Volume 1, Chapter 60 – Even if I’m Deceived, I Will Still Love Her

Although the silver-haired little fox demon had agreed with Song Shiyuan to move over in a few days,

Song Shiyuan woke up the next day to hear unusual sounds coming from the courtyard next door.

“This early…? Ming Zhaoxi?” Song Shiyuan was surprised.

She went to look at the courtyard next door, and sure enough, it was her little fox demon.

“Axi moved over.” The little fox demon was full of energy. “Surprised?”

“Very.” Song Shiyuan was moved in her heart.

She wanted to reach out and pull her little fox demon into her embrace, but Lu Zhuxin cleverly dodged.

Song Shiyuan saw the half-smiling expression on the little fox demon’s face.

“Don’t push your luck now.” Lu Zhuxin said quietly.

The smut novel female lead she had written really did love being close.

She was so clingy.

Discovering her plan was foiled, Song Shiyuan wasn’t annoyed. She said, “Want to come sit at my place?”

“Sure.” Lu Zhuxin readily agreed.

The two entered the room together.

Lu Zhuxin saw the books piled in Song Shiyuan’s corner. “Why are those books piled there?”

Song Shiyuan glanced over and discovered the little fox demon was pointing at the non-recyclable trash she had previously tossed casually in the corner.

At that time, Song Shiyuan had just been released from prison. She was suspicious of everything around her. After being humiliated by fox demons with that kind of trash, in anger she had thrown those things to the corner by the wall.

Later, Song Shiyuan had forgotten about those things.

Now that the little fox demon pointed them out, she remembered.

“Those are storybooks. When I was cleaning the bookshelf before, I temporarily piled them there,” Song Shiyuan said.

“Storybooks!” The little fox demon’s eyes brightened. “Then today, let’s read storybooks together.”

“Read storybooks together?” Song Shiyuan blinked.

Song Shiyuan had always really liked reading storybooks.

Before joining Lingxiao Sword Sect, her favorite thing was to curl up in her room reading storybooks. Her own room back home had hundreds of storybook volumes piled up.

Very few people knew about this hidden hobby of hers.

However, the subject matter of these storybooks in the Fox Palace was all somewhat unspeakable.

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So Song Shiyuan hadn’t had the courage to read them.

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In the end, Song Shiyuan was still pulled by Lu Zhuxin onto the bed to read storybooks.

The two lay side by side on the large bed, each holding one side of the book, two people reading one book together.

“This story looks pretty good! The adventure journey with fox daughter disciples. The protagonist is too cold, right? Is the author trying to write him as a eunuch?”

Lu Zhuxin enthusiastically discussed the storybook’s content with Song Shiyuan.

“Mm… indeed somewhat unreasonable. Sword cultivators have vigorous blood and qi, their desires would also be very strong… A sword cultivator staying together with fox demons, nine times out of ten they would…”

Song Shiyuan casually responded, not even clear herself what she was saying.

Her attention wasn’t on the storybook at all.

In this position, the two people’s faces had to be extremely close to read the same place together.

So close, Song Shiyuan could very easily smell the subtle fragrance coming from the little fox demon’s body.

Just scooting a bit more to the side, Song Shiyuan’s face could press against the little fox demon’s tender, smooth little face.

I really want to… be close to her.

After having two intimate experiences, Song Shiyuan discovered she had become even more eager for intimate contact with the little fox demon.

Just being close and leaning against her like this, Song Shiyuan felt her heartbeat accelerating.

This was the feeling of liking someone.

Song Shiyuan discovered she liked this little fox demon far more than she had imagined.

“Shiyuan, are you reading?” The little fox demon turned her head to ask.

“I’m reading.” Song Shiyuan hastily collected her thoughts. She swallowed, moistening her dry throat.

Then she refocused her gaze on the storybook before her.

She glanced over and discovered the plot currently written in the book was about the male protagonist’s newly accepted little fox demon disciple coming to her initial heat period.

To help the little disciple alleviate the lustful restlessness brought by the initial heat period, the male protagonist prepared to give the little disciple a shallow mark.

This plot was very similar to the little fox demon’s experience back then.

When the little fox demon came to her initial heat period, it was also like this. She wanted Song Shiyuan to help her with a shallow mark.

Just at that time, Song Shiyuan had fled at the last moment.

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Thinking of this, Song Shiyuan’s eyes dimmed somewhat.

If at that time she hadn’t made the wrong choice, things might have been different.

“Shiyuan, what are you thinking about?” The little fox demon asked. “You look all worried and distressed.”

“I’m fine… just thought of some unpleasant things that happened before.” Song Shiyuan shook her head. “But it’s all in the past now, no need to mention it again.”

“Alright.” The little fox demon smiled on her face. Regarding the past Song Shiyuan mentioned, she didn’t care. “Let’s continue reading.”

Song Shiyuan continued reading. Soon, her brow furrowed.

“Initial heat period… even if only performing a shallow mark, there’s still a high probability of pregnancy?” Song Shiyuan’s eyes showed surprise.

“That’s right.” The little fox demon said. “This is common knowledge all fox demons know.”

Song Shiyuan turned to look at her. “You knew too?”

“Of course I knew.” The little fox demon said matter-of-factly. “I already said this is common knowledge.”

“…” Song Shiyuan felt her heartbeat seemed to skip a beat.

She finally knew where that sense of unease and dissonance from that night came from.

She also understood what the little fox demon had meant when she said “approaching her with selfish purposes.”

