Marrying the Soft-hearted Villain

Ruan Qiuqiu carefully checked the things in the house, making sure there was enough firewood in the stone stove and placing cooked, chopped meat and three small wooden cups of healing water droplets by the bedside.

She took one last look at Mr. Big Bad Wolf, who was lying pale on the stone bed, and without wasting any more time, picked up the spear beside her and left the cave.

The light outside gradually brightened. To Ruan Qiuqiu's relief, although the wind outside last night had howled like a ferocious wolf, the wind and snow had lessened in the morning.

Small snowflakes fell slowly. Although they still obscured her vision somewhat, it was much better than before when the heavy snow made it almost impossible to see.

Ruan Qiuqiu breathed a sigh of relief. She took the trap supports she had made earlier and a little dried meat for bait from the storage room and stepped out of the cave.

Based on her previous experiences coming here and going to find Mr. Big Bad Wolf, north of the cave was a forest, and after walking for about half an hour, there was a small river. Along the way were mostly bare giant trees, occasionally interspersed with a few ancient trees that were still green, like pine trees.

Her plan today was to walk north for about five or six minutes first, dig a trap under the evergreen giant trees closest to their cave, and try her luck around those giant trees to see if she could find some medicinal herbs.

If she could catch prey or find medicinal herbs, she would come back first, and then go south to see if she could try the Flame Wolf Tribe.

If she couldn't catch anything, she would go directly south and trade the salt stones in her animal skin backpack with the Flame Wolf Tribe people or demons for some food. She would return later and go to the giant trees again to see if she could catch any prey.

Ideally, she would be able to get prey and medicinal herbs today without being attacked by ancient creatures or monsters, and it would be best if she could also find out the location of the Flame Wolf Tribe for future exchanges.

But Ruan Qiuqiu knew that it was too difficult to achieve so many things at the same time. As long as she could get medicinal herbs today, it would be a victory.

Her feet stepped deep and shallow in the snow, which was almost up to her ankles, making it very difficult to walk.

But fortunately, she was now a first-order ability user with cold and heat resistance water abilities, so the snow did not pose a great threat to Ruan Qiuqiu. She successfully arrived under those evergreen trees near the cave.

Ruan Qiuqiu chose a spot near the center and started digging with the weapon in her hand.

It took her over half an hour to dig the trap.

She simply covered the trap with some surrounding dead branches and snow, and then put a little finger-long piece of dried meat and a small piece of un-ground tuber on it. The trap was initially completed.

She carefully looked at the surrounding snow, which was almost entirely white, and realized that it would be impossible for her to catch sight of any small plants with her naked eyes. Ruan Qiuqiu took a deep breath, leaned against a tree, closed her eyes, and mobilized the mutated water ability within her body.

Previously, when she was in the cave, in order to keep the food and medicinal herbs fresh, she would occasionally use her abilities to preserve them during cultivation breaks. After using her abilities many times, Ruan Qiuqiu discovered that she could sense the weak life force in the medicinal herbs.

Medicinal herbs for the demon race were somewhat different from ordinary withered grass.

Even though she had temporarily condensed more than twenty drops of healing water for Mr. Big Bad Wolf this morning, Ruan Qiuqiu still had more than twenty strands of mutated water aura left in her body. She carefully extracted two strands of ability and began to search inch by inch along the roots of the giant tree.

About ten minutes later, Ruan Qiuqiu opened her eyes in disappointment.

There were no medicinal plants in this area.

Or rather, there were almost no plants at all; most of the plants that still had some vitality had been gnawed bare.

However, this also indirectly proved that there might still be signs of small animals in the vicinity. Perhaps if she came back later, the trap would catch some small prey.

Although she comforted herself in this way, Ruan Qiuqiu was still a little unwilling to give up.

She walked around the giant trees, and seeing that there was really nothing to be gained, she took off the ugly animal skin hat she had temporarily made, shook off the snow on it, and put it back on.

…

Ruan Qiuqiu originally planned not to return to the cave if there were no gains, but after setting up the trap and preparing for the next step of her plan, she was still very worried about the big bad wolf at home.

So, before heading south to try her luck at the Flame Wolf Tribe, she quietly returned.

Mr. Big Bad Wolf was lying properly on the stone bed, covered with a thick animal skin, no different from when she left.

After confirming that Mr. Big Bad Wolf was still alive, Ruan Qiuqiu drank a bowl of hot water before leaving again.

This time, she left with little confidence. She also knew that Mr. Big Bad Wolf had been abandoned by the tribe, and perhaps she would not gain anything from this trip to the Flame Wolf Tribe.

But no matter what, she had to try.

The main scenes in the book were all in the Wind Lion Tribe and the forest near the Wind Lion Tribe, and basically nothing was mentioned about the Flame Wolf Tribe.

So Ruan Qiuqiu did not have any prophetic advantage. She neither knew where the Flame Wolf Tribe was nor whether the wolf demons of the Flame Wolf Tribe would be easy to get along with.

