World-Ending Demon Emperor
Chapter 587 - 298: Liren’s love! Qin Shu’s secret rendezvous!

Chapter 587: 298: Liren’s love! Qin Shu’s secret rendezvous!

"So, how are you going to deal with me?" Ashi Liren asked Suo Lun, her gaze filled with emotion yet her face laced with mockery.

Suo Lun was probably the kind of man who understood a woman’s heart the best; he knew exactly what Liren was thinking at the moment.

She was indeed attracted to him, even emotionally stirred.

The instant tingle and sense of surrender she felt when her buttocks were spanked had proved everything.

However, Suo Lun’s motive for getting close and flirting with her was to gain her support, not out of love.

Her personality was such that she could not tolerate even a speck of dust in her eyes.

So during her days in Rou Ran City, she never took the initiative to see Suo Lun, not because she wanted to show off her character, but because she didn’t know what to do next.

If anything really happened, it was bound to be an unequal love affair.

After waiting for several days, Suo Lun made a decisive move to leave. He knew that there was no longer any suspense regarding Ashi Liren’s and Rou Ran City’s position.

To his surprise, Ashi Liren, upon learning of his departure, actually arrived at Wangcheng Zidu ahead of him.

This revealed her obsessive and dominant nature.

However, from the fact that she was waiting here for Suo Lun and her sharp words, it could be seen that she already had an answer in her heart about how the relationship between the two should develop.

Ashi Liren said, "You probably don’t have an answer for how to deal with me, do you? Then perhaps you should listen to my answer."

"Alright," Suo Lun said.

Ashi Liren declared, "I will stand with you, share life and death, and advance or retreat together!"

Suo Lun nodded.

Ashi Liren continued, "I like you, you move my heart, you enter my sweet dreams!"

Just hearing these words made Suo Lun’s heart race.

"But..." Ashi Liren said, "If nothing changes, this is where our relationship ends, and it won’t progress any further. Because your motive for flirting with me is not emotion but advantage."

Suo Lun remained silent, having anticipated this outcome long ago.

"I like you, but I won’t be with you," Ashi Liren said. "Because this isn’t a fair relationship."

Suo Lun looked into her beautiful eyes and after a long time, he said, "I’m sorry!"

After a moment of silence, Ashi Liren asked, "Suo Lun, which woman in this world do you love the most? The kind of love between a man and a woman!"

Suo Lun thought for a while, then said, "My sister Suo Ningbing."

Ashi Liren’s eyes widened slightly in astonishment, her cheeks turning a faint red.

Then, she stared into Suo Lun’s eyes and said, "You really are a bastard, even worse than Ashi Luo."

Suo Lun couldn’t explain that he and Suo Ningbing were not truly siblings.

"However, I don’t know why, but my heart is beating even faster," Ashi Liren said. "It seems that most women like bad men, especially those who are bad but not evil."

The evil she referred to was Ashi Luo.

He was a man who would normally make one’s heart race, but his excessive evilness induced fear, not infatuation.

Gui Qinshao felt afraid the first time she saw him, not daring to look at him again.

Ashi Liren took a deep breath and said, "I’m a very faithful person, I will always stand by your side. But if you dare to talk about spanking or the like again, I will break your hand."

Suo Lun forced a smile and said, "Then I’ll train hard in martial arts, striving to surpass you one day so that I can do whatever I want when I want to."

Ashi Liren gave Suo Lun a serious look and said, "That might work, and it could be a way to break through the emotional deadlock."

Suo Lun was stunned.

...

"Suo Lun has returned to the capital!" Zhi Li sighed.

Zhi Wei, Gui Xingfu, and Turing Tuo exchanged complex glances.

"This man is truly a monster," Zhi Li said. "He supported Ashi Liren to the position of City Lord, wiped out A Shi Zhuo in just a few days, and what’s more outrageous is that he turned an utterly hopeless situation into a victory when facing the invasion of the 300,000-strong army of the Night Orchid Duchy."

Indeed, a monster...

Turing Tuo, Zhi Wei, Gui Xingfu, and the others in the room shuddered deeply.

At that time, when the Night Orchid Duchy’s 300,000-strong army invaded Rouran and Ashi Liren came to ask for help, Zhi Li ignored her.

He believed that Rouran was doomed, so his philosophy was to let it be destroyed completely. Either force Ashi Liren to surrender completely or let the Night Orchid Duchy wipe out Rouran, severing the arm that connected Zhi Yan and Suo Lun.

Once he succeeded the throne, he would send troops to retake it and transform it into the directly governed Nulang Province.

But he never expected the situation to be reversed.

Grand Duke Lanshi unexpectedly died, leading Crown Prince Lan Tu’s army of over 200,000 to retreat, and Rouran City was saved.

Although there was no evidence to prove that Grand Duke Lanshi’s death was related to Suo Lun, Zhi Li instinctively felt that it was Suo Lun’s doing.

"Should we reveal that Grand Duke Lanshi’s death was Suo Lun’s work?" Duke Zhi Wei asked.

Turing Tuo and Gui Xingfu remained silent.

Zhi Li shook his head and said, "There’s no evidence, and besides, the Dragon Temple has already vouched for Grand Duke Lanshi’s death, saying it was a divine warning, a thunderbolt from heaven."

Zhi Wei said, "Is there really nothing we can do about this bastard?"

Zhi Li sighed, "Originally, I didn’t want to complicate matters during this period; I just wanted to wait quietly for Zhi Bian to die so that I could ascend to the throne smoothly. But I didn’t expect Suo Lun to perform such a drama."

Zhi Wei said, "Fortunately, so far, Rouran City has not openly taken a stance!"