The current situation has turned into a deadlocked loop.
The snake demon wants to kill Zhong Yuan, but once he kills her, it’s a certain death for him. If the snake demon dies, a portion of the discontented demon clan will undoubtedly erupt. Therefore, the snake demon cannot die.
Zong Yuan maintains a nonchalant attitude toward the deaths of the two individuals. Whether it’s the chef or Xiao Li, neither can be considered good people.
He watches Zhong Yuan busy in the kitchen, along with Lin Gousi washing vegetables beside her, his eyebrows forming a frown.
Sheng Minglang and Zong Yuan exchange whispers, “Why does he insist on killing these three people?”
Zong Yuan responds, “No need to lower your voice; he can hear.”
Sheng Minglang subconsciously turns to look. The dark shadow at Zhong Yuan’s feet desperately crashes into her own shadow, but it bounces back each time, paying no attention to what they are saying.
“He’s quite obsessed with Zhong Yuan,” Sheng Minglang remarks.
Zong Yuan presses his lips down, “Darling, let me tell you a story.”
Sheng Minglang cooperates fully, directly straddling Zong Yuan’s thighs, allowing Zong Yuan to hold him. Their chests pressed against each other, hips close, Sheng Minglang’s arm around Zong Yuan, his buttocks arching to find a comfortable position. “Go on, your wife is listening.”
Zong Yuan places his hand on Sheng Minglang’s back, eyes fixed on the dark shadow. “Gousi, Sister Zhong Yuan, come over and listen. You might find this story interesting.”
Lin Gousi still remembered their initial purpose. As soon as he shouted, he enthusiastically ran out, calling to Zhong Yuan, “Sister Zhong Yuan, come over, no hurry to foods, it’s not time for dinner yet.”
Zhong Yuan wiped her hands, brought a fruit platter over, and with a smiling face, said, “As long as you’re not hungry, have some fruits first. It’s good to hear a story. I’ll go pour a few glasses of water.”
“No need, Sister Zhong Yuan,” Zong Yuan said nonchalantly, “It’s a very short story, won’t take much time.”
His gaze carried a scrutinizing look. Zhong Yuan felt a bit uneasy under his scrutiny and could only awkwardly smile.
The dark shadow followed Zhong Yuan’s shadow, and under the aura of the White Tiger, this shadow tightened even more. Nevertheless, it continued to attack Zhong Yuan with relentless effort.
Zong Yuan began, his expression indifferent, “Half a month ago, in the wild forest at the border between Z city and D city…”
The snake demon is a hybrid. He fell in love with another snake demon and transformed into his original form, hiding in the wild forest during the mating season.
The forest was exceptionally vast, with various wild beasts roaming. Not a single human dared to venture deep into it for hundreds of days.
The mother snake became pregnant, and as the bloodline of the demon clan is rare, this pregnancy drained all her demon power. She gave birth to two small eggs.
The giant snake said to the mother snake, who had transformed back to her original form and was exhausted, “Wife, I’ll go buy your favorite grilled chicken and get some clothes for our sons.”
The mother snake’s long and thick tail weakly swayed as she replied, “Hurry back.”
The giant snake swiftly descended the mountain. When he returned, he saw three people on the mountainside.
One of them was surrounded by a faint golden light. The giant snake, who practiced in harmony with the natural order, naturally felt an affinity towards the woman emitting the golden light. He looked at her with admiration and joy until the three disappeared from sight. He hurriedly rushed towards his wife and children.
While on the way, the giant snake felt anxious. He had delayed for such a long time; his wife might scold him, he feared.
However, before reaching his destination, he smelled a strong scent of blood.
Zong Yuan paused and suddenly asked, “Half a month ago, on the 3rd, did Sister Zhong Yuan go to the wild forest?”
The dark shadow remained motionless, as if a pair of eyes were tightly staring at Zhong Yuan.
Zhong Yuan’s face turned pale, beads of sweat forming on her forehead. But after a few seconds, she calmly answered, “Yes, I went.”
