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Sensing what she was doing, Zhu You subconsciously tried to pull her hand back, but she held it even tighter.

"Don't move. It's already the second day; the contract can be dissolved now."

"Thank you for saving me." Xu Wan kept her eyes closed and didn't look at him. Her tone was calm. "Don't worry, I promised I wouldn't lie to you. If you don't believe me, I can swear to the Ancestor."

Seeing that he didn't speak, she forced a smile and raised her other hand, "I swear to the Ancestor that I will definitely resolve things with Zhuyou..."

"No need," he interrupted her, speaking quickly and sounding somewhat anxious. "I believe you, no need to swear."

Xu Wan was taken aback. She thought he would say it was fine or that he didn't care at all, but she didn't expect him to say that he believed her.

But that's fine too. The more oaths you make, the more restrictions you'll face. She's not a masochist, so she won't rush to make oaths.

After the second contract was broken, Xu Wan felt dizzy and unsteady on her feet. She held onto Zhu You's hand, closed her eyes, and rested for a while before slowly letting go of his hand and taking a step back.

"Okay, thank you for saving me. I'm tired, I'm going home now."

She had only taken two steps after turning around when he suddenly scooped her up in his arms. The feeling of weightlessness made her instinctively wrap her arms around his neck. "W-what are you doing?"

"...I'll take you back. My mental energy is too depleted, and I'm afraid you'll faint on the way."

She exhausted her mental energy because she needed to break the bond with you!

Xu Wan didn't stand on ceremony. She leaned her head on his shoulder, closed her eyes, and muttered softly, "You bad Zhu You, I already said I wouldn't hurt you, why couldn't you trust me a little more..."

Exhaustion washed over her like a tide, her eyelids grew heavier and heavier, her breathing gradually became even, and she fell asleep on his shoulder.

Zhu You stopped and looked down at the person in her arms.

She was asleep, her eyelashes casting a fan-shaped shadow under her eyes. Her originally dirty face became clean and white, and it even seemed like she had a chin. Was it just my imagination?

He wanted to touch her face, but worried about waking her, so he withdrew his hand and whispered, "Are you really... a different person? Will you be the same as the original her?"

The moonlight cast long shadows of the two of them. No one answered him, and no one knew the turmoil in his heart.

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With something on her mind, Xu Wan woke up after only a short time.

She sat on the edge of the bed, looking at the sky that was just beginning to brighten, feeling a little homesick, missing the cramped rented room, and missing the lively atmosphere around her when she woke up in the morning.

"Tongzi, do you think I can go back?"

[Host, if you can complete the final mission, you can choose to stay or leave.]

"So what is the final mission?"

The system emitted a meaningless static sound: [Sorry, host, insufficient permissions to read.]

"Never mind." She patted the edge of the bed and stood up. "Since I'm here, I might as well make the best of it. Staying alive is the most important thing."

As she spoke, she brought up the system panel and glanced at the three people's favorability ratings.

Everything has increased, especially Chen Shuang; the little wolf cub's negative 48 has seen a dramatic increase.

Zhu You and Hu Jiu have negative 83 and negative 89 respectively. Although it's not much, at least she doesn't have to worry about being killed by them before her life countdown ends.

That's the reason for the price increase...

"Sigh, a man's heart is like a needle at the bottom of the sea," Xu Wan shook her head. "I just don't understand..."

[Host, would you like a strategy guide? It just arrived in the system shop.]

"Tch, trying to trick me again." Though she said that, she was still a little curious. "Okay, what are your conditions?"

[Having a hug with the beastman with the lowest affinity level grants access to the system shop for 3 hours.]

[Remaining health points are proportional to system points and are currently only increasing, not decreasing. The current balance is 502.]

Five hundred and two? That means she has eight hours and twenty-two minutes left to live?

"Tongzi, I feel like there's something you haven't told me yet."

The system, feeling guilty, replied: [Sorry, host, there's been new progress with your beastman husband, whose affection level is the lowest. This will result in extra health points, and the treasure chest will also increase the probability of your health points being deducted.]

Xu Wan's eyes lit up. "Then I'll go hug Zhu You now. Would that increase my health and also raise my affection level?"

Without waiting for the system's reply, she laughed self-deprecatingly, "Never mind, I'm not going to make trouble for myself."

If she initially harbored some expectations and affection for Zhu You, after he wrongly accused her, she only wanted to stay far away from him.

It was still early, so she decided to go for a run to start her weight loss plan and think about what to do next.

She just didn't expect to encounter Fox Jiu at the cave entrance.

Fox Jiu was also taken aback.

His mistress never got up until after noon, and they had to bring her food in and wait for her to finish eating before she could get up.

Speaking of food, Hu Jiu remembered the meat soup that Zhu You had brought him yesterday.

Actually, he had already smelled the aroma, and his stomach was growling, but he stubbornly refused to go out.

He heard everything, from the sound of things being knocked over to the conversation between the little female and Zhuyou.

She didn't explain, she didn't become hysterical, she let her actions speak for themselves.

Hearing her say in a slightly hoarse voice that she would never implicate them even if she died, he touched the scar on his face.

If it were the old her, she would never have shared her food with them.

"Want some? Ha! Even if I'm rotten and stinking, I'd rather throw me away than give me any to you!"

The female's shrill voice still echoed in his ears; it was not the same person as the little female in his mind who was laughing and calling people to eat.

He heard Chen Shuang's decision, and besides feeling confused, he also felt a pang of inexplicable bitterness.

Why is it that this wolf cub can so frankly express his feelings?

He closed his eyes and heard Zhu You walk in, lift his eyelids slightly, and drink the still steaming bowl of meat soup clean.

Ignoring the look in Zhu You's eyes, he handed him the bowl. "It tastes good, want another bowl?"

"...If you want to eat, come out and serve yourself."

Watching the other person's retreating figure, he let out a soft snort. It seemed he wasn't the only one suffering.

When he went out, only Zhu You was left outside. Beside him was a bag of coarse salt, which he was carefully rubbing onto the cleaned animal meat.

"What are you doing?"

"...She said that salting it would preserve it for longer."

Fox Spirit watched his movements. "She wouldn't have known these things before, and even if she had, she wouldn't have cared."

Zhu You stopped, looked up at him, and asked, "What do you want to say?"

"I heard what Chen Shuang said too."

"If..." Fox Jiu paused, "I mean, if she really became a different person, would you still want to break the bond with her?"

"And what about you? Are you still going to kill her to get revenge?"

He opened his mouth, but didn't answer.

As he turned to walk back, he caught a glimpse of Chen Shuang emerging from the little female's hole, her smile almost reaching her ears—she looked incredibly silly!