My Demon Husband Is a Snake

"What... what did you say??" the woman asked incredulously.

Yang Xi enunciated every word, "Protector Zi Shan is dead. During the Gu Fighting, he lost to Su Wan."

"Su Wan, it's you again, you slut!!"

Overcome with rage, the woman's mind faltered, and she vomited a large mouthful of blood.

The petals of the lotus platform she was sitting on suddenly withered, and she fell from the platform.

I remained silent, thinking a tough battle was ahead.

Even if the woman was seriously injured, if she fought me recklessly, I feared I would still be no match for her.

Who knew she would care so much about Big Mouth, who had died, that she would become so angry she would be overwhelmed by her internal injuries.

After the woman fell, she saw the deep purple Youth Preserving Robe on the ground.

She snatched it up, questioning Yang Xi in a frenzy, "Why didn't you save him? Why didn't you tell me right away?"

"Can't you be fair for once?" Yang Xi, full of anger, finally burst out, "It was all Protector Zi Shan's own doing. He set a gu on my entire family, which is what brought Su Wan here."

"This was a grace to your family! Accept the gu that's been set on you."

The woman's disdain for the lives of all living beings was fully displayed.

Upon hearing this, Yang Xi's eyes nearly blazed with fire, yet his tone softened, "Ah Zheng, can we stop the harsh words? You love me so much, how could you stand to see me die. Now that Zi Shan is gone, I will protect you..."

He moved forward and supported the woman's body.

But the moment his fingers touched her clothing, his whole body was flung away.

He crashed heavily to the ground.

"Like you? You protect me??"

The woman coughed, steadied her Inner Breath, and tears of blood slowly streamed from her sorrow-filled eyes, "How could you possibly be the person I like? You're just a life-extending vessel for Zi Shan, you're not fit to be mentioned in the same breath as him. If it wasn't because your life pattern matched his, I'd be disgusted to even glance at you more than necessary!"

"Stop the harsh words. You should heal properly, and I'll deal with Su Wan for you..." Yang Xi turned a deaf ear to these hurtful remarks, affectionately expressing his feelings, "When I was a child, I fell down a mountain while picking herbs and nearly died; it was you who had the Miao Doctor by your side cure me, you even fed me water and food personally... Letting me follow you around, I know that... you care a lot about me, all that just now was just bitter words because you couldn't accept Zi Shan's death."

"I've liked... Zi Shan for five hundred years."

With only eight words, the woman shattered all of Yang Xi's beliefs, and she continued to twist the knife: "Have you ever looked at yourself in the mirror? Your rough face doesn't even come close to one ten-thousandth of Zi Shan's. If it weren't for the compatibility of your life pattern with his, I'd be sickened by even one extra glance at you! Zi Shan was mortal and couldn't live that many years. He couldn't stay with me forever. Only by wearing the Life-extending Robe, and continuously finding people to lend him their lifespan, can he stay. Even with the Life-extending Robe, he would still age, would turn... unattractive, so I... made the Youth Preserving Robe... the Youth Preserving Robe also needs people... to continuously lend their vitality. The younger, the better..."

"Enough... enough... don't say anymore..." Yang Xi hugged his head hysterically, plugging his ears, and cried out, "I... I'm just a puppet for extending life, why... why did you have to say it all, not even leaving me a sliver of vain hope?"

In those crying, trembling tones, how much sorrow and regret was mixed in.

I pursed my lips, feeling a bit of regret for not finding a way to pull him back from the wrong path.

Unexpectedly, Yang Xi had known this woman since childhood.

He had been indebted to her for saving his life and caring for him.

But to her, he was nothing but coldly utilitarian, revealed without hesitation upon learning of Zi Shan's death, using the bloody truth to torment Yang Xi.

Suddenly, the woman's cold voice calmly exploded in my ears, "Su Wan, have you watched enough of the spectacle?"