Marrying the Soft-hearted Villain

The wind and snow blurred the vision in front of her. Ruan Qiuqiu raised her hand, which was holding the bone knife, and wiped her eyes, which were covered with snowflakes.

She took two steps forward and bent down.

The firelight drew closer. In the dim light, she saw Mr. Big Bad Wolf.

He was sitting at the base of a pine tree, leaning against the trunk, his whole body covered in snow.

She moved closer. The warmth of the firelight melted the ice crystals on his long eyelashes. They turned into drops of water and slid down the corners of his eyes.

The clean water droplets streaked across several wounds on his face that had been corroded by poison. Following the dense black spots, they turned into dirty blood and dripped down.

One of the furry ears on Mr. Big Bad Wolf's head drooped. The tip seemed to have been corroded by the same poison. It was bald and ugly.

She didn't know if he was silly or not. In such a heavy snowstorm, he still wanted to maintain his human form.

Mr. Big Bad Wolf's frozen purple-red hand tightly clutched something sharp, like a claw. Ruan Qiuqiu recognized it at a glance. It was the sharpest part of the tail of the monster she had just seen.

Thinking of the hideous and terrifying monster just now, Ruan Qiuqiu understood.

This silly wolf must have run so far to lure the monster away.

"…" Ruan Qiuqiu opened her lips, wanting to call out to him, but her throat choked up, unable to make a sound.

She felt her chest tighten, and her ears buzzed.

Ruan Qiuqiu knelt in the snow, put down the bone knife and the black animal skin coat in her hand, and slowly raised her hand to check Mr. Big Bad Wolf's breath.

—She felt a shallow, warm, and weak breath, like a dandelion seed carrying the warmth of spring, gently brushing against her finger.

Ruan Qiuqiu tried several times, always worried that it was her imagination.

Her cheeks burning hot, she ignored the impropriety of a lone woman and a wolf. She raised the torch in her right hand and pressed her head against Mr. Big Bad Wolf's chest in a very awkward posture.

There was a low heartbeat.

"Thump", "thump", "thump"…

It was beating slowly, representing his still-living life force.

Ruan Qiuqiu's tears fell at once. She angrily grabbed Mr. Big Bad Wolf's big fluffy tail and rubbed it hard several times.

This silly wolf was about to become a frozen wolf, yet he was still worried about not being able to transform into his demon form and not losing his spoils of war.

Confirming that Mr. Food Reserve was still alive, Ruan Qiuqiu felt a huge weight lift from her heart.

She switched the torch to her left hand and hurriedly picked up the animal skin coat from the snow, wanting to put it on Mr. Big Bad Wolf.

But Mr. Big Bad Wolf was covered in snow. Ruan Qiuqiu spent a lot of effort to put the animal skin coat on him.

While putting on the coat, Ruan Qiuqiu discovered that not only on Mr. Big Bad Wolf's face but also on his body, many black spots had appeared.

It was as if they were devouring his life.

This thought suddenly crossed her mind, making Ruan Qiuqiu's heart palpitate.

She forced herself to calm down and quickly sensed the spiritual energy and water elements in the air. Water droplets containing healing effects condensed on her fingertips. She gently pinched Mr. Big Bad Wolf's chin and fed him the water.

After about two or three seconds, the effect became apparent.

The spreading speed of the black spots on his neck slowed down significantly.

Ruan Qiuqiu pressed on and transformed the water-type spiritual energy she had cultivated that afternoon into three more drops of water, feeding them to the wolf.

Seeing that the black spots on his body had finally stopped spreading, Ruan Qiuqiu breathed a sigh of relief.

She tucked the bone knife into the only pocket on the animal skin coat and then half-supported Mr. Big Bad Wolf, trying to get him up.

But he was really too heavy. She, a person who didn't have enough to eat and had no strength, couldn't lift him.

Ruan Qiuqiu tried several times, but she couldn't get the wolf up while holding the torch in one hand to see the way.

She was about to cry in frustration again.

Although this place was not particularly far from the cave where they lived, it was no longer on the edge of the forest. If the smell of blood on Mr. Big Bad Wolf attracted any predators, it would be really dangerous.

"…Wake up." After another failed attempt, Ruan Qiuqiu called out to him in a hoarse voice, "Mr. Big Bad Wolf, wake up."

She called him a dozen times before the wolf seemed to react.

His good furry ear perked up sharply and then drooped dejectedly. His eyelids slowly opened, his unfocused eyes opened and closed, his pale lips moved slightly, as if he was saying something.

Seeing that he was still responsive, Ruan Qiuqiu pulled hard on his tail. "Husband! Don't sleep."

The tail was probably a sensitive spot for him. Mr. Big Bad Wolf's ears perked up again, his eyes half-opened. This time, his voice was clear, low, hoarse, and aggrieved, "…Itchy."

Ruan Qiuqiu felt the fluffy tail in her hand shrink back. After retracting his tail, the wolf even impatiently flicked it twice, throwing snow all over Ruan Qiuqiu's face.

Ruan Qiuqiu: "…"

Before she could get angry, the wolf began to cough violently.

Bright red blood dripped from the corner of his lips, staining the clothes she had just put on him, and dripping onto the snow.

He half-opened his eyes and chuckled for some reason, revealing his sharp canine teeth. His voice was low and filled with loneliness, "…I'm really ugly."

Ruan Qiuqiu: "…………" Was this wolf really awake?

Her heart ached a little. Mr. Big Bad Wolf used to be such a handsome wolf. Now that he had become like this, it was normal for him to feel a psychological gap.

Ruan Qiuqiu softened her voice and said sincerely as she helped him up, "You're not ugly at all."

She thought that Mr. Big Bad Wolf, whose mind was a little unclear, would also become easier to get along with. He might feel comforted after hearing her words. But the wolf demon, who was cooperating with her to stand up, just let out a cold "hmph," full of sarcasm, as if he saw through the utter deception and the coldness of the world from her words "not ugly at all."

Ruan Qiuqiu sighed helplessly and laughed again.

"I mean it, don't you believe me?" Ruan Qiuqiu supported Mr. Big Bad Wolf, holding the dying torch in her left hand, and walked through the snow one step at a time, towards their cave.

"At first, I thought you were scary, but later I didn't think you were ugly…"

Maybe it was because the howling wind along the way sounded too much like various hidden dangers, or maybe it was because Mr. Big Bad Wolf didn't say anything after those few words.

Ruan Qiuqiu felt her nerves tense up.

She talked a lot, even if her toes stepped on sharp stones, her arms were sore, she didn't dare to stop.

She was afraid that Mr. Big Bad Wolf had actually fainted, and she didn't know if he was just mechanically cooperating with her to move forward.

But she didn't dare to stop.

She was afraid that once she stopped, she would never be able to move forward again.

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