Marrying the Soft-hearted Villain

Ruan Qiuqiu's voice was very soft, mindful of the Big Gray Wolf gentleman who might still be resting in the "master bedroom."

But though her voice was quiet, it didn't escape the sharp ears of the Big Gray Wolf gentleman, who was secretly listening intently.

Phrases like "my husband and my home," "child," and "taking shelter from the snow" were all clearly heard.

His little human wife's voice was gentle and soft, without a hint of reluctance.

It seemed as if she truly meant it when she told the outsider—

"This is my husband's and my home."

Home.

This word, both foreign and familiar, was something precious that he had never possessed.

Big Gray Wolf gentleman didn't know how he felt, but the inexplicable grievances and pain in his chest were being dispelled bit by bit, like shadows under the sun.

He recovered somewhat, and even his fluffy tail, which had puffed up slightly at the scent of a man, returned to normal.

Big Gray Wolf gentleman then realized with embarrassment that his claws had torn the animal hide his little wife had just sewn.

He quietly transformed his wolf claws into human hands and covered the ten holes with his large palms.

However, his wolf ears, still throbbing with pain, remained erect, carefully listening to the conversation outside.

—Outside the cave, in the snow.

After Ruan Qiuqiu finished speaking to the thin little boy, she saw Mo Yu's obviously tense expression and said with a smile, "Our home is very big. You're just taking shelter from the snow at the cave entrance. You don't need to see my husband."

Mo Yu visibly relaxed upon hearing that he wouldn't have to see Big Gray Wolf gentleman.

He looked into Ruan Qiuqiu's eyes, and his slightly mature face revealed a childishness and embarrassment befitting his age.

Mo Yu poked the snow with the bone stick in his hand, then, with a show of "bravery," he walked to the cave entrance. "I, I'm not afraid of you or your husband. The former chief wouldn't suddenly eat a child."

Hearing that the voice truly belonged to a child, Big Gray Wolf gentleman's still slightly agitated heart finally calmed down.

His injured, fluffy wolf ear drooped, leaving only the other ear erect.

Ruan Qiuqiu gave Mo Yu a teasing look. "Are you really not afraid?"

Mo Yu scratched his head shyly and patted the snow off his clothes. "I'm not afraid."

Mo Yu hesitated, turned his small body, and glanced at the dark interior of the cave, hidden behind the animal hide curtain. He gritted his teeth and said, "I used to be quite scared…"

"But didn't you say you and your, your husband have been intimate seven or eight times?" This troublesome child, Mo Yu, suddenly blurted out this sentence for some reason, analyzing with a serious expression, "You're so intimate and nothing happened, so I should be fine too."

Ruan Qiuqiu "………"

The eavesdropping Big Gray Wolf gentleman "……………？！？？”

He was so shocked that he was completely stunned. A rush of heat surged onto his face, spreading rapidly to the tips of his ears, then to his neck, and finally to every single hair on his body.

Did, did he hear wrong?

Why would that little human boy say such a thing? Did Ruan Qiuqiu tell him?

But he couldn't remember ever being intimate with his little wife???

Could it be…

Could it be that he had done something beastly to her while he was unconscious?

Big Gray Wolf gentleman was in complete chaos, desperately trying to recall what had happened during the days he was unconscious.

Could it be… he bit her?

He knew Ruan Qiuqiu's scent was very fragrant, and she was soft, the kind of food that insane demons and monsters loved most.

She looked very delicious.

But if he bit her, why didn't he have any memory of it?

Even in his half-demon form, his teeth were quite sharp. If he bit her, he should have felt it…

Unless, he took advantage of her.

But he had always controlled his sleeping posture. Except for accidentally touching his little wife when they first met, he hadn't crossed the line since…

Recalling the softness he accidentally touched when they first met, Big Gray Wolf gentleman blushed crimson.

If he really had taken advantage of her, seven or eight times, he couldn't possibly have no memory of it…

But why would Ruan Qiuqiu say that?

Yuan Jue was puzzled, his head dizzy with confused thoughts.

Outside the cave, Ruan Qiuqiu hadn't expected Mo Yu to suddenly say such a thing. She subconsciously glanced into the cave and explained in a fluster, "Shh… You can't just say things like that."

Mo Yu scratched his head and nodded. "…Oh."

Mo Yu looked at Ruan Qiuqiu's flushed face and said with confusion, "Being intimate shouldn't be a big deal. I'm often intimate with Bo He. She likes to hold my hand."

Ruan Qiuqiu "…" Does holding hands count as intimacy?

Looking at Mo Yu's innocent eyes, she felt a little exasperated.

