Chapter 145
As he spoke, Shen Li’s fingertips, long and jade-like, gently brushed against her cheek. His voice was teasing,
“It’s just perfect, no one to disturb us p>
Shen Tang was utterly exhausted today and had no intention of going another round with him.
Her face flushed, she stammered, “Not today, I need to sleep, there’s important work tomorrow p>
Shen Li tapped her on the nose, with a meaningful smile, “Ha ha~ What are you thinking? I’m not like a certain someone, sneaking over at night to do bad things p>
Shen Tang’s face reddened even more at the implication.
This sly fox can’t get enough of it either, right? Otherwise, why would he come looking for her at night to study recipes!
“Alright, I won’t tease you anymore. You’re so tired during the day, let me help you relax your muscles, or else you’ll have a sore back and legs again when you’re in the fields tomorrow.” Shen Li’s voice was warm and intoxicating as he lifted her legs to rest on his.
Shen Tang realized her misunderstanding and felt even more embarrassed.
It’s all because of this sly fox, deliberately leading her to think that way!
Seeing her blush shyly, Shen Li’s Adam’s apple bobbed slightly, yet he did nothing else, only massaged Shen Tang’s shoulders and legs.
His gentle technique made her feel so comfortable she wanted to purr.
Already exhausted and sleepy, Shen Tang soon fell into a deep slumber under Shen Li’s ministrations.
Listening to Shen Tang’s even breathing, Shen Li paused, looking at her.
Not knowing how long he stared.
He lay down on the bed fully clothed, gently pulling her into his embrace.
The tenderness in Shen Li’s eyes faded, replaced by a soft scrutiny, as his fingers gently traced her neck like a feather,
“I’m also very curious… about your secret p>
Shen Tang woke up refreshed.
Upon waking, she saw a handsome fox man lying beside her with his shirt half open.
It made her even more energized and alert.
After washing up and eating, Shen Li accompanied Shen Tang to the fields, distributing the food they made yesterday to the working beastmen.
The beastmen were hesitant at first sight of the strange food, afraid to eat it.
Hu Yun bravely took the lead, grabbing a meat pie and stuffing it into his mouth.
The next second, his eyes lit up, and he sincerely praised, “It’s so delicious, my lor… Sister Tang, is this really made from the flour we milled two days ago p>
“Yes, none of you have had lunch yet, right? Come and try it,” Shen Tang said with a smile.
Seeing Hu Yun wolfing down the food, the others quickly grabbed cakes and meat buns, fearing they’d miss out.
They also tried the food.
Instantly, they were amazed by the deliciousness, far better than raw meat, and even beat nutrient liquid!
What was even more important was that this food was not only tasty and filling, but after eating, they felt much more relaxed, and that night, they slept soundly.
Most beastmen suffered from mental agitation.
As polluted lands expanded, their internal pollution values were steadily rising.
The frequency and severity of mental agitation outbreaks among the Imperial Beastmen were increasing every year.
Not to mention, these labor convicts had almost no female mates to soothe them and often engaged in battles, leading to high mental agitation values, preventing them from sleeping every night.
Yet that night, they unbelievably fell asleep, and slept very peacefully.
Sleeping through to daylight, unheard of before!
After discussing among themselves, the beastmen realized it wasn’t just them; anyone who ate the food Shen Tang made yesterday slept soundly that night.
Someone even went to test it and found that their internal pollution values had decreased.
The food Shen Tang gave them could actually lower pollution levels!
The news spread through the city like wildfire.
The City Lord came by reputation and personally tasted the food Shen Tang made, and after using instruments to test, found that his pollution values indeed decreased!
Shen Tang and Lu Xiao made a lot more food, inviting the city’s residents to taste it for free.
The residents of the city had mixed feelings.
They had witnessed all that Shen Tang had done these days.
As the saying goes, seeing is believing, hearing is deceiving; people change, and one shouldn’t forever pin someone on the board of sin just because of past wrongs.
If she truly repented, why not give her a chance?
It’s true that Shen Tang had committed many wrongs in the past, but the military tribunal had also sentenced her deservedly.
She had also paid the price for her past misdeeds.
She was now working hard to make amends—adopting the city’s stray younglings, saving the City Lord’s Wife, healing severely injured beastmen in the city, and, as a female, even personally working in the fields every day, now leading the beastmen to create this kind of food that can lower body pollution levels.
Previously, some beastmen still suspected Shen Tang of pretending.
But can someone pretend for a day, a month, a year… a lifetime?
Even if she was pretending, so what?
Shen Tang was genuinely helping the citizens to live better lives, contributing as a good beastman to Greenfield City.
They saw the sincerity in Shen Tang’s actions.
Holding onto those past issues only made them seem petty.
The last trace of caution the residents held towards Shen Tang completely disappeared.
The beastmen who used to curse her behind her back came forward to apologize,
“Shen Tang, we were wrong in the past, we shouldn’t have cursed you so harshly or wanted to drive you out of the city p>
“Yes, most of us were just following rumors, not even having met you, harboring such malice just because of those rumors, it was really wrong of us p>
“The wrongs you committed back then can’t be undone, so let them be. People should look forward p>
“Besides, you were young back then; perhaps you were misled. Now that you are sincerely repenting, we are all very happy and willing to accept you as one of the city p>
City Lord Shi Ye was also full of gratitude, thankful he decided to keep Shen Tang and her group back then.
Now looking at it, where is this King Yama? She’s practically a living bodhisattva saving people from distress!
It’s known that despite many research institutes in the Empire, none have developed an agent effective at reducing pollution levels in beastmen. Who would have thought the food made from the plants Shen Tang cultivated could have such effects!
The City Lord couldn’t understand at first and thought Shen Tang was wasting time, but since she was his benefactor, he refrained from saying much.
Now he was eager to personally lead a team out of the city to cultivate hundreds of acres more.
Get planting! Plant with all you’ve got!
Shi Ye could imagine the future industrial chain and how shocked the Empire would be.
Hearing the beastmen’s cheers and praises, Shen Tang felt both happy and a bit bittersweet, as her efforts these days had not been in vain, finally changing the city’s people’s view of her.
A joyful prompt from the system sounded in her mind.
[Ding! Congratulations to the host on completing the hidden task: Winning People’s Hearts (3), Reward: System Mall p>
Shen Tang’s eyes lit up—there’s a mall with such good stuff? This damn system finally brought it out!
Her curiosity piqued, she returned home and opened the System Mall to see what treasures were inside.