Seven Cubs, Seven Fathers, Zero Days Off

Chapter 65: Chapter 65: Maybe Next Time, I’ll Definitely Look for You Guys

Mu Silin’s gaze darkened.

”There are too many Lizardmen. Fighting them endlessly isn’t a solution. We have to cure her poison first!”

After all, he had just slain a group of Lizardmen, only to discover that the beasts were basically endless. He had no idea how many of them lived down in this abyss.

Bai Chaosi heard this and had to agree.

However, he looked at Shen Yue in Mu Silin’s arms.

”Give her to me.”

Mu Silin shot back, ”No. Don’t think I don’t know what you’re planning. You just want to administer the antidote. You don’t need to worry about her. I will be responsible for her safety.”

Bai Chaosi’s voice was cool and gentle.

”You took it upon yourself to cure her while she was unconscious, without her consent. What gives you the right to be responsible for her safety?”

”The heat poison was acting up. This General couldn’t just stand by and watch her die. Besides, this General and she are already engaged. As her Beast Husband, what’s wrong with me curing her poison?”

Bai Chaosi scoffed.

”Beast Husband? You’re not the only one engaged to her, and you’re not the only one who can cure her. Don’t make this Young Master repeat himself. Give her to me. I’ll administer the antidote.”

Mu Silin narrowed his eyes.

”And what if I don’t?”

”You don’t? Then you want to watch her die as the heat poison attacks her heart?”

Mu Silin retorted, ”If you hadn’t shown up, I would have already cured her. How could the heat poison possibly attack her heart? Only I am worthy of curing this poison! You don’t have the right.”

”I don’t have the right? And you do? Don’t forget, my Nine-tailed Fox Clan hasn’t broken off the engagement with the Duke Mansion either. I am also her legitimate Beast Husband.”

The two of them were at daggers drawn, looking like they were about to start a fight.

Shen Yue: ”...”

’Uh...’

’This...’

’When did I become such a hot commodity in their eyes?’

’Why are they fighting over who gets to cure my poison?’

’Good thing I pretended to faint, and the Vitality Water cured the poison just in time.’

’Otherwise, with that burning lust consuming me, and two men fighting over me... I probably would have died from the poison before I even got to sleep with either of them!’

’I might have been long dead, and the two of them would still be arguing over who gets to cure me!’

’A man’s competitive drive is terrifying!’

She peeked through her squinted eyes, secretly watching as the auras around the two men grew colder and colder. In short, neither was willing to back down.

But the sound of the Lizardmen crawling up from behind was clearly getting closer.

’If this keeps up, are we ever going to get out of here?’

She took a deep breath and slowly opened her eyes.

”Um, whatever grievances you two have, how about you settle them after we get out of here?”

SWISH!

The two men turned to look at her in unison.

”Or, next time I get poisoned, you can play rock-paper-scissors to decide who gets to cure me. How about that?”

The two of them seemed not to have expected her to overhear their conversation and were suddenly a bit embarrassed.

Shen Yue coughed and hopped out of Mu Silin’s arms.

”Thank you both. I appreciate the sentiment. You even jumped down from above to save me, and I’m incredibly moved. But right now, I think getting out of here is more important.”

Mu Silin felt the emptiness in his arms, and a wave of disappointment washed over him.

He looked at Shen Yue.

”But your poison... the Mutated Lizard’s poison must be cured. Any later and it will be life-threatening. Nothing is more important than curing you first.”

’Wrong.’

’There is something.’

’And that’s you two arguing.’

Bai Chaosi also knew how potent the Mutated Lizard’s poison was.

He nodded in agreement.

”That’s right. The antidote comes first.”

As he spoke, a hint of worry appeared on his gentle face, and he gazed at her intently.

”Shen Yue, I won’t let you die. Choose one of us to administer the antidote. As long as you choose with your own words, I will accept it.”

Shen Yue: ”...”

’What the hell? They’re letting me choose?’

’I’m a little overwhelmed by the favor.’

”Really? If I actually choose, you won’t get mad and start fighting, will you?”

Bai Chaosi’s gentle face was completely serious.

”I won’t. Nothing is more important than your life.”

