"I think the demon and monster realms are full of hidden talents, and they all like to play dirty tricks." The more Liu Lanyan thought about it, the more her head ached. She really couldn't understand why so many people liked to hide and do things behind the scenes.
"Everyone has their own plans." The Demon God didn't take this as a problem and said casually, without showing any concern or worry.
Liu Lanyan gazed at the demon god, her mind racing.
Why would he insist on protecting such a demon realm?
Under such protection, isn't he heartbroken?
"Okay, let's forget about them and have some fun today." Liu Lanyan smiled and pulled the Demon God over. After eating some more, the two left and went to stroll around the streets.
Fortunately, the people on the street had gotten used to it and calmed down a bit about the appearance of the Demon God and Liu Lanyan, watching from a distance to satisfy their desire to get close to the Demon God.
They had a lot of fun afterwards. Liu Lanyan pulled the demon god along from beginning to end, and then the two of them strolled back to the palace without buying anything.
"What are you laughing at?" The Demon God looked at Liu Lanyan, whose smile hadn't faded all night.
"The people are living very well," Liu Lanyan said happily. "They live in peace and contentment, undisturbed by anyone, and free from natural disasters. It's wonderful."
Liu Lanyan's answer surprised the Demon God. He smiled and then asked jokingly, "What, you dragged me out just to see if the people are living well?"
The demon god tightened his fingers slightly in dissatisfaction, gently pinching Liu Lanyan's small hand. Seeing her slightly furrowed brows, he chuckled.
"Hmm, having someone by my side who can provide me with free food and drinks isn't bad at all." Liu Lanyan finished speaking with a grin, then turned and ran a few steps away, smiling smugly at the Demon God ahead, conveying a message with her eyes: What can they do to her?
Is this... a provocation?
The demon god watched Liu Lanyan's childish behavior with amusement. Since she liked playing around so much...
Before she could even blink, Liu Lanyan suddenly felt her waist tighten and her feet immediately leave the ground.
Before I could even see the scenery clearly, I heard a soft thud next to my ear, and my body sank down as I touched something soft.
"Huh?" Before she could even realize where she was, something warm and slightly wet suddenly covered her lips. Just as she was about to push it away, the demon god's thin lips had already left her red lips.
"You, you...you took advantage of my vulnerability!" Liu Lanyan pointed at the demon god and loudly accused him.
The demon god smiled and nodded, acknowledging all the crimes: "Hmm."
Um.
Is that all?
Liu Lanyan almost went crazy. Could he be any more shameless?
"The tail is finally gone." The demon god took a step back and sat down in what he thought was a position to keep his distance from Liu Lanyan. But what difference did this mere step make to Liu Lanyan?
"The Demon Lord is still worried." Liu Lanyan took the initiative to push the Demon God forward a little, creating a small distance between them. This made her feel more comfortable; if they were so close, his body heat would be contagious.
“You’re now a key protected individual in the demon realm. If anything happens to anyone, you can’t be either,” Liu Lanyan teased, then frowned and glanced thoughtfully at the Demon God.
The demon god smiled, neither confirming nor denying.
"It's getting late, let's rest." The Demon God stood up, stroked Liu Lanyan's long hair with a doting smile, and then immediately went to Liu Lanyan's bedroom and returned to his room.
Back in his bedroom, he was not surprised to find Peng Zhen waiting inside. Peng Zhen must have sensed his return.
"Your Excellency, you're back." Peng Zhen's expression was still a bit off. He simply couldn't imagine what it would be like for His Excellency to walk around on the street; it was too, too terrifying.
"Hmm." The Demon God clearly didn't want to elaborate, and asked Peng Zhen, "Is everything still normal?"
“That’s normal.” When the topic turned to business, Peng Zhen’s expression turned serious, and he immediately replied, “No one has come to check, and even the servants here are very dutiful.”
The demon god sneered: "Of course they're law-abiding; they won't go too far in public matters."
"My lord, there's been no movement from the Demon Realm. I wonder if they're investigating Qin Ming's matter." The news coming from his subordinates in the Demon Realm recently wasn't anything unusual, which made Peng Zhen a little uneasy. So much time had passed without any results, and he was afraid that the lord would blame him.
