Demon King – Chapter 785 – The Unexpected Jiaqi

“Ah, your mom and dad have something to go handle, it’s not convenient to bring you along… since you’re already at their place anyway, just stay there for a while.”

After hanging up the phone, Jiaqi did not even know how to begin roasting his parents’ baffling operation.

‘What the hell? Forget about tossing your own son into someone else’s house, they’re two girls! And you’re seriously letting me stay there for this period?’

He did not even get a chance to protest. When the call came, the two of them were already at the airport preparing to board. On top of that, they had even locked the door from the outside, leaving Jiaqi with absolutely no way out.

“What’s wrong with you? Why do you look so lost?”

Lying on Eiya’s bed flipping through a manga, the little Demon Lord noticed the strange look on Jiaqi’s face when he walked in and could not help asking with some concern.

“Nothing… I just don’t know whether I should be happy or have a headache…”

Jiaqi’s feelings were extremely complicated. Being able to live under the same roof as the girl he liked was definitely something to be happy about. But their relationship had not… He could already foresee himself living in constant tension for the next period of time, staying on guard every second in case he accidentally offended her.

“Oh, your parents want to go live their sweet couple life, so they dumped you, the accident, here.”

After listening to his explanation, Her Majesty the Demon Lord delivered a small venomous remark before continuing to flip through her manga.

“Hey, Lu Brat! What do you mean accident? Translate that for me. What do you mean I’m an accident?!”

“Hm? Obviously Uncle and Auntie are true love, and Brother Jiaqi, you’re just their unexpected byproduct?”

Eiya, who was petting the cat beside them, chimed in as well. Hearing this from his childhood sweetheart, Jiaqi suddenly felt mentally and physically exhausted, like a deflated balloon.

The worst part was that he could not even refute it. Judging from his parents’ usual behavior, it really did feel like he was just an accident.

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As for whether his parents had any intention of assisting him in pursuing Eiya, that was absolutely impossible. After all, they never believed their unlucky son could actually win over someone else’s daughter. If they did not believe it could happen, what assistance would there be to speak of?

After suffering continuous critical hits, Jiaqi could only slink off to a corner and start drawing circles. Temporarily withdrawing from the childhood trio chat room, the only ones left in the room were the two sisters on the bed.

“By the way, Sis, what time did you get up today?”

“Hm? Eleven, I guess… I just sleep until I wake up naturally anyway. Why?”

Eiru answered casually. These days, the little Demon Lord was living quite comfortably.

“Nothing. Just feels like you’ve been getting up later and later recently.”

“Because I go to sleep late~”

Eiru did not think there was anything wrong with that. As long as circumstances allowed, who would not want to sleep late and wake up late?

“True. Your sleep schedule’s never fixed anyway… you sleep when you’re sleepy, just like these two cats.”

Eiya lifted the little tabby high into the air. As for why she did not lift the Maine Coon beside it, it was purely because she could not.

“Damn it, I want to keep living like you too, Sis… but Mom and Dad are back.”

There was a trace of grievance in her tone. Eiya knew her lazy days were numbered.

Yes, since the younger daughter’s body no longer had any major issues, and they did not really dare to manage the elder daughter too much, what awaited her was obvious. Eiya understood it very clearly.

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“They signed me up for two more extracurricular classes… painting and piano.”

“That’s good. It’ll cultivate your artistic temperament.”

Still flipping through her manga, the little Demon Lord looked completely indifferent to her sister’s complaints.

“Hey! Then why don’t you go learn?!”

“No thanks, I’ll pass… that stuff doesn’t suit me.”

She waved her hand decisively. As a macho man, Eiru felt she should be learning something more domineering.

“Then what suits you?”

“Hm? Fighting? Come to think of it, it’s been a long time since I smacked that bunch of hooligans around. My hands are kind of itchy…”

“That’s a bad habit! Sis! You’re a loli now. No fighting. Be a lady!”

“No lady! No lady! I’m a macho man! I refuse to be a lady!”

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Since Jiaqi’s parents had already informed the family here in advance, Ei Yuan and Liu Wan were very willing to let Jiaqi stay temporarily.

To avoid further mockery from the two shameless sisters, Jiaqi returned to the room arranged for him and called his good brother Yuki to talk about it.

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“Holy shit, I’m so jealous! You get to live at Lu Brat’s house!”

‘Uh… okay, this one wasn’t normal either.’

Listening to Yuki’s impassioned speech filled with envy, jealousy, and hatred on the other end of the phone, Jiaqi suddenly regretted making this call.

“What are you even dissatisfied about? Don’t you like Eiya? You get to live with her and you’re still complaining?”

“No, bro… you know what it’s like between me and her. I’m seriously on edge here, scared that any random move might lower Little Ya’s favorability toward me.”

“What are you being a coward for? Back when Lu Brat and I weren’t together yet, I still hugged her and took her shopping every day. At night I even hugged her to sleep… wait, didn’t you already sleep hugging Little Eiya too?”

‘I’m not you! You flirt with Lu Brat all day long…’

Jiaqi roared inwardly. Good thing Eiru used to be a boy and did not care about that stuff. Otherwise Yuki might have gotten slapped already.

“Little Ya and your Lu Brat aren’t the same. She wasn’t a boy before. She’s a genuine girl!”

“My wife’s a genuine girl too…”

“Damn it, stop messing around. You know what I mean! Anyway, there’s no way I can treat Little Ya as casually as you treat Lu Brat.”

On the other end of the phone, Yuki thought of someone’s reaction in a certain dream and could not help bursting into laughter.

“What are you laughing at?”

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“Nothing… I just thought of something happy.”

“Get lost. I’m not playing memes with you… Seriously though, I wanted you to give me some advice. You’re experienced, after all.”

But thinking about the special nature of that silver-haired loli, Jiaqi quickly dismissed the idea of asking Yuki for experience. The two situations were completely incomparable.

“No, Jiaqi… let me give you one piece of advice. Relax a bit. Be natural. Just like before. Treat Little Eiya the same as usual, and things will naturally work out.”

“Don’t make it sound so easy. It can’t be that simple… Besides, what’s your basis for saying that?”

‘Of course I have a basis. I’ve seen the script already.’

Yuki desperately held back his laughter. If he had not seen someone’s dream, he would not have dared to egg him on like this.

Yuki really wanted to directly tell Jiaqi about what happened in the dream… but if the other side found out about the little stunt he and Eiru had pulled, it would definitely be awkward. So he could only hint as much as possible.

“Seriously, Jiaqi… I’ve really never seen you this cowardly. If you were just a bit more confident… pfft hahaha, no, I can’t hold it in anymore.”

‘Laugh, laugh all you want…’

Listening to the unrestrained laughter from the other end, Jiaqi’s face was covered in black lines.