My Evil Wife Is a Nine-Tailed Fox

Despite Fu Xiyan's insistence to accompany her, Shen Minyao decided to come to the city hospital on her own, not wanting to gather unwanted attention by seeing Zhao Yichen. It was enough that Cheng Lifan and Fu Xiyan knew that she was there to visit this man. If they found out what her other purpose for this visit was, they would surely not allow her to come back to see him. 

As soon as she arrived at the hospital, spider webs were everywhere, but they were unseen by the human naked eye. Shen Minyao's jaws hardened. Only two weeks had passed from the last time she was here, yet the place was now fully infested with demons. 

Still, demons rarely got along with one another and considered coming here and making a hospital a feeding ground, with humans as their willing prey. They would come and go from the hospital, unaware that lower demons were clinging to their bodies and feeding on them. 

She stepped inside the hospital premises, forcing the other demons—along with the ghosts—to make way for her. The humans working at the hospital look paler than usual, unaware of what had hit them. If this persisted, there was no doubt that the mortality rate of humans would rise significantly. 

When she reached the ICU, the horrendous stench of the other demons reached her nose. Thankfully, the two cats she left with her contractor had managed to repel them. By now, those demons must have realized what he was to her. 

The two bodyguards that saw her before during her first visit greeted her, now both fully aware of her identity as the first miss of the Shen family. 

"Miss Shen, we are expecting you today. Please…" One of them opened the door and let her in. She raised a slender brow but didn't utter a word in response before stepping inside. 

Her gaze then met the eyes of the man she hadn't seen or talked to for almost two weeks. Zhao Yichen was finally awoken after days of waiting. 

"Milady, you are back!" The black cat leaped in midair, coming from Zhao Yichen's lap towards Shen Minyao. 

The fox woman easily caught her with one hand before she took a seat next to Zhao Yichen's bed and brought down the supplements Cheng Lifan asked her to give him. 

"Did you sleep well?" She asked, eyeing the fat white cat that was snoring loudly next to the patient. It wasn't surprising that Xiao Bai could remain calm despite the situation they were in. 

"I feel better," Zhao Yichen replied, still in disbelief that meeting this demoness before he passed out wasn't just a figment of his imagination. He had truly made a life contract with a demon to escape the brink of death. 

Still, even if he had taken the fox's orb, the internal injuries he sustained from the week-long torture he got from his captors remained. The doctors had put him into a medically induced coma to help his internal organs to heal better and for him not to experience the unbearable pain. 

"Xiao Bai and Yu Yan explained to me what had just happened. Are you sure you are alright?" 

These weird cats had informed him of the looming wraith the fox woman encountered during her first visit and why she was forced to leave her guardians to protect him. Whether it was because of the fox orb inside his body or that she cared about him, Zhao Yichen wasn't sure. 

Shen Minyao smirked and crossed her legs, looking at her contractor with the same arrogant expression she always gave him. 

"I just consumed an annoying demon before I came here. What do you think?" She said in response. 

"Y-you have eaten—?" Zhao Yichen's eyes widened like saucers. "But how?" 

"Are you sure you want to know how I eat my prey?" The fox woman cackled. "My, my. You are really an odd human, Zhao Yichen." 

As if he was ashamed of himself, Zhao Yichen turned his gaze away. If people knew what kind of relationship he had with this demoness, there was no doubt that he would earn those smiles and looks that were filled with mockery. 

It wasn't the first time it happened anyway, but Zhao Yichen would rather not remember. His peers had made fun of him when he was younger just because he could see things and creatures other human beings couldn't see. They had called him names, bullied him, and talked behind his back as if he couldn't hear what they were saying about him. 

Now that he was bound to a contract with a formidable demon, it only proved that he wasn't a normal human after all. This time, he could not pretend that he wasn't aware of the existence of demons and ghosts like he used to. 

"You can't leave the hospital yet. Did they tell you this?" Shen Minyao questioned him. It would be better if her contractor understood the danger that was looming around him to keep him safe, or he might end up dead.

He nodded and then turned his gaze outside. Yu Yan informed him that a spider demon had decided to turn the hospital into a nest, infesting it with lower demons. It was dangerous for him to step outside his hospital room. 

"Are you planning to kill it?" He asked in return, but with the way the fox woman was smiling at him, Zhao Yichen knew that he got it right. 

"Why, of course. How dare a filthy eight-legged demon dare to covet after my orb?" She then leaned forward and ran her long fingers gently on one side of his face, making Zhao Yichen freeze in his place. 

Shen Minyao was possessing the body of a dead girl, but how come her touch was so warm? He wondered. 

"How could I let another demon kill you and reward them with your flesh?" Shen Minyao's smile reminded him what kind of creature she was.