Super Soldier in the City-Chapter 2200 - 2264: Inner Demon

After all, having weathered many storms, Wu Shuwei was initially taken aback but soon calmed down. Without needing an introduction, she recognized Su Mengxin. Compared to Su Mengxin’s reputation as the top beauty in Capital City, and even across Huaxia, Wu Shuwei was more ordinary. Due to her personality, she didn’t engage in such social affairs. Despite being invited to many gatherings in certain circles, she often didn’t attend, resulting in her lesser known status.

However, when it comes to looks alone, even though Wu Shuwei might be the lesser compared to Su Mengxin, she isn’t too far off. Su Mengxin’s beauty is nearly perfect, while Wu Shuwei has minor flaws yet is equally stunning. Moreover, she is at an age when her youthful freshness fades and charm increases, with recent love infusing her with radiance—even if she refuses to acknowledge what exists between her and Li Yifei as love, there are noticeable positive changes.

After sizing each other up, Su Mengxin smiled and said, "You must be Wu Shuwei. Please, have a seat."

"Hello, I’ve heard a lot about you. Seeing you today, I realize that the rumors didn’t do justice; Mengxin, you are even more beautiful than they’ve said."

"You as well. Even though we’re both from Capital City, this is our first meeting."

Background, grace, aura, and experiences ultimately need a good family environment for development, a continuous accumulation from childhood onward. In this regard, the Li family probably doesn’t have many women who can compare to Wu Shuwei. Among the wives, truly distinguished family backgrounds are unique to Su Mengxin, including Lin Qiong, Ye Yunzhu, Xiao Ling’er, Zheng Yuling, and even Ning Xin’er—although they come from notable families, they lack in certain aspects.

Having encountered a lot, she is all the more composed; while Wu Shuwei might feel awkward and shy before Li Yifei, in a different environment, her presence is intimidating to many. If not for Su Mengxin being present today, it’s likely the other women wouldn’t have been able to suppress Wu Shuwei’s imposing aura. In just a few exchanges, their unspoken rivalry unveiled, with Wu Shuwei realizing Su Mengxin’s prowess surpasses what the rumors hinted at.

However, today she came to see Li Yifei. Wu Shuwei feels guilty about Li Yifei’s heart demon flare-up, believing that if not for her, Li Yifei wouldn’t be in such a state. Thus, she quickly subdued her sharpness, stating her intentions for her visit. Initially, she intended to relocate everyone to a villa she borrowed, as it was more convenient than staying at a hotel, but with Su Mengxin here, finding accommodation isn’t a concern.

After less than an hour, Wu Shuwei got up to say goodbye, and the women escorted her out. Back in the room, the women looked at Su Mengxin.

"Our husband sure has good taste," Su Mengxin remarked with a slight smile.

He Fangqing followed, "He does have quite an eye, though she has some edges to smooth. She’ll need some polishing once she’s in the family."

Su Lio remained silent, feeling a peculiar vibe throughout, as if witnessing a harem drama unfold like in novels. Meanwhile, Xu Shanshan rolled her eyes at their comments and said, "Enough already, what’s up, plotting to groom the newcomer together?"

"You don’t quite count as a newcomer, why are you upset!" Su Mengxin glanced at her and said.

"How do I... what does all this have to do with me, newcomer or old hand?" About to retort, Xu Shanshan realized something amiss and turned to the washroom.

Su Lio was about to speak when Su Mengxin approached and asked with concern, "Auntie, how are you?"

"I’m fine, nothing bad at all. You all are tired, take some rest. I’ve opened the room next door; you can rest there." Su Lio said.

"Hmm, I am indeed a bit tired. But tonight, I’ll stay and take care of Yifei while you all rest. We can switch tomorrow and decide then whether to return home or to stay in Capital City for a while." Su Mengxin proposed.

Staying in Capital City is an option, going home isn’t much hassle either, especially since they have a family plane.

But the next morning, Li Yifei woke up early. Naturally, he didn’t know what had transpired during his coma. As the heart demon began its attack, Li Yifei only felt immense pain. Throughout his life, he faced numerous hardships, both physically and mentally, priding himself on enduring them well. However, the heart demon’s invasion, the reversal of True Qi, and the sudden eruption overwhelmed him to the point of passing out.

It’s not quite accurate to say he was unconscious; more precisely, he entered a peculiar realm, as if descending into his consciousness ocean. Li Yifei saw countless versions of himself—joy, anger, sorrow, laughter, scolding—fragmented scenes, akin to accessing a magical memory retrieval device, where he witnessed numerous memories from a unique perspective.

In memory, there are good parts, naturally there are bad parts as well. In moments of joy, Li Yifei also felt some comfort, reliving the happiness of those times, while in moments of sorrow, Li Yifei was completely immersed in it.

