Chapter 3

Chapter 3

Shi Ye must have hated having me hug his tail to sleep, because he ordered an air conditioner for me. He assumed that once the room was warm, I would lose interest in his tail.

Unfortunately, the workers were all resting because of the recent blizzards, so the air conditioner had yet to arrive.

For nearly half a month, I had been allowed to hold only one tail. I was not happy about it.

When Shi Zhou was here, I liked to bury my hands and feet in the long fur on his belly. It was warm and made me feel safe.

[Cannon-Fodder Girl must be missing Tiger Big Brother. Meanwhile, he’s enjoying tender moments with the heroine, and Tiger Cub Brother is guarding his virtue no matter how hard Cannon-Fodder Girl tries to seduce him.]

[But Tiger Big Brother is destined for the heroine, and Tiger Cub Brother only recognizes the heroine as his sister-in-law. The sooner Cannon-Fodder Girl accepts reality, the better for everyone.]

Shi Ye went outside and rolled in the snow yet again. Only after smothering the heat in his body did he dare return to bed.

“The temperature dropped again today,” he began. “Why don’t I change into-”

I turned over, hugged the stuffed tiger in my arms, and closed my eyes. “Let’s sleep. I don’t need your tail tonight.”

Some things could not be forced. Better to let them go.

Even if I did rather covet Shi Ye’s body.

Shi Ye froze. He stood behind me with a dark expression for a long time, staring as though he wanted to burn a hole through my back. At last, he put away his ears and tail one after the other.

The bed was divided into two separate nests of blankets.

Shi Ye thought he would sleep well without me pestering him that night.

In fact, he developed insomnia.

From my side of the bed came the deep, even breathing of peaceful sleep.

Sometime after midnight, I felt a furry tail curl around my waist and drag me backward.

I was sleeping soundly and did not appreciate the interruption. Without hesitation, I raised a hand and slapped whoever was behind me.

At last, he went quiet.

When I woke, the toy in my arms had vanished, and our two blanket nests had somehow become one again.

Shi Ye was no longer in bed. Through the window, I saw him outside in the heavy snow, washing my stuffed tiger. When he finished, he clipped it to the clothesline. A gust of wind swept past, and a shell of ice instantly formed over its surface.

He looked quite pleased with his work. Then he turned around and met my gaze.

“Ha ha. Lovely weather today. I thought I’d wash your toy and hang it out to air…”

Me: “…”

Shi Ye had not only washed the toy. He had also washed the clothes I had changed out of the day before.

He scrubbed two holes into my panties, so he went to the market to buy me new ones.

Not long after he left, someone knocked at the door.

I opened it to find Jiang Sheng standing there with a pair of rabbit ears atop his head and a feverish flush across his face.

He could barely remain upright. It seemed his heat had begun.

“Xiao Ling,” he slurred. “Help me. Please…”

Despite the bitter cold, Jiang Sheng wore only a white shirt with several buttons undone. The skin showing beneath it was whiter than snow. Snowflakes clung to his long, thick lashes, the tip of his nose had turned pink from the cold, and his blue eyes shone like precious gems.

So my attending physician-and next-door neighbor-was this beautiful.

He swayed into me, his scorching breath spilling over my neck.

“The Federation just passed a new law. A human may form mate bonds with two beastmen at the same time…”

“When he comes home, he can be the primary husband. I’ll be the secondary one. I swear I won’t fight for favor or make things difficult for you.”

“Will you take me?”

“If it puts you in an impossible position… pretend I was never here. I’ll go home and sit in a tub of ice water…”

Jiang Sheng struggled to leave on his own, but I caught him, pulled him back, and silenced him with my mouth.

“Stop talking.”

Shi Zhou had his heroine. Shi Ye treated me as though I might pounce at any moment. I, however, was a traditional woman. I could not possibly sleep without someone warming my bed.

Rabbit fur was pleasant too.

I reached up and squeezed one of Jiang Sheng’s ears to confirm this conclusion.

His whole body shuddered at my touch. He buried his face in the crook of my neck, sounding almost ready to cry.

When I transmigrated into this world, my eyes had already been diseased. My vision was extremely blurry, and Jiang Sheng had been treating me for free all this time.

[What’s happening? Why is the whole screen suddenly covered in censor blocks?]

[Why so shy, Rabbit Brother?]

[The cannon fodder is rather pitiful. Shi Zhou is an S-plus healer, but his healing power only works on the heroine. Cannon-Fodder Girl had no choice but to rely on medicine. Rabbit Brother really has done a lot for her.]

Once Jiang Sheng’s condition stabilized, he sat on the bed and leaned against me.

“When Tiger Brother returns, I’ll explain everything. I’ll tell him I seduced you. This was all my fault.”

He had barely finished when Shi Ye walked in.

“Honey, I bought a new outfit. Come feel-”

Jiang Sheng and I looked up at the same time.

Shi Ye stood tall and broad-shouldered before us. Across his bare upper body, he wore an openwork top made from strings of beads. Technically, he had put on clothes. They simply covered nothing.

The square box in his hand hit the floor with a thud.