Chapter 368 |
The silver-haired girl was smiling warmly, her voice sweet and cloying.
The smile on her delicate face was so sugary it seemed like it could melt anything.
But it was simply too sweet, cloyingly so, and it made Fang Qi shiver!
He snapped out of his daze completely in an instant!
Staring at Liguang's familiar "benevolent" smile, the corner of his mouth twitched…
He didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Not his wife…
What are you doing…?!
This notebook contained so much important information!
What about the truth behind the Second Mechanical Crisis?
Or the earth-shattering secret that Bo Mu was actually an official organization?
This group, which had always appeared as rebels, was originally established by the authorities!
When he read that part, his mind nearly exploded!
But his wife, on the other hand, didn't dwell on any of that. She only fixated on how many candies he had given to An Lian!
The silver-haired girl was still tilting her head, watching him.
The slender finger that had been pointing at the notebook was withdrawn, and both hands were folded back in front of her. Her posture was demure and proper.
Yet her expression remained cheerful, her voice sugary:
"Master, please turn the page. Liguang can't wait anymore. I really want to see."
Her dual-colored eyes were still staring straight at him!
Fang Qi: "…"
This crazy woman just wouldn't let go of those trivial old stories from her master's childhood!
And besides, I didn't do that!
…Or did I?
Was that me?
He was momentarily stunned.
…He didn't know.
"Pfft!"
Lin Xiaoyu across the table suddenly burst out laughing!
She was still lying on the table.
One hand propping up her cheek, black hair draped over her shoulders, the other hand still pressed against her back.
Her little pale legs switched angles underneath the table, swinging slightly.
"Liguang, if you want to keep reading… you better be prepared~"
Her almond-shaped eyes curved into crescent moons. Though her voice was still a bit hoarse, it had regained that annoyingly playful tone!
The corners of her mouth lifted high!
She might as well have written "I can't wait to see the drama" on her face!
"Your master when he was a kid, now that was someone who wasn't easily satisfied~"
She winked at Liguang!
"Quite the heartbreaker~"
"There's even more explosive stuff later!"
"Do you want me to prepare some tools for you in advance?"
As she spoke, she shot a teasing glance at Fang Qi!
Her face was full of schadenfreude!
"Once you see what comes later, you'll definitely want to do something to your master!"
"Absolutely!"
Fang Qi: "…?"
He stared at Lin Xiaoyu, who was grinning like a gloating jerk…
What do you mean?
Wait!
He sobered up a little more in an instant!
…Huh?!
What did the notebook say he did this time?!
Cheap Mom, what did you write now?!
Liguang's phoenix-like eyes narrowed sharply.
She slowly turned her head back.
The scarlet in her right pupil flickered calmly, her gaze settling back on Fang Qi's face.
On that stunningly beautiful face, the smile remained utterly unmoved.
"Oh?"
One word.
Uttered softly.
She tilted her head just a fraction more than before.
The corners of her mouth were still curled, but the arc seemed to sag just a little.
Fang Qi: "…"
How to put it.
He didn't feel any panic or fear.
Right now, he only thought…
His wife's jealous expression was really cute!
So cute!
He suddenly felt that all those secrets and conspiracies…
Didn't seem so troubling anymore.
As long as his "silver-haired big sister" was still by his side, everything else… seemed to not matter?
However…
Appeasing his wife was definitely the main priority!
He immediately turned his head and glared at the round-faced girl still propped on the table, reveling in his misfortune!
"What are you talking about?!"
Lin Xiaoyu didn't care at all. Her almond-shaped eyes curved even more.
Her loose black hair spread across the tabletop as she tilted her head. The whole way she was lying there made her look like a lazy cat basking in the sun.
She rubbed her round face against her arm, shifted positions…
"Hiss——!"
She gasped again in pain from the cold air!
Then she continued to prop her cheek up, watching him with a smile.
Fang Qi: "…"
This one was definitely doing it on purpose!
He immediately straightened up and glared at Lin Xiaoyu!
"Don't you start spouting nonsense here!"
His tone was one of utter righteousness!
"I will only love Liguang forever!"
"Didn't you see what the notebook said?!"
"When I was a kid, I plastered my entire room with Liguang's portraits!"
"The walls were covered with the silver-haired big sister! All Liguang!"
"When I was three years old, I had already set my heart on Liguang!"
"As for An Lian or anyone else, that was all my mother's nonsense. An Lian was just a normal friend to me!"
"Actually, not even a friend. We barely said a few words!"
After he finished, he glanced at the silver-haired girl.
Sure enough, the corners of Liguang's mouth had softened noticeably.
Her phoenix eyes curved back into crescent moons. In her amber left eye, that calm, icy blue light began to flicker happily!
In her crimson right pupil, the scarlet light twinkled like stars in the night sky.
Her eyelashes fluttered slightly, and the arc of her lips lifted just a little more.
The rhythm of her chest rising and falling had clearly quickened. Even her simulated breathing grew a bit faster!
Whew…!
Fang Qi breathed a slight sigh of relief.
Wife, you are so easy to appease.
No matter what, the fact that her master had cherished her since childhood…
This truly, genuinely made Liguang happy!
However…
Fang Qi pursed his lips.
Tsk.
If only the original core weren't working right now, if only that icy blue light weren't suppressing her emotions…
Right now, she would have already pounced into his arms, endlessly calling out "Master, you're so good!"
That little face would bury itself in his chest and rub hard, while she made vague, cat-like purring noises…!
She might even cover his face in kisses until he was drenched!
Fang Qi's eyelids twitched.
…What a shame.
