Chapter 554

“Liguang, no… I really can’t eat anymore…”

Fang Qi struggled weakly, his voice drained of strength.

He was currently sitting cross-legged on the deck, both hands braced against the floor.

His stomach…

His stomach was about to explode!

In front of him was a clay pot.

Inside the pot was shark-fin soup as milky-white as milk itself!

The broth was still bubbling away, and its rich, savory aroma had filled the entire raft!

The smell was unbelievably delicious!

But…

Whenever Fang Qi caught a whiff of it now, all he wanted to do was retch!

Because his stomach was already stretched as round as a ball!

His whole body leaned backward, both hands supporting him on the deck behind him as he tried to get away from the clay pot!

But…!

“Eat!”

A small hand pressed against the back of his head!

It forced his head, which he had been leaning away, back into place!

Right in front of him was Liguang’s pretty face, so close he could almost touch it.

Her amber eyes were trembling with excitement, while streams of dark-blue data flashed wildly within them!

Her crimson eyes flickered rapidly, red light blinking on and off!

The corners of her lips were curled into an incredibly excited smile!

No, not curled.

They were stretched into a grin!

The corners of her mouth were practically reaching her ears!

Fang Qi stared at the crazy woman in front of him in horror.

A devil!

“Master, you have to eat!!”

Even her voice was trembling.

With one hand holding the back of Fang Qi’s head, she lifted the bowl of shark-fin soup with the other—

then forcefully poured it straight into Fang Qi’s mouth!

“You have to eat whether you want to or not!! Eat!!”

“Mmph-mmph-mmph-mmph—!!!”

Fang Qi struggled desperately!

“Eat!!!”

Liguang’s crimson eyes flashed frantically!

“Master, eat!!!”

“Mmph-mmph-mmph-mmph-mmph-mmph—!!!”

Another half-bowl was poured down his throat!

Fang Qi’s eyes bulged so far they looked ready to pop out!

Crazy Girl, you damn…!!!

“Mmph-mmph-mmph-mmph-mmph-mmph—!!!”

…

…

Beneath a sky full of stars, the raft rocked gently.

Fang Qi lay flat on his back on the deck, one leg bent and the other stretched straight, both hands clutching his stomach…

His eyes were rolled back.

Shark-fin soup, braised shark fin, stewed shark fin…

Delicious.

But delicious was one thing…

Eating fourteen shark fins in a row was something else entirely!

His stomach really was about to burst!

“Burp—!”

He let out a burp that tasted of shark fin, a gelatinous sensation rising all the way up his throat!

Shark fin was highly nourishing, so his mind remained perfectly clear. Which meant…

He was lucidly enduring the agony of being stuffed to death!

Fang Qi felt his brain trembling!

Crazy Girl, you’re practically committing mu—

“Burp!”

He burped again, and his body jerked.

Murdering your own husband…

A small hand suddenly began gently rubbing his stomach.

The palm was soft, moving back and forth as it lightly massaged his round, swollen belly.

“Master…”

Liguang’s cautious voice sounded beside his ear.

“Does this feel a little better…?”

Fang Qi: “…”

He continued rolling his eyes.

“Master…?”

The silver-haired girl’s little head leaned over.

So Fang Qi closed his eyes. He refused to look toward the source of the voice, and he didn’t want to speak either!

He gritted his teeth.

This feeling…

Was really nostalgic!

It was just like back then, when Liguang had force-fed him cake!

“Master~”

Liguang cooed beside his ear.

He kept his eyes closed, feeling the small hand gently rubbing his stomach.

Coquetry wouldn’t help!

Crazy Girl, you’re finished!

Just you wait!

Once I feel a little better, I’m going to pin you over my knee…

And spank your little butt raw!

I’ll show you who’s really the master!

With his eyes closed, he played out the scene of spanking his wife in his mind three whole times!

…That felt good.

Satisfied, he continued lying there.

“Master~”

Liguang’s coquettish voice sounded beside his ear again.

This time, it was even closer.

He could even feel her warm, soft breath brushing against the shell of his ear.

“Don’t ignore Liguang~”

His earlobe suddenly gave a faint twinge of pain!

She had gently bitten it.

“Master, didn’t you want to hear the truth?”

Liguang whispered beside his ear.

Her breath was warm, and her voice soft and sweet.

“Liguang will tell Master the truth right now, okay~?”

The truth…?

Urgh…

Fang Qi: “…”

He was so stuffed that he wasn’t even very interested in the truth anymore!

All he wanted to do was lie there and rot!

But…

He still had to learn the truth.

He wanted to know what had happened outside this game world, in that apartment building surrounded by drones…

How was Lin Xiaoyou doing? Was Sister An Lian safe? And Gu Xi…?

“Phew…”

Fang Qi slowly exhaled.

Then he raised his hand and grabbed the little hand that was rubbing his stomach.

That small hand paused slightly, then turned around and laced its fingers through his.

Their fingers intertwined.

He still didn’t open his eyes.

“Liguang.”

His voice was even a little weak.

