Compensation? You Bastard, All You Know Is Compensation!

She was the imperial Auspicious Beast of the Star Dou Great Forest. Raised from childhood under the doting care of Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts, when had she ever suffered such humiliation?

First, that inexplicable accident with Lin Xuan had happened. Now he was teasing and treating her like this. An indescribable sense of grievance surged into her heart once more, impossible to suppress no matter how hard she tried.

"Lin Xuan! I hate you! You're the person I hate most! I never want to be friends with you again!" Wang Qiu'er shouted at Lin Xuan. Then, her entire body transformed into a streak of golden light as she shot like lightning toward the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Oh no, I think I pushed things too far. Seeing this, Lin Xuan immediately dropped his playful grin. The Illusory Soul Movement Technique beneath his feet surged to its limit, and his whole body turned into a cloud of black mist as he rapidly chased after Wang Qiu'er.

"Qiu'er! Don't be impulsive! I was wrong, okay?" Empowered by the Illusory Soul Movement Technique, Lin Xuan quickly caught up to Wang Qiu'er. He grabbed her wrist and hurriedly softened his tone.

The sudden force made Wang Qiu'er's forward rush falter slightly. She abruptly turned around, tear tracks still damp on her pretty face, and snapped at Lin Xuan, "Get lost! Don't put on such a hypocritical act..."

Before she could finish, Lin Xuan suddenly exerted force with his wrist and yanked Wang Qiu'er straight into his arms.

Before Wang Qiu'er could react, Lin Xuan bent down and kissed her, sealing off every word she had yet to say.

"Mmph..."

Wang Qiu'er's pink-blue eyes instantly widened. She instinctively wanted to struggle, but at that moment, the lingering weakness from last night's battle swept through her body again, leaving her limp and utterly unable to muster any strength.

Lin Xuan directly held the back of Wang Qiu'er's head with one hand, giving her no chance to escape. Then, he forcefully pried her teeth apart.

Wang Qiu'er desperately wanted to resist. She wished she could immediately seize the Golden Dragon Spear and stab this rogue Lin Xuan to death.

But the weakness left by last night's battle surged through her body like a tide once again. Wang Qiu'er did not even have the strength to lift her hand. She could only helplessly tilt back her snow-white neck, weakly clutching Lin Xuan's clothes at his chest with both hands as she passively endured amid ragged breaths...

After a long while, when both of them were nearly out of breath, Lin Xuan finally parted from Wang Qiu'er, still wanting more.

A thread of silver saliva stretched between their lips before snapping apart.

Wang Qiu'er panted heavily, and a dazed look quietly flashed through her pink-blue, autumn-water eyes.

"Qiu'er, don't be angry. Yesterday was my fault. I'll take responsibility for you. I'll compensate you, okay?" Lin Xuan looked down at the girl in his arms and smiled gently.

"Compensate me? You bastard, all you know is compensation!" The moment Wang Qiu'er heard that, the emotions she had barely managed to calm flared up again. Somehow finding the strength, she pulled one hand free and swung it toward Lin Xuan's handsome face.

Lin Xuan neither dodged nor evaded. Unhurriedly, he raised his left hand and steadily caught Wang Qiu'er's small hand.

"Who wants your compensation? You were the one who took advantage of me, and now you're still humiliating me like this!" Wang Qiu'er bit her rosy lower lip tightly. Her eyes were red-rimmed, and her pink-blue gaze was filled with grievance.

Lin Xuan wrapped an arm around Wang Qiu'er's slender waist and pulled her closer into his embrace. "Qiu'er, what compensation do you want? As long as it's something I can do, I'll brave mountains of blades and seas of fire without hesitation."

"Or..." Lin Xuan smiled faintly. "I could let you bully me back?"

"Bastard Lin Xuan! You pervert!" Embarrassed and furious, Wang Qiu'er parted her red lips and viciously bit down on Lin Xuan's neck.

"Hiss!"

Feeling the sharp pain in his neck, Lin Xuan could not help drawing in a cold breath. Yet he did not push Wang Qiu'er away. He merely freed one hand to gently stroke her long, wavy pink-blue hair, allowing her to vent her emotions.

Only after a long time did Wang Qiu'er finally release her pearly teeth.

Seeing the bleeding bite mark on Lin Xuan's neck, she froze slightly, surprise flashing through her pink-blue eyes.

Just moments ago, Lin Xuan had been dodging her at every turn, constantly teasing her. Why was he now letting her bite him like a block of wood?

Wang Qiu'er raised her eyes to Lin Xuan and subconsciously asked, "Are you an idiot? You really won't dodge?"

Lin Xuan looked down at Wang Qiu'er and gave her a warm smile. "As long as it helps Qiu'er calm down, what does a little pain matter?"

"Bastard! Why did you treat me like that... You were obviously the one who took all the advantage... Yet in the end, you still bullied me..." Hearing Lin Xuan's gentle voice and remembering that she had just bitten him, the anger in Wang Qiu'er's heart finally dissipated a little. With tear-filled eyes, she looked at him and questioned him.

"Because I like you. I really, really like you. That's truly the only reason." Lin Xuan nodded earnestly.

"So what happened between us yesterday was something you planned too?" Wang Qiu'er's pink-blue eyes flashed with disbelief as she asked incredulously.

"Cough, cough, cough." Lin Xuan gave several tactical coughs before explaining, "Last night really was an accident. I truly didn't do it on purpose!"

"Really?" Wang Qiu'er clearly did not believe him. She had always felt that Lin Xuan had been plotting against her for a long time.

Now that she had calmed down, she carefully recalled everything that had happened since she first met Lin Xuan.

Back when she had just taken human form, she had happened to encounter Lin Xuan, as though he had been waiting there for her all along.

Not only had he come thoroughly prepared, producing pills to help purify her Golden Dragon Bloodline, but he had also shamelessly insisted on following her around.

Even if those could barely be called coincidences, what about what happened later in the cave? That was something she could never forget.

At the time, Lin Xuan had asked her to fetch some seasoning, and that seasoning just happened to be the sort he had accidentally concocted for affairs between men and women.

And without even looking, Lin Xuan had sprinkled the seasoning she handed him over the roasted meat.

As a result, after the two of them ate the roasted meat, that sort of thing had happened again by accident...

Connecting all these incidents together, Wang Qiu'er felt a chill run down her spine.

She seriously suspected that Lin Xuan had set his sights on her long ago. He might even have been laying plans back when she was still in soul beast form, merely waiting for the moment she took human form and walked into his trap!

Wang Qiu'er narrowed her eyes slightly, her gaze sweeping over Lin Xuan's handsome face as she asked suspiciously, "You admitted that you liked me so readily just now. Why are you stammering now?"

"Speak!" Wang Qiu'er stared unblinkingly at Lin Xuan with her pink-blue eyes and demanded, "Have you been plotting this for a long time?"

"Uh, uh, uh..." Lin Xuan smiled awkwardly. "Of course not. They were all just coincidences, plus a tiny bit of luck..."