TVFW 59

Chapter – 59

Why Is the Matriarch Bleeding from Her Nose?

Seeing his matriarch dodging him as if he were some kind of flood or ferocious beast, Yi Yuexi snorted inwardly.

So many females wanted to see—and he wouldn’t even let them!

He refused to believe it.

If the matriarch dared to open her eyes, he didn’t believe she’d be able to keep them empty and calm!

He casually wrapped a piece of animal hide around himself, deliberately leaving his upper body bare, and spoke.

“I’m dressed.”

Jiang Xi let out a breath of relief and lifted the animal hide covering her eyes.

Then she saw a breathtaking beauty with snow-white hair and fox ears, bare-chested, propping his chin on one hand as he lounged in front of her, gazing at her with eyes full of seduction.

His jade-white skin was marked with bluish-purple bruises, his muscles smooth and well-defined, like a perfect work of art carved from fine jade.

Jiang Xi’s mind exploded with a loud boom.

Immediately after, she felt a warm liquid flow down from her nasal cavity.

Yi Yuexi froze for two seconds. Before he could release any more of his charm, he hurriedly dropped to his knees and moved closer.

“Matriarch, what’s wrong with you?!”

With that kneel, his beautifully muscled upper body came straight at her.

Jiang Xi’s eyes flew wide open.

She covered her nose with one hand and pushed him away with the other.

“Don’t come any closer!”

However, her palm landed squarely on his chest.

Smooth, warm, firm, powerful—faintly pulsing beneath her hand.

Ahhhhhh!!!

Jiang Xi screamed inwardly.

She snatched her hand back, covered her nose with both hands, and shrank backward until she was pressed against the wooden wall.

Yi Yuexi paused, then belatedly lowered his gaze to look at his bare upper body.

With a pfft, he laughed.

He swept his snow-white hair back, crawled forward on his knees, and knelt in front of the matriarch, one hand bracing her into the corner.

His fox eyes half-lowered as he looked at the matriarch who didn’t dare look at him, smiling teasingly.

“Matriarch, don’t tell me you’re shy?”

As he spoke, he grabbed her hand and pressed it against his abs.

“Isn’t this what the matriarch wants the most…?”

The moment Jiang Xi touched those firm, well-shaped abdominal muscles, she hurriedly tried to pull her hand back.

But she couldn’t—his grip was too tight. She could only curl her hand into a fist, pressing her knuckles against his abs to avoid touching too much surface.

She said in embarrassment and anger, “Yi Yuexi! Have some self-respect!!”

Yi Yuexi bent his upper body, leaning even closer.

“Why won’t the matriarch open her eyes and look at me?”

At such close range, Yi Yuexi was surprised to discover that the matriarch’s features beneath the black covering were far more beautiful than he had imagined.

Of course, her reaction right now was more interesting than anything else.

Jiang Xi was on the verge of losing her mind.

Who would dare open their eyes?!

Yi Yuexi waited for her to speak, but Jiang Xi remained silent.

In the room, only their breathing and heartbeats remained… and the scorching heat transmitted through skin.

The air gradually grew ambiguous.

Suddenly, Yi Yuexi’s upright fox ears twitched. He withdrew his hand, grabbed the animal hide, and quickly put it on.

At the same time, his fox ears and the nine fluffy tails vanished in an instant.

He opened the door, looked out at the snowstorm, and shouted,

“The matriarch has a nosebleed!”

With a loud clang, something heavy fell. A blur flashed by, and Mu Ling was already inside the room.

His face was covered in cuts from sharp ice, and his gray hair was frozen into icy clumps.

“Matriarch, what’s wrong with you?!”

Lu Liufeng and Huo Lun were a step slower.

When Lu Liufeng entered, he glanced at Yi Yuexi leaning against the door.

“When did you get back?”

Yi Yuexi’s fox eyes flicked about. “Just got back.”

Lu Liufeng didn’t pursue it and walked inside.

Huo Lun didn’t enter. He only glanced inside from the doorway, then said,

“I’ll go clean the fish first.”

Inside the room, Jiang Xi let out a sigh of relief and finally dared to open her eyes.

Her heart was pounding wildly, not yet calmed down.

And the culprit, Yi Yuexi, was now fully dressed, leaning against the door, fingers twirling his snow-white hair, smiling at her.

Earlier, Jiang Xi’s mind had been filled with jade-white skin and bluish-purple marks.

Now that Yi Yuexi had put his clothes back on, she noticed the dark bruise around his left eye—jarringly obvious on that beautiful face, and rather comical.

She shifted her gaze to Mu Ling and saw the cuts on his face as well.

But the man with sharp, cold features looked at her with pure concern, as if his face didn’t hurt at all.

Compared to Yi Yuexi, Mu Ling was far more pleasing to the eye!!

Jiang Xi was about to raise her hand to heal Mu Ling when Lu Liufeng walked over with a piece of animal hide.

At the same time, she sensed a strange fluctuation in the air.

This sense of wrongness had faintly entered when the door was opened earlier.

But back then, Yi Yuexi’s antics had thrown her mind into chaos, and she hadn’t noticed.

Now, with Lu Liufeng walking over to stand beside Mu Ling, the bizarre, repulsive atmosphere—and a familiar sense of danger—suddenly intensified.

Jiang Xi frowned slightly. “Where did you go just now?”

Lu Liufeng paused as he was about to wipe the matriarch’s face with the animal hide, then replied,

“To the ice river to catch fish.”

“For some reason, a lot of fish suddenly appeared in the river. All the beastmen in the tribe went. I saw the matriarch was sleeping, so I didn’t wake you.”

Jiang Xi reached out and held both Lu Liufeng’s and Mu Ling’s hands, closing her eyes to sense them.

Although her exhausted ability had only recovered a little, it was enough to circle their bodies once.

Lu Liufeng was slightly startled. Was something wrong?

Mu Ling, on the other hand, instantly blushed.

The matriarch… the matriarch is holding my hand…

Jiang Xi didn’t detect anything unusual inside their bodies, but as a former high-level healing ability user, she was extremely sensitive to such things.

Something like an unknown virus—similar to zombie infection.

She was certain that Lu Liufeng and Mu Ling had been close to it.

Jiang Xi took the animal hide from Lu Liufeng, wiped her nose haphazardly a couple of times, then immediately stood up.

“Take me to see the fish!”

Lu Liufeng’s expression changed slightly, but he quickly agreed.

The fish were in the courtyard—a whole basketful.

Huo Lun had gone to the fire room to fetch a stone knife and was just coming out to kill the fish.

Seeing the matriarch and Lu Liufeng approach, he was about to speak when he keenly sensed that something was off about their expressions.

“What happened?”

Jiang Xi didn’t answer him. She stopped in front of the fish basket.

A full basket of black fish, still lively and flopping about. On the surface, nothing seemed wrong.

Jiang Xi extended her hand, closed her eyes, and released her ability.

A soft green glow enveloped one black fish. The fish immediately struggled violently, and pitch-black, eerie mist rose from its body and evaporated into the air.

Next, all the fish in the basket began to thrash violently, one after another dissolving into black,腐液-like sludge.

Lu Liufeng’s face changed. He quickly wrapped an arm around the matriarch’s waist and pulled her back, away from the basket.

In just a moment, the entire basket of fish had turned into black liquid, seeping into the snow and making pupu corrosive sounds.

All the beastmen’s expressions changed.

Cradled in Lu Liufeng’s arms, Jiang Xi slowly opened her eyes.

Lu Liufeng’s face was grave.

“It’s… curse contamination…”