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This name greatly provoked Li Fu’er. He raised his hand and lifted the youth Lu Li by the collar.

“Say it again.”

“Lu Li.” The youth’s expression did not change. Even in such a wretched state, his face remained calm, as if he wouldn’t fear it even if Li Fu’er killed him right then and there.

“What are you doing?” A surprised voice came from the door.

Li Fu’er put Lu Li down.

Xie Jianwei felt a bit uneasy and walked over quickly. “Li Fu’er, you…”

“I’m leaving.” Li Fu’er turned around stiffly, then strode away without looking back.

Xie Jianwei froze in place.

Ever since they met, Li Fu’er had never spoken to him with such an expression or tone.

What exactly happened?

“Cough…” Lu Li’s slightly uncomfortable, light cough brought Xie Jianwei’s thoughts back. He hurriedly walked toward him, patted his back, and asked, “Are you okay?”

Lu Li held his hand, knitting his brows, and said in a very hoarse voice, “I’m fine.”

He said he was fine, but red finger marks had already appeared on his neck.

Xie Jianwei felt a pang of heartache. He tried to explain, “Don’t be angry, he…”

“I’m really fine.” Lu Li smiled at Xie Jianwei and said, “Don’t blame him, he might just be afraid that I’ll steal you away.”

Looking at Lu Li forcing a smile, Xie Jianwei only felt a dense, pricking pain in his heart.

He couldn’t describe what this feeling was; it was as if the person in front of him was an existence he had guarded for a very long time, so he couldn’t bear to see him suffer even the slightest injury.

Li Fu’er hadn’t left, or rather, he hadn’t gone far.

After concealing his figure, he stood at a high vantage point, coldly watching the two people helping each other into the house.

He had to end the war quickly, he had to return to his side quickly; he couldn’t stand having anyone else beside him.

Another two months passed. Whenever Xie Jianwei thought of Li Fu’er, he couldn’t help but zone out. Fortunately, Lu Li was there. His maturity warmed Xie Jianwei’s heart and allowed him to briefly distract his mind.

The agreed-upon time was almost up.

It was time for Lu Li to go home.

Xie Jianwei took the initiative to offer, “Let me escort you back.”

Lu Li didn’t refuse again. He said, “Thank you so much for everything recently.”

Xie Jianwei said, “I didn’t do anything.”

“No, you taught me a lot of things.”

Time really leaves traces on human faces too easily. In just a short four or five months, the green youth seemed to have grown up overnight. His wilfulness and gloominess disappeared, replaced by brightness and a sense of responsibility.

He said, “I will go home. My brother abandoned our family, but I cannot abandon them too. I’ll take over his responsibilities and do even better than him!”

Looking at Lu Li like this, Xie Jianwei’s chest overflowed with warmth. It was as if a seedling he had carefully tended to had grown into a towering tree; that kind of gratification was incredibly pleasant.

Xie Jianwei smiled and said, “I’m looking forward to it.”

Lu Li indeed returned home, and even invited Xie Jianwei.

Xie Jianwei didn’t decline. Nowadays, he couldn’t muster the interest to do anything, so taking a relaxing trip to the human realm sounded pretty good.

A month later, the young Lu Li stabilized the entire Lu family, and Xie Jianwei also received a piece of news.

The glory of the Heavenly Realm, Archangel Li Fu’er, had died in battle in the Demon Realm.

When he first saw this news, Xie Jianwei’s head buzzed. He instinctively felt that it was fake, absolutely not true. Anyone could die, but it was absolutely impossible for Li Fu’er to die.

Invincible and ever-victorious—that was what he had told him, he wouldn’t lie to him.

Xie Jianwei stumbled his way to the Heavenly Realm. The entire Heavenly Realm was covered in solemnity; all the angels were mourning their hero.

Xie Jianwei didn’t believe it. Like a madman, he grabbed people and asked where Li Fu’er was, where Li Fu’er was, where on earth Li Fu’er was.

Someone couldn’t bear it anymore and threw a sentence at him: “In the Demon Realm!”