Zong Yuan continued, “Oh, then I guessed correctly.”
The dark shadow, showing more ferocity, lunged at Zhong Yuan.
With just two sentences of information, Zong Yuan continued, “The snake demon wanted to approach, and the golden light wasn’t intimidating to demonic creatures. However, there was blood everywhere at the time. The golden light, considering its owner in danger, caused a significant disaster for the hybrid demon.”
What was even more terrifying was that the giant snake, who had transferred half of his demonic power to the mother snake, couldn’t get close to his wife and children at all.
“Look, there are two warm eggs next to this snake.”
“They must have just been born. Xiao Li, smash one open and see. I’ve never seen such a beautiful python. Is it a baby snake inside or egg fluid?”
The mother snake’s blood stained the egg drops, and Xiao Li laughed and scolded, “Why are you so timid?”
She picked up a stone and smashed it on the eggshell, again and again, “This egg is really hard! I don’t believe I can’t break it open!”
The giant snake’s eyes reddened, and he rushed forward suddenly, only to fall to the ground convulsing in intense pain.
Xiao Li exclaimed, “Chef! It’s open!”
“Ahhh!!!”
“What kind of strange thing is this?!”
The giant snake, with bloody nails, grabbed the soil and crawled forward. His breathing became more and more painful, and the pain in his heart was about to burst.
“My… son…”
Xiao Li and the others were startled. The chef suddenly exclaimed with joy, “I’ve never seen this thing before!”
“A small creature with a human head and a snake body. Where did this monster come from? Kill it.” Xiao Li stepped back with disgust.
Instead, the chef approached and picked up the two small snakes, chuckling, “Why kill them? This might be a new species. Let’s fry and eat them. The one that looks like a human, chop off its head and bury it in the mother snake’s belly. No one will find out. Hahaha, it’s perfect for it to be born again inside!”
Xiao Li curiously asked, “Is this thing tasty?”
The chef laughed heartily, “Delicious! Both beautiful ladies, sit down and relax. Don’t do anything! Wait for my wild barbecue skills!”
The giant snake’s face was covered in blood, his eyes dripping blood, and a blood trail marked his path on the soil beneath him. “Wife… my son…”
The aroma of roasting filled the air.
What about that virtuous person… wasn’t there a virtuous person?
The giant snake exerted all his strength, “Spare my son, and you can dig out my heart to eat! My heart has even more powerful effects.”
However, his exhausted efforts only produced a faint, feeble voice.
Finally, when the giant snake felt he was about to die, at the moment when the aroma of roasting was most intense, he heard a third voice.
Unlike the two previous villains, it was a gentle and soft female voice, “Well, doing this is not good after all. Let’s bury a grave for them.”
In an instant, the giant snake’s hatred surged.
A moment of silence filled the living room.
Suddenly, the wind outside blew, making the windows emit a piercing howl that stung the eardrums. Breaking the silence, Zong Yuan stared directly at Zhong Yuan, “Did you kill the family of three?”
Zhong Yuan, holding her breath, listened to him tell the entire story. Many times, she wanted to interrupt, but out of politeness, she held back. Now, when Zong Yuan asked her, she firmly shook her head, “It wasn’t me.”
The wind abruptly stopped, and the black shadow transformed into a human form. Emaciated and more like a ghost than a demon, he looked at Zhong Yuan with eyes almost torn apart, “It’s you!!! It’s you!!!”
Terrified, Zhong Yuan trembled all over, looking at the person in front of her with fear. She still shook her head firmly, “It really, really wasn’t me… It’s not what you think.”
Lin Gousi took a cold breath, “Damn!!!”
Sheng Minglang, also startled, burrowed into Zong Yuan’s arms. Unlike Lin Gousi, he wholeheartedly believed in what his husband said, “Damn, Zhong Yuan, were you pretending all along?”
Zhong Yuan took a deep breath, trembling all over. Being petite to begin with, she appeared even more vulnerable.
