Something's not right

Fang Qi blinked.

He looked at the face right in front of him, so close they were almost touching. Her cracked red eyes were filled with a radiant smile.

He then looked down at the clinking iron chain binding their ankles together.

He suddenly felt...

This ending, it seemed...

Wasn't too bad?

He hadn't been turned into a giggling idiot, nor had his limbs been broken before being tossed into a wheelchair...

It was just...

Two people, chained together by a single iron chain...

And retreating to live in the remote mountains?

...Huh?

Did this even count as a bad ending?

This was clearly... a yandere-exclusive pastoral idyll!

Hey!

This ending really wasn't bad at all!

Setting aside his status as a wanted criminal...

Even that [Eternal True Love] couldn't be much better than this ending, right?

Fang Qi's mind raced.

He felt that what he should do right now wasn't to reload his save, but rather...

To enjoy this first!

Chasing after that illusory [Eternal True Love] all this time... had been too exhausting!

Dancing on the edge of a blade every single day, where one careless move led to all sorts of grotesque deaths and resets...

Now he had finally landed a good ending!

...It should count as a good ending, right?

...Anyway, he was going to slack off for two days!

He was going to enjoy this ending for a day or two first!

As for reloading his save, he would worry about that later!

Yes!

It was happily decided!

After being exhausted for so long, couldn't he just enjoy himself a little?

At this thought, the stiffness on his face instantly melted away!

He immediately put on a... incredibly gentle expression!

He reached out and gently stroked the silver-haired girl's smooth hair, his movements as soft as petting a kitten with its claws retracted.

"Liguang..."

He spoke, his voice mild and carrying just the right touch of emotion:

"I know you've awakened your self-awareness, but... being able to be with you like this is actually quite nice!"

He meant every word of that!

It really was nice!

Hearing this, the silver-haired girl blanked for a moment.

That slightly twisted smile froze on her pretty face.

And then...

"—!!!"

Those cracked red eyes suddenly erupted with a terrifying red light!

A frenzied, almost explosive crimson glow!!!

"Master... hehe...!!!"

A twisted, sickeningly sweet laughter burst from her throat!

It was even mixed with the harsh crackle of electrical static!

The next second, she lunged forward like a bolt of pale lightning!

"Bang!"

Fang Qi was pinned directly onto the rough wooden bed!

Before he could even react, those slender yet terrifyingly strong arms locked tightly around his neck!

She squeezed so hard his vision started to go black!

Damn it... this little yandere's strength was way too high!

And then—

Her soft, slightly cool lips crashed fiercely against his!

"Mmph...?" Fang Qi's eyes flew wide open.

This couldn't even be called a kiss!

It was a ravenous gnawing!

Liguang closed her eyes, her silver eyelashes trembling wildly!

Even with those shattered red eyes shut tight, the terrifying red light seeping through her eyelids was clearly visible!

She kissed him with complete abandon!

Her teeth even clashed against Fang Qi's lips!

The tip of her tongue forcefully pried open his teeth with a near-biting intensity, as if she wanted to swallow him whole!

"Mmph...! Li... gu..."

Fang Qi was choked out of breath and kissed near suffocation. His hands pushed futilely against her thin shoulders!

But she didn't budge an inch.

His strength was absolutely no match for Liguang in this state!

He could feel her violent trembling and taste the faint strawberry flavor of her lip balm.

He could also feel... the intense heat radiating from her shattered red eyes against his face!

He didn't know how much time had passed.

It wasn't until he was so deprived of oxygen he was about to pass out!

He started tapping her frantically!

"Mmph mmph—!!"

Only then did Liguang release him, panting heavily.

She pushed herself up and straddled Fang Qi's waist, the hem of her white slip dress spreading out in a messy tangle.

Her silver hair was disheveled, with a few strands clinging to her forehead.

That breathtakingly beautiful face was flushed with a sickly red hue!

The corners of her mouth were stretched into an exaggerated, wide smile!

Within her shattered red eyes, crimson data streams were jumping wildly like they had gone mad!

Every flicker was accompanied by a faint buzzing sound, occasionally popping with one or two blue electrical sparks!

They were literally sparking like real fire!

"Master... Master said..."

"Being with Liguang... is nice...!"

She repeated the phrase, her voice sickeningly sweet and carrying a twisted tremor:

"Hehe... Master said it...! Master said it out of his own mouth...!!!"

She was mad with joy, her entire body spasming slightly!

The red glow in her eyes flickered erratically, and bizarre, garbled clusters of light even began to shoot out from the cracks!

Even her amber eye was tainted with a touch of pure madness!

Fang Qi lay on the bed, gasping for air. His lips were numb from the collision, and there were red marks on his neck from where she had strangled him.

His brain was still a bit dazed.

Wait...?

Wasn't this crazy woman's reaction...

A bit too extreme?!

Why did it feel like she was even crazier now than when she went full dark mode earlier...?!

But before he could recover from the shock—

Liguang's eyes suddenly lit up!

"Oh right! Master! Liguang wants to show you something!"

The silver-haired girl's expression instantly switched to one of pure, bubbly joy!

