Chapter 16: I Will Marry You

Chapter 16: I Will Marry You

Lu Li had a virtue: without complete evidence, he would firmly believe only what he was convinced of.

Of course, when there was solid proof, that was another matter.

But Lu Li also had a flaw.

He was lustful.

Both Bai Mo Li and Miss Luo happened to fit perfectly within his aesthetic standards.

Well, actually, all the beautiful women seemed to fit his taste.

As a result, whenever either of the two ladies spoke to him privately, he found their words reasonable.

Yet, another of his flaws—perhaps a virtue in disguise—came into play at such moments.

He was timid.

Because of his timidity, whenever he encountered a beautiful girl, his inner alarm was immediately raised to full alert.

That was why, at twenty-eight, he was still single.

There’s a saying: he liked pretty girls, but ordinary ones just didn’t catch his eye.

However, when a truly beautiful girl approached him, he would immediately suspect something was off.

“Why would someone so beautiful have an interest in me?”

In short: Lu Li liked high-class girls, but if a high-class girl genuinely liked him, he would think she was either beneath his class or had ulterior motives.

Thus, despite his good qualities, he remained single.

The only person who could lower his guard was Fang Yue Bai.

But because they were too familiar, there were no romantic feelings between them.

Now, Lu Li was half-believing, half-doubting Bai Mo Li’s words. “Then here’s the question: why does she treat me so specially?”

Confessing to me, saying I’m special again and again.

“Because Mr. Lu, you are the special one,” Bai Mo Li replied with a smile.

Lu Li felt helpless. “You two both say I’m special. So what exactly makes me special?”

Her cheeks and earlobes flushed red, and even her voice softened. “Mr. Lu, haven’t you noticed? Luo Qianning’s abilities don’t affect you.”

Lu Li was momentarily stunned, then realization dawned.

Indeed.

The whole world had been influenced by Miss Luo’s reversal abilities, yet he seemed immune.

But there was another question: “Could it be that I’m immune to supernatural powers? Or perhaps immune to your kind of abilities? Bai Mo Li, didn’t you pull me into the dream world?”

Bai Mo Li’s golden eyes widened, filled with grievance. “Mr. Lu! Even if you are Mr. Lu, you cannot accuse me of that! I merely connected the dream worlds of other humans with the real world! I absolutely would never use my powers on you! And I would never hurt you! Absolutely not!”

This was the first time Lu Li had seen Bai Mo Li display such strong emotion.

“Sorry, my mistake,” he quickly apologized.

But then he posed the next question: “Then why would Miss Luo use her powers on me? Maybe she wouldn’t have done so.”

“Mr. Lu, you don’t understand her,” Bai Mo Li said, a fleeting look of disgust crossing her face. “That woman is the type I despise most.

“She’s suspicious in everything she does, sometimes acting without any purpose, just for amusement.

“This kind of inexplicable, unknown, unsettling, and ominous person is the real monster!”

Then Bai Mo Li scoffed. “Although she acts like she has everything under control, she’s actually a coward. She only dares to act when she has full control. Once things deviate from her expectations, she’s too scared to move.

“And she’s overly cautious, even afraid to confront me directly. She just probes and then runs away. In short, she’s a cowardly and useless person.”

Watching Bai Mo Li ranting wildly about Luo Qianning, Lu Li opened his mouth but ultimately said nothing.

Why did Bai Mo Li’s description of Miss Luo feel like a completely different person than the Luo he’d met?

And why did the two of them speak ill of each other behind each other’s backs? Why did they both seem so tsundere?

“Do you two actually have a really close relationship?” Lu Li asked, striking at the heart of the matter.

Damn, it felt like they had a love-hate sisterly bond! And he was clearly the outsider!

Could it be that the real fool was himself, Lu Li?

“That’s impossible!” Bai Mo Li gritted her teeth, losing all her gentle composure before Lu Li. “Whenever she appears, I will kill her! Mr. Lu, I will protect you. If she tries to destroy your world, I will never allow it.”