Xie Jianwei went to the Demon Realm, and what he saw was a wasteland of ruins and wreckage.

Invincible and ever-victorious—Li Fu’er hadn’t lied to him. He had indeed won, fighting a massive victorious battle, but in the end, he had lost his life here.

Xie Jianwei knelt in the ruins, overwhelmed by an earth-shattering despair.

Li Fu’er was dead. Li Fu’er was dead. Everything was over.

The first to find Xie Jianwei was Lu Li. For a human to actually dare come to such a perilous place, he had truly risked his life.

When Xie Jianwei saw him, the first word out of his mouth was: “Li Fu’er.”

Heartache flashed through Lu Li’s eyes. He held his hand and said, “Calm down, Mr. Xie, please calm down a bit.”

Xie Jianwei recognized the person who came. He numbly lowered his head, unmoving.

Lu Li stayed with him in the Demon Realm for many days.

He was a Holy Knight of Light, and his power was truly strong among humans, but even he couldn’t withstand the backlash of the Demon Realm’s terrible environment.

When he fainted on the ground, Xie Jianwei finally jolted awake.

Lu Li would die.

The word ‘die’ pierced through his brain like a sharp thorn. Xie Jianwei hastily sent Lu Li back to the Lu family.

A weakened Lu Li held his hand and said feebly, “Mr. Xie, I know you are very sad, but please be strong. Li Fu’er wouldn’t want you to be like this either.”

Xie Jianwei stared blankly at this fully mature man.

Lu Li smiled at him and said sincerely, “You helped me during my most difficult time, so… when you are in such pain, I hope I can do something too.”

Comforted by the youth he had saved, Xie Jianwei finally couldn’t hold it in anymore. He choked out a sob, venting the pain he had suppressed for so long, “He’s dead, Li Fu’er is dead. He promised he would come find me, we… we…”

Lu Li didn’t say anything else, only looking at him with gentle eyes.

Xie Jianwei temporarily stayed at the Lu household, and Lu Li would keep him company whenever he had free time.

Xie Jianwei was never able to step out of the shadow of Li Fu’er’s death. Lu Li wasn’t in a rush either, merely trying hard to use other things to distract him.

For a full three years, Xie Jianwei did not return to the Middle Realm.

During that time, Luo Lun came looking for him, but Xie Jianwei said nothing.

Luo Lun said, “Um, you haven’t actually fallen in love with this human, have you?” What he saw was too one-sided. He only knew that Xie Jianwei had saved this young teenager, then became captivated by him, not returning to the Middle Realm, not doing missions, and staying in the human realm all this time.

Xie Jianwei couldn’t be bothered to explain. He had originally thought he would tell Luo Lun everything once Li Fu’er came back.

But now, what was the need to say anything? Li Fu’er was dead; telling Luo Lun would only make him worry alongside him.

Xie Jianwei merely said, “Let me stay here a bit longer.”

Luo Lun couldn’t help but remind him, “Humans… die very easily.” He was worrying again that Xie Jianwei was getting too emotionally invested; once this human aged, fell ill, and died, he wouldn’t be able to handle it.

Xie Jianwei shook his head and said, “I know what I’m doing.”

It was hard for Luo Lun to say anything else. After staying for a few days, he returned to the Death God Realm.

Did Li Fu’er die? Of course he didn’t.

It was just that the development of events differed from what he initially thought. To deceive everyone, this faked death had to look incredibly real.

But the consequence of making it real was that he suffered heavy injuries. In order not to alert the other angels, he recuperated alone for three years before barely recovering.

Actually, in this state, it would have been best for him to continue healing, but he couldn’t wait any longer. Three years… he missed Xie Jianwei so much he was going crazy.

Filled with anticipation, he went to look for Xie Jianwei, only to come up empty-handed in the Middle Realm. His heart chilled by half, and he went to the human realm in a bit of a daze, only to witness this scene:

In a courtyard with a gentle breeze, pink flower petals fell all over the ground. The man leaning against a rattan chair had skin as white as jade and silver hair like a waterfall.

His fair arms were wrapped around a man’s neck, accepting his kisses with a completely open posture.

