After chewing a few times with great effort, Yu Xinyi held his breath and swallowed, his face turning red. Yu Lijing felt sorry for him and quickly poured him some tea to drink.
Only after the cloying sweetness in her mouth subsided did Yu Xinyi finally let out a long, comfortable sigh.
"It's okay, I haven't had it in a long time. It's nice to have it once in a while." Yu Xinyi forced a smile and comforted Yu Lijing.
Looking at Yu Xinyi's appearance, Yu Lijing felt a pang of sorrow in her heart: "Xinyi, I didn't mean to abandon you back then. It's just that my health was failing. Staying outside would only bring disaster to the demon realm and wouldn't do any good."
After Yu Lijin finished speaking, she stared nervously at Yu Xinyi, hoping that her son could understand her good intentions back then.
She really had no other choice; it was a last resort.
If Yu Xinyi holds a grudge against her because of this, she really has no way to deal with it.
"If I had to make that choice again, I would still choose the same one. I can't let some personal matters ruin the demon realm." Yu Lijing asked herself. For the demon realm, what she did was absolutely worthy of her former status as the demon lord.
Yu Lijin's frankness made Yu Xinyi sigh, staring at her with a strange expression, without saying a word.
Yu Xinyi's expression puzzled Yu Lijing, who couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?"
"Mother, do you really think I'm upset because of that matter?" Yu Xinyi's question left Yu Lijing completely confused. Wasn't that right?
☆, Chapter 148 Could it be her?
Seeing Yu Lijin's puzzled look, Yu Xinyi felt as if he had been stabbed in the heart by a sharp blade, bleeding profusely.
"Mother, haven't you thought about my father?"
Yu Xinyi could no longer hold back and questioned him in a low growl.
He didn't understand why the relationship between his mother and father was so delicate.
Although they are family, there is a deep sense of estrangement between them.
Though we are strangers, we have the closest of ties.
This feeling was so strange that he couldn't adapt to it at all.
Even after so much time has passed, he still feels uncomfortable whenever he thinks about the way his father and mother interact.
"Your father?" Clearly, Yu Xinyi's question was not within Yu Lijing's consideration, so after hearing the question, Yu Lijing was stunned and did not react for a long time.
Yu Lijin's direct, instinctive reaction chilled Yu Xinyi to the bone.
It seems that, for the mother, her father was not even within her sphere of existence, or perhaps she had never even thought about him.
"Mother, what does my father mean to you?" Yu Xinyi's heart was filled with deep disappointment, but he still held onto a sliver of hope that he was really wrong.
His mother still had feelings for his father, even if it was just a tiny bit.
Yu Lijing stared at Yu Xinyi in astonishment. Her mind was often in a daze, so she couldn't think about too many complicated issues. Therefore, it took her a long time to understand what Yu Xinyi meant by his question.
Even after understanding Yu Xinyi's meaning, Yu Lijing didn't think about it seriously like a normal person would, or rather, she didn't give a different answer that Yu Xinyi could accept.
Yu Lijing spoke, answering entirely on instinct, without any embellishment, directly stating her truest thoughts: "He, what else could he be but the Demon Lord?"
"What is a Demon Lord?" Yu Xinyi noticed that he was about to explode, and a fire was burning in his heart like a volcano about to erupt.
If it weren't for his strong self-control, he would have really exploded.
“The Demon Lord is of course the ruler of the Demon Realm.” Yu Lijing didn’t quite understand why her son would ask such a stupid question.
"Is the Demon Lord just the ruler of the demon realm? What can he do?" Yu Xinyi looked at Yu Lijing's innocent expression, and his heart was bleeding, not for her, but for his father.
"Protect the demon realm." Without hesitation, Yu Lijing gave this answer, which was also the goal she had always pursued and the responsibility on her shoulders.
"Haha..." Upon hearing Yu Lijing's answer, Yu Xinyi threw his head back and laughed, his laughter so loud and so sorrowful.
Even though Yu Lijing's mind was muddled, it didn't mean she was stupid. She could still tell that something was off about Yu Xinyi's laughter.
"What's wrong, Xinyi?" Yu Lijing was worried that something was wrong with her son.
"Mother, is Father merely the Demon Lord? Have you never considered that he is your husband, that you are husband and wife?" Yu Xinyi abruptly stopped her sorrowful laughter, so abruptly, as if she had been cut off with a knife.
This abruptness made Yu Lijing feel a little uncomfortable. She vaguely sensed that Yu Xinyi's mood was off, so she cautiously asked, "Xinyi, are you unhappy?"
Yu Lijing's words almost made Yu Xinyi vomit blood.
How dare she ask him that question?
She actually dared to ask such a question.
He had to admire his mother; how could she even ask such a question?
"Mother, answer my question from earlier." Yu Xinyi decided not to let Yu Lijing evade the question from earlier; the mother and son needed to discuss this matter clearly.
Yu Lijing pondered Yu Xinyi's question seriously. After thinking for a long time, she asked in confusion, "Your question is completely meaningless. No matter what, he and I have already given birth to you. We are husband and wife, and that will not change..."
Yu Lijin wanted to continue, but Yu Xinyi suddenly waved his hand, indicating that he didn't want to listen anymore.
In an instant, Yu Xinyi seemed to have all her strength drained away. She stood up unsteadily, staggered backward, and almost fell to the ground several times.
Yu Lijing hurriedly got up to help, but Yu Xinyi dodged her.
"I'm tired, I'll go back and rest first. Mother, you... take care of yourself..." Yu Xinyi didn't know what to say to his mother, he really didn't know.
He has never felt so lost since birth.
Who does he think he is?