Alternative Marriage (2)

Cuicui hugged Su Liu's neck and chatted about gossip for a while, then was sent out of the Spark City by Su Liu.

How could a cute little kitty like me have any bad intentions? Little Mint, why are you still covering my eyes? Cuicui's long whiskers trembled and she became noisy.

"This is the password of my house. I can tell you after you become a regular employee." Su Liu patted Cuicui's little butt.

Cuicui protested with a meow: "Can't you make me a regular employee in advance?"

"No, when we first met, you and your master wanted to harm me," Su Liu brought up the past.

Cuicui immediately shut her mouth guiltily.

After bypassing the Bagua Formation and walking out of the city gate, they happened to meet Liu Weizhen and Xun Ruozhang who were returning from the night market in the neighboring town with Eulalia.

The two of them were dressed up as an ordinary couple, but Dusha had placed several asymmetrical moles on Eulalia's face. These moles were truly divine, and it seemed that they had made a drastic change in Eulalia's appearance.

As soon as Su Liu moved her hand away from Cuicui's eyes, Cuicui jumped out of Su Liu's arms, ran a few steps, and squatted on the grass a few steps away from Eulalia.

Eulalia obviously didn't remember Cuicui. She just habitually gave a sweet smile to the strange cat. However, she was recently changing her teeth and was missing a front tooth, which made her smile look a little funny.

Cuicui did not move forward. Her emerald green eyes stared at Eulalia without blinking, as if she wanted to communicate with the little girl.

Eulalia just smiled, as if she didn't hear anything.

Su Liu noticed something was wrong.

Could it be that Cuicui's animal language was an unacceptable signal to Eulalia?

How strange.

The man and the cat looked at each other for a few seconds, and Cui Cui finally gave up trying in frustration. It shook its whiskers and meowed sweetly like an ordinary cat. Then it walked forward with cat steps, rubbed Eulalia's calf with its head as a goodbye, and then ran out like a gust of wind.

"Little girl, do you like this kitten?" Su Liu squatted down and smoothed Eulalia's hair that was messed up by the wind brought by Cuicui.

"If the city lord says he will catch it if he likes it, then I don't want to like it," Eulalia said seriously in the night with bright eyes, raising her head and shaking it.

"......" Su Liu laughed. It was getting late, so he asked Xun Ruozhang to take Eulalia back first.

After the little girl left, Su Liu looked at Liu Weizhen and asked, "Who named the little girl?"

"She said she gave it to herself. She didn't have a name," Liu Weizhen complained softly. "I don't know which irresponsible parents sent her to the laboratory when she was just over a year old..."

He is just over one year old.

Perhaps, even if someone had given her a name, Eulalia didn't remember it.

"Come to think of it, I haven't asked you yet, why were you so sure that I was the leader when we first met?" Su Liu changed the subject.

"Ah?" Liu Weizhen was still lost in his endless affection for Eulalia. He didn't expect Su Liu to change the subject so drastically. He hesitated and said, "Because of a painting."

A portrait of Queen Dai Ning.

In the upper left corner of the portrait is the emblem of the City of Spark, and in the lower right corner, below the signature, there is a painting of a peach blossom with branches intertwined to form a three-line pattern.

Possessing the Spark City and this hexagram symbol, from then on, these two things became the symbols of the core leader.

Liu Weizhen's grandfather's generation was the peak of the Resistance. Back then, the organization consisted not only of Omegas and Betas, but also Alphas, who made up half the force. Regardless of gender, all of humanity fought for liberation. Liu Weizhen's three generations, young and old, all fought for their beliefs. It's fair to say that Liu Weizhen was the most virtuous of the lineage, so it's no surprise that he had access to this core secret.

Later, many traitors appeared in the organization, and most of these traitors were Alphas. In addition, some veteran figures died in the battle with the vampires, so the organization gradually stopped allowing Alphas to join.

This is the complete information about Liu Weizhen's background in this world.

As for Su Liu, he knew this hexagram because of a painting.

This painting is a fan art drawn by a senior reader of "City of Sparks".

In the original book, Queen Dai Ning was just a background character, often glossed over in passing. However, as the plot unfolded, the protagonist, villain, supporting characters, almost all vampires or humans, all respected and loved her, missed her, and were even obsessed with her. This background character was explored more and more deeply by readers, and later there were even exclusive peripherals for Queen Dai Ning.

In the upper left corner of this fan art is the emblem of the City of Sparks, drawn by the reader based on his or her own understanding: under the azure night sky without stars or moon, a group of people holding swords are walking in the dark on a shaky suspension bridge. Below the suspension bridge is the turbulent river and countless fireflies flying upwards through the wind and waves.

Every firefly is a spark.

It symbolizes the heroic spirits who sacrificed on this rough road.

In the center of the painting is a small portrait of Queen Dai Ning, her face half covered while holding a pipa.