"This…" Ruan Qiuqiu didn't know how to explain. "Intimacy between adults is different from intimacy between children."

Mo Yu "?"

Ruan Qiuqiu "…"

She sighed and resorted to the phrase she'd heard most often as a child: "You'll understand when you're older."

Mo Yu "…"

He pouted but obediently didn't ask further.

Ruan Qiuqiu pressed her hand against the heat on her cheeks. "Xiao Yu, wait for me here. I'll be right out."

Mo Yu nodded obediently. Ruan Qiuqiu didn't delay any further and turned back into the cave.

As the footsteps grew closer, Big Gray Wolf gentleman's face grew redder.

He tried to control his breathing, striving to be a calm and aloof Sleeping Beauty wolf.

However, the moment Ruan Qiuqiu lifted the animal hide curtain, she noticed his unusual state.

Her emergency rations gentleman's breathing was heavy, almost to the point of panting.

The fur on his ears and tail was slightly puffed up, his face was particularly red, and fine beads of sweat dotted his usually scarred, handsome face.

"Oh no." Ruan Qiuqiu's heart tightened. She rushed to the stone bed and, as she had done many times in the past few days, placed her hand on Big Gray Wolf gentleman's forehead.

Her hand was cool, seeming to lower the heat on his forehead, but also seeming to raise the heat in his body.

As Ruan Qiuqiu drew closer, Big Gray Wolf gentleman suddenly caught a faint, dried blood scent on her.

Her injury wasn't serious; she had likely healed the wound with her own spiritual power and cleaned the blood, so the scent was so faint that it was almost completely masked by the human boy named "Xiao Yu."

He hadn't noticed it at first.

Big Gray Wolf gentleman's large paws clenched under the animal hide, guilt and self-blame washing over him like a bucket of cold water, instantly extinguishing the heat in his heart.

She had only gone out for a while, and she was already injured.

How did she get injured?

Where was she injured?

Who hurt her?

Was it a wild beast from the nearby forest?

Or was it those wolf demons from the Flame Wolf Tribe?

The thought of this possibility filled Yuan Jue with rage and hatred, his expression contorting.

Seeing his pained expression, Ruan Qiuqiu assumed he was in pain and became very worried.

She checked the almost completely transparent magic core and the three small wooden cups beside the bed. Finding the water droplets inside dried up, her heart tightened even more.

After confirming that although Big Gray Wolf gentleman's expression was distorted, the demonic energy on his face hadn't stirred and he wasn't having another fever, she felt slightly relieved.

"It's good that he's not having a fever again." She gave a wry smile and, after a moment of hesitation, decided to spend some more time condensing healing water droplets to keep at home before going out again.

But this meant making Mo Yu wait.

Ruan Qiuqiu felt guilty, but she still picked up a stone stool from the "master bedroom," grabbed a piece of animal hide that Big Gray Wolf gentleman used to cover his legs, lifted the curtain, walked to the cave entrance, and looked apologetically at Mo Yu. "Xiao Yu, can you sit here and wait for me a little longer?"

Mo Yu was stunned for a moment, then nodded. "Okay."

After his brother drank the "treasure," he was much better, even briefly regaining consciousness for a couple of seconds, so Mo Yu wasn't as anxious as before.

"Xiao Yu, thank you." Ruan Qiuqiu handed him the animal hide. "Don't catch a cold."

Mo Yu smiled at her and accepted Ruan Qiuqiu's kindness.

Still feeling guilty, Ruan Qiuqiu saw that there was still some hot water in the stone pot, so she took a wooden bowl, poured some water, and handed it to Mo Yu.

Seeing the little boy obediently waiting at the entrance, she hurried back to the "master bedroom" to condense the water droplets.

Her steps were hurried, her movements urgent.

Big Gray Wolf gentleman smelled the gradually intensifying spiritual energy in the air; he knew she was helping him again.

She had gone out this time for him too.

And she was even injured.

Yet he could only lie on the stone bed like a useless piece of trash, using all his strength just to suppress the demonic energy and pain within his body.

He could do nothing about his current predicament.

He was such a selfish big gray wolf.

He knew that a crippled wolf demon like him had become a burden, a drag on her in this cold winter.

But he still, so cunningly, darkly, and despicably, pretended not to have woken up.

Yuan Jue desperately wanted to know where she had gone today, what she had done, who the child she brought back was, and whether he had truly taken advantage of her unconsciously.

Why was she injured? Which demons bullied her? Was it those wolf demons from the Flame Wolf Tribe?

The thought of the Flame Wolf Tribe made Big Gray Wolf gentleman suddenly uneasy.

He twitched his ears anxiously, a growingly disturbing thought taking shape in his mind.

