Marrying the Soft-hearted Villain

Because of Grandmother Ruyi's rather blunt words, both the wolf and the woman felt slightly awkward.

Ruan Qiuqiu tried to suppress the heat rising in her face. After putting everything away, she started preparing dinner.

Xiong Duoduo and the other demons were correct about their sensitivity to the weather. About an hour later, a cold wind howled outside the cave, and large snowflakes swirled down, blocked from entering by the relatively sturdy wooden door.

The woman and the wolf quietly finished their dinner and, as in their previous cave, cleaned up separately.

Ruan Qiuqiu had wanted to help Mr. Big Bad Wolf apply medicine, but Yuan Jue was already much better. Driven by a subtle reluctance to have his little wife see his mangled limb, he refused her help.

Ruan Qiuqiu didn't think much of it. She simply added more wood to the stone stove, then walked out to the other room and sat cross-legged on the single stone bed. She planned to cultivate until she was saturated, and then process the Green Moon Cotton she had brought back overnight.

Her movements were fluid and natural. The wolf, who had just refused her help and was now regretting it, was still pondering how to get his little wife to come back and help him. Before he could speak, he watched Ruan Qiuqiu leave.

Mr. Big Bad Wolf "…"

The animal skin curtain slowly fell, and the sounds of Qiuqiu disappeared. Yuan Jue reacted after a moment, speechless, then let out a soft chuckle.

He raised his broad hand and slowly placed his long fingers on the white fur strip covering his eyes.

With a flick of his fingertip, the loosely tied fur strip slid down, following the bridge of Yuan Jue's straight nose, and landed in his palm.

His narrow eyes opened slightly, revealing slightly hazy crimson pupils.

Before him was a blur of light, faintly making out the vague outline of the marriage bed.

He had lost his sight due to a sixth-tier demonic beast that specialized in poisonous mist, which had injured his eyes. Coupled with the severe injuries and lack of spiritual energy for healing, the condition had worsened considerably.

Now that the demonic core and demon core in his body had merged to a certain extent, forming a subtle coexisting state with the demonic core as the primary and the demon core as the secondary, Yuan Jue could finally focus on restoring his vision.

However…

Restoring his vision would take about ten more days, but regenerating his severed limb was not an easy task.

Although fifth-tier demons were considered decent powerhouses in the Demon Continent and had long lifespans, they were still far from being Demon Kings. To regenerate a severed limb, he needed to reach at least the late sixth-tier.

Moreover, due to the influence of the demonic bloodline in his body, Mr. Big Bad Wolf's appearance had also undergone some changes.

The most obvious change was his beautiful eyes.

Their color had completely changed from the initial grayish-blue to a scarlet filled with a murderous aura, hazy, like a sharp blade yet to be unsheathed, its edge temporarily concealed.

Yuan Jue fluttered his long eyelashes and tilted his head slightly. In a world of blood-red, he caught sight of a few touches of bright green on the stone table beside him—

Placed thoughtfully on the stone table within easy reach were the herbs that Qiuqiu had ground in advance.

The corners of his lips curled up. Yuan Jue raised his eyes, thinking of Tianluo, the gray wolf, and unconsciously tightened his grip on the Spirit Gathering Pearl hanging around his neck.

He thought of his little wife in the other room, his eyes darkening with an unconcealable possessive desire.

He trembled his long eyelashes almost emotionally, his tongue lightly brushing his lips, as if savoring the delicate feeling of biting her wrist earlier.

…

Qiuqiu, immersed in her cultivation, was unaware of Yuan Jue's somewhat infatuated behavior.

After moving to this cave, the spiritual energy was many times richer than in their previous home. Coupled with the effect of the Spirit Gathering Pearl, she quickly became immersed in cultivation almost as soon as she started.

The Spirit Gathering Pearl was not of a high rank and wasn't very useful to Yuan Jue, but for Ruan Qiuqiu, whose strength was less than second-tier, it was a treasure that could rapidly increase her power.

The water element in the air swirled around Ruan Qiuqiu, almost forming a water curtain that completely enveloped her.

The spiritual energy combined with the water element, circulating through her meridians, then transforming into mutated water-type spiritual power and condensing within her dantian.

