The majority of the beast tribe supports Happiness, and this can be seen from the voting on the public opinion testing website. In any case, everyone was not against sending Happiness an ID card, so two days later, a light green identification card was delivered to Happiness.
As for the interview activity, it had to wait until the end of February, after she "returns" from the island.
It seemed like life had returned to the way it used to be. Every male beast willingly served Happiness, doing their best in terms of clothing, food, and entertainment. This special group of tigers, wolves, dogs, and leopards existed solely for Happiness's happy life.
Despite receiving a large sum of money from SSTV, Happiness still diligently wrote her book every day. Of course, the title that Andy came up with for the Thunder book has been changed to "Life A Thousand Years Ago". Originally, everyone suggested changing it directly to "Happiness's Memoirs", but Happiness disagreed. She said it would be too flashy and might upset a small number of the beast tribe. She only wanted to depict the most glorious era of human civilization from the perspective of an ordinary person.
Happiness's impression of Fran was getting better and better. On the day she received her ID card, Fran had a private meeting with her. After Fran left, all the male beasts were on edge, afraid that Fran might do something to her. However, over an hour later, Happiness returned with a smile on her face, escorted by a security guard. Not to mention doing anything inappropriate, not even a single hair was out of place.
"Fran didn't do any of the things you guys mentioned." Happiness said with a smile, "He told me that the radical elements won't affect my life and told me not to worry. He also asked me about where I used to live and said that when the weather gets warmer, he'll go and tidy it up for me..."
Ben asked, "You mean the ruins outside of Zone Five? What is Fran doing by tidying it up? What else did he say to you?"
Happiness gratefully replied, "Fran said that Zone Five is being rebuilt anyway, so it's no big deal to tidy up the ruins as well. Maybe, just maybe, I can find some things from my old home..."
This was a big gesture that no one else could make except Fran. These past few days, Fran had been continuously sending over the food and small trinkets that little girls like. It was a huge joke to say that he had no ulterior motives towards Happiness, but they couldn't find any fault in him. Even if they wanted to create some "Fran has ill intentions" rumors to influence Happiness, she wouldn't believe it. Happiness couldn't stop praising Fran whenever his name was mentioned.
Ben was about to bring Happiness her lunch when she said she had already eaten at Fran's place. He had no choice but to put the specially warmed meal back. Ben had a good temper, so even if he was unhappy, he wouldn't show it on his face. He always treated Happiness with such warmth... Before Happiness left, she had promised him that she would come back to eat.
Happiness took out a small box from her pocket and waved at Ben, mysteriously placing the box on the table. When she opened it, there was a soft, creamy cake covered in lots of fresh strawberry sauce and berries.
Cakes are also sold in supermarkets, and Eugene has made similar ones at home, but in the extremely cold weather of February, having such fresh summer fruits was truly luxurious and rare. Happiness pushed the cake in front of Ben and smiled, "Hehe, I specially brought this back for you. Alexander and the others don't have it, you know. Hurry up and eat, Ben!" As she spoke, she handed him a small spoon.
Ben felt a little stuffy in his chest, both touched by how Happiness didn't forget about him even when enjoying delicious food, and worried that if things continued like this, their position in Happiness's heart would eventually be taken by Fran. Seeing Happiness blinking his big eyes, eagerly waiting for him, Road scooped up some cream and put it in his mouth. After all, Ben was a beast, and although he had taken advantage of Happiness's soup and snacks before due to his previous injury, it didn't mean he particularly liked sweets. But Happiness had developed a habit of sharing everything he ate with him, and Ben was very gratified by that. Ben swallowed the cream and said, "Thank you, Happiness, this is really delicious." He knew Happiness liked fruits the most, so he symbolically took a small bite of the strawberry and left the cake for Happiness.
"I'll put it away for you to have after your nap," Ben put the cake back in the box and asked, "Eugene stewed meat soup and red bean sweet soup for you before, which one do you want to drink in the afternoon?"
"I want the sweet one, save the meat soup for everyone to have in the evening," Happiness opened his notebook, suddenly paused, and said to Ben, "Ben, I've actually been wanting to pay you guys for the meals. It's just that I didn't have money before, and now I can't always let you guys do this and that for me. My monthly expenses are not small."
"We didn't spend much money. Most of your meals and snacks were bought and made by someone. I did suggest compensating Eugene with energy crystals, but he insisted not to. The meat is not a big deal, it's mainly those ancient medicinal herbs he cultivates in the greenhouse that are expensive. Actually, big cities' supermarkets sell them too, it's just that we don't know how to cook as well as him," Ben said, "How about I bring it up again when he comes back?"
"Okay," Happiness hesitated and said, "Although it feels a bit formal, I can't always let Eugene use his own money to support me... Fran said that he also needs to take a fixed salary for his own expenses. Besides his special status, there is no difference between him and us in terms of food, clothing, and shelter. Sometimes he even sells the energy crystals he hunts to the energy station. The leader of your beast tribe is really different from our human tribe."
Ben frowned. It had been less than four days, and Happiness was already mentioning Fran all the time. It was unimaginable if this continued. If she integrated into the tiger tribe, the dog tribe wouldn't have anything to do with her anymore!