Xie Jianwei and Lu Li.

The thing Li Fu’er feared the most had happened after all.

He approached with a cold face, his voice malicious as if it came from the abyss of hell: “So this is how you waited for me.”

As soon as this voice sounded, the two people kissing in an embrace separated. Lu Li revealed a look of surprise, and Xie Jianwei’s face was full of shock.

Li Fu’er… Li Fu’er… Li Fu’er wasn’t dead!

Xie Jianwei had absolutely no idea what he had just done. He had a dream. He dreamt of Li Fu’er, dreamt that he was kissing him, and he was so happy he kissed him back. Although he knew it was a dream, he wanted to hold him tightly within that dream.

What he hadn’t expected was that upon opening his eyes, he would actually see Li Fu’er.

Li Fu’er’s already festering heart was poked even more rotten by the surprise on their faces.

He came back—were they very disappointed?

With him dead, could they stay together forever now?

He had given everything, his whole heart only for this person, but this person trampled the heart he had offered up into the mud.

Good, very good.

Li Fu’er attacked without warning, his longsword directly piercing through Lu Li’s lower abdomen.

Xie Jianwei watched helplessly as fresh blood sprayed all over his own body, yet he completely failed to react.

What was going on? What was Li Fu’er doing?

He killed Lu Li? Why did he want to kill Lu Li? If it weren’t for Lu Li, he would be long dead by now, he wouldn’t have been able to wait for him at all, but Lu Li…

Lu Li’s face rapidly paled. Human blood is the source of life; such a severe injury almost cost him half his life.

Xie Jianwei cried out in alarm, “Lu Li!” He supported him, at a complete loss, panicked to the extreme.

Looking at Xie Jianwei acting like this, Li Fu’er only felt his sanity being rapidly devoured by something. All that brightly colored affection turned into a ghastly black.

But it was still love. Even if it rotted, this was his love.

Li Fu’er smiled and said to Xie Jianwei, “A-Wei, we can be together now, together forever.”

Xie Jianwei’s eyes were full of terror. “What did you do? Why did you kill Lu Li!”

Li Fu’er said, “Just a human. If he dies, he dies. A-Wei, let’s go, we…”

“Just a human?” This dismissive tone angered Xie Jianwei. He looked at him with an incredulous gaze. “What on earth are you saying!”

The last sliver of Li Fu’er’s reason completely collapsed because of his gaze. “Is he that important?”

Xie Jianwei, however, suddenly remembered the Heavenly Realm’s healing spells. “Save him, Li Fu’er! Please, I beg you, save him!”

Li Fu’er was expressionless. “My healing spell is not at a level to save his life.”

The holy light of Carrie flashed through Xie Jianwei’s mind, and he repeatedly pleaded, “Her Highness Carrie can do it. Please, Li Fu’er, let Her Highness Carrie save him!”

Hearing these words, every bone in Li Fu’er’s body trembled. He didn’t know what tone he used to ask this question: “You want me to go back to the Heavenly Realm?”

In order to leave the Heavenly Realm, to throw away the position of Archangel, to be with him, he had almost thrown his life away.

He had done so much, worked so hard for so long, but winding around to the very end, he wanted him to go back?

To save a human? He… he was making him go back.

Li Fu’er stared at Xie Jianwei, his eye sockets turning red uncontrollably, and he asked repeatedly, “You want me to go back to the Heavenly Realm?”

Xie Jianwei’s entire heart and mind were completely filled with the dying Lu Li. With a sob in his voice, he said, “I beg you, Li Fu’er, save him, please save him.”

Xie Jianwei’s tears fell onto Lu Li’s body, searing hot against Li Fu’er’s heart.

What is the utmost despair? Not parting in life or separating in death, but having everything denied by the person you deeply love.

Li Fu’er stood stunned for a long while, then suddenly raised his lips and chuckled lightly. “Fine, I will return to the Heavenly Realm.”

He looked at Xie Jianwei and said gently, “I won’t let Lu Li die. I will never let him die.”

Xie Jianwei failed to hear the deep hidden meaning in those words.

