QWAPMP Chapter 7

Chapter Seven Werewolf Male Supporting Character

The next day, two notices were posted in the Slums square. One was to inform everyone that there had recently been sightings of werewolves, urging caution and advising against bringing strangers home.

The second was that the Hunter’s Guild would open a small branch here, and recruitment for hunters would begin today. Those who were strong and fit could sign up. Hunters would be paid one hundred Gold coins per month.

“One hundred Gold coins!” Someone gasped, exclaiming in surprise, truly shocked by the wage.

“So much money, I, I want to sign up!”

For a time, voices expressing the desire to sign up rose one after another. Everyone’s attention was on the hundred Gold coins, completely ignoring the first notice.

Chen Ran bit into a dry flatbread, squeezed into the crowd to look, and upon hearing about the hundred Gold coins wage, his action of biting the food paused. Suddenly, the dry flatbread no longer tasted appealing.

“The wage is that much?” Chen Ran’s eyes were dazed as he mumbled, “Then maybe I can also sign up and see?”

Because he stopped to look at the notice, he was delayed a bit in returning to the Small Restaurant. The boss sat at the cash register and looked at him impatiently, “Coming so late today, do you not want to work anymore?”

Chen Ran looked at the clock on the wall. The time was just right, neither early nor late, but he usually came early, so the boss was used to him arriving ahead of time.

Chen Ran lowered his head, his heart wavering, and went into the kitchen to help.

Those generous hunters came to their restaurant to eat again. The bored boss at the front desk, who had been flicking the abacus, immediately greeted them with a beaming face, his expression full of fawning smiles.

“What would you gentlemen like to eat today?” the boss asked, glancing at Chen Ran, who had just come out of the kitchen, motioning for him to serve these people.

Chen Ran came over with a smile, skillfully noted down what they wanted to eat, and then went back to the kitchen to tell the cook to prepare it.

While serving the dishes, he heard these hunters talking about werewolves, and couldn’t help but prick up his ears and listen carefully.

“How did the selection go today? Any suitable candidates?”

“None, they are all ordinary people. Sending them to kill werewolves is just sending them to their deaths.” The speaking man shook his head, not wanting to say more.

Many people signed up today, but none caught their eye.

Chen Ran served the last dish, stole a glance at the boss, saw him calculating accounts, and quietly asked them, “Two older brothers, when does the registration end today?”

The two were probably very hungry and didn’t lift their heads, “It ends when the sun goes down.”

Without a specific time, Chen Ran frowned, wanting to ask again, but his boss’s dissatisfied gaze was already directed at him.

The other party thought he was slacking off, his eyes sharp, signaling him to get back to work quickly.

In the evening, Chen Ran covered his stomach and told the boss he had a stomachache and wanted to ask for leave to go back and rest.

Seeing that there were few customers and it was almost closing time, the boss said with a sly smile, “Chen Ran, your working hours aren’t over yet. If you go back now, you won’t get paid for the day!”

Seeing the calculating look in the boss’s eyes, Chen Ran gritted his teeth. Thinking about the few Gold coins he had left, he agreed to forgo the day’s pay.

He didn’t want the day’s wages, and the boss was very pleased, waving his hand grandly and telling him to hurry back and rest.

Finally, he even pretended to care, saying, “Why didn’t you say earlier that your stomach was uncomfortable? I would have let you go back to rest sooner.”

Chen Ran was anxious, afraid that the Hunter’s Guild registration would end. He didn’t bother to say more and ran off.

The selection place for hunters was set up in the square. The Hunter’s Guild had chosen an experienced hunter to spar with the ordinary people participating in the selection.

It had been almost a day, and not a single person could put up a fight.

Huang Hui couldn’t stand it anymore, rubbed his eyebrows, told them to continue, and left first.

Chen Ran arrived in time and signed up. He was the last person to register that day.

Yan Ye, because he had said he came here to find a friend, went out early and returned late every day to avoid arousing suspicion from the male and female leads. Today, just as he returned to the Slums, he heard gasps of surprise.

In the square, when Chen Ran took the hunter’s third move, his body retreated several steps, his expression a bit strange, and a dark red flickered in his lowered eyes.

His body felt an unusual sensation, as if something was breaking through.

The hunter, who was his opponent, didn’t notice this. Having finally met an ordinary person who could fight a little, the hunter showed excitement and directly drew his sword.

The people below watching the excitement were all cheering for Chen Ran, who was also an ordinary person.

And just at that moment, the sky suddenly turned dark. A large mass of black bats flew towards them, causing a commotion.

“What’s happening, so many bats, help!” Someone held their head and screamed.

“Don’t bite me, help!”

The crowd was startled by the sudden appearance of the bats. The square became chaotic, filled with sounds of fear and shouting, as well as the hunters’ voices calling for calm.

After the hunters dispersed the bats, everyone in the square was gone except for the people from the Hunter’s Guild, including the ordinary person they had thought highly of.

Running into the dark and damp alley, Chen Ran finally let out a sigh of relief. He raised his trembling hands, his eyes filled with disbelief.

Why… why did his nails suddenly become so long?

When the bats appeared, Chen Ran was also startled. However, what was more terrifying was the change in his fingers and the way he swallowed when he smelled blood.

This made Chen Ran immediately realize something was wrong with him. He didn’t dare to stay longer and quickly ran out of the crowd.

The dark night hung high in the sky. Since so many bats suddenly appeared in the square tonight, everyone locked their doors early.

After all, thinking of bats made them think of vampires.

With so many bats appearing at once, could it be that vampires had come here?

Those who had this thought shivered inwardly.

