Demon Lord and His Unknown Child With the Empress

 Chapter 2
I Never Said I Wouldn’t Take Responsibility!

Luo Ruying, holding Luo Hongye, arrived at the wooden house and, with a complex mix of anxiety and unease, gently knocked on the door.

With a creak, the wooden door slowly opened.

“May I ask who this young lady is looking for?”

Ning Yechen stood at the doorway, asking with a smile.

For some reason, looking at the woman before him, he couldn’t help but feel a sense of familiarity…

Gazing at the familiar face from her memories, Luo Ruying gently pursed her red lips, her eyes downcast, unsure for a moment how to begin.

After hesitating for a while, she tentatively opened her lips and asked:

“You, you don’t remember me…?”

Hmm?

Ning Yechen carefully scrutinized the young woman once more.

Jet-black hair, crimson eyes, and a breathtakingly beautiful face!

Very familiar!

But he couldn’t recall who she was…

He had seen so many beauties in his life that he couldn’t immediately place her…

Moreover, he had been living in seclusion here for so long; no one should know about this place!

“Young lady, who… who are you?”

After thinking for a long time, and failing to find a match in his memory, Ning Yechen could only ask awkwardly.

Seeing that Ning Yechen truly didn’t recognize her, Luo Ruying’s face couldn’t help but reveal anger and disappointment. She couldn’t help but scold him in a soft, furious voice:

“You! You heartless man!”

Not only did he take her first time, but she had gone through great hardship to protect this child.

Now, after finally escaping from the Heavenly Realm and coming to find him specifically, he didn’t even recognize her!

She knew that for mortals, ten years might be enough to forget many things.

But she still couldn’t help but feel disappointed and angry at Ning Yechen for forgetting her completely.

Ning Yechen was momentarily stunned by the scolding.

To be fair, since he had transmigrated into this world and become the peerless Demon Lord of the Demon Realm for hundreds of years, he had never even been in a relationship, so how could he be a heartless man!

That was too absurd!

Slander!

Pure slander!

“Young lady, is there… some kind of misunderstanding between us…?”

“Could you have mistaken me for someone else…?”

Ning Yechen asked again.

He felt that this woman must have mistaken him for someone else!

Seeing that Ning Yechen truly couldn’t remember her, Luo Ruying sighed in disappointment. Holding Luo Hongye in her arms, she gave him a resentful glance and said:

“She is your daughter. You need to take responsibility for me and her…”

“(⊙_⊙) Ah…?”

Ning Yechen was shocked!

This news was simply too explosive!

He suddenly and inexplicably became a father?!

Ning Yechen looked down at Luo Hongye, who was as delicate as a porcelain doll, somewhat timid, yet constantly stealing glances at him.

The little girl was very beautiful and lovely, with an inexplicable sense of closeness and familiarity. He liked her at first sight.

But to suddenly be told that she was his child, he was momentarily stunned.

Besides that accidental night of passion ten years ago, he had never touched any other woman!

Hmm…?!

Thinking of this, Ning Yechen suddenly understood something. Pointing at Luo Ruying, he asked in surprise:

“You… you’re the heavenly maiden from that night…?!”

Seeing that Ning Yechen finally remembered, Luo Ruying nodded shyly.

Receiving confirmation, Ning Yechen’s mouth gaped open in astonishment.

No way…!

It really was her!

Luo Ruying’s cultivation aura was much weaker compared to before; it was completely on a different level.

Her once-bright silver hair had also turned black, which was why he couldn’t recall her after thinking for so long.

He hadn’t connected her with the woman from that night at all.

Ning Yechen couldn’t understand.

After a single night of passion, the maiden from ten years ago had brought a child and demanded he take responsibility?!

A dignified heavenly maiden, with her cultivation level, she might even be a Saintess or Empress from a sacred ground, yet she came to the Mortal Realm to find him…?

What confused him even more was that it was common knowledge that the higher one’s cultivation, the lower the probability of conceiving a child.

Some Immortal Venerables, in order to conceive a child, even worked tirelessly with multiple partners every day for years before succeeding!

How did he manage to score with just one try…!

Even if that was the case, as cultivators, they could prevent conception with powers at any time if they wished.

He had assumed that after that night, Luo Ruying would definitely prevent herself from conceiving.

After all, she was a maiden from the Heavenly Realm; it wasn’t easy for them to conceive.

But it turned out that she had actually carried the child for years, given birth, and even raised her!

“Is she… really my child…?”

Ning Yechen still found it hard to believe and asked.

He was just asking to confirm, as he already had a good idea in his heart.

However, as soon as these words left his mouth, Ning Yechen immediately regretted them.

It seemed that asking this wasn’t very appropriate…

As expected, upon hearing Ning Yechen’s words, Luo Ruying’s brows furrowed, her expression turning extremely unsightly. Through gritted teeth, she angrily shouted:

“Hmph! If you don’t want to take responsibility, I’ll just leave with the child!”

“But don’t you dare insult me and my child!”

With that, Luo Ruying turned to leave without hesitation, tears glistening in her eyes.

Luo Hongye, clinging to Luo Ruying’s shoulder, continued to stare at Ning Yechen with her big eyes. In a sweet voice, she asked into Luo Ruying’s ear:

“Mommy, does Daddy not want us…?”

Upon seeing Ning Yechen, Luo Hongye also felt an inexplicable sense of closeness.

She was usually quite shy around strangers, but she wasn’t afraid of Ning Yechen at all, so she knew that he must be the daddy she had been longing for.

Luo Hongye’s words struck a chord in Ning Yechen’s heart, deeply moving him. His heart trembled!

He, the supreme Demon Lord, was definitely not the kind of scum who would abandon his wife and child and shirk his responsibilities!

He could do the deed, so naturally, he could take responsibility!

Ning Yechen rushed after Luo Ruying in a few strides and grabbed her arm.

“Wait! I never said I wouldn’t take responsibility!”

“Hmph! Let go of me!”

“I don’t need you to take responsibility anymore!”

Luo Ruying, her heart filled with anger, furiously tried to shake off Ning Yechen’s hand.

Afraid of hurting Ning Yechen, who was a mortal, she deliberately held back her strength, using very little force.

However, even with her strength restrained, it should have been enough to easily break free from the grip of an adult man, yet she couldn’t shake off Ning Yechen’s hand.

Before Luo Ruying could express her surprise, a sweetness suddenly rose in her throat. Covering her mouth, she coughed violently!

“Cough, cough, cough…!”

A pool of blood appeared in Luo Ruying’s palm, and her face became even paler!

“You’re injured?!”

Ning Yechen grabbed Luo Ruying’s wrist, his expression instantly turning icy cold.

“I, I’m fine… let go… of me…”

Luo Ruying tried to break free, but found that she no longer had any strength. Taking a step forward, her vision blacked out, and she collapsed into Ning Yechen’s arms, fainting.

“Mommy, Mommy…!”

Luo Hongye cried, tugging at Luo Ruying’s arm.

Ning Yechen wrapped one arm around Luo Ruying’s waist, holding her tightly in his embrace, while his other arm brought Luo Hongye into his arms as well.

He comforted her in a gentle and affectionate voice:

“Don’t worry.”

“Daddy is here. Your mommy will be fine.”