Chapter 30 Well done, Bobo...

She got the answer she wanted, and the performance could end.

But since she'd already hugged him, Ling Qiu took the opportunity to kiss Anbote on the lips. What did it matter what kind of monster he was? As long as he could fulfill her wishes, he was a good monster.

When Ling Qiu realized that Anbot could really take her back to the past, she no longer felt any urgency. Her heart calmed down, and she even felt a little resistant.

Perhaps she should wait until she's ready before going to see what actually happened...

A notification popped up on the blue screen; it was a message from Lululan.

"I broke up with my boyfriend. Want to grab a drink?"

Upon seeing these words, Ling Qiu crawled out of Anbot's arms.

Lululan said, "If you want a drink, I'll come find you. Let's go to a bar near your place."

Since that's what they've said, Ling Qiu naturally can't refuse.

“Okay,” Ling Qiu said. “See you in a bit.”

Speaking of Lululan's boyfriend, Ling Qiu couldn't remember if this was the sixth or...

This is the seventh one. Lululan has a rich romantic history, but she has always been decisive in breaking up and has never been depressed because of it. Why do I suddenly want to ask her to have a drink today?

"I'm going out with Lululan in a little while, you'll be home alone," Ling Qiu said.

"...When will you come back?" He asked.

To be honest, He didn't like, and was even annoyed by, the women around His wife, but at this moment, He chose not to express any opinion.

"Hmm... I don't know." Ling Qiu glanced at her watch; it was almost midnight, and she estimated it would be until the early hours of the morning.

“Call me when it’s over, and I’ll come to get you,” He said.

"Oh..." Ling Qiu was stunned for a moment. Why did it feel like she and Anbote were really dating?

The monster actually said it would come to pick her up.

Half an hour later, Lululan had arrived downstairs at Lingqiu's building. Lingqiu had reason to suspect that Lululan was already on her way when she sent her the message.

"Here." Lululan waved to her with a smile on her face.

Ling Qiu could actually see a hint of fatigue in her smile.

"What happened?" she asked as she followed Lululan toward the bar. "Why did you break up?"

"I just felt bored, so we broke up." Lululan shrugged, looking indifferent to the matter, as if the breakup hadn't affected her emotions at all.

Why did Lululan invite her for drinks? Wasn't it to get some comfort from her or something?

Ling Qiu didn't know what to say. She had absolutely no experience in relationships. In her mind, a breakup was a breakup, and you could just find the next one. Lu Lu Lan should be like that too... But Lu Lu Lan didn't seem very happy today.

"Why are you suddenly asking me to drink?" Ling Qiu asked, puzzled. "And it's so late, at this hour?"

"I can't sleep." Lululan sat at the bar, ran her fingers through her hair, and then randomly drew two circles on the menu before handing it to the bartender.

“I feel so bored, Qiuqiu.” Lululan frowned. “I can’t explain why my life has turned out like this… Can you understand me? Now, going to work has become the only thing I look forward to in my life. Everything else just makes me feel bored.”

Ling Qiu froze, staring at her palm under the purple light, feeling a little lost. In her opinion, Lu Lulan's life was one that she could envy.

A decent job, a considerable income, and the option to have a prosthetic body implanted so you don't have to work at the bottom of society...

Lululan ignored her silence and continued, "I feel life is too boring. Yesterday when we were making love, he penetrated me, and I didn't feel anything at all. What's the point of his existence? So I broke up with him..."

“I feel… I also don’t know what the meaning of life is,” Lululan said.

At that moment, the bartender brought two drinks to the two of them. Ling Qiu hugged one of the glasses and was about to say something when he saw Lu Lulan suddenly tilt her head back and drink the drink in one gulp.

"Maybe your feelings for him have just faded, maybe you should find someone new," Ling Qiu suggested tentatively. "But Lululan, didn't you say you planned to marry your current boyfriend? Don't you have that idea anymore?"

