With a thud, Lu Qingyuan's gaze followed the direction.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, a gray current quietly escaped from Yu Tang's fingertips, silently wrapping around the fire lotus closest to his fingers, tearing off a petal, and slipping into the oversized cloak.
“The gods heard your wish.” After finishing the fire lotus, Yu Tang said, “He asked me to give you a message.”
Lu Qingyuan's fingers tightened, and he asked, "What did you say?"
He said he would grant your request.
“He won’t do any of those things you’re talking about.” Yu Tang said a lie that even he didn’t believe, but in the most convincing tone: “He will always be by your side. Until you close your eyes, until your soul is destroyed.”
Lu Qingyuan looked at Yu Tang quietly for a moment, his tightly furrowed brows relaxing slightly. Then he reached out and took Yu Tang's hand, saying, "Yes. I believe you."
After that, Yu Tang did not touch the fire lotus again.
Later, the sky turned from pitch black to overcast, which proved that daytime had arrived.
Lu Qingyuan left with Yu Tang, and before leaving, he took a deep look at the man with his lips tightly pursed, without saying a word.
Afterwards, the two returned to the first floor and moved back into Lu Qingyuan's castle.
This time, however, Lu Qingyuan, fearing that Yu Tang might be harmed while traveling in the Demon Realm, completely confined him to the manor.
They also set up a barrier around the huge manor, allowing entry but not exit.
He also developed a love for taking photos and videos.
He is passionate about taking photos of Yutang and can take enough photos in a day to cover an entire wall.
In the end, it was Yu Tang who ordered him to stop, saying that even if he was going to take pictures, he shouldn't stick them everywhere, and only then did Lu Qingyuan restrain himself.
As time went by, Lu Qingyuan's backlash became visibly more and more severe.
Because he was afraid he would hurt Yu Tang again in his sleep, Lu Qingyuan began to refuse to sleep.
Anyway, he was a demon and didn't need sleep, so he could endure it for a long time without sleep.
No matter how much Yu Tang tried to persuade him, he wouldn't let himself fall asleep again.
Even if he didn't sleep, he would close his eyes and lie with Yu Tang, opening his eyes every now and then to stare at the man's face for a while.
It's as if they want to etch the other person's image into their soul.
But the thought that he might not even be able to leave his soul behind filled Lu Qingyuan with an uncontrollable sense of desolation.
He didn't know what his mindset was right now.
On the one hand, they hoped that Yu Tang could return to a normal life after his death.
On the one hand, he hoped that Yu Tang would often think of him and not forget that there was once a person named Lu Qingyuan who loved him deeply.
“Tangtang…” In the dead of night, Lu Qingyuan’s thin lips were tightly pressed together, and the fear in his eyes was almost overflowing.
He dared not wake Yu Tang, so he struggled to suppress his sobs, embraced Yu Tang, and, shedding the strength he had been putting on all this time, humbly uttered his true thoughts: "I want to live..."
"I want to be with you forever... I don't want to die... I don't want to die yet..."
The old Lu Qingyuan was not afraid of death.
After the exhilarating feeling of avenging his great grudge, he lost all desire to live.
After all, the agreement with the God of Darkness was tantamount to a death sentence for him from the very beginning.
It's just a postponement.
Before meeting Yu Tang, he thought that if he died, he would die. He believed that this was all an exchange of benefits between him and God, and that he deserved the punishment for killing so many people.
But when he truly puts someone in his heart, he realizes how much he longs to live.
I want to live longer, much longer...
The demon's sobbing was suffocatingly loud in the quiet night.
The man held in his arms felt as if his heart was being torn apart just by hearing that voice.
Tears silently welled up in the corners of her eyes.
Yu Tang made up his mind.
He was determined to keep Lu Qingyuan alive.
Before we knew it, half a year had passed.
As Lu Qingyuan's birthday approached, Yu Tang specially went to learn baking, bought the raw materials, and personally baked a cake for him on his birthday.
The pure white mousse was filled with layers of chocolate cake, decorated with lace, and the top layer was made of strawberries arranged into a tacky heart shape at Lu Qingyuan's request.
In the very center it read, "Happy Birthday to my dear husband."
The patterns of backlash had uncontrollably spread all over Lu Qingyuan's face.
It looked somewhat out of place under the candlelight.
Lu Qingyuan used to boast about his looks, but now he always subconsciously covers his face with his hands.
