My Evil Wife Is a Nine-Tailed Fox

Chapter 21 - Li Fei'er (1)

Shen Minyao had no other choice but to retreat that night and return to her quarters on the other side of the hospital. Since it was impossible for her and the grim reaper to kill it and they faced the possibility of the wraith coming back for her, it was better for her to stay away from her human contractor for the meantime. 

She sat on the bed and looked outside the window, waiting for the sun to rise; while Xiao Bai chose to doze off next to her, snoring lightly. A demon like her didn't need to sleep, unlike humans. For them, sleeping was an act of leisure they enjoyed once In a while though they could never dream like humans. 

As she waited for the morning to come, the fox woman was left bored. It would have been better if she knew more about the wraiths like Xiao Bai and the grim reaper. Things like this should be taken seriously. Surely, this wouldn't be the last time a wraith would come to life because the humans now hold grudges against each other till they succumb to death.

The fox woman was then reminded of the new mobile phone Cheng Lifan left for her. Since the real Shen Minyao had lost her phone to the wilderness, her stepmother made sure she would be able to contact her stepdaughter if another problem arises. 

Shen Minyao took the phone from the drawer of the nightstand and swiped up to unlock it. Thankfully, with the memories of her human host, it was easy for the fox woman to get used to the fast-paced technology of the modern world. 

She was amused at how convenient the lives of the humans were right now. If it was before, she would need to spend the night in a massive library, reading scrolls one after another to find what she was looking for. She opened the search engine on her phone and looked up the details she could read about wraiths, and the result had given her so much information about its origins and abilities. 

"Hmm… most of these are already mentioned by Xiao Bai and that grim reaper. Is that all?" Shen Minyao muttered to herself and continued to scroll down on the screen. Most of them claimed that it could only be killed by holy weapons. 

They really didn't have a choice but to find a shaman or a priest to exorcise it. The fox woman was displeased that she couldn't just have a break from dealing with demons and ghosts alike as soon as she woke up. Perhaps she should have listened to Xiao Bai when he suggested that she should devour that rotten blade to strengthen her energy. However, it was too late now, and it wasn't like her pride would allow her to do so. 

When morning came, Fu Xiyan found her Miss playing games on her mobile phone, the breakfast given by the hospital staff was left untouched. The young woman frowned and brought down the bag she was holding. Thankfully, Cheng Lifan had asked her to bring the Miss some food before she went back to their school dormitory. 

"Miss, you haven't eaten yet?" She asked Shen Minyao. 

"I'm not in the mood to eat," the fox woman replied, who was still engrossed with her game. 

"Is there something else you want to eat today?" Fu Xiyan felt hopeless, seeing disinterest on Shen Minyao's face. 

She and Cheng Lifan had noticed that Shen Minyao barely ate anything yesterday, and she didn't eat anything today. They were both worried that she would continue to lose her appetite after the incident that happened between her and Shen Qing. 

Shen Minyao lifted her gaze and regarded the human who had just arrived before giving her attention back to the game. She didn't need to worry about Fu Xiyan seeing Xiao Bai, who was snoring next to her, since Fu Xiyan's spiritual aptitude to notice supernatural creatures around her was below average than the other humans. 

"Can I have anything that is meat? Medium raw if you could find one," she answered Fu Xiyan's question. They might find it suspicious if she suddenly stopped eating altogether because she didn't like human food. 

She would have asked Fu Xiyan to bring her a fresh liver of a cow, but the fox woman had no doubt that this poor human would shiver in fear from her request. Eating demons was out of the question for the fox woman, but since she needed to recover soon, she would either suck the life force of a human or eat the liver of an animal to satiate her growing hunger. 

Fu Xiyan blinked at her miss's unusual request. Although Shen Minyao loved to eat, she wasn't one to favor foods that were barely cooked, in fear that she might suffer indigestion and stomach ache. However, since that was what Shen Minyao wanted to eat, Fu Xiyan could only try to feed her with it. 

"Alright, but please try to eat more, Miss. You don't know how worried your mother was." 

If Cheng Lifan wasn't needed at the company today, she would have come here and look after her stepdaughter herself. Alas, as a businesswoman who ran the Cheng family's business, she was barely at home due to her busy work, leaving Shen Minyao and her young son under the care of their nannies and housekeepers. 

"I'm fine, Xiyan. I just didn't like the food they brought for me today." The fox woman lay back on her bed, her phone up above her face as she continued to play.

"I just asked the doctor. You are allowed to go home tomorrow," she informed Shen Minyao. 

The fox woman's hand momentarily stopped, and she frowned. That meant that she only had this day left to see Zhao Yichen and Yu Yan before she gets discharged from the hospital. However, she had no doubt that when nighttime comes, the wraith would surely seek her.