After transmigrating into the body of a wicked female, her beast husband's affection level incr

Xu Wan sat by the river, watching Du Yu catching fish for her in the water.

In her mind, birds catching fish should be an instinct, an innate talent.

But what about Wataru in front of me...?

"Behind you! Behind you!"

"No, lower your head, lower your head."

She was so anxious she wanted to grab two skewers for him directly.

Looking at Du Yu, who had been busy all day but had gained nothing, she blinked.

I wondered if I should turn my head away and pretend I didn't see anything?

She touched the tip of her nose. "How about... we get something else to eat?"

"Let's eat this!"

Du Yu stood in the water, took a deep breath, and threw two whirlpools into the river, instantly blasting a bunch of lively fish out of the water on the bank.

Water inevitably splashed onto the shore.

Even though she quickly and frantically hid behind the tree.

She still inevitably got splashed with water, which made her so angry that she couldn't keep up the act and broke down on the spot.

"Wataba!"

Du, the culprit, Yu, stood in the water and laughed, "Little female, why are you hiding? Isn't it fun?"

"This isn't fun!" she glared at him, "My clothes are all wet!"

She had just recovered from a cold and hadn't brought any extra clothes, so she got angry and grabbed a fish and threw it at him.

Du Yu easily dodged, shook the water off his hair, walked up to her and squatted down, his eyes still holding a smile.

"But I think it's a lot of fun; I've never played like this before."

Xu Wan opened her mouth, but it felt like her throat was stuffed with cotton; the words she wanted to say couldn't come up or down.

In the end, he could only turn his head away and respond in a muffled voice.

"You could at least have told me! What if I got soaked and developed a fever?"

Watari thought for a moment, "Then I'll play with you again when you're better?"

She pointed to herself, then poked his shoulder, earnestly correcting him.

"I'll play with you."

If you want to play, just say so. Why are you being hypocritical?

She sighed, raised her hand and made a pinky promise, indicating that he should extend his little finger like she did.

"What are you doing?"

"The agreement."

She hooked her little finger around his and wiggled it.

"I promise you, once I've recovered, I'll come to the river with you and we'll play in the water again."

Du Yu's eyes lit up, and he held her tightly, refusing to let go.

"Does doing this mean you'll keep your promise to me?"

Although it was just a delaying tactic, she wanted to lower Wataru's guard as quickly as possible.

She had more important things to do, so she could only nod against her will.

"Um."

Du Yu's lips curved into a smile, unlike her usual nonchalant demeanor; this was the first time she had seen such a genuine smile on his face.

For a fleeting moment, she didn't want to lie to him anymore.

But when she thought of his obsessive eyes, she swallowed back the words she wanted to have a proper talk with him.

Du Yu froze as he looked at the little female who had suddenly leaned on his shoulder.

When he looked down at her, there was a tenderness in his eyes that he himself was unaware of.

"What's wrong?"

"...I'm hungry." Her voice trailed off softly.

"Watana, if you don't take me back soon, I'm really going to starve to death!"

"Let's eat here and then go back."

She looked up at him, a thought flashing through her mind. "Du Yu, do you know how to roast spiky beasts?"

I didn't hear his reply, but I saw his expression.

Xu Wan knew that he couldn't even catch fish, so how could he possibly grill them?

"Shall I teach you?"

A hint of surprise flashed in his eyes. "You can cook?"

Throughout the entire Canglan Continent, apart from female slaves, no female knows how to cook.

"Hmm." The little female nodded, "But I don't dare to do it myself. You do it."

However, she really didn't expect that Du Yu didn't have much talent for cooking.

She handled the fish quickly and efficiently, but looking at the three burnt fish in front of her, Xu Wan decided that she should do it herself.

"no."

Wataru's persistence kicked in again. "Teach me again, and I'm sure I can learn it."

Xu Wan sighed, "Can't we at least let these spiky beasts die with some dignity?"

He was peacefully in the water when he blasted it ashore with a gust of wind.

If one can become their meal, then it will be a worthy death.

But to gut them and then bake them until they're completely burnt is a bit disrespectful, isn't it?

But Du Yu insisted, so she had no choice but to compromise and took another branch to indicate that he should skewer the fish for her.

"You're putting your hand too low. What's the difference between that and putting it directly into a fire to roast?"

"Flip it over, flip it over! It's really going to turn black!"

After a flurry of activity, she blew on the fish she had just grilled and handed it to Du Yu.

"Eat this."

As she spoke, she took the fish he had grilled, which was finally passable, blew on it, tore off a small piece, and put it in her mouth.

"Mmm~" Her eyes lit up, she tilted her head to look at Du Yu, and gave him a thumbs up, "Delicious!"

"real?"

Du Yu tilted his head and took a bite, then lowered his head to taste the one she had just handed him.

"Your baking is even better."

He reached out to take back the fish he had grilled, saying, "Don't eat it, it's not good."

She dodged back and took another bite, saying, "Next time you'd better bake it even better."

She pointed to the one she had grilled.

"That's a reward for you. If you bake it even better next time, I'll bake you an even better one."

The firelight danced in her eyes, making her azure eyes appear even brighter in the flames.

Watari's heart skipped a beat. "Are you this nice to them too?"

"What?" After realizing what he meant, she nodded. "But they're also very nice to me."

She tore off another piece of fish and put it in her mouth.

"They would cook delicious food for me, make beautiful clothes for me, and light up the cave with flames because I couldn't see at night."

She looked at Du Yu and tentatively voiced her thoughts.

"Du Yu, I'm willing to be kind to them and accept them because they've been good to me."

"...So, you think I'm not treating you well, that's why you've been trying to escape from me, is that right?"

"Yes." Perhaps the flames gave her a bit of courage, and she wanted to try talking to Du Yu.

"Actually, there were times when my relationship with them was very bad, and I almost broke off the contract with them."

"impossible."

Wataru's tone was one of certainty.

He had seen the worry in her eyes when she saw them injured; that reaction couldn't be faked.

"It's true."

She finished explaining the change in her relationship with the beastmen in a few words, then turned to look at him.

"I won't treat them unconditionally well just because they're my beastly husbands. Relationships are mutual; if you treat me well, I'll reciprocate in the same way."

Du Yu stared at her for a moment, "But you're being very nice to me right now."

That's because...

She stopped abruptly halfway through her sentence.

That was close; I almost blurted out my innermost thoughts.

But Du Yu refused to let her escape.

"Why? Little female, since you don't treat someone well for no reason, what do you want from me now?"