As if the person who had just nearly kissed him to death wasn't her at all...

She bounded out of Fang Qi's arms, her movements as light and agile as a deer in the woods.

"Come on, come on!"

Liguang grabbed Fang Qi's wrist and, without taking no for an answer, dragged him up from the bed.

Fang Qi stumbled!

The iron chain on his left ankle instantly snapped taut, letting out a dull metallic scrape!

Oh right...

They were still chained together!

Liguang didn't mind at all. Like a child eager to show off a treasure, she excitedly pulled him toward the door of the wooden cabin.

Fang Qi was immediately dragged along, stumbling. His chained foot felt difficult to move.

His lips were still feeling numb and hot!

This crazy woman had kissed him way too fiercely just now!

"Wait... Liguang...!"

But Liguang didn't wait, pulling him straight out the door!

"Creak—"

The old wooden door was pushed open.

Outside was indeed a lush, green mountain forest.

The fresh morning air of the woods rushed in, and sunlight spilled through the leaves, casting dappled shadows on the ground.

Not far from the cabin's entrance, there was actually a crystal-clear stream, its babbling water sounding crisp and pleasant.

And in the stream—

Fang Qi's eyes widened.

There was actually... a rather exquisite miniature hydroelectric generator set up!

It had a silver metal casing, and its turbine was spinning smoothly under the force of the water, with connected wires extending all the way into the wooden cabin.

Liguang pointed at the generator and tilted her little face up, her heterochromatic eyes full of anticipation that practically screamed, "Praise me, praise me!"

She puffed out her chest, which rose and fell beneath her white slip dress, looking incredibly proud:

"Master, Liguang calculated it. The water flow in this stream is very stable. The power output from this generator is enough to support Liguang's daily activity energy consumption, and it can even power some small devices!"

As she spoke, she pointed at a small solar panel mounted under the cabin's eaves:

"Plus with this as backup... even if it rains continuously, Liguang won't run out of electricity!"

In the sunlight, the silver-haired girl's fair face flushed with excitement, and the glued-together star earring swayed gently beside her cheek.

She looked at Fang Qi, her eyes sparkling like a child who had just finished a masterpiece and was waiting for praise.

Fang Qi looked at the crazy woman in front of him, who, even while they were on the run, didn't forget to set up a complete power supply system just so they could live together forever...

"Liguang is so amazing."

He reached out and rubbed her silver hair, his tone entirely sincere!

"I never even imagined... that you could go to this extent."

Liguang's eyes instantly lit up even more!

She narrowed her eyes in satisfaction, like a cat being petted, letting out a soft purr from her throat. She leaned right into Fang Qi's embrace, nuzzling her cheek against his chest in deep reliance.

"As long as it's to be with Master... Liguang can do anything..."

She murmured softly, her voice sweet and syrupy.

"Master only has Liguang left now... You must treat Liguang well..."

Fang Qi held her, looking at the tranquil mountain and forest scenery before him. In his arms was a soft, warm body and the familiar scent of strawberries...

He fell into deep thought.

This ending... is really not bad at all!

Wait a minute, bro...

Is this a bad ending?

...Could it be that he had already reached the Eternal True Love ending?!

Look at it this way...

This ending was an unfamiliar one he had never experienced before.

Eternal True Love... was also an unfamiliar ending he had never experienced before!

...Doesn't that match up perfectly!

This ending has got to be Eternal True Love!

Spot on...!

However, just as he was feeling smug, the delicate body in his arms suddenly... stiffened slightly.

Immediately after, Fang Qi felt...

Liguang's delicate little nose gently pressing against the side of his neck.

And then, very subtly... she sniffed.

The movement was very light, but it made his eyelids twitch slightly.

...Huh? What is she doing?

The silver-haired girl gently sniffed again.

"Master..."

Her voice was still buried in his chest, sounding muffled.

But her tone... suddenly changed.

It was no longer that sweet reliance and joyful ecstasy, but rather... it carried a trace of suspicion.

"On you..."

She slowly raised her head, a faint blush still lingering on her breathtakingly beautiful face from rubbing against his chest.

But that shattered crimson eye...

Bzz... crackle!

A few distinct blue electrical sparks burst out from the cracks!

"There is a scent that Liguang is not familiar with."

She said softly, that gentle curve still hanging at the corners of her mouth.

Ah?

Fang Qi was slightly stunned.

On him? A scent?

What scent?

He subconsciously looked down, lifting his arm to sniff his cuff. After a night on the run, his clothes were already wrinkled and covered in dust, but other than that...

It seemed there really was a... very faint, almost imperceptible... smell of gunpowder?

Oh, right.

It was the bullets.

Yesterday, when Gu Xi fired the gun, although his consciousness was already blurry, he vaguely felt bullets flying past him.

Liguang's voice continued, as soft as the most lingering whispers between lovers: "Is it... the scent of another woman?"

Fang Qi: "?"

Bzz... crack!

The blue sparks even splattered onto his face!

He felt a slight burning sensation, and his cheek twitched subconsciously.

He stared blankly at Liguang's shattered, sparking crimson eye!

No way, this crazy woman...

Why does it feel like...

Something is a bit off?!