Beast World: A Fragile Beauty Blessed with Many Children Chapter 474 - 473: Thanks to You

Zhi Li was already lying on the stone bed, his head pillowed on his arm. He turned his head to look at the moonlight outside the window. The agitation from the day settled in the cool sumr night, and clearer thoughts began to erge from the murk.

He... was coveting Xia Ming! It was a feeling any male could easily recognize. The frank excitent of his body made it impossible for him to lie to his own heart.

He sighed softly. ’Xia Ming is so wonderful... and what am I? A male with a broken contract, who already has children and grandchildren. What right do I have to covet her?’

He ran his hands through his hair in frustration. ’I should be content just being alive to see Xiao Le and the kids safe and sound. I shouldn’t be asking for more.’

As he was tossing and turning, frustrated with himself for reasons he couldn’t pinpoint and feeling as if a stone was pressing on his chest, he heard Xia Ming cry out. Without a second thought, he rushed out and pushed open the door to her room.

The young female was huddled pitifully in the corner, her head in her hands, calling his na with a sob in her voice.

"Little Ming’er, I’m here." Zhi Li’s Adam’s apple bobbed, a sharp pain piercing his heart. He lit the oil lamp in the room.

Sensing the light and hearing his voice, Xia Ming finally looked up. Her fair, delicate face was stained with tears, her eyelashes glistening.

After just one glance, Zhi Li turned his head away. He looked at his own shadow on the stone wall, but his mind was wondering, ’Is she really this fragile and timid?’

Ping i sotis said she was scared too, but he could always tell she was pretending. Xia Ming’s fear, however, was real, and it couldn’t help but stir a feeling of tender affection in his heart.

"Zhi Li, I’m scared." It had been several days since she was reborn, but she had only returned to Golden Lion City today. The environnt was unfamiliar, she was surrounded by unfamiliar Beastn, and now that Yi Wan had left, Zhi Li was the only one she knew.

Her voice thick with distress, she said, "In my last life, when I died, I think I was eaten by wolves.

"I just rember the forest was especially dark and cold. I was clinging to a tree, and below were many wolves with glowing green eyes, and the excited roars of all kinds of Wild Beasts...

"The tree I chose to escape to wasn’t tall at all. If the wolf pack didn’t give up and kept ramming it a hundred tis or so, the trunk would have definitely snapped. I..."

Whenever she thought about it, her whole body ached. She didn’t have the mory of being devoured by the wolf pack, but it was as if her body still rembered the sensation.

Zhi Li couldn’t help but walk over and sit on the edge of the bed. He reached out and gently patted her head, his voice gentle. "Don’t be afraid. I’ll stay here and watch over you. There are no wolf packs. We’re in Golden Lion City.

"The city walls are thick and high, and we have so many High-level Beast Soldiers on guard."

Listening to his words, Xia Ming’s heart gradually cald. She obediently lay down, pulled the thin blanket over herself, and turned her head to look at him, greedily savoring the tranquility of the mont.

’Right now, his attention is only on , not like during the day when he was too busy to spend any ti with .’

"Zhi Li, aren’t you scared? Do you rember what happened before? After twenty years, don’t you feel out of place?" Xia Ming recalled Si Shuo’s words and started to have a heart-to-heart with him.

Zhi Li nodded heavily. "Of course I do. You might not feel it as deeply as I do. For , my kid was just the size of my palm, and in the blink of an eye, he has a mate and cubs of his own. I barely figured out how to be a Father before I beca a grandpa!"

Hearing his words, Xia Ming couldn’t help but laugh. "Thanks to you, I’ve beco a grandma too."

Zhi Li scratched his head and laughed along with her. Under the lamplight, the young female’s eyes curved into crescents, the laughter in them like fragnted, brilliant light, just like the twinkling stars in the night sky—so dazzling and moving.

Her skin looked even smoother and softer, and she seed so small and delicate in front of him.

"It’s truly wonderful," he said with a sincere smile. "That Yi Wan and Little Ming’er, two people in love, could finally be together."

Xia Ming’s hand tightened on the corner of the blanket. "Zhi Li, what about you? You... you don’t have any thoughts about your own future?"

Zhi Li was stunned for a mont, then shook his head in a bit of a daze. "I’ve only just been reborn. I don’t know much about the present, twenty years later. I guess I’ll focus on training for now.

"I only have a Level 6 Superpower. I can’t protect anyone. At ho, my Level is the lowest. I’ll enter the tournant first. It’d be best if I pass, but if not, I’ll have to go hunt Wild Beasts in the nearby forests.

"Coming back to life was a heaven-defying stroke of luck. I can’t count on cheating death a second ti. Strength is my only trump card!

"Yeah, once my Level is higher, I’ll travel around and see the world. In my past life, I only ever lived in the Luoni Tribe. I never got to see the rest of the Southern Continent, or the other continents."

Listening to his words, Xia Ming’s heart grew colder, bit by bit. But then, she couldn’t help but feel happy for Zhi Li.

"Being able to go out and see the world sounds wonderful. But Zhi Li, no matter where you go, you have to promise you’ll co back. The Southern Continent will always be your ho!"

’This was him—the young man she rembered, full of endless hope and untad spirit.’

Zhi Li looked at her, amused. "Why do I get the feeling you’re more excited than I am? It’s still a long way off. It might not happen for several years.

"Alright, you’re not scared anymore, are you? Get so sleep. Little Ming’er needs plenty of rest to get healthier!"

Xia Ming pouted. "I don’t want to sleep. I just want to talk with you. You and Yi Wan are the most, most, most important people in my life."

Zhi Li’s breath hitched. Seeing her complete trust and reliance on him, he didn’t dare to et her eyes, hating the sordidness of his own heart all the more.

He turned his back to her and sat down, leaning against the stone bed. "Fine. I won’t leave. I’ll just sit here with you, alright?"

Xia Ming humd in satisfaction. "Zhi Li."

"Mm, I’m here," Zhi Li answered.

"Have you thought about what kind of female you want to find in the future?" Xia Ming asked.

Zhi Li’s eyes lowered slightly. "Soone pretty, sweet-natured, kind, and sensible, I guess."

Xia Ming couldn’t help but ntally check each word against herself. Just as she was about to jokingly ask if she qualified, she heard him say with a hint of dejection, "Unfortunately, I don’t have a Beast Mark. I can’t offer a young female enough loyalty and protection. I doubt anyone would want , right?"

She froze, lowering her head and placing a hand on her chest, where Yi Wan’s Beast Mark rested. ’But Zhi Li said he broke his Beast Mark with Ping i.’

’Maybe because I was reborn, the rules are different now?’ she wondered.

Xia Ming pressed her lips together and sat up. She looked at Zhi Li’s handso profile, and before she even moved, her heart was already pounding so fast it felt like it would leap out of her chest.

But she still clenched her jaw, moved forward, and wrapped her arms around his neck, burying her face against him. "Zhi Li, I don’t know about other females, but I want you!"

Zhi Li’s fists clenched. All of his senses seed to be magnified tenfold. The warm breath on his neck was about to shatter his last shred of reason. He spoke, his voice hoarse and strained, "Little Ming’er, do... do you know what you’re saying? You’re young and beautiful, you only have one Beast Husband, Yi Wan. You have a long, happy life ahead of you. There’s no need..."

"Zhi Li, do you really feel nothing for at all? I don’t want you to suffer with so other female. I want you to stay with and Yi Wan forever!

"I’ve longed for this day so much. Before, when Ping i was around, all I could do was watch helplessly as you fussed over her. Now Ping i is gone, and we’ve both been through life and death. Why can’t we be together?"