Chapter 349: Childhood Sweethearts, Truly in Love

In the backyard of the inn, inside the woodshed.

When Ajin woke up, he discovered a glimmer of light appearing nearby, and then, a candle was lit.

The pitch-black space suddenly became bright.

Near the doorway stood a tall, slender figure.

Taking a closer look, it was precisely the human youth he was meant to slaughter tonight.

He immediately rolled over, wanting to get up, but discovered his hands and feet were already tightly bound by ropes, and waves of pain surged from his head.

"I have some things to ask you."

The youth at the door, holding the lit candle in his hand, came before him.

The flame of the burning candle illuminated his long blue hair, his pupils as azure as the deep sea, and that face which, like a human's, was quite handsome.

A few scales on his neck also shimmered with a deep blue luster under the light.

"Hmph!"

Ajin let out a cold snort, his face full of mockery: "A mere rope, and you think you can trap me?"

Having said that, he exerted force throughout his body, the muscles in his arms bulging, and the ropes on his body began to emit groans of strain.

"Bang!"

Luo Zijun landed a punch right on his stomach.

The sudden pain caused the strength he had gathered to instantly collapse, and his tensed muscles immediately retreated.

"You..."

"Bang!"

Just as Ajin was about to curse, he took another heavy punch to the stomach, which made him open his mouth wide in pain, and the words in his throat were immediately swallowed back.

"I ask, you answer."

The youth before him said in a calm tone.

Ajin glared at him with angry eyes, gritting his teeth, and said nothing.

"Are you a Sea Demon?"

Luo Zijun asked.

Ajin sneered, not saying a word.

Luo Zijun took out a Dagger with a deep, cold glint and extended it toward his crotch: "I wonder if my Dagger is harder, or..."

"Pfft!"

Before he could finish speaking, the Dagger in his hand had already stabbed down fiercely.

"Ah—"

Ajin let out a miserable shriek, his whole body trembling, and he widened his eyes in terror.

Luo Zijun pulled out the Dagger, and blood gushed out from the wound.

"Stabbed it crooked; this time it hit the thigh, but next time, it shouldn't be crooked again."

The Dagger in Luo Zijun's hand was aimed at his crotch once more.

Ajin's face turned deathly pale, and he had no choice but to grit his teeth and say: "Yes, I am a Sea Demon."

Luo Zijun asked again: "Why did you come to kill me?"

Ajin's eyes flashed with a fierce light, and before he could answer, Luo Zijun suddenly said: "Thinking it over, there is only one reason: is it because of Xiaoman? I discovered Xiaoman's identity, so you want to kill me to silence me, right?"

Ajin gritted his teeth, glaring at him with a sinister gaze.

Luo Zijun looked at him and said: "When we entered the small courtyard during the day, you must have been hiding in that water vat, right? When we came out, there were some water stains on the ground; that was when you left. You must be the Sea Demon who ruined Xiaoman's mother, right?"

Ajin suddenly struggled and said angrily: "I am not! I am not! I did not ruin her!"

"Then what happened?"

Luo Zijun asked.

Ajin's blue pupils were full of anger, yet he stopped speaking.

Luo Zijun said: "If you don't tell me, I will go ask Xiaoman's mother tomorrow. If she still won't tell me, I will tell others about the two of them, mother and daughter. If the townspeople find out about this, I'm afraid the two of them..."

"You beast!"

Ajin suddenly jumped up, his face twisted, screaming as he tried to pounce on him, his sharp teeth exposed as if he wanted to tear him apart, but he fell headlong to the ground.

"You are the beast."

Luo Zijun looked down at him and said: "Ruining an innocent woman and harming her child as well."

Upon hearing this, Ajin collapsed onto the ground and stopped struggling.

"Dead?"

Luo Zijun kicked him with his foot.

Ajin cursed: "You're the one who's dead!"

"Tsk tsk, a Sea Demon's body is truly formidable."

Luo Zijun looked at his thigh; the wound just made by the Dagger was no longer bleeding and had even begun to heal.

"I did not ruin Alian."

Ajin lay on the ground, silent for a long time, before suddenly saying in a hoarse voice.

"I love her, and she loves me... We have known each other since we were children..."

"Tsk tsk, so it's childhood sweethearts."

Luo Zijun clicked his tongue, and not knowing what he suddenly thought of, he stopped talking and gestured for him to continue.

"Back then she was only five years old; while playing by the sea, she accidentally fell in, and I saved her... She saw what I looked like and wasn't afraid; she invited me to come ashore and play with her..."

"But I was afraid of humans, so I didn't go up."

"The next day, she came to the seaside to call for me again, saying she would take me to a place where there was no one..."

"I was swimming in the sea, following her to a beach outside the small town..."

"We played together in secret, growing up together, until she was twelve and her family began to arrange a betrothal for her..."

"We still met in secret, pouring out our love to each other; when we finally united and decided to be together forever, my father discovered us and threatened to kill her and her family, so I had to leave..."

"And she, after waiting bitterly for me for three years, also had to marry someone else..."

"That year, I finally had the chance to come here again... I thought she had already forgotten me, I thought she would hate me, but when she saw me, there was only surprise and joy..."

"And so, we were together in secret again..."

Speaking to this point, his face was covered in tears: "It is my fault... She was pregnant with my child, yet I was powerless... I could not take her away, nor could I take my child away; I could only watch helplessly as the mother and daughter suffered here..."

Luo Zijun could not help but say: "How do you know they are suffering here? Dachun treats the mother and daughter quite well."

"Yes, that is why I did not kill him."

Ajin said with a face full of pain: "But Alian is my woman, and Xiaoman is my daughter."

Luo Zijun said: "You can only blame your own cowardice and uselessness; if I were you, I might as well have jumped into the river and died."

Ajin wiped his tears and said: "I am a Sea Demon; jumping into a river will not kill me."

Luo Zijun said: "Look at you, you have no ability whatsoever, yet you still like to talk back; it serves you right that your woman is slept with by others and your daughter is beaten by others."

Ajin suddenly said angrily: "Who beat my daughter?"

Luo Zijun said: "You cannot control who beats her; you live in the sea, she lives in the small town, it is impossible for you to watch over her every day."