The Demon King is an Idiot [BL]-Chapter 156: A cherished memory

Suddenly, there was a sound of a woman laughing, and this time, Hua Tianshu could actually see the woman from a distance.

Without thinking any further, Hua Tianshu immediately ran towards the woman whose face was still a little unclear.

When he got close enough, the particular scene got clearer but he didn’t seem to be familiar with it.

There was a beautiful woman laughing as she sat on a tree branch and looked down at a man who was holding out his arms, waiting to catch the woman.

Hua Tianshu did not recognize the woman but he surely recognized the man in a heartbeat. It was the Demon King, Shen Fang.

Hua Tianshu reached out to hold the man’s wrist and tried to check whether this demon king was Jie Fu Lian or not, however, he could not touch the man at all. In fact, the people in front of him almost seemed like an illusion; They could not see nor feel his presence and he could not touch them either.

Hua Tianshu slightly frowned as he immediately guessed what was happening.

This was probably a memory.

A memory that the demon king did not wish to part with even when he died.

A memory that he cherished so much that it got imprinted on his mind, refusing to be forgotten.

The woman in the memory smiled as she teased the demon king, "If I fall, are you sure you’ll catch me? What if you don’t? What if I fall and break my legs? How would I walk without my legs? Are you going to carry me around?"

From the high-quality silk garment that she wore, it could be guessed that she was from a well-off family or sect. She had a youthful charm on her face and was quite beautiful.

The demon king shook his head with a small sigh and chuckled as he asked, "Does it matter? If you break your legs, I’ll become your feet. If you break your arms, I’ll become your hands and if you end up losing both, I’ll tie you up behind my back and take care of you for the rest of my life."

The woman chuckled and her cheeks blushed red as she heard these cheesy words.

Hua Tianshu couldn’t help but feel stunned. Never in a million years had he imagined the demon king to be a person who would be able to say such flattery words. He started to doubt what he was witnessing.

Was this really the ruthless Demon King that everyone feared and loathed?

"What if I lose my head?" The woman stuck out her neck and continued to tease, "What will you do if I lose my head?"

"If you lose your head, you’ll die," Shen Fang spoke with a sigh, and for a second there, the woman frowned, not enjoying the reply.

"After you die, I’ll collect your soul and summon you back to life. Even death is not allowed to take you away from me."

The woman smiled as she heard this, "So cruel~ In that case, am I stuck with you forever?"

"That’s right," Shen Fang nodded his head with a chuckle as he spoke, "You should’ve worried about this before you decided to seduce me. It’s too late to regret your decision."

The woman suddenly jumped down without giving a warning and without even flinching at the sudden action, Shen Fang effortlessly caught her in his arms.

"Shen Fang, you are the one really in trouble," The woman teasingly smiled as she poked the man’s cheek and spoke, "This has been my plan all along. I seduced you and made you fall deeply in love with me so that you can never dare to part from me."

"In that case, I can assure you that you have succeeded."

"Tehehe~"

The scene suddenly disappeared from before Hua Tianshu’s eyes and he was once again covered in an endless void of darkness.

With a gulp, he frantically looked around in search of the demon king and that woman, but no matter how far he walked or ran, it was of no use.

A few minutes later, another scene suddenly popped up.

This time, Shen Fang had a frown on his face as he looked at the woman who was now holding a small infant in her arms.

"Shen Fang, how could you do this to me...?"

The woman seemed to have grown thinner in this memory and no longer had the careless youthful charm on her face. Her clothes were soiled and even torn from the hem. Her cheeks were stained with tears and her hair looked as if it had not been brushed for quite a while.

The woman had changed so much that Hua Tianshu almost failed to recognize her.

Compared to her, the infant in her arms was doing much better. The child was wrapped in clean clothes of the highest quality and looked as if he had been born into a rich family. His cheeks were red and so plump that anyone would want to give him a kiss. When Hua Tianshu looked at the child, he couldn’t help but feel as if this child looked awfully familiar.

He carefully looked at the child’s face and thought about it a lot before he suddenly came to realize why he found this child so familiar.

This child looked a lot like Jie Fu Lian!

"How can you leave the two of us...?" The woman cried out in anger, glaring at Shen Fang with hatred and disappointment, "You promised! You promised to take care of me forever! Do you want me to break my arms and legs for you?! Would you then let me stay with you?!"

Shen Fang sighed as he looked at the woman with an emotionless face and spoke, "I regret it."

"Huh?"

"I regret falling for you. I had fooled myself into thinking that we’ll be able to have a happy ending. Unfortunately, such a fate is not one that is meant for me," Shen Fang did not look away and met the woman’s eyes as he firmly spoke, "You must hate me, but that’s okay. You can blame me and hate me all you want. I do not wish to be forgiven by you. I lied to you. Since the very beginning itself, our relationship was one based on a lie. I am the demon king who killed your father. You were never meant to fall in love with me and I should have stayed away from your life."

The woman gritted her teeth as she heard this and more tears started trailing down her cheeks as she spoke, "I know. I recognized you the moment I saw you. I wanted to get revenge against you. I wanted to kill you just like how you killed my father, but I couldn’t do it. In the end, I decided to forgive you. I decided to overlook our differences because I knew I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you. Shen Fang, I know you. You have a warm heart and have always been kind to me. I do not believe you’ll abandon me because of such a reason."

"You might be okay with it but what about the world that you live in?"

"Huh?"

"Do you think people would accept that child?" Shen Fang sounded awfully cold as he stared at the infant and continued, "Do you think people would leave him alone when he shares the same blood as the Demon King?"

"It doesn’t matter! I do care about what others think! We can raise him in the demon realm. We are all he needs."

Shen Fang couldn’t help but scoff as he heard these sweet words that almost deluded him once.

"That child does not need me. What he needs is a father who isn’t a demon and unfortunately, that is not me."

"Well, he has already been born!" The woman gritted out, "He cannot change his father and even if you decide to abandon him today, it would change nothing. Shen Fang, you cannot change the child’s blood and you cannot change the child’s fate."

"I can," Shen Fang calmly replied, seeming unaffected by her words, "I can look after him from afar and ensure that he lives an easy life where he is loved and cherished by all. All you need to do is take him away from me and never tell anyone who his father is."

"And what about me?" The woman sniffled as she asked, sounding heartbroken. "Are you going to abandon me just like that?"

"The child needs a mother," Shen Fang sighed as he spoke, "If you stay with me, you will only face hardships in your life. I do not dare put you in danger because of me. It is better for you to leave with him. Leave with him and make sure to survive. The two of you deserve to have a happy ending even if that means leaving me behind. With time, I’m sure we’ll forget each other. Actually, I feel like I’m already starting to forget the time that I spent with you."