I Never Said I Wouldn't Take Responsibility!

Luo Ruying carried Luo Hongye to the wooden cabin, her heart a tangle of anxiety and complex emotions as she gently knocked on the door.

With a creak, the wooden door slowly swung open.

"May I ask who this young lady is looking for?"

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

For some reason, as he gazed at the woman before him, an inexplicable sense of déjà vu stirred within him...

Looking at the face etched in her memory, Luo Ruying lightly pressed her red lips together, lowering her brows. For a moment, she didn't know how to begin.

After hesitating briefly, she tentatively parted her lips and asked:

"You... don't remember me...?"

Ning Yechen studied the young woman again carefully.

Jet-black hair and pupils, a face like a flower, beauty like the moon!

So familiar!

But no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't recall who she was...

He had seen far too many beauties in his time, so much so that he couldn't place her at all...

And he had been hiding here for ages—no one should know about this place!

"Miss, you... who are you...?"

After racking his brain and cross-referencing every face in his memory without finding a match, Ning Yechen could only ask awkwardly.

Seeing that Ning Changli truly hadn't recognized her, Luo Ruying's face flushed with anger and disappointment. She couldn't help but snap in a delicate, furious tone:

"You! You heartless man!"

He had taken her first time, and to protect this child, she had endured countless hardships.

Now that she had finally escaped the Immortal Realm and come specifically to find him, he didn't recognize her at all!

She knew that for a mortal, ten years might be enough to fade many memories.

But Ning Yechen's complete erasure of her still stung with disappointment and anger.

Ning Yechen was stunned speechless for a moment.

To be fair, ever since he had transmigrated into this world and become the peerless Demon Lord of the Demon Realm for centuries, he hadn't even had a single romance—how could he be a heartless man now?!

This was absurd!

Slander!

Barefaced slander!

"Miss, there must be... some misunderstanding between us...?"

"Could you have mistaken me for someone else...?"

Ning Yechen asked again.

He was certain this woman had the wrong person!

Seeing that Ning Yechen truly seemed unable to remember her, Luo Ruying sighed in disappointment, hugged Luo Hongye closer, and cast him a resentful glance as she said:

"She is your daughter. You need to take responsibility for both of us..."

"(⊙_⊙) Huh...?"

Ning Yechen was shocked!

This news was absolutely explosive!

He had suddenly become a father out of nowhere?!

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

The little girl was very pretty and cute, with an inexplicable sense of closeness and familiarity—he had liked her at first sight.

But being told she was his child all of a sudden left him dazed.

Aside from that one fateful night ten years ago, he had never touched any woman!

Hmm...?!

Thinking this, Ning Yechen suddenly understood something. He pointed at Luo Ruying in surprise and asked:

"You... you're that fairy from that night...?!"

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

With the confirmation, Ning Yechen's mouth fell open in even greater shock.

No way...!

It really was her!

Luo Ruying's cultivation aura was far weaker than before, as if it belonged to a completely different level.

Her once striking silver hair had turned jet-black, which was why he hadn't been able to recall her no matter how long he thought.

He had not connected her with the woman from that night at all.

Ning Yechen truly could not understand.

After a single night of passion, that Immortal had come ten years later with a child in tow, demanding he take responsibility?!

An esteemed Immortal of the Immortal Realm—with her cultivation, she might even be a Sacred Maiden or a Female Emperor of some holy land—yet she had come to the mortal realm to find him...?

What baffled him even more was the common knowledge that the higher one's cultivation, the lower the chance of conceiving an Immortal Fetus.

Some Immortal Venerables, in their desperate efforts to sire an Immortal Fetus, would labor tirelessly day after day with multiple partners for years before reaping any reward!

How had he hit the mark with a single shot...!

Even so, as a cultivator, she could have used her immortal power at any time to prevent conception within her body.

He had assumed that after that night, Luo Ruying would surely take measures to avoid bearing an Immortal Fetus.

After all, she was an Immortal of the Immortal Realm, and such beings generally could not conceive an Immortal Fetus lightly.

Yet the result was that she had truly nurtured an Immortal Fetus for years, given birth, and raised the child to this age!

"She... is she really my child...?"

Ning Yechen still found it hard to believe, and the question slipped out.

He had only asked casually, to confirm, and deep down he already knew the answer.

But the moment those words left his mouth, he immediately regretted them.

It seemed this question was hardly appropriate...

And sure enough, the instant Luo Ruying heard Ning Yechen's words, her brows knitted tightly, her face turned ashen, and she gritted her teeth as she snapped in a furious, delicate voice:

"Hmph! If you don't want to take responsibility, I'll take the child and leave!"

"But don't you dare insult me and my daughter!"

With that, Luo Ruying turned without hesitation and began to walk away, a glistening tear shimmering in her eye.

Luo Hongye lay on Luo Ruying's shoulder, her big eyes still fixed intently on Ning Yechen, and she spoke softly by her mother's ear:

"Mother, does Father not want us...?"

The moment she saw Ning Yechen, Luo Hongye felt an inexplicable sense of closeness.

She was usually quite shy around strangers, but she felt no fear of Ning Yechen at all, so she knew he must be the father she had longed for day and night.

Luo Hongye's words struck Ning Yechen's heart, deeply stirring his soul, and his mind jolted!

He was the Demon Realm Supreme, no deadbeat who would abandon his wife and child and shirk his duty!

If he could do the deed, he could bear the consequence!

Ning Yechen dashed forward in a single stride, catching up to Luo Ruying and grabbing her arm.

"Wait! I never said I wouldn't take responsibility!"

"Hmph! Let go of me!"

"I don't need your responsibility anymore!"

Luo Ruying's heart burned with anger, and she tried furiously to shake off Ning Yechen's hand.

Afraid of hurting him, since he was a mere mortal, she deliberately held back her strength, using only the lightest force.

But even with that restraint, it should have been enough to easily break free from the grip of a full-grown man—yet she could not shake off Ning Yechen's hand.

Before Luo Ruying could even feel surprised, a sudden sweetness rose in her throat, and she covered her mouth, coughing harshly several times!

"Cough, cough, cough...!"

A clump of fresh blood appeared in Luo Ruying's palm, and her delicate face grew even paler!

"You're injured?!"

Ning Yechen seized Luo Ruying's wrist, his expression instantly turning icy cold.

"I, I'm fine... let go... of me..."

Luo Ruying tried to pull away, but found her body had no strength left. She took a step forward, her vision went dark, and she collapsed into Ning Yechen's arms, unconscious.

"Mother, Mother...!"

Luo Hongye cried out, tugging at Luo Ruying's arm.

Ning Yechen wrapped one arm around Luo Ruying's waist, pulling her tightly into his embrace, and with the other arm, he scooped Luo Hongye into his hold as well.

In a gentle, affectionate voice, he comforted her:

"Don't worry."

"With Father here, your mother will be fine."