Fang Qi looked at the face before him, a smile so amiable it made his scalp tingle...
He felt his very brain trembling!
Lin Xiaoyou...
You are so dead!
The crazy woman's current state...
The crimson pupil was swallowing the whites of her eye!
The amber pupil was gradually growing hollow!
The smile at the corner of her mouth was twitching!
A vein was even bulging on her temple!
This, this, this...
This was no longer on the level of "a little coaxing will fix it"!
This was the tectonic tremor right before a volcanic eruption!
It was the countdown to Lin Xiaoyou's clever little head leaving her neck!
Fang Qi's face turned a bit pale.
It seemed like his first time seeing Liguang so... furious!
He was frightened too!
Lin Xiaoyou, oh Lin Xiaoyou, after getting smarter, your ability to court death hasn't dropped, it's actually leveled up!
He finally understood...
Lin Xiaoyou had two purposes for coming over today.
The first purpose was to safely hand the access card over to him under the cover of the informant...
This was business, cooperation, a part of the genius young lady's master plan!
The second purpose...
Was to take the opportunity to curse out his wife!
With business concluded, she conveniently took personal revenge!
She hadn't forgotten the grudge of being shocked until she howled by Liguang in the secret room during the last loop!
Under the guise of acting, she openly and thoroughly belittled Liguang from head to toe, cursed to her heart's content, and then dusted off her hands and left!
Lin You...
You really are a genius!
But the problem was—
Fang Qi looked at the silver-haired girl before him, her crimson eye glowing brightly, her smile trembling...
Lin Xiaoyou... you really went too far this time!
Yes, you came to seek cooperation!
Yes, you brought your father's card, showing your utmost sincerity!
Yes, you might have been putting on an act for the informant, having your own hidden difficulties!
But you cursed out my wife, and you did it way too harshly!
Cooperation?
Fine!
But the prerequisite for cooperation is respect!
If you don't respect Liguang, how can we even discuss cooperation?
So... this time he didn't want to persuade Liguang otherwise!
Wifey, do whatever you want to do!
Smack!
He immediately slapped the card onto the coffee table, then waved his hand grandly!
Liguang!
His voice was full of vigor!
I'm going all out!
The silver-haired girl's eyelashes fluttered slightly, and that crimson eye, nearly swallowed by scarlet, stared straight at him.
Its glare was so bright he could hardly keep his eyes open!
But Fang Qi still puffed out his chest, squinting back at her.
Lin Xiaoyou, you are so smart, since you dared to provoke Liguang...
Then you must have calculated what Liguang would do!
Do whatever you want to do!
He raised his hand, pointing at the security door that Lin Xiaoyou had just closed!
Whatever you do—
He smacked his own chest with another thud!
I, your Master, will support you!
We have the time-loop to back us up, so vent to your heart's content!
His voice echoed in the living room.
The silver-haired girl maintained her posture of holding the tray, tilting her head, staring blankly at him.
In her amber left eye, the spark that was about to extinguish trembled slightly.
In her crimson right eye, the continuously glowing scarlet flickered!
Then, the corners of her mouth curled up!
A familiar curve!
A sick, yet blissful, exaggerated curve!
Buzz!
A low humming sound.
A scarlet laser blade instantly popped out from her fingertips!
Sizzle—!
The scarlet at the edge of the beam swallowed the air, making her pretty face look incredibly radiant!
The silver-haired girl in the black and white maid dress tilted her head, her heterochromatic eyes curving into crescents as she looked straight at Fang Qi.
Master is so good~
Her voice was sickeningly sweet.
Then she moved!
Gripping the laser blade, the hem of her maid dress spun fiercely as her entire body dashed toward the door!
Her long silver hair trailed behind her like a streak of silver light!
Fang Qi watched her suddenly surging back...
His breathing paused slightly for a moment.
Could she be...
Actually going to bring back a clever little head!
Lin Xiaoyou, you're on your own, I hope you calculated this scene...
...Huh?
A flash of inspiration suddenly struck his mind.
Hiss...
Wait!
What Lin Xiaoyou said at the end...
Something's wrong!
Liguang, wait a moment!
He abruptly stood up and shouted at the silver-haired girl's back!
Liguang had already rushed to the door by now, her hand resting on the doorknob. Her movements were incredibly fast, like a lioness about to pounce on her prey!
And then, due to this shout, she forcibly braked to a halt!
Momentum caused all her long silver hair to whip around to her front!
Her hand was gripping the doorknob in a death grip!
Mas... ter...?
She maintained this posture without turning her head, her voice trembling!
Miss Lin...
Has already exited the elevator...!
Her fingers tightened a fraction more!
Creak!
The metal doorknob let out an overwhelmed groan!
If I don't go down now...
Her other hand also came up, both hands gripping the doorknob together!
She's going to... get away...!
Her voice grew more and more tremulous.