The Archangel resurrected from the dead, and the entire Heavenly Realm fell into a frenzy of celebration.

Li Fu’er conquered seven cities of the Demon Realm, establishing a peerless merit. They originally thought he had fallen, but unexpectedly, he had been reborn from the ashes and returned to the Heavenly Realm!

One could imagine how the Heavenly Realm would praise him.

Even if there were some indelicacies regarding his private morality before, just this one massive victory was enough to cancel out everything.

Li Fu’er’s position as Archangel was as steady as a boulder. At the same time… Lu Li was also saved and brought back to life.

After Xie Jianwei completely relaxed, he also realized what he had done.

All of Li Fu’er’s previous efforts were wasted; he could never again hope to throw away the title of Archangel.

However, Xie Jianwei also had other plans. He didn’t want Li Fu’er to leave the Heavenly Realm. He loved Li Fu’er and shouldn’t just let him constantly be the only one giving.

Since Li Fu’er could abandon his identity as an Archangel, then he could also abandon his identity as a Death God.

He could come to the Heavenly Realm; he could stay by his side forever.

Xie Jianwei found Li Fu’er.

Li Fu’er asked him, “Is Lu Li better?”

Xie Jianwei said, “Yeah, I’ve already sent him back to the human realm.”

Li Fu’er waited for him to continue speaking.

Xie Jianwei was a little embarrassed, but he still gathered his courage and said, “From now on… I’ll accompany you in the Heavenly Realm.”

Li Fu’er froze.

Xie Jianwei said, “I won’t go back anymore. I’ll always be by your side from now on.”

He meant that he wouldn’t go back to the Death God Realm, but Li Fu’er thought he meant he wouldn’t go back to Lu Li’s side again.

What was this?

After a moment of shock, Li Fu’er understood.

Because he saved Lu Li, was this a reward? Or was it because he clearly knew he still wanted to kill Lu Li, so he chose to stay by his side to appease him?

Li Fu’er thought he wouldn’t feel the taste of heartache anymore, but now he experienced it all over again from start to finish. He laughed and said, “Alright, you can just stay in the Heavenly Realm.”

Xie Jianwei stepped closer to him and brushed against his fingertips. “Li Fu’er, that you’re able to come back, I…”

Li Fu’er didn’t want to hear him speak. He pulled him in and kissed him.

Xie Jianwei stayed in the Heavenly Realm. More accurately, he stayed in Li Fu’er’s bedchamber. Except for this room, he couldn’t go anywhere.

At first, he didn’t notice anything unusual. Li Fu’er had probably held back for too long; every night he did it until Xie Jianwei couldn’t get out of bed. Xie Jianwei missed him too, so he was extremely indulgent toward him.

Busy at night, Xie Jianwei would sleep groggily during the day.

It was unknown how long such days passed.

Maybe it was a few months, maybe a few years, maybe an even longer time.

But Xie Jianwei didn’t care. As long as Li Fu’er was alive, everything was fine.

Until Luo Lun sneaked into the Holy Temple and found Xie Jianwei.

Luo Lun’s face was full of anxiety as he said, “Hurry and leave! Come with me, quickly!”

Xie Jianwei asked blankly, “What’s wrong?”

Luo Lun said, “There’s only one chance, come with me right now. If we delay any further, that devil will notice!”

“Devil?” Xie Jianwei’s heart tightened. “Has the Demon Realm made a comeback and attacked the Heavenly Realm?”

Luo Lun had a look of utter astonishment. “What are you talking about? Forget it, forget it, no more nonsense, let’s leave here first!”

Catching Xie Jianwei completely off guard, he struck, knocking him unconscious before carrying him out of this magnificent palace.

It was only upon returning to the Middle Realm that Xie Jianwei learned so many things had happened.

“Li Fu’er is an animal, a lunatic, a psycho!” Luo Lun cursed loudly. “He actually locked you up for a full twenty years! Fuck! If I hadn’t swallowed my anger, I still wouldn’t know your whereabouts to this day!”

