Chapter 512 Spoiled and Willful Wife VS Cowardly and Fearful Husband 4

Junyu naturally wouldn't wrong himself.

The couch was small and narrow; when he lay down on it, he couldn't even stretch his legs out, and it made his whole body uncomfortable.

But tonight is our wedding night. If I leave and stay somewhere else, it will surely attract gossip and criticism from everyone in the household, and it will also damage the reputation of both families.

Who knows what trouble might arise at that time.

Jun Yu got up and walked over, picking up the pillow that Jiang Zhiyi had thrown out in a fit of pique. It was embroidered with a pair of lifelike mandarin ducks in gold thread.

As he approached, the figure behind the bed curtains also moved.

"I'll reluctantly give you half the bed." Jiang Zhiyi moved to the inside of the bed, making room under the quilt, her voice still carrying some dissatisfaction, as if she had a piece of candy in her mouth, "You can't squeeze me in."

It sounds like they're quite resentful.

And that was indeed the case; if she hadn't been genuinely afraid, she wouldn't have wanted to sleep in the same bed with him.

Junyu lay down beside her.

"What happened next?" Jiang Zhiyi sat up and asked him curiously, "Was the evil spirit subdued?"

That's just her personality; even though she was terrified, she still couldn't resist wanting to hear the rest of the story.

Jiang Zhiyi thought to herself: Now that the hunter has become a demon, he can't keep doing evil forever. There will surely be righteous people who will come out to take him down.

She couldn't think of the specific process for the time being, so she could only ask him to explain it.

Jiang Zhiyi waited for Jun Yu to say the result—only when he said it himself could she feel at ease.

Junyu closed his eyes, trying his best to ignore the fragrance that kept coming from beside him.

The aroma distracted him somewhat.

"Tell me now. Why are you so silent? Could it be that you made up the story and there's no ending at all?"

Jiang Zhiyi said this on purpose to provoke him.

Jun Yu seemed to see through her thoughts, cleared his throat, and said sternly, "Stop being noisy."

"Hmph!" Jiang Zhiyi immediately lost her temper; how dare he say that to her.

Seeing her pout and try to shrink back under the covers, Junyu, as if possessed, reached out and grabbed her sleeve.

"Alright, I'll tell you. But I'm warning you beforehand, don't be scared... If you're timid, I advise you not to listen."

But the more he said that, the more curious Jiang Zhiyi became.

Besides, now that he was sleeping right next to her, she wasn't so scared anymore.

Jiang Zhiyi: "Go ahead and say it, I'm not afraid."

Jun Yu nodded and continued, "The hunter harbored too much resentment, and no one could do anything to him. So he continued to wreak havoc in the mountains, specifically targeting travelers returning home at night to rip out their hearts and eat their hands and feet..."

"What's even more terrifying is that the evil spirit loves to hear people beg for mercy. In the dead of night, one can always hear mournful cries coming from the mountains—'Don't eat me, don't eat me, please...' Later, that mountain became a forbidden mountain, and no one within a hundred miles dared to approach it. Even if one had to go up the mountain, it had to be during the day, and one had to come down before dark..."

Before she finished speaking, Jiang Zhiyi had already shrunk her entire body under the quilt, leaving only her round eyes showing.

"Why does no one do anything about this evil spirit that is committing such wicked deeds?" Her voice trembled, but she still stubbornly pressed on, "What if it comes down from the mountain to harm people? Many people will suffer..."

Jiang Zhiyi subconsciously moved half an inch closer to him.

Although the bed is large, it's not exactly spacious with two people lying in it now.

She didn't notice that when she unconsciously rubbed against Jun Yu, her fingertips happened to brush against the thin calluses on his palm, and she hurriedly tried to pull them back.

Jun Yu looked down, just in time to meet her evasive gaze. Suddenly, a teasing thought struck him, and he said, "Many Taoists and monks from within a hundred miles have gone there, but they all returned empty-handed. That evil spirit is now..."

He deliberately lowered his voice, "Perhaps it's lurking right outside our window."

"You're talking nonsense!" Jiang Zhiyi suddenly pulled the quilt over her head, not daring to stick her body out. "You're deliberately trying to scare me!"

This time, the tone was almost certain.

Jun Yu then said, "Since you know I was just trying to scare you, what are you afraid of?"

"Who...who's afraid! Don't talk nonsense..." Jiang Zhiyi angrily threw off the quilt, but caught a glimpse of a dark shadow moving outside the window.

The conversation abruptly ended.

Her hand was still frozen in mid-air, as if she had been frozen in place.

After a moment of stunned silence, she suddenly shrank back into the covers, leaving only half her head exposed, with a few stray strands of hair still clinging to the top of her head.

She never wanted to talk to him again.

So annoying!

Jiang Zhiyi turned her back to Jun Yu, already angry inside.

But her trembling body betrayed her forced composure.

Looking at her timid yet stubborn and aggrieved appearance, Jun Yu found it rather cute and couldn't help but chuckle.

He reached out and poked her exposed ear. Seeing her flinch, he said, "I was just trying to scare you, don't be afraid. That evil spirit was later subdued by a virtuous monk, who imprisoned it and the female demon together under a tower. Now... both of them have entered reincarnation and will no longer harm the human world..."

He made up an ending at random.

Jiang Zhiyi finally felt relieved, her tense body gradually relaxed, and her furrowed brows unfurrowed.

She huddled deeper into the quilt, closed her eyes, and prepared to fall asleep.

Just then, the wind outside the window suddenly picked up, howling past the eaves, and the withered leaves were swept up and hit the window frame, making a crackling sound.

The copper bells hanging under the eaves also began to shake wildly.

Immediately afterwards, a mournful bird cry pierced the night sky.

Jiang Zhiyi trembled with fright.

The commotion was indeed loud; not only Jiang Zhiyi, but even Jun Yu was startled.

Before he could react, Jiang Zhiyi had already thrown herself into his arms, clutching his clothes tightly with both hands.

Junyu had never been so close to anyone before, and instinctively wanted to push him away, but immediately stopped himself.

Jiang Zhiyi couldn't care less about anything else at this moment. She was terrified and buried her face in his chest, her voice trembling with tears: "Didn't you say everything was alright...? What was that noise outside just now? Is your house haunted?"

Junyu felt the soft body of the person in his arms still trembling, and his heart beat faster involuntarily. As if possessed, he reached out and pulled her into his arms, saying, "Don't think too much, I'm here, don't be afraid."

"The nearby Heavenly Pagoda is guarded by a Celestial Master, so no demons dare to act recklessly. Go to sleep, I'll watch over you. Once you're asleep, you won't be afraid anymore."

Hearing his comforting words, Jiang Zhiyi could only obediently close her eyes, her hand still clutching his clothes tightly.

Her face brushed against his heart through his clothes.

Junyu remained motionless in this position, even softening his breathing.

Slowly, Jiang Zhiyi fell into a deep sleep.

Outside, the rain had started falling sometime earlier, and water droplets trickled down the green tiles, pattering softly.

The two fell asleep in each other's arms.