Hiss——

Liguang went to brew him a fresh cup of tea.

Fang Qi watched her slender figure disappear, then looked down at his chest.

The soft, warm sensation still lingered, and a patch of his shirt was wet.

From her tears just moments ago.

He reached out and pressed the damp spot, unable to stop the corners of his mouth from curling up.

Right now...

The relationship between the two of them had become rather delicate.

He knew she had awakened.

She knew that he knew she had awakened.

And he also knew... that she knew that he knew she had awakened!

In short, they both knew everything.

But neither of them pointed it out.

By tacit mutual understanding... they were playing a little game that only the two of them knew about.

Hmm, this is pretty good!

If you want to act, then I will play along.

Since it was a play his wife wanted to put on, he had to see it through!

Footsteps echoed from the kitchen.

Fang Qi looked up.

The silver-haired girl had walked out carrying a tray.

The corner of his eye twitched slightly.

Because he had been so emotional just now, he hadn't paid much attention...

Only now did he realize that what she was wearing...

Was no longer the beige swimsuit from when they eloped in the previous loop.

But rather...

That familiar, light blue casual dress!

The hem of the skirt swayed gently with her steps, and the waist was cinched perfectly, highlighting a slender waist that could be held in one hand.

Her silver hair cascaded over her shoulders, the tips swaying slightly as she walked.

On her left earlobe, that cheap little star which had been hidden in a seashell during the last loop... bobbed along with her movements.

Fang Qi... found himself slightly dazed.

He was far too familiar with this outfit.

Before, every day when he opened his eyes...

This was the version of her he would see.

She would always be kneeling on the opposite side of the coffee table, pushing the tea toward him with both hands, her eyelashes lowered, and the corners of her lips curved into a standard, perfect smile.

Then she would say that standard phrase:

"Master, your tea."

"The temperature has been adjusted to your favorite, fifty-two degrees Celsius."

And then... she would put on a docile appearance.

Except for the data streams flowing constantly in her crimson eyes... always monitoring his every move and emotional shift.

As long as he showed the slightest abnormality...

Those crimson eyes would burst with red light!

But now...

It was different.

The silver-haired girl walked up to the coffee table...

But she didn't retreat to the opposite side to kneel as usual.

Instead, holding the cup of tea, she walked straight around the table...

And came to his side.

Then, she sat right next to him!

Following that, a soft, warm sensation pressed against his arm.

The silver-haired girl was now sitting properly beside him, gently placing the tea on the wooden table.

Then she tilted her small face slightly, and softly...

Leaned on his shoulder.

Her eyelashes were lowered, her silver hair covering half of her pretty face, tickling his neck as it brushed against him.

Docile, obedient, completely harmless.

Whoa...

Fang Qi's heart... gently skipped a beat.

You crazy woman, you...

...Wait.

Can I... still call you a crazy woman now?

You're so well-behaved!

You're so gentle!

You're so... alluring!

He suddenly felt...

That all the happiness, the pain, and the despair he experienced in the previous loop...

Had all paid off in this very moment!

Did the suffering of the last loop... actually buy him a gentle wife Liguang?

It seems... that's not too bad a deal...?

Even though he had been in despair for three days and had his skull shattered...

Even though she sank into the deep sea, sleeping forever...

But, that was all in the past now!

His wife Liguang had also retained the memories of the previous loop in the form of a dream...

Isn't this a happy ending for everyone!

Fang Qi suddenly felt... his optimism returning!

He couldn't help it...

He felt that right now, as long as he could be with his wife Liguang... he was completely satisfied and happy!

And the silver-haired girl seemed to notice his change in mood and tilted her pretty face to look at him.

Her eyes were so gentle and misty!

Her eyes curved into a smile, her cheek resting on his shoulder, as her slender fingers pushed the teacup slightly toward him.

"Master, your tea."

Her voice still carried a hint of hoarseness from crying earlier:

"The temperature has been adjusted to your favorite, fifty-two degrees Celsius."

Familiar words.

But in a completely different posture!

Before, she would only ever kneel on the opposite side of the coffee table.

