Marrying the Soft-hearted Villain

Grandfather Panda's reaction was intense, even bordering on losing control. Ruan Qiuqiu watched him holding the small piece of black wood, laughing and crying as if the unburnable, unwashable piece of wood was a rare treasure.

Although she didn't understand why, Ruan Qiuqiu suppressed the doubts in her heart and quietly waited for Grandfather Clan Leader's emotions to gradually calm down.

Mr. Big Bad Wolf's patience was usually good, but while waiting, he was quite mischievous.

He had never stayed in a cave with the cubs for so long, and a strange emotion flickered in his narrow eyes.

Yuan Jue propped his chin up with one hand and his gaze swept over the group of dirty little balls. When he inadvertently met the gaze of a little brown bear cub, he couldn't help but raise an eyebrow at the latter.

The little brown bear cub instantly trembled with fear.

Ruan Qiuqiu "…"

She was speechless for a moment, wanting to laugh.

Fortunately, before a certain wolf could proceed with his next act of "bullying" the cubs, Grandfather Panda finally recovered.

He tightly clutched the small piece of black wood and looked deeply at Ruan Qiuqiu and Yuan Jue, his voice filled with suppressed pain. "Come with me."

After Grandfather Clan Leader finished speaking, for the first time, he ignored the cubs in the cave who were reaching out shakily, wanting to cling to him. Instead, he turned and walked out of the cave.

Ruan Qiuqiu frowned slightly, exchanged a look with Mr. Big Bad Wolf, and without hesitation, left the extra dried beef from her backpack on the table. Then she packed her things and helped Yuan Jue walk out.

Although almost a morning had passed, the wind and snow outside the cave hadn't lessened. Grandfather Clan Leader had previously used his paws to shield himself from the wind and snow while guarding the edge of the Winter Bear Tribe. Now, transformed into a human form wearing thin clothing, he let the snowflakes fall on his faintly graying hair.

Pale white butterfly wings supported the umbrella. Ruan Qiuqiu looked at Grandfather Panda's slightly hunched back ahead and, for some reason, felt a deep sadness.

Because of this, she didn't ask any questions along the way, but quietly walked forward with Yuan Jue.

Following Grandfather Panda's lead, the surrounding scenery gradually became more desolate. Even the naturally formed caves no longer showed signs of bear habitation.

After about ten minutes, and after bypassing a frozen creek, they arrived at a slightly desolate area near the forest.

Thick snow accumulated on the giant trees, and there were some dry branches on the ground, but it could be seen that someone often cleaned the area. It was generally clean.

To Ruan Qiuqiu's surprise, there was a small wooden shed built of wood at the edge of this desolate place. It was surrounded by rough wooden planks with a door, seemingly only able to barely block some wind and snow.

This was the first time she knew there was such a remote place in the Winter Bear Tribe.

"Little Qiu, you two stand back a bit." Grandfather Panda said, clutching the small piece of black wood and walking to the dilapidated wooden shed.

He didn't push the door open directly. Instead, he first used his wrinkled palm to take out a light red wooden token from his pocket and pressed it against the crude wooden door.

"Click."

With a crisp sound, Ruan Qiuqiu was surprised to find a ripple slowly spreading across the dilapidated wooden door, which from the outside looked like ordinary wood.

A pale golden halo spread, seemingly emitting a faint, soul-penetrating hum. Ruan Qiuqiu seemed to hear a distant and ancient voice softly chanting in her ear, and her thoughts seemed to drift outward along with this voice.

Ruan Qiuqiu felt a peculiar power relieving the fatigue in her mind, and her consciousness gradually blurred.

"Wife."

"Wife?"

Her shoulder was gently nudged, and Mr. Big Bad Wolf's worried voice reached her ears.

Ruan Qiuqiu suddenly snapped back from that mysterious state and directly met Yuan Jue's worried gaze.

Her consciousness became clear, and as Ruan Qiuqiu came to her senses, she couldn't help but feel a chill down her spine—

That voice just now was very strange, easily affecting her state.

A thin layer of sweat appeared on Ruan Qiuqiu's forehead, and her hands and feet felt slightly weak. She carefully checked her body, but was surprised to find that there was nothing wrong with her.

Because of the voice just now, Ruan Qiuqiu subconsciously looked up at the wooden door and was surprised to find that the pale golden light that had rippled around the edge of the wooden door had dispersed.

With a creak, the wooden door opened.