Yan Ye watched the male lead go home, a slight frown on his brow.

If possible, he wished Nan Ni’s mother wouldn’t die. That way, the male and female leads might not be so easily separated by the male supporting character, and Nan Ni wouldn’t hate vampires so much!

Yan Ye went back a step ahead. As soon as he returned home, he saw Song Xiao in the kitchen, boiling medicine with a reluctant expression.

Song Xiao heard someone come home, turned his head, and finding it was him, snorted and turned his head back.

The bitter taste of traditional medicine was truly difficult for Song Xiao to swallow.

But there was no other way. Nan Ni supervised him during the day, and Chen Ran supervised him at night. He had no choice but to drink it.

Chen Ran returned after Song Xiao finished the medicine. He was later than usual, so when Nan Ni went to take care of her mother, she asked Yan Ye to help supervise Song Xiao until he drank the medicine.

Yan Ye did as asked. Song Xiao wanted to pour the medicine away, but Yan Ye snatched the bowl and personally fed him, a small mouthful at a time, until it was finished.

A silent contest ended when Chen Ran returned.

Yan Ye looked at his expression, finding it surprising.

At this moment, Chen Ran’s expression was natural, with nothing unusual.

However, the more he acted this way, the more it indicated that Chen Ran had a greater psychological issue.

After dinner that night, Chen Ran didn’t eat much. When Nan Ni asked him why he ate so little, he explained, “There were leftovers from a customer at the restaurant tonight, so the boss let me eat them.”

There seemed to be nothing wrong with this explanation. Nan Ni smiled and, seeing that he seemed very tired, lovingly told him to go rest first.

Song Xiao was not an ordinary person after all and quickly noticed that something was wrong with Chen Ran. He asked Yan Ye, “What’s wrong with Brother Chen?”

Yan Ye simply tidied his bed and didn’t answer his question.

Song Xiao glared at him and didn’t ask again, deciding to observe Chen Ran’s condition more closely.

After all, this person was also his benefactor.

If Chen Ran hadn’t saved him and given him a place to live, he might have already been discovered by other werewolves.

The night was as deep as water. Song Xiao heard movement outside the room and was about to get up when he opened his eyes, but his hand was grabbed by a cold finger. “Sleep.”

Yan Ye looked at the person who was restless and wanted to leave the room with a threatening look.

Song Xiao couldn’t shake off his hand and asked gloomily, “Old immortal, are you hiding something from me?”

“There are many things I’m hiding from you. Which one do you want to know?” For example, his identity and the reason why he had to live here.

He just didn’t know which one the male supporting character wanted to know!

Song Xiao didn’t know what Yan Ye was thinking. Hearing the movement outside suddenly disappear, he silently lay down again and said coldly, “Let go of your hand.”

Yan Ye removed his hand, placed it on his abdomen, and closed his eyes again.

Although Song Xiao didn’t go out, his mind was wondering what was happening outside.

He seemed to have heard the sound of nails scraping earlier, which was very harsh, like the sound of vampires’ nails scraping.

Because he was very concerned about this, Song Xiao quietly left after Chen Ran went to work.

The Small Restaurant was still very busy today. Everyone was busy, including the boss.

Chen Ran was distracted and delivered the wrong dish again, getting a harsh scolding from the boss, but he didn’t say anything.

Song Xiao watched from the shadows, becoming even more certain that something was wrong with Chen Ran.

He watched for a while and, seeing that hunters were starting to come to the Small Restaurant to eat, quietly left.

He had intended to take a shortcut home, but unexpectedly, he met two strangely dressed people on the way.

As Song Xiao was about to brush past them, he smelled the scent of werewolves and moved quickly, turning to run.

Unexpectedly, two more people appeared behind him.

The four of them surrounded him. One hoarse voice laughed, “Tsk, didn’t expect you to be hiding here.”

Another mocking voice immediately chimed in, “This little white-eyed wolf is so bold, he actually dares to hide under the noses of hunters, not afraid of being skinned and having his tendons pulled out.”

Song Xiao had nowhere left to retreat, his eyes dark. Having gotten used to this cold sarcasm, he didn’t feel much, but now, he had to find a way to escape.

“Hurry up, don’t let the nearby hunters discover us. Let’s kill him quickly and report back to the Wolf King.”

The Wolf King this person spoke of was Song Xiao’s half-brother. They were both sons of the Wolf King, but they had different fates. One was born to a werewolf female, the other to a human female.

When the Wolf King was close to him and wanted to make him the prince of the werewolf tribe, Song Xiao began to face assassination attempts from the werewolf tribe.

Because he was the child of the Wolf King and a human woman, the werewolf tribe all considered him an anomaly and wanted to drive him out of the tribe since he was a child.

In response, Song Xiao naively sought justice from the Wolf King, but the other party just smiled and said that this was his destined trial, and if he survived these pursuits, he could become the next Wolf King.

The Wolf King didn’t help him and pushed him into even more dangerous situations, making the dangers he encountered more terrifying each time.

The werewolf tribe didn’t want a child with human blood to be their king in the future, so they could only kill him.

Song Xiao was forced to flee to the human world, disguised as an ordinary human. After he grew up, he returned to the werewolf tribe and assassinated the Wolf King. Under the shocked, death-staring eyes of the other party, he cut off the Wolf King’s head and placed it on the throne.

He even audaciously left a letter.

A king of pure werewolf blood is nothing more than this!

After the Wolf King died, Song Xiao’s half-brother became the new Wolf King and issued a death warrant for him.

The day Chen Ran saved him was when Song Xiao fled back from the werewolf tribe.