Demon King – Chapter 721 – Questioning from the Mother

When she had just been in her son’s room, even though there hadn’t been a single person inside, Ning Xin still noticed a few telltale signs.

Judging from the state of the bedding on the bed, someone had clearly been lying there not long ago. Combined with the size of the clothes she had inspected earlier, the one hiding in the room was obviously a very petite girl.

Because she was small, if she really hid, finding her would be quite troublesome. And the two boys outside were clearly in cahoots. If they really worked together to provide cover, then with just one moment of inattention, that little one in the room might slip away right under her nose.

Besides, with Hui Jiaqi present as a guest, Ning Xin didn’t want to do something as embarrassing to her son as turning his room upside down in front of others. So she took a step back and decided to wait at the stairwell for a classic ambush.

If Yuki had calmed down and thought it through, he probably would have noticed the flaw right away. His own mother, who was extremely sensitive to this sort of thing, even with work on her plate, how could she possibly let it go so easily?

Her head was clamped by a pair of merciless iron hands. The little Demon Lord looked at the silver-haired woman in front of her, who shared the same hair color as herself, and her mind seemed to go completely blank.

In reality, it really was blank. Because Yuki’s mom had always had a pretty poor attitude toward her. Looking at that face, to be honest, Her Majesty the Demon Lord felt an even more terrifying sense of oppression than she did from Officer Li.

Just as Yuki had said, his dear mother was an extremely strong-willed woman. She absolutely hated acting based on other people’s expressions. In interpersonal relationships, she was a very direct and highly individualistic person.

If she liked someone, she liked them. If she didn’t, she didn’t. She never fawned over others because of their status. And someone like Eiru, a so-called disreputable troublemaker who ran over here and might lead her child astray, even if she was her son’s close friend, Ning Xin wouldn’t give her much face, openly showing her rejection and disgust.

Thinking about it that way, the reason she chose to start her own business was probably also because she didn’t like constantly watching other people’s faces. But that kind of personality did, at times, cause Yuki quite a bit of trouble.

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“I knew it. You little brats teaming up to lie to adults, huh? Learning how to get close to boys at such a young age? And even getting close to my son?”

She had often heard that Yuki was very close with some girl, but had never found the opportunity. Today, she finally caught the girl who was getting close to her son. Ning Xin’s face carried anger, but also a hint of smug satisfaction.

“You… wait? You… who are you?”

She was just about to continue her harsh scolding, but after clearly seeing the little girl’s face in front of her, Ning Xin froze as if she had seen something unbelievable, her mouth falling open.

The stairwells of high-rise residential buildings were often dim without the lights on. When she first grabbed this girl, Ning Xin hadn’t had time to clearly see her appearance.

‘Silver hair, blue eyes… and those little white stars in her pupils? Could it be? No, impossible. Could there really be something this coincidental in the world?’

Because of a deceased friend, Ning Xin had been trying to locate a girl with these distinctive features. She had imagined countless possible ways they might meet again, but never once had she imagined it would be like this.

‘The one seducing my son into early romance is her? Impossible, right? How old is she? Why… why does it have to be her?’

“Child, what’s your name?”

Her tone softened quite a bit. Ning Xin squatted down slightly and began asking about the girl in front of her.

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“Ei… Eiru.”

Her head still in a crashed state from panic and fear, the little Demon Lord answered without thinking. And upon hearing that answer, Ning Xin couldn’t help but furrow her brows as well.

‘Eiru? That name is not… wait. Could it be that because I wouldn’t let him associate with that Eiru, he went and found a girl with the same name instead?’

At the same time, inside Yuki’s home, Yuki and Jiaqi were still having a completely useless discussion about Eiya. To be honest, the two of them were pretty much equally hopeless in this regard. The only difference was that Yuki had given up thinking and charged straight in.

“Ah, I’ll go open the door.”

As they were talking, the doorbell suddenly rang. Wondering whether someone had come back or if it was a delivery, Yuki made a pause gesture, stood up, and went to the door.

When he opened it, what entered his view were two figures with silver-white hair, one big and one small. And honestly, from Yuki’s current angle, the two of them really did look quite like mother and daughter.

“Sorry, Stupid Yuki, I got caught…”

With one hand being held, the little Demon Lord lowered her head slightly and apologized with a bit of guilt.

‘Huh?’

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Looking at this scene, after Yuki’s brain froze for a few seconds, what followed was an absolutely violent mental storm.

‘Lu Brat! My Lu Brat! How could you drop the ball at a time like this?! Where’s your invisibility? Where’s your illusions? Don’t tell me you got caught the moment you stepped out and turned a corner?!’

“Over there. Sit down!”

Shooting her son a glare, Ning Xin led Eiru back into the house by the hand. Inside, Jiaqi, who had witnessed the scene at the door, was completely dumbfounded as well.

“Ah… this? I won’t disturb you then?! I just remembered I’ve got something to do. Take care, Yuki! Goodbye, Auntie!”

Seeing that a full-blown family drama was about to unfold, Jiaqi very sensibly chose to sell out his teammate and make a run for it. Before Yuki could even reach out to grab this sacrificial lamb, the guy had already put on his shoes and slipped out.

Turning his head to look at his mother’s stern expression, Yuki really wanted to say something like I’ll go see him off and then escape. But he couldn’t very well leave his little girlfriend alone here to bear the pressure. So he could only grit his teeth and sit down on the sofa.

“How long have you been dating?”

She opened with an explosive question. There was no need to confirm anything. Ning Xin’s intuition told her that these two kids were absolutely dating.

“This semester…”

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“I’m not saying this to be mean, Little Ki, but at your age, being curious about the opposite sex, I can understand. But no matter what, you can’t go for someone this young. Look at her, she’s at most just started middle school, right?!”

Ning Xin’s tone was filled with heartbreak. She never imagined that with just a moment of inattention, her son not only got into early romance, but even set his sights on a child who looked like she might be in elementary school, at best middle school. Should she notify his dad? There might still be time. This needed to be corrected quickly.

“Mom, she’s sixteen… she’s in the same class as me.”

Yuki awkwardly scratched his head. But even more awkward was the loli sitting next to his mom. Judging from her puffed-up cheeks, she was probably sulking again because her age had been underestimated.

“Same class? Your class?”

Ning Xin froze for a moment, then her expression grew even uglier.

“And you still dare to get into early romance with her?! Since you’re both Honor Class students, aren’t you afraid of affecting each other’s studies? Ruining two top students at once?”

“What I oppose has never been early romance itself. What I’m afraid of is early romance affecting your studies, affecting your life. You kids still don’t understand. It’s not like just talking about love means you truly like each other, you know?!”