He suddenly felt it was a pity.
This original core thing wasn't always a blessing.
He felt like he had missed out on a fortune.
He lowered his head and looked at Liguang's crimson right pupil.
Crimson eye…
Do your thing!
Push that icy blue down!
Let my wife leap into my arms!
You don't need to hold it for long, just a few minutes!
Let her nuzzle against me, let her wrap her arms around my neck and kiss me a few times, let her look at me with that sickly, blissful smile and say, "Master belongs to Liguang"…
And then let the original core suppress it all again, that's fine too!
But the crimson eye only flickered steadily.
The scarlet light was as docile as a tethered little beast.
That icy blue continued to flow steadily in her left eye, neither fast nor slow…
So calm it made Fang Qi a little crazy!
Tsk!
"Ahem."
A light cough interrupted his inner monologue.
Lin Xiaoyu was still lying on the table. The hand propping her cheek switched sides, while the other hand tapped lightly on the table.
The glee in her almond-shaped eyes seemed even thicker?
"Senior…"
She began, speaking slowly.
"You really did love your silver-haired big sister since you were little, that much is written clearly in the notebook."
It was that "I'm about to spoil everything" kind of tone.
"But——"
She tilted her little head, a brilliant smile blooming on her round little face:
“Maybe when you were young, you had just a little bit of…”
“A roving heart?”
“Well, you are a boy after all~”
Her tone was unbearably playful!
The air froze for half a second.
Fang Qi: “…?”
The smile on Liguang’s face stiffened for a moment.
Her lips still held the curve, but her gaze suddenly faltered.
She slowly turned her head, her mismatched eyes fixed squarely on Fang Qi.
In her amber eye, a faint blue flickered—not with joy, but flowed slowly.
The crimson in her red eye blazed intensely!
Fang Qi felt a chill run down the back of his neck!
Seriously… Crimson? You didn’t flash earlier, but you’re flashing now, huh!
He quickly looked away and shot a glare at the round-faced girl lying on the table!
Lin Xiaoyou buried her face deeper into her folded arms, leaving only half her face and a pair of almond-shaped eyes visible.
Those eyes were full of manifest glee—the joy of “I’ve finally avenged my swollen butt!”
She couldn’t keep the corners of her mouth down; they were nearly stretching to her ears. Even with half her face hidden, that smirk was impossible to miss!
That little brat definitely did it on purpose…!
She was just pissed about her spanked butt and wanted to stir up trouble at exactly the wrong time!
Fang Qi suppressed the impulse to make her butt even more swollen, took a few deep breaths…
Then turned solemnly to Liguang.
“Impossible! Absolutely impossible!”
“I only like Liguang, and no one else!”
His tone was resolute.
But as soon as the words left his mouth, a flicker of doubt crossed his mind.
Honestly, he wasn’t sure if he’d had a roving heart as a kid.
The little Qi described in that notebook—he had zero memories of him!
What if young him had been close to An Lian? What if the notebook had more similar entries later? What if he really had…
He swallowed hard.
…Might as well set the stage now!
“Even if I did hang out with An Lian a bit back then, that doesn’t mean anything!”
He declared with righteous indignation:
“Liguang, you’ve seen what the notebook says—at the time…”
“I actually had quite a few girls I was close to!”
The silver-haired girl’s smile started to falter again.
But Fang Qi waved a hand:
“But that was just ordinary playmates—guys and girls were all the same back then. No real difference. Just childhood friends we ran wild with!”
“They don’t hold a candle to Liguang…”
He gave Liguang a quick wink:
“…Not even the slightest comparison!”
The silver-haired girl tilted her head and looked at him.
The stiffened curve of her lips gradually softened, shifting back into that sweet, gentle smile.
“Master…”
She said softly:
“Why are you getting so worked up?”
“Liguang didn’t say anything at all. Why is Master in such a hurry?”
Fang Qi: “…”
Honey, sometimes the way you talk is really passive-aggressive.
She stretched out a slender finger, tapping lightly on the open notebook in his hand.
“Flip the page, won’t you?”
…Fine then. Flip the page it is!
He took a deep breath, looked down at the notebook in his hands, then glared at Lin Xiaoyou again.
The round-faced girl had almost buried her head entirely in her arms, her almond eyes curved into narrow slits. Her whole shoulders trembled from barely suppressed laughter.
Occasionally, a sharp “ouch” escaped her from the pain in her butt, but her schadenfreude remained untouched.
Fang Qi put his fingers on the corner of the page.
In his heart, he silently prayed:
Little me from the past, please don’t be fickle!
Your silver-haired big sister is reading this notebook right now!
Don’t you dare pull any “that black-haired lady isn’t bad either” plot on me!
His fingers trembled slightly, then he turned the page.
[XXXX, December 31st]
[The last day of the year!]
[Now I’m absolutely sure! Even though he kept denying it, kept jumping around—it’s absolutely right!]
[Definite, beyond any doubt, and one hundred percent certain!]
[That little brat totally has a crush on An Lian, that little girl!]
[No escape now!]
[Ah well, I wonder… Is that silver-haired big sister of Xiao Qi’s fantasy about to be retired?]
[Guess he’s found that reality’s cool little lady is better than a fantasy after all~]
[Looks like I won’t need to make him phantom silver-haired big sisters anymore?]
[What a rascal!]
In the archive room, a burst of crimson blazed for a moment!
An ice-cold fingertip brushed gently against the back of his neck.
“Master~”
Fang Qi: “…”
Mom!! You’re my own mother!!
What the hell are you writing in this notebook?!
Don’t just write your assumptions like that!!
