Wow, my husband werewolf

Ten: Marriage

The old man was initially afraid that I would be scared when I said I would stay at his house. But seeing my insistence, he agreed and asked if I had eaten. When I said no, he took out a plastic bag from the fridge, counted out a few dumplings, and steamed them in an iron pot for me to eat, telling me not to be picky.

Having something to eat was already good enough; there was nothing to be picky about. Besides, I hadn't even done anything for him yet, and I was already eating a meal at the old man's expense. I thought that if I couldn't handle the situation for the old man, I would be unworthy of these dumplings. So, while I was holding the bowl and eating the dumplings, I asked the old man, "Apart from your house, have those things also returned in your village?"

"Some have, some haven't. At night, the whole village is very noisy, as if many people are talking and chatting in the village."

"Besides the noise, have there been any other strange occurrences?"

The old man shook his head but then seemed to remember something and nodded, saying to me, "There's one more thing, I don't know if it counts?"

"Tell me about it."

"When my wife and sons returned, they would cook every night and eat a lot. Almost everything edible in the house was eaten. I asked several families whose family members drowned in the river, and they also said that those ghosts, soon after returning, would start cooking and eating. In the morning, the pots and pans on the stove would be scattered everywhere, and the rice pot would be empty, not a single grain left."

I had never heard of ghosts coming back just to eat. It's a good thing they don't eat people; otherwise, all the people in the entire village would be gone.

"Immortal maiden, actually, there's one more thing I want to ask of you."

"Grandpa, tell me. If I can do it for you, I will try my best."

"It's about the bodies of my five sons. After they fell into the water, we couldn't retrieve them no matter how hard we tried. Can you help me find the bodies of my five sons in the river? I don't want my sons to have died and still be floating in the water."

I wasn't sure if I could find the bodies, so I looked at Hu Fenglou. Hu Fenglou nodded at me, and only then did I agree to the old man.

The old man was so excited that he almost knelt down to me, saying that he would never forget my great kindness in this lifetime. Seeing that the old man's family had only him left, I felt a bit sad and told him not to be polite, as this was what I should do.

When night came, the old man arranged for me to stay in the west room and told me that his wife and the others usually returned around midnight.

Although I had always known about the existence of these things for many years, now that I was actually facing them alone, I felt indescribably afraid.

Lying on the kang in the old man's house, Hu Fenglou disliked the dirty head of the kang and didn't sleep with me. Since he wasn't with me, I was afraid that he would run away as revenge when those dirty things came. So, I said to Hu Fenglou, "Hu Er-ye, can you sleep with me?"

Hu Fenglou looked at the unclean and simple man's kang and was somewhat unwilling. He even ridiculed me, saying, "Only you could sleep on this kang."

The old man's wife had been dead for several years, and he was an old man. How clean could the kang in his house be? But after all, it was still acceptable. I didn't believe that this old wolf, Hu Fenglou, hadn't slept on haystacks or in caves before he cultivated.

"Just bear with it for a while. Or you can turn back into your wolf form and sleep in my arms."

At this moment, I was really afraid that Hu Fenglou would not agree with me, so I tried every possible way to ensure that he would be with me all night. After all, compared to Hu Fenglou, those terrifying things I had never seen were much more frightening.

Since there were no chairs to sit on in the old man's house, Hu Fenglou probably didn't want to stand upright all night. After considering for a while, he said to me, "Alright, seeing your sincerity, I'll reluctantly agree."

After saying that, he instantly turned into a large wolf and burrowed into the thin quilt, lying on me with a thick coat of fur. I took off my jacket and covered Hu Fenglou, cursing him inwardly for being a fussy stinky wolf. Then I wrapped

my arms tightly around him, fearing he would run away.

"You're pressing too hard; I can't breathe," Hu Fenglou said, turning his head in my arms and lifting his pointed wolf face to me.

"Not at all. I didn't use much strength."

"This."

While replying, Hu Fenglou pressed his paw twice on my chest.

Damn it, if it weren't for the urgency of the situation, I would have thrown this wolf off me. But if I did that now, I would be miserable later. So, I listened to Hu Fenglou and loosened my grip on him a bit.

But as soon as I loosened my grip, Hu Fenglou immediately burrowed under the hem of my clothes and into my shirt, stretching it greatly with his whole body. The sensation of his furry body sliding over my skin and his wolf face pressing against my chest made me feel a strange comfort. "This is really comfortable, like paradise on earth. If I could die in this paradise, I'd be willing," he said.

Although this wolf was really lecherous, Hu Fenglou was in the form of a beast now, which made me feel less embarrassed and ashamed. Now that Hu Fenglou was in my arms and I wasn't worried about him leaving, I felt reassured. It was still early before midnight, so I closed my eyes and planned to rest for a while.

I don't know how long it had been, but I seemed to hear the sound of the door opening outside, a creaking sound as if something had come in.

The wolf was lying on me, very heavy, making it hard for me to sleep deeply. The sound of the door instantly woke me up. Thinking of what the old man had said during the day, I immediately became nervous, and my hands couldn't help but tightly hug Hu Fenglou, carefully listening to the movements outside.

Sure enough, from outside the room where I was sleeping, there came a sound similar to that of an old lady speaking. Then, there were footsteps of several people walking around in the room.

"Hu Fenglou."

I pushed the wolf sleeping on me with both hands.

At this moment, I felt something walking into the room where I was sleeping. The footsteps moved from the door to the edge of the kang!

Only a small lamp was lit in the room. I could only hear the sound of footsteps but couldn't see a single figure. Hu Fenglou suddenly pressed his paw hard on my waist, seemingly telling me to keep quiet.

"Mom, there's someone in the quilt on the kang in the west room."

A man's voice came from the air near my head.

My mind was instantly alarmed. I opened my eyes and tightly gripped the wolf in my arms, staring at the empty air in front of me. There was nothing, but I could feel someone's breath on my face!

"She's a pretty girl."

"That must be the bride your dad found for you."

This was said by the old lady. After she finished, a few more men outside responded, "Our dad is really good to our fifth brother. Even after death, he found a wife for our fifth brother. Let's all go take a look at what the new bride looks like."

As they spoke, I heard several more footsteps coming into the room. Just one person coming in had already scared me enough, and now several more were coming in. Hu Fenglou told me not to make noise again, leaving me unsure what to do. I was just scared and didn't know if those things would come out to harm me!

"She's really attractive. She matches our fifth brother well. Our fifth brother has been promoted to a governor in the water palace. Without a beautiful girl, how could he have a new bride!"

As a few people were making a commotion, they also urged the fifth brother to hurry up and kiss her first, to taste what the girl was like in advance.

Why am I so unlucky and miserable, encountering such broken things? Now I dare not shout or run. Just as I didn't know what to do, the wolf in my arms suddenly sprang out, lifted his furry little face, and shouted at the empty air in front of me, "You bunch of water ghosts, whoever dares to touch her, I'll bite them to death!"