Startled by Du Yu's voice, Xu Wan turned to look at the door.

A thought inexplicably popped into my head: Why do I feel like I'm on a date with my boyfriend, but my husband caught me in the act?

She quickly shook her head, dismissing the absurd idea, and then reached out her hand to Du Yu.

"Hold me."

Her initiative was more effective than any explanation in Wataru's eyes.

The moment he finished speaking, the suffocating chill emanating from him dissipated instantly.

He strode forward, pulled her into his arms, and coldly glanced at Ye Bai.

"go out."

Seeing that he didn't move, Du Yu frowned. "I don't want to fight you."

If the two half-king orcs really start fighting, Xu Wan estimates that she won't even have a place to sleep tonight.

She quickly turned to look at Ye Bai, "You go out first. With Du Yu here, I won't be in danger."

Ye Bai frowned. Du Yu, that madman, had kidnapped the little female and brought her to Dark Night City, even making her sick with a fever. He was clearly the one in the greatest danger.

But saying so much in one go is definitely not his style.

He remained silent for a long time, then finally just hummed in agreement, turned around, and walked out.

Once she was certain that her sleeping place was safe, Xu Wan quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

"He does listen to you."

Du Yu snorted coldly, picked her up, and sat down on the bedside. "What? Afraid I'll kill him?"

He and the little female had already formed a bond, but he didn't even know her real name, and she had never taken the initiative to get close to him.

What gives Ye Bai the right to do this?

Seeing his face turn cold again, Xu Wan knew that his possessiveness had flared up again.

She sighed inwardly, tightened her grip on his neck slightly, and pulled him down a little.

"I don't have the strength. If you don't like it, I won't carry him anymore."

But he can hold her.

Silently completing the second half of her sentence in her mind, she used one hand to poke his cheek, "Smile?"

Wataru reached out and grabbed her wrist. "Little female, what do you want to do?"

There were never many tender moments between them.

Every time she smiled at him, it was to lower his guard.

But this time... it seems a little different.

The little female in front of him blinked, as if she didn't understand what he was saying.

"I'm just trying to comfort you, isn't it obvious?"

"...Are you trying to coax me?"

"Yes." She nodded, poking his cheeks with both hands, applying slight pressure with her fingertips, causing the corners of his mouth to involuntarily turn up.

"You're so pretty, don't always have that long face~"

He looked down at her. "You like seeing me smile?"

"I like it, so give me a smile!"

Staring into her bright blue eyes, Du Yu didn't know what she was thinking.

He actually managed to twitch the corners of his mouth, but his smile was a bit forced.

But the little female was very supportive, snuggling in his arms and laughing out loud, "Du Yu, you're so cute."

"Not cute." Being called cute implies that he is weak and can be easily crushed in someone's hands, and he doesn't like that description.

"Little female, you have to say I'm amazing."

"But it's just so cute."

She sat on his lap with her arms around his neck, cupped his face in her hands, and softened her tone.

"Can't you even be cute in front of me?"

Du Yu's breath hitched, the words of refusal stuck in her throat.

He looked away. "...Whatever."

The little female laughed even harder, rubbed his face, and repeated it again.

"Watana, you're so cute."

As soon as she finished speaking, a gurgling sound came from her stomach.

Xu Wan was stunned for a moment, her ear tips instantly turning red. She felt a little embarrassed and wanted to get off him.

Du Yu chuckled, put his arm around her waist, and leaned close to her nose. "Why are you hiding? Why didn't you tell me you were hungry?"

Her gaze was lowered, and her soft mutterings seemed all the more sincere.

"Because I need to comfort you first..."

The feeling of being cherished by her greatly satisfied his possessiveness.

Du Yu couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips, lifting her chin with his fingertips and meeting her gaze.

"Little female, you are even cuter."

She was obedient, gentle, and dependent on him—just the kind of girl he had always wanted to see.

He lightly pecked at the corner of her lips. "Didn't Bai Ye feed you?"

"They gave it to me, but I haven't recovered yet and I didn't want to eat barbecue, so I only ate two fruits."

She was preoccupied with how to make him happy so that he would take her out to see the surrounding area.

Naturally, no one noticed that the name Du Yu called out was not Ye Bai, but Bai Ye.

"What would you like to eat?"

Her eyes lit up. "Anything is fine to eat?"

She lowered her eyes again. "But it'll be a bit troublesome if I want to eat it. Ye Bai isn't my beast husband, and I can't ask him to help me..."

These words, when heard by Du Yu, were automatically translated as: You are my beast husband, I only want you to help me.

The corners of her mouth curved upwards even more. "Yes, you can eat whatever you want."

She thought for a moment. There was a river around Dark Night City. If she said she wanted to eat fish, Du Yu would have to go to the river.

If she could go out with him, she would be able to figure out at least half of the terrain of Dark Night City.

"I want to eat a spiky beast."

She put her arms around his neck and added another sentence.

"And I'm so bored. Can you take me with you? We can come back and eat together after we catch some fish, okay?"

Du Yu looked down at her. "Going together? Little female, you're not planning to trick me into taking you out so you can run away in the chaos, are you?"

She quickly shook her head, "I haven't recovered yet, I can't run very far even if I do."

He patted his rumbling stomach and said, "Dark Night City is so dangerous. If I didn't have your protection, I would have been captured. I'm not that stupid."

Du Yu stared at her for a long time, as if to make sure she wasn't lying, before nodding and carrying her outside.

"Little female, if you dare to lie to me..."

She quickly added the second half of the sentence, "Then I'll be locked up here forever, never to get out."

"That's more like it."

Stepping into the open space outside, Kuroba unfolded behind Wataru.

Looking at the person in his arms, he curled his fingertips and raised his hand to press her head closer to his chest.

"...It's windy, don't get sick again."

"Okay, then you have to hold me tight."

After securing the two people firmly, Hei Yu lifted them into the air and flew towards the river, leaving only the sand and dust swirling around them.

Ye Bai emerged from the shadows, crossed his arms, leaned against a stone pillar, and stared in the direction where the two had disappeared, lost in thought.

The Bai Ye in his mind snorted gloatingly twice.

"They saw it. That madwoman, Du Yu, will probably never let you touch her again."

Serves him right. He's never even held someone before, let alone held them like that.

"Tsk." He paused, then added with a hint of curiosity, "Is it really as you say, that it's comfortable to hold a little female?"

"……Um."

It wasn't just comfortable; the air was filled with the fresh scent of the young female, and it felt like all the stuffiness in my body had disappeared.

However, he didn't want to tell Bai Ye these things.

"You've never held one, you don't understand."

Bai Ye: ...I'll have you struck by lightning right now!

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