"It's alright." The Demon God waved his hand dismissively. "The Demon Realm is also weighing the pros and cons, seeing who is the most suitable to be used as a pawn."
It's absolutely impossible for Qin Ming alone to bring down the King of Jing behind him.
"As long as they don't cause trouble in the demon realm, let them be. Let the demon realm do whatever it wants, as long as it's not on the demon realm's territory." The demon god was quite carefree.
In fact, from the very beginning, he never thought that the Demon Realm would reveal a true mastermind.
The investigation will only result in finding a scapegoat.
Would the Demon Emperor dare to touch King Jing?
Or rather, is it that the King of Jing could be so easily rendered passive?
As it turns out, everyone knows what it was all about; it was simply a ploy to use Qin Ming's situation to advance their own plans.
Qin Ming was a complete scapegoat, losing his life for nothing. The real beneficiaries were probably the many people who took advantage of the incident.
Besides protecting the demon realm, his most important task was... to see through everyone's true colors.
After such a long period of silence in the demon realm, some restless individuals within it are probably getting impatient.
He wanted to maintain peace in the demon realm for a while longer. He needed to clearly see and analyze those unstable factors before making any plans for what to do next.
The demon god's stroll through the streets at night left those monitoring him completely baffled, as everyone he heard was that it was just a normal stroll.
At first, I thought the Demon God had some deeper meaning, but in the end, it was all a misunderstanding. It was just that Liu Lanyan was bored and bothered the Demon God.
They gained absolutely nothing they cared about. If they had to say they gained anything, it was only that they became increasingly aware of how much the Demon God doted on Liu Lanyan.
He's done things that even demon gods would never normally do, so what else can't he do?
After a tense night with nothing to show for it, everyone spent the night sighing in disappointment.
The next day, Liu Xinrong and Liu Xinya went for a walk outside the city to relax, chatting casually as they walked.
"Xinrong, what do you think of Lanyan?" Liu Xinya, no longer silent as she had been a few days ago, asked Liu Xinrong.
"Lan Yan?" Liu Xinrong paused, then continued walking, trying to suppress the strange emotions she felt upon hearing the name.
He forced a casual smile and asked Liu Xinya, "Sister, why did you suddenly bring her up?"
"I find it strange." Liu Xinya was lost in her own thoughts and didn't notice Liu Xinrong's unusual emotions. She continued to talk to herself, "When Uncle was alive, I didn't realize how capable Liu Lanyan was. How come she has suddenly become so smart recently?"
“We weren’t very familiar with her back then.” Liu Xinrong’s gaze darkened as she casually said, “At that time, only my uncle would occasionally come to our house. Even when my father took us to visit them, she would hide in the backyard and not talk to anyone much.”
"Yes, that's right." Liu Xinya recalled Liu Lanyan from the past. In her memory, Liu Lanyan was not a cheerful person.
Their family wasn't well-off before, and their eldest uncle, who was still the elder at the time, always helped them out, so their father frequently visited his uncle's house.
They were always told to get closer to Liu Lanyan, and they wanted to listen and play with her more, but that girl had never liked being close to people since she was little and always avoided them.
Liu Lanyan's uncle doted on her. Seeing that she was afraid of strangers, he took her back and had Qin Xiu stay with her and protect her.
In her memory, Liu Lanyan's memory was vague, but she knew that she didn't like to talk.
After her uncle died, Liu Lanyan was greatly shocked and became mentally unstable, acting like a child.
None of them found it strange.
It's quite normal for someone who has been overprotected to end up like this after a sudden and drastic change.
But recent events have taken them by surprise.
Even if the demon god is incredibly powerful, even if he possesses heaven-defying abilities, it's impossible for him to suddenly turn a dull and stupid person into a genius, right?
What Liu Lanyan said was beyond normal or abnormal; it was simply too amazing.
The schemes and pressures, step by step, terrified her.
“Perhaps from the beginning, she didn’t dislike talking to strangers, but rather disdained talking to us.” Liu Xinrong suddenly blurted out a remark in anger, which made Liu Xinya’s mind flash with a flash of inspiration, and she nodded in agreement.
