Demon King – Chapter 917 – What Is the First Step to Solving a Problem?

Based on Yunyue’s understanding of her little brother’s habits over the years, whenever he claimed he “had something to take care of,” it usually meant nothing more than going off after school to mess around with his gang of dubious friends.

Since Yunyue’s home was quite far from Seventh High, and because of what had happened before, she was temporarily living as a day student in the place Jixian provided.

Even though she dearly loved and cared for her little brother, this was still someone else’s house. Yunyue wasn’t shameless enough to suggest that Yunxing move in as well. Besides, staying in the dorm would at least curb his tendency to run around outside to some extent, wouldn’t it? After all, boarding students at Seventh High all had to attend evening self-study.

That said, if a student truly wanted to slip out, there were plenty of ways. Just like now. The moment school ended, Yunxing blended in with the day students and quietly left campus. As for evening self-study? Skipped. Absolutely skipped.

Eiru: ‘This brat actually carries the bearing of this Demon Lord?!’

However, something was different from usual today. Beside Yunxing, there seemed to be an extra little tagalong. That head of purple hair kept swaying back and forth in his field of vision, making the boy feel extremely irritated.

“What the hell are you following me for? If you’re a day student, then hurry the fuck home. If you’re boarding, then get your ass back to school!”

“Ehh, little gorilla is so heartless.”

With her trademark punchable grin plastered on her face, Yu Qiu continued provoking the boy beside her in her own unique way.

“Damn it, are we that close? Calling me that all friendly like.”

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Although she usually dressed in an extremely punk and rebellious style, Yu Qiu’s striking looks made most people’s first impression of her, no matter where she went, that of a mischievous and adorable little girl.

But none of that meant anything in Yunxing’s eyes. He didn’t even try to hide the disgust and annoyance in his gaze. Toward the little girl beside him, he truly couldn’t muster even the slightest bit of goodwill.

This little hellion couldn’t even walk properly. One moment she’d hop to the left, the next she’d tilt over to the right. If he sped up even a little, she would flash in front of him in a single step, deliberately blocking his path so he couldn’t walk faster.

‘I fucking run with people on the streets, and you dare block my way? Haven’t you ever tasted the beating of street punks before…’

Yunxing fumed internally, genuinely tempted to kick the girl right in the ass.

“Don’t be so distant. We’ve been classmates since middle school, haven’t we, little gorilla?”

“Who the fuck is your classmate? Don’t call me that weird nickname. Middle school or high school, we’ve never even been in the same class. Same my ass.”

Continuing to showcase his refined manners, Yunxing truly couldn’t understand why there existed in this world such a reckless, punchable girl who didn’t fear death at all. When other people saw his fierce-looking face, they wished they could detour around him. Yet she was different. Not only did she not avoid him, she even stuck to him and provoked him on purpose.

When he transferred to Seventh High, Yunxing had thought his life would no longer be disturbed too much. But after hearing that Yu Qiu had somehow also ended up at Seventh High, his blood pressure had shot straight up.

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You’re seriously a vengeful ghost that won’t disperse. You clung to me and stirred up trouble in middle school, and now you’re here again in high school? Aren’t you afraid those guys will catch you one day? You’re not some senior like Eiru who can actually fight…

“I just want to see what delinquent boys are like. Do you guys use knives to chop people? How do you collect protection fees? Just looking at you, little gorilla, you don’t seem like much.”

“Do you have to make me punch you?”

As Yunxing ground his teeth, ready to teach the purple-haired brat in front of him a lesson, not far behind them, two silver-haired heads were hiding in the shadows, secretly observing.

“Stupid Yuki, something’s fishy.”

“Lu Brat, I’m all ears.”

“No, get serious. Something really is off.” Her Majesty the Demon Lord jumped up on the spot. She was talking about something serious here. This wasn’t the time for jokes.

“Aren’t I cooperating with you?” Yuki scratched his head. “So what’s wrong? Even though there’s an extra person beside him, it shouldn’t affect much, right? She looks like a little delinquent too.”

Because Eiya had intentionally kept it from them, Eiru and Yuki didn’t know Yu Qiu at all. Seeing this girl with dyed purple hair, dressed in graffiti punk style and sticking close to Yunxing, they simply assumed she was another little delinquent in the same circle.

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“Well, Stupid Yuki, you don’t understand how these punks operate, so you can’t tell.”

As someone who frequently dealt with delinquent youths, the little Demon Lord was intimately familiar with the various territories, common hangouts, and gathering spots of the different delinquent groups around the area. With her absurd memory, she knew all of it like the back of her hand.

But after all this wandering around, Yunxing had already led Yu Qiu past three or four alleys where delinquents often gathered. And each time he passed by, he didn’t even glance inside.

“This isn’t normal. He took the risk of skipping evening self-study to come out. He should be in a hurry to meet up and gather with those people, right?”

“Could it be that they’re from different gangs, so he doesn’t want to bring her into his own group’s territory?”

In response to Yuki’s bold speculation, Her Majesty the Demon Lord directly shot him a white eye. A little delinquent girl barging alone into another gang’s territory? Did she think she’d be able to walk out in one piece?

“Forget it. Let’s keep watching. Anyway, today we’re just observing. No matter what happens, Stupid Yuki, we absolutely cannot interfere. Got it?”

After receiving Yunyue’s request and asking for detailed information before conducting a round of analysis, Eiru had come to the conclusion that there still wasn’t enough information.

If you wanted to solve a problem, you first had to find the cause of the situation. Without understanding why Yunxing valued that group of dubious friends so much, there was no way to prescribe the right remedy.

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However, because Yunyue often ventured deep into delinquent gathering spots to drag her brother home, she was still able to provide them with some useful intelligence. For example, Yunxing had always stayed with the delinquent group he joined in middle school and had never switched to another one.

Since he valued those brothers so much and even skipped class to come out and hang with them, yet was now wandering around in circles with a little girl in tow, wasn’t that strange? In their circles, wasn’t standing someone up considered a major taboo?

“I seem to have a feeling that our classmate’s little brother is trying to protect the little brat beside him…”

Resting her chin on her hand, the little Demon Lord suddenly voiced this inexplicable thought. Even she didn’t know why that notion had popped into her head.

‘That girl looks about one meter fifty. No, probably already one fifty-five. And you, a one-forty loli, have the nerve to call her a little brat…’

Yuki silently complained in his heart. But regarding Eiru’s claim, he didn’t sense that at all. To him, they simply looked like acquaintances hanging out in the same circle.

“But isn’t his name Yunxing? At least call him by his name properly. What the hell is ‘classmate’s little brother’ supposed to be?”