Xie Jianwei said, “He…”

He wanted to say Li Fu’er hadn’t locked him up, but Luo Lun angrily continued, “Li Fu’er is really courting death. The entire Heavenly Realm has practically become a second Demon Realm! Fucking hell, so what if he conquered the Demon Realm? Now the Heavenly Realm is an even bigger mess than the Demon Realm!”

Xie Jianwei was stunned, feeling like he couldn’t understand a word he was saying.

Luo Lun didn’t waste words, throwing a pile of documents in front of him.

Xie Jianwei flipped through them… dumbfounded.

What was this? What was all of this?

Angels were supreme, humans were slaves; the human race had been reduced to slaves of the heaven race.

The Death God Realm jointly issued a statement, rebuking the Heavenly Realm for their extreme actions against the human race.

Archangel Li Fu’er smiled faintly: If it weren’t for the Heavenly Realm, their souls would have been eaten by demons long ago, so they should contribute a little something.

Xie Jianwei’s face was full of disbelief. He continued flipping backward and saw a line of words as red as blood—Angels? Tyrants even crueler than demons!

Luo Lun muttered, “I don’t know why, but ever since Li Fu’er came back from the dead, he has harbored a deep hatred for the human race. Some say he was possessed by a Great Demon, but I think he’s simply more evil than a Great Demon!”

Xie Jianwei said blankly, “This is impossible, this is absolutely impossible…” How could this be? How could Li Fu’er…

“Impossible? Have you been locked up by him until you turned stupid!” Luo Lun said, flying into a rage. “Do you know how miserable the Lu family is? Do you know Lu Li has almost been driven insane by him!”

Xie Jianwei looked up at him. “Lu Li? What happened to Lu Li? Didn’t he safely return to the human realm?”

“Safely?” Luo Lun laughed from extreme anger. “I don’t know how he offended that Archangel, but the entire Lu family became lambs waiting to be slaughtered. Whenever Li Fu’er remembers, he kills one, and every time he does it right in front of Lu Li’s face, making him watch helplessly as his relatives die one by one.”

Xie Jianwei’s face instantly turned ghastly pale.

Luo Lun frowned and said, “I really don’t know what Lu Li did. He committed suicide countless times, and Li Fu’er brought him back to life every single time. I know you like Lu Li and treat him like a treasure, and you definitely wouldn’t want to see him suffer so much. So, I took it upon myself to reap Lu Li’s soul. As a result, Li Fu’er actually personally came to the Middle Realm to stop me, forcefully dragging out Lu Li who was originally about to enter reincarnation!”

It was as if Xie Jianwei was listening to an alien language; he couldn’t make any normal reaction.

His mind was entirely filled with the words Li Fu’er had said with a smile: “I won’t let Lu Li die. I will never let him die.”

Not dying—but living like this was thousands, ten thousands of times more terrifying than death!

Luo Lun took a deep breath. “Thanks to this incident, I finally found out you were locked up by Li Fu’er! I was worried to death!”

Like a wandering ghost, Xie Jianwei whispered, “I… I’ll go see Lu Li.”

Luo Lun abruptly pulled him back. “Don’t… don’t go.” Let alone Xie Jianwei who loved Lu Li deeply, even Luo Lun couldn’t bear to look at the current Lu Li.

Xie Jianwei closed his eyes and said, “I must go.”

He went, and he saw the tragic Lu family, saw Lu Li who was living a life worse than death, saw the sins that Li Fu’er had committed.

He still remembered those words spoken by the youth who had walked out from the haze: My brother abandoned our family, but I cannot abandon them too. I’ll take over his responsibilities and do even better than him!

The youth full of ambition, the young man who had grown to adulthood, so full of responsibility and duty, so warm.

But now…

The Lu family he guarded had become like this, and he himself had become a walking corpse.

And the one who did all this was Li Fu’er.

No… Xie Jianwei miraculously calmed down. That was not Li Fu’er, that was absolutely not Li Fu’er.

That was a demon wearing Li Fu’er’s skin.

And he was going to kill this devil.

The events that followed shook the Three Realms.

