Chapter Seventeen: Miss Bai, Please Maintain Your Dignity (Kindly Support and Follow)

“Knock, knock, knock—”
The sound of knocking came, seemingly polite, yet before the host could invite, the person outside entered uninvited.

Bai Nanyan led Xi Mo to the door. Seeing the tense atmosphere among the few present, she was not surprised and habitually blamed Gu Sihui, speaking without hesitation: “Xiaohui, what have you done this time to upset everyone?
It’s not just your sister saying this—beast husbands are human too; they have their own feelings. You can’t keep tormenting them.
Since Yuta has bound you all together, it shows you’re the most suitable.”

She paused, then scolded Gu Sihui with bitter disappointment: “You can’t always keep your eyes fixed on others.
Sigh, when will you understand that living your own life well is more important than competing with others?”

Bai Nanyan’s sly words stirred a wave of anger in Gu Sihui’s heart, more disgusting than swallowing a fly.
She directly retorted, “If you’ve got something to say, say it. If not, get lost. This is my… room. You’re not welcome here.”

“Gu Sihui! Nanyan came here with good intentions to see you. What kind of attitude is this?” Xi Mo was displeased, glaring angrily at Gu Sihui.

Again, a strange resentment flickered in Gu Sihui’s heart.
Clearly, Bai Nanyan was provoking her, but she always ended up being the one blamed. Why?

Gu Sihui knew this was an instinctive reaction of the secondary female lead’s body—a protective mechanism formed in the brain after being hurt too many times.

She took a deep breath, quietly calming the rage within, then raised her eyes to coldly look at Xi Mo: “I don’t need it.”

Xi Mo kept babbling but froze at her words, instinctively asking, “What did you say?”

“I said I don’t need your hypocritical concern.” Gu Sihui grabbed the cup of warm water from the nearby cabinet and hurled it toward Bai Nanyan.

The cup brushed Bai Nanyan’s calf and shattered on the floor at her feet.

Shards of broken glass scattered around, cutting Bai Nanyan’s exposed calf.

“Ah!” Bai Nanyan groaned in pain.

“Gu Sihui!” Xi Mo was furious, rushing forward and raising his hand toward her.

Gu Sihui reacted swiftly, dodging behind the nearest Yinian and pushing his waist: “You wanted a divorce, didn’t you? Show me your sincerity.”

Yinian was stunned by the push, looking up just as Xi Mo’s palm came down.

How could a rabbit be the match for a fox? Besides, the former secondary female lead always gave the best things to Xi Mo first, leaving the other three beast husbands to watch helplessly, not even getting a sip of soup.

Among those beast husbands, Xi Mo was the strongest.

“Smack!”

Yinian’s face was slapped aside, but in the next moment, Gu Sihui tore away from him and, with lightning speed, slapped Xi Mo twice across the face.

“Smack! Smack!”

These two slaps were louder than when Xi Mo hit Yinian.

Xi Mo’s face instantly flushed bright red. Bai Nanyan let out a sharp scream: “Ah—Xiaohui, how can you hit someone without knowing the full story?”

Anyway, they were all spiteful secondary female leads. Gu Sihui instantly lost control, sneering coldly, “You knew I was crazy and still dared to provoke me? Are you idiots?
You deserve to be hit. Get lost!”

Bai Nanyan had never seen Gu Sihui like this before. Although Gu Sihui was crazy in the past, most of the time it was just talk.

She was also tongue-tied and was no match for Bai Nanyan. Whenever Gu Sihui got too angry and wanted to lay hands on Bai Nanyan, Xi Mo would always stop her. Even without Xi Mo, someone else would intervene, and Gu Sihui’s reputation would only get worse.

This was the first time Gu Sihui hit without arguing or crying.

This version of Gu Sihui was completely unfamiliar to Bai Nanyan, though subconsciously she found it normal.

Gu Sihui truly loved Xi Mo, and it was only natural she became crazed watching Xi Mo being taken away by someone else.

A hint of smugness flashed in Bai Nanyan’s eyes as she cradled Xi Mo’s face and said tenderly, “Xiaomo, are you okay?”

Tears streamed down Bai Nanyan’s cheeks: “I told you, the sister is probably fine, but you insisted on coming to see her.
Not only does she not remember your kindness, she even hit you. Xiaomo, let’s go.”

Xi Mo gritted his teeth, feeling the numbness and swelling on his face, for the first time ignoring Bai Nanyan.

He pushed Bai Nanyan aside and stared fiercely at Gu Sihui: “This is the second time.”

Gu Sihui remained indifferent, but Xi Mo seemed broken, his eyes suddenly reddening: “You once said you liked me very much, that even if you were harsh to everyone else, you wouldn’t lay a finger on me.
But now you’ve hit me. Gu Sihui, your love is as cheap as you are!”

Xi Mo thought this would bring a look of pain and regret to Gu Sihui’s face, but instead she raised her hand again: “If you’re crazy, go get treatment. You’ve already betrayed me and thrown yourself at someone else, and you still want me to like you?
Please, if I didn’t lose my temper, you’d really think I’m your lapdog?”

Hearing this, the pain in Xi Mo’s eyes suddenly faded somewhat.

A relaxed smile returned to his gaze, and he understood: “So it’s because you’re jealous.”

Xi Mo looked down on Gu Sihui condescendingly, shaking his head as if pitying her: “Xiaohui, I told you, my heart has long been lost to Nanyan. No matter what you do or how unreasonable you get, I will never fall in love with you.
However…”

His tone shifted, growing more compassionate: “As long as you kneel and kowtow to Nanyan to admit your mistakes, and swear you won’t target her again, I might be able to consider you my friend.”

He finished, warning sharply: “Just friends. And you can’t entertain any improper thoughts about me anymore.”

Enough. Two utterly clueless, brainless fools!

Gu Sihui had never been so speechless—if she was guilty, let the law punish her, not these two fools making her sick!

She quietly withdrew her hand. Amid Xi Mo’s smug expression, she coldly looked at Teng Qu: “What are you standing there for? Poison them to death!
You were pretty good at poisoning me, why now act like a harmless snake?”

Teng Qu was speechless.

Bai Nanyan’s attention shifted to Teng Qu at Gu Sihui’s words. Suddenly, she covered her mouth and exclaimed, “Ah! Xiao Qu, you’re bleeding!”

It seemed Teng Qu’s bleeding was something Bai Nanyan couldn’t bear. She quickly stepped forward and loosened his front garment.

Seeing the bloody mess beneath, Bai Nanyan gasped again, her eyes reddened as she glared at Gu Sihui.

“Xiaohui, even if you think the python beast husband can’t compare to my flood dragon beast husband, you can’t treat Xiao Qu like this! That spot is obviously his heart-protecting scale. Do you know that without it, for him to cultivate from python to flood dragon, he’ll need to put in at least a hundred times more effort?”

Gu Sihui was also surprised at this and looked at Teng Qu: “Where’s your heart-protecting scale?”

Teng Qu was reserved. For the first time, he bared his chest in front of everyone. His handsome face instantly flushed scarlet, his fair skin turning tomato-red.

He dodged Gu Sihui’s question, pushed Bai Nanyan’s hand away, stepped back two paces, and said coldly, “Miss Bai, please watch your manners.”