60 The Gardener's Flowerbed (7)

Three instances already, and they're still so easily fooled.

Behind the flower bed, in front of the shop, Teng Yan sat in a rattan rocking chair, squinting and basking in the sun.

Across a flower bed, Qin Fu'an's gaze met his.

Teng Yan stood up, casually put the straw hat that was placed to the side on his head, and waved to Qin Fu'an in a particularly friendly manner across the flower bed.

"Are you new to Baihua Town? Our shop sells everything, all quality and quantity guaranteed. Would you like to come in and browse?" He enthusiastically solicited his target customers.

If we ignore the other plants in the flower bed that are also eager to grow.

Standing outside the flower bed, Qin Fu'an raised an eyebrow and replied, "Can I buy some food and seeds from you to take home?"

"Of course, of course!" Teng Yan's voice rose several octaves as he said happily, "It's so hot, you must be tired from your journey. Come in and have some water to rest and cool off."

Qin Fu'an chuckled softly, and under Teng Yan's eager and burning gaze, he actually stepped into the flower bed without any precautions.

He landed with one step, and nothing happened around him.

Two steps, three steps...

The audience watched with bated breath as he calmly walked into the flowerbed, and, surrounded by plants, walked with composure for nearly half the distance.

But nothing happened.

Just when they thought the danger they had anticipated would not come, something unexpected happened!

A vine covered with a string of white bones suddenly sprang from the ground, its sharp, white thorns aimed straight at Qin Fu'an's back and heart.

This attack was too sudden, too fast, and too close!

Everyone who witnessed this scene, including the ghosts, instinctively held their breath, as if they could already see Qin Fu'an being pierced by bone spurs and blood splattering everywhere!

"bite--"

The crisp sound of the collision made the tense audience, who had kept their eyes closed and couldn't bear to watch, open their eyes in bewilderment.

What's going on?

Why wasn't it the sound that pierced through flesh and blood as expected?

It sounded more like a bone spur stuck in a metal plate?

At the same time, Qin Fu'an, who had been attacked from behind, turned around and calmly grasped the tip of the vine that was still trying to stab him again.

The failure of the bone thorn vine brought all the half-grown plants in the flower bed to a halt. When Qin Fu'an reached out and grasped it, the entire flower bed, inside and out, became completely silent.

"Boss, is this your way of treating guests?" Qin Fu'an pinched the stiff vine, slowly stepped over the countless equally stiff roots and leaves on the ground, walked up to the man with a look of horror on his face, and smiled as he released his five fingers.

The piece of white bone vine that he had forcibly dragged out of the flower bed fell to the ground with a clatter at the foot of the vine rock, like a snake whose seven-inch mark had been broken, still twitching and struggling even though it was dead.

Teng Yan stumbled back two steps in alarm and slumped back into the swaying rattan chair.

"You'll have to pay for my clothes." Qin Fu'an didn't seem to be going to argue with him too much. He nodded at him, smiled good-naturedly, and then stepped over the bones on the ground and walked past him into the shop.

[Holy crap?! The streamer is cheating?!]

[No, no... what just happened? Why did this vine attack seem like a joke??]

[I reasonably suspect the streamer is using cheats, or maybe they're related to the game's official staff! Why? Why can't these attacks penetrate? You're not a high-level player!!]

[@Official @Answerer, give us a reasonable explanation! Otherwise, I'm really going to make a scene!!!]

[I can understand if a high-level player is smurfing in low-elo games, but this streamer is someone I've watched grow up (not really), I've been following him since he was a newbie, why should I? Why can't those vines be pierced through?!]

[Yeah, yeah, back in the first dungeon, any monster could have made the streamer bleed!]

Perhaps Qin Fu'an's response was too excessive and outrageous. In the past, the audience who would joke around with him would all unite this time to question whether he was cheating. Some people even kept tagging the official account, demanding an explanation.

Qin Fu'an glanced at the screen casually, his hand, which had been reaching for the can, paused, and then he sighed helplessly at the chaotic barrage of comments: "Do you guys have some kind of misunderstanding about me?"

The audience: "???"

What misunderstanding?

You tell us, only by telling us will we know whether we should believe you or not!

If you can't explain yourself, I'm going to report you and ban your account today, no matter what!

Maintaining a fair and harmonious gaming livestream is everyone's responsibility.

“I’m not a human being either,” Qin Fu’an said, throwing down his trump card right off the bat.