Xie Jianwei signed a contract with the only remaining Great Demon of the Demon Realm. Relying on his privilege to enter and exit the Holy Temple at will, he pierced the Archangel’s heart.

Li Fu’er died.

But this time, no one truly mourned.

For the sake of the Heavenly Realm’s face, they glossed over the incident. Although they condemned Xie Jianwei, they didn’t actually pursue his crimes.

The memory came to an abrupt halt here.

Yan Ke: “…”

Xie Jianwei, however, was very calm. “What a truly fateful, sinful connection.”

Yan Ke said cautiously, “My Lord, this…” This is too fucking thorny! How are you supposed to pacify him now!

Thank goodness the Lord Strategist had the foresight to come here and view the memories first, otherwise it would’ve been a disaster. If Skeleton Lu Li was human Lu Li, then letting Skeleton Lu Li recover and remember these things…

Fuck, it would be a world war in minutes!

Yan Ke was truly filled with trepidation in every way. He really couldn’t think of what to do next.

After thinking for a moment, Xie Jianwei said, “We still have to give the little skeleton a body.”

Yan Ke said with a mournful face, “What’s in the memories doesn’t count, but the current Skeleton Lord is the master of the dreamscape. If he remembers these things, he will definitely murder Lord Li Fu’er!”

What kind of deep-seated blood feud was this… honestly, just thinking about it was terrifying.

Xie Jianwei said, “It’s fine. There are still many loopholes to exploit in this.”

Yan Ke: “…” Where are the loopholes? I can’t see them QAQ!

Xie Jianwei said, “Let’s go. We’re going to find Demon Lu Li.”

“Ah?” Yan Ke was dumbstruck. Go find him for what…

Won’t you just get locked up again?

Yan Ke’s belly was full of doubts. He had absolutely no idea what the Lord Strategist was going to do. However, considering Strategist Xie’s level of reliability, he decided to turn his brain off and just enjoy the show.

Xie Jianwei didn’t go see Demon Lu Li directly, but instead carefully disguised himself.

He was now a six-star Death God, on par in strength with a six-winged angel and a Great Demon.

If he changed his appearance, looking across the Three Realms, the only one who could probably see through it was the overpowered little skeleton.

But the little skeleton was staying obediently in the Death Realm, so naturally, it wouldn’t come to expose him.

Taking off his Death God robes, he changed into the tight black clothes of the Demon Realm. His silver hair, like silk dyed with ink, became a pure black. He didn’t need to change his skin color. After making slight adjustments to his appearance, he transformed into a quite charming incubus (male succubus).

The reason he turned into an incubus was that Great Demons and Lesser Demons were all registered and recorded in the Demon Realm; one couldn’t just disguise as them simply because they wanted to.

But incubi and succubi were different. This kind of low-tier demon was everywhere. Moreover, because they were beautiful and had promiscuous temperaments, every banquet invariably had them adding color and fun.

Xie Jianwei pretending to be an incubus was the best choice.

He easily sneaked into the banquet. This time was exactly when things were lively. At the very bottom was a dance floor overflowing with passion and indulgence. As the stairs went up, it became quieter, with a few obviously high-ranking Great Demons discussing matters amidst the clinking of glasses.

Almost the instant Xie Jianwei walked in, he saw Lu Li dressed in black.

The Archangel Li Fu’er in his memory was much brighter, but the current Demon Lu Li… was already a true sovereign of the dark night.

Yan Ke whispered, “Um, that later-stage Lord Li Fu’er in the memories… was he controlled by ‘it’?”

Yan Ke was referring to the segment where Xie Jianwei was imprisoned and Li Fu’er brutally abused the human race.

Xie Jianwei fell silent for a moment.

Yan Ke said, “It must have been because of ‘it’. Lord Marshal…”

“If such a thing really happened,” Xie Jianwei sighed and said, “Lu Li would do the same.”

Yan Ke: “…”

Xie Jianwei said, “He has always refused to believe that I love him, so he can accept a lot of things. But once he deeply believes that I love him, then conversely, he won’t be able to accept anything at all.”

