Chapter 44: Lu Xiaoshuai Drives the Tiger to Swallow the Wolf, Devising Strategies!

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Chapter 44: Lu Handsome Sets Tigers Against Wolves, Plotting Everything from Behind the Scenes!

“What do you mean by saying that your outside is cold while your heart is warm? I have been illiterate since childhood, so I do not understand. I humbly beg you to enlighten me, my lady~”

Lu Li spoke with an utterly serious expression—or at least, he tried to. But the look on his face, practically stamped with an adults-only rating, had betrayed him completely.

Now, do not misunderstand. His expression was perfectly upright.

It was simply that his expression became especially upright whenever his thoughts were especially improper.

Much like how the more he lied, the more certain he sounded.

Huai Xu lowered her head and said nothing.

How was she supposed to explain it?

She had already exhausted nearly all her courage by saying what she had just said.

Lu Li understood anyway.

“Then what are we waiting for? Let’s consummate the marriage~”

As a twenty-eight-year-old veteran of romance, Lu Li was not about to feel shy.

He raised a hand and tried to undress, but no matter how hard he tugged at his collar, it would not come loose.

It was as if his clothes had grown directly onto his body.

Lu Li froze. Then he lowered his hand, his expression returning to calm.

“Actually... I’m already dead, aren’t I?”

That was why he could see Huai Xu.

One might even say that he was no ordinary ghost anymore, but a “Xiyi” like Huai Xu.

Unfortunately, the moment he learned of Miss Huai Xu’s abilities, he had already taken precautions.

Huai Xu gave a slight nod with her porcelain-white chin.

“My beloved, is this not a good thing? There will be only you and me, with no one else to interfere. You can live with me forever. No one will ever come to disturb us again.”

Lu Li: “...”

As expected, she was a seemingly gentle yandere.

Or perhaps it would be more accurate to say that she had an overwhelming possessiveness.

But Lu Li intended to argue his case.

“Miss Dong, I cannot possibly give up an entire forest for the sake of a single tree. You should abandon that thought.

“Although, to be fair, I do want your old locust tree too.”

Huai Xu stared at the brazen man before her in utter astonishment.

She had apparently never encountered anyone so shameless.

Was being lecherous and wanting to build a harem really something one could announce openly?

And in front of one of the women involved, no less?

“My beloved, do you understand what you are saying?”

“Of course I do. I merely want to enjoy the simple pleasure of holding one woman in each arm.” Lu Li was perfectly righteous. “If you cannot accept that, then what a pity.”

As the saying went: so long as I was not embarrassed, the embarrassed party would be someone else.

“...It is not entirely unacceptable.” Huai Xu decided to compromise. “But as the wife whom you formally marry, I must be your principal wife.”

“Your demand is perfectly reasonable.” Lu Li nodded. “But I refuse.”

Huai Xu did not grow angry. Instead, the corners of her lips curled upward.

“I also rather like the way you look when you are shameless, my beloved.”

“...”

Lu Li found himself unable to cope. He promptly shifted the blame elsewhere.

“Actually, I have never cared much either way. In the end, I am the one who benefits. But I already have two fiancées, and they certainly will not accept this. I am afraid you may not be able to handle them.”

Lu Li was fanning the flames with all his might.

Huai Xu took the bait without hesitation.

“Oh? Now I am interested. May I ask what those two younger sisters are called?”

Lu Li answered honestly.

“One is Bai Muli, and the other is Luo Qianning.”

The smile vanished from Huai Xu’s face.

“So it is those two.”

She had prepared a million powerful souls as her “admission ticket.”

After all, her ability was the power to control the degree of death.

She did not need to kill anyone herself. She only had to release a little of her aura, and living creatures would walk toward death of their own accord.

Nor did she need to kill anyone on the spot. She could simply take a million souls from those already available.

So even though she was the one who should have been able to see her beloved again first—

That little tramp Luo Qianning had beaten her to it!

Beating her to it would have been one thing, but that woman had used her ability to torment him tens of thousands of times!

Even with the difference in the flow of time, Huai Xu had waited for ages!

Unfortunately, two of the monsters she least wanted to encounter were precisely those two women.

Her ability was the power to control the degree of death, while Luo Qianning possessed the ability to invert degrees.

Though neither would gain the upper hand in a fight, Huai Xu truly hated that woman’s ability.

It was the perfect counter to her own!

Control death?

Her opponent’s power of inversion could completely invert death itself!

Thus, when the two of them fought, victory depended entirely on their raw strength.

