Demon King – Chapter 782 – Shut-In Demon Lord

Putting everything else aside, the relationship between Eiru and Eiya’s family and Hui Jiaqi’s family was genuinely very close.

Sure enough, under the enthusiastic hospitality of the two parents, Hui Jiaqi stayed for dinner again.

After dinner, they said it was already late and suggested that Hui Jiaqi stay the night. There were plenty of rooms anyway, and he still had spare clothes from previous sleepovers.

‘Wait, it’s fine before when you didn’t know Lu Brat was a girl. But now both of your kids are daughters. Leaving a teenage boy in the middle of puberty here, is that really appropriate?’

Even though Hui Jiaqi was complaining like crazy inside, his little selfish desire toward his childhood sweetheart made him follow his heart and stay.

But the moment he agreed, he started to regret it.

Because he remembered that sleepless night at his own house. That feeling of pain and happiness coexisting was still vivid in his memory. And this time, there was an even more troublesome variable added in. Thinking about that trashy older sister and whatever nonsense she might stir up, he suddenly felt that staying might have been a mistake.

‘It’s fine, it’s fine. This time we’re not in the same room, right? Just sleep peacefully and run early tomorrow…’

‘Then why am I staying here! I’m staying to get closer to Little Ya! But I can’t offend her. What if her favorability drops…’

The angel and demon in his heart fought fiercely, until Ei Yuan softly called his name a few times, snapping him out of his internal battle.

“Little Qi, what were you thinking about just now? So absorbed?”

“Nothing, nothing…”

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Hui Jiaqi forced an awkward smile.

‘I can’t exactly say I was thinking about your daughter, can I? I’d still like to live a few more years…’

“You know about our family situation…” Ei Yuan sighed lightly. “To be honest, as parents, we’ve failed. So when it comes to communicating with Little Lu, your aunt and I can really only rely on you.”

“Huh? Oh, of course, of course.”

Hui Jiaqi more or less understood what he meant. He also knew that the couple was afraid of offending Eiru.

Like right now, that silver-haired loli stayed home playing games all day, never going out, just shutting herself in and doing nothing but gaming. If this were an average family, the parents would have started yelling long ago.

But Ei Yuan and Liu Wan simply did not dare to say anything.

They already felt guilty. They also knew their daughter did not really like them. They were afraid that one wrong word would anger their daughter who had suffered all this time.

So now, no matter what the little Demon Lord did, as long as they could turn a blind eye, they would. Or rather, they did not dare to interfere.

But staying this awkward was not a solution either. They had to try to understand their own child, right?

So they could only turn their attention to Hui Jiaqi, who had always gotten along well with their eldest daughter.

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They were not asking him to do anything weird like play double agent. They just hoped he could dig out some of their daughter’s thoughts and attitudes. In short, be a middleman in communication. Otherwise, if they did not even know what their daughter needed, that would just be another way of offending her.

When Yuki learned about this, he did not know whether to laugh or be angry.

‘So in your eyes, Lu Brat is such a spoiled, unreasonable girl that you are afraid of offending her just by speaking?’

As the person who understood his little girlfriend best, Yuki knew many of the thoughts Eiru kept hidden in her heart. To her, this kind of distant and cautious attitude was not pleasing. Most likely, she would see it as alienation.

To be honest, Yuki had never seen a girl more considerate than Eiru. She might be mischievous, but when it came to important matters, she was always obedient and sensible. When people were anxious out of concern and sometimes said harsh words, she had never failed to understand.

Look at Ning Xin. She was always scolding her too. Even though the little Demon Lord occasionally grumbled, she knew it was for her own good, so she always listened. She had never once said something like, you’re not my parents, why are you bossing me around?

In fact, in Eiru’s eyes, proper discipline was part of a family atmosphere. Even if she did not particularly like her parents, if they scolded her over something genuinely right, she would still feel noticed and cared for. Like when she was disciplined at Yuki’s house, maybe when her ear was being tugged, she was secretly quite happy inside.

Because she knew her trashy parents wanted to train her, even when living alone outside, she had rarely complained.

Because she knew her family was running around tirelessly due to Eiya’s health condition, she had neglected her. So even in the face of obvious favoritism toward Eiya, she completely understood and had never fought over anything.

Because she knew Ei Yuan had beaten her back then due to the misunderstanding that she had harmed her own sister, even after being injured so badly, she had never resented him.

Such an understanding girl, and yet her parents were afraid of offending her with a single extra word.

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Yuki truly did not know whether to pity them or be angry.

Following his childhood sweetheart back into the game room, Hui Jiaqi saw that the unlucky trashy sister finally seemed tired from playing.

The moment he entered, he saw the silver haired loli hanging half her body over the back of the sofa like laundry on a rack, completely limp and unmoving.

“Lu Brat? What’s wrong now? Already wiped out? You’re too weak.”

“Don’t mention it… I’m old. Not what I used to be.”

Hanging over the sofa, the little Demon Lord waved weakly at the two of them.

“If this were before, I could pull two all nighters. Now after just one night of gaming, I can’t hold on.”

Eiya and Hui Jiaqi exchanged a look, both seeing helplessness in each other’s eyes.

Then Eiya stepped forward in two or three strides, helped her sister upright, and laid her down with her head resting on her own lap, letting her enjoy a lap pillow.

“So Lu Brat, why don’t you go out for a walk? Little Ya said you’ve been cooped up at home these days. Even if you don’t want to go out and play, why not go see A Xi?”

Looking at Eiru enjoying his little childhood sweetheart’s lap pillow, Hui Jiaqi was insanely jealous. And Eiya was even gently massaging her sister’s little head.

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When would he ever get to enjoy such happiness?

“I want to. But aren’t those two upstairs?”

Eiru pointed at the ceiling. They both knew she meant Ei Yuan and Liu Wan in the living room upstairs.

“The day they just came back, I was already suspected when I was at Stupid Yuki’s house. If I keep running over there every few days, they’ll definitely find out, okay?”

She also wanted to run over to Yuki’s house and get petted and spoiled.

But for the sake of the long term and to avoid unnecessary trouble, she could only stay home and distract herself with games.

Fortunately, she could still call Yuki and play online games together. She was not that bored usually. But once the two of them got too into it and played too long, it ended up like this.

“Even if you’re playing online with Brother Yuki, sis, don’t play for too long. If he finds out, he’ll spank you again.”

“Uu… but I’m bored…”