Li Wan Heng Jin
Heng Jin donated a hundred years of spiritual power to Qiu Mio, and the petals of the sacred peach tree in the bathing pool were originally magical products with spiritual power. Therefore, when Qiu Mio woke up, her face was rosy and she was full of energy.
Upon hearing the news, Li Wan hurriedly left her government affairs and rushed over. She sat by the bathtub and cried with joy as she watched Miu Mio swaying her tail in the bathtub to show her her good health.
Mio swam to her, activated the power of purification, and rubbed a ball of light slightly larger than his fist in the palm of his hand. Then it split into several small balls of light, leaving a dazzling trail like a meteor.
Small balls of light scattered and revolved around Mio's arms and fish tail. The light wrapped around his fish tail, making the already shimmering scales even more shiny.
As the bright light gradually softened, a blue scale with a dark totem pattern was lifted up by a cluster of light spots and floated in front of the two people.
He stopped activating the light ball in his hand, and gently drew a few circles above the floating scales with his right index finger. Several pure, round little pearls surrounded his fingers and the scales, connected to each other, and turned into a beautiful necklace.
He held it to Li Wan with both hands, reverently, as if offering a treasure, his eyes full of anticipation.
"Want to try having a mermaid's tail? It's yours, a mermaid tail."
His voice seemed to have changed but also seemed to be the same as usual, except that the same voice sounded more alluring to the ears.
Li Wan was attracted by what he said and wanted to touch that scale.
Several petals from the sacred peach tree seemed to transform into darts and slam into Miu Miu's forehead, causing him to clutch his head in pain. As the two of them searched for the petals' source, they noticed Heng Jin, with a sullen face, twirling a petal between his fingers.
"audacious in the extreme."
Heng Jin spoke slowly, with a hint of warning sarcasm in her voice, and her displeased eyes made it clear that she was trying to stop him.
Mio pretended he didn't exist and continued to hold the scales towards her. "I can't repay you for saving my life. I can only repay you with my own body."
Li Wan suddenly became much more sober. "Then your scale should be given to Emperor Heng Jin. It was he who saved you by transferring his spiritual power."
Heng Jin echoed and stretched out her hand to ask for it, "Yes, this scale should be given to me."
"Emperor Hengjin is certainly my benefactor, but our mermaid tribe will certainly repay him with other generous gifts. However, if it weren't for Wanwan, Emperor Hengjin, a complete stranger to me, wouldn't have used up a hundred years of spiritual energy to save me. His kindness is even greater."
After explaining, Miu Miu turned to Heng Jin and asked, "I just wanted to work like a slave for the Demon Lord in return for his kindness. The Emperor hit me and gave me a cold shoulder. Could it be that he misunderstood that I was ready to pledge my love to him? A single word can make a world of difference. Did the Emperor misunderstand me? Or did he already have this intention and see danger everywhere?"
Li Wan took out the food box she brought and interrupted, "Are you hungry, Mio? I brought you the beautiful sweet cakes you love. This time they are peach blossom cakes. Not just ordinary peach blossoms, but the filling is made from the petals of the sacred peach tree. Try it."
As soon as the food box was opened, before Miu Mio could even touch the peach blossom cake, the petals that popped out from Heng Jin hit her on the head, knocking her unconscious. She fell back suddenly and sank to the bottom of the water.
"What are you doing!" Li Wan asked angrily.
"He's a fish, he won't drown, he's just in the way. I told him to go underwater for a while. If he gets hurt, it's my responsibility."
Heng Jin picked up a piece of peach blossom cake, took a bite, and said nonchalantly, "Didn't the Demon Lord say he would repay me? Now that the fish is alive and kicking, how is the Demon Lord going to repay me?"
"I haven't made up my mind yet, but if you want to know what I can give you, please feel free to ask."
"One hundred years of spiritual power, in exchange for me asking the Demon Lord three questions, the Demon Lord won't lose out, okay?"
"Of course I've taken advantage of you. Okay, but if you have any questions about the secrets of the demon world, I can't answer them."
"I'm not interested in the secrets of the demon world."
"Then ask."
Heng Jin sat beside her, supporting himself on the edge of the bathtub with one hand, moving closer to her, locking his gaze into hers, not missing a single fleeting emotion.
"Do you like Cha Suxun? I'm talking about the love between a man and a woman."
"Of course I do."
"Are you sure you can really tell what kind of liking you have for Cha Suxun? This doesn't count as my second question to you. It only represents my doubts about the answer to the first question. So, you can't not answer."
"Of course I can tell. You're questioning me randomly. Don't doubt people you employ, and don't employ people you doubt. Naturally, the same applies to questioning."
"Okay, I don't doubt you, but you, Demon Lord, must be worthy of the hundred years of spiritual energy I have invested. You absolutely cannot lie or be false. In the second sentence, describe your feelings for Cha Suxun."
Faced with this question, Li Wan's first reaction was shame and anger, and she subconsciously glanced quickly in the direction blocked by the overlapping layers of gauze.
There, stood Cha Suxun.
What's the difference between this and asking her to express her feelings to Cha Suxun in person?
"Ice Tuozi! Can you have some sense of boundaries?"
"Is this also a secret of the demon world that cannot be answered?"
While Li Wan was speaking, she noticed that Cha Suxun had left.
Heng Jin suddenly added, "Wait! I'm not asking you what you like about Cha Suxun."
"So what do you mean by this?"
"What I mean is, how do you decide that you like Cha Suxun?"
Heng Jin cast a spell to transform herself into a female body and appearance, and even dressed in the same color scheme as hers, and even her hairstyle and hairpins matched hers perfectly.