Fortunately, neither of them liked crude, straightforward violence, so they generally left each other in peace.

The other woman, Bai Muli, was even more troublesome.

“A blind lunatic.”

That was the best description of her.

Huai Xu’s ability was not particularly threatened by Bai Muli. In fact, it even countered her to some degree.

But what made Bai Muli truly terrifying was her formidable body and her brutally direct fighting style.

Everyone hated her and no one wanted to fight her.

After all, who would not find it troublesome to be bitten by a mad dog for no reason?

Moreover, Bai Muli had no idea what “stopping while still within bounds” meant. Over time, no one could be bothered to deal with her anymore.

Except Luo Qianning.

A woman with a belly full of schemes and a simple-minded physical combatant somehow becoming friends was truly bizarre.

Huai Xu feared neither of them individually. But if she had to face both at once...

Unless she found allies of her own, she would probably lose.

Yet Huai Xu was entirely alone. Most of the time, no one could even see her. If she wanted to find allies, whom could she possibly ask?

Only someone equally lonely.

Huai Xu’s pink eyes lit up.

Such a person... really did exist!

But she was not close to that person, so perhaps it was best to forget it for now.

The most important thing at present was her beloved.

So long as he agreed to be with her, the two of them could live forever within Xiyi, where no one could disturb them.

Even if he refused, so long as he agreed to make her the principal wife, she would have nothing to fear.

Forming alliances and turning enemies against one another—who did not know how to do that?

Even if all of them were ancient monsters capable of seeing straight through the situation at a glance, it did not matter.

This was an open scheme.

If her opponents truly wanted her beloved as much as she did, then they would step into the trap even while knowing it was there.

Was that not exactly what Huai Xu herself was doing?

So the best possible outcome was for her beloved to agree to remain with her forever within Xiyi.

“My beloved...”

Without realizing it, Huai Xu activated her ability.

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The power to control the degree of death meant that she herself was the embodiment of the concept of death.

And the final destination of all living things was death.

Or one could say that every living creature was constantly being drawn toward death, while living was the process of resisting that temptation.

But Huai Xu was death itself.

Anyone drawn to her... would take a step toward death.

She raised her head. A dim, eerie light shimmered in her pink eyes.

“My beloved... stay with me. Forever...”

Lu Li instinctively began to nod.

Indeed, being together with Miss Huai Xu would not be so bad.

There would be no conflict, and he would never need to worry about money again.

Every day, he could sleep until he woke naturally—and he would even be sleeping with his wife in his arms.

He could also experience the sensation of “a cold exterior and a warm heart” at all times.

That sounded wonderful.

Except it absolutely did not!

The faces of Miss Bai and Miss Luo flashed through his mind, and Lu Li instantly came to his senses.

Give up an entire forest for a single tree?

Sorry, but there was no way he, Lu Li, could do that!

And so—

“Miss Huai Xu, I am truly touched by what you have said, but I must refuse.”

Abnormal fluctuations suddenly arose around Lu Li.

This was the power of the Dream World!

From the moment he learned of Miss Huai Xu’s abilities, Lu Li had been constantly on guard against them.

The Dream World could not remain fully activated for long, of course. But what if its effects were limited to his own body?

The answer was that Lu Li could maintain this state for twelve hours!

When the urban legends first appeared, Lu Li had already realized that they had emerged only after Miss Huai Xu had altered the world’s underlying rules.

Therefore, there was a strong chance that Miss Huai Xu could control them.

That included the paper figures and ghosts that appeared later!

All those things were connected to death. And anything connected to death was surely no more than a plaything in Huai Xu’s hands.

That was why Lu Li had held something back when burning the paper figures. He had deliberately pretended to faint and allowed them to capture him.

He simply had not expected to truly die.

But actually... this was only a dream within the Dream World.

He had died, but he had not died.

So long as he believed he was not dead, he would not die.

Even after dying, he could still live.

Therefore—

So long as he released the Dream World’s restriction to his own body, he could leave this place!

“Bye-bye, Huai Xu~”

Lu Li snapped his fingers. His body shattered like a pane of glass, then vanished without a trace.

Huai Xu stared blankly at the spot where he had disappeared. Then, all at once, she smiled.

“My beloved... you cannot escape me...”

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A Blind Date Journal: One day, you will meet a girl like this. She will be gentle and considerate, beautiful and gracious. She will not dislike you for being poor or ugly. She will not want your money, nor your car—

Nor will she want you.

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