TSFLIP Chapter 658

“I’m not joking with you.”
For once, the perfect face of Yun Ji had lost its usual smile, replaced with a seriousness that could make anyone’s heart tremble. “No matter what you think, today… I’m going to make everything clear to you.”

“Is that so? And what exactly does Senior want to tell me?” Feng Guang’s eyes curved into a pleasant smile, as though she were merely waiting for him to tell an amusing story.

Her casual indifference made his breath hitch, but in the next moment, he grabbed her wrist again, pressing her back against a tree while blocking her in.

The sudden movement startled Feng Guang, and with it came an inexplicable sense of threat. Her voice went cold. “Yun Ji, what do you think you’re doing?”

“So you can take me seriously?” Yun Ji smiled in satisfaction. “No more of that ‘Senior, Senior’—say my name like you mean it.”

“Don’t push your luck!” Her patience was gone; all she felt now was disgust.

To him, that disgust was proof that he had her attention. The corners of his lips lifted slightly. “Don’t you want to know why, that day, I chose Xia Yanyu?”

“I already know—you like her.”

“That’s right, I do.” Yun Ji admitted it without hesitation. “Five hundred years ago, when she was by the Demon Lord’s side, she would appear in my sight from time to time. Feng Guang, have you heard True Lord Ziwei speak of the Dragon Maiden of the Eastern Sea?”

Her expression turned complicated. Heh… am I not the Dragon Maiden of the Eastern Sea myself? But she held it in. “I’ve heard of her…”

“Her nickname was Ah Nuan. To us demons who lived in darkness, she was like the sun—warm and bright. The sun draws people close, but if you get too close, you get burned.” He gave a small, wistful smile, as though remembering the Dragon Maiden—or perhaps the man he had been back then. “Her eyes held only the Demon Lord. But in his eyes, there was only the unification of the Three Realms. I often wondered… why wouldn’t she turn her head and look at me, even just once? If she had, I would have left the demon realm behind without hesitation, abandoned everything, and gone with her.”

Feng Guang’s lashes trembled. Five hundred years ago, she hadn’t the slightest idea this man harbored feelings for her. At that time, stripped of her transmigrator’s memories, she had eyes only for Jun Yu. Naturally, she never noticed anyone else.

Yun Ji went on. “Five hundred years later, I came with the Demon Lord to the side of Ah Nuan’s reincarnation—only to find there were two Ah Nuans…”

“You and Jun Yu confirmed that Yanyu was Ah Nuan’s reincarnation, didn’t you?”

“That’s right.” Yun Ji’s long, phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, his faint smile now entirely replaced by bitterness. “Feng Guang, ever since I met you, I’ve often thought… why couldn’t you have been Ah Nuan? If you were, how wonderful that would be.”

Jun Yu wanted Ah Nuan. Yun Ji wanted Ah Nuan too. But Jun Yu was the ruler, and Yun Ji the subject. And yet, there was only one Ah Nuan. But so what if they were ruler and subject? Yun Ji no longer intended to yield. Since Jun Yu had gone after Xia Yanyu, Yun Ji would go after Xia Feng Guang. If Feng Guang turned out to be Ah Nuan, perfect. If not… then he could still use her to get close to Yanyu.

He had said it himself—he was a demon, a demon who would stop at nothing. Yun Ji had calculated everything perfectly, except for one thing: the irresistible pull Feng Guang had on him.

But he couldn’t love Feng Guang.

Because… he was a man who loved Ah Nuan.