CHAPTER 32: CHAPTER 32: THE MALE LEAD LUCIUS

The male was shaken vigorously twice, pulling at the wound on his back, and his face turned pale with pain. He looked at Wen Shu with a strange expression, "Female..."

Seeing his expression, Wen Shu’s heart instantly fell to the bottom, and she unconsciously applied more force with her hand.

The male didn’t expect her to be so strong, and she just happened to press on his wound. The words at his lips turned into a cry of pain, and he bit his lip, forcibly holding it back, as his eyes twitched toward Wen Shu’s back.

Wen Shu was lost in thought with her head lowered, a lump rose in her throat, and she didn’t notice his gesture. When she spoke again, her usually calm voice trembled slightly, "He... is still there, right."

She released the male’s arm, knowing Wu Xuan was dragged into this because of her, she couldn’t let him end up being devoured by beasts.

Having made up her mind, she immediately headed toward the rendezvous point. After only a few steps, a familiar large hand grasped her wrist, gently pulled her back, and she fell into a broad, warm embrace.

The male hugged Wen Shu from behind, his arms tightly wrapping around her waist. He rubbed his chin against her cheek, his low, hoarse voice carrying a trace of delight, "Female, I’m right here."

Compared to the slightly cool breath brushing past her ear in the past, Wen Shu’s body stiffened involuntarily, and she belatedly felt a twinge of sourness at her nose.

However, before she could shed any tears, Wu Xuan’s cold, soft lips touched her earlobe, his weak voice cheekily said, "Female, I knew you cared about me..."

Realizing what he said, Wen Shu’s eyes darkened, and a wave of anger surged in her heart. She stomped hard on Wu Xuan’s toes and ground them fiercely!

Wu Xuan immediately let go of her in pain, lost his balance, and fell to the ground, his features twisted in agony, "Ah— Female, I’m still injured."

Only then did Wen Shu see his current state clearly.

The Giant Corpse Beast’s strength was terrifying, and each attack could easily kill a person.

Wu Xuan’s whole body was covered in blood, with the Giant Corpse Beast’s black blood, but mostly his own. Three blood streaks were clawed across his chest, almost exposing his bones, and the flesh on his waist and calf had been scraped off.

It was impossible to tell if he had internal injuries, but seeing him unable to stand steadily, he was undoubtedly seriously hurt.

Even in such a state, he still had the presence of mind to joke with her?

"Sit under the tree and wait for yourself!" Wen Shu was both amused and annoyed, not helping him up, but directly went to find Mious leaning against the tree, gasping for breath.

Nan, who had been following behind her, naturally also saw the scene just now when her eyes were red.

He glanced coldly at Wu Xuan and saw him looking at the female with full eyes of laughter, barely pulling the corner of his mouth, "Do you think the female cares about you?"

He lowered his eyes, "Don’t dream, she just has a soft heart and hates owing others."

His words stabbed directly into Wu Xuan’s heart, but having been provoked by him once, Wu Xuan didn’t believe it at all.

He slowly stood up, patting the dust off the beast skin, coldly curling his lips, "This is between the female and me, even if you are the female’s Beast Husband, there’s no need for your reminders!"

Wen Shu was completely unaware of the undercurrents between the males, she was only focused on healing Mious.

After examining, she found that Mious’s injuries were the most severe.

As the main force in killing the Giant Corpse Beast, he was the closest to it. His chest was corroded by half from pus, and two bloody holes pierced from his shoulder blade to his chest, almost injuring his heart.

Continuous light spots flowed from her palm, slowly healing the corrosion scar on Mious’s chest, but such injuries seemed especially difficult to heal. Wen Shu used almost half of her strength to only remove the edge.

But if not treated quickly, she feared the corrosion would worsen, causing infection.

She raised her hand, ready to pour in all her strength, but was suddenly stopped by a slender hand. She looked up at Mious, puzzled, "What’s wrong?"

"Treat other wounds first, this one doesn’t hurt," Mious shook his head at her, his gaze sweeping over the corrosion wounds on his chest, a trace of shock passing through his heart.

That was the Giant Corpse Beast’s venom, which, once it touched a Beastman’s body, would long continue to corrode the body until the poison penetrated to the internal organs, turning the Beastman into a monster just like the Giant Corpse Beast.

He thought he was dead for sure, because no one could heal such poison.

Yet the female’s Healing Ability contained the power to purify the poison.

Who exactly is she?

No matter what, this matter must not be known by anyone...

He lifted his eyelids, meeting Wen Shu’s puzzled gaze, and said in a deep voice, "Trust me."

The male’s eyes were serious, Wen Shu was momentarily stunned, and instinctively chose to trust, after all, Mious had no reason to harm her now.

Stopping the bleeding of Mious’s wound, Wu Xuan also came over, and Nan Ze stood by Wen Shu’s side, asking what assistance she needed, becoming her assistant.

The whole morning was spent in busy healing.

After treating the two males and roughly treating the most severe wounds of a few other males, Wen Shu’s stomach growled again.

The males around her heard the sound and immediately looked over.

Before they could volunteer, a fat Beastman from Beast City came over with meat skewers, smiling broadly, "Thank you for your hard work, Female Wen Shu! Quickly eat something, this is brought from Beast City, the taste is absolutely great!"

Wen Shu was indeed hungry, and since she had treated the fat Beastman’s subordinates, she didn’t refuse the food.

She reached out to take it, took a bite, and her eyes lit up with surprise. Three or two bites were enough to finish a skewer, which left the fat Beastman stunned, but he didn’t forget his purpose.

With a face full of smiles, he extravagantly flattered, "Female Wen Shu, your Healing Ability seems especially effective. After you treated Lira, even the blood coughing stopped! Lafayette’s leg injury too, you’re amazing!"

Wen Shu remembered this fat Beastman; he was Lucius’s steward, Ku Jia. The book didn’t have much description of him but portrayed only two points, one being kind and the other being a bit glib.

However, she thought there should be a point added—perceptive.

She had treated several males, and none of the tribe’s Beastmen noticed the special effects of her ability, only Ku Jia did.

But she didn’t plan to hide it, rather she intended to use it, as a bargaining chip for her future fate.

Wen Shu interrupted him with a smile, getting straight to the point, "Just say what you have to say."

Ku Jia’s small eyes crinkled into slits with his smile, "Female Wen Shu, we came from Beast City to do business, the leader mustn’t have an accident, there’s no way to explain it if we return. Can you..."

Is he asking her to heal the male protagonist?

She didn’t even think before refusing, "Sorry, I’ve used too much today, and can’t heal for a while."

Everything else could be considered, but that was absolutely not possible unless she was crazy!

There was a reason why she evaluated this story as "explosive"; among the female lead’s Beast Husbands, apart from two who were relatively normal, the others each had their outrageous aspects.

And Lucius was among them, he just appeared stoic and abstinent, but was actually a dark sadist with a penchant for abusing the Sin Beasts when no outlet was available, and becoming even more excessive when there was.

But that was the female lead’s concern. The most important thing for her was that Lucius had a childhood trauma regarding females; he loathed them!

In the novel, apart from the female lead, any female who touched him ended up very tragically, either dying in a miserable accident or disappearing into the dense forest and reappearing as a pile of bones.

She definitely didn’t want to dodge Mious only to be killed by the male protagonist!