CHAPTER 15: CHAPTER 15: PLAYING INNOCENT

This night was exceptionally long, until the heavy rain ceased and sunlight streamed into the tree hollow, Wen Shu found no opportunity to escape.

She rubbed her eyes wearily, her deflated stomach started growling again; she hadn’t eaten a bite since yesterday’s gladiatorial tournament.

Fortunately, at this moment, the arm wrapped around her waist all night finally moved.

Luo Fei slept deeply, and as he awoke to the warm and soft body in his embrace, there was a moment of confusion; he only realized where he was upon seeing the female beneath him.

He silently pushed the female away, while casually tidying the beast skin on his body and asked indifferently, "Awake?"

Wen Shu knew what he was up to, she didn’t mind his attitude, adept at adapting.

She slowly nodded, lifted her face to meet his gaze, and a smile appeared at the corner of her mouth, "Thank you for last night."

Hearing her soft thank you, Luo Fei raised his lips in surprise; the small female was quite polite.

He accepted with a raised eyebrow, glanced at the bright weather outside the cave, and bent his lips to say to the female, "The rain has stopped."

Wen Shu nodded, smiling at him, but couldn’t feel happy inside; the villain was about to take her to meet his subordinates.

She wondered where the Blood Beasts had advanced to; meeting the villain here probably meant they were about to reach the Fox Beast Tribe...

But now was not the time to be conflicted over this.

She absolutely could not be taken away.

Wen Shu’s gaze fell on her abdomen, her eyes rolled around, her elbows bending to press forcefully, "Ow, it hurts..."

She furrowed her eyebrows in pain, weakly leaning against the grass nest, "Kind sir, could I eat something first? I haven’t had anything for two days."

Her stomach cooperated by making a loud "grumble—" noise.

Luo Fei was not the type of male who would pity a female; he glanced at her and immediately felt troublesome.

But seeing the cold sweat on her nose tip and her eyes full of pleading, moist like dew, made his harsh words somewhat difficult to utter.

Seeing his silence, Wen Shu bit her lip, hugged her knees, and buried her face in her arms, tears slipping at the corner of her eyes, "It’s okay, I can endure, just feeling a bit uncomfortable from hunger..."

With only half her face exposed, her nose pressed against the fluffy dark fur.

It highlighted her skin as particularly pale, her eye corners slightly red, eyelashes still dotted with teardrops, fragile as if ready to shatter at a touch.

"Tsk," Luo Fei leaned down irritably, holding her face with one hand, using his fingers to wipe away the tear stains at her eyes’ corner, "Okay, I got it, such a hassle."

The rough fingers of the male made Wen Shu’s face hurt a little.

She showed no signs of discomfort, instead raising her head tremblingly, meeting the male’s shimmering gaze, docilely rubbing against his palm, smiling softly "Be quick and return, I’m tied up and can’t move, being alone is frightening..."

The soft and slippery cheek rubbed against his palm, Luo Fei froze, feeling his fingertips itch and heat as if burned.

He awkwardly stood up, yet did not free the vines as per Wen Shu’s wish.

Instead, he carefully examined them again, confirming the female couldn’t possibly escape, then lowly commanded, "Don’t have any wrong thoughts, wait obediently for me to return."

"Okay, I’ll wait for you." Wen Shu obediently smiled at him, internally scoffing: obedient, my foot, your whole family obedient!

Having received the desired response, Luo Fei’s eyes flashed with genuine amusement, he stepped out of the cave, fingers still lightly fondling, savoring the delicate touch just now.

He needed to be quick, the female was too weak, she couldn’t be left alone; if something happened, it would be even more troublesome...

Within the tree hollow, the supposedly weak female in Luo Fei’s heart was gazing afar.

Upon confirming the male’s silhouette had vanished, the smile on her face solidified; swiftly untying the vines, she left the tree hollow without hesitation.

Meanwhile, inside the Fox Beast Tribe.

