He lifted a hand to gently adjust the gold-rimmed glasses on his nose, smiling elegantly. "Female Master, it's cold today. Why don't you have a cup of hot water to warm yourself up?"
Jiang Xinli looked at his tender and affectionate eyes, and the tension she felt moments before instantly eased.
She was secretly relieved. 'Finally, a normal person.'
'Judging by his looks and how he speaks, he must be a kind person.'
"Thank you." Jiang Xinli reached out and took the cup.
However, she didn't drink it, merely holding it in her hands as if to warm them.
"Female Master, don't you want to drink?" Sheng Tianze's gaze fixed on the girl's face, his warm voice seemingly hiding something, devoid of any genuine emotion.
Jiang Xinli gave an awkward smile. "I'm not really thirsty right now."
'How could I dare drink water handed to me by a stranger in a place like this?'
'Unless I was crazy.'
Still, even though the words and actions of the three men before her were strange, she had to admit, they were all ridiculously good-looking.
'I wonder which entertainment agency they belong to. This makeup is unbelievable, and these props are so realistic—absolutely top-notch!'
"Since you don't want to drink, how about—" Sheng Tianze's lips curved into a meaningful smile as he handed over a piece of paper. "You sign my divorce agreement first?"
Jiang Xinli was completely stunned. "You mean, you want to divorce me too?"
"And us." Just then, the main door opened with a CREAK, and two tall, well-built men walked in, one after the other.
The man in front had a pair of silver eyes and a gentle, soft face. Atop his long, wavy silver hair was a pair of fluffy silver wolf ears, which swayed gently with his movements, looking utterly adorable.
The man behind him had pink-orange eyes and a handsome, youthful face. He sported short, pink-orange hair, and his clothes were a bit flashy. However, wherever his skin was exposed, it was covered in scars, a sight that would stir anyone's pity.
Jiang Xinli pointed a finger at them, then at herself, her red lips slightly parted in utter shock.
"You... are all my husbands?"
'What new hit show is this, anyway?' she marveled inwardly.
'Five husbands, all ridiculously good-looking, with bodies better than international supermodels!'
'This premise is wild!'
As some suggestive scenes involuntarily flashed through her mind, the corners of Jiang Xinli's mouth couldn't help but quirk upwards slightly.
"I am Silver Wolf Yue Hua Yin, and he is Peacock Hua Xi. Have you forgotten again?" Yue Hua Yin gave Jiang Xinli a suspicious look, his tone filled with deep resentment and disappointment, like a jilted wife.
Behind him, Hua Xi's peacock feathers, hidden in his orange hair, had bristled at some point, making him look like a startled little animal radiating vigilance.
Green Snake Xuan Ying lifted his long, military-boot-clad legs and casually crossed them on the table, sneering, "Not for long."
"If it weren't for the marriage contract, why would we let ourselves be tortured to this extent by a waste with F-level spiritual power!" Black Panther Ye Kuo slammed his fist on the table again.
As an 18th-tier starlet who had been struggling in the big city for years, Jiang Xinli was no stranger to cold shoulders and ridicule.
But even so, this was the first time she had ever been called "waste."
She subconsciously clenched her fists, about to snap back at him.
But when she caught a glimpse of the crack Ye Kuo had smashed into the table, she silently swallowed her words.
"Ye Kuo, what you just said was a bit much." Sheng Tianze shot Ye Kuo a look, a hint of warning in his eyes.
Then, as he turned to look at Jiang Xinli, an inexplicable emotion flashed through his brilliant golden eyes.
"I didn't want to! Who's to blame when she starts playing crazy and acting dumb every time we bring up divorce?" Ye Kuo's eyes were full of impatience, like a child throwing a tantrum.
"Anyway, she's getting divorced today, whether she wants to or not."
After speaking, the veins on his arms and forehead bulged, and a chilling killing intent appeared in his eyes.
"I've had enough of this damn life that's worse than death and stripped of all dignity!"
"No, I—" Just as Jiang Xinli was about to show weakness and try to gain their sympathy, fragmented memories that didn't belong to her suddenly flooded her mind like a raging tide.
Jiang Xinli had transmigrated into a book!
She had transmigrated into an interstellar beast world novel—one where females were few and males were many, where females were revered and males were subservient. She was now in the body of a 19-year-old villainous side character who shared her name but was a waste with only F-level spiritual power.
The villainess's mother was originally the Lord of a prosperous planet in the interstellar space, wealthy, influential, and with numerous Beast Husbands.
Unfortunately, the original owner of this body, the true heiress, had been intentionally swapped at birth by the fake heiress's mother. She had her identity exchanged with the novel's female lead—the fake heiress—and was only found and brought back by her mother at the age of 5.
Her mother's spiritual power was as high as SS-level, and her biological father was the mother's Chief Husband, whose superpower had even reached the 8th Rank.
But in contrast, her own initial spiritual power awakening was only F-level. In everyone's eyes, she was nothing less than a freak and a waste.
Meanwhile, the fake heiress of the same age, who had been raised by her parents by mistake, had an initial spiritual power awakening of B-level, with a bright future ahead of her.
Besides her weak spiritual power, the original owner, who had grown up as a stray, had also somehow developed manic depression. Her behavior was erratic, and her methods were vicious.
After being brought back home, she used her status as the true heiress to become even more arrogant and domineering.
She not only live-streamed dissections of small animals on the interstellar dark web but also set up a secret room in her house where she would frequently whip and torture the Male Beastman bodyguards around her for entertainment.
This continued until her 18th birthday, one year ago.
The original owner, who had just been matched with five Beast Husbands, committed a monumental mistake that led to a cataclysmic disaster on Furao Star. All of the planet's rare resources and precious ores vanished overnight.
According to rumors, aside from the original owner and the fake heiress, her mother and all the remaining Beast People died in a sea of fire.
The Interstellar Military Court, taking into account that she was a rare female, ultimately spared her the death penalty. Instead, after a six-month investigation period, she was exiled to this perilous S-level Deserted Star known as the Gate of Hell.
The term of exile: a full 100 years!
According to the Interstellar Marriage Law, if the Female Master commits a crime, her Beast Husbands are equally guilty.
Her five newlywed Beast Husbands were also exiled to this Deserted Star.
The five men before her had automatically been married into her name a year ago.
In the six months since arriving on the Deserted Star, the original owner not only showed no remorse but escalated her cruel abuse of the five Beast Husbands. She would either beat and curse them or humiliate them, causing all five of their Spiritual Seas to riot violently, bringing them all to the brink of collapse and death.
In the end, the Beast Husbands couldn't take it anymore. They would rather choose divorce and be sent to the frigid lands to serve 200 years of mandatory duty guarding the Northern Territory—they would even kill her and die with her—than continue to endure such a humiliating life.
And that's what led to the scene from the beginning.
As Jiang Xinli finished processing the entire plot, a chill ran down her spine. She was completely unaware that a pair of beautiful, pink-orange, peach-blossom eyes were staring intently at her...