He said resentfully, "Su Mo, you brought this on yourself!"

In the nick of time, Su Mo accurately popped the pill into his mouth!

Then she grabbed his chin, forcing him to swallow. "Antidote!"

Mo Xiao’s sharp teeth cut Su Mo’s finger, leaving a small wound.

Su Mo felt a sharp sting in her fingertip, but she had no time to worry about such minor details.

As Mo Xiao swallowed, Su Mo felt the force holding her down weaken. She violently shoved him off and scrambled as far away as possible.

Su Mo watched the flush fade from Mo Xiao’s face and said, her heart still pounding with fear, "I’ve given you the medicine. From now on, let’s just stay out of each other’s way. You go your way, and I’ll..."

Before she could finish, a rustle of footsteps sounded from outside.

In no time, people from the tribe had swarmed in, completely surrounding Su Mo and Mo Xiao.

Su Mo felt a wave of despair. ’The ultimate public humiliation is finally here...’

With the drug’s effects gone, Mo Xiao easily snapped the iron chains. He grabbed his clothes from the side and quickly threw them on.

The eyes of the Females in the crowd greedily swept over his handsome figure.

Someone pointed at Su Mo and yelled, "Did everyone see that? Su Mo was trying to force herself on Mo Xiao! How shameless!"

"Pah! As a Female, how could she do something like that? Filthy!!!"

A Male Beastman spoke up. "I smell an Aphrodisiac Flower. She used an Aphrodisiac Flower on Mo Xiao!"

Priest Fei Yan frowned, glancing at the grim-faced Mo Xiao. "Is that what happened?"

Su Mo recognized this particular bird—one of her fiancés.

As the High Priest, Fei Yan was in charge of the tribe’s marriages, sacrificial rites, and all other affairs, great and small. He could also read the stars to divine the future.

Powerful Male Beastmen were always arrogant, and Fei Yan, with his authority, was no exception. He’d always looked down on the original Su Mo, seeing her as an insignificant pawn he couldn’t be bothered with.

The three Beastmen standing behind Fei Yan were also her fiancés. Each was handsome in his own way, but to the original Su Mo, they were as cold and unforgiving as King Yan himself.

Now, they were all watching Su Mo, clearly enjoying the drama.

Just like Mo Xiao, all they wanted was to break off the engagement.

Mo Xiao’s contemptuous gaze swept over Su Mo as he said coldly, "I want to break the engagement!"

In the Beast World, it was a tremendous humiliation for a Female to have an engagement publicly broken off.

The Females in the crowd of Beastmen were already laughing openly.

"Su Mo, you’re a disgrace to all Females!"

"High Priest, for a shameless Female like Su Mo, you shouldn’t just approve the breaking of her engagement to Mo Xiao. You should send her to Old God Mountain for ’reform’ to make an example of her!"

’Old God Mountain?’ Su Mo froze.

’Isn’t that place just the Primitive Forest? It’s full of poisonous miasma. One wrong step and you’re dead.’

’Almost no one who’s ever been sent there has come back alive.’

’These people are so vicious. They just want me dead!’

’No way. I’d rather live in disgrace than just let them kill me.’

Su Mo’s eyes darted, and her expression immediately shifted to one of pure terror.

Her slender body trembled like a leaf as she whimpered, "Fei Yan, I was just confused... I made a mistake! Please, it’s my first offense, spare me this one time..."

Fei Yan’s cool, detached gaze swept over Su Mo, a flash of disgust in his eyes that he failed to conceal in time.

He turned to Mo Xiao, his voice cool. "And you?"

Mo Xiao’s voice was grave. "I want to break the engagement!"

Someone gloated, "A Female who’s had her engagement broken will have a hard time finding another Beast Husband~"

"Serves her right."

In the Beast World, once a Female Master was paired with a Male Beastman, the engagement was generally unbreakable. Even if a Female Master wished to dismiss her husband, she needed to provide a compelling reason.

