After Recklessly Courting Death, I Caught the Attention of a Yandere - Chapter 9

Seeing his expression, she comforted him. “You should know that past events are already set and cannot be changed, but the future is not. The future is something that hasn’t happened yet or is about to happen. Everyone’s destiny is in their own hands.

Although I don’t know what you’ve experienced in the past, I believe that many villains, before becoming great demon lords, must have once been kind and warm people. Just like these past few days of getting along, you’re really a good person.”

Although Xiao Yueqing couldn’t understand what Yun Dan meant by “villain,” combining it with the following sentence, he could roughly understand she was talking about people like himself.

Almost no one remembered that ten years ago, he had once been a spirited person who couldn’t bear to step on even an ant.

Now, ten years later, he had become a complete demon lord.

And the root cause of all this was still that incident from ten years ago.

Even after ten years had passed, it remained a painful memory that could never be erased.

Who would have thought that such a simple truth would be pointed out by a little girl who appeared out of nowhere.

Xiao Yueqing had investigated her—she had no past.

Even though Tianqing Manor possessed the most extensive information network in the entire martial world, they still couldn’t find any trace of her, as if she had never existed in this world.

When he first received the results, Xiao Yueqing stared at that piece of paper marked “No such person found” for a long time, unable to calm down.

As long as a person has lived, it’s impossible for there to be no trace of them anywhere in the martial world.

You should know that Tianqing Manor’s information network is the most extensive—they could even find out how many times someone wet the bed as a child.

But she had no trace whatsoever, so who exactly was she?

Falling from the sky and landing in front of him, with a mysterious background, often saying things people couldn’t understand—everything about her was full of strangeness.

“By the way, great demon lord, this manor is really big. Won’t it be very hard for just you alone to manage it all?”

At this moment, Xiao Yueqing suddenly leaned close to her and asked, “What, you see that I’m working hard and want to share my worries?”

Yun Dan shook her head desperately. She didn’t dare speak carelessly—what if she provoked this man again?

“Achoo!” The night was still somewhat cold, and sitting on such a high tree blowing in the cold wind really made her feel chilled to the bone.

Suddenly she felt something being draped over her. She curiously turned around and saw that Xiao Yueqing had taken off his red outer robe and draped it over her, while he himself was now wearing only a thin red inner garment.

Although Yun Dan was very moved, seeing how thin he looked and how little he was wearing after giving her his outer robe, while she was cold even wearing five layers, he might freeze wearing just that one piece.

Thinking of this, she carefully stood up and tried hard not to fall while slowly moving to his side.

After an internal struggle, she reached out and embraced him.

Xiao Yueqing’s body stiffened. He never let people get close to him, so naturally no one would hug him.

Even in his distant memories, his mother never had—this was the first person besides his father to hug him since he could remember.

So being embraced by someone felt this warm.

He hated women and didn’t like anyone getting close to him. Usually, if someone acted like this, they would have been sent flying by his palm long ago.

But at this moment, he was somehow compelled to reach out and hug back the person in front of him.

At this moment, his heart felt an inexplicable sense of peace.

He was naturally cold and detached, but that didn’t mean he was born so heartless.

“Thank you, Yun Dan.”

This was the first time he called her name so formally—no commands, no teasing, just very plainly.

“Eh? You…”

She wanted to say something more, but Xiao Yueqing just patted her shoulder and released her.

“It’s nothing. I can’t sleep. Would you like to talk with me?”

Before Yun Dan could react, Xiao Yueqing had already embraced her, turned around, and flew to the front of his room.

This… this was too sudden, wasn’t it? Was he asking her for a drink?

No, no, no—the next second she denied this thought. After all, he was Xiao Yueqing. It would be more likely if she were the one asking him for a drink.

Seeing her standing there motionless for a long time, Xiao Yueqing turned around and extended his hand to her. “Xiao Yun, come here. Why are you so afraid of me? I won’t eat you.”

“No, no, I’m not afraid of you. I’m just curious.”

Xiao Yueqing smiled, then turned and pushed open his room door. This was Yun Dan’s first time entering his room, and she was surprised to find the layout was quite simple—not luxurious at all.

She had thought that someone who loved wearing red clothes like him would probably have a room full of red things too, but surprisingly it wasn’t like that at all.

The entire room was very plain, though everything was complete. Come to think of it, it made sense—after all, this was the manor master’s room, and being too shabby wouldn’t befit his status.

“Come up.”

Xiao Yueqing took off his shoes, lay down on the bed, and extended his hand toward Yun Dan.

Yun Dan was somewhat at a loss. What was this about?

But given Xiao Yueqing’s authority, she didn’t dare to act rashly. She also took off her shoes and climbed to the inner side of the bed.

While she was hesitating, Xiao Yueqing turned to face her and reached out to pull her into his embrace.

Yun Dan wanted to struggle free, but then thought that he couldn’t possibly do anything to her, so she let him hold her.

“I haven’t had a good night’s sleep in over ten years. You make me feel at peace, so let me hold you.”

Yun Dan had thought she would be too excited to sleep, but when drowsiness came, nothing could stop it, and she actually fell asleep just like that.

Yun Dan was awakened by Xiao Yueqing’s sleep talking. She had initially thought she was dreaming, but the voice was so close to her that she had to open her eyes. It turned out Xiao Yueqing was having a dream.

He seemed to be in great pain, his entire face covered in sweat. What was he dreaming about? Could it be a nightmare?

“Mother, I was wrong…”

Mother? He seemed to dislike it when she mentioned his mother, but he was actually dreaming about his mother.

What exactly had this woman done to him that made him so resistant to hearing her name?

“Mother, I’ll be obedient. Please don’t hit me. I’ll be obedient…”

“Mother, don’t go. Don’t abandon me. I’ll be good. Please don’t go.”

Yun Dan felt some heartache. So the reason he didn’t want to mention his mother was because his mother hadn’t been good to him.

Although she didn’t know exactly what had happened, from his sleep talking, she could tell his childhood hadn’t been good. No wonder he said no one would want to experience that kind of past.

Such treatment of children was actually quite common in modern news, and Yun Dan hated such behavior. But she always felt there seemed to be something more important that she didn’t know about.

Even if his mother had abandoned him, it couldn’t have suddenly turned him into a great demon lord.

So what exactly happened in those years after his mother abandoned him that would cause such a person’s temperament to change so drastically?

She gently patted his back, just like her mother used to comfort her to sleep, singing a lullaby in his ear. “Little baby, go to sleep quickly, I’ll be with you in your dreams, accompanying your laughter and your tears, with me by your side…”