My Demon Friends-Chapter 624 - 596: Confirmed with Evidence

"You're acting strange..."

"Am I?"

"Yes."

Brother Nan tilted her head to look at him, offering a definite response, "It's definitely not because I ate too much and ended up in the hospital, right?"

"Go to sleep, Brother Nan."

"No way! I'm too curious! I can't sleep if you don't tell me!" Brother Nan was adamant. "Hurry up and say it!"

"Then I'll tell you tomorrow."

"...I really want to hit you!"

"Go to sleep."

"What about you?"

"I'll just sit here." Zhou Li thought for a moment. "I slept in the car, and I slept on the plane as well. If I get sleepy later, I'll just rest my head here for a while. It's already four o'clock. In another two hours, it'll start to get light. I usually get up at six at the earliest."

"Hmph..."

Brother Nan turned over, her back to him, in a gesture that she no longer wished to deal with him, and closed her eyes.

After a while, she turned back around, facing Zhou Li, her large eyes fluttering. After a moment of eye contact, she stretched her hand out from under the covers, grabbed his hand, and pulled it back under the covers before slowly closing her eyes and drifting into sleep.

Zhou Li continued to watch her.

The sleeping Brother Nan was beautiful, with a perfect curve to her profile, snowy white and delicate skin, refined features, and long, serene eyelashes. She was truly a sight one could never tire of watching.

Meanwhile, the Spiritual Power Wave that had been quite noticeable in her body had gradually calmed down, becoming more and more difficult to perceive. Before long, it seemed to disappear entirely, undetectable.

Zhou Li had seen his share of fantasy movies and series, and he was genuinely afraid that Brother Nan might undergo a major transformation. Before he could react, perhaps the person sleeping in front of him wouldn't be Brother Nan anymore. Instead, it might be the beloved Demon King who sat at the pinnacle of power in the Demon Kingdom.

If that were to happen, not only would he lose his Brother Nan, but Brother Nan would also lose herself.

「Six o'clock in the morning.」

Brother Nan opened her eyes.

The first image that greeted her was Zhou Li's upper body, his eyes open, gazing calmly at her, with an expression as if he was lost in thought.

"!!"

Brother Nan's eyes suddenly widened. "What are you doing?"

"I can't sleep."

"If you can't sleep, use your phone! Why are you staring at me? It's creepy."

"..." Zhou Li changed the subject. "Why did you wake up again?"

"I need to pee."

"How do you feel right now?"

"I feel like there's a pervert next to me."

"Oh, anything else?"

"I feel like I need to pee."

"..." Zhou Li breathed a sigh of relief. "Girls should be more polite."

"Oh, I need to use the bathroom."

"I'll go with you."

"I don't need you to!"

Zhou Li bent down to find her shoes, placing them where they'd be most convenient for her, and asked, "Does your stomach still hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt anymore. I'm being discharged soon."

"It really doesn't hurt anymore?"

"I'm as tough as iron, big brother."

"You seem pretty soft."

"?"

Zhou Li stopped talking and watched her sit up, slip her feet into her shoes, and stagger off. He followed her out.

Brother Nan turned sharply. "Don't come!"

"..."

He had no choice but to sit back down.

A few minutes later, Brother Nan returned.

She pulled back the curtains to look outside. The sky was a deep blue; the cries of a child echoed in the hospital; nurses and family members moved along the corridors. But overall, everything was still shrouded in quiet. She rubbed her eyes, took off her shoes, and climbed back into bed, but she lay down at the very edge.

"Come on! Snuggle with big brother for a bit!"

Zhou Li looked at the half of the bed she had left for him, then at the sleeping Master Xuanqing on the small bed beside them, and the ring-shaped curtains that isolated the hospital bed. He climbed up in silence and held Brother Nan in his arms.

The early morning was the coldest. He decided to warm his hands on Brother Nan's belly.

「Eight o'clock.」

Master Xuanqing woke up.

She sat up straight, rubbing her eyes. Her first instinct was to look at the hospital bed.

On the bed was Zhou Li.

Brother Nan was beside him, nibbling on a baozi.

Master Xuanqing appeared somewhat perplexed and pointed—

"This..."

"Yes, I would have gotten better faster if he hadn't come," Brother Nan replied as she handed her a small bag of baozi. "They're still warm."

"Are you better now?"

"Yeah, we're being discharged soon. Let this dumbass sleep a little longer."

"Oh."

Master Xuanqing threw off her covers and got out of bed.

「At ten in the morning.」

They had finished the discharge procedures.

Brother Nan was back to her lively self, having completely forgotten the pain of the previous night. When she heard Zhou Li had come on her motorcycle, she was astonished.

"I didn't expect you could actually ride here! Impressive, impressive!"

"It's all thanks to Brother Nan's good teaching."

"True that..."

