After Rebirth, I Married the Great Demon King-Chapter 469: The Truth

Ming Jingru’s words left Xu Yuejiao utterly perplexed. Just how much did Zhou Li like that dog to be willing to feed it meat?

People can’t even get enough to eat, let alone a puppy.

Xu Yuejiao didn’t know what was going on and didn’t dare to act impulsively. Ming Jingru saw Xu Yuejiao’s disbelief and chuckled, saying, "Tomorrow evening, after work, you can observe where Zhou Li goes. See if he actually goes to feed the dog, and you’ll find out."

Xu Yuejiao thought Ming Jingru’s suggestion made a lot of sense. Seeing is believing. Ming Jingru’s words hadn’t entirely convinced her, but if she witnessed it herself, well, then she’d have no choice but to believe it.

In the end, she truly saw Zhou Li leave after work, walking straight towards that little dog.

Xu Yuejiao thought to herself, Zhou Li can’t keep feeding like this. Instead, she could just give her share to the dog. She was a girl, and her appetite wasn’t that big, but Zhou Li was a man—if he gave all his meat to the dog, he’d surely be hungry at work.

So Xu Yuejiao decided to save her leftover dishes from lunch to feed the little dog by the factory gate.

She thought, as long as Zhou Li saw the dog had eaten its fill, he would realize someone else had fed it, and then he wouldn’t keep saving his food anymore.

And so, every time before Zhou Li was about to feed the dog, Xu Yuejiao would give the leftovers to it first. The timing had to be just right—if she fed the dog too early, it would digest the meal and want to eat again.

But if the timing was such that the dog was already fed, then Zhou Li wouldn’t find it so easy to feed it.

However, today, just as Xu Yuejiao crouched down to give the food she brought to the little dog, an unexpected voice came from behind her: "What are you doing?"

That voice...

Xu Yuejiao was so startled her heart nearly stopped. She didn’t want to turn around; if Zhou Li discovered it was her, he’d surely be angry.

But clearly, Zhou Li had already noticed it was her.

He even called out her name: "Xu Yuejiao."

That name, spoken aloud, thundered in her ears, making her tremble inside.

At this moment, pretending not to exist wouldn’t do any good.

Xu Yuejiao had no choice but to stand up and turn to face Zhou Li. "Zhou Li..."

"What are you doing here?"

Upon hearing his question, Xu Yuejiao’s gaze fell on Zhou Li’s hand. He was carrying a plastic bag, and sure enough, it was his leftover meat from lunch. She said, "You don’t need to feed the dog anymore. I just fed it."

Zhou Li froze for a moment. "What did you say?"

Xu Yuejiao explained, "I’ve seen you saving part of your food every day, and isn’t it just to feed Little Black? I’ve already fed it, so you don’t need to save your meat anymore."

Finally, Zhou Li understood what Xu Yuejiao meant.

She thought he was saving these dishes to feed the dog?

Of course, to someone like Xu Yuejiao—a wealthy heiress—those leftovers certainly looked like they were only good enough for a dog.

She didn’t understand, though, that to poor people, every penny could mean the difference between life and death.

Xu Yuejiao had no way of knowing why—after she said those words—Zhou Li was suddenly shrouded in a cold aura. His eyes darkened, stormy clouds gathering, as though he was suppressing something.

Just moments ago, his expression when looking at her was calm and indifferent. Now, Xu Yuejiao began to panic.

Had she done something wrong again? She was so foolish—why did she always make mistakes?

Thinking this, Xu Yuejiao hastily said, "Zhou Li, don’t be mad. If you want to feed the dog, you can. I won’t interrupt. I just... I just wanted you to eat a little more."

"Xu Yuejiao, why are you working here? You’re not short on money, are you?"

Looking into Zhou Li’s quiet and deep eyes, Xu Yuejiao couldn’t suppress a trembling in her heart. She involuntarily stepped back two steps.

Zhou Li watched her reaction, sneering coldly, "Was it because you knew I worked here, so you followed me here?"

In fact, Zhou Li had noticed Xu Yuejiao a few days ago. Her presence here was unexpected, yet not entirely surprising.

She liked him. She liked him very much.

He wasn’t incapable of perceiving her fervent and passionate love. But due to his limited circumstances, he couldn’t accept it.

He was just a poor boy—how could he ever be worthy of Xu Yuejiao?

When Xu Yuejiao had gone to his house before to find him, it made Zhou Li deeply aware of their gap. His own pride made it impossible for him to accept that kind of humiliation.

That was why he had lashed out at Xu Yuejiao back then.

But seeing Xu Yuejiao’s confused and hurt look, Zhou Li realized that she had absolutely no idea she was doing anything wrong.

Sure enough, from her perspective, as someone born with a silver spoon in her mouth, how could she understand the shame of being poor?

She only knew that money could help them, but she didn’t understand that it also represented humiliation.

Look—a casual wave of her hand could produce money that might take them years of grueling effort to earn.

Perhaps life was just unfair like that.

Later, Xu Yuejiao apologized to him. Her pursuit of him became cautious and measured, and Zhou Li’s lingering frustration vanished completely.

When he calmed down and thought about it, he began to wonder if he had acted too rashly, doing such things in the first place.

So when he saw Xu Yuejiao here again, Zhou Li turned a blind eye and let her do as she pleased.

Who would’ve thought he’d run into such a scene today? 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

She assumed his food was meant for the dog, but in reality, he had secretly saved it to take home to his parents.

From her perspective, there really wasn’t anything wrong. In her world, food like this probably wouldn’t even be good enough for dogs.

He had heard that in wealthy families, even the dogs ate imported dog food.

As for him, he had never even seen anything imported in his life.

When Xu Yuejiao heard Zhou Li’s words, she didn’t know whether to admit the truth. But the deep insight in his gaze seemed to leave no room for pretense.

So she replied, "Yes, I came because I knew you worked here."

"Rich heiresses really are ignorant of the hardships of the world," Zhou Li scoffed coldly. "Don’t bother wasting your time on games like this again."

"Zhou Li... I... I like you..." Xu Yuejiao’s voice trembled as Zhou Li’s words cut deep, nearly driving her to tears.

Her hands ached terribly from the work, but whenever she thought of Zhou Li, she felt a burst of happiness. Yet now, his words had nearly broken her.

Seeing her flushed and tearful eyes, looking so pitiful...

She had changed so much. The first time he met her, she was like a tomboy—lively and cheerful.

Now she had grown out her hair, wore pretty dresses, and had become so beautiful he couldn’t take his eyes off her.

He admitted it—he liked her too.

But the gap between them was truly immense.

Even though he liked her, he didn’t want heartbreak and humiliation.

Zhou Li fixed his gaze on Xu Yuejiao’s eyes and shook the bag in his hand. "The food you thought was for the dog—it’s actually the leftovers I secretly saved to bring home to my parents."