As soon as she finished asking the question, she saw that Lululan's expression was blank.

"Did I say that?" Lululan asked in confusion. "I don't remember at all."

Ling Qiu: "..."

“I don’t know either,” Lululan said. “This time, I feel like even the whole thing of dating is boring. I’m not even interested in finding a next target. I even find sex boring… Am I sick, Qiuqiu?”

"Hmm...maybe you need to be alone for a while. People don't need to be in a relationship every day. It's normal to feel bored." Ling Qiu took a small sip of the wine in her glass.

“Is that so…” Lululan paused, “But, apart from love, it seems that I can hardly find that burning and exciting feeling in anything else. Now, even that path is gone.”

Ling Qiu didn't know how to put it. She felt that Lu Lulan was acting very strangely today, as if she had suddenly turned from a colorful person into a gray one.

"Ah... I think I said something incoherent." Realizing what she had said, Lulu waved her hand. "I'm going to the restroom. Wait for me here for a bit."

"Mm." Ling Qiu nodded and continued sipping her drink.

She doesn't actually like spicy food.

Without Lululan's voice, Ling Qiu couldn't help but glean information from the conversations of those around her.

"This is so annoying! I have to go get it done again tomorrow! That damn old man actually said I'm not good enough for high-end stuff!"

"This high-end product seems to be a new product this year, and it's very popular. Its functions and effects have been upgraded to a higher level. However, several people I know have had to have their products re-operated twice, so it seems to be difficult to match and be compatible. Maybe you can try again tomorrow and it will work again."

"Really? What kind of rubbish did they invent?"

"Speaking of which, how about skipping work tomorrow and going out for drinks?"

"Get lost! Who would give up a job to drink with a bunch of you?"

However, Ling Qiu realized from his serious expression that he wasn't joking, but rather being earnest.

Ling Qiu choked up. Are all company employees really that easy to work? Lu Lulan just said that there's no hope for anything other than going to work—was she really serious?!

"Isn't it incredible? These company employees." A voice with a laugh suddenly rang in her ear.

Ling Qiu turned around and realized it was the bartender from before.

“…Hmm.” She didn’t like talking to strangers and just gave a perfunctory reply.

“You don’t look like someone from the company,” the bartender continued with a smile.

"Hmm." Ling Qiu replied perfunctorily. Wasn't it obvious? She was clearly a free agent.

"Black hair, white skin, are you a Japanese woman?" the bartender asked with a smile.

"..." Ling Qiu was too lazy to answer this time. She rolled her eyes and looked around to see why Lu Lulan hadn't returned yet. She wanted to leave the bar area, but she was worried that Lu Lulan wouldn't be able to find her when she came back.

"Don't be shy," the bartender chuckled. "I've only heard about it. Apparently, your Japan used to have a very rich sexual culture. You seem like a very open-minded girl."

This time, Ling Qiu didn't avoid it. She stared directly at the bartender's face, scrutinizing him intently, as if trying to memorize his features.

"...What's wrong? Why are you staring at me like that?" The bartender was clearly taken aback by her gaze, but in the end, he still didn't take Ling Qiu, this free agent, seriously.

Moreover, he had just clearly seen that the woman who came with her did not seem to be of the combat type; she did not have any combat-related cybernetic devices installed on her.

What's there to be afraid of?

“I’ll remember you,” Ling Qiu said, giving the bartender a faint smile. She would bring Anbote to cause him trouble.

The bartender clearly sensed the provocative undertone in her smile, but he deliberately twisted it into something else: "You look really good when you smile. I like girls who smile; it makes me feel good."

As he spoke, he even reached out and placed his hand on the back of Ling Qiu's hand.

Ling Qiu was caught off guard and couldn't dodge. Just as she was about to pull her hand away, a hand with bulging veins appeared in her sight. The next second, the bartender's hand was suddenly lifted up, and she heard a cracking sound. His wrist must have been twisted.