Those wolf demons from the Flame Wolf Tribe wouldn't have said anything about the curse on him in front of his little wife, would they?

This possibility filled Big Gray Wolf gentleman with increasing dread.

Coupled with the injury Ruan Qiuqiu had just sustained, the scent of dried blood, and the thought that she might have been bullied by those wolf demons, Big Gray Wolf gentleman could barely contain the surging, near-frenzied killing intent he felt towards the Flame Wolf Tribe.

What if…

What if those wolf demons really did say something?

What if…

What if Ruan Qiuqiu found out about the curse on him…

At this thought, Yuan Jue's paws, which had transformed into claws at some point, abruptly tightened, digging deeply into the stone bed.

A crisp "crack" rang out, like a startling sound, snapping Big Gray Wolf gentleman back to his senses from his escalating killing intent.

The grating sound of a stone stool against the ground was harsh; it was the sound of Ruan Qiuqiu abruptly standing up.

Yuan Jue panicked, thinking Ruan Qiuqiu had heard the sound of him breaking the stone bed and discovered that he was awake.

Unsure how to explain himself, he guiltily pulled his wolf claws out of the stone bed.

But then, a loud "thud" came from the cave entrance, followed by a child's violent coughing, clearly audible even in the "master bedroom."

Ruan Qiuqiu hadn't noticed that Big Gray Wolf gentleman had "woken up." She frantically lifted the animal hide curtain and ran out, her voice anxious, "Xiao Yu, what's wrong? Did you fall?"

Hearing Ruan Qiuqiu's words and the violent coughing from outside, Big Gray Wolf gentleman suddenly came to his senses, realizing a fatal thing he had just overlooked—

The animal hide Ruan Qiuqiu had given the little boy was the one he had just been covered with.

The coughing outside the "master bedroom" grew weaker and more pained. Yuan Jue almost immediately realized something—

Perhaps the little boy named "Xiao Yu" had been "cursed" by contact with something he had used?

This thought had barely surfaced when Big Gray Wolf gentleman trembled as if struck by lightning, the blood in his body almost reversing its flow.

—In the past few days, as he drifted in and out of consciousness, he had vaguely guessed something about the curse on him.

He hadn't known what "curse" meant before, but since he was gravely injured and nearly died last time, he had discovered something.

The demonic energy that constantly ravaged his body, yet didn't seem to be life-threatening, didn't seem to originate from the demon that had attacked him.

It seemed to originate from within him.

That demonic energy, intertwined with blood, was like a bloody gauze concealing the truth.

As long as that gauze was gently peeled away, he would know the truth about the "curse" that had plagued him for over twenty years.

That thing originating from his bloodline, that filthy, monstrous blood, wrapped in demonic energy, would injure and "curse" any living being that approached him while he was unconscious.

He vaguely guessed what the "curse" was, but he didn't want to think about it.

He felt disgusted with himself and was even more afraid that Ruan Qiuqiu would find out.

The little human wife who had come to his side by accident was special.

Her spiritual power could suppress his "curse." She wouldn't be affected by him, nor would she be injured by being close to him.

She didn't know about the curse on him, so she didn't stay far away and even slept on the same stone bed with him.

She had picked him up from the snowy night.

Because her attitude towards him was so normal, so normal that he almost forgot that he was a cursed wolf demon.

Yuan Jue almost thought he was just an ordinary big gray wolf.

Not a chief feared by all, not a monster, just an ordinary, crippled big gray wolf whose injuries would slowly heal, a substitute for the snail gray wolf, her "husband."

But now, because of his negligence, because of his disregard, because he didn't warn her, he might be about to kill the child she brought back.

Even if she could save the child, she would definitely find out about the "curse" on him.

The thing he had been deliberately ignoring these past few days, the thing he had been vaguely worried about, had finally happened.

If she knew that he almost killed the little boy at the entrance, would she really not care?

Enduring the splitting pain in his head, Yuan Jue felt a bitterness in his throat. Mustering a sliver of demonic consciousness, trembling almost uncontrollably, he looked towards the cave entrance with a sliver of hope that it wasn't what he thought.

He saw Ruan Qiuqiu frantically holding a thin little human boy.

The boy's face was pale, and blood continuously trickled from his lips as he coughed.

On the ground lay a bloodstained piece of animal hide, the one that had just been covering him.

It was clear that the little boy had been "cursed" by him.

And Ruan Qiuqiu would soon find out.

Crimson tears welled up in his eyes. Big Gray Wolf gentleman opened his mouth for the first time, but no words came out.

He had just been secretly rejoicing that she had said, "This is my husband's and my home."

But now, he was about to lose this "home."

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