“Xinrong, you’re right. Maybe Liu Lanyan just looks down on us and thinks we’re trying to curry favor with her family.”
"Hmph. Flatter? Flatter what?" With Yu Jinshuo gone, Liu Xinrong could say whatever she wanted, venting all the anger she had suffered in the Prince's mansion. "Do you think we're short of their money? Our father is very powerful too."
"What skills does she have? She's just relying on her father being the Grand Elder, and now she's relying on her master being the Demon God." Liu Xinrong looked down on Liu Lanyan from the bottom of her heart.
"Sister, if it weren't for those external forces, what is Liu Lanyan? After Uncle died, didn't she just live with us? If she were capable, would she have acted like that?"
The more Liu Xinrong thought about it, the more indignant she became. After thinking it over, she concluded that Liu Lanyan was someone who had nothing but good luck.
"If I could become the Venerable One's disciple, I would definitely be more successful than her now," Liu Xinrong sneered. "She's only so arrogant because of sheer luck."
“You’re not bad off now either, you’re a princess. So many people envy that they can’t even dream of it.” Liu Xinya smiled and comforted Liu Xinrong, wondering why her sister was suddenly so indignant.
"Yes, I'm envious." Liu Xinrong smiled bitterly upon hearing this.
"What? Is Yu Jinshuo treating you badly?" Liu Xinya immediately asked, after all, he was her younger sister, and she didn't want her sister to be unhappy.
"It's not that it's bad, it's just... it doesn't feel the way I expected." Liu Xinrong would never dare to speak ill of Yu Jinshuo behind his back.
Even if Qin Ming were dead now and Liu Xinya had no backing, Yu Jinshuo wouldn't have been afraid of Liu Xinya even when Qin Ming was alive.
Even if I tell Liu Xinya, what difference will it make?
If this gets back to Yu Jinshuo's ears, her life will be even more difficult.
Hearing Liu Xinrong say this, Liu Xinya laughed and gently touched Liu Xinrong's hair, just like when they were children: "Silly girl, things are naturally different after marriage. Besides, how can you be with your husband like you are at home?"
"Besides, the man you married is a high-ranking prince in the demon realm, so it's naturally not as comfortable as staying at home. However, once you get used to it, you'll understand the benefits of your position as a princess." Liu Xinya comforted Liu Xinrong, giving her some advice.
Hearing Liu Xinya's words, Liu Xinrong felt bitter but couldn't express it, so she could only nod repeatedly: "I will try my best to adapt."
How will she adapt?
Her husband has no feelings for her at all, only for Liu Lanyan. Is he going to make her and Liu Lanyan "sisters" in the end?
Can she tolerate Yu Jinshuo taking Liu Lanyan as a concubine?
Let alone actually facing that day, she couldn't bear even thinking about it.
"Actually, Liu Lanyan isn't what she seems on the surface." Liu Xinya decided to tell Liu Xinrong the truth, lest Liu Xinrong offend Liu Lanyan carelessly in the future and cause trouble that would be impossible to handle.
"Of course it's not what we see. She's a vixen who's completely bewitched the Lord," Liu Xinrong said sourly, adding in her mind.
She not only captivated the Lord, but also didn't spare her husband; she truly is a vixen.
There must be a fox gene in Liu Lanyan's ancestors, otherwise, how could this be?
“Liu Lanyan is very strong, much stronger than you and me,” Liu Xinya said in a deep voice.
"Stronger than us? Stronger than us in what way?" Liu Xinrong's heart skipped a beat, but she subconsciously didn't want to admit the fact that she had already guessed.
"Her demonic power is very strong. I don't know if she was always this powerful or if she was taught by the Lord later." Liu Xinya ignored Liu Xinrong's angry words and continued talking to herself.
“Xinrong, I’ve always suspected that Liu Lanyan was deliberately feigning ignorance in the past. But now there’s no way to verify it, and she can now pin everything on the Venerable Lord.”
Liu Xinya still felt a little regretful when she talked about this. If she had noticed Liu Lanyan earlier, would there have been so much trouble later?
That orphan should have been eliminated long ago; now she's become a major obstacle to her plans.