If Xie Jianwei didn’t love him, then if Xie Jianwei betrayed him, he would be sad, but not despairing.

If it was deep love… the things Li Fu’er did are absolutely things Lu Li would do.

Looking at the events that happened in the memory from a bystander’s perspective, it was actually quite ridiculous.

Things that clearly could have been explained clearly, yet they escalated to such a state.

Who was to blame? Li Fu’er?

“Xie Jianwei” bore a very large share of the responsibility.

If you love someone, you should understand them. If you aren’t even clear about their true personality, then don’t accept this love.

Whether it was Li Fu’er or Lu Li, Xie Jianwei was very clear about his true nature, probably understanding it even better than Lu Li himself.

Since he had accepted such a Lu Li, then he would guard his bottom line.

If the real Xie Jianwei had encountered the events in the memory…

Well, such an assumption didn’t exist at all. Xie Jianwei would never just sit and wait from start to finish. He was a person with strong subjective initiative: whether it was things Lu Li did that he wanted him to know, or things he didn’t want him to know, Xie Jianwei had the means to let himself know.

That way, there would be no misunderstandings.

Without misunderstandings, tragedies born from a series of mishaps naturally wouldn’t descend.

Of course, Xie Jianwei wasn’t perfect either. Being excessively calm and rational in a relationship would make the other party uneasy.

Therefore, in reality, Xie Jianwei and Lu Li were loving and affectionate, yet there was still a barrier. This barrier originated from Lu Li. After all, not everyone could be like Xie Jianwei… clearly grasping everything.

Although that ‘it’ was damned, to some extent, Xie Jianwei also had to thank it.

It wanted to kill Lu Li, but perhaps it had actually “saved” Lu Li.

Xie Jianwei disguised himself as an incubus but did absolutely nothing.

He merely stayed in a corner, secretly watching Demon Lu Li.

But when Lu Li’s gaze swept over this way, he quickly shifted his sight away, putting on a front as if he had never looked at him.

Yan Ke couldn’t understand, entirely clueless as to the purpose of Xie Jianwei doing this.

Was it playing hard to get? But Strategist, you’re pretending too well, the Lord Marshal probably didn’t notice at all!

Yan Ke couldn’t help but remind him, “Shouldn’t you be a bit more deliberate…” At least let the Lord Marshal feel his gaze.

Xie Jianwei said, “No need.”

What left Yan Ke dumbstruck was that such a sneaky, covert gaze actually truly attracted the Lord Marshal’s attention.

Watching Demon Lu Li walk straight over, Xie Jianwei immediately “panicked,” but he knew he couldn’t run, otherwise he would expose more. So, he forced himself to look calm and chatted with a demon nearby who was hitting on him.

When Lu Li came over, people immediately cleared a path. The demon who had been talking to Xie Jianwei earlier also immediately stood up straight and bowed.

Lu Li raised his glass to him and said, “Apologies, I would like to speak with this gentleman for a moment.”

“O… okay!” That demon stuttered nervously, while the gaze he cast towards Xie Jianwei was full of envy and jealousy.

Xie Jianwei stood perfectly straight, his play-within-a-play acting extremely on point. He perfectly displayed a person forcefully pretending to be an incubus in order to not expose his identity.

Xie Jianwei bowed to Lu Li: “Greetings, Your Excellency.”

Lu Li smiled and handed him a wine glass: “Care for a drink?”

Xie Jianwei didn’t dare make eye contact with him at all, only bracing himself and saying, “Thank you.”

He took the wine glass, his whole body uncomfortable.

Lu Li’s gaze constantly enveloped him, as if wanting to pierce through his disguise and see his true essence clearly.

Xie Jianwei was “doing his utmost” to maintain his disguise.

Lu Li suddenly leaned in close to him, pressing against his ear and saying ambiguously, “It was you secretly watching me earlier too, wasn’t it.”

Hearing this, Xie Jianwei very slightly lifted the corners of his mouth. Of course, because his head was lowered, Lu Li couldn’t see it.

Yan Ke suddenly saw the light, feeling it was deeply unbelievable: “My Lord, you anticipated this all along?”