Mious, realizing Wen Shu hadn’t returned all night, approached Nan, asking, "Where’s the female?"

Nan was handling food, responding indifferently, "Don’t know, she’s your beloved new Beast Husband, you should know better than me."

Detecting indifference in his tone, Mious’s eyes flashed with surprise.

Yesterday, seeing Nan treating the female with gentleness and respect, he thought Nan had a weak disposition; unexpectedly, it was all a facade.

Seeing Nan reluctant to offer much information, Mious turned to leave, but Nan suddenly spoke, with a faint hint of sarcasm, "You’re so worried about her, did you fall for her?"

Mious halted briefly, sharply sensing something amiss, stared at the male before him whose gentle demeanor inexplicably evoked a sense of danger, sternly questioning "What did you do?"

Nan shook his head slowly, said with an indifferent expression, "She went to the dense forest, being tracked by wandering beasts, I just... stood by and watched."

Wandering beasts!?

Mious’s heart tightened; contract companions are bound by life and death, the female can’t have anything happen now!

He furrowed his brow, turned to leave, stopping inexplicably at the entrance for a few seconds, "I overheard your conversation, though unaware of your grievances, she’s contracted under the Beast God Oath, maybe her promise to let us go is genuine."

After speaking, he used the contract to track the female’s location.

Discovering Wen Shu was unexpectedly far from the tribe, he didn’t have time to think, hastily transformed into a giant black snake, swiftly slithering towards the outskirts.

Nan halted his hand tearing meat, after a moment of silence, bloody hands supporting on the stone slab, eyes rippling, murmuring "Beast God Oath, huh..."

In the dense forest, Wen Shu who escaped the tree hollow, cautiously rolled in the mud to mask her scent, carefully weaving through the forest.

She sprinted without daring to pause; this body’s weakness was pathetically absurd, legs quickly turning soft and her mouth filled with a metallic taste.

Having run far enough, she slowly halted near a towering Sharp-leaf Grass, panting heavily and slumping on the ground.

She glanced around, only feeling her throat and lungs unbearably dry, yet surrounded by lush trees, there was no water source in sight.

"Hoo hoo—how unlucky!"

Wen Shu irritably rubbed her face, trying to muster spirit, yet unexpectedly greater misfortune loomed.

A thick, thorn-covered vine stealthily curled around from her waist side.

"What’s that?" Hearing a rustling, she glanced around, abruptly leaping to dodge.

Just finding her footing, several vines suddenly shot from the grass, tightly binding her legs, yanking her brutally.

Unprepared, Wen Shu fell to the ground, a dizzying spin in her vision, her body hung upside down in the air!

She craned her neck to see; below, the ordinary Sharp-leaf Grass split into four lobes, each brimming with sharp teeth, gathering toward her quivering.

Wen Shu had never seen such a huge cannibal plant!

Before she could react, her legs were engulfed in a ripping pain akin to being shredded.

She bit her teeth tightly, focused to see the thorns on the vine slowly twist into her flesh, bright red blood seeping from the seams, entirely absorbed by the vine.

Tasting particularly sweet blood, the Sharp-leaf Grass’s lobes quivered excitedly, emitting a sinister grunting sound, its verdant large leaves swaying, binding even tighter!

In mere seconds, Wen Shu was sweating coldly, scarcely feeling her legs.

Suddenly she recalled the supporting character’s limp leg attribute...

Dammit!

If this continues, she will face greater misery, not only losing her legs but also being digested by the cannibal plant’s stomach acid bit by bit!

Wen Shu considered despairingly, rather than waiting for death, it’s better to exceed restraints, even if her meridians fracture, she’d find a way to heal.

Resolute, she clasped her hands, her palms instantly emanating piercing white light, legs visibly recovering.

Soon, the intensity of superpower release reached this body’s limit, her head’s nerves pained as if pierced by countless silver needles.

She bit her teeth fiercely, attempting to overcome the original spiritual power halt, but then she vaguely heard a shout.

"Female! Stop!"