It had been almost seven days since she got married.

But no wolf demon or human had visited Mr. Big Bad Wolf's cave. It was conceivable that her husband did not get along well with them.

It was possible that those wolf demons thought she had already been eaten by Mr. Big Bad Wolf…

Ruan Qiuqiu thought as she walked south against the wind and snow.

But ten minutes passed, twenty minutes passed, half an hour, an hour passed…

Ruan Qiuqiu, who was already very tired, still did not see any sign of a tribe.

After walking for almost another half hour, when Ruan Qiuqiu reasonably suspected that she had gone in the wrong direction, she finally saw a hillside within her line of sight. There were several caves scattered near the snow-covered hillside, not far from each other.

"Phew… Are we finally there?"

Ruan Qiuqiu exhaled and pinched her almost frozen nose.

She hesitated for a moment, then wrapped the spear in her hand with a piece of animal skin and stuffed it into the gap in her backpack.

She proceeded towards the cave closest to her. Just as she reached about twenty meters from the cave, she saw a young wolf demon frown, lift the animal skin curtain at the entrance of the cave, and walk out with a fierce look.

"Who is it? I'm resting today, not hunting."

The wolf demon cursed, and as soon as he came out of the cave and saw Ruan Qiuqiu standing at the door, he instantly looked as if he had seen a ghost. "Damn, how are you still alive???"

Ruan Qiuqiu: "…………"

She nervously looked up and saw the appearance of the wolf demon in front of her.

He happened to be the youngest of the four wolf demons who had traded her from the Wind Lion Tribe for three hundred kilograms of salt stones.

However, it seemed that those wolf demons all regarded her as a tool and had not told her their names.

Ruan Qiuqiu clenched her hands and twitched the corner of her mouth at him. "Yeah, I don't know why I'm still alive either…"

Although she said this, she thought to herself—

She was still alive, Mr. Big Bad Wolf had not eaten her, and Tianluo had protected her.

The young wolf demon looked Ruan Qiuqiu up and down, and when he saw the mismatched patches on her tattered animal skin clothes and her thin body, he instantly sneered, his eyes full of "sympathy".

Ruan Qiuqiu didn't want to pay attention to his ridicule, but calmly said, "I'm here to trade for food and medicinal herbs. Could you tell me where I can exchange for medicinal herbs that can treat the demon race?"

"I have salt stones."

As soon as Ruan Qiuqiu finished speaking, the young wolf demon frowned. "Exchange for medicinal herbs to treat the demon race?"

As if he had smelled the strong scent of Mr. Big Bad Wolf on her, he took two steps back in fear and trepidation, his tone turning nasty. "What? That useless blind wolf isn't dead yet? You, a human, still need to exchange medicinal herbs for him?"

"I thought he was already dead, and you came to our tribe because you had nowhere to go."

The young wolf demon's tone was sarcastic, and his originally sunny and youthful wolf face instantly became extremely ugly in Ruan Qiuqiu's eyes.

Ruan Qiuqiu's eyes turned cold, she pursed her lips tightly, and her voice was very cold. "My husband is not useless."

The young wolf demon obviously didn't expect her to say that. He was stunned for two seconds, and then seemed to react, laughing loudly, "Hahahaha."

His laughter was so loud that it attracted the wolf demons and humans living in the surrounding caves. More than ten wolf demons and humans of different ages came out of the caves and stood at the entrances, looking towards them.

They were wearing soft animal skins that were several times warmer than hers and Mr. Big Bad Wolf's, and most of them looked indifferent and unkind.

Seeing that someone had come out, the young wolf demon deliberately said loudly, "Did everyone hear that? This human wants to exchange medicinal herbs for our useless leader!"

"Ah?" A female demon giggled coquettishly after hearing this. "Really?"

She looked at Ruan Qiuqiu's already cold face and deliberately taunted, "Are you the human woman who married our former tribe leader? Marrying that cursed ugly wolf, is there something wrong with your brain?"

"Tsk, you're covered in the smell of that ugly wolf. Could it be that you're also carrying the curse?"

After she finished speaking, she made a terrified expression, as if Ruan Qiuqiu, who had been tainted with Mr. Big Bad Wolf's scent, looked like a source of viral infection.

Ruan Qiuqiu clenched her fists, a raging fire rising in her heart, painfully burning her chest, making her feel so depressed that she could hardly breathe.

She knew that the people of the Flame Wolf Tribe didn't like Mr. Big Bad Wolf, but she didn't expect them to have such great malice towards him.

They were clearly afraid of him even when he was seriously injured and dying, yet they could ridicule, taunt, and insult him behind his back.

And a curse?

What curse?

If Mr. Big Bad Wolf really had a curse, how could she be fine, staying in the same cave with him and even sleeping on the same stone bed?

She only felt that the mocking laughter was extremely harsh.

Ruan Qiuqiu pursed her lips tightly. She wanted to get angry, but reason told her not to.

At least, now was not the time to get angry.

