Chapter 61: I am a Scumbag

"Apply sunscreen? If you keep talking, I won't be sleepy anymore!" Li Yexing sat up straight and looked at the bikini-clad maid in front of him, raising his eyebrows slightly.

"Do you want me to apply sunscreen for you? Are you sure?"

"What, Master, you don't want to?" The pretty maid tilted her head, with a mischievous smile on her face.

"I want, of course, I want." Li Yexing stood up and clapped his hands, with an evil smile on his face, "But I'm afraid you're shy..."

"No problem, Master." Rita smiled and said. She squatted down and took out a beach mat from the small basket beside her, and neatly spread it on the sand. Then she took out a bottle of sunscreen and handed it to Li Yexing.

After Li Yexing took the sunscreen, Rita stretched out her body and lay down on the sofa cushion. She untied the straps and turned her head to him, "I'm ready, Master."

Li Yexing began applying sunscreen to her beautiful, soft body. Rita turned her head and smiled seductively at him, to which he responded with a narrowed gaze. In no time, his head drew closer and closer until his lips met hers, and they began to kiss passionately. She accepted the kiss blissfully and slowly closed her eyes.

After several minutes of applying sunscreen in a "romantic atmosphere", Rita stood up and wiped the corner of her mouth.

Li Yexing breathed a sigh of relief and lay back on the beach chair.

"Master, do you want Rita to help you apply sunscreen?" Rita asked, turning her head with a smile.

"No, thanks..." Li Yexing waved his hand, "I'll just lie here... and I'm a bit tired."

"Are you shy? I don't expect you to be a shy type, Master." Rita covered her mouth and chuckled, "I heard that you had all ladies in Roples seduced before meeting Miss Lilith."

"Where did you hear this?" Li Yexing frowned.

"It's just some highly credible rumors from the market," Rita replied with a smile. "After all, it's very important for a perfect maid like me to fully understand the subject I will serve in the future."

"You're just overthinking it..." Li Yexing sneered.

"No, not at all," Rita slightly bowed and said, "The more I understand you, the more I feel that you are a person worth my loyalty."

"Worthy of your loyalty..." Looking at the drifting Lilith on the sea and then turning to Rita, Li Yexing whispered, "I think I'm just a scumbag... well, I've always been a scumbag, but now I think I'm not only scumbag but also unfaithful. It's just... I feel sorry for Lilith."

"Is that so? So, that's how you think, Master," Rita smiled, "You are really a gentle person."

"You think that's a compliment? It feels like you are mocking me." Li Yexing asked, frowning.

"No, Master," Rita shook her head and said, "Even though Miss Lilith said she didn't mind, you still care about her feelings. How can you say that you are not gentle?"

"Heh, even I, someone who has never been in a serious relationship, know not to believe everything a girl says. How could Lilith not care? Honestly, don't you think that you've gone too far lately..." Li Yexing's face became a little gloomy. "And I can't refuse you every time."

"I lust after your body, Master... I know that I am a disgraceful maid," Rita said.

"Are you lusting after my body, Master?" Rita's face showed a foxy expression of pride. "Although you have never even entered me once, Master, your self-control is really tenacious."

"I'm still angry you know," Li Yexing said helplessly.

Hearing Li Yexing's words, Rita immediately stopped, but her face still had an elegant smile. This smile was one of the hallmarks of a perfect maid in his eyes, but now it made him inexplicably annoyed.

Li Yexing's heart was full of guilt for betraying his lover.

So, the two of them silently stared at the sea in the shade of the umbrella without speaking.

After a while, a sea breeze blew over, blowing Rita's gray short hair out of order. She gently lifted the messy hair near her ear and saw Li Yexing, who was lying under the umbrella, still looking melancholy.

Rita sighed silently, leaned against Li Yexing, and said softly, "Master, forgive me for speaking frankly, do you really understand Miss Lilith?"

"Of course, I understand her better than the people who created her," Li Yexing said.

"In your eyes, what kind of person is Miss Lilith?" Rita asked calmly. Her expression was different from before, looking somewhat indifferent, making it difficult for Li Yexing to guess what she wanted to say.

What kind of person is Lilith?

"She doesn't talk much, but she's very kind to the people around her. She can be a bit stubborn sometimes, she loves playing games and gets jealous easily, and she has a good appetite..." Li Yexing casually described his impression of Lilith, and a gentle smile unconsciously appeared on his face.

"I see, so that's how you see Miss Lilith..." Rita murmured and thought to herself, 'Master looked at Miss Lilith like an ordinary girl, unlike the weapon that she actually was.'

"What do you mean?" Li Yexing frowned and asked.

"Miss Lilith is not an ordinary girl... she's a weapon. She was born as a weapon and fights like one. You can't view her with the same perspective as you would a regular human being," Rita said, looking at Li Yexing with a serious expression.

"Why not?" Li Yexing was somewhat unhappy with what Rita said, but seeing her solemn expression, he decided to listen to her.

"I remember you mentioning Miss Lilith's past. She was born as a weapon and was treated as such for most of her short life, being tested as a weapon... until she met you..." Rita stared into Li Yexing's eyes and said solemnly, "You extended a helping hand to her, just like you did for me before, and you were willing to treat her like a lover. But too much happiness can sometimes be unbearable for people."

"So you want to help her share her happiness?" Li Yexing asked, furrowing his brows.

"Not exactly..." Rita shook her head and said, "I can understand how Miss Lilith feels. In this world, besides you, there is no one who can treat us as normal people after seeing our true nature, let alone a lover. In our eyes, the place where you are is the only place we can call home in this world."

"Do you remember when you said Miss Lilith gets jealous easily?" Rita whispered softly, "Yes, Miss Lilith indeed gets jealous easily, although she knows about the things between me and you, she has never been angry. Do you know why?"

"Because of tolerance?" Li Yexing thought for a moment and replied.

"Miss Lilith would not tolerate it. She is a more reckless and arbitrary being than you, Master. Her view of life and values are completely different from those of ordinary humans. The reason why this has not been manifested is because of your relationship with her. You are her lover, but also her constraint."

Rita calmly explained her point of view to Li Yexing. "Miss Lilith is not jealous but afraid. In her subconscious, she still considers herself a weapon; a monster, and she believes that monsters should not be with humans. That's why she shows great hostility toward every human female who tries to get close to you."

Looking into Li Yexing's eyes, Rita slowly continued, "She is afraid that you, as a human, will eventually abandon her for other human girls. She feels insecure."

"So?" Li Yexing was a little confused.

"So, Miss Lilith has never shown any hostility towards me, because she knows that, like her; I am a monster. In other words, she believes that she and I belong to the same camp. If humans and monsters are the scales on Master's body, then in her view, adding more weights to the monster side to keep you is not excessive."

Li Yexing stared at Rita in a daze, then shook his head with a smile and said, "Nonsense."

"Yexing!" Just as Li Yexing was about to refute Rita's words, he heard Lilith's voice in his ear. He turned his head and saw the silver-haired girl with a yellow duck swimming ring had already come ashore and was waving at him.

"Master, whether you believe it or not, what I said is true." Seeing Li Yexing stand up and walk towards Lilith in the distance, Rita followed behind him and whispered, "If you don't believe me, I can prove it to you tonight."

"Prove?" Li Yexing's face showed a teasing smile. He turned his head and looked at Rita who was following behind him, "How are you going to prove it?"

Rita slightly bowed and revealed a fox-like smile on her face, "Please allow me to keep it a secret. You just need to wait."

After speaking, Rita extended her tongue, which did not seem very human-like, and gently licked her lips.