Demon King – Chapter 612 – This Time, I Can Win!

It was already the third day. A whole group of people were running around everywhere searching, yet there was still no news of that certain girl at all… It was as if she had completely evaporated from the world, as though she had never existed in the first place, leaving behind not even the slightest trace.

This was bad news for everyone. A person had to eat, right? With not a single clue turning up, it meant she had not gone looking for food for a full three days… If this kept up, something was really going to happen.

Yuki was on the verge of going insane. He did not know what kind of suffering Eiru was enduring outside right now, but the moment he thought about her being hungry, exposed to the wind and sleeping rough, his heart hurt as if several nails had been hammered straight into it.

During this time, Hulu had fallen asleep before, which proved that Eiru had indeed slept outdoors. But Hulu’s poor sleep quality and current mental state were more than enough to reflect the condition of that pitiful girl outside.

“The weather forecast says it’s going to rain tomorrow. If we still can’t find her by then, something is really going to happen!”

Slamming his fist hard against the table in front of him, Yuki had never hated his own helplessness this much.

Eiru’s family side was still refusing to release any information at all. Even Jiaqi’s family, who were extremely close to hers, could not find out what exactly had happened.

As the saying went, family shame should not be spread outside. It was precisely because Eiru’s family was hiding things so tightly that Yuki could even more clearly tell the seriousness and nature of the situation.

Eiru had never collapsed to the point of completely vanishing like this. Yuki had already made a silent decision in his heart. This time, he would bring Eiru straight back to his own home. There was no need to send her back to a place that could only make her heart go cold and shattered.

“Hey, where are you going?”

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Just as Yuki threw on his clothes and prepared to head out again, Jiaqi called out and stopped him.

“I can’t sit still. I’m going out to look for Lu Brat.”

“Save your energy and worry. There’s nothing we can do right now… Outside, your dad and a whole group of police are searching for her. If they can’t find her, what can we do?”

There was a discouraged tone in his words, but what Jiaqi said did make sense. What ability did the two of them, just high school students, have to compete with the police when it came to finding someone? If they went out wandering aimlessly and exhausted themselves, then when she was finally found, how would they even rush to her side right away?

“So we just sit here doing nothing? She’s not your childhood friend? You can still sit still?”

“I can’t sit still either, but I know going out is useless! From childhood till now, whenever she wanted to hide, have we ever found her? This is already beyond what we can handle! You’re better off staying here. That way, if there’s news, you can rush over immediately!”

Those few shouted words stunned Yuki into silence. Then Jiaqi got up from his chair, walked over, and gently patted Yuki on the shoulder.

“Brother, I know you’re anxious… No one understands how you’re feeling right now better than I do. But all we can do now is wait for news and do what we should be doing, not go messing things up for the professionals with amateur efforts.”

With a sigh, Yuki seemed to have been persuaded. He supported himself on the back of the chair and sat down heavily on the chair beside him. But not long after, he stood up again. His chaotic heart simply would not allow him to sit quietly like this.

“You’re still going out? Have you paid attention to yourself these past few days at all?”

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“No, I just want to go out and clear my head… Come take a walk with me.”

Holding onto the doorknob, Yuki explained to Jiaqi. Right now, he really needed to change his mood and way of thinking, otherwise the first one to be driven insane would be him.

Jiaqi scratched his head and followed along. The two of them wandered aimlessly through the streets. Even though they said it was to clear their heads, their eyes still drifted from time to time toward various alleys, hoping to catch sight of a familiar figure.

But reality was always disappointing. There was no cheerful silver-haired girl lurking in the alleys. Walking through one street after another in deep disappointment, Jiaqi felt that letting things continue like this was not going to work… They had come out to clear their heads, after all.

“How about going for a walk by the Huanglong River?”

Jiaqi suggested. As someone who had grown up in a riverside village since childhood, he felt that only walking somewhere with water could truly help change one’s mood.

Besides, both of them knew that Eiru was afraid of water, so she could not possibly be at the river. Without that sliver of hope in their hearts, their attention would not keep getting dragged back to searching for her, and they could honestly just focus on clearing their heads.

Yuki accepted the suggestion. The two of them took a taxi straight to the river embankment. The wind carrying the strong scent of river water hit their faces, making them feel much more awake, and their hearts really did feel a bit better, no longer as chaotic as before.

Yuki and Jiaqi leaned against the guardrail of the embankment with both hands, gazing out. The two of them shared a tacit understanding and did not bring up any topics related to Eiru, simply staring blankly at the endlessly flowing river.

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From time to time, boats passed across the surface of the river. Now that the city had developed and construction was complete, there were all kinds of vessels on the river. Large ships, small boats, yachts, cargo ships… everything was there. Going to the port and renting a boat to take a ride was also a pretty decent way to pass the time.

Not far away, the bridge spanning the river stood imposingly, showing off Huanghai City’s rapid development over the years. Boats passed beneath the bridge, and every now and then, a few small ones would act like quirky young people, slipping through the little gaps by the bridge piers on either side.

Watching this scene, ordinary to the point of being unremarkable, Yuki suddenly seemed to realize something. After staring at the boats on the river for a while, Yuki abruptly looked as if enlightenment had struck him, then took off running along the embankment…

“Hey! What are you suddenly doing? Where are you going?”

Jiaqi hurriedly broke into a run and chased after him. Thankfully, he had not slacked off on exercise while abroad, otherwise he would have been left behind in an instant.

“I think I know where she is!”

“What the hell are you talking about, are you dreaming?!”

“I’m serious, I’m not joking!”

The two of them ran and talked at the same time, drawing the attention of passersby, who watched as the two boys sprinted along the embankment.

“Driver, to the port. The nearest port on the Huanglong River will do.” After running for quite a while, they finally spotted a taxi. Yuki quickly raised his hand to stop it. Panting heavily, he opened the door and blurted out something the moment he got in that left Jiaqi completely confused.

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“Are you out of your mind? The port? Don’t you know she’s afraid of water? She’d go to the port?”

Unless that girl had lost her mind and wanted to take a boat and leave Huanghai City, Jiaqi really could not understand what she would be doing at a port…

Hiding there? Someone with a severe fear of water, who would freeze up just getting close to a river, hiding in a place full of water like a port? Was she making things hard for herself, or had she gone crazy?

“Just listen to me. We’ll definitely find her this time!”

At this moment, Yuki’s heart was overflowing with confidence. He did not know about before, but this time, he firmly believed that his intuition was absolutely correct. This round of hide-and-seek, he could win!

“Forget it. I’ve heard that line who knows how many times these past few days.”

Jiaqi still did not really believe it, but when he met Yuki’s resolute gaze, he wavered a little.

“Fine. I’ll trust you this once… Might as well treat a dead horse as if it were alive.”