The evil female is weak and the males of the whole continent are out of control and fall.

Chapter 324 Fighting for favor
When the familiar figure came into view at the cave entrance, Jin Yi's pale face lit up instantly, and his eyes, which had been dim due to his incomplete recovery, regained their luster.

He instinctively propped himself up, the thin blanket slipping off his shoulders to reveal his muscular chest covered in scars.

"Bend."

His voice was hoarse yet gentle, as if the name had been repeated a thousand times between his lips.

He tried to lift the covers and get out of bed, but he didn't care that the movement aggravated his wound.

"Don't move."

Bai Wanwan rushed to his bedside and gently pressed her slender fingers on his shoulder.

"Your body has just recovered a little, so you need to take good care of yourself."

Jin Yi gazed at her worried eyes, his cold expression melting like ice and snow. "Okay, I'll listen to you."

A rare smile appeared on his lips as he took her hand, which she was about to pull back, and his large palm completely enveloped her soft hand.

His thumb unconsciously rubbed the back of her hand, as if confirming her real presence.

"Cough cough!"

Yan Lie deliberately coughed exaggeratedly, crossed his legs and sat on a stone bench, staring at Jin Yi with an unfriendly gaze.

However, Jin Yi's gaze seemed glued to Bai Wanwan, not even sparing him a glance.

It wasn't until Yan Lie stomped on the stone bench so hard that it made a loud thud that Jin Yi finally managed to tear his gaze away from Bai Wanwan's face.

"I heard you were also seriously injured?" he asked politely.

"Hmm, a bit better than you." Yan Lie pouted and subconsciously scratched his still itchy arm.

He wasn't seriously injured, but that damn itching powder was deadly. He'll remember this lesson and there will never be a next time!
Yan Lie wanted to continue speaking, but he noticed that Jin Yi had already turned his gaze back and was staring intently at Wanwan.

Jin Yi gazed intently at his beloved female.

Countless words surged in his chest; he wanted to tell her that she was in every dream he had while he was unconscious, and he wanted to ask her if she had worried about him.
But Yan Lie stood there like an inconvenient stone statue, blocking all his private words from his throat.

"Young clan leader, you're really good at keeping secrets." He deliberately dragged out his words, "Was it during the beast tide, when I fell into the valley, that you fell in love with Wanwan during those few days you were protecting her?"

The cave fell silent for a moment, so quiet that the crackling of the burning torches could be heard.

Jin Yi did not answer immediately, but instead looked deeply into Bai Wanwan's eyes, her gaze so focused that it seemed as if she were the only person left in the world.

"Yes."

His voice was deep and firm, without the slightest hesitation.

He remembered every detail: her knuckles turning white as she gripped the bone knife when the beast tide came; her trembling yet unyielding steps when facing the attack of the beasts; and the tenderness with which she draped an animal skin over him while she fought off sleep during the night watch.

At first, I only admired her, until I saw the gleam in her eyes when she was with the beastmen, and the intimacy of her tiptoeing into their arms.

The unfamiliar burning sensation that ignited in his chest at that moment both terrified and fascinated him.

Later, he thought they would never cross paths again.

She never expected Xiong Zong to drug her.

Her snow-white, soft skin, her trembling eyelashes beneath him, her lower lip unconsciously bitten in a moment of passion…

All the memories of her were branded into the depths of his soul, impossible to forget.

From that moment on, she filled his heart, and there was no room for anything else.

Yan Lie watched as Wanwan took care of Jin Yi with eyes full of concern, and sulked in the back.

He was angry at himself for falling into the valley and giving Jin Yi a chance.

Although he knew that Wanwan would have other beastmen around her, he still felt depressed.

"Yan Lie, can you go inside and wait for me?"

She sensed the subtle tension between the two men. She wanted to talk to Jin Yi for a while, but she didn't want Yan Lie to be watching and making her feel uncomfortable.

Yan Lie's eyes showed a wronged expression, but the next second Bai Wanwan said, "I'll reward you when we get back." Yan Lie's expression changed, "Okay, Wanwan, I'll listen to you."

After saying that, he walked into the witch's cave as if he were very generous.

"It may take some time before they suddenly accept you."

“I understand. If it were me, I wouldn’t be able to remain indifferent either. But, Wanwan, I won’t let you go back on your word.”

He spoke with such conviction, but his grip on her hand tightened noticeably.

She smiled and curled her lips into a smile. "I won't give you a chance to back out."

"Then... once I recover, will you really become my partner?"

His phoenix eyes were very beautiful, and when he looked at someone intently, they were filled with deep affection.

"Yes, once you recover, I'll become your partner. I keep my word."

Jin Yi's lips curved higher and higher.

The males seemed to be easily satisfied and happy. Bai Wanwan looked at the happiness radiating from his face and was also infected by it, her eyes crinkling into crescents.

Then she leaned in and pressed her lips to his, "Want a kiss?"

Jin Yi hugged her almost immediately, and a kiss followed.

Bai Wanwan thought Jin Yi was a reserved man, and she just wanted to tease him and see him lose control.

As a result, she went too far, and he wasn't subtle at all.

He wrapped his arms around her and deepened the kiss.

Bai Wanwan was so dizzy from his kisses that she completely forgot the time.

Then, Yan Lie's coughing came from behind.

She cleared her head a little and raised her hand to push Jin Yi, who was holding her tightly.

But Jin Yi was still reluctant to let go.

After a while, Jin Yi finally managed to pull away a little, panting, "I'll be fully recovered by tomorrow. I... want to go home to recuperate."

“Okay,” the witch cave is indeed inconvenient.

Fortunately, no other orcs came in just now, although this level of intimacy was commonplace for the orcs.

But she was human, and still not used to being watched when she was being intimate with her beast husband.

"I mean... I'm going to your house." Jin Yi made sure she understood.

Bai Wanwan cupped his face in her hands, smiling and nodding, "I know, you can come to my place to recuperate if you want, that way it will be convenient for me to visit and take care of you."

Jin Yi immediately seized the opportunity, "Then I'll go with you now..."

"No, you're badly injured. Rest for another day. It's snowing heavily outside today, and I'm afraid you'll catch a cold."

Although it was a bit of a pity that he couldn't go back with Wanwan today, he thought that tomorrow he could move into her house as Wanwan's beast husband, and from then on, he could openly and legitimately protect her like Yanlie, Zhuxiu, and Xinfeng.

Thinking about it, he could accept everything.

"Okay, then I'll go home tomorrow."

"Wanwan, the snow is getting heavier. Xinfeng will worry about you. Let's go back now."

"Okay, I'll go back now."

Bai Wanwan got up and tried to stand up, but instead covered him with the blanket. "Take good care of yourself. I'll only let you go home if the clan shaman agrees to let you leave tomorrow."

Upon hearing this, Jin Yi immediately wrapped herself up tightly in animal skin, fearing that the cold would worsen her condition.

Seeing this, Bai Wanwan felt relieved and bid him farewell.

As they stepped out of the witch's cave, Yan Lie gripped her hand tightly, complaining with a hint of grievance, "Wanwan, now that you have Jin Yi, you've forgotten about me."