Chapter 347: Lu Qingshui's Confession!
Heaven's Gift Guild Residence.
The members of the Guild saw that after Li Xiang went out and came back, he brought back a cute little loli, and immediately surrounded Anthony asking questions.
Because they had discussed it beforehand, Anthony called Li Xiang Big Sister, saying he saved him outside.
In fact... besides gender, there was nothing he hid in what he said.
In everyone's hearts, Li Xiang's image suddenly became much greater.
Originally, in the eyes of the members, Li Xiang was a decisive and straightforward person, and there seemed to be nothing he couldn't do.
Saving a little loli, in their view, Li Xiang's heart was definitely delicate, full of maternal radiance. Unknowingly, the distance between them and Li Xiang was shortened by another step.
Li Xiang... of course didn't know that he had gained a Divine-grade ability and also gained a potential stock fighter, and could also have the unexpected gain of bringing the Guild members closer.
But the Guild members liking Anthony made Li Xiang sigh in relief.
This game is extremely realistic.
Although Anthony, this little loli, agreed to work for him, if he is unhappy staying in the Guild, he might still leave.
This is different from Hademan, who signed a Demon contract.
He is a free individual.
Before long, Poetic Spring and Aige pulled Anthony and found Li Xiang.
"Big Sister, we're planning to take Anthony to bathe together, do you want to come?"
Together... bathe?!!
This is possible in the game?!
Li Xiang was shocked.
Before Li Xiang could answer, Anthony's slightly strange gaze had already fallen on Li Xiang, "Let's go, Pumpkin Big Sister, let's go together."
Li Xiang awkwardly touched his nose, "I... I won't go, you guys go."
Poetic Spring nodded somewhat dejectedly, "Okay, then we'll go."
After speaking, she took Anthony to the city, saying they would buy him some clothes after bathing.
Turning around and passing by Li Xiang, Anthony grabbed Li Xiang's arm and whispered, "I won't tell them your secret, you can come without worry~"
Tsk!
This little girl...
Aige looked at Anthony, who was leaning close to Li Xiang's ear to speak, with confusion, and asked curiously, "Anthony, what are you saying?"
Anthony ran over happily, "I told Pumpkin Big Sister not to be shy, everyone is a girl, it's fine~"
Tsk...
Poetic Spring hugged Anthony, "Although I really want to bathe with Big Sister too, Big Sister still has things to do. Next time, we'll drag him along."
"Mhm~"
Watching the three girls leave, Li Xiang leaned back in his chair, pondering a question.
Does the system really allow this kind of situation to occur?
Or, if he really goes to the bathing place, all he'll see is holy light, unable to see anything...
Hmm... this is a question worth exploring...
Looking up outside, the sky had already completely darkened.
"It's time to log off. Today's harvest was good. I'll continue tomorrow."
...
Logging off, he climbed out of the game pod. The figures of Wang Zhiyan and Lu Qingshui busy in the kitchen from previous days were gone.
"Hah..."
Li Xiang flopped onto the sofa, "I'm not eating."
Just two minutes after lying down, the door opened.
The people who knew the password, besides Li Xiang, were only Lu Qingshui and Wang Zhiyan.
Li Xiang looked up, and indeed, it was the two of them.
Lu Qingshui walked up to Li Xiang, "You're not planning to eat now?"
Li Xiang touched his nose, "No... I'm a bit tired, want to rest for a while..."
"Then you sleep for a while. I'll call you when the food is ready."
She walked into the kitchen as if nothing had ever happened. Wang Zhiyan's gaze met Li Xiang's, and she also smiled faintly before turning her head away.
Li Xiang sank into the sofa.
What is all this...
While thinking random thoughts, he fell into a deep sleep.
When Li Xiang woke up, he found something heavy on him.
Sleep paralysis?!
"Mmm~"
A soft groan came from on top of Li Xiang. Then Li Xiang felt the weight on him lighten. He looked down and saw Lu Qingshui sitting up with her hair disheveled.
She... had just fallen asleep on Li Xiang.
Rubbing her eyes, Lu Qingshui spoke, "You're awake."
Her sleepy-eyed appearance was full of laziness, like a cat that had just woken up.
"Uh... I..."
Li Xiang was a bit confused about the situation.
