Since everyone had no objections, then... wait a minute, it seemed like there was still one person Leticia hadn't asked.
"Little Yu, what about you? Do you want to watch this movie?"
Lin Qingyu looked up in surprise when asked. Her opinion?
If she followed her heart's true desire, she wouldn't want to watch this movie. Not because she disliked Elves or humans, but simply because she believed that love between Elves and humans would only bring disaster.
Cross-racial love sounded very romantic, but the current world couldn't tolerate such romance.
"I have no objections." But she didn't really have the right to express her opinions anyway. Even though Leticia had thought of her, she still believed this was just going through the motions.
Would anyone really care about her opinion?
No one would care about her opinion. No matter how much she hated those choices, those people would force her hand to make the choice.
"Good, then let's go with this movie." Leticia turned back thoughtfully and nudged Bai Ling with her elbow. "Does Lin Qingyu have some psychological problems?"
Her expression just now was very strange, as if she'd thought of something extremely unbearable.
Bai Ling nodded. At this moment, the lights in the theater had dimmed, and a large logo appeared on the screen.
"According to the psychologist's assessment, she should have had a very dark experience. It's this experience that shaped her current personality." Bai Ling's voice was very soft, only audible to Leticia. "There should be something in this movie that triggered memories of her past that she doesn't want to remember."
"Why do you care about these things?" Bai Ling felt a bit hurt. Why did Leticia care about Lin Qingyu but not about her, her comrade-in-arms?
They were comrades who had fought alongside each other against gods. Couldn't the past just be the past?
Leticia shifted her attention back to the big screen. "Just a whim."
Of course, her attitude hadn't changed. She was too lazy to deal with Lin Qingyu's pile of troubles.
Who cares if she was a Half-Elf? She, Leticia, this Demon King, had no connection to this matter whatsoever.
If Candice really had no way to detoxify, Leticia planned to take her computer and phone back to the Demon Realm to stay peacefully at home.
It wasn't that Leticia didn't want to live here. The reason was that Qila wouldn't agree to Leticia staying in the human world long-term. Having finally found her sister, how could she let Leticia continue staying in the human world?
Even staying home in the Demon Realm was better than living in the human world all the time.
A Demon King not living in the Demon Realm but in the human world was too strange.
Moreover, when Leticia was in the Demon Realm, the entire demon race was like having a backbone. Qila had already discovered that as soon as Leticia returned, those discordant voices among the demons immediately quieted down significantly.
Those nobles who often paid lip service to her while acting against her wishes became extremely obedient overnight, so obedient that Qila suspected they had all taken the wrong medicine.
This was the significance of Leticia's existence. With her there, the demon race wouldn't fall into chaos. Her prestige was simply too high—in the entire demon race, if she said one, probably only Qila would dare say two.
This formed a stark contrast with a certain Half-Elf who preferred not to reveal her name.
"I can only say the two female leads carried this melodramatic series. If the plot could be more reasonable, the viewing experience would be much, much better." Halfway through the movie, Leticia gave her assessment. "Is it really okay to portray the Elven Empress like this?"
This movie was called a romantic action film. With romance, there was naturally action too.
The big boss of both parts was the Elves' leader, the Elven Empress.
"Relations between humans and Elves aren't good to begin with. Disparaging the other side's ruler is quite normal." Bai Ling indicated Leticia was making a fuss over nothing. "Like that Demon King from last time."
"Don't mention that slut. I get angry just thinking about her." Leticia's face darkened. Could that woman with 'come fuck me' written all over her face deserve the title of Demon King?
"So, don't expect alien race rulers to get any good roles on our side." Bai Ling expressed understanding for Leticia's reaction. Compared to Leticia, that Demon King was indeed completely outclassed.
Leticia was so cute—petite, soft to hold, with a fragrant scent.
Unfortunately, her personality wasn't great. Tsundere, tsundere—she basically only showed the "tsun" part in front of her.
The "dere" part? Only on that one night, and when she was unconscious.
On screen, the two female leads who had once been wary of each other were now embracing under the starry sea. Their hearts connected at this moment. Even Leticia, who considered this movie quite melodramatic, admitted the director's portrayal of this scene was quite perfect.
Then, a hand sneakily reached over.
Leticia looked down and found her hand was being covered by Bai Ling's.
"Let me hold it for a while." Bai Ling looked at the two girls on screen, her eyes full of envious light.
