Demon King's Repayment - chapter 89

The boat was swaying and breaking the waves  and the scorching sun just shone on the water.

The person in front of him turned her back to the river, smiling like a flower and her curly eyelashes quivered like a pair of flapping butterfly wings. Nan He felt a butterfly flying by his chest and gently stopped on the branch, awakening a tree of spring flowers.

In the girl’s eyes, there was a little bit of joy, a little eager to try and reach out her hand to his ear.

Nan He suddenly began to fear that vain hand and instinctively told himself that he must avoid it, but his body was firmly nailed to the ground, unable to move, just like before, watching the soft hand getting closer and closer.

She was still smiling, her brows and eyes were all dyed with joy and her white teeth gently bit her red lips.

Nan He realized that some kind of strange change had taken place in his heart. He suddenly understood the so-called adulthood. Not only did his body get reshaped, his strength became stronger, but it also meant that he would naturally have some kind of needs from the depths of his heart. Emotional needs, some mysterious, unspeakable desires.

His heartbeat started to speed up inexplicably, faster and louder than ever.

The noisy water waves hitting the bow of the ship seemed to be overshadowed by the drumming heartbeat in the chest.

He didn’t feel like he was standing on the deck of the bow, but on the edge of the abyss. Obviously seeing Cang Ju and Yan Nu, one by one falling there with cuts and bruises, but he was ready to jump down with his eyes closed.

It was like a battle, he hadn’t started yet, but he was about to lose. Fighting was the instinct of the Sirius Clan. He did not allow himself to lose in the battle and failure often meant death to him.

But this time, he stood on the edge of the abyss and there was nowhere to go.

The girl was still laughing in the sun, calling him in a soft voice, “Xiao Nan, Xiao Nan.”

“I’m not willing.” 

“Let me touch it.”

The soft voice was more powerful than the sharpest teeth. The gentle palms were more terrifying than the hardest claws.

Nan He began to throw away his helmet and armor.

As a member of the Sirius Clan, he knew that he could only choose one partner and once this heart was handed over, he would never get it back. However, the one in front of him was only a human being and human life was only a few decades. In the next long years in the future, he would be more miserable and lonely than before.

What should he do?

He was helpless.

The person in front of him was in control of his weakest key and refused to let go, causing him to surrender, unable to resist.

She spoke sweet words in, cruelly squeezed in and finally tore his chest open, put her hand into his flesh and held his hot heart.

Regardless of his bitter pleading, she took it off and just carried it away.

Nan He closed his eyes, his ears and tail were touched by her. What else could he do? He could only give himself to her.

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When the boat reached Fengzhou, they abandoned the boat and boarded the cart, changed to land and went directly to Celestial Wolf Mountain.

At the foot of the mountain, Mrs. Lou refused to let her family and servants follow her, “I’m going to see an old friend. I don’t need so many of you to scare her.”

When she said this, Yuan Xiang knew that Madam Lou seemed impulsive and happy, but in fact, knowing that the demons were moody and elusive, she insisted on keeping the contract, but she did not want her family to accompany her on the adventure.

She even said to her, “Xiang’er, take me up the mountain, show me the way and let me find the rest by myself.”

Of course Yuan Xiang would not go to the spirit world of the Celestial Wolf Mountain by herself. Yuan Xiang led Mrs. Lou up the mountain.

The snowy mountain road was not easy to walk. With an elderly woman, the road was even more difficult. The last time Yuan Xiang went up the mountain from Queqiu Town, she walked alone for most of the day. This time, she didn’t know how long it would take.

But Mrs. Lou was admirable. She walked on the slippery snow step by step with a cane. She neither said that she was tired nor complained bitterly, but tried to keep up with Yuan Xiang and Nan He without saying a word.

Going further inside, even a little trail was gone. Yuan Xiang reached out and took her arm and walked on the steep slope, for fear that she would accidentally roll off the slope.

“It’s okay, I will stay close by. I can still go on. I am so happy today,” the old lady was panting, but she looked very excited. It was no longer suitable for her to climb, so Yuan Xiang felt that she should carry her for a while.

“I’ll carry you,” at that moment, Nan He knelt down in front of Mrs. Lou.

“No, no need,” Mrs. Lou waved her hand quickly.

Nan He just squatted still, looking back at her, those amber eyes looked cold and clear, a little bit different from human coquettishness. But his movements were warm.

Mrs. Lou was stunned for a moment, thinking of the past time in a daze.

“It’s okay, the road is not good, come up, I will carry you,” Yan Nu looked back at her.

Mrs. Lou finally accepted Nan He’s help and fell on his back.

“Thank you so much, boy. Actually, my feet are really aching, I’m still old after all.”

Nan He didn’t speak, he just stood up, climbed the steep mountain in a few strokes and looked back at Yuan Xiang.