When the little fox demon’s heat period arrived, she was clearly maintaining consciousness, yet still pretended to be lost in desire, precisely to use Song Shiyuan’s sympathy to approach her and have her perform a shallow mark.

“The little fox demon… wanted to conceive my child.” Song Shiyuan murmured quietly.

So that’s why the little fox demon felt she was selfish, why she blamed all the fault on herself.

Yes, she was indeed selfish. She had deceived Song Shiyuan.

However, Song Shiyuan now discovered she had absolutely no way to feel angry because of this matter.

Instead, she felt her heart beginning to ache faintly again.

If she had known this truth at that time, she definitely wouldn’t have agreed to the little fox demon.

But now, she only felt heartbroken.

If she hadn’t made the wrong choice back then, the little fox demon wouldn’t have become like this.

“Why did it have to be this way…” Song Shiyuan murmured.

“Shiyuan, what are you saying?” The little fox demon beside her asked.

“Nothing…” Song Shiyuan forced herself to pull up a smile. “Just wondering how there could be such a foolish fox demon in this world.”

“Even using deceptive methods, still wanting to obtain the person she loves. Isn’t she afraid that after the one she loves learns the truth, they’ll leave her again?”

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“Right!” The silver-haired little fox demon shrugged her shoulders. “That’s why this kind of person only exists in storybooks!”

The silver-haired little fox demon pointed at the storybook before them.

The little fox demon disciple in the storybook, to obtain the male protagonist’s love, deliberately concealed the danger of the initial heat period. Then she got her wish and conceived the protagonist’s child.

Call her foolish? She was indeed foolish.

Even knowing she did such a thing out of genuine love, that still couldn’t deny this matter was wrong.

The male protagonist in the story naturally became furious because of this.

But in the end, he still chose to forgive.

Because he discovered he had always had feelings for his fox demon disciple.

He had long since stopped wanting to leave her.

“If it were you.” Song Shiyuan asked. “If the person you liked used deceptive methods to obtain your love, would you choose to forgive?”

“Of course not!” Lu Zhuxin answered decisively. “Deception is deception. No matter how beautiful the reason used to cover it up, it can’t conceal that she used the wrong method.”

“So if it were Axi, Axi absolutely wouldn’t forgive her that easily.”

“This is a matter of principle. If even this kind of thing can be easily forgiven, then either the story’s protagonist is stupid or foolish.”

“Or else, it’s like the male protagonist in this story, who already had improper thoughts toward his little disciple all along.”

The little fox demon turned her head. “Then what about you? Shiyuan, could you tolerate someone deceiving you in the name of love, using methods to obtain you?”

“I…” Song Shiyuan was silent for a while. She looked at the little fox demon beside her and raised her hand to pull her into her embrace. “Perhaps there really do exist such foolish people in this world.”

Lu Zhuxin, suddenly held by Song Shiyuan, showed a satisfied smile on her face.

Shiyuan, oh Shiyuan. Although you’re a hungry wolf in bed, when not in bed you’re simply a warm-hearted little angel.

You must remember well the thoughts in your heart right now. No matter how I deceive you later, you must love me well.

Hehe.

Lu Zhuxin made a show of pushing Song Shiyuan away.

“Y-y-you… what are you doing!” The little fox demon said in a flustered manner. “Axi wants to establish ground rules with you… without permission, you cannot casually touch Axi!”

“Alright.” Song Shiyuan rubbed the corner of her eye. “Let’s continue reading. I want to know how they reconciled in the end.”

Later in the story, the time came to the Fox Clan’s Flower Festival.

The two protagonists met by arrangement under the fox clan’s sacred tree.

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The little fox demon sincerely apologized for the wrong things she had done, and then the two expressed their feelings to each other, exchanging tokens of affection under the witness of the sacred tree that symbolized marriage destiny.

This relationship obtained a perfect ending.

“It’s a happy ending.” Song Shiyuan commented.

She just didn’t know whether she and the little fox demon could also have such a perfect, happy future.

The silver-haired little fox demon’s focus was clearly not here.

“The Flower Festival, that’s a very lively day.”

“The seventh of this month is the Flower Festival. Calculating the time, there aren’t many days left.”

“Flower Festival?” Song Shiyuan was surprised. “So that festival in the story that symbolizes marriage destiny and love really exists?”

“Naturally.” The little fox demon said. “Like that sacred tree, it’s planted by Zhaoxi Lake in Mingzhao City.”

“Stories are also based on reality as a blueprint.”

“Shiyuan, when the time comes, do you want to go see it?” The little fox demon looked at Song Shiyuan with burning eyes.

“Can I even go out like this?” Song Shiyuan pointed at the metal collar on her neck.

“This thing…” The little fox demon propped up her little face and thought for a while. “Actually it’s not that hard to solve.”

“I can really go out?!” Song Shiyuan was shocked.

“People wearing the metal collar are restricted by the Fox Palace’s formation and cannot leave at will.”

“But there’s a secret very few people know.”

“The Fox Palace’s formation is actually part of Mingzhao City’s formation.”

Song Shiyuan’s eyes brightened. “That means within Mingzhao City I can move around like in the Fox Palace?”

“Yes.”

Mingzhao City was one of the three major cities controlled by the fox clan in the demon realm.

And the World-Ending Fox Monarch’s Fox Palace was beside Mingzhao.

Because there was an Eighth Realm World-Ending Fox Monarch stationed nearby, Mingzhao City was also the fox clan’s most prosperous and safest major city.

Thinking of this, Song Shiyuan’s heart stirred with emotions she could hardly contain.

She had been confined in this Fox Palace and hadn’t received any news from outside for a very long time.