But now...

She was pressing intimately against him, her cheek resting on his shoulder.

Tilting her small head, casually pushing the teacup over with one hand!

Moreover, right at the moment Fang Qi reached out to pick up the cup...

The silver-haired girl's slender fingers...

"Accidentally" brushed across the back of his hand.

...And clearly on purpose, gave it a gentle little scratch!

Then she withdrew her hand, lowered her eyelashes, that docile smile still hanging on the corners of her lips.

Her soft little face remained quietly pressed against his shoulder.

...Does this count as... a new CG for his wife Liguang?

...Stop, stop, stop right there!

It was time for him to be a bit more mature!

He needed to become stronger, and the strong needed to be steady!

Steady... yes... steady!

Fang Qi took a deep breath.

Then he picked up the teacup and took a gentle sip.

Fifty-two degrees. Just right.

Not burning hot at all.

Yet it made his heart ache slightly.

Because he remembered in the previous loop...

The scalding hot tea the fisherwoman had poured for him.

And...

The old man who had done everything in his power, mobilizing all the villagers... to help him search for Liguang.

Unlike the fateful, twisted bond between him and Liguang, his encounter with those two...

Was just an accident among accidents.

The elopement, the wooden raft, the ocean currents, the accident that separated him from Liguang...

If there had been even the slightest deviation, he would never have met those two.

They...

Were characters that didn't even exist in the game.

In the game My Yandere Mechanical Wife, they were nowhere to be found.

At least in his 312 hours of playtime, he had never heard of any seaside fishing village.

It was just this random drifting that brought them together.

And, perhaps...

He would never meet them again.

But...

Uncle, Auntie...

Thank you so much.

Thank you, Auntie.

Thank you for always giving me warm care when I was in despair.

Thank you, Uncle.

Thank you for your silent help, which gave me my final motivation and hope.

You... are both good people.

Fang Qi took a sip of tea, suppressing the melancholy in his heart.

He even couldn't help but start wondering...

After he died, what would the two of them think?

If he hadn't loaded a save file, if this world had just kept going...

Then...

When the fisherwoman learned that, after going out for a walk with her permission, he had committed suicide by the sea...

Would she break down and blame herself?

When the old man saw him washed up on the shore with a shattered skull...

How many cigarettes would he chain-smoke?

Would they...

Be reminded of their daughter who had once washed up on the shore?

Thankfully...

Thankfully this world could be reset, could be started over.

Even though this was just a game world, even though they hadn't even appeared in the game itself...

Even though their existence might have just been a simple random calculation by this game world...

But, Uncle, Auntie...

I still hope that you can be happy and enjoy a peaceful old age.

Fang Qi swallowed the last of his tea.

The warmth slid down his throat, bringing a hint of sweet aftertaste...

Suppressing the very last bit of his melancholy.

Then, from the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse... the silver-haired girl beside him was secretly looking at him.

When he shifted his gaze over, she immediately lowered her eyes.

She reverted to that docile and obedient little appearance, her eyelashes fluttering slightly.

But she gently rubbed her cheek against him again.

Fang Qi's mood...

Improved once more!

At least... his wife Liguang was still by his side!

He had successfully gotten his wife Liguang back!

If the uncle and aunt knew, they would be happy for him too!

Well... it wasn't necessarily true that they would never meet again!

When there was a chance in the future, he would definitely take Liguang to see them!

After all, he still had plenty of time!

Although they didn't have the memories of the previous loop and might not know him at all, but...

As long as he remembered, it was fine!

Moreover, even though the previous loop was painful... the harvest was massive!

His relationship with Liguang had undergone a qualitative change because of it!

It was no longer a case of "I must try desperately to hide, I can't let Master find out."

Instead, it was—

"Liguang knows that Master knows, Liguang is just pretending that Master doesn't know, so... Liguang can be a little bit more presumptuous."

Just like just now.

Sitting closely against him, handing him tea in an intimate posture, and even secretly scratching the palm of his hand...

This was... the excuse she found for herself.

