Chapter 84 Doesn't Senior Brother hate me? (26) "This seat..."
Fu Li deliberately frowned: "What does it matter to him whether I become the Demon Queen or not? No matter what, he is still my senior brother, and at least here he is the only person I can trust. Since he is a personal guard, why can't I choose the one I trust the most?"
"Honestly, you've taken so many precautions, are you still worried I'll run away? Xiao Yue has become a demon, he's not even human anymore, do you think I'd leave with him?!" He sneered, then turned his back to the man.
Therefore, they did not see Zhongli Qianye's clenched fists, his face contorted with extreme rage and inner turmoil.
As before, Zhongli Qianye chose to back down and grant Fu Li's request.
The next day, Fu Li saw a person dressed in a black robe with their face hidden behind a mask outside the side hall.
When I met my old friend again, everything had changed.
Fu Li led Xiao Yue into the hall. The servants were very considerate and did not follow. It was unclear whether it was Zhongli Qianye's order that gave the two brothers a brief moment of solitude.
Upon entering the inner hall, Fu Li turned around, his eyes already brimming with tears. He raised his hand, the long sleeves of his magnificent robes slipping from his wrist, his slender fingers gently touching Xiao Yue's cheek.
The latter suddenly turned her face away, lowered her head, and said, "Ah Li, don't touch it. My face looks terrible right now." Her voice was hoarse, filled with self-doubt. Her Adam's apple bobbed abruptly beneath her black robe, revealing her unease.
Seeing him like this, Fu Li's eyes were filled with pity and heartache. Half a year had passed, and his face was even more radiant and beautiful than before. His lips were red and full, and his cheeks were like those of a jewel. Paired with a gorgeous and splendid outfit, he looked like an immortal who had stepped out of a painting but had been accidentally tainted by the entanglements of the mortal world. His eyebrows and eyes had gained a layer of charming and affectionate beauty even when he was not smiling.
This made Xiao Yue almost afraid to look at him. The thought of how her face had been ruined filled her with a deep sense of self-loathing—how could she, in her current state, be worthy of her junior brother?
She dared not let Fu Li see her true face.
Fu Li didn't press the matter. She sniffed and asked a question seriously:
"Ah Yue, I want to know what happened to you after you left Dragon Gate Mountain, and why you appeared at the Four Seas Immortal Palace?"
Xiao Yue trembled slightly upon hearing this, seemingly extremely reluctant to let Fu Li know. However, at Fu Li's request, he recounted the past events bit by bit.
A year ago, he succumbed to demonic possession and fled in front of everyone on the dueling platform. At that time, his mind was in turmoil, and he only wanted to find a quiet place to quickly improve his cultivation before returning to challenge Chongjing Pavilion to a duel. So he fled to Xizhou, where demon cultivators gathered. However, before he could even settle down, he heard the news that the junior brother and senior brother of Xiaoyao Peak of Longque Mountain would soon hold their joint marriage ceremony.
Xiao Yue panicked; only one thought remained in her mind.
He absolutely had to stop this marriage. It was a mistake; his junior brother should be his. They had already spent a hundred years together, their love and intimacy far surpassing that of Chongjing Pavilion. That was the destined future. He couldn't bear to watch Ali marry another man.
A deep obsession can turn one into a demon.
From that moment on, Xiao Yue went to extremes. However, he was not confident that he could defeat his senior brother, and he did not want his junior brother to see him in this state, so he decided to seek help from the most powerful demon cultivator in the Western Continent.
Through the water demon's introduction, he met the master of the Four Seas Immortal Palace and made a deal.
Based on the memories in the illusion, Xiao Yue told Zhongli Qianye about a secret passage that could bypass the protective mountain formation and lead to Dragon Gate Mountain. His condition was that Zhongli Qianye would destroy the engagement between Chongjing Pavilion and his junior brother, and in return, he would be at Zhongli Qianye's beck and call for a hundred years.
Xiao Yue's thinking was simple. Since she was no match for Chongjing Pavilion, she should be able to rely on the power of the Four Seas Demon Lord. The worst outcome would be killing Chongjing Pavilion.
But to his utter surprise, Zhongli Qianye agreed, but his target was not only Chongjing Pavilion, but also Xiao Yue's most beloved junior brother.
"Ah Li, I'm sorry, it's all my fault. I love you so much, but I was so selfish..." The person behind the mask was already in tears, her voice choked with sobs.
After listening, Fu Li sighed: "It's not entirely your fault. His target was me. If it weren't for you, Zhongli Qianye would definitely have found another way to abduct me."
He paused for a moment, then hesitantly told the other person another truth: "Also, Fourth Senior Brother, there's something I must let you know. The reason you fell in love with me is actually because I have a naturally alluring body."
"A naturally alluring body naturally attracts and draws people to you, so your feelings for me are probably not genuine."
His eyes darkened slightly: "I'm sorry, it all started because of me."