"If you feel that you can't express it to me, then just treat me as your best friend or sister."
When he spoke, it was a female voice.
Li Wan couldn't help laughing as she watched him trying his best to act like a woman.
He stroked her hair coquettishly, "Am I not beautiful? What are you laughing at?"
"Beautiful, very beautiful, I'm praising you." She looked at his face carefully and sighed sincerely: "What a beautiful face that can be wonderful for both men and women.
Li Wan simply laughed out loud, "Haha, Your Majesty, there's no need to go to this extent, right?"
"How can I fail in making the king laugh?"
"Emperor, do you have any misunderstandings about your best friend? You are acting like a favorite concubine."
"A favorite concubine? Me! I'd rather die than be a concubine."
Heng Jin put away her charming posture, sat lazily and leisurely, eating the peach blossom cake in the food box.
"No matter how long you stare at me with those eyes, I will never commit myself to being your mistress."
"Who wants you to be my mistress?"
"Yes, who wants to be your concubine?" He imitated her tone and then changed his tone to a gentle and charming one: "My goal is to be the king's wife. Your Majesty, do you want to continue to talk to me about being your concubine? Or do you want to finish those three sentences as soon as possible so that you can send me away with the poison cake? I am happy to do either. It is entirely up to Your Majesty's will."
"Let's finish this conversation and get out of here!"
"Okay, King."
"Who is your king?! Don't call me that! It's disgusting, stupid bird!"
"Didn't the king recognize it?" He said innocently. "I just asked the king, not the Demon Lord. The Demon Lord himself subconsciously recognized it. How could I not recognize you?"
Li Wan really couldn't stand his strangely drawn-out and coquettish tone, and her hand that was subconsciously reaching for the silver bell on her waist stopped.
"If you didn't have to ask me, I would have poisoned you to silence you."
He said seriously, "Alright, alright, I was wrong, dear sister, dear sister, let's get back to the point. Tell me why you decided you liked Cha Suxun."
Li Wan used the judgment method she saw in the dialogue book to compare herself and give Heng Jin an example.
As she listened, Heng Jin's smile grew wider.
"What does this mean? It only means that you like your childhood sweetheart, but he's just your brother."
"How can this not mean something? You just refuse to believe that I like him. No matter how much I explain, it's useless."
"Wanwan, the way you looked at him didn't hold a single evil thought; it was so pure and innocent. It was worlds apart from the way he looked at you. This proves your feelings better than any other words. Otherwise, I wouldn't have persisted in my pursuit of you even though I knew you were engaged."
"Evil thoughts? Who would look at the person they like with evil eyes?"
"When I say evil thoughts, I mean... those feelings and desires related to lust. The look in his eyes doesn't show possessiveness or any desire for intimacy."
Seeing Li Wan looking thoughtful, Heng Jin knew that she had heard what he said.
Just as he was secretly happy, her expression and eyes began to change several times, and a feeling of unease suddenly rose in his heart.
At this moment, he made up his mind to stop using slow tactics and switch to a fierce attack.
He didn't dare to make any noise that would disturb her thoughts, and he didn't even dare to chew the cake in his mouth, but only sip it lightly.
He was afraid that she would be busy with other things later and forget what he said.
Best of all, you can figure it out right away.
After sitting quietly with her for a while, she finally asked, "What's the third question you want to ask?"
"I don't have any for now. Can I keep it until next time I want to ask for it?"
He was satisfied.
Today, he has gotten the answer he wanted most.
Although, it wasn't from her own mouth.
Sometimes pushing too hard can backfire.
"Okay, I still have some government affairs to deal with, so I won't see the Emperor off. He Qi will come over later to entertain the Emperor on my behalf."
She looked like she was worried about something.
"The black eye is heavier than the last time I saw you. Nothing is more important than good health. Don't exhaust yourself."
There was reluctance to leave and admiration in his eyes. He nodded obediently and gave gentle instructions, looking a bit like a virtuous and gentle concubine bidding farewell to her king.
"Well, thank you for the reminder, Emperor."
Li Wan had just walked out about ten steps when she heard the faint sound of gurgling water in the bathtub. Miu Mio, with stars in her eyes, floated to the surface of the water, lying flat on her back, feeling dizzy.
He kept saying, "I really just want to be... an ox... a horse. Why? Hit me..."
Mio's voice was very faint, but if Li Wan's mind was not elsewhere, she would definitely hear it.
However, she didn't even seem to pause.
The memory scroll showed the scenes rotating rapidly again. Heng Jin received news that Li Wan's plan to capture the □□ monster with the male white weasel monster was successful. However, she disappeared when the □□ monster was caught.
Heng Jin immediately went to the place where Li Wan disappeared to investigate.
After searching for a long time without any results, he finally found her lost hair accessory in the hidden grass at the scene of the incident and confirmed that her scent was still on it. However, the moment he picked up the hair accessory, the scene in front of him changed to a pitch-black place where he could not see his hand in front of his face, and there was nothing around.
The drifting black mist of fine sand evokes chills and makes people feel uncomfortable.
He remembered this breath clearly.
From the evil abyss.
I heard a couple whispering instructions in my ears. The voice was strange, but kind.
Until, a tender child's voice was heard anxiously calling for his parents.
This was his own voice as a child.
The nightmare that repeated itself countless times always began with the sound of his childhood anxiously calling for his parents.
His heart was numb with panic, his legs were weak and powerless, and a strong fear invaded his whole body. The moment he collapsed to the ground, he turned back into the body of a child.
The noise of weapons and cavalry gradually became clearer.
Two mournful cries of phoenixes completely pierced the darkness.
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