My girlfriend is a demon

Chapter Two: The Way to Satiety

Jiang Xia was a senior three student at Xinghe No.1 High School this year. He had once had a warm and harmonious family, with a mischievous younger sister six years his junior.

But three years ago, a car accident involving his father shattered the once happy family. During his stay in the hospital for recovery, his dad had fallen for a woman who was also receiving treatment there.

Jiang Xia went to live with his mother, who was often away on business trips.

He loathed that mistress with all his heart, and her son, who was around his age, was equally detestable.

On his sister's twelfth birthday, Jiang Xia picked her up to eat out. As they were about to leave after he met her downstairs, he heard the mistress's son mutter nearby: "Two idiots, snubbing a rich mom to stick with that hag!"

The words were like lighting a powder keg. Jiang Xia lunged at him and started a fight!

Jiang Xia had rarely fought before, but that day he was unusually fierce, like Lü Bu descending to earth. He lashed out at the chubby boy with every trick he could think of, and ultimately scored a resounding victory!

It was after returning home from this fight that a message popped into his mind: [Divine Order 001 - Undercover].

He was so exhilarated that he stayed awake the entire night.

Did this mean he had been chosen by a god? Just the opening of the message made it seem as if the gods had bestowed some special power upon him!

Yet the word "Undercover" that followed filled him with doubt.

He tried everything he could, but he never managed to manifest this so-called "Undercover" ability. The only change in his body was an insatiable hunger—no matter how much he ate over three days, he still felt starved.

He hadn't planned to attend Li Sitong's 18th birthday party that night, so weak with hunger that he could barely move.

But the aura of a "fellow being" emanating from Li Sitong made him think this might be a breakthrough, a chance to find answers with her.

What Li Sitong had just said to him confirmed that he had made the right choice coming tonight.

Yet even though the answer was within reach, moments away from being revealed, Jiang Xia couldn't feel excited. Instead, an inexplicable panic washed over him—a dread of misfortune, anxiety about the unknown.

At eleven o'clock in the evening, the birthday party ended successfully, and everyone left for home.

Jiang Xia stayed behind, hiding in the shadows as Li Sitong had told him to.

The crippling hunger left him unable to move, even to think. He was in a daze, feeling as if he were on the verge of passing out.

He vaguely sensed his life force ebbing away like a health bar. If he didn't eat something soon, he feared he wouldn't last the night, let alone two more days.

No matter what was happening, there was only one thought in Jiang Xia's mind at that moment.

He had to fill his stomach!

He had to fill his stomach!

About twenty minutes after everyone had left, Li Sitong finally appeared.

The first words out of Jiang Xia's mouth were urgent: "How do I stop being hungry?"

"Jiang Xia, will you be my boyfriend?" In the dim moonlight, Li Sitong blinked, her long eyelashes framing big eyes.

Jiang Xia froze. Normally, if the school belle and class monitor suddenly confessed to him, he would have been flooded with thoughts.

But his addled, weakened brain couldn't process anything else: "Tell me how to fill my stomach first."

"Promise me first, and I'll let you eat your fill!"

"Fine." Jiang Xia had never been this hungry in his life.

Li Sitong broke into a sweet, playful smile: "Then you're my boyfriend now, and you have to listen to me, okay?"

"Yeah, yeah, I'll listen to you." Jiang Xia's mind was filled with nothing but ways to satisfy his hunger.

Li Sitong chuckled softly: "Then wait here for me, and make sure you hide well. Don't come out until I tell you to."

Jiang Xia was about to ask what she was up to, but she had already turned and left.

Li Sitong stood on the silent, empty road, stamping her feet against the cold wind, rubbing her hands together and blowing on them. Even from a distance, she was stunningly beautiful.

This place was at the back of the ancient city, and with the late hour, there was not a soul in sight—only fallen leaves and the wind for company.

Moments later, a teenage boy hurried down from the road above.

"Xu Kun?" Jiang Xia, hiding behind the corner of the city wall, stared in shock. Why was he here?

"You came?" Li Sitong slipped her hands into her coat pockets.

"Yeah..." Xu Kun nodded, looking nervous.

"There were too many people earlier, I was too embarrassed, so..." Li Sitong's cheeks flushed pink.

"It's fine... it's fine..." Xu Kun licked his dry lips, his heart pounding with excitement, his shoulders trembling slightly. His eyes blazed with disbelief, then rage—uncontrollable fury!

Li Sitong, his goddess!

Jiang Xia, his bitter rival!

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