"You seem very angry?" The young wolf demon raised his eyebrows, looking at Ruan Qiuqiu's increasingly ugly face. "We're just stating the facts."

His voice was filled with anger, and his expression gradually became agitated. "That big bad wolf is already disabled and can't hunt, and because of his curse, so many wolves in our tribe have died. It's his fault that he's in this state now. He should have died long ago, he should have died long ago!"

"If you want to exchange medicinal herbs to treat that wolf in our tribe, I advise you to give up. He deserves to die! He deserves to die!"

The young wolf demon became more and more agitated as he spoke. "If it weren't for him, if it weren't for the curse on him, if it weren't for the tribe's shaman, how could I endure…"

Seeing that his emotions were out of control and that he might reveal the secrets of their tribe, an older demon who had been watching the show in the next cave came over and patted the young wolf demon hard on the shoulder, shouting, "Ning Yue, what do you want to say?"

The young wolf demon, called Ning Yue, suddenly sobered up and grimaced in pain. "Brother Yu, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to say…"

Before he could finish, he was interrupted by the older wolf demon called Brother Yu.

Xie Yu waved his hand at Ning Yue, indicating that he didn't need to mind, and turned to look at Ruan Qiuqiu's dark almond eyes, which were slightly red with anger.

He found this human to be very interesting, so he simply bent down halfway to get closer to Ruan Qiuqiu, who was standing downhill.

Ruan Qiuqiu was disgusted by this demon's strange look and stepped back, not hiding the disgust in her eyes at all.

But in Xie Yu's eyes, this human was smaller than the other humans in the tribe who were well-fed and well-cared for. She was wrapped in tattered animal skin clothes, weak and frail, but her eyes were firm, which made this romantic demon, who had seen too many beauties, feel a little excited.

Xie Yu stared at Ruan Qiuqiu's fairly fair face, softened his voice, and said with a frivolous smile, "I think you're quite pretty. Why did you fall for that big bad wolf? I'm much more handsome than him, and I have a good figure. How about this, if you're willing to smile at me, call me Brother Yu, and curse that big bad wolf as a cripple."

With the intention of insulting and teasing, Xie Yu deliberately kept a distance from Ruan Qiuqiu, who "might be infected with the curse," and said with a smile, "How about it? If you do this, I'll give you some fruits and furs that women love to eat. Fruits in winter are very rare."

His voice was pleasant and gentle, but in those light words, there was an immeasurable amount of contempt, and it was not simply a matter of wanting to tease Ruan Qiuqiu.

Ruan Qiuqiu was almost disgusted by this wolf demon who was clearly humiliating her. She bit her lip, and dozens of thoughts flashed through her mind.

She thought about enduring it, but from the looks of the surrounding wolves, she could tell that they would not let her go, let alone miss the opportunity to indirectly insult Mr. Big Bad Wolf.

Once she called him Brother Yu, what would follow would be endless humiliation.

After considering the possibility of escape, Ruan Qiuqiu finally sneered, and under Xie Yu's expectant gaze, her voice clearly echoed around, "Get lost. You're ten thousand times uglier than my husband."

"You can dream on if you think I'll call you Brother Yu, you son of a bitch."

…Son of a bitch…

…Son…

Ruan Qiuqiu couldn't bear it anymore and didn't control her voice. Her words cursing the demon were particularly prominent, and all the humans and demons heard them clearly. The originally noisy wolf demons were all stunned.

They didn't expect Ruan Qiuqiu to curse a demon, or rather, they didn't expect a human whose husband was dying and who had no one to rely on to have the guts to curse a demon.

In this world, weren't the humans of every tribe living humbly under the protection of the demon tribe, living in fear?

A human, whose lifespan was only one-fifth that of their demon race, was already extremely merciful that they were willing to shelter and protect them. How could anyone dare to curse a demon, and even curse a demon who was showing kindness and wanting to give her alms?

And the one being cursed was one of the top demons in their tribe!

Due to excessive shock, for a moment, the demons near the caves didn't speak, and only the sound of the rustling wind and snow remained.

Xie Yu was completely stunned. His originally perfect and confident smile froze on his face, his brain stiff and unresponsive.

He even suspected that his ears were playing tricks on him, otherwise how could he hear the small human female in front of him cursing him?

Cursing him, the handsome wolf demon who was originally second only to Yuan Jue in combat power among the younger generation of wolf demons in the tribe, and now the number one in combat power, popularity, demon energy, hunting, charm, everything, as a "son of a bitch"?

"Wow." The young female demon was the first to react. She was both surprised and somewhat indescribably admiring, sincerely sighing, "This Ruan Qiuqiu really has a problem with her brain. She actually called Brother Yu a dog…"

The female demon paused as she spoke, not daring to continue the curse.

Xie Yu finally reacted. His demon face felt like it had been slapped hard several times, burning hot, and his originally perfect expression finally cracked.

He abruptly straightened up, his hands transforming into sharp wolf claws, and his gaze towards Ruan Qiuqiu became distorted. "You…"

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