Chapter 48: Luli's Ultimate Move is the Marriage Certificate!

"My love, you... can you see me?"

Huai Xu’s eyes welled with tears as she raised her hands to cover her rosy, delicate lips, her shoulders trembling slightly.

"I can. Even back at Old locust tree Village, I knew you were following me, and I knew you sat on my lap the entire car ride. It's probably because I’ve already died once, I suppose."

It was much like having Yin-Yang vision.

That was why when Lu Li opened the door and got out of the car earlier, he had paused for a good dozen seconds—he was mainly giving Huai Xu time to get off his lap first.

"Ah—"

Huai Xu suddenly squatted on the ground, burying her face in her hands. From Lu Li’s angle, the tips of her ears and the back of her neck were flushed a translucent red.

Come to think of it, it really was quite embarrassing to the point of social death.

After all, along the way, Miss Huai Xu had secretly kissed his forehead and cheeks countless times.

And every time before kissing him, she would struggle and hesitate internally, blushing all by herself for ages.

The kisses were just fleeting dragonfly-touches, followed by her covering her face in shyness for half a day afterward.

As the one being kissed, Lu Li hadn't said a word, alright!

And on top of that, he had to pretend he had no idea.

It was a good thing he had seen plenty of wild storms and crashing waves (referring to Miss Bai’s lap pillows and ear-cleaning, along with Miss Luo’s sleeping accompaniment) that he hadn't shown any unusual reactions.

Watching Miss Huai Xu squatting there with her head in her arms like an ostrich before him, Lu Li sighed and crouched down in front of her. "Miss Huai Xu, have you ever heard the saying: a forcibly plucked melon isn't sweet? Even if you do this, I won't be happy."

Huai Xu raised her head and naturally chimed in, "Even though a forcibly plucked melon isn't sweet, it still quenches your thirst, doesn't it?"

Lu Li: "..."

He actually had no defense against that.

Yet, even with people being killed all over the world, he wasn't all that angry.

After all—

"Why go to all this trouble? In three days, you'll have to leave anyway. What's the point of doing all this? I can just stubbornly refuse and tough it out for three days."

Lu Li decided to have a frank and open discussion with her.

"Not quite~" Huai Xu smiled like a little vixen who had successfully stolen a chicken. "My love, I have no intention of letting this world collapse.

"As long as I convert everyone into the dead and turn this world into a realm of spirits, the capacity limit of the world itself won't actually be breached.

"Moreover, even the very concept of 'world collapse' is something I can cause to die.

"That is the power to control the degree of death."

Watching Huai Xu giggle behind her hand, Lu Li’s mind went blank.

Did she really have to be this absurd?!

So "the power to control the degree of death" meant she could even control the "death" of abstract concepts?!

Does that mean Miss Huai Xu isn't going to leave after all?

Then wouldn't he, dammit, be completely doomed?!

No! He had to figure out a way to survive!

Should he urgently go on a blind date—meaning find another young lady to come over and create a counter-balance?

Somehow, it felt like that would only make him doom himself even faster.

Yet, at a juncture like this, he couldn't care about any of that anymore!

Lu Li quietly slid his hand into his pocket and began fumbling blindly.

Relying on his muscle memory, he successfully unlocked his phone.

Yet, no matter how many times he tapped the apps, there was no response.

What the hell was going on here?

Miss Huai Xu’s smile grew even wider.

She had already inflicted conceptual death upon his phone apps, rendering them unable to open.

Though it was only temporary—after all, the person who made this app wasn't someone easy to deal with, and she couldn't make that concept permanently dead.

Sigh, if she hadn't wanted her love to truly fall for her in return, she wouldn't have had to go through all this trouble.

All she needed to do was "cause the thought of Lu Li not wanting to marry Huai Xu to die."

But doing that would have crossed her own moral boundary.

Besides, she couldn't do it anyway.

After all, her beloved was special.

Now, it all depended on whether her love would play according to her script.

As long as she continued to act like an easily embarrassed, shy little innocent, her love wouldn't be too on guard.

Then, things would definitely proceed according to her script.

As long as her love’s personality remained the one she knew—

Everything was completely under control!

"What on earth is he muttering to himself while squatting in the kitchen?"

In the surveillance room, the Director of the Supernormal Bureau stared at Lu Li on the monitor and complained to Pan Shuai beside him. "Tell me, there's no way he doesn't know there are cameras in this room, right? Is he putting on a show for us?"

The Director of the Supernormal Bureau was a pot-bellied, bald middle-aged man.

He looked just like any ordinary middle-aged bureau leader with a beer belly you could find anywhere.

Yet, Pan Shuai was extremely respectful toward him.

That was because the Director was a flawless superior, as well as a pure-hearted good man and patriot.

Of that, Pan Shuai was certain.

That was why he had reported Lu Li’s situation to the Director.

Though he had kept certain details about his abilities reserved.

Even if he wasn't entirely sure whether his guess about old Lu’s extraordinary abilities was correct.

"I'm not sure." Facing the Director's complaint, Pan Shuai stood straight with his gaze fixed forward. "Based on my guess, however, old Lu should be communicating with his wife—the mastermind behind both the urban legends and this living-dead incident.

"Him letting us see all this might also be a form of deterrence toward us."

"Are you telling me the world is on the verge of ending just because this couple is having a domestic dispute?!" The Director was utterly speechless. "In less than two hours, over three hundred million people have died worldwide, dammit..."

"Should we hand old Lu over, then?" Pan Shuai tentatively offered a suggestion.

"Hand him over my ass! You brat, don't try to test me." The Director curled his lip. "Even if we handed him over, it would be to that mastermind so she can drag her man back home. As for whether she beats him in domestic violence or whatever else, that's none of my business."