Xie Jianwei said, “It’s very normal.”

Yan Ke: “…” It’s not normal at all, okay! He hadn’t thought of it at all!

Xie Jianwei said, “In the memories, Xie Jianwei deeply loved Li Fu’er. Even though he stabbed him in the end…” Speaking up to here, Xie Jianwei frowned, clearly thinking about something, but he still continued, “Let’s not mention this for now. What can be certain is that Xie Jianwei was definitely regretting it endlessly. Now that Lu Li has become a Great Demon, how could he not come to secretly watch him?”

Unable to meet, but unable to bear the pain of lovesickness, disguising as someone else, just wanting to take a look at him from afar.

This completely conformed to the logic within the memories.

The reason Xie Jianwei hadn’t deliberately exposed himself just now was because he was certain of this point. The past “Xie Jianwei” had definitely secretly watched Lu Li many times, therefore he didn’t need to be deliberate, Lu Li was already alert to it.

This was letting nature take its course.

Hearing Lu Li’s words, Xie Jianwei’s body trembled slightly, but he quickly said, “Who wouldn’t want to steal a glance at Your Excellency?”

A low-tier incubus would naturally admire a powerful Great Demon, especially since Lu Li was so eye-catching.

Lu Li stared at him and said, “An incubus’s nature is to be fickle in love.”

Xie Jianwei visibly stiffened.

Lu Li chuckled. “Calculating carefully, you’ve been secretly watching me for at least a few centuries now.”

Xie Jianwei laughed uncomfortably.

Lu Li said, “An incubus as devoted as you is truly rare.”

Xie Jianwei seemed a bit flustered, not knowing what to say.

Lu Li looked at him for a while, then suddenly said, “Do you want to have sex with me?”

Hearing these words, Xie Jianwei abruptly raised his head. There was surprise in his eyes, but deeper within that surprise lay an unhideable disappointment.

Lu Li watched him without blinking.

As if putting down some burden, Xie Jianwei actually gave a light nod.

Lu Li smiled faintly: “Let’s go upstairs.” There were dedicated guest rooms upstairs.

Xie Jianwei hesitated, but in the end still followed behind him, going upstairs together.

The rooms upstairs had the typical style of the Demon Realm: minimalist and grand, featuring only black and white, the two sharply distinct colors clashing to create a cold, icy texture.

After Xie Jianwei heard the sound of the door closing, his entire body tensed up.

Lu Li noticed and laughed, “Why so restrained? Aren’t you incubi the best at this kind of thing?”

As if reminded by him, Xie Jianwei took a deep breath and actually began to take off his clothes on his own initiative.

Lu Li didn’t move, just watching him like this.

He himself didn’t know why he had brought this little incubus here.

Ever since being stabbed by that sword, Lu Li had become a walking corpse.

He carried his resentment and fell, becoming a demon, but the heart beating in his chest only held one single thought.

—To snatch that person to his side.

Unfortunately, he kept failing.

Over four hundred years had passed, and he was getting further and further away from Xie Jianwei.

Even though they had only loved each other for such a fleeting time, it had constituted the entirety of the latter half of his life.

After Lu Li became a demon, naturally countless people offered themselves to his bed, but he didn’t want to pay attention to a single one, because the one he wanted from beginning to end was only ever that one person.

When he noticed this little incubus, Lu Li merely found it a bit amusing.

Would a creature with no moral integrity and the least understanding of love actually love him?

Obviously not.

Lu Li bringing him to this room was merely a routine gesture to gag the gossip of others.

He had to do something. Otherwise, constantly waiting for one person like an idiot was just too ridiculous.

He’d just use an illusion like usual, and let this little incubus…

Just as this thought flashed through his mind, his pupils suddenly shrank drastically because of an inadvertent expression from Xie Jianwei.

“Get out!”

Xie Jianwei raised his head blankly.

A strong sense of familiarity hit him in the face. Lu Li shouted in a low voice, “Get out of here!”

He must be going crazy, to actually think an incubus looked like Xie Jianwei.