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Xu Wan was startled by Hu Jiu's sudden change in attitude.

Feeling uneasy, I tried to pull my hand away, only to find that it was being firmly held by the other person.

"Wanwan, my face is almost healed, don't you want to touch it?"

After the scars on her brow bone and chin disappeared, her face began to resemble the one she had seen in the illusion.

She couldn't help but trace her line down her forehead, across her brow bone, her profile, and her jawline.

When she tried to pull her hand back, Hu Jiu grabbed her wrist and turned his head to kiss her palm.

As if burned, her fingertips curled up, and her tone of voice became somewhat unnatural.

"What are you doing...?"

He was just asking her questions fiercely a moment ago, but now he's all smiles and gentleness.

Are all foxes this fickle?

"Wanwan, do I look pretty?"

She nodded subconsciously. "It looks good."

"How about I touch it again?"

His upturned eyes seemed to possess a thousand charms, yet his eyes reflected only her image.

Her heart skipped a beat under his gaze, and just as she was about to say something to change the subject, Chen Shuang pulled her away from him.

"Go away, what's so great about touching a face? Wanwan isn't feeling well yet."

As he spoke, he squatted down in front of her again, looking at her with doting smiles in his eyes, as if the smooth, tugging boy from before was a completely different person from the one in front of him.

"Wanwan, what would you like to eat? I'll make it for you."

He touched her belly. "There's a baby inside."

He glanced at Zhu You, speaking loudly as if deliberately speaking to the other person.

"Don't worry, Wanwan, your child is my child. Even if you break your contract with Zhuyou, I will still take good care of him."

Xu Wan blinked. These words... didn't sound like a guarantee, but rather a provocation?

She glanced at Zhu You out of the corner of her eye, and sure enough, his face had darkened. She felt that if he said another word, the other half of his face would probably get punched.

Seeing that things were not going well, she quickly stood up and stood in front of Chen Shuang, saying, "Chen Shuang, go to the witch doctor and get my basket back."

"Okay~"

Chen Shuang dragged out the last syllable, and deliberately bumped into Hu Jiu's shoulder as she left.

It's as if her whole face is screaming, "Wanwan is protecting me, what can you do to me?"

Foxy moved her wrist lazily and followed, "Wanwan, I'll go help him."

Help him? It sounds more like she's going to beat him up.

Before she could answer, Hu Jiu had already walked out of the cave, leaving only her and Zhu You behind.

The other person stepped forward, wanting to take her hand but not daring to. The usually composed person stood there, looking like a child who had made a mistake, completely at a loss.

Xu Wan didn't look at him. "You heard what I just said to Hu Jiu, but Zhu You, you're different from them."

"Wanwan..."

She touched her belly. "Zhuyou, do you like me?"

Upon hearing his affirmative answer, she paused. "When you asked for more power, did you ever consider the danger I might be in?"

Xu Wan's tone was somewhat bitter.

"I originally thought that you sent me to the tribal assembly and took me to see the chief so that I wouldn't be disliked by the tribe, but now..."

She paused, then didn't continue.

She knew that she was also gaining life points through them, and that what she was doing was essentially no different from how Zhuyou was being exploited.

But when he thinks about how he has no feelings for her and that everything he does is just to make himself stronger, he realizes that he has no feelings for her.

It felt like something was tightly gripping her heart, causing her so much pain that she could hardly breathe.

"No!"

Zhu You suddenly grabbed her hand. "Wanwan, I admit, I did initially want to become stronger through you."

His expression gradually turned to pain.

"But when I see you fainting in front of me time and time again, and there's nothing I can do... I'm afraid I'll lose you."

"Then why didn't you tell me?"

"...I'm afraid you'll be angry."

She slowly withdrew her hand, looked up into his eyes, and spoke very softly.

"But I'll still find out, and I'll get even angrier, just like now."

He couldn't explain, so he could only apologize again and again.

"I'm sorry, Wanwan, I'm so sorry..."

Xu Wan sighed, "Zhu You, in the end, you don't believe me. You don't believe I really want to be good to you, and you don't believe I really like you."

"Wanwan..."

She shook her head. "Zhuyou, if you could do it all over again, would you choose to be honest with me?"

He opened his mouth, but didn't say anything.

Because he knew that even if he had to do it all over again, he would still make the same choice.

In the end, all he could say was a weak apology.

"Wanwan...I'm sorry..."

"Zhuyou, can you tell me why you want greater power?"

"...Legend has it that orcs with ancestral powers can know the location of their progenitor. I want to find the progenitor and ask her if my father is still alive."

Xu Wan was taken aback. "Your father?"

In her memory, Zhu You's parents were gone. Could her memory be wrong?

He lowered his head and said, “My father told me that he received guidance from the ancestor to go to a very far place to do something very important, but after he left, he never came back.”

"So that's how it is..."

No wonder the original owner became so decadent and depressed after he touched Zhu You's sore spot, and even wanted to commit suicide at one point.

If it weren't for Hu Jiu's promise to kill the original owner when the right opportunity arose, leaving him to live with hatred, she probably wouldn't have seen him after arriving here.

"One last question, Zhuyou, look me in the eyes."

Their eyes met, and Xu Wan touched his somewhat haggard face.

"When you heard that I also used you, did you hate me? Did you ever doubt my feelings for you, just like I did? If we don't break off the contract, you'll continue to be used by me. Can you accept that?"

She blinked. "It seems like there's more than one problem. Never mind, it's not important. What's important is your answer."

"Wanwan."

Without even thinking, he reached out and took her hand. "I don't dislike it, I don't doubt it, I'm willing."

"Wanwan, I swear to the Ancestor that I will never betray you and will protect you with my life. If I fail to do so, I am willing to accept any punishment from the Ancestor."

As soon as he finished speaking, the oath mark on his shoulder shone brightly.

"Candlelight Ghost..."

Xu Wan was stunned; she hadn't expected him to tell her his decision in this way.

She had already seen what the consequences of disobeying the progenitor were—it could truly be fatal.

Hearing him say that, her heart trembled.

It can be observed that nothing else has happened except for the oath mark.

Her heart felt like it had been transformed from bitterness into sweetness, and she couldn't help but smile.

"Now...they're a problem."

She touched the dark circles under his eyes with her fingertips. "You can't hide anything from me anymore. If you lie to me again, I really won't forgive you."

Zhu You's eyes lit up, and he reached out to hold her hand. "Wanwan, aren't you going to break the contract with me?"

"Hmm." She touched her belly. "I don't want the baby in my belly to be without a father."

As soon as she finished speaking, Zhu You carefully pulled the person into her arms, as if she were holding a treasure that she had lost and found again.

"Wanwan, I promise I'll take good care of you and the baby in your belly!"

"Um."

Xu Wan didn't notice that the moment the oath mark appeared, the system's light sphere also flashed twice and then went silent.