Chapter 281 - 251: How Could She Be So Fragrant?
Chapter 281: Chapter 251: How Could She Be So Fragrant?
Gu Ning returned to her bedroom and sat dazedly on the edge of the bed for a while.
A series of vibrations from her terminal snapped her back to reality. She looked down. She was still logged into "Claw," and messages marked with a paw print icon were continuously popping up on the small virtual screen floating above her wrist.
She had disabled pop-up notifications for all private messages except for those from pinned and specially followed accounts.
Gu Ning pinched the screen with her thumb and forefinger to zoom in, then randomly tapped on a message.
It was from Deviant regarding a collaboration. In addition to the messages he was currently sending, there were many unread messages and file attachments.
Gu Ning scrolled up, browsing the unread messages, and opened one of the files.
Instantly, a dense wall of text filled the screen. Gu Ning glanced at the footer—it was fifty pages long.
’No wonder Barto called his proposal trash. What kind of plan needs this many pages?’
Gu Ning forced herself to read one page, but the more she read, the more something felt off. She backed out and scrolled up through the messages. After scrolling past a dozen file attachments, she found a message from Deviant above the first file: [These are scripts I found for Yuanbao. You can take a look and see which ones you can do.]
Gu Ning casually opened another file. It was a script dozens of pages long. "..."
’I’m just a virtual blogger who makes short videos. Does he think I’m shooting a movie?!’
And Deviant had sent these scripts knowing full well that Yuanbao was a virtual character. How could she possibly produce a story dozens of pages long all by herself?! ’He can’t possibly think I have a company backing me, can he?’
Staring at the dense, multi-dozen-page scripts, Gu Ning felt a throbbing pain in her eyes and head. Even her stomach seemed to ache in sympathy. She shut down the terminal outright.
The built-in translator on "Claw" was about as good as the machine translations from her time in the human world. It was even worse at conveying context than the elementary-level language books for beast cubs that Alex had given her. That was why she usually preferred watching videos and only used books for looking up information.
Gu Ning sighed and flopped backward onto the bed.
’I knew this money wouldn’t be easy to earn.’
If Deviant and the others knew she was a real person, even if she couldn’t act, it would still be far simpler than trying to shoot a dramatic series by herself as a "virtual female."
But she had already signed a contract with Deviant, and the pay was extremely generous. She had no choice but to face the challenge head-on.
Right now, though, she didn’t have the strength to face anything.
She had originally planned to talk to Deviant and Idelos about the promotional video, but now she felt an indescribable exhaustion. Her mood was inexplicably foul, probably because of what Barto had done earlier—stripping off his pants in front of her.
The thought of that incident made Gu Ning even more agitated. She kicked off her shoes, rolled into bed, pulled the covers over herself, and shut her eyes to sleep.
’Whatever it is, it can wait until I’ve rested.’
Before long, mental and physical exhaustion pulled Gu Ning deep into sleep.
Not long after she fell asleep, her bedroom door was slowly pushed open.
The Beastman opening the door moved with extreme care, not letting the door make a single sound.
When the door was halfway open, he carefully stepped over the large Mixed Breed dog sleeping soundly on the floor. His bare feet padded silently on the ground. Once successfully inside the bedroom, he furtively closed the door behind him.
Then, he whipped his head around. His eyes glinted as he stared at the small, raised lump on the bed, and he strode silently but urgently toward it.
.
Gu Ning was sleeping soundly when a RUSTLING sound woke her.
In a daze, she felt something warm press against her back, followed by a thick arm resting on her waist.
The arm was placed gently, but it wasn’t light, which roused Gu Ning a little more. Her eyes were still too heavy with sleep to open. She fumbled at the arm on her waist, subconsciously thinking it was Cook, and murmured, "Cook, be a good boy. Don’t press down on my waist."
Her stomach felt very uncomfortable, and her lower back ached. She grabbed the arm, pushed it away, then scooted forward and curled up to go back to sleep.
After she pushed his arm away, the "puppy" behind her didn’t dare to move. He didn’t even dare to breathe too deeply, only taking a slow, deep breath before exhaling just as slowly.
Leo didn’t understand what the little female said, assuming she was talking in her sleep.
He didn’t dare wake her. He lay on his side behind her, staring intently at the back of her head.
Right then, as Leo inhaled the lethally sweet scent coming from the little female, he felt like his head was going to explode.
Lying next to her, the scent was many times stronger than it was outside.
He felt like he was submerged in a sealed jar of honey, about to drown in the fragrance.
After enduring it motionlessly for another two minutes, Leo couldn’t take it anymore and reached out to hold the little female.
’When I came in, I just planned to sleep on the floor. Just smelling her would have been enough.’
But less than two seconds after entering the bedroom, he couldn’t stop himself from climbing into her bed.
’She’s too fragrant! How can she be so fragrant?!’
Saliva flooded Leo’s mouth, and his throat bobbed as he swallowed repeatedly. Staring at Gu Ning, his eyes were practically glowing green.
Gu Ning hadn’t fallen back asleep. The throbbing ache in her stomach had woken her up more fully, and she could now clearly sense the "puppy’s" movements behind her.
She heard the "puppy" swallowing.
When the "puppy" pressed close again and wrapped his arm around her, Gu Ning reached down to touch the hand resting on her stomach.
She felt smooth skin.
This hand had no fur. It was smooth and searingly hot.
Gu Ning froze. In disbelief, she felt the hand again, her touch traveling from the palm up to the arm.
She only felt the fine hair a normal arm would have, nothing at all like Cook’s fluffy, puppy-like arm.
Leo felt the little female stroking him and was overjoyed. He pulled her fully into his embrace, and unable to restrain himself any longer, he pushed aside her hair and licked her neck.
Gu Ning’s scalp prickled, and her eyes flew open.
She struggled to turn over, and the wet, hot sensation of a tongue swept across her face.
"..."
In the darkness, Gu Ning couldn’t see who the Beastman was. She pushed at the head that was trying to lick her again, and her hand felt short hair.
At first, she suspected it might be Barto next to her. Even though Barto had never done something like this, among all the beastmen, he and Cook were the only ones who would ever share a bed with her. Plus, after he had stripped off his pants in front of her just a short while ago, her trust in him in certain respects had begun to waver.
However, she had guessed the wrong beast.
Besides them, the only others who could get into this room were the three captains.
Gu Ning first ruled out Philinos; he had long hair too.
That only left Vine and...
"Leo!" Gu Ning’s voice was practically a roar. She shoved at his dog-like face as he tried to get closer and kicked at him with her feet.
"Easy now, don’t kick..."
Seeing he’d been recognized, Leo wasn’t surprised. The little female was from the Snake Clan; it was normal for her to identify him by scent.
He grabbed the little female’s flailing foot and gave her hand a big lick. "Why do you like kicking there so much? What if you break it?"