Lu Li was speechless. “Wait a moment. You said she wants to destroy the world I live in?”

Bai Mo Li suddenly returned to her elegant and composed demeanor. “Mr. Lu, you don’t think this is the end, do you?

“Think about her powers. What if one day, all living beings on Earth react to oxygen as if it causes suffocation? What if drinking water only makes them thirstier, and they die from drinking too much?

“What if eating makes them hungrier until they starve to death? Or sleeping makes them more exhausted until they suffer mental collapse? What would happen then?”

Lu Li shivered, offering a wry smile. “No way.”

“It will happen. Think of those 130,000 people who were killed. That day will come soon,” Bai Mo Li said, her golden eyes fixed on Lu Li.

Or rather, from the moment she appeared, her gaze never left him for even a second.

Lu Li grew increasingly uneasy.

Indeed!

Though Bai Mo Li was a bit too enthusiastic (almost overwhelming), she had never harmed him.

Earlier, what Miss Luo said was just one side of the story, and he hadn’t fully believed it at the time.

Raising his head, Lu Li asked, “How long until she destroys the world?”

“Tomorrow,” Bai Mo Li said firmly. “Once tomorrow arrives, all those phenomena I mentioned will appear. Eating will kill, drinking will kill, sleeping will kill, even breathing will kill.”

Lu Li: “...”

You two are seriously messing with me!

Luo Qianning said Bai Mo Li would destroy the world, and it would happen tomorrow.

Now Bai Mo Li says Luo Qianning will destroy the world, and also tomorrow.

Are you two crazy?

“That 130,000 people were clearly killed by me.”

A sudden voice made Lu Li instinctively turn his head.

“Good afternoon, Mr. Lu,” Luo Qianning appeared in the room, dressed in a blue-purple dress. Her silver hair and heterochromatic eyes gleamed.

In her left hand, she held the lace folding fan; in her right, the parasol.

She pointed the fan, and Bai Mo Li’s skin instantly cracked and dried, like an astronaut without a helmet in a vacuum, turning into a desiccated corpse.

Lu Li’s eyelid twitched slightly as he looked at the smiling Luo Qianning. After a pause, he blurted out, “You can’t grow taller while using an umbrella indoors.”

Luo Qianning’s smile deepened. She silently approached him and looked him in the eye.

Lu Li: “...”

At that moment, another Bai Mo Li entered from outside, wearing the black men’s suit she first wore when Lu Li met her.

This was the Bai Mo Li with the black suit and braided hair.

“That 130,000 people were indeed killed by you,” Bai Mo Li said with a smile. “You’ve admitted it.”

Luo Qianning shook her head. “I did it.”

Bai Mo Li nodded. “Yes, you did.”

“It was me!”

“Yes, it was you.”

Luo Qianning’s cheeks flushed deep red with agitation.

Lu Li silently took out his phone and waved it.

Luo Qianning suddenly understood and hurriedly began recording a voice message.

[Those people were clearly killed by you. They were all implanted with the seeds of dreams. After you devoured them, they were already dead.]

“But it was you who killed them.”

Bai Mo Li looked at Lu Li. “Mr. Lu, who do you believe?”

She was now glad she couldn’t see Luo Qianning’s ugly expression; otherwise, she’d be disgusted enough to vomit.

Luo Qianning’s pink-purple heterochromatic eyes also turned to Lu Li.

[Mr. Lu, you believe me, right? If we don’t remove her from this world today, tomorrow the world will be destroyed by her!]

“...”

Lu Li looked left and right.

On one side was Bai Mo Li, who was installed in his operating system, gentle and caring, though her enthusiasm was a little overwhelming.

On the other side was Miss Luo, also integrated into his system, not just gentle and caring, but with a contrasting “not-so-tsundere” charm and an adorably silly demeanor.

It was truly a difficult choice.

(The End of This Chapter)