“Stop! Stop right now! What do you mean by ‘that way’? Explain yourself clearly!”
Ye Yu was truly caught off guard.
He never expected Jiang Jinhe to publicly backstab him at such a moment.
Come on, big sister, you just reunited with your wife Luo Ning, and you’re already blowing things out of proportion?
Damn!
Was Jiang Jinhe deliberately doing this to get revenge?
But they really didn’t have any deep hatred between them!
Only a lifesaving debt.
What’s this—biting the hand that saved you? The farmer versus Jiang Jinhe, Jiang Jinhe biting Ye Yu?
The whole approach seems a bit off!
Seeing Ye Yu so worked up, Jiang Jinhe had no choice but to muster courage and put her hands together, saying, “We already have our fingers intertwined!”
Hearing this, the demons present all showed looks of disappointment.
Honestly, when Jiang Jinhe said “hands together” as an action,
the male demons got very excited, but when they heard it was just static finger interlocking,
their disappointment was beyond words.
Such disappointment, so very disappointing!
Even Luo Ning’s expression turned strange—so just finger interlocking, that’s all?
Female demon, your drama is a bit too much!
Ye Yu covered his face with one hand.
He had genuinely thought Jiang Jinhe was coming with some serious accusation,
but it turned out to be just a joke?
Just finger interlocking—really feels like a prank.
And he truly had no such intention!
“City Lord, if you want to play, let’s do it another time.
I just met my wife; I really don’t have time.
Let’s talk later!”
At these words, Jiang Jinhe’s eyes reddened immediately.
“I’m not playing! I’m serious.
Tell me, if you never saw me as your partner, why did you hold my hand?”
Ye Yu sighed and was about to speak when suddenly he saw a clear tear roll down Jiang Jinhe’s cheek.
He couldn’t help but freeze.
Why was she crying all °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° of a sudden?
Seeing Ye Yu silent, Jiang Jinhe hurried forward and grabbed his sleeve, asking again, “Tell me, answer me!”
“You said in the secret realm you’d give me a superior demon immortal artifact as a reward.
I thought you came tonight for that.
So naturally, I reached out to ask you for it.
But unexpectedly, you took the initiative to hold my hand.”
Ye Yu explained everything with a somewhat serious expression.
The situation was ordinary, yet it seemed Jiang Jinhe had misunderstood.
Where exactly had the misunderstanding arisen?
“So, you never intended to become my partner, right?”
Faced with Jiang Jinhe’s question,
Ye Yu was momentarily speechless, unsure how to answer.
The truth was, he really didn’t.
But seeing Jiang Jinhe crying so painfully,
he felt a bit guilty.
Jiang Jinhe looked at the silent Ye Yu, already knowing the answer.
Then she disappeared in a flash.
A moment later,
inside the Conscience Workshop, Feng Zhenxin began lecturing all the demons who had been present.
“Keep everything about today buried deep in your hearts.
Some things are not for you to speak of.
If it weren’t for your long-standing loyalty to the Conscience Workshop, you’d all be corpses by now!”
The demons swore by their own Dao that they would never spread what they had seen or heard today.
What a joke—talking about the city lord’s gossip? Do you think you’ll live long enough?
But honestly,
the sight of the city lord in tears was truly heart-wrenching.
It seemed she really had deep feelings for Lord Ye Yu.
At the top floor of the Conscience Workshop,
Ye Yu gazed absentmindedly toward the city lord’s mansion.
Jiang Jinhe’s unusual behavior had left a deep impression.
Just then, Luo Ning embraced him from behind.
“No, I don’t mind.”
After waking from the dream, Luo Ning’s speech reverted to a slight stutter.
Looks like she still needed more time to recover.
But not now.
Ye Yu turned around and asked, “Don’t mind what?”
Luo Ning released her arms, took out her small storage ring notebook again,
and wrote down her thoughts.
She told Ye Yu she did not mind Jiang Jinhe’s presence.
Judging by her performance today, it was clear she cared deeply for him.
Such devoted female demons were rare.
There was no need to reject her just because of Ye Yu’s opinion.
After reading the words, Ye Yu felt like crying without tears.
“Jiang Jinhe and I are completely innocent.
She just doesn’t understand the situation and misunderstood that we were partners.
That’s really not the case.
I have been searching for you in the demon world but found no trace.
So I issued the wanted poster.
By the way, where exactly have you been all this time?
Why could I never find you?”
At these words, Luo Ning’s expression changed, her whole being seemingly filled with fighting spirit.
Seeing this, Ye Yu was very puzzled and about to ask what was going on.
But suddenly Luo Ning began writing rapidly.
Her serious expression was as if she were battling a very powerful enemy.
Ye Yu couldn’t help but smile.
Indeed, when unable to speak coherently, writing was very time-consuming and tiring.
Especially when writing a long passage—the hand truly ached.
After about half a cup of tea’s time,
Luo Ning finally finished writing about her experiences during this period and handed the notebook to Ye Yu.
He took it and began reading seriously.
It turned out that, in the dream, since Ye Yu left,
Luo Ning had been waiting on the edge of Ba’an Sea for his return.
But the agreed time had long passed.
Still, Ye Yu did not appear, making Luo Ning suspect something had gone wrong.
So she began searching the entire demon world for his whereabouts.
But still found nothing.
Unwilling to give up, Luo Ning trained hard and eventually reached Demon King Realm.
She studied the Way of Deduction to try to uncover what had happened when Ye Yu disappeared.
But no matter how hard she tried,
she could never deduce any information about Ye Yu—
as if he had never existed.
This puzzled Luo Ning deeply.
Later, the Divine Sea attacked and slaughtered the entire Lishui Clam Demon clan.
Luo Ning was killed on the spot by a giant towering tens of thousands of feet.
Unexpectedly, after everything ended,
it was as if time rewound, and Luo Ning awoke again inside Yingning Mountain.
She thought Heaven had given her another chance.
But unexpectedly, in this life, Ye Yu had disappeared.
Luo Ning felt very lost but did not give up, knowing she had no right to fall into despair.
Because the Lishui Clam Demon clan still awaited her rescue.
If she could grow stronger quickly,
perhaps all tragedies would not happen again and history would repeat differently.
Therefore, after failing to find Ye Yu,
Luo Ning immediately led the Lishui Clam Demon clan out of Ba’an Sea.