Zhong Yuan didn’t want to be wrongly accused. She didn’t know what this black shadow was, but summoning her courage, she argued, “It really wasn’t me. Are you their family? Are you willing to hear the reasons behind what happened?”
The snake demon sneered at her, “Virtuous person, hahaha, virtuous person!!!”
Zhong Yuan’s lips quivered, “That day, on my way home, I encountered the chef and Xiao Li. They were torturing an animal. I approached to intervene, and they agreed, but insisted that I follow them to the forest. I agreed…”
Tears welled up in her eyes as she vehemently shook her head, “You only saw the surface. Why would I willingly invite disaster upon myself? Sir, please believe me! I held the same abused animal in my arms, and I wanted to step forward to stop them… but they became even more cruel, more heinous. I did try to stop them!”
She knelt on the ground, hastily pulling out a notebook from a drawer in the coffee table. The last page was filled with apologies, “Look!!! Look!!! I tried to stop them from killing that mother snake, but they became even more ruthless!!! I… I’m sorry…”
The snake demon stared blankly at the page filled with apologies, looking at Zhong Yuan’s tear-streaked face. He staggered back two steps, “No, it’s you, it’s you…”
Zhong Yuan stopped defending herself, only repeating over and over, “I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry…”
The snake demon, with tears of blood, roared and rushed out.
It couldn’t be anyone else but her! It couldn’t be anyone else!
The hatred he held… No!
The golden light… No, a fake good person! A fake good person!
In the room, only the sound of Zhong Yuan’s sobbing echoed.
Zong Yuan’s expression remained cold, unmoved by her plight. He stood up with Sheng Minglang, ignoring the collapsed Zhong Yuan, and the three of them walked out in silence.
Lin Gousi, touched by Zhong Yuan’s words and saddened by the protagonist’s story, was immersed in this feeling, following Zong Yuan and Sheng Minglang in a daze.
Zhong Yuan forced herself to stand up to see them off.
Sheng Minglang and Zong Yuan walked hand in hand towards the intersection. Suddenly, there was an inexplicable premonition. Sheng Minglang turned to look.
Zhong Yuan, with swollen red eyes and an expressionless face, stood at the doorstep. In the next second he looked over, she instinctively put on a gentle smile.
A smile with redness from tears at the corners of her eyes and cheeks.
Sheng Minglang turned his head, feeling a slight chill in his heart.
Zong Yuan tightened his grip on his hand, kissed his temple, and whispered, “Don’t look back.”
Sheng Minglang rubbed against his head, “Zong Yuan, I suspect…”
Zong Yuan interrupted him, stating plainly, “Your suspicion is correct.”
He spoke disdainfully, “Terrible acting.”
“The golden light on her is the root cause of the snake demon’s death,” Zong Yuan said. “She would never accumulate golden light on her own.”
Sheng Minglang sighed deeply, “I have to ask Sheng Mingyan later. What the hell was he thinking, choosing such a… woman.”
Zong Yuan paused, “Your brother?”
Sheng Minglang nodded, “Yeah, my brother.”
Zong Yuan stopped walking, and his eyes brightened, “Call your brother.”
Sheng Minglang obediently took out his phone, muttering, “What’s with your brother, my brother stuff. He’s still your foster father!”
The call went through, and a broad and gentle male voice came from the other end, “Hello, Xiao Lang?”
“It’s me,” Zong Yuan asked, “What about the jade pendant you wore for three years?”
Sheng Mingyan vaguely replied, “Sold it.”
“To whom?” Zong Yuan persisted, “Tell me the contact information. I’ll buy it back.”
“Ah,” after a while, Sheng Mingyan sighed, “Don’t bother, you won’t be able to buy it back. Okay, let me be honest with you. I gave it away.”
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Sheng Minglang (ominous): What about our plans for tonight?
Tomorrow, the world ends!!! Forgive me, baby Lang Lang, tomorrow, tomorrow【lewd】
