Demon King – Chapter 457 – Father and Son Talk

After tossing out a few hypocritical lines like “for our daughter’s sake, we’ll come again,” the two old scoundrels who had been crushed by Officer Li’s presence for most of the day finally left.

Although he knew they would come back to pester them again in a few days, Officer Li stepping in at least made them behave themselves for a while. Even if he was not around next time, they probably would not dare be that brazen again. In a roundabout way, it counted as easing some pressure off his son’s shoulders.

“You two can come out now…”

Knowing full well that there were two little brats eavesdropping inside, Officer Li tossed out the words and continued sitting on the sofa, picking up the newspaper he had not finished reading.

“Wait, Lu Brat, where are you going?”

The moment they stepped out of the room, Yuki reacted fast and grabbed the back collar of a certain girl’s coat, because she was very obviously charging straight toward the front door.

“They ran off, I have to follow them!”

Her Majesty the Demon Lord declared that she was going to stir up some trouble, and was immediately hauled back by Yuki, whose face was full of black lines, like he was grabbing a little chick.

“What are you doing, didn’t we agree you’d let me go…”

Halfway through her sentence, the little Demon Lord suddenly noticed Officer Li’s attention shifting toward them, and she was so startled that she snapped her mouth shut.

‘Strictly speaking, am I kind of committing a brainwashing crime? If Uncle Li heard this, would I get arrested?’

Looking at Officer Li’s eternally stern expression, Eiru instantly chickened out.

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“It’s almost time to eat, don’t go out anymore…”

Officer Li said slowly. He knew there were colleagues outside keeping an eye on this silly girl.

He did not know what she planned to do if she went out, but if he let her run off, the colleagues outside would have to suffer again. And although Eiru herself did not know it, if she got a whim and turned invisible or flew a bit faster or something, losing her would take only minutes.

In that situation, those colleagues would have no choice but to once again estimate her general direction and mobilize a large number of people to look for her. Although they usually found her pretty quickly, it was still quite a hassle.

What gave Officer Li the biggest headache, though, was that this little demon seemed to be dating his son.

Although he quite liked Eiru, and in this situation it was also convenient to keep an eye on the child, how to explain things to his superiors was one problem. Whether his son was suitable to be dating right now was another problem. But the most troublesome issue of all was Eiru’s family situation.

“Girl, go back to your room and play for now… Son, you don’t need to go to the kitchen either. Auntie went out to buy groceries, she’ll cook when she comes back. Come here first, I need to talk to you.”

Indicating that the cooking arrangements could be handled by the household helper, Officer Li stopped Yuki, who was about to head into the kitchen, planning to have a heart to heart talk with his son.

Naturally, the little Demon Lord was not going to butt into a father and son issue. She obediently headed toward Yuki’s room once again. Just as some small thoughts started to stir in her mind, Officer Li’s voice came from behind her again.

“I know you have many ways, girl, but I hope you don’t eavesdrop…”

Although what they were going to talk about was related to this silly girl, Officer Li did not plan to let Eiru hear the content of the conversation between him and his son, so he issued a warning.

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“Huh? Yes, sir!”

Her Majesty the Demon Lord was so startled that she shivered, then fled as if escaping, hiding in Yuki’s room. Only the Li father and son were left in the living room.

“Dad… what did you want to talk abou—”

Yuki had just started to ask when his dear father cut him off.

“You like that girl, right?”

Officer Li asked unhurriedly.

“But she has a lot of troublesome issues on her, do you know that?”

“Dad… I know, but I really like her.”

Yuki lowered his head.

“Didn’t you say you didn’t oppose it?”

“I don’t oppose it. I’m here to warn you. Don’t do anything over the line to that girl. You two are still young. Control yourselves. That’s out of respect for each other.”

Officer Li delivered a classic ‘someone else’s cabbage’ speech, warning the ‘pig’ his family had raised for over a decade.

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“Every girl is her family’s treasure. If you truly like her, then act like a man. Don’t do anything that betrays her or disrespects her, understood?”

Yuki really wanted to complain that a certain girl used to be a man herself, but his father’s words did hit him right in the heart. He was willing to shoulder everything he needed to for Eiru, to bear everything for her.

“I don’t know exactly what kind of thoughts you have toward her, but the problems on her are many and serious. The road ahead for you two is not as easy as you imagine…”

Officer Li said earnestly. He had never liked beating around the bush, so he directly pointed out what they would have to face in the future.

“I’m not forbidding you from dating. I just want to say that if this is only a momentary impulse, then I advise you not to continue. That would be good for both of you.”

“But I’m not…”

Hearing this, Yuki could not help getting agitated. Even if it was his own father, no one was allowed to question his feelings for Eiru.

“Don’t rush, I’m not finished…”

Officer Li simply raised a hand to signal him to be quiet, then continued.

“If you’re serious, then you need to be prepared to face all kinds of troublesome problems. Dad’s requirement for you is this. Dating is fine, but you absolutely cannot let it affect your own life.”

“You are her future support. You have to have that awareness. Because of that, you can’t let something like dating affect your studies and waste your life. You have to grow up before you’re qualified to like her, to protect her. Do you understand?”

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“After saying all that… Dad, you’re just afraid it’ll affect my studying, right?”

Yuki’s mouth twitched. When it came to studying, that girl was the real monster, okay?

“Not just studying. I hope you can grow, understand? Only when you can stand on your own can you properly protect the girl you like. If all you think about is getting together and being sweet with her, then you’re not worthy of liking her.”

It was the first time Officer Li had expressed his view on so-called early romance to his son. In his eyes, love required a sense of responsibility and a big picture perspective. Early romances that affected studying and ruined one’s life were either momentary infatuation or a lack of big picture awareness.

The prerequisite of loving someone was being able to secure your own life. If you could not even secure everything for yourself, then you were just living off the other person, which meant having no sense of responsibility.

As for the so-called big picture perspective, it meant having the awareness to develop yourself and become your partner’s support. Either grow together while supporting each other, or grow yourself into the other person’s shield. That was what having a big picture perspective looked like.

“You’re the only son in the family. In the future, the burden of the household will fall on you. Do you want to be a useless freeloader living off Little Lu, or do you want to become her support?”

Yuki opened his mouth, about to answer, but Officer Li waved his hand, signaling him to leave.

“No need to answer me. As long as you have the answer in your own heart. That girl is the daughter of an old friend of mine. I hope you’ll make the right choice.”

After saying that, Officer Li unceremoniously kicked his son back into his room and continued reading the newspaper in his hands.