Animal-eared Girl Era: Start by Forming a Contract with an SSS-Class School Belle

Not far away, there were people on the side of the road pointing and whispering with disdainful faces,

"Tang San, he always relied on being the Deputy City Lord's younger brother to eat for free and never pay, always dining and dashing,"

"He never paid for clothes either. Once, he took more than a hundred sets of new clothes from a luxury shop and bankrupted that owner, who ended up selling herself in a brothel,"

"There's a rumor he often steals pretty girls' panties in No. 3 High School. No one knows what he does with them,"

"He even ripped out the principal's beard in front of all the students and teachers,"

"Hey, keep your voice down. Don't let him hear you. Last time, someone had their leg broken and their nuts crushed—pay attention, I mean the third leg—and lost their ability to have kids,"

"Tch, what can you do? He has a good brother. When one person makes it big, even his dogs and chickens ascend. The welfare home kids are all protected by the City Lord and Deputy City Lord. As long as it's not murder, no matter what wrong he does, it's fine,"

"But none of the other welfare home kids act like this—only him. He's so arrogant, full of himself, lawless!"

Tang San cast a shadowy glance over, and that group hurriedly scattered, afraid he had set his sights on them.

He didn't care and smiled, then said,

"Sis, there's a restaurant right here, the food's pretty good,"

The Fate Divine Spirit furrowed her brows and followed him into the restaurant.

She could see from the darkness around Tang San's brow that this guy was doomed for a bloody disaster.

He was the Human Emperor's little brother, after all. She sided with family, not reason, so she intended to help Tang San dodge the coming calamity.

Even though Tang San's character was a bit nasty, she figured as long as the Human Emperor taught and guided him, Tang San could change and get back on the right path.

"Boss, give us three pork leg rice bowls, no cilantro, no beef. Make two of them extra spicy!"

Tang San waved grandly.

The restaurant owner scowled and nodded, heading off to make the pork leg rice bowls.

The Fate Divine Spirit wore a white, form-fitting gown that showed off her curves perfectly—a pure, ethereal, otherworldly beauty, like a fairy who didn't belong in this filthy world.

Tang San's eyes were unabashedly flirtatious—he stared at the Fate Divine Spirit's breathtakingly gorgeous face, completely dazed.

This was the prettiest, best-bodied, most elegant woman he'd ever seen in his life.

*If only I could marry this kind of woman, I'd gladly chop my lifespan by a hundred years or even break my ribs open for soup!*

The Fate Divine Spirit felt extremely uncomfortable under his naked gaze. Her voice chilled as she said,

"Hey kid, tell me about Xiao Ye when he was little,"

But Tang San was still out of it, so she repeated herself. Only then did Tang San snap back to reality.

"Huh?"

"My brother's childhood, huh?"

His eyes flickered in confusion as he started bullshitting, "My brother, huh,"

"My brother treated us really well; whatever food and drink he got, he'd share. He let us focus on our studies..."

The Fate Divine Spirit listened, a smile creeping onto her lips.

*The Human Emperor was really this good of a person, even as a kid?*

But Tang San's next words made her frown tightly.

"My brother is really loyal and always helps others. Back in school, he only ever cared about Sister-in-law Bingxi and ignored all the other women,"

"He also worked super hard at studying and cultivating, wishing he could use every single second for self-improvement,"

"He never wasted food either..."

Tang San rambled on, just wildly praising Xiao Ye.

*He didn't actually know Xiao Ye and had never met him,*

*Because, truthfully, he hadn't grown up in a welfare home at all. He was a stray from outside of the Base City, only coming in at seventeen—this year. He'd noticed the city was pouring money and resources into the welfare home,*

*So he slipped in, beat up the other kids till they called him big brother, and only then did he get this welfare-home-kid identity.*

The Fate Divine Spirit started finding his words more and more fishy.

*Sure, the Human Emperor was noble,*

*But faithful?*

*Come on!*

*Hasn't the Human Emperor had how many Beast Girls? Ten plus!*

Seeing Tang San still jabbering away, spitting saliva all over the table, the Fate Divine Spirit said coldly,

"That's enough!"

"If you don't know Xiao Ye, stop with the empty flattery,"

"This is a Perfect Crystal Core of the Sacred Realm. Take it as my greeting gift. We're done here,"

She stood up, ready to leave.

Tang San panicked and rushed to grab her sleeve, anxiously saying,

"Fairy Sis, don't go,"

"If you want to know anything about my brother, I'll tell you,"

The Fate Divine Spirit expressionlessly said, "Do you even know what my relationship with your brother is?"

"What if I'm his enemy? What if I hate him?"

"You don't even ask before blurting praise, all just useless talk,"

She waved her hand and vanished on the spot.

Tang San's face turned gloomy.

"Stupid bitch!"

Then he glanced down and saw the Perfect Crystal Core of the Sacred Realm on the table, his face instantly lighting up in delight.

"A Perfect Crystal Core! It's actually a Sacred Realm core!"

"That cheap master I conned is only at the Venerable Realm!"

The Fate Divine Spirit watched Tang San from the street with a blank expression.

*The Human Emperor's younger brother seriously had terrible character, absolutely nothing like the Human Emperor,*

*The Human Emperor was loyal and respectful to his teachers and elders, but this brother of his was greedy and lecherous, with no respect at all,*

Suddenly, the Fate Divine Spirit's face shifted.

She sensed the Human Emperor's energy, and two other presences at the third stage Perfection of the Emperor Realm.

And the aura of that Gu Qingcheng she'd met last night.

*Gu Qingcheng really did look exactly like me,*

*Did the Human Emperor just see me as her stand-in?*

*Did he really love her that much?*

At the gate of the transformed welfare home, Xiao Ye, Gu Qingcheng, Cheng Bingxi, and Nangong Siyao appeared.

Xiao Ye caught a glimpse of the Fate Divine Spirit flickering in the air from the corner of his eye and knew she was watching him from nearby.

With his current realm, and at this close range, even though the Fate Divine Spirit's body flickered half-into the void, she couldn't hide her presence.

*Sigh, if she doesn't want to see me, I'll let her be,*

Tomorrow, once the Reincarnation Divine Spirit broke into the Star Domain Realm, she could get her memories back.

*He'd just taken the Fate Divine Spirit's virginity last night, so now he already thought of her as his wife. Of course he'd help her recover her memories,*

Cheng Bingxi and Nangong Siyao texted their parents about coming back with Xiao Ye and sent their location.

Xiao Ye focused on watching the Fate Divine Spirit while also looking at the transformed welfare home, feeling a bit sentimental.

"Back then, the welfare home was a rundown little dump. Never thought it'd be so gilded and grand now,"

"This street used to be dead empty, hardly anyone around, but now it's bustling, packed—one of the busiest streets in Wilderness Base City, just like the old city center,"

"Let's go check it out—I've never come back before,"

He casually conjured up some nutritional supplements to carry in, then walked inside.

Cheng Bingxi, Nangong Siyao, and Gu Qingcheng followed close behind.

A porcelain-doll little girl with huge, blinking eyes ran up and hugged Xiao Ye's leg, babbling,

"Brother Xiao Ye, you really are Brother Xiao Ye!"

"Xiaoyezi would never mistake you, you're definitely Brother Xiao Ye,"

Xiao Ye patted her head and crouched down, smiling, "Xiaoyezi, long time no see,"

Xiaoyezi was thrilled. She pouted, "Brother Xiao Ye, you didn't come see us for a whole year—you're so mean,"

"This year, a bad big brother came to the welfare home and always beats us up,"

"He even says he's your brother,"

"See, my butt's still sore from yesterday—he hit me again,"