The lively chat was stunned by this sentence, and the screen went blank for several seconds.

Qin Fu'an knew there was something off about what he was saying, but he raised his hand to touch his dark green vertical pupils and chuckled as he explained, "Dragons have their reverse scales, snakes have their seven-inch mark, and people have their life-threatening points..."

He shook his head, and in front of countless spectators, unzipped his jacket and lifted the hem of his shirt—

Before the audience could open their eyes wide and excitedly accuse him of being a pervert, he revealed his silver-white scales that outlined his muscles.

"Here, this is my cheat." He only showed it to her for less than a second before letting down his shirt, then zipped it up high again and explained, "This is the Dragon Scale Heartplate. If it were converted into a game item, it would be at least purple level, right?"

"As a non-human, it's reasonable for me to have some family wealth to back me up, right?"

Everyone who uses this physical cheat says it's great.

Unfortunately, no one listens to his explanations anymore.

Audience: Tch, how stingy!

What's wrong with taking another look? It's not like it'll hurt you!

With such a beautiful face and such an unfair figure, isn't it all meant to be seen?

Besides, they didn't watch for free; they even gave tips! So stingy!

Qin Fu'an was amused by their shamelessness. "Don't go too far. Do you think you can gain anything by just looking at them?"

He coldly and ruthlessly refused the audience's unreasonable request to watch it again.

He then looked around the entire store.

Like the flower beds outside, the walls and shelves inside the store were also covered with all kinds of vines. However, perhaps because Qin Fu'an's scene outside intimidated these plants, or perhaps because the owner, Teng Yan, dared not make any rash moves, his selection of goods went very smoothly.

As Fujiiwa said, his shop sells everything.

The selection of goods is comparable to that of a dungeon shop.

But the most prominent and abundant items on the shelves are all kinds of seeds.

Different colors, different sizes, different growth conditions, and different prices—each seed has its own price tag. But the only thing they all have in common is that the price tag indicates the estimated maturity level of the seed.

There were weeds, common items, precious items, rare items, and many items with question marks on them.

Prices increase according to grade. Qin Fu'an only had two hundred yuan at the start, which was only enough for him to buy two ordinary seeds.

Moreover, he is currently planning to buy food and simply doesn't have the extra money to buy seeds.

Startled by Qin Fu'an, Teng Yan slumped into a rattan chair and entered the store at some point. Gone was his initial enthusiasm; he was essentially a cold-hearted fellow. He stood behind the cashier, coldly watching Qin Fu'an stroll around the store.

His relaxed and leisurely demeanor made it seem as if he were inspecting his own backyard!

When Qin Fu'an finished selecting the items he needed and went to the counter to pay, Teng Yan was about to pay for them when someone suddenly reached out and pressed down on the items he was about to pick up.

"Boss, compensation." Qin Fu'an raised an eyebrow to remind him.

Fujiiwa: "..."

His expression changed from indifference to gloom. He grabbed two pieces of clothing from the side and slapped them on Qin Fu'an's hand, saying in a deep voice, "You are not welcome in my flower garden and shop. Don't come again next time."

Qin Fu'an guessed that after he left, this person would probably put up a sign outside the flower bed.

It's one of those signs that says "No dogs or xx allowed".

He clicked his tongue softly, thinking the shop owner was being unreasonable, so he stopped Fujii from paying for the items.

Meeting Teng Yan's gloomy, murderous gaze, Qin Fu'an offered a polite smile: "Don't rush me, I have one last question for you."

"Ask!" Fujii gritted his teeth.

Where does Xie Yunhuai live?

"..."

The item that was being held down was forcefully pulled away.

In less than five seconds, Teng Yan roughly swept all the goods on the counter into a bag and shoved it into Qin Fu'an's hands, announcing impatiently, "Hurry up and leave, I'm closing down!"

Qin Fu'an was forcefully pushed out by the vines in the shop.

Then the plants in the flower bed took turns pushing it out of the flower bed.

Qin Fu'an: "...?"

It was just one question, wasn't it?

He carried the food that hadn't cost him any money, but he didn't experience any joy in getting something for free.

The flowerbed he was gazing at was deathly silent, and the shop behind it slammed its door shut. Only the wicker chair swayed slowly in the glaring midday sun.

The live chat was already filled with laughter, so densely packed with laughter that Qin Fu'an almost forgot what the word "hahahaha" looked like.

