Demon King – Chapter 768 – Spot Check

Running in one after another to “harass” him like this, it was hard for Yuki not to wonder whether his mom had noticed something.

The key problem was that he really was guilty. There really was a loli hiding here. Even if she had climbed into his bed on her own…

“Just use the key to open it. I’m too lazy to get up…”

Lying on his side with his back to the door, Yuki once again hid Eiru’s petite body in his arms. Soon enough, the sound of a key unlocking the door came from outside.

If he went to open it himself, Yuki didn’t have the confidence to hide his girlfriend properly before Ning Xin came in. Better to play it safe and use the time it took to unlock the door to prepare.

“What are you hiding that you had to lock the door?”

The moment she entered, Ning Xin dropped a line that instantly spiked his blood pressure. She sized up her son’s back, then once again walked over to his wardrobe.

“If you need something just grab it. I’m going to sleep.”

“What kind of tone is that? Why are you so impatient?”

“You keep coming in and going out. How am I supposed to sleep?”

The little Demon Lord hiding in Yuki’s arms immediately sensed something bad. She quickly pinched his waist lightly, trying to remind him.

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Even if she didn’t know his mom as well as he did, when it came to dealing with parents, Her Majesty the Demon Lord had plenty of experience.

If you spoke to them with even a slightly forceful tone, it would most likely be taken as talking back or provoking them. And what would happen next… anyone who’s experienced it could guess.

“Am I in your room every day or something? What’s wrong with you today?”

Ning Xin stopped in her tracks, then turned around and flipped on the light with a snap, clearly displeased as she began lecturing him. The reminder had been too late. Just as Eiru expected, Yuki’s tough tone had triggered the taunt effect. Ning Xin directly planted herself there and refused to leave.

“Mom, I want to sleep… can you just let me go?”

Yuki was filled with regret. If he had just kept quiet, she would have left soon anyway. Why did he have to add that extra comment?

“Alright, let him sleep. Whatever it is, talk about it tomorrow.”

At this critical moment, Officer Li’s voice came from another room.

“I’ll deal with you tomorrow… what kind of attitude was that?”

Since her husband was smoothing things over, Ning Xin had no choice but to swallow the long speech she’d been about to unleash. After shooting Yuki a glare, she turned off the light and left once again. This time, she did remember to close the door.

“She might be suspicious. Let’s behave and just sleep tonight. No more messing around, okay?”

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Yuki gently stroked the girl’s face in front of him and sighed helplessly. It looked like there would be no exciting programs for the two of them tonight.

“Mhm~”

Rubbing her head against his chest, the little Demon Lord also reined in her mischievous side. She loved causing trouble, but she knew how to read the room. She wouldn’t actually make things difficult for Yuki.

“So what’s with you today, running to his room all the time?”

Sitting up in bed with a small booklet in his hands, Officer Li asked Ning Xin, who was applying a facial mask beside him. Setting aside his profession, noticing her unusual behavior right away was simply the basic duty of a husband.

“I feel like something’s off about him today. He’s definitely hiding something from us…”

Recalling all the suspicious details from her son’s behavior, Ning Xin, whose intuition was usually quite sharp, was already considering whether she should do another surprise inspection later.

“He’s not a kid anymore. It’s normal to have a few secrets of his own.”

Officer Li lowered his gaze back to the booklet in his hands. He didn’t think it was something worth digging into.

After all, it was his own son. What he could and couldn’t do, Officer Li trusted Yuki had that basic sense of judgment. Most of the time, he gave him a lot of freedom. He only stepped in to discipline or guide him when necessary. The whole point was to train Yuki’s ability to handle things himself.

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“I know, I don’t want to control him too much either… but for some reason, I just feel like he’s hiding something shameful from us.”

“But it’s already late. He should be sleeping. If you keep going in there, tomorrow when he wakes up late he’ll just use you disturbing him as an excuse.”

“He dares? Since when does he ever sleep this early?”

Ning Xin shot him a glare.

“Do you believe if I go over there now, he definitely won’t be asleep?”

“If you’re really worried, I’ll go check later… you going in and out like that, any kid would get annoyed.”

Officer Li felt quite helpless. If this went on, it would never end. Rather than letting his wife keep going over and escalating the mother son tension, it would be better for him to go over after the kid had fallen asleep. He could prove his son’s innocence while also giving his wife some peace of mind.

“No need to trouble you. Look at you, still so busy… even at home you’re holding that booklet.”

There were many things at the police station that weren’t convenient to tell family members. Ning Xin understood that and never pried. But she could guess that the booklet in his hands was definitely related to some case.

In the past, Officer Li had spent many years working out of town and rarely came home. Now that his job transfer allowed him to be back, he still looked like he couldn’t let go of work even at home. Ning Xin couldn’t help feeling heartache for her husband, afraid he was exhausting himself.

“It’s just checking on our son. It’s not troublesome… if we don’t get an answer, you won’t be able to sleep anyway, right?”

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More than an hour later, the little Demon Lord, clinging to Yuki like a koala with both arms and legs wrapped around him, was murmuring in her sleep.

She was having a strange dream. She dreamed she was inside a scene from some horror movie she had once seen. In a bizarre little town, she was outwitting something lurking in the shadows, maybe ghosts, maybe some evil serial killer.

It was said that once night fell, some kind of monster would appear in the town to harm people. So before dark, everyone had to return home to avoid accidents.

But calling it a battle of wits was generous. It was more like a complete power gap. Her Majesty the Demon Lord didn’t bother listening to their nonsense. She directly went out at night and faced the so called monsters head on.

The monsters outside were naturally dumbfounded. They were used to bullying weaklings. Suddenly a big boss they couldn’t afford to provoke showed up. It completely broke them.

After beating those monsters so badly they fled, solving a problem that had plagued the townspeople for years, the little Demon Lord was feeling quite smug.

Then she suddenly felt a beam of light shining onto her face.

“Who the hell is that? No manners at all? Shining a searchlight in someone’s face in the middle of the night…”

She frowned and muttered softly. But when she groggily opened her eyes, she realized that the light… didn’t seem to belong to her dream at all.