Yu Tang grabbed his hand and pulled it slightly, revealing Lu Qingyuan's facial features covered by patterns.
"Don't hide it." He leaned forward and placed a kiss on Lu Qingyuan's forehead, saying softly, "No matter what you become, I will love you."
Lu Qingyuan's eyes stung with tears.
He held Yu Tang's hand tightly.
"Um……"
The candles were blown out, and the cake was shared.
In the dim light, Yu Tang took the initiative to kiss Lu Qingyuan's lips, offering herself to the devil.
Day and night alternate.
Because it is imbued with love, desire becomes sacred and pure, no longer merely animalistic and filthy.
This time, both Lu Qingyuan and Yu Tang completely let themselves go.
Lu Qingyuan, who hadn't slept for nearly half a year, finally couldn't hold back after indulging himself and fell asleep peacefully with the man in his arms.
A sliver of light shone into the room through the gap in the curtains, and Yu Tang opened her eyes.
He gently pressed his fingers on Lu Qingyuan's forehead and cast a small-scale sleep spell.
Then he sat up, put on his clothes, got out of bed, took out a small box from under the bed, and opened it.
Inside were Lu Qingyuan's dolls and toy airplanes, which he carried with him.
He brought it up and made fun of it for a long time, which made the little devil sulk for several days.
But Lu Qingyuan didn't know that Yu Tang had secretly poured the solution of the fire lotus into the box during that incident.
After all, Yu Tang knew Lu Qingyuan's temperament.
These toys are considered part of Lu Qingyuan's embarrassing past. After being dug up and ridiculed for them, he definitely won't touch them again anytime soon.
Therefore, by 'staining' the solution of the fire lotus here, it will absolutely go undetected.
Take out the solution and push the box back under the bed.
Yu Tang sat down on the edge of the bed, her fingers gently stroking Lu Qingyuan's eyebrows and eyes, her eyes filled with reluctance.
I'm sorry, little devil, I still hope you can live.
Live well, free from pain, with a healthy body and a whole soul...
After a long while, Yu Tang suppressed the surging emotions in her heart, finally unscrewed the cap of the solution, poured it into her mouth, and leaned down to kiss Lu Qingyuan's lips...
Chapter 51
Died for the fifth time for the villain (51)
The Demon Realm is perpetually shrouded in dark clouds, devoid of sunlight.
The sky was only a gradient of black, gloomy and desolate.
Yu Tang transferred all the medicine to Lu Qingyuan, then left the room and went to the place where Lu Qingyuan kept the photos and videos.
Everything about him was kept in a large box.
Then, without telling the servants in the castle, they buried the box in the ground in the rose garden.
The sacrificial ceremony was not very complicated.
Using their blood to draw an array, Yu Tang placed a kiss on Lu Qingyuan's forehead.
The golden light gradually intensified until it completely enveloped the two people in the room.
Yu Tang's figure gradually faded away.
Until it disappears completely.
Tears fell.
It landed on the corner of the demon's eye, slowly sliding down his cheek.
The angel, who had already left, did not notice a tiny, flickering black flame hidden in the corner of the room...
With Yu Tang's sacrifice, Lu Qingyuan's soul, which was almost swallowed up by darkness, finally regained balance, and the patterns on his face slowly faded, revealing the young man's almost perfect and handsome features.
However, a deep red beauty mark quietly appeared where a tear had fallen from the corner of her eye, adding a touch of allure to her already stunning appearance.
Standing in front of the mirror, the devil narcissistically stroked his face, a smile spreading across his face as he sighed, "Ah, I'm still radiant as ever today..."
"Well... I don't remember ever having a mole here."
Lu Qingyuan tilted his head and observed for a while before concluding, "Oh well, it doesn't affect my beauty anyway, so let it grow."
After taking a shower and getting dressed, he walked out of the room. The butler looked up at him from behind and showed a puzzled expression.
But remembering Yu Tang's instructions to them, they didn't say anything more and just told Lu Qingyuan that breakfast was ready and asked him to come downstairs to eat.
After finishing breakfast, Lu Qingyuan went out for a walk and looked up to see the barrier enveloping the entire manor, his face full of doubt.
"How come I don't remember setting up a barrier? And it only allows entry but not exit..."
"This is weird..."
He waved his hand, dispelling the barrier.