Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest

Hey, you Onmyoji are really something! It's one thing to seek your own doom, but dragging all of humanity down with you?

Well, great. I guess we don't even need to shout slogans anymore. If the giant snake keeps causing havoc like this, the fate of humanity will soon form a community of its own accord.

"What are you up to?" Tang Xiaolian came to the bedside and asked curiously.

"Nothing, just work." Yan Yu turned off his phone screen.

Don't talk about personal matters when working, otherwise, it seems unprofessional. And don't discuss work during personal time, or else it kills the mood.

Xiaolian dressed quite beautifully today, with a sleeveless floral butterfly dress covering most of her body, revealing only her round, jade-like shoulders and fair, cute arms. Such a nice dress—it's hard to tear it away just like that.

Seeing Yan Yu's appreciative gaze, Tang Xiaolian elegantly spun around, letting him take a good look from all angles. Then, she kicked off her slippers and climbed onto the bed.

"Wait a minute, did you wash your feet?" Yan Yu suddenly asked.

"Of course I did, even applied shower gel on the soles, smell if you don't believe."

"I'm not smelling, what if fungi start growing in my lungs?"

"There are no fungi! Washed thoroughly, smell it, smell it…"

The two started playfully wrestling. To prove she didn't have stinky feet, Tang Xiaolian insisted on shoving them into Yan Yu's nostrils.

Yan Yu seized her ankles, noticing each toe was small and smooth, with a thin layer of nail polish. Indeed, there was no odor, just a faint scent of shower gel. She actually washed them well?

"Mmm~" Tang Xiaolian let out a soft, sugary sound from her nose, slightly shy, "Don't grab my feet, okay?"

"Alright." Yan Yu released her ankles and pulled her into his arms.

Next up was a sweet and cozy time together. Of course, how cozy they got and for how long, varied from person to person. For example, Zhao Yuanzhen and Zhou Hongyu didn't like coziness. They tended to dive straight into things, leaving no room for escape.

On the other hand, Yun Jin and Ningning were all about the coziness. They claimed it was about ritual, like cleansing before tea-tasting, a part of mental preparation.

Anna was an expert in this, as she loved acting—pretending to be an eccentric nurse or a prosecutor turned against by a criminal. Her plots were always unique, even Yan Yu found them intriguing.

In contrast was Ling Yu from his past life, always making Yan Yu feel like a donkey with a carrot dangling before its nose, having to work endlessly before getting a bite... Ah, best not to dwell on troubling matters.

Finished with the introduction, he moved on to the main text. Yan Yu had just written a stroke when he suddenly heard someone knocking outside, followed by Zhao Yuanzhen's voice:

"I'm coming through the wall now!"

The two instantly froze. They stared at each other in close proximity, each reading disbelief in the other's eyes.

Tang Xiaolian's eyes said, "You didn't ditch her and came to meet me?"

Yan Yu's eyes questioned, "How did Chen Lingyun let her up here?"

There was no time to question how things got this way. Tang Xiaolian quickly burrowed into the blanket beside her, dragging in two pillows, then fell silent.

Zhao Yuanzhen phased through the wall, looked at Yan Yu sitting alone on the bed, and at the puffy blanket beside him. She frowned and asked:

"Why is she hiding in there?"

"Hiding from you." Yan Yu replied.

Tang Xiaolian sighed, poked her head out from the blanket, and awkwardly said:

"Um… good evening?"

"Good evening." Zhao Yuanzhen wasn't jealous (because that's the composure of a main spouse), she merely asked, "Are you two done?"

"We were just chatting." Yan Yu said.

"Alright, wait for me then, I'll go wash up first." Zhao Yuanzhen headed into the bathroom.

Tang Xiaolian was dumbfounded, finally asking:

"Is she normally like this?"

Isn't this the time where she should drag me out from under the blanket, start a physical fight, pulling each other's hair, and then Yan Yu pushes her away shouting "Get out"?

"Normal." Yan Yu wore a worldly-wise expression, sighed, and said, "She can't take me down one-on-one, so she's long wanted to bring others to defeat me together."

Tang Xiaolian remained silent for a moment, unable to resist complaining to herself:

Oh Hongyu! You said that two of us together would be an advantage, but who'd have thought just two of us were already falling behind!

While she was speechless, Zhao Yuanzhen suddenly poked half her head out from the bathroom, clutching the towel over her chest:

"No sneaking snacks ahead of time! Wait for me!"