flstandardbreds Chapter 318 The aloof senior brother is easily teased (47 chapters)
Chapter 318 The aloof senior brother is easily teased (47 chapters)
Chapter 318 The Aloof Senior Brother is Easily Flirted With (47)
His appearance was different from what everyone imagined. If he appeared on the street looking like this, some people might mistake him for a scholar.
He resembled a scholar, with a somewhat frail demeanor.
He seemed somewhat surprised by his arrest, his eyes fixed on Qing Shen and Xie Qingyu, as if puzzled.
"Why are you staring at us like that? We really did come here to lure you out for a fake marriage," Xie Qingyu said.
Unexpectedly, upon hearing Xie Qingyu's words, the person on the ground laughed, "A fake marriage? It shouldn't be, right? Even if it is fake, the next one will be real."
His words surprised everyone present, but no one pursued the matter at that moment.
"Then tell me, how do you tell whether a marriage is fake or real?" Xie Qingyu continued to ask.
"I have my own way." The demon showed no intention of explaining.
"Why did you choose to insult the bride on your wedding night?" Qing Shen asked directly.
It is unknown what Qing Shen's words triggered, but the demon on the ground laughed uncontrollably. The laughter was not joyful, but rather like a lament.
Xie Qingyu and Qing Shen exchanged a glance.
No one spoke until the person on the ground stopped on their own.
"When did I ever insult those brides?" the demon retorted.
Hearing this, the city lord's wife finally couldn't hold back any longer and ran straight to the demon, "In the past two years, which married woman in the city hasn't been violated by you? Do you know how many girls have jumped into the river and committed suicide after being violated?"
When the city lord's wife said the last sentence, the demon visibly paused, "Jumping into the river again, jumping into the river again..."
"What's wrong with you? If those two immortals hadn't caught you today, who knows how many more girls would have been violated by you..."
"What is an insult? If you can't live because you've had contact with someone else, then you don't need to live. If a man doesn't want his wife because she's had contact with someone else, then he shouldn't have a wife." The demon had his own reasoning.
The city lord's wife had never heard such absurd logic before, and she was so angry that she could hardly breathe. The city lord immediately helped her to the side.
"Don't speak yet. Let the immortals handle the interrogation. You got so excited and got so close. What if you get hurt?" the city lord complained as he spoke.
The evil spirit on the ground chuckled softly as it looked at the city lord and his wife.
"Why did you do this?" Xie Qingyu asked. "You didn't insult those girls, so why did you pretend that they were insulted?"
When Xie Qingyu asked this question, everyone's eyes turned to her, but Xie Qingyu seemed not to notice those gazes and simply looked at the demon on the ground and asked.
The demon paused for a moment, as if Xie Qingyu had hit the nail on the head. "Naturally, it's to see how much men in the world care about this matter. It's ridiculous that they would despise their wives just because of a falsehood."
The demon made no attempt to target the brides in his speech; his dissatisfaction was directed solely at the men.
Hearing this answer, Xie Qingyu knew she had asked the right question. "Why? Because you used to be that kind of person, right?"
Xie Qingyu's words provoked the demon, and his gaze immediately turned to Xie Qingyu, his eyes filled with undisguised murderous intent. "How could I be!"
"Then why are you so agitated? Is it because your wife left you for this reason?" Xie Qingyu asked this question entirely out of speculation.
Because she saw the sachet at the demon's waist.
It was a very worn-out sachet with exquisite patterns on it, the kind you can't just buy anywhere on the street.
"impossible."
"Who is that? Who did you do this for? What are you trying to prove? Are you trying to prove that all men are disgusted by such an insulted bride, or are you trying to prove that an insulted bride has no face left to live?"
"Of course we have to live!"
"It's evil!" the demon suddenly said.
"So, she's dead, right?" Xie Qingyu's voice now carried a hint of comfort, a low, coaxing tone that evoked memories of the past.
All eyes fell on the demon.
The evil spirits seem to have fallen into their memories.
“Dao Niang is the gentlest woman.” Yao Xie suddenly said, “She took me in and brought me home when I was just a tiny little thing. She has raised me and given me good food. She has never hit or scolded me. Even when other children throw mud at me, she will rush over to stop them and bandage my wounds.”
As Yao Xie spoke, she was already lost in her own memories. Xie Qingyu made a shushing gesture to the others, and then slowly asked, "She was very good to you, and then what?"
"Then I grew up too. At that time, I couldn't transform into human form and couldn't stay with her all the time. She also grew up and got married."
Whenever the demon spoke of Dao Niang, his expression became very gentle.
"Her husband is the only scholar in the village, and he's very gentle. Everyone says he'll definitely amount to something in the future and give Dao Niang a good life." Yao Xie seemed to have no romantic feelings for Dao Niang; his expression was calm when he talked about her getting married.
"But then things changed. The scholar was spotted by a government official's daughter on the street, and she sent someone to tell him to break off the engagement." The demon's eyes had changed.
“The scholar is unwilling, and so is the maid. They grew up together since childhood, and the scholar has been very good to me. They like each other, but the scholar is unwilling to marry that young lady,” the demon said.
Upon hearing this, Xie Qingyu could almost guess what would happen next.
Just as Xie Qingyu had predicted, things took a tragic turn.
"The girl with the knife went up the mountain to chop firewood and encountered a rogue..." The demon's expression was a mix of crying and laughing, somewhat eerie.
"I was supposed to be with her, but I'm about to transform into human form. I can't let her see me. I wanted to give her a surprise," the demon murmured.
"So that day, Dao Niang went up the mountain alone. She even said she would bring me something delicious when she came back."
"But when she came back, she didn't even take her basket, she smelled bad, and her clothes were torn," the demon said. "She was afraid to enter the village, but I sensed her presence and excitedly went to find her in human form, and that's when I saw her like this."
The demon's eyes reddened. "She didn't recognize me in human form. She ran away as soon as she saw me, and I chased after her, not understanding why."