Chapter 547 - He Meant a Lot to You (1/2)

Seeing his lover still hesitate, Leng Jin Yu sighed. ”Jinde, I certainly won't force you to tell me. But as you've said just now: We've married yesterday. Is there really something you can share with Xin Lan but not with your husband?”

Jinde smiled wryly. ”There are a lot of things that could be shared with somebody else but not with one's husband.”

”So is it that I have another rival?”

Jinde reached out, hoping that Leng Jin Yu would take his hand. Leng Jin Yu looked at it and finally sighed. He leaned forward and caught it between his own.

”So I'm right? And that is why you don't want to talk about it?”

”Something like that.”

”Then you don't have to worry. You're beautiful. Of course, I'll have rivals. I know that. The only thing that's important is that I'm the one who married you. Everything else is just somebody else's affection. We don't have to concern ourselves with it. So will you tell me about it now?”

Jinde squeezed Leng Jin Yu's hand. ”You won't get angry, will you?”

”Of course not.”

”Alright, so … It might be that I've known Jin Ling for a long time.” He paused and looked up at the ceiling. ”Maybe … that was before he became the demon king. And maybe … that child might have liked me a little too much.”

Leng Jin Yu smiled. For someone who didn't like being seen as old, Jinde sure was calling the current demon king a child often. ”So he fell in love with you. That's … unexpected. Especially for a demon. Didn't you say they can't love because of Tian's curse?”

Jinde looked back at his husband and squeezed his hand. ”You're too sharp, my dear. I can't keep anything from you.”

”Oh? So there's more to this story?”

”Quite a bit. I guess in a sense it wouldn't be wrong to say that he doesn't actually love me. It's not like demons can't feel at all. It's just that they don't have a … healthy kind of love. What they do have is a kind of obsession. If they see something they like, they will do everything to get it. Whether that's a thing or a person …” He broke off and his brows knitted together.

All of this wasn't Jin Ling's fault. He refused to believe that the cute little darling he raised had turned into that kind of bastard. No, most likely, this had been Jian Heng's influence.

Leng Jin Yu held his lover's hands and sighed. ”He meant a lot to you, hm?”

Jinde looked up at him. ”If you think I reciprocated his feelings —”

”No, not that.” Leng Jin Yu took a deep breath. ”I can't say I understand what exactly was there between you and him. But I can see that he was important to you. You wouldn't be this hesitant if it was different. But you've also said that dragons can only love once. So why would I suspect that you felt like that for him?”

”Mn, that's also true.” He sighed and shook his head. ”I don't think I can explain it.” Actually, it wasn't that difficult but just as he had said: Leng Jin Yu was too sharp. If he started to explain, then his lover would soon have guessed the rest or at least found something that didn't add up. No, it was still better to keep as much as he could to himself regarding this issue.