Demon King – Chapter 543 – Ex-Boyfriends at the Same Table at the Wedding?

Staring at the scenes in the video, Jixian’s mouth fell open. For a moment he wanted to say something, but then realized he could not say anything at all.

“Xuenan has been finding quite a few guys outside to act as her wallets. Including you. She uses this kind of dangling-the-feelings tactic, making the guys willingly pay for her.”

Because she maintained an image of being reserved, and always kept a polite distance, the guys involved never even realized that they were being treated as wallets.

Just like Jixian. Because he wanted to pursue her, he would carefully observe her every move. So with just a few hints, the guys would initiative show goodwill and help her buy whatever she needed. Since she never directly asked for it, and it was all supposedly mutual consent, no one could really say anything about her.

Eiru and Yuki were also carefully choosing their words in their minds. After all, they knew exactly how deep Jixian’s feelings for her were. Just the fact that she was a childhood friend he reunited with after a long separation already said a lot, not to mention that Jixian had been searching for her for years.

“I don’t believe this. There must be something else going on. I’m going to find her. She’s not this kind of person!”

Jixian completely refused to believe what he saw in the video and immediately moved to pull open the door to confront Xuenan.

“Stop, stop, stop, don’t rush it! You going over there now won’t help at all!”

Eiru and Yuki each grabbed one of Jixian’s arms, forcibly stopping this man who was on the verge of going berserk.

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Jixian himself might not realize it, but others could think it through. Xuenan had kept her distance from him all this time. They were not even nominally boyfriend and girlfriend. If he went to question her now, she had plenty of ways to brush him off.

And even if she could not brush it off, if she got anxious and heated and directly said she did not want anything to do with him anymore… even though that would technically be a good thing, the two of them were afraid that Jixian in his current state might just chicken out, or be unable to bear that reality.

“How about this. I’ll help you get those guys together and you can all talk it through in detail, see whether it’s really like this… If you go ask her now, you definitely won’t get any results.”

The little Demon Lord proposed an idea. Even though it looked like a victim support meeting, with a vibe like ex-boyfriends sitting at the same table at a wedding, it really was the most suitable solution at the moment.

“I’ll go with you too. I won’t feel at ease if you go alone.”

Yuki added.

After being persuaded by the two of them, Jixian slumped down into a chair, looking completely dead inside. The feelings he had invested were not something an ordinary person could empathize with. Getting this kind of result in return, how could he possibly accept it?

If she really did not like him, that would be fine. She could have just rejected him and let him give up. But dangling his feelings like this, while maintaining similar ambiguous relationships with several other guys, what was this supposed to be?

When Her Majesty the Demon Lord got serious about things, she was decisive and efficient. In just one afternoon, she brought Yuki along and found those guys, inviting them to the dorm. One of them could not make it because he had something to do, so he was not brought over.

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After showing the recordings to them, the guys gathered together and started discussing. Eiru and Yuki looked at each other. It was awkward for them to butt in… but judging from the gradually turning atmosphere, the outcome did not look very optimistic.

“She told me today that someone in her dorm was keeping a hamster, and it ended up implicating her too.”

“Same here. She said her roommate dragged her down with it or something.”

Hearing this, Jixian’s expression immediately became complicated. It was hard not to connect this with what had happened to Yunyue before. Now that Yunyue’s innocence had been confirmed, who the one throwing dirty water was became obvious.

What gave him the biggest headache was that some time ago, when Xuenan went shopping with him, she had shown strong interest in hamsters… so that hamster seemed to be something he had bought for her?

Before, he only knew that Yunyue had been framed for keeping a small animal, but he did not know what kind, so he never made the connection. No wonder Xuenan never explained the details to him. The moment she mentioned keeping a pet, it would definitely remind people of that hamster.

“Forget it. Now that I know she’s this kind of person, I’ve lost interest. I’ll just treat the money I spent as feeding a dog.”

One hot-tempered guy directly pulled out his phone and deleted Xuenan’s contact info. Everyone was not stupid. No one would really stay in a pit forever.

With him taking the lead, the other guys also expressed their disappointment in Xuenan. Once they compared notes, they realized that this scheming woman was actually running multiple lines of investment. That was ridiculous. Who would willingly be a spare tire? Not to mention she had been stringing them along the whole time, without even establishing a relationship.

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After politely thanking Eiru and Yuki, the guys cursed under their breath as they left the dorm. Only Jixian was left behind, standing there questioning his entire existence. Compared to the others, he carried an extra weight called childhood sweetheart feelings. Giving that up so easily was something he truly could not do.

“I don’t understand. She was clearly so good when we were kids… and she always acted that way in front of me… Was I not good enough somewhere? Why did she have to go find other guys, and treat us like monkeys like this?”

Seeing Jixian like this, the little Demon Lord felt awful too. She was just about to step forward and comfort him, when Yuki reached out and stopped her. Seeing him shake his head at her, she immediately understood what he meant.

Let him be alone for a while. This kind of thing was not something outsiders like them could solve just by saying a few words. Yuki himself had been through emotional experiences before. Even though his ending was a good one, he could understand this kind of emotional entanglement.

Holding the girl beside him by the hand, Yuki quietly led her out of the dorm, leaving both time and space to the pitiful big guy inside.

“Is it really okay to leave Aunt Mu alone?”

As soon as Yuki closed the door, Her Majesty the Demon Lord tugged at his sleeve, asking worriedly.

“He’s a smart guy, and a lot stronger than we imagine… Don’t forget, in this dorm that calls me Brother Yukii all day, you know who the real big brother is, right?”

Jixian was the oldest in Dorm 1503. Being a year older than the others, he was also the most honest and straightforward one on ordinary days. Even though everyone teased him all the time, deep down they truly regarded him as the reliable big brother of the dorm.

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Before, Yuki had asked him for advice plenty of times because of Eiru. That alone showed Jixian’s actual standing in the dorm. Letting people tease him was just because he was more mature and did not care, not because he could not deal with it.

“My guess is tomorrow or the day after. Anyway, within these two days, he’ll probably go find Xuenan to demand an explanation…”

He reminded Eiru to be mentally prepared in advance. Right now, everything was still coming through other people. When Xuenan delivered the blow to him face to face, that would be the real storm. As brothers, this hurdle he had to face was something they needed to help him get through together.

Translator Note

See? I was right! They’re gonna break up~! Let’s see if after that whether Yunyue is gonna be with Jixian or not~ But since this novel is quite slow-paced, I don’t think it will happen anytime soon. Or perhaps, there may be another new character that cut the line~ I could only guess, but all still depends on the author~