But why did the male lead renounce his vows? Her mission, her points—all gone.

Xu Nian wanted to cry but couldn't, and Yuanbao wanted to cry even more than Xu Nian.

"Host, this is not about your mission, but about stabilizing this world."

"How did this get involved with the world?" Xu Nian said, adding that she couldn't bear such a heavy responsibility.

“The male lead has returned to secular life, and the Buddhist disciple is gone. Who will subdue the evil spirits that should be subdued? If the evil spirits are allowed to run rampant and slaughter ordinary people at will, this world will be destroyed.” Yuanbao explained the seriousness of the matter to Xu Nian.

"So now you want Duyuan to go back to being a monk?" Xu Nian felt she couldn't do that!

Even the abbot of Guide Temple couldn't keep him, so what could a vixen like her do?

Thinking about the way Du Yuan looked at her, Xu Nian began to wonder again if she had some unique charm that was specifically designed to attract the male lead.

"Ding! Main system notification: Mission: Maintain world stability, Points reward: 100,000."

As soon as Yuanbao finished broadcasting, Xu Nian's eyes widened. She swallowed hard and counted the zeros; there were indeed five zeros.

She's struck it rich this time. Once she completes this task, her own task is nothing compared to this; it's just a drop in the ocean.

"Yuanbao, where is the male lead? Let's go find him quickly. As long as he continues to be a Buddhist disciple, these 100,000 points are practically free." Xu Nian thought happily, she was determined to earn these 100,000 points no matter what.

"Host, look behind you," Yuanbao reminded Xu Nian, who was still in a money-obsessed state.

"Huh?" Xu Nian turned around in confusion and saw Du Yuan standing quietly behind her.

Seeing her looking at him, he raised the corners of his mouth, opened his large hands, and an invisible force pulled Xu Nian into his arms.

Du Yuan put one arm around Xu Nian's waist and lifted her chin with the other, staring into her panicked eyes. He smiled wickedly. "Little fox, I told you you couldn't escape."

"Duyuan, how did you find me so quickly?" She had only run out of Guide Temple for a short while, how could the other party find her so easily as if they had a GPS?

"Because you're different from other demons, little fox!" Du Yuan stroked Xu Nian's chin, his eyes gradually deepening.

"Du Yuan, you are a monk and I am a demon. Isn't this a bit inappropriate?" Xu Nian said with an awkward smile, trying to remove the large hand from her waist.

"Little fox, I've returned to secular life and will no longer be a monk. Whether you're a demon or not doesn't matter; I just want you." Du Yuan said, lowering his head to silence Xu Nian's chattering mouth as she stared wide-eyed at him.

This time, he didn't stop after just a taste.

Xu Nian couldn't even turn into a fox to escape, as Du Yuan kept her in human form.

After the kiss ended, Du Yuan hugged Xu Nian tightly to calm himself down. "Little fox, if we weren't in the middle of nowhere, I really would have loved to eat you up in one bite."

"How could you do this?" Xu Nian covered her swollen mouth with tears in her eyes.

Little did she know that she was now incredibly alluring, and every move and glance she made was a test for Du Yuan.

"It's all because you're too beautiful; you captured my heart at first sight." Du Yuan's eyes burned with passion as he picked up Xu Nian and left.

"What kind of talk is that? When did I seduce you? It was clearly you who was lustful and couldn't control yourself, yet you're blaming me." Xu Nian refused to take the blame. She was an innocent vixen from beginning to end, and she would never admit to the heinous crime of seducing Du Yuan.

"Little fox, you're right. It was indeed me who couldn't control my desires when I saw a beautiful woman." Du Yuan smiled slightly.

He felt ashamed when he thought about how he reacted to Xu Nian at first sight, but later he felt it was only natural because he had made up his mind about her.

He could give up everything, but not her.

He'll go crazy without her.

"Duyuan, where are you taking me? My little piggy isn't following." Xu Nian kept looking back, but Yuanbao was nowhere to be seen again.

“I don’t like the way you hug and pet it,” Du Yuan said matter-of-factly.

"That's my pet, I need to go back and find it." Xu Nian really couldn't imagine what would happen if Yuanbao wasn't around and it was just her and the male lead.

Perhaps she knew, but she wanted to play dumb.

"Little fox, don't move. I'm not a saint." Du Yuan's words successfully silenced Xu Nian.

Xu Nian was furious but dared not speak out against Du Yuan's current situation, and could only pray in her heart that Yuan Bao would catch up on his own.

"Sigh! What a pity, I really wanted to eat you right now." Du Yuan's regretful gaze made Xu Nian tremble.

“Du Yuan, you are a Buddhist disciple. Capturing demons and saving the world is what you should be doing, not getting entangled with me.” As soon as Xu Nian finished speaking, she saw the man laugh, and his chuckle turned into a loud laugh.

"What do the lives and deaths of ordinary people have to do with me? And the title of 'Buddha's disciple' is not what I want. Little fox, do you have some misunderstanding about me? Do I look like a compassionate and merciful Bodhisattva who saves people from suffering?" Du Yuan sneered. If he hadn't been desperate and entered the Buddhist order to survive, he would never have bothered to become a "Buddha's disciple."

He had already avenged himself, and now he had only one goal in life: to get the little fox in his arms.

Ideally, she could also give him a litter of fox cubs.

"What?" Xu Nian's mind went blank. How could the male lead say such a thing? The plot was deceiving her again. Give her back her upright and selfless male lead.

"Little fox, do you like that Buddha that everyone praises?" Du Yuan noticed that Xu Nian's expression was off and asked after thinking for a moment.

Xu Nian nodded repeatedly. Yes, she liked that Buddhist monk, so she begged him to change back quickly so that her 100,000 points would be hers for sure.

“But the real me, little fox, is just like this. The Buddha you like has never existed,” Du Yuan said in a low voice.

He smoothed a strand of hair from Xu Nian's temple, and with a soft laugh in her bewildered gaze, said, "We've arrived."

What's here? Xu Nian looked up and looked around, only to find a cave behind her.

She turned around abruptly and stared at Du Yuan, struggling to leave his embrace.

"Little fox, don't resist. Since you're a fox demon, you'll like this kind of thing." Faced with Du Yuan's matter-of-fact tone, Xu Nian was so angry that her eyes blazed with fury.

"Are you crazy? Let me go." No matter how much Xu Nian struggled, Du Yuan easily led her into the cave.

"Little fox, don't blame me. If I don't do something to restrain you, you'll definitely run away again." Du Yuan was right. Xu Nian really would run away.

In her subconscious, the male protagonist was no good.

"Heaven and earth bear witness, I, Yu Chen, and the little fox are here today to become husband and wife."

"I, Yu Chen, swear that she is the only one in my life. If I have any other thoughts, may I be struck down by heaven and earth."

After the simple wedding ceremony, Du Yuan, also known as Yu Chen, said to Xu Nian, "My wife, please bear with me for today. I will definitely hold a proper wedding for you later."

"Du Yuan, I think you've really gone mad."

"Little fox, you have to call me husband today."

"Get away from me, don't touch me."