Chapter 160 Conditions
The dinner ended with Luka's clever move. Qiao Suisui, worried about Langya, hurried back, and Zong Fang and Karl left with her. Liberi, having failed to achieve his goal, stayed behind to call out to Luka.
"Sicoses, I thought you and I were at least on the same page."
Luka looked at him calmly and said, "From the beginning, I have only had one position, and that is her position."
Libery sneered. "I don't know about the others, but we grew up together. You can fool the others, but you can't fool me. You're also very uneasy now, aren't you?"
Luka remained silent. He couldn't deny that his unease was growing. Especially after meeting Anubis, he completely understood why Sui Sui was so protective of him. The young man possessed an indescribable tenacity, and his sincerity was palpable in just a few words.
Libery twirled his glass and said, "You expected her to reconcile with Zongfang when she returned from the southern battlefield, but you didn't expect Carl to come along, did you?"
Luka's light eyes darkened. He looked back at Liberi calmly and said, "As long as she likes it, I have no objection."
"Then she will soon become my queen. I'm sure you won't mind."
Hearing this, Luka's pupils suddenly shrank and his expression froze for a moment.
Libery stood up from his chair and stopped beside him, looking straight ahead, his eyes flashing with determination to win.
"I will order the ceremony to be held as soon as possible. Out of respect, I am telling you in advance."
Luka took a while to find his voice and asked, "Did she agree?"
Liberi smiled and said, "She promised it herself." Then he strode past Luka.
If she had remained the same as before, refusing to marry any man, perhaps Luka's heart would have remained balanced. In the vast attic, only his elongated shadow on the ground remained as his companion.
Liberi did not tell him that just before leaving the southern battlefield, he used Zongfang's release order in exchange for Qiao Susu's agreement to marry him.
He knelt on one knee, pulled out a navy blue velvet box, and opened it. Inside was a diamond ring the size of a pigeon egg, exquisitely crafted and with a striking design. It was obvious that a great deal of thought had gone into it. He had designed it himself and had a top-notch team craft it.
"Sui Sui, I've kept this ring for a long time. I originally thought I could wait forever, but now it seems I can't."
Libery looked up, his eyes filled with tenderness mixed with uneasiness, and looked straight into hers.
"Marry me, okay? I will treat you well with everything I have."
Qiao Susu was a little confused by Liberi's sudden decision. She wanted to pull him up, but Liberi insisted on kneeling in front of her.
"I know what I did is despicable, but there are no rules in love." He took out the ring and put it on her middle finger, coaxing her: "Marry me and be my queen. This way, Zong Fang can also be freed from the southern battlefield. I promise you that as long as you like, he can always live with you in the imperial court."
Qiao Suisui hesitated and wanted to retract her hand, but Liberi grabbed her first and said, "And Scorsese. If you stay with Zongfang, will he be able to tolerate Scorsese? If you go back to Sote with him, what will happen to Scorsese and the children?"
"But I don't want to be with anyone and Luka will be sad if he finds out."
He was obviously her first man.
Liberi coaxed softly, "Don't worry. I've already discussed this with him before I came. And after our ceremony, you can register with him. I absolutely won't mind."
Qiao Suisui asked hesitantly, "Does he already know?"
"Yes, this time I'm the one taking you back, not him. Doesn't this just illustrate his attitude?"
Seeing a hint of loss between her eyebrows, Libery suppressed his heartache and said with a smile, "Sui Sui, Scorsese and I grew up together and know him very well. As long as you are well, he doesn't care. And this is the best way to handle it right now. Nothing will change after you go back. If you like living in the Imperial Court, you can live here and go wherever you want. I will never restrict you. Here, Scorsese and I will always have your back, and the children can also get the best education."
Seeing that Qiao Susu was still hesitating, he dropped some bombshell.
"Do you want to keep dragging us along like this?"
Qiao Suisui's back stiffened. The guilt she felt for Karl's matter was brought out by these words. She had always been somewhat self-condemned. Although the rules of this world were that females could have multiple mates, the discipline and education she had received over the past decade constantly reminded her—
You are a slut.
You are wrong to do this.
You can't have so much beauty and happiness at the same time.
You shouldn't have to hang so many people just to be loved.
Even if she has cultivated to the point of being extremely selfish and hardened, she cannot avoid such a voice emerging from her mind, because that is the collective subconscious that the past society has given to women.
Libery's words made her feel uneasy. She clutched the ring, and the hard cut surface of the diamond hurt her palm.
".I promise you."
It's just a ceremony, nothing will change. Qiao Suisui comforted herself in her heart.
Liberi happily hugged her tightly, and the two of them embraced each other, but one of them was ecstatic while the other was confused.
——
Qiao Sui Sui hurried back to her palace and searched for the luggage she had brought back. Normally, she would put something this important in the system's storage compartment, but the compartment was full, and she was afraid Zong Fang would see it and get angry if she left it in the space, so she hid it in a box.
When Karl walked in, he saw things scattered all over the floor. He resigned himself to picking them up one by one for her. Qiao Susu threw things in front and he picked them up behind.
“Found it!”
She opened the box and saw that the wolf fang was intact, and she breathed a sigh of relief.
Carl packed up her things and muttered to herself, his words full of sourness: "What if I really get lost? I can just grab a passing dog and knock out one of its teeth. Do you believe that I can still command the wolf tribe and dominate the world?"
"You can command without fangs. Your most powerful weapon is your mouth."
"Not convinced?"
Karl grabbed her and kissed her fiercely, and deliberately whispered in her ear: “Believe it or not, this mouth of mine can make you cry and beg me to stop.”
Qiao Susu's face instantly turned several degrees hotter. She pushed his strong abdominal muscles, pushed the man away and then stuck to him again, pushed him away and then stuck to him again.
She blushed and scolded, "I think you are also a dog, a dog-skin plaster."
Karl chuckled a few times and held her hand tightly.
"It doesn't matter, they all have hair. Do you want to touch it?"
(End of this chapter)
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