My Evil Wife Is a Nine-Tailed Fox

Zhao Yichen knew something was wrong when Butler Lu came. The butler served him and Gu Liuxian refreshments and told them that he'd never seen Shen Minyao at all. Gu Liuxian assumed that she might have gone to the restroom instead. Knowing the fox demoness, Zhao Yichen figured something might have caught her attention, and she decided to look into it. 

It was for this reason that he excused himself from his butler and his friend, to look for Shen Minyao. Imagine his surprise when he found her on the rooftop with the flower fairy he'd seen over the weekend. Shen Minyao had even unleashed a sword he'd never seen before, intending to end the life of Yulan, who looked so different from the last time she'd shown up. 

"Stop," he repeated. "Please don't kill her, Shen Minyao." 

If he wanted to help Gu Liuxian, he needed to save Yulan from the threat of the fox woman's blade first. 

"Move.. Return into safety." The fox woman didn't budge from her position and didn't sheath her sword. Her eyes never left the weak flower fairy. 

"She's already dying. What's the point of doing this, Shen Minyao?" He asked, refusing to follow the fox demon's order. Was Shen Minyao planning to devour the flower fairy's orb? 

No, he thought. Shen Minyao might have seen Yulan as a threat towards him; hence, she was acting like this. However, he didn't think Yulan would hurt him if he told her about his intention to make things right between her and Gu Liuxian. 

"Don't make me repeat myself, human," she spat venomously, but Zhao Yichen didn't have the heart to allow her to kill Yulan. 

If Gu Liuxian found out that Yulan died in Shen Minyao's hands and he didn't do anything to stop her, Zhao Yichen wouldn't have the face to look his friend directly in the eyes. 

"Master Yichen, you should go back. This place isn't safe for someone like you." Yu Yan's gentle voice reached his ears. 

Xiao Bai only stared at his mistress's contractor. Whether he liked it or not, he would also need to protect Zhao Yichen from other demons like the flower fairy. 

"No." Zhao Yichen shook his head in defiance. Since things had come to this, how could he allow Shen Minyao to kill the flower fairy in front of him? "Let her go, Shen Minyao." 

"You don't know what you are talking about, human," the fox woman said dangerously. "I suggest you listen to Yu Yan if you still value your life." 

Zhao Yichen never felt this kind of irritation towards the fox demon. How could she be so stubborn in killing something that couldn't stand a chance against her? Couldn't she understand that the least they could do was to let Yulan say a proper goodbye?

Yulan hadn't made a move since his arrival. She looked unusually calm, even though there was a human with a sustained demon orb that could satiate her hunger. 

Zhao Yichen had no idea that his presence alone was enough to push the hungry flower demon to the edge of her sanity. 

The flower fairy lost herself to her basal instincts and surged forward to attack Zhao Yichen. Her beautiful face morphed into a terrifying one, her skin filled with protruding red veins while her eyes had yellow orbs with a black sclera. 

Shen Minyao, who had been expecting the attack to happen, blocked Yulan's way. She swished her sword forward, but the flower fairy stumbled back with ease and avoided the blade from slashing her head. 

Zhao Yichen was stunned upon witnessing what had just happened. His legs refused to move from where he was standing, his eyes wide as he followed the movements of the fighting demons in front of him. 

"Leave!" Shen Minyao yelled at him, but even if Zhao Yichen wanted to do so, his body wouldn't budge at all. 

Shit, Shen Minyao thought. She didn't think that the flower fairy was still strong enough to enchant Zhao Yichen without her noticing. 

So annoying. If Zhao Yichen had only listened to her earlier, none of these would happen. Didn't he realize that he was like prime meat to a starving demon? This was one of the reasons why the fox demon wanted to get strong as soon as possible. The moment a stronger demon came for Zhao Yichen, there was no doubt that the two of them would perish. 

The fight between the two demons continued, and Zhao Yichen broke into a cold sweat as he forced his whole body to move. He had no idea that he had fallen to the flower demon's enchantment, forbidding him to run away; just like what she usually did to her prey. 

Yu Yan sighed in disappointment and broke the enchantment that was cast towards her mistress's contractor. She then leaped from the ground and sat next to Zhao Yichen, who had fallen on his knees and gasped for breath. 

His whole body was trembling without him noticing. Was this why Shen Minyao wanted him to leave? 

"Master Yichen, don't look at the flower fairy, alright?" The black cat explained. "You didn't even notice that you've fallen under her enchantment when you were looking at her earlier. Flower fairies knew how to invoke pity and sympathy from their prey, and they could use their enchantment abilities to stun them." 

Zhao Yichen nodded and didn't dare to look at the two demons who were still fighting. 

"Then, would Shen Minyao be okay? Won't she fall under the spell of the flower fairy?" He asked Yu Yan. 

"She's stronger now. Moreover, those spells and enchantments wouldn't work on her because flower fairies only fed on vulnerable human males." Xiao Bai appeared next to Yu Yan and made a protective barrier around them. 

"They only feed on human males?" Zhao Yichen gaped. This was something Yu Yan never told him before. 

"En. It made sense why she lured your friend," Xiao Bai confirmed. "You better be careful."