Chapter 88: Chapter 88: A Fresh Scent

After freshening up, Jiang Qin arrived at the new recording studio.

Cang Hong was already there. When he saw her walk in, he quickly stood up, his head lowered and face bright red as he apologized, “I’m sorry, I’m so sorry. I… I… I don’t know what happened…”

“It’s fine. It was just an accident.” It wasn’t the first time Jiang Qin had seen someone who couldn’t control their transformation into beast form.

So she wasn’t fazed.

Seeing that she truly wasn’t angry, Cang Hong secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, his face flushing again, he stammered:

“Th-that… um… will you… take responsibility for me?

We… we did… that…”

“I… I don’t mean you have to… take responsibility. It’s just… it’s just… Never mind, it’s okay. It’s… it’s fine if I can’t find a partner…”

Jiang Qin: ???

’Wait, what does he mean, “that”?’ Jiang Qin was confused and a little horrified.

“What… what did we do?”

Cang Hong’s face turned beet red as he said shyly, “It’s just… your… Spiritual Body… with me… mmph…”

Phew~

Hearing this, Jiang Qin let out a breath of relief.

’So that’s what he meant. That’s perfectly normal.’ Her Spiritual Body had a rather extroverted personality. It often came out to dance, especially at the bar.

So there was nothing to make a fuss about.

So, Jiang Qin patiently explained, “Whenever I get really into something I enjoy, it can’t help but come out.

You’ve probably seen the trending topics on the Star Network, right?

My Spiritual Body isn’t the only one like this. Many of the female customers at our bar also have their Spiritual Bodies pop out when they listen to music.

It’s just like what happened to you just now—you couldn’t control your urge to transform into your beast form.

This wasn’t a deep soothing, you just happened to be within the range of it releasing its energy.”

Her spiritual power was like a pet; if it didn’t release some energy, it all just got bottled up.

That’s why it had been coming out to wander around more and more casually.

It needed to let out its built-up energy.

After all, Jiang Qin’s spiritual power had reached A-level, and she hadn’t had much work recently, so her energy had been accumulating.

A moment ago, her Spiritual Body had come out in a state of excitement.

It seemed to be showing off a bit too much. Or maybe its abundant energy made it overconfident, and it wanted to pick on someone stronger than itself.

It kept pouncing on Cang Hong.

But as soon as his beast form emerged, it shot right back into her Spirit Sea with a WHOOSH.

It left the aroused and agitated Black-winged Lion all alone, which promptly crushed several adjacent rooms by its sheer size.

Cang Hong’s beast form was just so enormous, and he hadn’t even spread his wings.

That’s why Jiang Qin offered to pay for half the damages, but she couldn’t. The administrator of the residential area said that Cang Hong had already paid for everything.

* * *

’I’ve been rejected…’

Cang Hong was a little dejected.

He was too embarrassed to bring it up again, simply whining internally as he recalled what his father had taught him.

He said that a good lion could only accept a deep soothing from one female in his entire life—his partner.

But Miss Jiang Qin wouldn’t accept him!!

Awooooo~~

However, once they officially started working, he immediately straightened up his attitude and pushed aside his gloomy thoughts.

It was just that… practicing a song with Miss Jiang Qin was a true test of his willpower!

As Cang Hong sang, he couldn’t stop his eyes from darting to the floor, his face flushing beet red again.

“Don’t let the dark clouds hide the sky’s blue~~”

“Stop!” Jiang Qin frowned.

“This part is supposed to be gentle, yes, but… your voice…”

For some reason, ever since they started, Cang Hong’s voice had been a bit breathless, even ending with a slight pant.

Even though they were in a climate-controlled room, he seemed hot, his forehead beaded with fine sweat.

Jiang Qin’s frown deepened. ’Something’s not right here.’

So she asked with concern, “Are you not feeling well? Should we take a break?”

“Mmm…”

Back in his room, Cang Hong flopped onto the bed with a whimper, feeling utterly embarrassed as he thought about what had just happened.

It was mainly because Miss Jiang Qin’s Spiritual Body was out playing the whole time.

That kind of deep soothing caused his body to have some… shameful reactions…

To suppress the feeling and avoid being seen as a pervert, he tried his best to control it, but he always felt an impulse to just surrender completely.

The main thing was Jiang Qin’s aura—it was just too alluring to a Beastman.

Her spiritual power carried the fresh scent of grass and trees, the fragrance of nature.

For a Beastman, who could possibly resist the fresh scent of nature!

He certainly couldn’t.

And the little rabbit was constantly releasing spiritual power, making a male tingle all over. If he weren’t afraid of Jiang Qin thinking he was a pervert, he would have collapsed on the floor, whining and rolling around.

He was in agony now.

It was obvious that as soon as Miss Jiang Qin started to sing, her Spiritual Body would come out.

And when her Spiritual Body came out, it was an ordeal for him.

Trying to clear his mind of distracting thoughts under these circumstances was too difficult!

He was too embarrassed to tell Jiang Qin directly, so when evening came, he went back to the recording studio to be tortured again.

However, it seemed he had overestimated himself!

* * *

Jiang Qin was startled.

Just now, as she and Cang Hong were practicing the song for the second time, he had suddenly collapsed on the floor.

His expression was pained, his face contorted. His eyes were red and tearing up, and he was biting his lip so hard it bled.

“Cang Hong?? What on earth is wrong with you?? Hang in there, I’ll go get a doctor!!!”

Without waiting for a response, Jiang Qin rushed out.

Cang Hong, who had stretched out a hand too late to stop her, was left behind.

Seeing that the recording studio was empty, he finally unclenched his teeth and let out an unrestrained whimper.

When Jiang Qin brought the doctor back, Cang Hong adamantly refused an examination, his face red as he kept shaking his head.

But even without an examination, the doctor guessed the cause just by the scent in the air.

’Good grief…’

’From how anxious that female was, I thought one of the contestants was on the verge of death.’

’Turns out it’s just estrus…’

’The most ridiculous part is that he was trying to tough it out, and the female mistook it for a serious illness.’

As everyone knew, he was a professional physician from the Empire. He normally wouldn’t openly laugh at a patient, so he would just cackle wildly in secret after he left.

Jiang Qin didn’t know what was wrong with Cang Hong. The doctor had only said cryptically that some ailments shouldn’t be endured.

He could either relieve it himself or find someone to help. Failing that, there were always physical or pharmacological solutions.

In short, he rattled off a bunch of vague advice, as if deliberately creating a smokescreen.

She even suspected that the doctor from the Empire was looking down on Federation Beastmen and was just being perfunctory instead of giving proper treatment.

After all, he didn’t prescribe any medicine or use any instruments; he just said a few words and left.

But seeing Cang Hong’s embarrassed expression, she figured he had probably understood. Perhaps the doctor was being vague to protect the patient’s privacy.

So, she didn’t ask any further.

She just said with concern, “Why don’t we stop here for today? Get a good rest tonight, and we’ll see how you’re feeling tomorrow.”

Cang Hong was disgusted with himself. “I’m sorry. I’m dragging you down.”

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