Chapter 35: You’re the Only One Who Looks Good

Lin Xihe asked her, "Xin'er, why do you want to run away from home?"

Tang Xin'er replied, "That person is here, so it's not convenient for me to say."

Lin Xihe looked up at the person Tang Xin'er was referring to. "Yu Tingye, talking about you. Why are you still standing there?"

Yu Tingye gave Lin Xihe a faint smile, then strode away with his long legs.

Once Yu Tingye was gone, Tang Xin'er couldn't wait to tell Lin Xihe, "Sister-in-law, I'm going to tell you, but don't be frightened. It's just that my brother killed Shuang Yu's elder sister. When Shuang Yu found out, he grew to hate my brother deeply, so..."

"So, you want to run away from home to find Shuang Yu?" Lin Xihe considered this for a moment. "It would be better if you didn't go. He might end up hating you as well."

"Sister-in-law," Tang Xin'er grabbed Lin Xihe's hand, "do you know why my brother killed Shuang Yu's sister?"

Lin Xihe replied, "I don't know. Perhaps he did it to show me."

"To show you, sister-in-law?"

"I was just guessing. Xin'er, how about this? We'll have your brother send someone to secretly protect Shuang Yu. How does that sound?"

Tang Xin'er thought about it and nodded. "That's the only option, I suppose."

As they were speaking, Hua Wu hurried in. "My Lady, Shuang Yu has been captured by three Demon Kings and brought to the Night Palace."

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Inside the great hall, the three Demon Kings, led by the Wolf King Bai Xun, said to Yu Tingye, "Lord Tingye, this tiger demon dared to incite us to kill you. He truly deserves death."

Shuang Yu, bound tightly, glared at Yu Tingye and shouted, "If you have the guts, just kill me!"

"Kill him."

Yu Tingye's nonchalant command left Shuang Yu stunned.

The Wolf King, having received the order, drew a sickle without hesitation.

"Stop!" Tang Xin'er rushed into the hall, shielding Shuang Yu behind her. "Brother, what are you doing?!"

Yu Tingye leaned back in his seat. "He wants to die, so I am kindly obliging him."

Lin Xihe walked in at that moment. Upon seeing her, Yu Tingye immediately straightened his posture. "Untie Shuang Yu."

Tang Xin'er was speechless; his attitude had changed far too quickly.

After Shuang Yu was untied, Lin Xihe wanted to go over and say a few words to him, but the words died on her lips. She realized that Shuang Yu hated her so much that he certainly wouldn't want to hear anything she had to say.

Yu Tingye's gaze remained fixed on Lin Xihe's face. Observing her hesitant, indecisive expression, he rose and walked over to her. Leaning close to her ear, he whispered, "A mere brat, not even fully grown—what is there to look at?"

Lin Xihe rolled her eyes at Yu Tingye and whispered back, "You're the only one worth looking at."

"If I weren't good-looking, would you have chosen me?"

"I..."

Yu Tingye smiled and stepped back, then turned his attention to Shuang Yu. "You may go. Remember, don't fall into my hands again. If you wish to avenge your sister, you are welcome to try at any time. However, if you lack the strength, don't come seeking your own destruction. A wise person knows which path they should take from here."

"Yu Tingye, listen well! I, Shuang Yu, swear that in this life, it will be either you or me who dies!" After shouting this in anger, Shuang Yu shoved aside those standing near him and fled at high speed.

"Shuang Yu!" Tang Xin'er called out instantly.

Yu Tingye narrowed his eyes. "Yu Xin'er, if you dare to chase after him, don't bother calling me your brother ever again."

"Brother..."

Tang Xin'er froze in her tracks and looked at him.