Agitation and excitement coexisted!
But Fang Qi... took a deep breath!
...Liguang, wait a moment.
He looked at Liguang's slightly trembling back, his brain working at a speed he had never experienced before!
Some-thing-is-wrong-with-Lin-Xiaoyou!
However...
So are Liguang's emotions.
Therefore...
He kept his voice as steady as possible:
Liguang, you should still be able to sense Lin Xiaoyou right now, right?
The silver-haired girl's back paused slightly.
He pursed his lips and continued:
Look at her current actions.
She went out the door, right? Did she leave immediately? Or...
He narrowed his eyes and asked in a deep voice:
Is she still waiting in place, or perhaps... walking very slowly?
At the door, the silver-haired girl's back stiffened slightly.
The scarlet reflecting on the door began to flash at a new frequency.
Then...
Her hands slowly released the doorknob and dropped to her sides.
She turned her head.
The scarlet in her crimson eye was still flashing rapidly, but her amber eye was no longer lifeless.
She looked at Fang Qi, and Fang Qi looked at her.
The two locked eyes.
Then... Liguang's brows furrowed slightly.
Miss Lin...
She began to murmur.
...is still downstairs.
She tilted her head.
She... hasn't left yet.
Fang Qi gripped the card tightly in his hand.
What is she doing?
He asked immediately.
Liguang's crimson eye flashed again.
She exited the building's main door, and then...
Squatted down.
Covering her face.
Her eyelashes fluttered rapidly a few times.
She is... screaming.
Regretting.
Crying and saying...
Why did she do such a thing at Senior's house...
Liguang murmured.
Fang Qi: ...
Tsk.
Guessed right.
Just as expected...
It really is like this!
He gnashed his teeth and clenched his fists tightly.
Wifey, you can't go out!
He strode over to Liguang's side and grabbed her wrist!
Then with a pull, he dragged her from the door back to the center of the living room!
The silver-haired girl stumbled slightly from his pull.
But she did not struggle or resist.
The smile on her face had completely vanished. She still tilted her head, her crimson eye flashing rapidly.
Evidently, she was still continuously tracking that round-faced girl downstairs... the one squatting on the ground, covering her face, and screaming.
Fang Qi released her wrist, crossed his arms over his chest, and paced back and forth in the living room a couple of times!
In his mind, the scattered fragments from just moments ago rapidly pieced themselves together!
...Lin Xiaoyou.
Lin You...
Miss Genius!
I really can't let my guard down around you for even a second!
It had just suddenly occurred to him!
Since Lin Xiaoyou was so smart... how could she not have anticipated the consequences of provoking Liguang like that?!
She belonged to Bomu!
Although her relationship with Bomu was a bit strange—she hadn't even told Bomu about the "secret base," and he still hadn't completely figured out what was going on...
But she was all too aware of the yandere tendencies of an AI like Liguang!
She was Xiaoqing's master, after all!
Furthermore, in that previous loop...
She had personally experienced having her neck snapped by Liguang!
She knew better than anyone what a thoroughly enraged, awakened AI companion was capable of!
Therefore...
She had provoked Liguang on purpose!
It was absolutely intentional!
Fang Qi stopped pacing and looked at the white card on the coffee table.
This card was her way of showing "sincerity in cooperation"...
And it was also her amulet!
She knew that as long as she left this card behind, Liguang would understand her true intentions: she was here to cooperate.
Leaving this card would temporarily pacify Liguang!
From the moment she closed the door, his reaction time, Liguang's reaction time, the time it took for the two of them to digest the meaning of that card...
It was enough time for her to take the elevator downstairs!
But she didn't leave!
She ran downstairs, exited the building, and then crouched down...
Covering her face and screaming!
He could already vividly picture the scene in his mind.
The round-faced girl crouching at the building's entrance, covering her face with her hands, screaming in overwhelming regret!
...She was putting on a show for the informants.
She was acting out the part of "I really just cursed someone out on impulse, and now I regret it to death."
When a normal person suddenly lost control of their emotions and cursed someone out, they would indeed feel regret and remorse after calming down, and might crouch downstairs covering their face and screaming.
She was completing the act, making this "falling out" drama more authentic and convincing.
However, that wasn't important.
What was important was...
Fang Qi's eyes narrowed slightly.
She had absolutely stayed behind on purpose!
With her IQ, she could certainly calculate that, given Liguang's personality, that access card would only serve as a buffer!
After being provoked like that, Liguang's anger wouldn't dissipate easily!
So...
Liguang would rush down there sooner or later!
And she...
Had neither run away nor hidden!
Instead, she crouched at the building's entrance, covering her face and screaming!
Waiting for Liguang to come down!
...Why would she wait for Liguang to come down?
Waiting to die?
Impossible!
She had already died once in the previous loop; it had already been verified, so there was absolutely no need to die again!