Time passed quickly in her complete immersion in cultivation. When Ruan Qiuqiu felt mentally exhausted and even a slight ache in her meridians, she slowly awoke from her rapid cultivation state.

She didn't open her eyes immediately, but first looked inward at her body.

The spiritual energy in her dantian had condensed into droplets of mist, almost double the previous amount, a testament to the results of this cultivation session.

A hint of joy crossed Ruan Qiuqiu's mind—

She had known that rich spiritual energy would improve cultivation, but she hadn't expected the effect to be so dramatic. This one session was equivalent to ten times her usual practice.

A thought flashed through her mind, and Ruan Qiuqiu couldn't help but wonder if she could cultivate with Mr. Big Bad Wolf here. Ten times, then ten times more, could she perhaps break through to the third-tier in less than ten days…

But this thought only flickered briefly before being suppressed by Ruan Qiuqiu.

She couldn't handle even a little bit of Mr. Big Bad Wolf's demon power entering her. If they truly cultivated together, she probably, maybe, almost certainly wouldn't be able to bear those intense sensations.

She didn't know how much time had passed. She felt her skin was sticky, probably from the impurities expelled during cultivation.

Ruan Qiuqiu frowned, stopped examining her internal condition, and slowly opened her eyes.

She wasn't met with the darkness she expected, but with a cluster of plants emitting a soft, warm glow. A warm aura emanated from them, filling the small room with light and warmth.

Even the surface beneath her didn't feel like the cold stone bed; it seemed to be covered with a soft, warm animal skin mat.

"Tired?" A deep voice suddenly came from behind her, cold yet laced with suppressed anticipation and heat, instantly bringing Ruan Qiuqiu back to her senses.

It was Mr. Big Bad Wolf's voice, but shouldn't he be resting in the main bedroom? Why was he here?

With many speculative thoughts swirling in her mind, a strange feeling arose in Ruan Qiuqiu's chest. She instinctively wanted to turn around but stopped herself just in time. She couldn't help but think—

She was dirty right now; how could she turn around like this?

Even if Mr. Big Bad Wolf couldn't see, she didn't want to embarrass herself in front of the wolf she liked.

Like…

Realizing what she had just thought, Ruan Qiuqiu's face instantly flushed as if scorched by fire. The unpleasant smell of the impurities expelled from her body filled her nose, and for the first time, she truly understood how Mr. Big Bad Wolf must have felt when his wounds were festering.

Even though she knew he wouldn't dislike her, she still felt shy and instinctively didn't want him to see her like this.

"Hu-Husband, why are you here?" Ruan Qiuqiu asked in a panic, quickly standing up and walking towards the exit.

Lying on his side on the inner part of the single stone bed, seemingly resting with his eyes closed, the wolf curled his lips slightly. His voice seemed cold, but his ears twitched shyly as he shamelessly said, "I'm here to… sleep with my wife."

Ruan Qiuqiu "…"

The word "sleep" was soft, almost a murmur, but still clearly audible. After he said it, both the wolf and the woman blushed deeply.

She was stunned by the wolf's words, as if a seal had been broken. Her mind went blank for a moment. After barely managing to react, she just bit her lip, dropped the line, "I'll go clean up," and quickly left the small cave, not even having time to ask about the glowing plant.

The little wife hurried away, and due to the slightly unpleasant smell on her body, she didn't even notice the faint scent of blood in the small cave.

After making sure Ruan Qiuqiu had gone to the other cave to clean up, Yuan Jue chuckled softly, raised his broad hand to his lips, and coughed.

He swallowed a mouthful of blood and tried to regulate his breathing—

Ruan Qiuqiu's cultivation session seemed short, but it had actually lasted for more than a day. It was now the evening of the second day.

After noticing that his little wife had entered a state of deep cultivation, he didn't disturb her. Instead, after recovering thirty percent of his demon power, he chose to explore the entire back mountain barrier of the Winter Bear Tribe.

Mr. Big Bad Wolf had spent almost an entire day exploring, sustaining some injuries, but he had finally completed almost the entire exploration. The third-tier Fire Warm Grass in the cave, which provided light and warmth harmlessly, was a small reward from his efforts.

In addition to this, he had also discovered a small hot spring and a forbidden area filled with danger but also extremely rich spiritual energy.

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