He shrugged and decided to ask someone else.

But when he turned around, he found the young man standing quietly under the shade of the tree, watching him.

Qin Fu'an was slightly taken aback. After regaining his senses, he picked up his things and walked over. He was completely at ease and shamelessly complained, "I was kicked out."

Xie Yunhuai's cool gaze fell on his face, which showed no sign of grievance, and he lowered his eyes to reply, "Mm."

Um? ? ?

Qin Fu'an felt that something was wrong with his wife.

He took a step closer, the smile on his face vanishing, and stared intently into Xie Yunhuai's unreadable eyes.

The next second, he raised his hand, stroked the young man's fair eye, and rubbed out a light red mark.

"Xie Yunhuai?"

He whispered the person's name and asked, "What's wrong?"

"..." Xie Yunhuai's eyes, which seemed to be unable to hold anything, now reflected Qin Fu'an's slightly furrowed brows.

He was exactly the same boy from the fragments of memory he had caught in a daze.

His eyes had just been brushed by warm fingertips, and several other fingers covered his cool skin with a firm touch, causing his body to instinctively tense up and stiffen.

"Xie Yunhuai, what are you thinking about?"

The green pupils before him gradually deepened, and Xie Yunhuai felt as if he were about to drown in them. He answered in a daze, listening to the other person's pleasant voice.

"I think I... know you."

The moment the words left his mouth, he suddenly snapped back to reality, his eyes regaining their clarity as he coldly stared at Qin Fu'an. "What did you just do to me?"

Despite being questioned so bluntly, Qin Fu'an was in a very good mood and even habitually ruffled his hair.

"Of course you know me. In my past life, and the life before that, you were my wife."

Qin Fu'an immediately lied: "In our first life, we were classmates. We had just started dating when you disappeared with our love token."

While Xie Yunhuai stared in astonishment with wide eyes, Qin Fu'an continued to fabricate the story, which was seven parts true and three parts false: "I searched for you for a long time but couldn't find you. Later, when I went to a mountain village for tourism, I finally met your reincarnation. Unfortunately, you didn't recognize me at that time, so I taught you to write our two names."

At this point, Xie Yunhuai's pupils narrowed slightly.

Qin Fu'an, who had been observing his changing expression, immediately understood. So, what he remembered was this memory from the second instance...

He was even more at ease now, and he never blushed when he lied. "To prevent you from forgetting me again, I made a contract with you in the second life. After the second life ended, I have been searching for your third reincarnation. I didn't expect to find you so late this time. I missed what you looked like when you were a child and a teenager. That's why when I first saw you, I was so... well, I couldn't control myself."

He spoke with such self-righteousness, saying, "What's wrong with kissing my own wife? It's not illegal!"

They say a day apart feels like three autumns, but in reality, seven days is a full seven years!

It's been so long, what's wrong with being excited!

After saying that, the person maintained their persona, looking at Xie Yunhuai with the eyes of someone looking at a heartless man, and accused, "In the end, you forgot about me again and even yelled at me."

Xie Yunhuai: "..."

He was completely dumbfounded.

Am I this man's wife?

First life? Second life? Third life?

Noticing Xie Yunhuai's stunned expression gradually wavering, Qin Fu'an raised his hand to cover his mouth and coughed lightly, concealing the smile in his eyes and the corners of his lips that were secretly turned up.

Three instances already, and they're still so easily fooled.

"How...how did you know I was here?" Xie Yunhuai asked him hesitantly.

Qin Fu'an suppressed a laugh, raised his eyes and answered seriously: "I answered this question to you in my second life. I said that no matter where you are, no matter what your identity or appearance is, I will find you. I will never mistake you for someone else, and I will never leave you alone to wait in vain."

There is not a single lie in this statement.

Xie Yunhuai, who would readily believe even Qin Fu'an's lies, could sense the depth and weight of the promise in those words.

He pursed his lips awkwardly, turned his head to avoid the boy's burning, bright gaze, and for a moment he didn't know how to deal with the situation.

[Author's Note]

Anzai: I'm a professional at lying to my wife (not really).

Yunzai: (gritting his teeth) You bastard! You liar!

A belated compensation, a long chapter! I haven't been able to find my rhythm of writing six words a day since I came back from the hospital. I'll wait a few more days, and once I've adjusted, I'll resume my daily 6,000-word updates!

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