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Hearing her call his name, Zhu You stiffened and took two steps forward.

"Wanwan."

Xu Wan seemed to snap out of her daze, abruptly taking two steps back and raising her hand to block his approach.

"No, don't come any closer..."

Seeing that she was avoiding him like the plague, Zhu You felt a tightness in her heart.

But she could only stop, her voice very soft, "Wanwan, I'm not coming over, I'm not moving, please don't go."

Xu Wan's grip on the animal skin skirt loosened and tightened again, as if a voice in her heart was telling her something.

It's time to leave.

But when he heard his plea, his feet seemed to be rooted to the spot, unable to move forward or backward.

She kept her head down, but her eyes kept drifting towards him out of the corner of her eye.

Her gaze paused for a moment as she glanced at the numerous bruises, large and small, on his legs.

Those thoughts that I had suppressed grew wildly like weeds at this moment.

Four days have passed, why are you only coming to find her now?

Is it because your body hasn't recovered? What happened to those bruises? Did you get into a fight with Chen Shuang and the others?

Is he coming here now to complain about her forming a bond with him, and to have a complete showdown with her?

The feeling of her heart being squeezed came back, and she pinched her palms hard, trying to use the pain to distract herself from another kind of pain.

Unable to resist lowering her eyes, she saw the green snake mark on her collarbone, and her eyes instantly welled up with tears.

I wish I could crush my palms to keep my voice from trembling with tears.

"Are you... here to break the bond with me?"

The moment the words left her mouth, she regretted them. She wanted to run away, but then she heard footsteps following behind her.

"Wanwan, no!"

"Don't come any closer!"

Xu Wan looked at him with red eyes, her uncontrollable emotions welling up with tears.

She wiped haphazardly, but her vision grew increasingly blurry, and all that remained were the words she wanted to say.

"Don't come any closer..."

She stumbled backward, accidentally bumping into a tree. Her back pressed against the rough trunk, but she still stubbornly refused to let him get closer.

"Zhu You, how could you not tell me anything..."

Her hands unconsciously gripped the bark of the tree behind her. She looked up at him, her voice trembling uncontrollably.

"You clearly don't like me, so why are you still being nice to me... I'm a person too, I can take things seriously..."

Her fingertips were scratched by the rough tree bark, but she seemed not to feel the pain.

"Is it because I touched a nerve? You wanted revenge, didn't you? You succeeded, you really succeeded..."

"Wanwan, no..."

He ignored her words, "Don't come any closer," and walked up to her in a few steps, pulling her into a tight embrace.

"Wanwan, listen to me."

"I won't listen! Let go, let go of me!"

Xu Wan struggled desperately in his arms, kicking and hitting him, but she couldn't break free at all.

Enraged, she opened her mouth and bit his neck and shoulder, tears mixed with the taste of blood hitting her mouth, making her sob uncontrollably.

Hearing the suppressed sobs around her, Zhu You tightened her arms, her heart aching with pain.

"Wanwan, I'm sorry..."

She struggled until she had no strength left before she finally gave in.

Looking at the ring of teeth marks oozing blood, he closed his eyes wearily.

"Zhu You, I hate you, you liar..."

Even so, her heart still lingered in that embrace.

Her heart, which felt endlessly empty whenever she stopped, was filled to the brim the moment he embraced her.

Xu Wan, you're such a disappointment.

Zhu You looked down at the quiet little female, wanting to say something but not daring to speak, afraid of breaking this hard-won embrace.

His gaze slowly and carefully slid down, and he saw the knot mark that belonged to him on her collarbone. His fingertips curled up, and he almost couldn't resist the urge to reach out and touch it.

But when his gaze fell upon the rough, stiff animal skin skirt she was wearing, his heart sank again.

She didn't want the clothes he made anymore, and she didn't even want him as a person anymore.

Thinking of the faintly heard words, "We owe each other nothing," his heart tightened.

Fox Jiu told her everything.

His selfishness, his scheming, and his motives were all exposed to her.

He made his own decision, he doesn't regret it, and he doesn't make excuses for it, but he did make her sad.

When he heard Hu Jiu say that she chose to save him by forming a pact even though she knew everything, he was deeply moved.

The feelings of self-blame and regret surged up like a tide, almost burying him.

He shouldn't have kept it from her.

He should have told her everything the moment he realized he was emotionally affected by her.

But he's a coward.

He was afraid that she would be angry if she knew the truth and would decide to dissolve the contract again.

He was afraid that he would never win her affection again, and that she would hate him like the females he had before.

When Fox Jiu told him that she was going to break her contract with all of them, his first reaction was to rush out and find people.

He was willing to accept her punishment—to hit him, to scold him, or even to have another one of his most sensitive spots removed.

Anything is fine, as long as she doesn't drive him away and is willing to let him stay by her side.

But when he tried to stand up, he found that he had no strength at all and couldn't even lift a finger.

His life was saved, but the ancestor's punishment was not so easily forgotten.

My body feels hollowed out; every part doesn't feel like my own.

He became a cripple, confined to his bed, watching his body recover at an extremely slow pace.

His knees hit the ground, and he was so numb with pain that he couldn't remember how many times it had happened.

Fox Jiu walked in from outside. "The person has been found. He's with the witch doctor."

The other person leaned against the stone wall, making no attempt to help him up, and his tone was devoid of emotion.

"Before, when they saw her, they wanted to stay as far away as possible, but now, they're all crowding around her."

He put all his strength into his arms and used them to sit up.

"Where is Chen Shuang?"

"I was keeping watch from the beginning, afraid that if I wasn't careful, she would choose someone else to be her beastly husband."

"No, she won't." He closed his eyes briefly, then couldn't help asking, "Is she... doing well?"

"I don't know." Fox Jiu didn't seem to care about the question.

"But it should be better than staying with us, at least... Mira won't lie to her or make her cry."

He sat on the ground, looked up at him, and said, "Fox Spirit, do you want to break the bond with her?"

The other person seemed to have heard a joke and laughed so hard they bent over.

After laughing enough, he gave a mocking smile.

"If they like you, we'll just wave and coax them for a couple of days; if they don't, we'll just throw them away. Do you think we can change their minds?"

Sure enough, all females are the same. How could he think that Xu Wan was the exception?

Zhu You didn't expose him. If he really didn't care, why did he always sit at the cave entrance, looking in the direction of the witch doctor's residence?

He lowered his gaze, tried to put his strength on his knees, and stood up by supporting himself on the ground.

"But I don't want to break the contract."

To him, she was more than just a mistress.

He wanted to protect her, make her happy, and also win her affection.

So... he stood up unsteadily and began the repetitive rehabilitation training again.

"I'm going to find her."