Although Mu Silin didn’t want Shen Yue to choose someone else, he also said,

”This General feels the same.”

Shen Yue: ”Are you sure? Just cure the poison, no fighting me for the child, and I don’t have to take responsibility?”

Bai Chaosi and Mu Silin exchanged a glance.

Both nodded, for Shen Yue’s safety.

They had never thought about fighting for the child; they were just happy to be having one.

As for responsibility, she wouldn’t have to take any. They would entangle themselves with her and take responsibility for her.

Shen Yue’s heart started to race!

’You should have said so earlier! If you’d said that sooner, I wouldn’t have cured the poison myself! Two handsome men right here, volunteering to cure me, fighting to undress me, and I don’t have to take responsibility or fight them for the child.’

’This would have been such a huge win!’

’But, I can’t cash in on it now.’

She regained her senses in an instant and coughed with a hint of regret.

”Maybe next time. If there’s a next time, I’ll definitely look for you. The poison is already gone. I don’t need the antidote!”

Bai Chaosi and Mu Silin were stunned. The poison was already gone?

How could that be?

Just then, the Lizardmen behind them closed in, and Shen Yue immediately grew alert.

”Hurry up and run! Don’t just stand there gawking! I said next time, and I’ll definitely find you next time. I’m not lying.”

With that, she took the lead and ran down another passageway.

The two men snapped out of it and immediately followed her.

Shen Yue pulled out a flashlight, and the pitch-black cavern was instantly illuminated.

Although both men were curious and wanted to ask what it was, at this critical moment, they both silently flanked her protectively.

The cave twisted and turned. After running for a while, the Lizardmen behind them drew closer and closer.

Just as a Lizardman was about to catch up, Mu Silin sent a palm strike flying.

A large number of Lizardmen behind them fell at once, blocking the passage.

Shen Yue reached a three-way fork in the path and found herself in a difficult spot.

Bai Chaosi observed their surroundings.

”I don’t think I passed through here on my way in.”

Mu Silin also shook his head.

”I haven’t seen this intersection either.”

Shen Yue stood in the middle of the three paths, not moving.

Back when she fought the Lizardmen, left the mud pit, and entered the cave, she had already discovered that the tunnels here were like a maze.

It was a labyrinth of endless twists and turns.

But she had relied on her sixth sense and the faint direction of the wind to follow a single path.

That was how she had run into Mu Silin.

’But that also happens to prove that my judgment was correct. At least I was able to meet up with Mu Silin, who came from a different direction.’

’And this fox, he clearly also reached this spot from another direction to meet us.’

’That means the place we were just at was a junction point.’

’So now, among the three paths in front of us, one of them must lead outside.’

Seeing her standing motionless at the fork, Mu Silin glanced at the three tunnels.

”Let’s go left. I have a feeling the left path leads out!”

Bai Chaosi retorted, ”Can your feelings be trusted? I, on the other hand, think the right path has a better chance of success.”

Hearing this, Mu Silin shot back,

”My feeling isn’t accurate, so yours is?”

Bai Chaosi said, ”I can’t speak for other things, but we of the Fox Clan are experts at navigating caves. We have a rather good understanding of their turns and airflow.”

Mu Silin snorted coldly.

”If you understand them so well, and if I recall correctly, we both jumped down together. So why did I find Shen Yue before you did? You were a full hour late.”

Hearing this, Bai Chaosi was about to retort.

Shen Yue frowned.

”Alright, stop arguing.”

She looked at Mu Silin. ”Leopard, tell me about the environment and situation when you first came in.”

Hearing her call him ”Leopard,” Mu Silin felt it slightly undermined his imposing presence.

However, when it came from her mouth, it sounded rather intimate.

He shot a triumphant glance at Bai Chaosi.

”When I fell from above, I landed in a deep pool. I found a cave entrance underwater and came in through there. Then I wound my way through the tunnels for about an hour before I found you. The tunnel we’re in now is completely different from the one I entered.”

He continued,

”If we want to go back to the deep pool where I entered, we’d have to turn back and take a different passage from behind where we started. But by now, the Lizardmen have probably blocked all the passages behind us. Getting back would be extremely difficult!”