"Wife." A low, worried voice came from beside her ear. Ruan Qiuqiu looked up and saw the reddish corners of Mr. Big Bad Wolf's eyes due to worry. The anxiety and fear in her heart dissipated a little.

She couldn't help but ask him, "Husband, didn't you feel anything strange?"

Yuan Jue thought seriously for a moment and said solemnly, "Hmm? Wife spaced out for a particularly long time?"

Ruan Qiuqiu "…"

Ruan Qiuqiu explained, "…Just now, there was a pale halo, and I heard a very mysterious voice…"

Hearing this, Yuan Jue's dark eyebrows furrowed, and he suddenly bent down slightly, his handsome face drawing closer.

Ruan Qiuqiu was still immersed in the mysterious voice from just now. Her mind didn't react in time, and she didn't realize what Mr. Big Bad Wolf was about to do.

She widened her eyes in surprise, then subconsciously closed them.

A warm touch came from her forehead, her eyelashes and eyelids as if being lightly swept by something soft and curved, but there was no strange touch on her lips as she had expected.

The touch on her forehead quickly disappeared. Realizing that Mr. Big Bad Wolf was only checking on her and not suddenly trying to kiss her, Ruan Qiuqiu's face flushed red.

Yet, a fleeting chuckle came from beside her ear. Yuan Jue, a certain wolf, looked at her teasingly, but quickly suppressed the smile on his face, as if everything just now was her illusion.

Ruan Qiuqiu "…"

Ruan Qiuqiu's ears were especially red. She turned around, uncontrollably lowering her head, not even wanting to look at Mr. Big Bad Wolf.

This wolf had become bad. She kind of wanted to throw him away. Tianluo gray wolf was better!

Yuan Jue's long eyelashes trembled. He slowly stepped forward, extended his long arms, and slowly encircled his little wife from behind.

He knew she would be soft-hearted towards him. A cunning glint flashed in his eyes, but his voice was utterly shameless and aggrieved. "…It's the wolf's fault."

Ruan Qiuqiu "…………" She told herself that she absolutely couldn't be soft-hearted. Enduring the strange sensation from her neck, she didn't speak and stared intently at Grandfather Panda opening the door.

Seeing that she was still worried about the "voice" he hadn't heard, Mr. Big Bad Wolf said with a hint of helplessness in his voice, "Wife, you're alright."

Yuan Jue spoke softly, but his deep voice lacked its usual coldness.

He paused and continued, "It's just that Qiuqiu's spirit seems to be better than before."

"Spirit?" Ruan Qiuqiu caught the word in his sentence, was stunned for a moment, and then reacted.

She closed her eyes and felt it. She was surprised to find that after hearing that strange melody, the fatigue from condensing the healing water droplets had dissipated a lot, and even the bottleneck from breaking through from second-tier peak to third-tier had loosened somewhat.

Ruan Qiuqiu couldn't help but reveal a hint of surprise, and then became even more curious about this strange wooden hut.

Grandfather Panda finally opened the wooden door that seemed easy but was actually very difficult to open. He beckoned to the person and the wolf with a complicated expression. "Come in and talk."

Hearing this, Ruan Qiuqiu gently pushed Yuan Jue, a certain wolf, who was hugging her.

Mr. Big Bad Wolf had no choice but to reluctantly and aggrievedly release his little wife.

The person and the wolf took two steps forward, and from their current angle, they could clearly see the scene inside the small wooden door.

The space inside was much larger than it appeared from the outside, and several fire warming grasses were placed on the stone table.

In addition, on a wall behind the stone table, there were many small wooden tokens, each engraved with many complex characters.

What was this?

Ruan Qiuqiu was curious. After confirming with her spiritual power that there was no danger in the wooden shed, she followed Grandfather Clan Leader into the shed.

Xiong Jiankang closed the door and looked at the wall full of small wooden tokens with a complicated expression. His voice was weathered as he said, "On this wall in front of us hang the names of the ancestors of our Winter Bear Mountain Guardian lineage who have sacrificed themselves in the past three hundred years."

Ruan Qiuqiu said in surprise, "Then, that small piece of black wood from before…"

Before she could finish her sentence, Grandfather Clan Leader smiled and waved his hand. "No, that's Soul Wood."

"Soul Wood?" Mr. Big Bad Wolf said thoughtfully, his voice husky.

Grandfather Panda didn't avoid him at all and nodded immediately. "Yes, it's one of the tokens to enter the forbidden area in the back mountain, Soul Wood."

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