As for handing him over to other countries? In their dreams!

If he couldn't even protect a citizen of his own country, he might as well quit being the Director of the Supernormal Bureau! He'd be better off finding a shoestring and hanging himself.

"Old Lu will find a way. He's always full of crooked ideas." Pan Shuai’s eyes flashed as he said to the Director, "Director, look! Old Lu is waving at us!"

The Director followed his gaze, and sure enough, Lu Li was waving up at the corner of the ceiling.

"Let's go. We're going to meet him and see what kind of ideas he has."

Anyway, if he had no plans, they might as well just hand Lu Li over to that mastermind.

A young couple quarreling had nothing to do with them.

No wonder ancient extraordinary beings and living dead from all over the country were rushing inward—turns out they were all coming to catch Lu Li.

Seeing the green light in the corner of the ceiling flash twice, Lu Li finally lowered his hand and said to Huai Xu, "Then it's settled! If we lose, I'll go with you without a second word.

"But if we win, you have to immediately trigger the world's overload and reset it."

As long as the world reset, Lu Li could return to his original worldview without any extraordinary elements, and everyone who had died would also be able to revive.

"Very well." Huai Xu lowered her head, her pearly teeth biting her lower lip, her eyes brimming with tears as if she were about to sob. "My love... do you really hate me that much..."

Seeing this pitiful, helpless look, Lu Li’s defenses nearly crumbled.

"Of course not!" Lu Li cupped her small face, looking at that pitiful little expression and those tearful eyes; he almost forgot just how savage this girl could be.

Fortunately, it was only "almost."

Sometimes, cowardice was still more reliable than lust.

"How about this? Even if we win, I'll give you a big treasure. How does that sound?"

Lu Li hardened his heart and directly played his ultimate trump card. "When the time comes, I'll go register our marriage certificate with you! After all, getting married the ancient way isn't recognized in today's society. You say you want to marry me, but how can you do without official status?"

It was just like having a wedding banquet without getting the legal paperwork done—the other party could run away at any time.

Though supposedly there was such a thing as a "common-law marriage," Lu Li, as a bachelor, knew nothing about it, let alone Huai Xu.

You must know that a marriage certificate was his ultimate super-weapon against monster girls!

Huai Xu’s pink eyes lit up brightly as she immediately pulled out a piece of paper and an ink pad, placing them right in front of Lu Li. "My love! Write it down in a formal pledge!"

Lu Li: "..."

Looking at Huai Xu's eagerness, he couldn't help but wonder if he had fallen into a trap.

Oh well, such an adorable Huai Xu... he liked her quite a bit anyway.

How did that saying go?

It starts with appearance, and everything else follows.

Watching Lu Li obediently write out the pledge and press his thumbprint upon it, Huai Xu carefully cradled the piece of paper and put it away.

Her goal had been achieved!

That's right, she couldn't possibly stay in this world forever.

Of course, she hadn't lied; her method really would prevent the world from being overloaded and collapsing.

However... the other little bitches outside wouldn't allow it.

When the time came, if someone broke the rules and forced their way in to throw hands with her, this world would still collapse and reboot, rendering everything she had done completely futile!

But as long as she had her beloved's guarantee, she would be fine.

Her next step was to play the pitiful card to make her beloved remember her forever!

After all, her beloved was someone who easily softened his heart, wasn't he~

As planned!

Watching Huai Xu—who was carefully treasuring his pledge while occasionally stealing glances at him, and then shyly looking away like a little animal whenever their eyes met—Lu Li felt his heart melting.

Such an adorable girl... why did she have to be so terrifyingly savage?

If only she wouldn't try to take his precious life.

With Miss Huai Xu being so savage, it must undoubtedly be everyone else's fault!

It was because she couldn't feel the warmth of the world that she turned out this way! Just like Miss Bai!

That's right! It had to be like that!

With his moral values closely following his aesthetic preferences, Lu Li instantly jumped to a conclusion.

Though it was mainly because he felt that this way the world could be restored to normal; otherwise, he certainly wouldn't have agreed.

Soon, when Pan Shuai and the Director entered, Lu Li informed them of the wager between him and Huai Xu.

Pan Shuai turned pale with shock. "What?! Selecting the elite from all the world's extraordinary beings to go one-on-one in duels against those ancient legendary extraordinary beings?"

"That's right. Because generally speaking, we can't beat them, and that's assuming they aren't even taking us seriously."

Right in front of Huai Xu, Lu Li openly began to explain, since there was nothing left to hide anyway.

"This is the best method I could think of, and fortunately, she agreed to it. I've always believed that the new will always triumph over the old; after all, the times are always moving forward, and we shouldn't blindly revere antiquity over the present.

"Besides, if we keep living in the shadow of the past, we'll never be able to march toward the future."

This brazen idea of his had actually been inspired by an anime.

He hadn't expected Huai Xu to actually agree to it.

Looking at Lu Li's confident expression and feeling the surging, vibrant youthful energy radiating from the depths of his being, the Director of the Supernormal Bureau also smiled. "Indeed, the reason humanity hasn't perished is because we keep moving forward.

"I agree to this plan, and I will do my utmost to persuade the world's extraordinary organizations. Wait for my good news."

Moreover, his own fighting spirit was boiling for the first time in a long while!

As one of the top five extraordinary beings in the world, he hadn't fought anyone in a very, very long time.

If he could exchange blows with those legendary extraordinary beings of antiquity...
His blood was already burning!

Author's Flunky Blind Date Diary: Why write a book about going on blind dates with monster girls? Because such perfect females don't exist in reality, so I can only write them myself and indulge in fantasies.

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