Help The Villainess Trapped in the Beast World's Drama (by Lotus Seeds) novel Chapter 505

Chapter 505: Chapter 488: Orphan

The autumn air was so thick you could almost touch it, and the trees in the yard had long since turned yellow, with leaves swirling down at the slightest breeze.

The palace attendants swept from morning till evening, and even after clearing the ground, it was soon covered in a golden carpet once more.

Shen Tang was lying by the window watching the falling leaves when she suddenly sneezed, "Ah-choo—"

She rubbed her reddened nose and muttered, "Who’s talking about me behind my back..."

Xue Yinzhou was tidying up things in the inner room. Without turning his head at the sound, his silver tail deftly wrapped around her waist, effortlessly pulling her into his embrace.

With a "snap," the snake tail shut the window neatly. He wrapped her in a coat, "Caught a cold?"

"No, just caught a bit of the breeze~" Shen Tang naturally wrapped her arms around his waist and tipped her head up to kiss his chin.

The tip of the silver snake tail swayed happily. Xue Yinzhou lowered his head to return the kiss on her lips, his voice softening, "It’s getting colder these days, and in just over a month, it’ll snow. Stay in the palace and don’t always think about running outside."

Shen Tang’s body stiffened, her heart wailing in frustration—ever since the Beast Husbands learned she could teleport, they watched her like a hawk, even more closely than if guarding a prisoner! Wherever she went, there was a tail following, reacting to any noise as if facing an enemy.

Not even prisoners are guarded like this!

Shen Tang also knew the Beast Husbands meant well, so she could only endure this helpless happiness.

After a while of cozying up, Xue Yinzhou gazed at the increasingly desolate autumn scenery outside the window and softly sighed, "Another year is about to pass."

Shen Tang nodded, "I remember when we first arrived in Kongdu City, it was the dead of winter, and not long after I ascended the throne... now it’s almost winter again, so it’s been exactly a year."

Recalling the journey, she buried her face in his chest, her voice full of happiness, "Thank you for always being with me. We’ll spend many more years together, year after year, never to be apart!"

The system interrupted at the wrong moment, [Host, haven’t you always wanted to go back? Once you complete the task, aren’t you planning to return home?]

Shen Tang responded calmly, "The past is the past, and the present is the present. I wanted to go back initially because I couldn’t accept this strange and ugly body, let alone being thrown into a completely unfamiliar world. Who would want to stay?"

She smiled contentedly, "But now it’s different. Here I have a new identity, a new mission, and someone I want to be with. This place is no longer a dangerous and foreign world to me, but home."

[Don’t you miss your original world, host?]

Shen Tang paused for a moment and then softly said, "I’m an orphan."

[I’m sorry, host.] The system honestly wasn’t aware of this!

"It’s fine, I got used to it a long time ago." She gave a lazy smile, "I grew up in an orphanage, never knew who my parents were, nor did any relatives ever visit me. I grew up alone, but it wasn’t so bad."

She didn’t think herself as pitiful compared to Xiao Jin and Xue Yinzhou, the former growing up scavenging and wandering, the latter constantly hunted and fearing for his life. The orphanage director and teachers were kind to her, and she had a few close playmates. Shen Tang never felt different from ordinary children.

If there was one regret, it’s probably never experiencing true familial love!

But now things are different. That world doesn’t hold much attachment, and the memories are fading.

Now her emotions and sense of belonging are rooted in the Beast World, with these people who love her.

Oh, speaking of family.

Shen Tang thought of her only true "relative" in the Beast World.

The original protagonist Shen Qingli.

Since her escape half a year ago, this sister seemed to have vanished off the face of the earth, never causing trouble again, not a single trace.

Shen Tang even wondered if she’d died in some corner, or was she hiding in the shadows, brewing some conspiracy?

"System, do you know where Shen Qingli is now?"

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