CHAPTER 117: CHAPTER 109: CONQUER HIM_1

The cave in front of her was completely sealed off.

The gecko was still CHIRPING nearby.

"Grandchild, it’s not that I want to say this, but you must devise a way to deal with this long worm," he said.

"The Heavenly Book said so little about you, yet the conclusion is so clear: you are fated to be persecuted by your kin. Think about it, who else is your kin in this world besides your little ones? This long worm has always been a great villain, and he’s also your Beast Husband. If the heavens let this long worm kill you, would you still have a life?"

"You are the only descendant I have in this world, and Grandpa doesn’t want you to die!"

Si Yan responded, "Aren’t you also my kin? Couldn’t you also persecute me?"

The gecko paused, then laughed heartily. "The heavens can’t control your grandfather!"

This old gecko was rather arrogant.

"Alright. I understand."

If this was the only choice to survive, then conquering She Wang... She accepted the task.

The gecko asked curiously, "How do you plan to conquer him?"

Si Yan lowered her head. "You showed me his dreams; wasn’t that to let me know his weakness? You’ve said so much. Ultimately, you’re just telling me that this cold-hearted Serpent Beastman fears one thing the most: loneliness."

The gecko replied with a laugh, "A teachable child."

Si Yan looked at the sealed cave, touching the stones piled up by the Sen Ran Serpent Beastman.

This Sen Ran Serpent Beastman chose to seal the cave at the last moment before shedding his skin. Behind his cold-heartedness, there was actually his delicate gentleness.

Si Yan closed her eyes, then opened them after a moment.

At this moment, she felt a change within herself.

Her voice became gentle. "Wang."

The gecko encouraged, "That’s it, be gentler, even more gentle!"

Si Yan really wanted to sew the gecko’s mouth shut. Her relationship with the Great Demon King wasn’t that good yet. Didn’t he know that speaking in such a self-righteous manner was actually very embarrassing?! But, just as the gecko said, this approach should be very effective for Wang, who feared loneliness. Conquer him then. If it has to be cheesy, so be it.

She adjusted herself and, leaning against the stone, sat down. "Let me talk to you. That way, you’ll know you’re not alone while shedding your skin."

"I hope you don’t mind me being noisy."

Si Yan couldn’t see the reaction from the other side. She looked up as if recalling something. "You might not know, but I’m quite afraid of snakes. I’m not only afraid of snakes; I’m also afraid of this unfamiliar world."

She remembered the first time she came to this world, facing Xi Qing and Bei Ji—two little ones who were supposedly her children. They had knocked her down, leaving her head bleeding.

She remembered when she first arrived in this world, her children, every single one of them, hated her.

Her children, every single one of them, lived such miserable lives.

She looked up and, as the thoughts came, she spoke, "This world, it’s very simple. But this world, it’s not kind."

"Females are born with many privileges in this world. Because of these privileges, many females here are spoiled, capricious, and deceiving."

"Males in this world suffer from harsh treatment; they are treated unjustly. Hence, many males here tend to be obsessive, fearful, and also humble."

"This world has fewer females than males, thus forming such an imbalanced social structure between the genders. Although everyone knows it’s unfair, no one thinks about changing it, nor can they."

"I can’t change the world, but I can decide what kind of life I want to lead."

Si Yan’s clear, black-and-white eyes looked at the dry, bare stone wall.

"I want my family to be one where my Beast Husband and I stand side by side. My Beast Husband trusts me. He knows he’s the only male for me."

"My children won’t be treated differently based on gender. I’ll treat them all equally. In our family, every person will live with dignity."

"Great Demon King."

Si Yan looked back, even though there were only stones behind her. "I think, if you don’t object, I’d like to try with you to build such an equal family."

"Would you be willing?"

The gecko watched Si Yan’s small face. She spoke such clingy words, yet no such sticky affection was present in her eyes.

His grandchild truly was a very rational person, he mused.

There was no response from inside the cave, and Si Yan was silent.