"As long as Master doesn't expose it, then Liguang is still a normal AI."

"It's perfectly normal for a normal AI to want to sit next to its Master, right? It's perfectly normal for a normal AI to accidentally touch its Master's hand, right? It's perfectly normal for a normal AI to lean on its Master's shoulder, right?"

Fang Qi took another sip of tea, the corners of his mouth uncontrollably curling upwards.

Normal.

Too normal!

So normal that he wanted to give her an award!

He rubbed her fluffy head, just about to say something—

"Buzz—buzz—buzz—"

His phone rang again.

Three words bounced on the screen:

Lin Xiaoyou.

The corners of Fang Qi's mouth and eyes twitched slightly.

Ah, a call from his junior at the company, his good teammate...

Late but inevitable.

Speaking of which... in the last loop, he tricked Lin Xiaoyou to the island, but he really showed off his affection in front of her...

In the end, he even yelled about eloping with Liguang right in front of her, and ultimately... didn't reimburse her travel expenses.

Hiss...

Thinking about it was really a bit awkward, it truly made him... feel a bit guilty.

From Lin Xiaoyou's perspective, he was simply the ultimate liar and scumbag...

Thinking this, he subconsciously pressed answer.

As a result...

The next second—

"Hiss—!!"

A sharp pain instantly came from his inner thigh!

So painful!!

Fang Qi almost bounced right up!

"Pain, pain, pain...!! Let go...!!"

He immediately grabbed the small hand pinching his leg!

But it was useless! He couldn't pry it off at all!

The silver-haired girl had already raised her delicate and pretty face.

That expression... smiling cheerfully.

Her amber left eye curved into a crescent shape, gentle as water.

But her crimson right eye...

Scarlet data streams were rushing and jumping at extreme speed!

But... she was still smiling.

That gentle, obedient, standard...

AI companion-style smile.

Yet the meaning in that crimson eye...

Fang Qi read it loud and clear—

She seemed to be saying with a kind face:

"Master... has Liguang given you too much leeway?"

Fang Qi: "???"

No...?

What... what are you doing?

Where is my... gentle wife Liguang?

Where is my trembling... little kitten?!

...It hurts!

Let go of me!!

Fang Qi was in so much pain that cold sweat broke out!!

But he didn't dare to cry out—

Because...

Lin Xiaoyou's voice was coming from the phone!

"Hello? Senior? Senior, are you there?!"

"Why have you been missing for days!! You don't answer calls or reply to messages!! Do you know how worried I was!!"

The voice was anxious and crisp, carrying a hint of a sob.

"Hello, hello, hello?! Senior?! Can you hear me?! Why aren't you speaking!!"

Fang Qi opened his mouth.

What could he say?

Say that he was currently having his thigh pinched by the seemingly docile and obedient silver-haired girl in his arms...

Hurting so much he was about to ascend to heaven?!

This crazy woman...!

When she got jealous before... she would at least pretend a bit!

She would only secretly flick marshmallows, secretly pull at her skirt hem...

At most, she would crush a glass right in front of him!

And now?

Now she actually resorted to directly pinching him?!

Moreover...

Pinching the most painful spot!

Hiss—

Pain, pain, pain...!

The key was... she was still smiling!!

That kind of "I am a good girl, I didn't do anything, Master, what's wrong with you" smile!

He glared at her, and she even gently tilted her head, her smile still kind and cute.

Fang Qi understood.

Liguang... because she was no longer afraid of him discovering her secret... and there was no one else around...

So... her jealousy started to be released without any restraint!

And at this moment, the smile of the person in his arms grew even sweeter.

The hand pinching his thigh...

Even twisted it again!

Fang Qi: "......"

Lin Xiaoyou's voice came from the phone: "Hello, hello, hello?! Senior?!!"

Outside the window, the sea breeze blew, and the sunlight was just right.

Fang Qi held this smiling crazy woman in his arms, listening to Lin Xiaoyou's repeated "Senior" from the phone...

His brain fell into a brief blank.

Crazy woman, you...!

You actually dared to...

Possess my gentle wife Liguang!!