"I already have a boyfriend, unlike someone who still has to sleep alone even though she has a boyfriend~" Hou Hua sashayed over, casually grabbing a few tissues to wipe away Yong Shanling's tears.
Only then did Yong Shanling notice Li Zhuo standing behind her. He was wearing a casual pajamas, his hair in a mess as he looked at her. "What's going on? Did you break up?"
Yong Shanling, who had just managed to calm down a bit, heard these hurtful words. Her eyes quickly welled up with tears, and she started sobbing again.
Even someone as slow - witted as he was could tell now that there must be something wrong with the relationship between this girl and Mu Yijie. He rubbed his head in frustration, hesitating whether he should go in and comfort her.
Then Hou Hua gave him a look, signaling him to leave quickly. At a time like this, men should stay out of it.
"Don't worry, little Ling'er. If that Mu Yijie bullied you, I'll beat him up for you!" He clenched his fist menacingly.
"You can't beat him. He's mine. If I'm going to do anything, I'll do it myself." Yong Shanling said protectively, her eyes red and still sobbing, but trying to look fierce, like a little white rabbit using the might of others.
Li Zhuo shrugged and left the Ba - shi Space to these two women, letting them sort things out on their own.
After Li Zhuo left, Hou Hua finally spoke. "Tell me, what happened between you two?"
Yong Shanling sobbed as she wiped away her tears. She said sadly, "Shu Shu wants to break up with me."
"Break up?" This time, Hou Hua was truly shocked. She had seen how much Mu Yijie doted on Yong Shanling. Every time they ate, he would always take care of her first. If she just glanced at something she wanted to eat, it would appear in her bowl the next second. And all the clothes she liked would show up in her closet without her having to buy them herself. More importantly, Mu Yijie had almost risked his life several times to save her.
A man who loved her so much was saying he wanted to break up. Hou Hua looked at her in disbelief. "He loves you so much. How could he bear to do that? Did you throw a tantrum and say you wanted to break up?"
Hearing Hou Hua's words, Yong Shanling wiped away her tears forcefully and said angrily, "Yes, it was the man you said loved me who said he wanted to break up with me. He thought I didn't really love him and was just with him for the benefits. The thing is, I didn't do any of those things. If I didn't love him, why would I be with him? Couldn't I just focus on my cultivation?"
Yong Shanling was so angry she was almost puffing up like a pufferfish. She angrily told Hou Hua what had happened last night.
"So, the thing is, he thought you were with him for the benefits. And when he asked you those questions, you stupidly nodded and admitted it. With that kind of reaction, even if he didn't originally want to break up, he would have to now!"
Hou Hua was really frustrated with this single - minded girl. She took a deep breath to stop herself from hitting this annoying girl. "I'll ask you, when you first got together with him, was it because of the merits?"
"Yes." Yong Shanling nodded frankly. But the next second, she continued, "But the merits are also part of him. It's just an added bonus. I like him as a person more. Of course, I'd be happier if there are merits. It's like if I fall in love with someone, if he has no money, I can earn it myself. But if he has money, I'd be happy too!"
As the two were talking, a shadow flashed past the window.
After hearing Yong Shanling's answer, Hou Hua was almost convinced. But soon she came to her senses and understood where the problem between the two was.
"Actually, your problem is very simple. Your man wants a pure relationship, so he can't tolerate the slightest bit of impurity. And when he questioned you, your answers just made him misunderstand easily. Can't you think a bit more?"
Hou Hua tapped Yong Shanling's head, frustrated. This little girl had lived in the human world for so many years, but she was not as smart as Hou Hua who had only been in the human world for a year.
Under Hou Hua's patient guidance, Yong Shanling gradually understood Mu Yijie's thoughts. She also regretted saying those random words and causing them to part on bad terms.
On the other side, in a mountain not far from Hou Hua's place, a man was thrown onto the ground in a sorry state. He spat out a mouthful of blood forcefully. "Cough, cough, cough—"
"Did you hear that? She already admitted that she was with you because of your merits. Your love is just a joke! I've spread the news about you throughout the demon world. All the demons want to eat you and get the merits on you. Even if you manage to stay alive, you won't be able to live a normal life. You'll have to be a vagrant, wandering around forever." A man with a wrinkled face like tree bark stepped on Mu Yijie forcefully and laughed triumphantly.
Mu Yijie lay on the ground, his eyes blank and motionless. He couldn't hear anything. All that echoed in his mind was the one word Yong Shanling had answered affirmatively.
Yes!
Hahaha!
He never thought that the relationship he had carefully nurtured was just a stepping - stone for someone else's cultivation. He was such a joke!
"Your woman is just using you, and all the demons in the cultivation world are going to hunt you down. What's the point of living? You're even worse than me." That man kept provoking Mu Yijie, enjoying the pleasure of revenge.
"Back then, you and your woman ruined our plan and exposed our identities. We were almost killed by human cultivators. Today, I'm going to avenge my companions."
Oh, so it was a man seeking revenge. Who was it?
It must be those demons from Yunshan back then. Only then did Mu Yijie recognize that this demon was one of those who had been killed when Yong Shanling used the Arhat's Heaven - Turning Seal. He was surprised that this demon had managed to survive.
He was like an outsider, thinking aimlessly in his mind. He didn't want to think about his feelings anymore. He wished he didn't have a brain so that he wouldn't remember those once - beautiful memories. The happier he had been before, the more painful he was now.
Mu Yijie's unresponsive attitude angered the tree demon even more. "You still look so arrogant even when you're in my hands. You're asking for death."
Saying that, his hands turned into vines and lashed at Mu Yijie forcefully. Soon, his whole body was covered in blood, with not a single uninjured patch of skin.
Mu Yijie endured it silently, like it was nothing, making the tree demon feel no sense of accomplishment.
After torturing him for nearly an hour, the tree demon decided to kill him and devour the merits on him.
The tree demon suddenly raised the vines and lashed at his heart and head.