In the lower right corner, below the artist's signature, the branching branches form a "Kun" hexagram.

This picture later became an official peripheral product because the author secretly liked it under a pseudonym.

Su Liu had seen it once while surfing the Internet, and at that time she had never thought that it would become the key to conquering Liu Weizhen.

After chatting with Liu Weizhen for a while and then parting, Su Liu took Qi Fengling's hand and returned to the East Building.

The East Building and the West Building were not far apart, and as he passed by, he heard Ji He and Ji Lian reminiscing about the past. Over the past few days, Ji He, having calmed down, had returned most of the relics he had brought back to their respective relatives. Currently, only a petal-shaped hairband and the handkerchief remained, unclaimed.

Whenever Su Liu heard this kind of news, it was a torture to his conscience.

But he really didn't want to take shortcuts. When he thought about marrying the king and sacrificing his happiness for the rest of his life, he felt that it would be better to die.

"These are all human's own fault. It has nothing to do with you," Qi Fengling held Su Liu, who had just taken a bath, and lay on the bed. Su Liu had now regained her fair complexion, and in Qi Fengling's eyes, she seemed even more beautiful than before.

"Are you trying to say that all vampires are transformed from humans. When your father transformed them, he just wanted to bring a better life to humans. Unexpectedly, they put the cart before the horse and did evil things, so all these sufferings are their common karma?" Su Liu stroked Qi Fengling's face with both hands. How could this face look so relaxing and so never boring to look at.

"This is the inherent bad nature of human beings. They will not flock to things that have no benefits," Qi Fengling said calmly.

Of course, if being a vampire meant serving humans every day, working tirelessly to defend the country, why would anyone bother to get in? Humans desperately strive to climb the ladder, mostly to make their own lives better.

But for some reason, amidst the great waves, there are always some shining, brave and enthusiastic people who climb up on the thorns and protect the weak even if they are broken into pieces.

Perhaps this is the reason why the human race has not become extinct so far.

——They are obviously despicable and reduced to dust, but the greatness of human nature can be seen from the dust, and that unique charm is so great that even the gods cannot bear to destroy them with their own hands.

"Then let's pick some and select these people to be vampires, what do you think?" Su Liu imagined the future.

"Didn't my parents treat me like this before?" Qi Fengling actually gave Su Liu an expression that said "You are so naive".

Su Liu was so angry that she bit Qi Fengling.

Qi Fengling pursed his lips in amusement. "Think about it, if you're a good person, once you become a vampire, you'll naturally be surrounded by all sorts of people who want to be associated with you, even going so far as to humble themselves and curry your favor. These people are so mixed up that it's hard to tell the real from the fake. Over time, you'll soften your heart and want to convert them into vampires. Because, when the time comes to say goodbye, as long as you have the ability, you won't be able to watch them grow old..."

But, people's hearts are fickle.

The relatives, lovers, and friends of a good person are not necessarily all good people.

Yet, these people are still ties, their origin and their destination, their loneliness and their salvation...

Indivisible.

"Don't I know?" Su Liu turned his head unconvinced. He didn't expect that the reason why Qi Fengling chose to live in seclusion was because he had seen through the essence of everything in the world. Su Liu angrily pushed away Qi Fengling's hand that was around his waist and moved to the side for a distance.

Qi Fengling's true thoughts made Su Liu's previous efforts a joke.

"That's not what I meant," Qi Fengling quickly stepped forward to comfort her, "How could you be a clown, Su Liu?"

Su Liu didn't say anything, there seemed to be some tears of grievance in her eyes. She held her breath and pushed Qi Fengling with her elbow.

"There are too many people. How can we save them all by just you and me? But I know," Qi Fengling whispered in Su Liu's ear, "Xun Ruozhang cares about what you did, Liu Weizhen cares about it, Ji Lian cares about it, and Chu Liu also cares about it..."

Qi Fengling mentioned many people's names in one breath.

"...They all care, can this still be considered a farce?" Qi Fengling saw that Su Liu's hand that was pushing him finally slowed down, so he leaned over and kissed the tears that were rolling down Su Liu's cheeks.

"Whether it's useful or not, we'll know after we do it," Qi Fengling continued, "At least it's worth it now, so let's do it."

"Stop kissing me. You've already kissed my neck like that, and I haven't even said anything to you yet." Su Liu had already stopped crying. With a red face, he covered Qi Fengling's mouth as she was about to kiss his neck, "You're so annoying."

Qi Fengling couldn't help but laugh out loud. In this dominant moment, his expression gradually lost its gentle veil, becoming sharper. After all, he used to be the author of level-up novels. How could he not have any ambition at all? He acted so relaxed because he couldn't find the motivation to strive.

"You said you would fully support me, so don't let me down at the critical moment," Su Liu turned around and held Qi Fengling's face, emphasizing righteously.

"Yes, my Lord Su Liu!" Qi Fengling's eyes were also serious.