At this time, when it was most important to determine Happiness's identity, they still didn't dare to touch her. It was better than before when they could touch and kiss her as they pleased. Even a fool would know that if anyone forced her under the protection of the law now, even if she didn't pursue it afterwards, they would no longer have the qualifications to be by her side. But living a life where they could only give without receiving was really difficult. After the extreme cold, Happiness would officially integrate into the beast tribe world. How long could he and Alexander still have Happiness?
Ben's mind was in a daze, and he was annoyed and confused. After tidying up the cake, he went to prepare Happiness's bed for her nap. Just as he was about to get up, unexpectedly, Happiness pounced on the bed, but her weight could never overpower him. It was just that Ben reacted out of fear of her getting hurt and carefully became her cushion.
"Ben, what are you worried about?" Happiness sat on Ben's abdomen, with both hands pressed on Road's shoulders, and smiled, "Are you jealous? Because I always talk about Fran."
Ben blinked, somewhat surprised by Happiness's straightforwardness today, but shook his head and said, "No, Happiness, Fran is the leader of the tiger tribe and the chief of the beast tribe. He treats you well, couldn't be better."
"You're lying, I can tell you're jealous." Happiness leaned beside Ben on the shoulder, with her face against his shoulder, gently saying, "Ben, don't worry, now I have legal status. The law doesn't require me to belong to the strongest man of your beast clan, right? If I were to follow the trend and abandon my former partner when I see someone stronger, then I would truly become the despicable human that some people talk about."
Ben tightened his arm around Happiness, turned his eyes to look at her, and saw that she blushed. In fact, she had never confessed to any man before, and now she didn't know if she was doing the right thing by telling Ben all this. Seeing Ben's deep brown eyes looking at her tenderly, Happiness began to stutter, and her previously clever speech seemed to have disappeared. She hurriedly said, "When I become more familiar with Fran and have a better relationship with him, then, I will bring up the law you mentioned. Otherwise, with my legal status, I also have the right to choose a partner. No one is forcing you to do anything with a female beast you don't like. Anyway, Ben, Alexander, and Eliot are the ones I have already chosen..."
"Happiness, are you serious?" Ben turned over and pressed Happiness down, looking into her eyes with excitement. "You...you've chosen me as your mate?"
Happiness blushed like a cooked shrimp and said softly, "That time, when you were the first one to come out and protect me, I... I liked you." She hadn't finished being shy yet when Happiness pouted and struggled, but her whole body was tightly pressed by Ben, and a hard thing was pressed against her belly. Oh my goodness, she just wanted to express her feelings and comfort Ben, why did this suddenly turn into a scene from a teenage girl's dream, with an unexpected interruption?
"Happiness... do you really understand what it means to be a mate? Do you really... like me?" Ben was deeply moved in his heart, and his body couldn't help but rub against Happiness's. After suppressing his feelings for so long, he could finally touch her again. Ben's light golden hair brushed against Happiness's cheek, and her lips were already kissed by this young and strong canine clan member. His hand also held onto one of her plump rabbits almost religiously. Happiness was dumbfounded, she hadn't finished speaking yet!
"Wait, don't be in a rush!" Happiness forcefully pushed away Ben's face. This male beast was already becoming aroused, with desire burning in his eyes. It was quite uncomfortable for him to be interrupted in the midst of passion.
"Ben, get up first!" Happiness closed her clothes that she didn't know how they got opened, and with a red face, she said angrily, "I just said I like you, I didn't say I'm willing to have sex with you right now! You saw the terrible state last time, didn't you? We agreed to wait a few more years, and at that time, I was still considered a minor in our place!"
"I'm sorry..." Ben laughed until his eyes narrowed into slits, sticking out his tongue and grinning. But he obediently withdrew his hands and feet. He opened his legs and sat kneeling beside Happiness, with that thing standing straight up, which made people see it and feel awkward.
Happiness nodded in satisfaction. If it were Alexander, she didn't have the confidence to make him so obedient!
"But, can you help me?" Ben seemed particularly excited. If it were any other time and Happiness didn't want to, he would probably just find a corner and take care of himself. But today, Lu actually proposed a step back and made an unusual request!
"How can I help?" Happiness knowingly asked, and the atmosphere became ambiguous once again, with even the breath carrying an unusual sweetness.
"After you fell ill, in the bathroom... Ben Pan crossed his legs and pulled Happiness into his arms. Happiness was a bit surprised. What was wrong with this child today? She just casually mentioned that she liked him, and Ben, who had always been honest, took advantage of the situation like this! Before she could even react, Happiness's hand was pulled and placed on dick, which had already burst out of his pants. When her warm and delicate hand touched the scorching dick, a heavy panting sound came from the man's throat. It was difficult for Happiness to completely grasp it with the size of her palm, so Ben didn't force her to do so. He just pressed Happiness under him again, unbuttoned her clothes, kissed and caressed her while pressing against her palm. Helplessly listening to Ben's moans in her ear, Happiness was extremely frustrated. This was definitely a warning sign. Fortunately, this was Ben, whom she could still control... If it was someone else... Forget it! She never actively expresses her likes anymore!. ..."