My Demon Husband Is a Snake

"What about you? Have you considered yourself? Punishing yourself for someone else's mistakes?" I angrily questioned Xia Xi.

Slow tears of blood streamed down Xia Xi's eyes, her body like a weathered statue that would no longer move, and from her decayed lips came a bizarre laugh, "Hehehe, are you talking about divine punishment? I failed to protect my children, so I deserve the divine punishment. I've long wanted to join them anyway."

"When you kill, you accumulate resentment, which will invite divine retribution during your 'Tribulation.' When that time comes, death won't be so simple—you'll be utterly annihilated." I saw her eyes filled with resentment, obstinately unenlightened, and my tone became suddenly stern,

"Then let me tell you another fact, Ye Jiqing's crimes are not worthy of death. I saved him also out of my own selfishness. You can't defeat me, so you might as well accept your fate."

"Ye is the father of your child? Is that why you are protecting him?" Xia Xi asked through gritted teeth, as if I had intervened on her behalf out of nepotism.

I shook my head, my voice a bit weak, "No, he has wronged me before, and he certainly isn't my child's father."

"Then it's because… what?" Xia Xi's eyes showed a hint of confusion.

Feeling there was no need to hide, I told her the truth, "He harbors a certain secret. Until I figure it out, I can't let him die."

"Good, good, good…" Xia Xi said 'good' three times, her eyes' stubborn obsession gradually dissipating, "I'm not as skilled as you, I concede."

With her final words, her body stiffly fell down.

A loud crashing sound erupted, lifting clouds of dust.

A flash of white light swept before our eyes, and the black cat in my arms sprang up, darting into a corner and disappearing.

I stared at where it had vanished, dazedly stunned.

Had I convinced her just like that?

In my mind, I had prepared several different arguments to persuade her to let go of her obsession.

Perhaps it is just the nature of feline creatures to bow to the stronger.

Feeling inexplicably lost, I couldn't shake the feeling that there was some indescribable regret in my heart, yet I couldn't pinpoint what it was.

It was like a fleeting ribbon in my hands, always slipping through my grasp.

A moment later.

I walked over to Ye Jiqing; he had already passed out from pain.

I searched his body a bit, pulled out his cell phone, and called Mrs. Ye, "Ye Jiqing is at the XX nightclub on the third-floor warehouse here; his leg is injured, you might want to come and see."

"Su Wan!! You are Su Wan, you little wretch, did you deliberately hurt him? Did you kidnap him? I knew it, I've always known that a country bumpkin like you approaching my son was up to no good…"

Insults from Mrs. Ye blared through the phone, her voice loud and grating; I directly hung up.

Next to me, Beichen furrowed his brows, "The Ye family, what fine people they are."

"After today, we won't have any more contacts with them; let them be whoever they want to be." I put the cell phone back in Ye Jiqing's hand, picked up my coat from the ground, draped it over my arm, "Let's go; let's find a hotel to rest a bit, you really got dragged into this mess."

"My duty is to protect you," Beichen followed behind me and said.

I had been physically drained the past few days; as I descended the stairs, I felt dizzy for a moment and nearly fell.

Beichen tugged at my arm, preventing me from tumbling down the stairs.

I didn't know how many times he had saved me already.

I steadied my mind, cautiously watching my step, "Thank you, you saved me and Dumpling again. It's precisely because it's your duty that I feel uneasy. If I hadn't come to City B, you wouldn't have had to follow, nearly facing danger."