The starry sea—she could create that, but the girl to embrace her under it hadn't yet accepted her feelings.
"Just for a while."
Leticia stared at Bai Ling's hand for a long while, struggled internally for a bit, and finally decided: you bastard, don't even think about taking advantage of me.
You surnamed Bai, get as far away from me as possible.
"Let go, let go. I'm not your girlfriend. If you want to hold hands, find someone else." Leticia said very quietly.
"I won't let go. If you can, pry my hand open." Bai Ling admitted she was being a rogue, but right now, she just wanted to be a rogue.
Pry it open?
With her current explosively weak physical condition, how could she possibly pry open this beast Bai Ling's hand?
"You really should wash your brain." Having thought it over, Leticia could only verbally attack Bai Ling. "Can't you just honestly find a girl to date? Why do you have to come torment me?"
"Love at first sight." Bai Ling answered without hesitation.
Feelings had never needed reasons.
Just like the two female leads in this movie—they had been opponents on the battlefield at first, but in just a few days, they had become lovers with connected hearts.
Now they were holding hands, walking toward that Elven Empress who didn't seem much like an empress.
"Don't flatter yourself. You're just lustful."
"I only lust after you."
"Stop, stop. I'm getting goosebumps." Leticia immediately ended this topic.
If they continued, it would become Bai Ling hitting straight balls while she held a racket batting them back one by one.
Honestly, it was quite tiring.
The movie had reached its final segment. The lovers stood side by side at the elven ceremony, exposing the evil empress's plan to the public.
"It just feels like small-scale stuff. After all this commotion, it turns out to be about killing her own sister. That's so lacking in vision."
"The empress's claim to the throne wasn't legitimate. To stabilize her position, she indeed could only kill her sister who was more suitable to inherit the throne." Bai Ling quite understood the Elven Empress in the movie.
Leticia pursed her lips. She couldn't understand this empress whose intelligence was questionable.
If you want to kill, then kill. Why create some seamless plan? As it turned out, calling it seamless was simply laughable.
The entire plan was like a bamboo basket—full of holes.
Now look—not only had her sister corrected her previous bad habits and found love, but she was now standing before her in opposition.
Those ministers also stood behind her sister. They had made their choice through action.
"In that case, all of you can die! I am the empress, I am the empress!" The Elven Empress had gone mad.
Watching the empress on screen transform into a disgusting monster, Leticia was truly speechless.
Why would an elf turn into such a thing?
Without any foreshadowing, she directly transformed into a monster. How much did this director want to promote the action element in this romance film?
But honestly, aside from the logical flaws, this final fight was indeed enjoyable to watch.
The movie ended, and Bai Ling quietly withdrew her hand.
Leticia looked at her hand that Bai Ling had just been holding, her expression somewhat complex.
She disliked Bai Ling as a person, but she didn't reject physical contact with her.
In simple terms, she lusted after Bai Ling's body but disliked the soul within that body.
Very shallow, but she didn't feel there was anything wrong with that.
Everyone loved beauty, and Bai Ling's level of beauty was indeed beyond normal standards.
If it were anyone else, Leticia wouldn't struggle at all. You want to kill me, and I can still have good feelings toward you?
What a joke. Leticia wasn't mentally ill.
But Bai Ling was too beautiful, completely putting Leticia in a conflicted state.
She wants to kill me, so I can't give her a good face, but she's really beautiful, and I want to be intimate with her.
In short, it was very conflicting.
She had been conflicted before, was conflicted now, and could be expected to continue being conflicted in the future.
"I'm a bit tired. I want to go back for a nap." Leticia shook her head, shaking away the chaotic thoughts in her mind.
Guild Leader quickly reached out to help Leticia up from her seat.
Being helped to stand, Leticia turned back and found Lin Qingyu's condition wasn't quite right.
This girl had her head down, fists clenched tight, surrounded by a low-pressure atmosphere. Obviously, her emotions weren't right.
"Little Yu, are you okay?" Leticia looked at the two people beside her and felt it was better for her to speak up.
The Guild Leader wasn't familiar with Lin Qingyu, and Bai Ling... counting on her?
That really wasn't as good as doing it herself.
Hearing Leticia's voice, Lin Qingyu looked up like a startled little animal, the panicked expression on her face hard to conceal.
"I'm fine, just thinking about some things." She waved her hands repeatedly, indicating she was fine.