They had only known each other for a few days; it was far from a deep connection. Now she was persuading an emperor Sen Ran to spend a lifetime with her. This felt like, in the modern world, an ordinary man convincing a perfect, excellent woman to stay with him forever. A bit naive.

The gecko urged, "Don’t let it get awkward! Keep going, keep going!"

Si Yan was speechless.

She began, "Great Demon King, there are no schools in this world. I want to build one someday. I want all the children to come and learn there. They could learn to recognize simple herbs, mathematics involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, and ideally, a common written language could be popularized."

"I will teach them respect and equality. I will start to popularize the rules of equality in the school."

"Slowly, these rules will spread from the school to the entire Beast World, so that every Beastman feels respected."

Si Yan didn’t know if She Wang in the cave could hear her, but she spoke a great deal.

Inside the cave, the huge Sen Ran Beastman was coiled up with his eyes closed.

He heard every bit of the female’s chattering outside.

He wanted to stop it but couldn’t. The closer it got to his shedding time, the stronger his perception became, and thus, the louder and more forceful Si Yan’s voice seemed. He felt extremely irritated. This female, she was very greedy. She actually had the audacity to dream of spending a lifetime with him. She actually had the audacity to dream that he would really fall in love with her and build the things she liked alongside her. Had he been too peaceful lately? Is that why the female outside was so naive?! Once he showed his fangs, he didn’t believe she wouldn’t run away!

The Serpent Beastman abruptly slapped his tail. The power provided by this cave replenished his leaking energy, but the energy was so wild that it made him extremely uncomfortable!

Outside the cave, Si Yan suddenly stood up. She asked anxiously, "Is the cave collapsing?"

The gecko raised his hind leg, scratched his neck, and said, "Don’t worry, it’s a normal phenomenon."

Si Yan asked, "How long does his shedding take? It’s been hours already."

The gecko replied, "Given his condition... about a day and a night."

Si Yan was speechless.

Si Yan didn’t know what else she could do, so she leaned against a rock outside and began humming softly.

Fortunately, there were so many songs from her previous life. She sang them haphazardly, which was a good way to pass the time.

A day and a night passed, and finally, there was movement from inside the cave.

Stones fell, layer by layer. Si Yan quickly backed away, her eyes fixed intently on the opening. From between the stones, a male with long, dark purple hair slowly emerged. His eyes were cold and proud, his face stern and unapproachable, like an Evil God who brooked no offense.

If Bai Feng’s beauty could be described as divine, then She Wang’s beauty was the demonic handsomeness of Satan himself.

After shedding, She Wang seemed taller, his skin more delicate, even more handsome!

Si Yan was momentarily dazzled.

The dark circles under She Wang’s eyes were a result of her incessant chattering.

At this moment, seeing her, the coldness in his eyes dissipated slightly. "Female, you are really noisy."

Si Yan was speechless. She actually hadn’t wanted to be so noisy. That darned gecko must have led her astray, guiding her down the wrong path to win him over! How could this kind of monologue be effective? The transmigration novels she had read never described it like this!

However, just then, the male Beastman in front of her stepped forward a few paces. He reached out his hand and gently pulled out a long, lightweight skin.

The handsome, tall male said coldly, "This is the snakeskin I just shed. Do you want it? If you do, I’ll make you clothes from it. If not, I’ll just burn it."

Si Yan was slightly taken aback.

The gecko went TSK TSK TSK. "Grandchild, it’s snakeskin, eh! Serpent Beastmen use it to curry favor with their mates, to vie for affection. You wouldn’t think it from his cold gaze, but here he is, handing over the skin he just shed! TSK TSK TSK, who would have thought? My grandson-in-law is actually the ’tough on the outside, soft on the inside’ type."

Si Yan was speechless again.

Si Yan stepped forward and took the long snakeskin, her eyes instantly lighting up.

Snakeskin was indeed different from other beast hides; it was lighter and softer, and its texture was even better than the silk pajamas she had worn in her previous life.

Si Yan exclaimed excitedly, "Yes, yes, yes! This is fabulous!"

She Wang looked down at her. This tiny female seemed to truly love his snakeskin.