Lu Qingshui didn't get up, but sat by the sofa looking at Li Xiang, "Zhiyan has already gone back."
"Ah... went back so early."
"Did you want to keep her longer?"
"Uh... not really, you... why didn't you leave together?"
"What do you think?"
After speaking, Lu Qingshui leaned closer to Li Xiang's face, so close that he could clearly feel her breath.
Li Xiang was stunned.
Lu Qingshui spoke, her breath like orchids, "Zhiyan finally fell in love, and you made her heartbroken. Isn't it normal for her to leave early unhappy?"
Li Xiang gave a bitter smile, "You also made me heartbroken, and I'm not happy either."
"I'm sorry."
Li Xiang was startled. The next second, Lu Qingshui lay on his chest, her cheek pressing tightly against it.
"Your heart is beating so fast."
At this moment, Li Xiang felt like his brain was about to crash.
"No... that... I..."
"Silly~" Lu Qingshui raised her head and looked directly at Li Xiang, "Do you want to hear my story? If after hearing it you still think I'm a good choice..."
Li Xiang directly reached out and pulled her into his embrace, "I'm the kind of person who likes challenges."
Feeling the warm temperature on Li Xiang, Lu Qingshui let out a light breath, resting against Li Xiang's chest, and softly said, "Do you know about Sky God Group?"
Sky God Group?
After thinking for two seconds, Li Xiang said uncertainly, "That Sky God Group, the third largest globally?"
"Mhm... that's the Group controlled by my Lu family."
Li Xiang was startled.
He had always known that Lu Qingshui had a background, but he hadn't expected it to be this significant.
Sky God Group has countless industries under its umbrella, involved in pharmaceuticals, technology, food, automobiles, and even military industries.
Everyone knows that the game Myth has a national background, and not just one. Many technologically advanced countries in the world jointly developed it, but the publishing company is still a private enterprise, and this enterprise is Sky God Group.
Although Sky God Group is the third largest globally, the two ranked ahead of it are controlled by different national backgrounds, belonging to the official industries of two countries, not private industries. Only Sky God Group is a private industry, and the forces behind it are extremely mysterious; at least among the populace, no one knows who the ultimate mastermind is.
Lu Qingshui continued, "Before I was even born, who I would marry was already decided..."
"On the day I became an adult, I met that fiancé. He was indeed as handsome as the rumors said, spoke excellently, and his family background was completely not inferior to mine. Honestly, no normal woman could resist a man like that."
Speaking of this, Lu Qingshui noticed that Li Xiang's arms holding her were tightening. She raised her head and looked at Li Xiang, "But perhaps I'm not a normal woman. I wasn't interested in him at all."
However, at that time, I wasn't that resistant either. After all, being born into this kind of family, marrying anyone is still marrying, and having a husband like that isn't bad, until...
That day, I accidentally overheard a conversation between my father and my older and younger brothers. They hoped to quickly arrange my marriage with that man so I could steal a groundbreaking technology controlled by his company. They were plotting how to make me obediently comply and become their puppet...
Do you know? I don't oppose sacrificing myself for the family, because I know this is my fate.
But, what I hoped was that they could tell me openly and let me make my own choice. They didn't. To ensure foolproof success, they chose to implant a special chip in my brain. After implantation, once I enter the game Myth, my consciousness and memories would be edited and controlled by them, completely becoming a puppet without even self-awareness...
I escaped. It's laughable, but it was thanks to my younger brother still having a bit of personal feeling for me, his older sister, that I was able to successfully escape.
Otherwise, I, who have been kept within the family for various reasons and unable to go out for five years, would now be a puppet without self-awareness..."
Li Xiang was stunned.
He had never imagined that Lu Qingshui was enduring such immense pressure to come to his side.
Now, he understood everything.
She is now desperately fighting against fate, fighting for her life.
And yet he was thinking of holding her back...
How damnable...
"Sorry..."
Lu Qingshui shook her head, raised her head, and looked seriously at Li Xiang, "But that chip has already been implanted in my brain. I don't have much time left..."
She paused for a moment, then continued, her words carrying a hint of sadness, "I've finished saying the important things. I'll tell you the details later if there's a chance. Now, will you still choose me?"