But her behavior made it obvious something was wrong. Whether it was the earlier emotional depression or the current panic, neither was a normal emotional state.
Getting into such a state from watching a romantic action movie—there was definitely a problem.
"Really nothing wrong?" Leticia gave Bai Ling a look, indicating this was trouble she had brought, and she should solve it herself.
Bai Ling returned a look saying 'I can't handle this.'
She was good at cutting people down, but not so good at other things. Maintaining a good relationship with her sister already took all her energy. Having her communicate with other girls—spare her.
"Really, nothing's wrong." Lin Qingyu answered very firmly.
Since she had answered this way, Leticia was too lazy to guess what this girl was thinking. It was nothing more than those things anyway.
Either she saw the pure feelings between the two female leads and remembered her own failed romantic experiences, but Lin Qingyu looked about the same age as Bai Ya—she couldn't possibly have experienced such things.
Or else, it was about the elf issue.
Leticia had always believed Lin Qingyu was a Half-Elf, and Half-Elves were born from the union of humans and Elves.
Children born across races would inherit characteristics from both parents, but Half-Elves couldn't use either human superpowers or elven natural magic.
In both human and elven worlds, Half-Elves were unwelcome.
Discrimination was a small matter. Most terrifyingly, even if someone killed a Half-Elf, the murderer wouldn't face any punishment.
Because the law simply didn't protect Half-Elves.
Human law protected humans, elven law protected Elves. As for Half-Elves, they were beings abandoned by both worlds.
So, feelings between humans and Elves didn't necessarily have good outcomes.
Lin Qingyu might have thought of her parents, thought of the survival situation of Half-Elves in reality, which was why she seemed so depressed.
"Don't overthink it. Your birth isn't everything about you. You must walk your own path." Leticia couldn't very well say 'you Half-Elf need to be self-reliant,' so she could only offer vague comfort to this girl. "You must hold your destiny in your own hands."
"I... understand." Lin Qingyu stared blankly at Leticia. The pale-faced girl had no expression, but her words just now made Lin Qingyu feel warmth in her heart.
Was Miss Qianqian comforting her?
Her Half-Elf identity had made her suffer all kinds of discrimination. All the suffering she endured was because of this damned Half-Elf identity.
If possible, she really wanted to remove the elven bloodline from her body.
As a pure human, she might be able to live better.
"Don't think so much. Actually, many people won't care who your parents are. You are you—just be yourself." Leticia patted Lin Qingyu's head. She felt her ability to play the caring older sister really wasn't very good.
But she was the only one here who could do this.
Although she thought about turning around and leaving without caring about this girl, Leticia saw a shadow in Lin Qingyu.
The shadow of her former confused self.
She couldn't help but want to help this girl, who was as confused as she once was, to emerge from her predicament.
If someone had guided her like she was doing now back then, perhaps Leticia wouldn't have become that cold and ruthless Demon King.
Did her guidance work? Leticia didn't know the answer to this question, but looking at Lin Qingyu's thoughtful expression, her guidance should have had some effect.
"I think you should call a psychologist for that little girl. Compared to her physical problems, her psychological issues are obviously more serious." After lunch, back in her warm little bed, Leticia said to Bai Ling.
She was just an ordinary Demon King who wasn't good at speaking and didn't understand people's hearts very well. To solve Lin Qingyu's psychological problems, it would be better to have a professional psychologist.
"Mm, you rest well. I'll handle these matters." Bai Ling nodded, not telling Leticia that she had already hired a psychologist before.
Lin Qingyu had extremely strong distrust toward the psychologist she had hired. In that doctor's words: "She's very resistant to talking about her past. That dark period has become an unhealable scar in her heart."
"Speak human language." Bai Ling at the time had suppressed her desire to give her unreliable old friend a chop.
"Her psychological problems all stem from her past experiences. I can't read the specific details, but I can sense that period was very unpleasant." Although Lin Qingyu was very resistant, her superpower had unconsciously pried open her head.
Because of Lin Qingyu's resistance, this mind-reading specialist had only gleaned some insignificant information.
"Actually, I still don't understand why you're keeping this girl here. Looking for trouble for yourself?" Since the Guild Leader wasn't in the room, Leticia could voice her confusion.
This time Bai Ling was honest: "I'm monitoring her."
