Chapter 805: We Can Be Husband and Wife

Chapter 805: We Can Be Husband and Wife

“Don’t you know?”

Liu Shuqin looked puzzled, staring intently at Lin Nuo, trying to discern something from his eyes, much like a wife trying to uncover her husband’s secrets.

Lin Nuo glanced at her and scoffed, “Is it really that strange?”

“Strange! With your abilities as my Junior Martial Brother, how could you possibly not know?”

“There’s nothing impossible or possible about it. Don’t treat me like some sort of omnipotent figure. Besides, I don’t need that stuff. I never intended to purify myself; I might as well die if I tried.”

Lin Nuo spoke nonchalantly. This Liu woman was slightly better than Su Kexin but still seemed like a naive girl who had never seen the world, constantly asking questions.

Though he couldn’t do it himself, he knew how to obtain the cultivation manual for the purification technique, so he could teach her.

In any case, her becoming a demon was an accident; she could still revert back.

“Are you really not planning to purify yourself? Have you never thought about going back?” Liu Shuqin questioned with intense curiosity.

“Nope. Forget it, you wouldn’t understand. Just know that I’ll get you the manual for the purification technique; you don’t need to worry about it. We’ll still be enemies, just like that.”

Lin Nuo placed his hand on Liu Shuqin’s shoulder, and she leaned on him like a girl being pampered by her benefactor.

“Enemies, huh…” Liu Shuqin murmured softly; who would want their lover to be their enemy? How could that ever work out?

“If only you weren’t becoming a demon. But I know you had no choice back then; otherwise, you’d have been dead. It might have been fated. However, Junior Martial Brother, you must have some lingering attachment to the world besides demons, right? Your past experiences are gone; your mindset must have changed somewhat…”

“So you still plan to persuade me to turn back?”

“Fine. I know I can’t rely solely on words to convince you. Junior Martial Brother, you once said that if I accepted your true situation, you would marry me, right?”

Liu Shuqin shifted the topic to marriage.

Lin Nuo was taken aback; this woman always managed to steer the conversation back to this subject.

“Yes.”

Lin Nuo nodded, “But if you go back to purifying yourself, that’d no longer be valid—let’s pretend you never said it.”

“Well, it can’t just be forgotten. If I’m not planning on going back to purify myself, then that must be fulfilled, right?”

“Then you’re not going to learn the purification technique, huh?”

“Not at all. Learning it and using it are two different things. I still plan to learn it.”

“Then what are you even saying?” Lin Nuo retorted. This woman, blabbing on about dialectical materialism and whether to learn or use it.

Knowledgeable women really are a hassle.

“Junior Martial Brother, I’ll learn it first, and then I’ll teach you.”

“??”

Lin Nuo looked dumbfounded, “Why would you teach me? If I needed to learn, wouldn’t I do it myself?”

“If you go learn without someone to teach you, it’ll take much longer.”

“No, I should say I can’t use it; there’s no way I’d even learn it.”

Lin Nuo sighed; this Liu woman had a peculiar thought process and always said weird things.

Are you really trying to teach me purification techniques? Are you sure you’re not joking?

“Who knows about the future?”

“That’s impossible; don’t even think about it. If you want to purify yourself, go ahead. As for marriage, just forget about it.”

“Junior Martial Brother. I hope to purify myself, but I desire to be with you even more. So, as long as you have no intention of turning back, I’ll continue to live as a demon.”

Liu Shuqin gently caressed Lin Nuo’s face with one hand and brushed his chest with the other.

“Suit yourself, but I have to tell you, if you have this in mind, you’ll be a demon for life.”

“I used to quite agree with you, but this time, I disagree. Let’s see whose predictions for the future come true.”

Liu Shuqin smiled with her eyes narrowed, still optimistic, firmly believing that Lin Nuo would one day turn back to the light.

“You can think whatever you want.”

Lin Nuo paid her no mind, allowing her to think as she wished; it wouldn’t change the outcome.

“Junior Martial Brother, since I’m still a demon, let’s consider ourselves married, shall we?”

“…How is this even marriage?”

“I’m accepting your identity now, and I’ve become a demon too. So, getting married should be quite reasonable, right?”

Liu Shuqin continued to smile, much like a pampered girl pleading with Lin Nuo for recognition.

“Does this even matter?” Lin Nuo asked.

“It matters a lot.”

“Actually, we’ve already done all the intimate stuff of a married couple; we just need a baby now. Of course, I won’t let you get pregnant. It’s a burden for both of us right now. Listen, I won’t marry you until I have no doubts and am stable. I’ve already told you that before.”

“Hmm… Well, we could still live like a couple, even if just for a short time, right? Didn’t you have moments with Su Kexin and Shi Li before? It wouldn’t be too much with me, right? Or do you think I’m unworthy?”

Liu Shuqin whispered softly in Lin Nuo’s ear, like a gentle breeze, making it tickle a little.

“Alright, alright. It’s not that much different; we’ve already had dual cultivation. Everything else is just trivial. I can accommodate that.”

Lin Nuo relented; this was something he could agree to.

Since they’d already been intimate, everything else seemed minor.

“Hmm, good. My husband is really nice.”

Liu Shuqin snuggled closer to Lin Nuo, relishing the warmth of his embrace.

It was really warm and gave a sense of security; she feared nothing anymore.

“Husband, are you hungry? Should I cook something for you?”

Liu Shuqin directly addressed Lin Nuo as “Husband,” fulfilling a small wish of hers, even if it was for a short moment.

“A bit.”

“Then I’ll go right now; there’s a small market nearby. By the way, Husband, if I go out now, I won’t scare the townsfolk, will I?”

“You definitely can’t go out like this; at the very least, you need to put some clothes on.”

“Hey, wait, are you kidding me about the demonization?”

Liu Shuqin lightly patted Lin Nuo, playfully and affectionately, like a couple sharing light banter.

“If I go, will they see I’m a demon practitioner and be scared of me?”

“Nope. You can already hide it, and your looks are the same as before. Also, the news hasn’t spread that fast; they won’t know about you yet. Just go worry-free, or forget it; I’ll go with you.”

Lin Nuo bent down, reached for the clothes at the bedside, handed them to Liu Shuqin, and then put on his own.

“Let’s get dressed and go out together. Even if you’re a demon, we still need to eat.”

“Mm-hmm.”