Xiao Yue shook her head and calmly said:
“Ah Li, my feelings for you have nothing to do with whether you have a naturally alluring body. I know that very well. Perhaps that was the reason I was inexplicably attracted to you at first, but later it was all because of you as a person, because you are Ah Li. In my dream, we were Daoist partners for a hundred years. You may think I can’t distinguish between illusion and reality, but to me, they were all real.”
My obsession with you is real, and my love for you is real. I just want to protect you as always. Ali, will you still allow me to stay by your side?
Seeing the bright, slightly expectant light shining in those dark eyes, Fu Li paused for a moment, then lowered her eyes slightly and said, "A-Yue, I'm not actually as perfect as you imagine. Senior Brother, he..."
Before he could finish speaking, Xiao Yue interrupted him, saying solemnly:
"Ah Li, I've said it before, no matter what kind of person you are, I will stand firmly on your side. There's no need to say anything more."
Fu Li looked at his face, which was blurred under the mask, but could sense his firmness and determination from the only thing visible in his eyes.
Finally, he let out a long sigh.
"Ah Yue, thank you. You're the only person I can trust here."
After the two talked things out, the underlying causes of all the messy things that happened in the past finally came to light.
They looked at each other in silence for a while, then Xiao Yue hesitantly asked:
"Ah Li, are you really going to become Zhongli Qianye's demon queen? He treated you like that before...like that."
He recalled the first night Fu Li was abducted. He was trapped by the demon dragon's magic and knelt outside the door, but the persistent sound inside continuously transmitted the pain of despair and extreme shame from Fu Li's body to Xiao Yue's heart.
From then on, Xiao Yue stayed in the dungeon, but for a moment she felt guilty and tormented because she was too weak to protect her beloved.
After this matter was brought up, Fu Li remained silent for a moment, then gazed into the distance with a long, serene look, and murmured:
"Zhongli Qianye fed me a pill of immortality. If it weren't for the fact that there's no antidote for his heart's blood, I wouldn't be able to leave here. Since I've already survived, I want to live a better life."
"Fourth Senior Brother, do you understand what I mean?"
Xiao Yue looked into the boy's eyes, where light and shadow cast a faint shadow through his long eyelashes, like shattered stars.
He knelt on one knee, raised his face, and looked at him with the eyes of a demon:
"Ah Li, let me protect you. No matter where you are or what you want to do, I will always be with you."
Fu Li nodded slightly and turned to look towards the direction outside the palace. There, the sky was bright and the atmosphere was peaceful and prosperous, with countless demon servants coming and going, busy decorating the palace for the Demon Lord's grand wedding ceremony.
That night, when Zhongli Qianye returned from dealing with the rebellion, he saw the black-robed man standing at the entrance of the main hall. His figure was as tall and straight as a door pillar, and he kept his eyes straight ahead until Zhongli Qianye approached.
He stopped, gave him a disdainful and cold look, then gave a sarcastic sneer and strode into the doorway.
Fu Li was reading a cultivation manual for the demon race. Hearing footsteps, she looked up and saw the Four Seas Demon Lord with a displeased expression.
"You actually made him your personal guard!" the man said with a hint of jealousy.
Fu Li closed the book and gazed at him calmly.
"Didn't you agree? Do you think a dignified demon lord would go back on such a small matter?"
Zhongli Qianye scooped the person into his arms, looked into the clear eyes of the person in his arms, and said with a mixture of amusement and exasperation, "Have I spoiled you too much? You dare to talk back to me like this?!"
Fu Li smiled slightly, looking just like a seductive concubine who bewitched her emperor and feigned reluctance: "I dare not."
"You don't dare, but I think you dare a lot!" With that, he grabbed Fu Li's head with his big hand, pressed his lips to his own, and eagerly and frantically sucked the saliva in Fu Li's mouth, as if he was marking his territory and confirming ownership in this way.
Fu Li obediently stretched out her arms and hugged the man's neck, cooperating with him in an ambiguous exchange of words.
After a long while, Zhongli Qianye finally released the person.
His eyes were already slightly red.
He said fiercely, "Don't think I don't know how Xiao Yue feels about you. Let me tell you, you're not allowed to have an affair with your senior brother when I'm not around, do you hear me?!"
He's a complete irritable and resentful husband who lacks a sense of security and is afraid that his wife will run off with another man.
Fu Li chuckled softly, her beautiful face instantly becoming alluring, as if laughing at his needless worries.
Zhongli Qianye didn't waste any more words. His large hand swept over his body, tearing open the elaborate robes in a few swift movements. The sound of water rang out inside the hall, mixed with suspicious and ambiguous sounds of "pai" and "da," reaching the ears of the attendants guarding outside the hall without any obstruction. Some of the demon servants blushed deeply.
Everyone kept their eyes down, pretending not to hear anything. They were just wondering why the Demon Lord hadn't set up a barrier to block out noise today.
Outside the hall, a man shrouded in a black robe, his form indistinguishable as human or ghost, clenched his fists at his sides, silently chanting in his heart---
Ah Li, one day, I will find a way to rescue you. I will definitely kill the Demon Lord of the Four Seas and avenge you!
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