"Got it, waste utilization, right?" Having this retired social idler Bai Ling monitor a little girl who appeared from nowhere was indeed quite suitable.
Bai Ling raised an eyebrow. This comment—was she calling her waste?
"Right now, there's just you and me in the room." Bai Ling looked at Leticia and suddenly spoke.
Leticia was stunned, then got a bit scared.
Why did Bai Ling's words sound so strange?
"I'm warning you—what you're thinking of doing is illegal."
"I'm not thinking of doing anything." Bai Ling showed a smile that was at least passable.
From the previous unbearable sight to the current acceptable level, Bai Ling's expression management ability was gradually improving.
While saying this, she had already walked to Leticia's bedside.
"Don't do this. If you keep this up, I'll call for help." Leticia quickly scooted toward the direction away from Bai Ling.
Seeing such a flustered Leticia, Bai Ling completely couldn't hold back. She covered her mouth and giggled.
Her bell-like laughter echoed in the room, making Leticia gradually realize how embarrassing she had just been.
What on earth had she been thinking!
"I'm not the type who likes to take advantage of people in vulnerable situations. I like you, but I won't use such despicable means to get you." After laughing, Bai Ling said to Leticia with a serious face. "On this matter, you can have one hundred percent trust in me."
"Sorry, I really can't trust you." The Miss Demon King who had just lost face didn't sound as confident as before either. "Why do you like me? Isn't my attitude toward you bad enough?"
Why did she come to like Leticia?
Bai Ling herself wasn't too clear.
The first time they met, she had still been thinking of killing Leticia. When did her thoughts slowly start to change?
Was it that time Leticia helped her bathe? Or that time shopping? Or perhaps during those boring moments when she barged into Leticia's room to bicker with her?
Maybe it was all of those.
When Bai Ling looked back again, she had already given up on making a move against Leticia. Her good feelings toward this girl made her hesitate.
The Demon King was humanity's enemy. She shouldn't develop good feelings toward the Demon King.
But the appearance of gods changed everything. Leticia and Bai Ling actually stood on the same front and fought side by side.
Going from enemies to comrades-in-arms—this change might not have meant anything to Leticia, but Bai Ling had completely let go of her doubts.
Since everyone was on the same side, it was normal for her to pursue her own happiness, right?
Miss Bai was also a girl in her twenties. Watching others fall in love all the time made her heart itch a bit too (only after retirement).
She also wanted to sleep embracing her lover.
"Feelings don't need reasons. I like you, that's all." Bai Ling looked into Leticia's eyes and said calmly. "I'll work hard to make you accept me."
"Then go ahead and work hard. I'll never accept you even if I die."
"No one's feelings remain unchanged forever. I believe that one day, you'll accept me." Bai Ling reached out a finger and poked Leticia's cheek. "Soft and squishy. It would be nice if you were this soft too."
Leticia nearly died of anger. Saying she wanted to make herself slowly accept her on one hand, while getting handsy on the other—did this person surnamed Bai have brain problems?
"Now, immediately, right away, get the hell out of here." Slapping away Bai Ling's restless hand, Leticia pointed angrily at the door.
"Rest well." Bai Ling was in quite a good mood. Actually, ever since Leticia returned, she had been in a good mood.
The white-haired girl left the room, leaving the black-haired girl lying alone in bed.
Leticia stared at the ceiling light, realizing she had made a mistake—she had forgotten to ask Bai Ling to turn off the light when she left.
No, even if she had thought of it then, she wouldn't have asked Bai Ling to turn off the light.
After all, she needed to show her firm attitude. Adding a request to that would be inconsistent.
"Xue'er! Xue'er!" Leticia called out several times.
But the maid who usually appeared at her beck and call seemed to be held up by something. No matter how much Leticia called, the maid was nowhere to be seen.
The maid didn't appear, but another annoying person showed up again.
"Xue'er said she had some business and went out. Is there anything you need?" Bai Ling opened the door and poked her head in.
"Why are you still here?"
"Xue'er asked me to look after you before she left."
"What about Guild Leader?" Leticia didn't quite believe Xue'er would entrust this to Bai Ling. Wasn't her dislike for Bai Ling obvious enough?
"Guild Leader went back to her room." Bai Ling answered. "So, is there anything you need me to do?"
"None of your business. Get lost, get lost, get lost." Leticia took a deep breath. At worst, she'd get out of bed and turn off the light herself.