Ling Qiu didn't even turn her head, but she knew who had come to her side.

She took another sip of the drink in her glass, then flicked the rest of the liquid at the bartender's face.

Ling Qiu raised an eyebrow: "I like men with alcohol on their faces; they look so cheap."

The bartender, realizing what was happening, cried out in pain. He quickly glanced at the man who had suddenly appeared, and after confirming that he was also a free agent, he sneered and shouted, "Security!!!"

Immediately, several men in black emerged from the side door, about five or six of them, and quickly surrounded them.

Ling Qiu glanced at them and saw five men, all equipped with highly aggressive cybernetic bodies and guns tucked into their waistbands.

The bartender looked at them smugly and gestured with his lip: "If you know what's good for you, let go of my hand right now! Let this bitch play with me!"

"Haha!" Ling Qiu laughed, without a trace of fear in his eyes.

“Oh dear…” she said, resting her chin on her hand and slowly looking at the bartender. “You bullied me, so my husband came. Now it looks like your husbands are here too? Five or six of them together. How loose must your asshole be? You must have a few in your mouth, right? You look like you know how to suck, you slut.”

Her calm and collected demeanor, and even her retort, left the bartender in disbelief. His mind went blank for a moment, and he didn't know how to refute her.

This was the first time he had ever been made a dirty joke.

"What's wrong, you little slut?" Ling Qiu feigned distress. "You look completely stunned. Ah, are you already reliving the feeling of being on top? Haha, you're such a little glutton. When you look at men, your mouth is practically watering, isn't it? Tsk tsk."

On the side where no one paid attention, Anbote slowly curled the corners of his mouth into a smile.

Look, what a beautiful sound His little bird is making!

Slowly, the bartender's face darkened: "Clear the room."

He spoke in a low voice.

Ling Qiu glanced at them, and the other bartenders were asking the guests to leave one after another.

If she wasn't mistaken, this bar likely had gang connections.

"What's wrong?" Ling Qiu asked in surprise. "Are you so thirsty that you want to do it right away? Believe me, you'll enjoy it even more with an audience, you stud pig."

"Tell them to get out of here!!!" the bartender yelled, his expression furious. What made it even more embarrassing for him was that no matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't break free from the man's grip!

In the crowded flow of people, Ling Qiu spotted Lu Lulan looking around, probably searching for her.

Yes, she's relieved now.

The bar door was locked from the inside, and the lights dimmed several shades, emitting a dark, eerie purple glow.

Ling Qiu's eyesight isn't very good, probably because she's not getting enough nutrition; she has a slight case of night blindness.

But it's harmless; she just needs to sit here.

The bar fell silent. The bartender chuckled softly. Just as he was considering how to torment the two free men, he heard the man who had been silent speak up: "Do you want him to be fucked by those guys?"

Ling Qiu straightened her back and tapped her fingers lightly on the table: "Ah...that's too disgusting, I don't want to see that kind of scene."

“Handle it your way, Anbot,” Ling Qiu said softly.

"What the hell are you talking about... Aaaaaaah!!!!!"

Ling Qiu watched as the bartender screamed, his mouth agape so wide she could see his throat.

The hand that touched her had four fingers broken off.

This time, Ling Qiu laughed. She chuckled intermittently and then praised, "Well done, Bobo."

The monster didn't look at anything else; it stared at her intently the whole time, its gaze sharp and intrigued.

This is His bride.

"What are you waiting for?! Shoot them dead right now!" the bartender yelled angrily.

The others, however, seemed not to have heard him at all, simply standing motionless behind him, their eyes vacant.

"Holy crap!" The bartender clutched his bleeding right hand, only then realizing something was wrong.

"Who...who are you people?" The unusually quiet bar made the bartender break out in a cold sweat.

"It seems that you people are not devout enough to the temple." Ling Qiu shifted the blame without hesitation.