Within the memory, there were fragments that contained both, and Li Yifei felt the struggle and the choice. At the crossroads, whether to go left or right, Li Yifei made a choice at that time, but he also saw the consequences. Now, upon revisiting it, Li Yifei still needs to make a choice. He hesitates, he gets confused, and he stands still, even feeling helpless, which is why he gets lost.

The inner demons that Li Yifei encountered were not that strong, nor did they erupt at the right moment, so their harm to him was not great. The reason he remained unconscious for so long was because of a memory. When Li Yifei had to make a choice again, he hesitated, hesitated greatly, and this was something that happened recently.

On the Island of All Beings, Li Yifei and Xu Shanshan encountered Shen Tianfang and Zheng Feihu. In the ensuing fight, Li Yifei learned about their fates. At that time, his choice was to act, ending their lives, but the fragment in his memory showed that if Li Yifei hadn’t killed them, they would have been freed after he defeated the entity.

Seeing this fragment of memory caused a violent emotional upheaval in Li Yifei. He immediately believed it was he who caused the death of two brothers and the others who were innocent. If he hadn’t killed them and instead restrained them, and then defeated the evil spirit, wouldn’t he have been able to save them?

But he chose to kill them, dead beyond redemption...

Thinking of this, Li Yifei’s emotions collapsed severely. He still remembered the reactions of his Phantom Squad teammates when he informed them of what had happened. Although everyone must die, to die like that was somewhat disgraceful and made them unwilling to accept it. Even though they did not blame Li Yifei and even comforted him, Li Yifei always found it hard to let go of this matter.

This time, seeing this result within his memory, Li Yifei couldn’t take it instantly.

Such intense guilt caused Li Yifei’s emotions to crumble in an instant. At this moment, he couldn’t forgive himself. He clearly could have saved them, yet he had killed them all. Thinking of Zheng Feihu and Shen Tianfang’s expressions when they died, what he had interpreted as relief at the time seemed now, on reflection, to be extreme hatred.

"Li Yifei, you fancy yourself a real man, you think you’re loyal, but you did such a heinous thing. Do you still deserve to be human?" Li Yifei kneeled on the ground, clutching his hair, pulling hard as if he couldn’t feel the pain, tears and snot streaming down, crying sorrowfully, and constantly questioning himself.

Do you still deserve to be a man? You even killed your brothers without trying to save them!

"Li Yifei, a person like you, why don’t you just die?" A voice suddenly rang out, as if it was right in front of him. Li Yifei hurriedly looked up, the voice both familiar and strange, he couldn’t recall where he’d heard it before. Looking up, there was nothing in front of him, a look of confusion appeared in Li Yifei’s eyes. But at that moment, a person suddenly appeared before him, bald, hideous, extremely ugly.

Li Yifei asked woodenly, "Who are you, and why do you want me to die?"

"Hahaha, why don’t you die? How many people have died at your hands over the years? You still pretend to be a good person, pfft, Li Yifei, you’re just an executioner, you are the one who deserves to die the most. If a life must repay a life, you dying a hundred times would not be enough!" The ugly person suddenly shouted ferociously at Li Yifei.

Li Yifei was stunned. As the other yelled, faces began to appear in front of Li Yifei, some bewildered, some in extreme pain, some full of terror. But regardless of their expressions, in the next second, these people all died, their deaths occurring in countless ways, but without exception, all killed by Li Yifei. Many of them Li Yifei didn’t know, didn’t even know what they looked like, and as for some, Li Yifei not only recognized them but could call out their names.

Even so, they died, dead beyond redemption. Terrified, Li Yifei sat on the ground, crawling backward, trying to dispel those faces. But even when he closed his eyes, those faces appeared in his mind, scene by scene, one after another. Li Yifei instantly remembered where these people died, why they died, some indeed were deserving of death, and some... Li Yifei couldn’t even say if they truly deserved to die.

"Ah! No, don’t come looking for me!" Li Yifei kept retreating but soon hit a transparent wall, blocking him from moving further back, forcing him to watch as those people pounced on him, like a myriad of vengeful spirits coming to seek revenge from Li Yifei.

He was in extreme pain, scared, fearing the countless negative emotions surging together. Li Yifei clutched his chest, falling to the ground, his facial features seemingly twisted, showing extreme fright.

The hideous person appeared again, floating in front of Li Yifei, smiling and saying, "So many people died tragically at your hands, and you still don’t think you deserve to die?"

"I... I deserve to die. I deserve to die, don’t come any closer, don’t come any closer!" Li Yifei cried, looking crazed, howling for a while, and then the person said again, "So, go and die, Li Yifei. Once you die, the sins will disappear."