CHAPTER 40: CHAPTER 40: WU XUAN’S TEARS

The male’s ruthless killing blow brought up a gust of wind, and even from a distance, the cold wind brushing past Wen Shu’s cheek stung.

But she knew how powerful Lucius’s Wind Ability was. Such a wind should only be a tickle to him, yet reality left her stunned — Lucius failed to dodge and was hit by the Wind Blade, falling straight in front of her.

To prevent further injury, Lucius quickly stood up, but his legs wouldn’t cooperate, almost making him kneel back down.

Wen Shu instinctively stepped aside, but Lucius was quicker, firmly holding onto her arm.

Wen Shu lowered her gaze to his hand, once again doubting her assumptions about him.

Lucius’s hands seemed almost glued to her arm. How could he possibly be disgusted by females?

But he kept disrupting her plans and approaching her so abruptly. He definitely had bad intentions...

While she was pondering, the male unabashedly moved closer, his pale, slender hand resting on her shoulder, leaning his entire weight on her, his face almost touching her neck. "Wen Shu, my leg seems to be broken," he said.

The cool breath brushed past her earlobe, making Wen Shu shrink her neck. She raised her hand to block, accidentally touching something soft and damp.

Lucius was taken aback, his eyes darkening as he lowered them and discreetly moved a bit away.

Wen Shu frowned in disdain.

Seeing the male kiss the female’s palm, Wu Xuan and Nan both turned green with anger, glaring at Lucius with murderous eyes.

Who was this wild male, pretending to be weak to take advantage and kiss the female!

"Awoooo—"

With an angry roar full of killing intent, Wu Xuan transformed into a human form, leaping into the air to land in front of Wen Shu, fiercely tearing Lucius from the female’s shoulder and throwing him into Nan’s claws behind him.

Bai Qiao’s family came out of the cave just in time to see this scene.

Bai Qiao watched Lucius being thrown aside and instinctively shouted, "Stop! Don’t hurt Lucius!"

But Nan did not heed her, his long claws grasping Lucius, deeply piercing his shoulder, causing dark purple blood to instantly soak his light-colored robe.

Seeing this, Bai Qiao grew terribly worried. Without thinking, she rushed in front of Wen Shu, sharply accusing, "Wen Shu, Lucius is still injured. How can you let your Beast Husband bully him? Hurry and stop them!"

Seeing Lucius’s miserable state, Wen Shu was also a bit concerned. She concluded that Lucius was pretending, but would Wu Xuan and Nan be retaliated against for treating him this way in the future?

Wen Shu hesitated for just a few seconds, but Bai Qiao was already frantic. Lucius was her savior, and there was no way she could watch him be humiliated!

Grabbing Wen Shu, she pointed at Nan in the sky, "Isn’t that your Beast Husband? Quickly use mental suppression on him! Don’t tell me you can’t!"

Wen Shu was shouted at until her ears buzzed. The heroine was right; she really couldn’t, but she indeed should make Nan and Wu Xuan stop quickly.

Yet these two guys wouldn’t listen to her at all now...

Wen Shu sighed. She had no choice but to use this tactic.

"Oh no! My head hurts so much—"

A sudden cry of pain rang out.

Wen Shu dramatically held her forehead, sneaking a peek at Nan and Wu Xuan through her fingers. The two beastmen, whose eyes were red with rage, suddenly stopped their actions, looking at her with worried eyes.

Wen Shu pressed on, biting her lip painfully, stepping forward with a dazed look, swaying as she was about to fall to the ground. "Wu Xuan... Nan..."

Her weak voice was like a trembling feather, instantly drawing the attention of the males. With urgency, they rushed to Wen Shu, both encircling her slender waist.

Wu Xuan tightened his grip, his urgent voice sounding on the left, "Female, how do you feel?"

On the other side, Nan refused to be outdone, his large hand grasping the female’s waist side, softly asking by Wen Shu’s ear, "Is it because of excessive energy consumption?"

Sandwiched between two male bodies, Wen Shu couldn’t help but break into a cold sweat. The two were too close, and even without moving, she could feel the males’ intense body heat and the firm abs pressing against her arm.

She steadied her forehead, half-opening her eyes to see two faces right above her.

Worried about her, their eyes were full of anxiety; their rapid breaths all hit her face, making her dizzy. "I..."

For the first time in her life, she was almost face-to-face with males, not just one, but two, and her heartbeat immediately went a bit erratic.

This position made proper conversation impossible!

Wen Shu took a deep breath and simply closed her eyes, not forgetting to speak in a weak tone, "I... I need to rest, you both should take me back first."

Then she tilted her head and pretended to faint.

This really scared Wu Xuan, who, without thinking, picked Wen Shu up and hurriedly wanted to run to the witch doctor.

Nan followed behind but did not seem as worried as Wu Xuan; his light gaze fell on the female’s quivering eyelids.

Pretending to faint?

His eyes flickered for a moment, a faint smile appeared on his lips, finding it a bit adorable, although...

He slowed his pace, looking back at Lucius, who was being helped up by Ku Jia.

Noticing Nan’s gaze, Lucius also looked over. Despite having taken a beating, his demeanor remained calm and unruffled, with no sign of anger.

A coldness flashed in Nan’s eyes. This male seemed to be pursuing the female, but he always felt it wasn’t that simple...

Beside Lucius, Bai Qiao, who had watched Wen Shu’s whole act, was still standing in a daze.

She had never seen anyone fake an illness so convincingly. Was Wen Shu truly unconscious? Yet, just a second ago, she was lively and energetic!

This female was too good at pretending!

Recalling Tina’s words, she said that Wen Shu was very malicious, and that saving her the other day was merely out of annoyance, tossing her aside afterward.

She hadn’t believed it at the time, but now it seemed Tina was right all along, and she was wrong in treating Wen Shu as a benefactor!

Looking at the clean sand in her palm, Bai Qiao felt a bit disgusted, her expression sour as she wiped it off, only to be stopped by her father beside her.

"Wait a moment."

Yun Suo walked over, taking a few pieces of clean sand from her palm, seriously sniffing them at his nose.

Bai Qiao widened her eyes in shock, stepping back a few steps, wrinkling her nose in disdain, "Father, what are you doing?"

The usually loving Yun Suo didn’t answer her but instead grabbed Bai Rong with a dazed look, his eyes red-rimmed.

"Female owner," he tightly clutched the clean sand in his palm, his eyes filling with a layer of mist, his voice trembling with excitement, "it’s her..."

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Elsewhere, Wen Shu was still nestled in Wu Xuan’s arms, diligently pretending to be faint.

Wu Xuan was carrying her swiftly, afraid of delaying treatment, his voice trembling as he kept muttering to her, "Don’t sleep, don’t sleep."

Hearing his voice on the verge of tears, Wen Shu couldn’t bear it, lightly coughing as she opened her eyes, "Wu Xuan, I..."

Seeing her awake, Wu Xuan’s breath paused for a few seconds, his eyes instantly reddening. His arms tightened, holding her closely, "Wen Shu! How are you?"

Seeing the tears at the corner of his eyes, Wen Shu swallowed back her explanation, feeling both guilty and an inexplicable tenderness.

Although she wasn’t planning to find a Beast Husband yet, she couldn’t help but be moved by Wu Xuan’s intense emotions.

With a peculiar mood, she pursed her lips tightly, glancing at Wu Xuan’s tear-streaked eyes as, impulsively, she raised her hand...

But just then, Nan softly chimed in, "You don’t need to be too worried; the female just wanted us to stop, so she had to feign unconsciousness."