opening his eyes, and the hideous wound on his chest at this moment was reduced to a shallow pink scar.
"...You succeeded." Bai He paused for a moment and said with a complex expression.
More than just success, it's simply incredible!
She actually healed a severely injured, dying beastman in just five minutes!
Even a female with Level 9 Healing Ability couldn't possibly treat successfully in such a short time.
Yet she, a female with Level 1 Healing Ability, actually did it.
At the same time, Shi Yu's initially angry expression also became a bit stiff and cracked.
Was he dreaming?
Ruan Li, a waste female with only Level 1 Healing Ability, actually managed to heal all of Shi Jue's wounds completely in just five minutes!
Shi Yu looked at Ruan Li with a hint of judgment in his eyes, after all, the practical ability she demonstrated was completely inconsistent with her Level 1 Healing Ability. He reasonably suspected either the testing machine had malfunctioned, or she deliberately concealed her strength.
But why would she conceal her strength?
The treatment for a female with higher healing ability and one with Level 1 Healing Ability is worlds apart.
The healed Shi Jue slowly woke up from his coma, and the first person he saw upon opening his eyes was Ruan Li.
That soft and small face appeared in his vision.
Shi Jue's first reaction was a frown and vigilance.
What trick was this woman going to play again?
Would she ridicule him for only having three-star strength, and incidentally pinch him harshly on his wound?
"Shi Jue, it's your female head who saved you." Although Shi Yu was still dissatisfied with Ruan Li at heart, he took the initiative to state the facts.
After all, the relationship between male beastmen and female heads has never been something beastmen could decide.
The female head holds the power over male beastmen's life, death, and the ability to breed offspring.
Perhaps Ruan Li's initiative to treat Shi Jue this time implies she has started to proactively accept her beast husbands.
"...Thank you." Shi Jue's face was openly surprised, his emerald-green eyes, clear as spring water, rippled with waves, like emeralds glowing under bright sunlight.
Although the apology was somewhat awkward, it was at least sincere.
Ruan Li nodded and smiled, "It's okay."
Although she was unclear about any past grievances she had with these people, being a twenty-year-old woman of beauty and kindness and laid-back nature, she expressed that peace should always be valued.
As the words fell, she suddenly saw Shi Jue reaching out to her with an expression of shock.
And her vision suddenly spun, everything went dark, and she fainted.
Shi Jue looked at the woman who seemed to throw herself at him, hesitated for 0.01 seconds, and then opened his arms and brought her into a hug.
Bai He didn't expect the energetic female to suddenly faint, frowned, stepped forward, scanned all over with a detector, and calmly said, "It's nothing, just overuse of healing ability, the body couldn't take it and fainted, a good rest will do."
Shi Yu saw their family atmosphere of "harmonious happiness" and left voluntarily.
Shi Jue suddenly felt a pang of guilt, after all, the female head was exhausted from saving him.
"Should I take her upstairs to rest?" Shi Jue said softly.
Bai He nodded, "Remember to take care of her."
Shi Jue's hold on Ruan Li suddenly tightened, he pursed his lips, his emerald eyes lowered slightly, landing on the peacefully sleeping Ruan Li in his arms.
"Mm, I will."
The man's tall and upright figure walked steadily upstairs, with the old scar reflecting on his narrow and strong waist.
Seeing him already upstairs, Xu Mo withdrew his gaze, his red eyes holding a hint of amusement, "Seems our female head was quite peculiar today."
Bai He gathered his gaze, his expression bland, "Go cook, the female head needs nutritional replenishment when she wakes."
Xu Mo chuckled lightly, swept over Bai He with an indecipherable look, and turned towards the kitchen.
Bai He is the first beast husband allocated to Ruan Li by the Smart Brain, with Five-star Superpower, hardly ever emotional, with a gentle temperament unless truly provoked by Ruan Li.
However, according to Xu Mo's observation, that wasn't merely an angry emotion.
On the second floor, in Ruan Li's bedroom.
The handsome, slightly immature young man half-kneeling by the bedside initially wanted to leave directly, but unexpectedly, Ruan Li suddenly grabbed his hand, calling out with a hint of crying, "Don't go!"
Shi Jue, upon receiving the matched female head information from the Smart Brain three months ago, had his expectations.
After all, from the Star Network, one could directly see Ruan Li's delicate, snow-white, fragile face, he even secretly rejoiced, wondering why a male beastman like himself with damaged superpowers could be paired with such a delicate female, despite her Healing Ability being only Level 1.
However, Shi Jue's sweet dream shattered the moment he met Ruan Li, no, he hadn't even seen her yet, at that time he was kept waiting outside the gate for a whole day, and Ruan Li's face was full of annoyance as she opened the gate. She was unashamedly scornful and disdainful upon seeing Shi Jue's mere three-star superpower, "Only a three-star beastman, get in."
Male beastmen possess great tolerance and endurance for females, after all, they were taught since childhood to obey the female head, protect the female head with strong strength, and tempt and attract the female head with well-toned muscles to gain priority in breeding.
Shi Jue had tried to persuade himself, believing females simply had spoiled personalities, yet Ruan Li's repeated insults completely shattered his spirit as a beast husband.
The room was silent, leaving only Ruan Li's steady breathing, with Shi Jue quietly crouched at the bedside.
The hand holding his was so warm and soft, softer than any cotton candy he had eaten.
Shi Jue even worried whether his burning body temperature would melt her little hand.
But this was just his absurd and fanciful thought.
He deeply knew the malice of this woman.
Shi Jue's gaze towards Ruan Li gradually turned cold, his rugged facial contour exuding a cold aura.
He slowly withdrew his hand.
Gaze slowly peeled away from her soft, snow-white face.
This is a bad woman.
...But she just healed him.
In the spiritual sea domain, the faint lingering fragrance seemed to still remind himself.
Shi Jue looked at the serene sleeping face, his heart tangled at that moment.
No, he could no longer be easily deceived by women.
But the female head just saved his life, if he were too indifferent, wouldn't that be excessive?
At this moment, Ruan Li's brain was undergoing a memory storm.
Chaotic memories interwoven, modern life of twenty years colliding with life in the interstellar beast world...
It turns out the "Ruan Li" of the interstellar beast world was a girl praised since childhood, even prophesied to possess Level 9 Healing Ability, destined to successfully inherit the Ruan Family lineage, yet all this was extinguished like foam by an accident.
"Ruan Li" also suffered body damage in that accident, with the hospital diagnosing very little chance of ever improving her healing ability in this lifetime, she was abandoned by her family, ridiculed by her cousin, and came to live on Planet A.
It was precisely due to that accident that her character became erratic, she even developed paranoia of being harmed.
However, Ruan Li thought that it might not be paranoia, but someone indeed intended to harm her.