The fragrance was irresistible, and her slender waist was so delicate that you could easily reach out and pull her into your arms.
Li Changzhou remained silent.
Li Biwei suddenly stepped back, her gaze fixed on him as clear as autumn water.
After a long while, she smiled slightly, as if she had seen through something.
"Second brother, do you think I went to hell or heaven after I died?"
"Hell is on earth, and the gates of heaven are only open to the living; the dead have nothing," Li Changzhou said.
The road had come to an end, and the two arrived at the intersection. Li Changzhou stopped.
Just as he was about to say goodbye, Li Biwei suddenly said, "Can I ask you a question?"
“Generally speaking, when someone says that, it’s not a good question,” Li Changzhou said with a smile. “You can ask, but I might not be able to answer.”
"It's okay if you don't answer."
"Ask away." Li Changzhou put his hands in his pockets.
Li Biwei looked at him and said softly, "Second Brother, how are you doing?"
Li Changzhou paused for a moment, then looked away.
There was a child by the roadside, who was dyeing his nails with balsam flowers. He remembered that Li Qianxia had done the same thing when she was a child.
Li Changzhou took his hand out of his pocket and gently patted Li Biwei's slender shoulder.
"They're gone."
Li Biwei watched Li Changzhou walk away without blinking, but Li Changzhou suddenly disappeared from her sight.
She stood there, lost in thought, the surrounding scenery blurring and swaying, transforming into a piece of old time, a faded old photograph.
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Li Changzhou returned to the main timeline, took out the Gu chain from the Honey Pot World, played with it for a while, and then put it away.
"Ergou, why are you sighing about getting married?" Li Qianxia rushed back.
With Li Changzhou's mastery of space, he can now allow others to freely enter and exit the Honey Pot World without needing his assistance.
Li Qianxia plopped down in a chair and gestured with her chin at him: "Tell me what's wrong, and I'll think of a solution for you."
"It's nothing, I just feel sorry for Qinglan and Yaochi."
"What, you cheated on me?"
"...Because I'm going to marry both of them, I feel sorry."
"Humans cannot survive independently. Your position as King of Black Mist today is inseparable from my nurturing, and the Corpse Gene has countless subordinates. Therefore, humans must work together. Two people are always stronger than one, and many people are definitely stronger than two. So—"
“What’s wrong with having a harem!” she declared loudly.
“What do you mean, ‘not wrong’?” Yang Qinglan emerged from her own world of eternal sands.
"My brother says he's going to have a harem!" Li Qianxia said without blushing or skipping a beat.
"Do you think we're deaf?" Yaochi also came out.
“Actually, what I wanted to say was,” Li Qianxia said slowly, racking her brains to find excuses, “that my brother shouldn’t waste time feeling guilty. He should look forward, find ways to make you happy, and work harder at night. That’s much better than feeling guilty.”
Yaochi sat down, tapped her fingers on the table, and asked with a smile, "What do you mean by 'working harder tonight'?"
"Well... that..." Li Qianxia said shyly, "Qinglan understands! Lanlan, tell me, what does 'working hard at night' mean?"
“It’s not necessarily your brother who works hard.” Yang Qinglan answered based on her own experience.
Li Qianxia said to Yaochi, "I told you she knew what she was doing! You become like the company you keep; she's already been corrupted into a female hooligan by my brother!"
"You asked me that question, how did it turn me into a hooligan?" Yang Qinglan smiled gently. "If we're talking about how people are influenced by their surroundings, shouldn't you be the hooligan after being with your brother for over twenty years?"
"Have you considered the possibility that I might remain untainted by the mud?" Li Qianxia said.
“Impossible,” Yang Qinglan replied.
Yaochi added, "That shouldn't be the case either."
"Brother, someone is bullying me!"
Li Changzhou looked at the three women in front of him.
Yang Qinglan is like mist, possessing the hazy and ethereal quality of mist;
The Jade Pool is like a flower, possessing the beauty, fragrance, and nobility of flowers;
Li Qianxia is like a lark, making people love her and wish they could hold her in their hands or put her in their pockets.
They all possessed captivating beauty.
He smiled and said, "It's almost time, let's go pick up Tianlu and the others."
Yaochi took a deep breath.
Yang Qinglan and Li Qianxia both laughed.
Li Changzhou smiled and looked at Yaochi. Yaochi, feeling nervous and embarrassed, glared at him fiercely, as if it were all his fault.
...This reason isn't entirely wrong.
Upon arriving in Academy City, they waited in the chairman's office as usual. Soon after, Yang Tianlu arrived with the entire class.
"Dad, Mom, is it okay if my classmate attends the wedding too?" he asked.
"Of course." Li Changzhou nodded, then smiled and said to the children, "Hello everyone, thank you for being friends with Tianlu and Yuyin."
The children looked at him with a mixture of curiosity and fear.
Li Huoya tattled to Yang Qinglan, "There are two kids named Tianlu in here."
friend?
Two more?
The young mother, Yang Qinglan, remained calm and asked softly, "Which two?"
"The one with short hair, and the one with long hair."
Yang Qinglan glanced at them and saw that they were the two prettiest girls in the class, and they were actually shy because of her gaze.
"And," Li Huoya continued, "they're always holding hands."
...
Yang Qinglan knew this was most likely just a child's way of expressing affection, or imitating adults, and didn't mean anything, but...
She told Li Changzhou about it, hoping he would beat up that brat Yang Tianlu.
Li Changzhou wondered: Does character determine destiny, or does destiny determine character?
Upon learning this, Yaochi became deeply worried about her unborn child, fearing that Yang Tianlu might lead him astray.
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