Chapter 43: A substitute for gray wolf Tianluo (1)

As soon as he thought that Ruan Qiuqiu probably like a gray wolf named Tianluo, Yuan Jue had a complicated feeling.

Why did that human have such bad taste?

He felt gloomy. What kind of gray wolf would be called Tianluo?

That other guy was a wolf, and yet he was called Tianluo.

Although he didn’t know what a tianluo was exactly, he knew that snails were all low-leveled creatures that didn’t have any consciousness.

(T/N: Yuan Jue is guessing that the luo she’s using means snail, but without seeing the written character for tian, he doesn’t know which tian character she means.)

That gray wolf Tianluo must be a wolf with poor aesthetics.

And yet, she had used such a happy tone to thank that wolf for helping her. She should know that they were the only two people in this cave.

Once again, his nails uncontrollably turned into claws. By the time Yuan Jue returned to his senses, he had already made more holes in the animal hide. He had only recently sewed up the holes.

Yuan Jue even darkly thought; so what if she likes a gray wolf named Tianluo, she was already married to him.

She had married him. A gray wolf who was crippled and disfigured. A gray wolf that had lost everything.

His heart suddenly felt sour. He felt buffeted by overwhelming emotions. He wished that he didn’t care. These emotions brought him suffering and pain that he had never experienced before.

That human probably liked that gray wolf called Tianluo.

Perhaps, she had been pressured into marrying him because of livelihood reasons.

By chance, he was a wolf demon too and that’s why she called him husband. She treated him well because he reminded her of that gray wolf Tianluo.

If it was before, he could confidently say Tianluo was definitely not as good as him.

Since she knew he was awake, Ruan Qiuqiu explained, “Husband, we only have one wooden spoon. I just used it, but I already washed it. Don’t mind it...”

After she said that, she saw a touch of pink appearing on the wolf’s pale face.

She thought the rosyness appeared because the hungry wolf was feeling better now that there was food.

She pursed her lips into a smile and held out the wooden spoon to feed the wolf.

Yuan Jue had wanted to refuse to eat her food. He knew how valuable food was in winter, let alone when there was a blizzard outside.

Based on his survival experience of 27 years, this type of blizzard would often last for over a week and that the food she brought wouldn’t be enough for both of them.

He was a demon. Even if he didn’t eat for a long time, he wouldn’t die.

Before she had come here, he had been fine. It was merely not eating for over ten days. He could restrain his instincts.

It was one thing if he ate her food last night when he was unconscious. As a male wolf demon, it would be too outrageous if he continued to eat her food.

But, she had teased him. She said that she used this wooden spoon. Did she think that he couldn’t smell it himself? His sense of smell and hearing had gotten better after he had lost his sight.

She clearly had another gray wolf in her heart. She treated him as a food reserve and yet she called him husband...

This human was really too much...

When he swallowed the food that she fed him, his face felt hot. Although the food was fine, it tasted sweet and bitter to him.

Translator Ramblings: As silly as it is that Yuan Jue believes there’s a gray wolf named Tianluo, I think it’s easier for Yuan Jue to believe that she’s being nice to him because he reminds her of someone else than for her to be nice to him for no reason. He’s been treated so badly by his tribe that his self-esteem is low to begin with.

Now that he’s crippled and blind, he feels even more worthless. Ten days before meeting her, he lost everything that gave him self-worth. He hasn’t had time to work through that.

Even if Ruan Qiuqiu didn’t joke around, it would be hard for Yuan Jue to believe someone can be nice to him for no reason after everything he’s been through. Now that he’s figured out a reason, jealousy aside, he can be at ease. I think there’s a tug-of-war in Yuan Jue where past experience has taught him don’t trust others and his desire to want to be close to people, which makes him jump to conclusions a lot.