Having the genes of a demon king, I never intended to be a kept man.

Ye Ge gazed at Yu Li with calm eyes, seemingly lost in thought.

Yu Li quickly noticed Ye Ge's burning and direct gaze.

The girl immediately felt shy and quickly lowered her head to avoid eye contact, not even knowing where to put her hands.

She certainly didn't dislike Ye Ge's gaze.

She simply didn't know what kind of expression to make, afraid that she would make a bad impression on her savior...

Xia Xiyao noticed Yu Li's strange behavior and also noticed Ye Ge's gaze. She immediately pouted and clapped her hands, slapping Ye Ge's thigh.

Why are you staring at people like that?

Night Song: "Oh, I'm sorry..."

Coming to his senses, he continued playing Ludo with a few girls.

However, Ye Ge had already begun to hatch her own scheme...

......

Two days later.

Ye Ge set her sights on Yu Li.

He ordered someone to find out Yu Li's address.

Yu Li lived in a working-class neighborhood in Yacheng. It was a narrow alleyway filled with old tenement buildings, and the girl's home was in one of them.

The girl usually stays at the War Academy in the Duchy of Asen, but today is the weekend, so she came back for a visit.

Just like any other weekend, the girl was walking alone on the muddy path home, carrying a simple little bag.

Suddenly, two men dressed in black suits, with sinister expressions and villainous looks, appeared in front of her and blocked her way.

The timid and introverted Xiao Yuli was startled by the two fierce-looking men. She timidly shrank her neck and asked, "Excuse me... what can I do for you?"

One of the tall men, wearing sunglasses, said coldly, "Our young master would like to invite you for a drink. Come with us!"

Another, slightly overweight man in a suit next to him nudged him with his elbow and muttered, "Idiot! How old is he! He can't drink!"

"Oh, right," the man in sunglasses said. "So, I'll treat you to a milk tea, a soda, or a QQ Star drink—it's all the same. Kid, you wouldn't refuse, would you?"

Yu Li: "......"

......

five minutes later.

Yu Li was taken by two fierce-looking men to a shop that looked like an ordinary store selling items for superhumans.

The girl didn't know why these two people had brought her to a place like this.

Two tall men led her inside, down creaking wooden stairs, to a dimly lit cellar, which was a supernatural laboratory.

The shop was of average size, but the underground cellar contained a complete array of extraordinary experimental equipment, tools for making various props, alchemy furnaces, alchemical vessels, and so on. The girl's attention was quickly drawn to those fancy and colorful items.

"You've arrived." Ye Ge's voice rang out as he sat down at a table.

Yu Li never expected that the person who summoned her would be Ye Ge.

Looking at Ye Ge's smiling face, the girl was momentarily stunned.

"Sit down, why are you standing?"

"Ah...oh, oh, okay..."

"What would you like to drink?" Ye Ge asked. "Juice? Soda? Coffee?"

"Um..." Yu Li nervously clenched the hem of her clothes, "Anything, anything is fine..."

Night Song: "Are you nervous when you see me?"

"Yes...no, it's not..." Yu Li said, "I thought it was...it was a bad person..."

Ye Ge narrowed his eyes slightly: "Actually, I'm also a bad person. According to those people in the righteous path, I'm a dangerous demonized mutant."

Yu Li quickly said, "I know you definitely aren't like that, you're a good person..."

"Oh?" Ye Ge looked at the girl with interest, a half-smile on his face: "Then you're wrong, I'm really not a good person."

"..." Yu Li didn't say anything more. Under Ye Ge's gaze, her cheeks flushed again, and she lowered her head.

What a socially awkward girl...

Ye Ge thought to herself.

No wonder, even in the later stages of the game's story, this female NPC always covered her true appearance with a thick black robe and hood, as if she was always embarrassed to let people see her appearance. She was also the only NPC who did not have a single line of dialogue from beginning to end.

"You... what brings you here today?" Yu Li asked timidly.

"It's nothing," Ye Ge said. "It's just that after we met that day, I kept thinking: she's such a cute little girl, and a white-haired loli at that, she must be so easy to bully. One punch and she'd cry for a long time..."

Yu Li: "...?"

"Oh, no..."

Ye Ge smiled and said naturally, "I mean, after that day I was thinking that it would be great if I could become childhood friends with such a lovely girl. So I sent someone to find you."

"...Ah?" Yu Li's heart felt as if it had been struck a violent blow.

Ye Ge's words were too sudden and direct.

The little girl's expression turned flustered instantly, her ears even burning red, completely unsure how to react to Ye Ge's words.

Childhood sweetheart?

Growing up together?!

With Young Master Ye Ge?

Ye Ge asked innocently, "What's wrong? Shouldn't children make more friends and play together outside?"

"Just pure friends, without any interests, status, or power relations. Those are relationships that only adults would consider, right?"

Yu Li: "Hmm..."

"Don't you want to be my friend?"

"Ugh... Ah, no, that's not it!"

“That’s great,” Ye Ge said. “Well then, as your childhood sweetheart, you’ll have to pass a test first.”

Yu Li looked bewildered: "Huh?"

Ye Ge placed a thick notebook on the table: "Help me with my homework."

Yu Li: "......"

"I heard you're an assistant to an inner sect professor in the academy, so your studies must be excellent," Ye Ge said. "Come on, I'm sure this test won't be difficult for you."

"..." Yu Li opened her notebook and found that the whole book was basically filled with questions about potions and elixir refining.

Yu Li breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Fortunately, this kind of side job topic is exactly her forte.

That way, at least I won't embarrass myself in front of my savior.

Without questioning why childhood sweethearts had to go through such a test, Yu Li picked up her pen and began to write seriously.

......

Soon, Yu Li finished writing in a notebook.

"I'm all better now."

"Huh? You finished so quickly?" Ye Ge looked a little surprised, then said with satisfaction, "It's really great to be childhood sweethearts with Yu Li. You'll definitely help me with my homework from now on, right?"

Yu Li: "Is...okay..."

"Then, I'll reward you with another workbook." Ye Ge placed another workbook in front of Yu Li.

Yu Li: "......"

The girl opened the exercise book again. This time, the exercise book was still full of content on the crafting of various extraordinary items, but the types of questions were much more difficult than the previous one, at least the kind of content that only advanced extraordinary crafters would need to learn.

Moreover, there were some questions that Yu Li had never seen before.

Since these are all extraordinary item crafting formulas that Night Song copied from future game versions, they are naturally not found in the current game world's textbooks.