After Reborn, I Became the Bigshots' Beloved-Chapter 364: His First Reaction Was...

——Assassination?

Li Muchen’s heart skipped a beat abruptly.

"Do you still remember the teacher who substituted for equestrian class at our school over two months ago?"

Lu Sheng said, "At that time, I was coming out of the hospital in a wheelchair, and he even specifically came to find me."

Li Muchen remembered You Yi, because that man had a remarkable aura.

That day, he wore a stand-collar Chinese button-up shirt, tall and lean. His face had delicate features that looked gentle and handsome, giving off an extraordinary vibe.

"That You Yi is not any equestrian teacher, he is a Demon Hunter," Lu Sheng said, "The person who was constantly after my life at that time was him."

"..."

Li Muchen took a deep breath.

This was the second time tonight that he couldn’t help but be profoundly shocked.

After finding out that Lu Sheng is a demon, accepting the existence of "Demon Hunters" became much easier.

But the teacher who went to Shengjing to teach equestrian class to Shengsheng was actually a Demon Hunter who had once tried to assassinate her? This definitely wasn’t a coincidence.

Doesn’t that mean, the man went to Shengjing specifically for Shengsheng. Could it be that Shengsheng’s fall from the horse that day was no accident, but related to him?

Li Muchen pondered a lot in an instant.

Seeing the man’s furrowed brows, Lu Sheng explained, "In this world, all things coexist in balance. Where there are demons causing trouble and harm to the Human Realm, there are Demon Hunters upholding justice to eradicate demons."

"Demon Hunter families are scattered all over the world, it’s just that ordinary people are unaware of their existence, let alone the fact that demons actually exist in this world."

"In reality, these families of Demon Hunters have always been supported by governments and the wealthy from various countries. Because to those high in power, demons are an uncontrollable factor, they are afraid, so they want all demons killed."

"The creed of the Demon Hunter families is to eradicate all demons without leaving any future troubles, and they will unhesitatingly exterminate especially the strong ones. Their families have some ancestral Magic Artifacts that are specifically designed to restrain demons."

"For instance, there’s a Magic Artifact called the Death Seeking Plate that can detect demons with High Soul Power. And their weapon for slaughtering demons, the Soul-devouring nail, once thrust into a demon’s body, can instantly disperse its soul, ensuring it will never reincarnate."

"About two years ago, I was still in the UK; You Yi precisely located me in a shopping mall using the Death Seeking Plate. That mall had a fire at the time, and You Yi saw my face amidst the flames."

"Since then, he has been relentlessly pursuing me to kill me. To elude him, I secluded myself in the mountains, deliberately cutting off all contact with the outside world."

"But later, You Yi still sensed my whereabouts and found me. I had no choice but to leave Bai Qiang’s body. Afterward, I just wandered the world until I was reborn using Lu Sheng’s body."

After listening to Lu Sheng, Li Muchen understood the general ins and outs of the situation.

But recalling past events, he couldn’t help feeling terrified: "Then that day..."

"That day, You Yi did indeed come to Shengjing targeting me," Lu Sheng said, "However he wasn’t certain whether I was Bai Qiang, otherwise he wouldn’t have used the identity of an equestrian teacher to get close and test me, he would’ve just come to kill me directly."

"During the equestrian class, I gradually dispelled his suspicions. But in order to further test me, he used a talisman to control the horse I was riding."

"He drove that horse into a frenzied gallop to see if I would use Soul Power to control it. Knowing he was watching, I naturally did nothing."

"So when I later fell from the horse, it completely removed his suspicions, and he even felt quite guilty towards me."

Hearing Lu Sheng speak lightly of her own fall, Li Muchen thought of the bruises and injuries on the young girl’s body that day, and his hand unconsciously tightened into a fist.

Taking a deep breath, he wanted to say that even if she wanted to dispel any suspicions, she should not have hurt herself.

But when he considered it from Lu Sheng’s perspective, there really was no better way in that situation.

It wasn’t her problem; it was the Demon Hunter’s problem.

"Does You Yi not distinguish right from wrong," Li Muchen’s eyes slightly chilled, "even if you are a demon, you would never do anything to harm anyone, so what gives him the right to hurt you."

Hearing Li Muchen say this, Lu Sheng paused in her movements. Then she slowly wrapped her arms tight around Li Muchen’s lean waist and sighed softly.

"Whether it’s humans or demons. Sometimes, the very existence is a mistake."

"Like the dark skin of Africans, they are born with the stigma of racial prejudice. Like those illegitimate children, who are labeled as disgusting and shameless from birth."

"But actually, whether black people, white people, or yellow people, they are all humans. The children of prostitutes or mistresses and the children of the rich and powerful, they are all children."

"Equality should be built on the foundation of having the freedom to choose. However, like them, I never had the chance to choose. So I can only bear the consequences of this ’existence’."

"It’s hard enough to change a person’s fixed beliefs, let alone to change the views of the entire society, of the whole world. Without You Yi, there would be other Demon Hunters who would come to kill me."

"Therefore, I do not shame my identity, I do not use my abilities to harm people, and I do not need their understanding. All I need to do is to stay true to my heart and be myself, and to have a clear conscience."

——To have a clear conscience is enough.

Li Muchen felt that tonight, after learning Lu Sheng’s true identity and having such a conversation with her, he seemed to really understand his lover for the first time.

He finally understood why there was always something deep and indecipherable in the clear eyes of the young girl.

It turned out that she had experienced and endured so much alone.

"...It’s my fault," Li Muchen also took a deep breath, then pulled Lu Sheng into his embrace, his voice carrying a hint of guilt.

"I should have realized it sooner. You probably wouldn’t have kept it from me if I had asked."

"If I had known all this earlier, then you could have discussed many of the things with me before, instead of facing them alone."

Lu Sheng did not expect that Li Muchen’s first reaction after learning all this was not an inability to accept or to blame her for hiding the truth.

Instead, it was guilt, and he felt sorry for her having faced the past and the present alone.

It seemed that he always loved her more than she ever imagined.

Lu Sheng raised her eyes and took the initiative to kiss Li Muchen’s lips.

Under the dim light, the man’s left hand wrapped around the thin waist of the young girl on his lap, their bodies pressing tightly together without any gap. His other large hand lifted the girl’s chin, and then he passionately deepened the kiss.

The breathing of the two became entwined and heated. Li Muchen’s breath grew heavier, and Lu Sheng couldn’t help but thread her fingers through his hair and tilt her head back as the atmosphere gradually heated up.

However, just at this moment, there was suddenly a noise outside the room—"Shengsheng, you’re in the room right? I’m coming..."

Before Lu Sheng could speak, the door was opened.