Therefore...
What was she trying to test?
Testing Liguang's level of rationality? Testing the reaction of the informants?
Or perhaps...
Fang Qi's eyelids twitched wildly.
—"Next time, I want to go on a solo date with you, Senior! Without Liguang!"
This was the last sentence Lin Xiaoyou had left behind before departing.
This sentence wasn't a question, but a statement!
She wasn't asking for his opinion, nor was she seeking his permission...
The words sounded like a provocation, but also like she was stating a fact that she was certain would happen?
A solo date... without Liguang?
Fang Qi's pupils shrank slightly.
...Was she planning to do something to Liguang?!
If Liguang impulsively rushed down there just like that...
Would something happen?
Had Lin Xiaoyou set something up downstairs?!
If Liguang was subdued, kidnapped, or controlled...
Then wouldn't Lin Xiaoyou be able to have her "solo date" with him?
A date without Liguang!
Fang Qi felt a slight chill run down his spine!
He slowly raised his head and looked at Liguang, who was still standing by the door.
The silver-haired girl was also looking at him.
The crimson light in her red eyes had dimmed considerably compared to a moment ago, but it was still flickering, calculating.
The two locked eyes.
Then, as if by prior agreement...
They both turned their heads simultaneously and looked out the floor-to-ceiling windows of the balcony!
The building opposite theirs.
The sunlight was still blinding, that window was still reflecting light, and he still couldn't see anything clearly.
But Liguang suddenly spoke, her voice very soft.
"Master, Xiaoqing today... doesn't seem to be in the building opposite us."
She murmured.
"From beginning to end, Liguang hasn't detected any trace of her."
...Is that so.
Fang Qi held his breath.
Xiaoqing...
Wasn't in the opposite building.
...That was to be expected, really.
Lin Xiaoyou already knew through that "dream" that the glass on his balcony couldn't be shattered by a sniper rifle bullet.
In the previous loop, she had also confirmed...
That those "dreams" had "truly" happened!
So in this loop, she naturally wouldn't arrange for Xiaoqing to snipe from the opposite building again.
It would be meaningless.
But Xiaoqing hadn't come with Lin Xiaoyou today either.
Neither in the opposite building, nor arriving with Lin Xiaoyou...
Then where could she be?
Lin Xiaoyou had come to deliver the card to him this time!
Her father's card!
The card that opened their secret base!
He didn't believe for a second that Xiaoqing wouldn't be involved in such an important operation!
Fang Qi stared out the window.
Could it be...
That she was set up with a sniper rifle in another location?
Or perhaps... some other operation?
In short...
She was lying in ambush.
Lying in wait to ambush Liguang, who might impulsively rush out of the building's entrance?
He turned his head and looked at Liguang again.
The silver-haired girl was currently looking right at him as well.
The bright crimson in her red eyes had quietly dropped several levels of brightness.
They locked eyes.
A silent mutual understanding.
Fang Qi didn't speak, only blinking lightly.
—What do you think?
Liguang didn't speak either; the crimson in her red eyes flashed rapidly twice before narrowing slightly.
—It's a trap.
Then she pursed her lips.
"Master."
She suddenly spoke.
"Miss Lin Xiaoyou..."
Her red eyes flashed once more.
"Is no longer crouching and covering her face."
Fang Qi's eyelids immediately twitched.
"She has stood up."
Liguang's eyelashes drooped slightly, the crimson in her red eyes blinking steadily.
"She is currently dusting off her skirt."
"And then..."
Her eyes narrowed slightly.
"She has taken out her phone."
"Ding."
A phone chimed.
Fang Qi took his phone out of his pocket and looked down at it.
[Lin Xiaoyou: Senior, you are so smart! I really love smart people!]
[Lin Xiaoyou: What should I do? I like you even more now, Senior!]
He stared at the messages, the corners of his eyes twitching madly!
Lin Xiaoyou!
You...!
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ver to a world of cultivation and returned invincible. Modern medicine is child's play compared to elixirs; technological might crumbles before true cultivation. My name is Qin Ning, Earth's sole cultivator!
iemie, male, Race: Moon. Hobby: Collecting anomalies. At first, he thought he possessed two systems: the Crimson Rainbow Moon and the Clear Cold Frost Moon. One day, he discovered that he himself could also become a system for others, holding the chessboard of fate. The Eighth Epoch, also known as the Eternal Moon Epoch. Humans, witches, elves, bloodline descendants, specters, demons, and spirits together compose a new history. Walking the path on behalf of the moon, before he knew it, Chen Miemie's footsteps were followed by all manner of strange and wondrous anomalies. As time passed, many titles circulated about him—The King in Yellow, Lord of Anomalies, Heart of the Eternal Moon, and more. "Me? I'm just a traveler who enjoys collecting interesting creatures," Chen Miemie said.