The same was true for Beast Husbands who wished to end an engagement.

Now that Su Mo, a future Female Master, had made a mistake, it was the perfect opportunity for her fiancés to break the engagement.

’The original Su Mo would never have agreed to break the engagement. After all, who would give up so many handsome men?’

’But I’m not her,’ she thought. ’What kind of sane person gets engaged to a bunch of villains? Being with people like them is just exhausting!’

But she had to keep up the act for now. She looked at Mo Xiao, her expression utterly heartbroken, and pleaded in a low voice, "Please, just give me one more chance. I’ll reflect on what I’ve done, I promise. I’ll try my best to be a good Female Master..."

The man shot her a look of pure loathing, then violently shook off the hand she had grabbing his sleeve. "In your dreams! I want to break the engagement!"

The force was so strong that Su Mo stumbled and fell to the ground. She lowered her head, sobbing, "SOB SOB... I don’t want to break the engagement~ I can change~"

Before Fei Yan could speak, something strange happened.

——

’Break it off, break it off! I wouldn’t take a cold-blooded animal like Mo Xiao even if you paid me! The neighbor’s kitten is cuter and better for petting~’

’What a waste of all those scales. He doesn’t even take care of them. They’re all barbed. Who the hell would want that? Serves him right for being single!’

The tips of Mo Xiao’s ears flushed crimson. He practically ground out her name through clenched teeth, "Su... Mo!"

’Barbs? What barbs?! That’s because... I’m about to shed my skin, damn it!!!’

’She actually dared to look down on me? And said I’m not as cute as a kitten?!’

’She must have a death wish!!!’

Fei Yan froze. ’Am I hearing things?’

But judging by Mo Xiao’s reaction, it was obvious he had heard the voice too.

As the High Priest, he had seen his fair share of strange things, and he quickly regained his composure.

When he recalled the phrase "all barbed," Fei Yan almost lost control of his expression.

Meanwhile, the three men behind him had already burst out laughing.

Su Mo glanced at Mo Xiao, her face a perfect picture of tear-streaked beauty. She looked as if she wanted to speak but couldn’t, the infatuation and reluctance in her eyes performed to a tee.

"I truly love you... Please don’t break the engagement, okay?~"

She reached for his sleeve.

Mo Xiao recoiled in disgust. ’This woman must be possessed by a ghost...’ he thought. ’...She has to be doing this on purpose to get my attention!’

’The more obsessed I act, the more he’ll hate it. Look at his face—he’s already losing patience. As long as Mo Xiao successfully breaks this off, the others will follow his lead.’

’You have to spend your life with someone, so you should definitely pick people you’re comfortable with! A true heroine wouldn’t care about... a few measly specimens!’

’Weird, why did it suddenly get so quiet?’

Mo Xiao’s hands, hanging at his sides, clenched into tight fists.

He stared at the two-faced woman, and, both mortified and enraged, he roared again, "...Su Mo!!!"

Su Mo kept her eyes downcast, wiping away tears in utter despair. "I know I was wrong... but is there any Female in this world who doesn’t make mistakes? Please, can’t you forgive me just this once?"

"..."

Hearing her sanctimonious excuses, the usual cold aloofness on Mo Xiao’s face vanished completely.

He nearly shattered his own fangs.

’Look at him, he looks like he’s about to eat someone. I never should have given him the antidote! I should have just been swift with a knife, chopped off his balls, and taken them to the black market. I probably could’ve traded them for a couple pounds of fresh meat... WAHHH, how could I be so stupid~’

"You!" Enraged, Mo Xiao lunged for the woman on the ground.

Fei Yan put out a hand to stop him, reminding him softly, "You cannot harm a Female."

Mo Xiao shot him a speechless look, just in time to catch the smile Fei Yan failed to hide.

’Don’t tell me Fei Yan can hear her thoughts too?!’