My Evil Wife Is a Nine-Tailed Fox

Finally, nighttime came. The old geezer finally went home, leaving Shen Minyao alone again with Zhao Yichen. She stood up from her seat once she sensed the grim reaper she had been waiting for all day long. To think that Mu Qing only showed himself at night, what was he doing during the day? The fox woman thought in annoyance. 

"It's time," she told her human contractor, allowing Xiao Bai to rest against her shoulder again. She then gave a reminder: "You better not forget what you promised tonight." 

"I know. Be careful. You better come back to us." Zhao Yichen bit his lower lip. He knew well that Shen Minyao didn't like him to interfere with her plan tonight, lest they would end up dead before daybreak. He could only rely on and trust that this fox woman wouldn't forsake him tonight. 

The fox woman eyed him for a moment and chuckled. Zhao Yichen tried to hide his nervousness, but his scent already gave it away. It amused her that he was trying his best to calm down, so she wouldn't worry about him while she was gone. 

"Relax. We will be back before you know it." She then stepped out of his private room to see and meet Mu Qing outside. 

"Milady, although you've recently fed on another demon, you do realize it's not enough, right?" Xiao Bai asked as Shen Minyao walked in the hallways, not telling him where she planned to go. Just like the last time, Xiao Bai had activated his concealment enchantment to hide them from the humans that they passed by. The humans were so oblivious that they weren't aware that the two were even there. 

"What's your point in reminding me of this?" the fox woman bit back. She was already annoyed that she needed to rely on Mu Qing's help. There's no need for Xiao Bai to remind her of her current state because she was perfectly aware of it. 

Thankfully, she needed not worry about Li Fei'er this time as she was oblivious to what was happening in the hospital. Shen Minyao wouldn't be able to assure her safety after all. 

"You're late. What are you up to?" She asked Mu Qing as soon as she saw the man, dressed in traditional black robes and waiting for her at the NICU area of the hospital. "What are you doing here?" 

"I just killed a couple of demons before you arrived," Mu Qing replied. It seemed like he was also invisible to the naked eye as humans ignored him when they passed in front of him. "They've become bolder these days and try to feed on human infants." 

The fox woman narrowed her eyes but didn't comment on it. It still baffled her that many demons chose to come to this place and work together, and she had yet to understand why the spider demon chose to come to a place like this. 

Spider demons, like fox demons like her, prefer isolation and residing on mountains. They fed on unsuspecting humans that got lost in their hiking trips and were known to be quite territorial, so why…? What changed? 

There must be a variable out there that forced these demons to go down from their usual spots and infested the city filled with humans. Had the shamans of today fallen so weak they couldn't drive these demons away? 

"When did the spider demon come here?" She questioned the grim reaper as she watched him dispose of the remaining lower demons attempting to get inside the NICU to feed on the poor human babies. They were already fighting for their lives, yet these demons weren't giving them a chance to survive. 

"We've received a report of a strange occurrence in this hospital a month ago as more humans lost their lives even if it wasn't their time to leave the mortal realm yet," Mu Qing answered. 

It really messed up the grim reapers' records as they had to work double-time to retrieve the poor souls of these humans. At this rate, the mortality rate in Jiang City would overshadow the other cities surrounding it.

"We also got several reports of more demons going astray and hunting humans, wanting their presence to be known to the modern age. So Jiang City is not an isolated case." 

"A month, huh," This only proved Shen Minyao's suspicion that this was just the tip of an iceberg and there was a bigger picture they had yet to see. The problem was starting to spiral out of the grim reaper's control that Mu Qing had to seek her help to dispose of a spider demon. 

Wait. What did she have to do with it, anyway? So what if humans drop dead one by one—what did it have to do with her? Didn't humans deem her kind evil and devious? Why should she bother if they perished in this world? Humans were far better than demons at ruining good things anyway. 

"We are guessing it's a more powerful demon than this spider demon, and this spider was just part of a group that does its bidding," the grim reaper said, his brows furrowing in displeasure as he thought of how these demons made their jobs harder than it already was. 

Suddenly, the lights in the hallways started to flicker—taking both of their attention—until darkness engulfed the whole hospital, while the humans dropped unconscious on the ground simultaneously. Shen Minyao and Mu Qing kept their guards up, knowing that the spider demon was now finally aware of their presence. By now, it must be screeching of how they trespassed in its territory. 

"The lower demons are running away." Xiao Bai informed them in a low voice, noticing the fear that washed through these demons as they ran for their lives. It was like what happened during their encounter with the wraith before, but this was more serious. 

"More like it was expecting us to be here," Shen Minyao commented with a snort.