Demon King – Chapter 723 – Come On, Call Me Mom

Because he spent most of the year working out of town and rarely came home, Officer Li truly lacked an understanding of his son’s situation. When he had heard from Yuki not long ago that such a thing had once happened, he was shocked and filled with heartache.

An impulsive moment, hot blood rushing to his head, leading to thoughts of ending his life. Looking back now, even Yuki himself felt ashamed of who he had been back then. Something like that, practically on the level of black history, was something he never wanted to tell anyone if he could help it, preferring to bury it forever as a secret deep in his heart.

But his relationship with Eiru was not something he could hide forever. Sooner or later, his mother was bound to find out. Rather than arguing endlessly later with no result, it was better to secure the support of his dad early on, someone who could speak to her on equal footing.

To give his dad more material to persuade her, Yuki had recently found the time to privately tell him everything, in full detail, about his story with that certain loli.

Since Ning Xin’s dislike of Eiru was purely based on a misunderstanding, clearing it up through someone persuasive, Yuki believed his mom would eventually come to like his little girlfriend. His future daughter-in-law.

“Back in middle school, Yuki’s grades were terrible, right? And then suddenly they skyrocketed. You were so happy back then you even called me about it. You remember that, don’t you?”

Before Ning Xin could fully digest the bombshell that her son had once attempted suicide, Officer Li pressed on while the iron was hot, smoothly bringing out more of the story between Eiru and Yuki.

“The one tutoring him back then was Eiru. Our son being able to achieve what he has now is entirely thanks to him. So don’t talk about leading him astray. You could say he’s a great benefactor to our whole family.”

“Eiru? Tutoring our son?”

Ning Xin’s face was filled with disbelief. Wasn’t he that delinquent who skipped class, got into fights, and never studied? Where would he get the ability to tutor Yuki?

“Because aside from skipping classes, almost everything else about him was just rumor. As for deliberately keeping him grades very low, that was just him playing dumb to avoid attention, so people would leave him alone and he could skip class freely to go have fun.”

“So that’s how it was… then I really should apologize to that child, for always seeing her that way…”

Faced with such a stark reversal, she was still somewhat doubtful, but Eiru’s image in her heart had undeniably improved a great deal.

“And the child outside, do you know what her name is?”

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Officer Li pointed toward the door, preparing the next heavy bomb.

‘Isn’t she also called Eiru? Little Ki really is strange. Even if he wasn’t allowed to associate with that Eiru, there’s no need to find a girl with the same name to date, right? That’s way too weird.’

“The girl named Eiru outside is the same Eiru you’ve always disliked. Because of certain reasons, I’ve been keeping an eye on her and looking after her.”

“Stop stop stop stop stop. What are you saying? The two Eirus are the same person?”

Ning Xin was completely stunned.

“Don’t try to fool me. Leaving everything else aside, I’ve met Little Ki’s best buddy Eiru before. I’ve met him… met him?”

All of a sudden, Ning Xin fell into silence.

She was certain she had met him before. And because she disliked him so much, Eiru had left a very deep impression on her.

But why? Why couldn’t she remember his appearance at all, not even whether he was male or female? Even though she couldn’t remember, Ning Xin was still absolutely certain that he was a boy.

If the two of them were the same person, then there was no way she could have spent so long searching for this silver-haired loli and still not recognized her. And if she had been a girl getting that close to her son, her attitude and way of handling things would definitely have been different.

“You can’t remember, right?”

Officer Li sighed.

“Because of her family situation and some personal reasons, she’s been disguising herself as a boy.”

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“And the reason you can’t remember is simple. It’s not just that they look alike. That girl outside is exactly the little devil ‘she’ mentioned.”

“So you already found her long ago and just never planned to tell me?!”

Hearing that, Ning Xin immediately grew anxious. So you already found her and still let me run around busy for nothing out there?

‘It was because those two were dating. If I told you back then, I was afraid you’d be caught in a conflict and get anxious from both sides.’

Officer Li was helpless as well. At the time, he didn’t understand their past, and knowing full well how much his wife disliked that child, how could he dare say it and put her in an impossible position?

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“Mm… it’s so quiet in there. What are Uncle and Auntie even doing?”

Sitting in Yuki’s arms, the little Demon Lord perked up her ears, trying to listen for any movement inside the room, using that to judge whether she should immediately make a run for it.

“You’re not eavesdropping on them, are you?”

“No. I’m just listening for movement. I’m not enhancing my hearing to listen to the actual content.”

Pinching her own ears with both hands, Her Majesty the Demon Lord expressed that she was not willing to engage in such rude behavior.

“Then how did you end up with so many monstrous rumors back then…”

Yuki was speechless. The well-mannered, sensible girl in his arms was the complete opposite extreme of all those rumors.

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“Maybe because I did actually get into fights?”

While the two were talking, the bedroom door suddenly opened. The two parents who walked out saw the loli hurriedly getting up from Yuki’s body due to delayed reaction, and both of their faces instantly darkened.

‘Brat. Didn’t we tell you not to get handsy while we were gone? You really can’t hold back at all?’

“Li Yuki! You really can’t endure it, can you?!”

Ning Xin’s explosive temper flared. She strode forward and directly grabbed Yuki by the ear.

“Wait, don’t… actually I ran over myself. It’s not his fault.”

Yuki looked like he was about to cry. Seeing Yuki suddenly take the blame for her, the little Demon Lord immediately tensed up.

“Um, I know Auntie you really hate me… but I really, guwu?!”

Eiru, who didn’t want to leave Yuki, was hesitating over how to express her stance without angering her, when she was suddenly pulled into a warm embrace.

“Um… Auntie?”

Her Majesty the Demon Lord was dumbfounded. She could no longer understand how the situation was unfolding.

‘Didn’t she hate me to death? Why is she hugging me?’

‘Could this be the calm before the storm? Hug me first to lull me into letting my guard down, then take the opportunity to go for a killing blow?!’

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Sometimes you really have no idea what kind of brain circuitry this loli has. Out of nowhere, she managed to work herself into a panic.

“I know everything now. I misunderstood you all this time, when you’ve done so much for our family…”

Without a trace of falseness in her guilt or apology, Ning Xin hugged her tightly, genuinely ashamed of her past attitude.

“So, you like Little Ki, and Little Ki likes you too, right?”

Letting go of the girl in her arms, Ning Xin held her by the shoulders and suddenly asked this question seriously.

“Mom, we…”

Overjoyed, Yuki immediately jumped up, only to be pressed back down again by his dear dad.

“Shut up. Your mom is asking her.”

It was a very simple question, but judging from how red she was, practically turning into a steam engine, answering something like that in front of both parents was still a bit too difficult for this pure-hearted Demon Lord.

“Alright, alright, I get it…”

Ning Xin smiled, pulled the silly girl back into her arms again. The answer was already obvious.

“Then don’t call me Auntie anymore. Come on, call me Mom.”