Brother Nan walked up to the motorcycle, saying to Zhou Li, "You should get a motorcycle taxi back. I'll ride back with Master Xuanqing."

After speaking, she patted the back seat of the motorcycle, winking at the hesitant Master Xuanqing, "Hop on! Hold onto my waist! Press your chest against my back!"

Master Xuanqing: ...

The motorcycle quickly sped away.

Zhou Li silently walked to the side of the road and hailed a motorcycle taxi.

Truly miserable.

「Afternoon.」

Master Xuanqing continued to catch up on sleep.

Zhou Li was, however, in good spirits, but he had a lot on his mind and found no interest in anything.

Yin Le sent a message—

Yin Le: I've explained everything.

Zhou Li: Did it go smoothly?

Yin Le: Surprisingly smooth.

Zhou Li: Did they believe you as soon as you finished explaining?

Yin Le: I felt they believed me before I even finished.

Zhou Li: What about now?

Yin Le: The Celestial Master Department is now negotiating with them. The Symbol Array at this place should be jointly researched, but it seems they are unwilling.

Zhou Li: I see.

It seems that Shui Zhenzhu's book indeed recorded the matter of the Elm King transforming into a human.

At that time, Master Shui Zhen was a rare scholar in Yu Country, profoundly learned, and had previous experience researching 'turning humans into demons.' The technology to transform a 'demon into a human' would presumably be more difficult than 'turning humans into demons.' If the Elm King needed technical personnel, Master Shui Zhen would be an excellent choice.

Master Ming likely had a part in it as well.

If successful, it would not only validate a great technology, but also yield another immense achievement—a human with the full Spiritual Power of a Demon King would not be suppressed by the Will of the World. Their level of martial prowess would be far more formidable than that of the Demon King. If they could also retain the demon's ability to control and utilize Spiritual Power, they would be even more powerful.

It might even surpass Master Ming before he became a demon.

It's like a bug in the system.

But there was still one question—Master Ming had always been committed to maintaining balance. Would he allow this balance to be broken in such a way?

That was the only thing keeping Zhou Li going.

SNAP...

A crisp sound came from his shoulder.

Brother Nan came around from behind him, sat next to him, close to him, with a handful of sunflower seeds, cheerfully saying, "It's already 'tomorrow,' hurry up and tell me!"

"..."

"Hurry up, hurry up! Stop dawdling!"

The sound of cracking sunflower seeds had begun.

After a moment's thought, Zhou Li decided to be honest with her about what happened yesterday. He skipped the details; Brother Nan was a very smart person, she could think of the rest.

Sunflower seed shells littered the ground.

Even though the content was explosive, Brother Nan didn't stop, continuously cracking seeds.

It wasn't until Zhou Li finished speaking that she swung up her leg to sit cross-legged, temporarily stopping her seed cracking, nodded, and said, "So you suspect your beautiful girlfriend is the reincarnation of the Demon Kingdom's Demon King? Are you afraid that after I turn into the Demon King, I won't want you anymore? Is that why you rushed back overnight and now can't even sleep?"

"Emmm..."

Zhou Li felt she didn't need to be that explicit.

Meeting her gaze, he thought for a moment. "Last night when I came back, I felt the Spiritual Power in you."

"Oh, then there's no escaping it," Brother Nan nodded, her foot swinging along. "No wonder I thought I saw a monster outside the window this morning."

"You saw a Demon? When?"

"After using the toilet, before you got into bed to sleep."

"Why didn't you say anything?"

"Seeing you hadn't slept all night, I didn't want to agitate you."

Brother Nan was somewhat pensive, took a deep breath, and then smacked her lips. "The Demon King of the Demon Kingdom... tsk tsk... but can she barely match my status as the Child of Destiny?"

Zhou Li immediately said, "Not quite a good match..."

"Hey!"

Brother Nan hurriedly signaled him to keep it down, but her face was already blooming with smiles.

Her mentality was fantastic.

Feared nothing on heaven or Earth.

Moments later, after finishing her seeds, she patted Zhou Li's shoulder again, saying, "Don't be melancholy, lad. Do you still remember what big brother told you?"

"Ah?"

"Seems you've forgotten."

"..." Zhou Li felt uncomfortable; she said too much every day, from dawn till dusk. "Which one?"

"Once a big brother, always a big brother."

"That's so melodramatic, isn't it?"

"?"

Brother Nan sharply turned her head, her gaze burning into him, showing her displeasure that lasted for at least five seconds before she forgave her little brother. "Rest assured, big brother will always be your big brother. If that Elm King or whatever wakes up in my mind, I'll take her out. I'll show her that the Child of Destiny is actually above the Demon King... By the way, have you ever seen Identity?"

"No..."

Zhou Li's expression was numb.

He had a hunch that what followed would be at least two hours of conversation totally unrelated to the serious matter at hand. All he needed to do was nod and agree; he could not leave early, nor could he play with his phone.