The Snake Demon, Flower of Evil, Doesn't Want to Be a Substitute

Flower of Evil: The Snake Demon Doesn't Want to Be a Substitute. Liu Ruyan is a snake demon who has cultivated for a thousand years, yet she falls in love with the demon hunter Wang Huanzhi. But Wang Huanzhi only has eyes for the gentle, kind Wang Fu. Driven mad with jealousy, Liu Ruyan plots against Wang Fu again and again. Until one day, Wang Huanzhi kneels before her. "Please, save her." Liu Ruyan smiles, her fingertips brushing the tears at the corner of his eyes. "Of course. In exchange, give me your love." The night in Chang'an is damp and cold from a sudden downpour. Liu Ruyan leans against the railing of the Zuixian Tower, winding a wet strand of black hair around her finger. Her snake pupils glow faintly in the dark. The street below is empty. Only the night watchman taps his clapper, his voice torn to shreds by the rain. She catches his scent, clear and crisp as snow, with a faint trace of sandalwood. It's Wang Huanzhi, that adorably stubborn demon hunter, and the only calamity in her thousand years of cultivation. He is escorting that woman home. Wang Fu is just like her name: gentle and frail, like a dandelion that would scatter in the slightest breeze. Liu Ruyan watches Wang Huanzhi tilt most of his umbrella over the woman's head, leaving half his own shoulder drenched. Her heart feels as if a snake's tongue has licked it, itching and aching, a bitter poison seeping through it. It's not as if she hasn't tried. She took the form of a gentle young lady and met him by Qujiang Pond, where she "