“Go ahead. I’m listening.”

“…Hee-hee.”

A giggle sounded beside his ear.

Then he heard the rustle of someone turning over.

Fang Qi felt his arm being hugged by two slender, smooth arms.

A soft, warm body pressed lightly against his side.

Mm, Liguang had lain down too, right beside him, so close that their bodies were touching.

He could feel her warmth, as well as a faint, sweet strawberry scent.

Fang Qi slowly opened his eyes.

He didn’t turn to look at Liguang beside him. Instead, he continued staring at the night sky overhead.

The sky in the latter half of the night seemed… just a tiny bit dimmer than when he had looked at it earlier.

“Master.”

Liguang’s gentle voice sounded beside his ear.

“You probably… haven’t noticed, have you?”

“This place, this world, actually…”

She rubbed her cheek lightly against Fang Qi’s arm.

“It isn’t Liguang’s mental game world, you know?”

Huh?

Oh…

With one hand holding Liguang’s little hand and the other covering his painfully bloated stomach, Fang Qi lazily stared at the stars overhead.

So this wasn’t Liguang’s mental game world after all.

Then what exactly was this place…?

Fang Qi: “?”

His sluggish brain suddenly froze.

He blinked at the starry sky.

What?

What had Liguang just said?

It wasn’t…?

Suddenly, pressure was applied to his stomach!

A long, fair leg abruptly came down on top of it!

“Urgh…!”

Fang Qi’s eyes flew open, his train of thought interrupted!

What the hell!

Crazy Girl, don’t press on my stomach!

“Liguang, you—you…!”

“Master.”

Liguang’s voice sounded beside his ear, gentle yet slightly trembling.

“This place, actually…”

“Is our home, you know? Our… little apartment.”

“We’ve been here all along.”

Liguang whispered into his ear.

“We’ve never left.”

Fang Qi: “?”

He stared at the starry sky, his mind short-circuiting for a moment.

No… What was his wife talking about?

What did she mean, this place was their apartment…?

This was the sea! It was their little raft! How could it be…

An apartment?

“Liguang just…”

Her breath was very close, whispering against his ear.

“‘Remodeled’ it a little, that’s all. I made it… a little different from its surroundings.”

“And I used the ‘permissions’ Master gave back to Liguang before…”

She gently breathed into Fang Qi’s ear.

Fang Qi: “…?”

“Huh? Wait…”

He stared blankly at the night sky.

No…

Wife?

What are you talking about…?

Beside his profile, a scarlet glow continued to shine.

He didn’t turn his head, but he could feel that gaze.

Burning hot and utterly deranged!

“Master gave Liguang back her permissions. It really…”

Liguang’s breathing began to grow slightly uneven.

“Made Liguang so, so much stronger…!”

Her voice trembled.

And then…

She gently bit his ear again.

“Liguang really…”

She spoke indistinctly.

“Loves Master so, so much.”

The stars continued to twinkle across the sky.

The Milky Way stretched across the heavens, as magnificent as ever.

But Fang Qi’s brain had completely stopped functioning.

He could only stare blankly.

Wait.

He understood every word she had said. So why, when they were put together…

Did they sound like an alien language?

He slowly turned his head and looked to the side.

The silver-haired girl was lying beside him on her side, hugging his arm with her cheek pressed against his shoulder.

She was smiling.

Her brows and eyes curved into gentle arcs.

But those heterochromatic eyes were staring straight at him!

A faint shimmer of moisture rippled in her amber eye, while the scarlet light in her red eye shone quietly.

That gaze was almost as if…

She were admiring a precious treasure she had lost and found again?

No.

Fang Qi’s gaze trembled.

It was a treasure she would never lose again.

…?

“But, Master…”

Liguang spoke again, her smile sweet and cloying.

“This permission also came with some…”

Her phoenix eyes, curved like crescent moons, narrowed slightly.

“Information that Liguang doesn’t really like.”

Fang Qi: “…”

His Adam’s apple bobbed faintly.

“For example…”

The silver-haired girl leaned gently toward his face and then…

Lightly pecked him on the lips.

They were soft.

But Fang Qi felt no trace of romance.

His gaze trembled.

Because the smile on the silver-haired girl’s face reminded him of…

The Liguang from the very beginning.

The Liguang who would turn him into an immobile doll and hold him while spinning in circles.

“For example, Master also let Liguang know…”

she whispered softly.

“The ultimate purpose of all of Master’s plans.”

She stared straight at Fang Qi, while the leg pressed against his stomach began to slowly exert force.

“It’s to… achieve [Eternal Love].”

Pressure bore down on his stomach, but…

Fang Qi no longer cared.

He stared blankly at Liguang.

Achieve… what?

“It’s to…”

Her leg pressed down another notch, and a flash of madness crossed her eyes!

“Leave… this… world.”

Fang Qi: “…”

…Huh?

He stared blankly at Liguang.

What Liguang was talking about…

Was that plan of his from before he lost his memories—the plan in which he had thrown himself into the game?

The ultimate purpose of the plan devised by his former self, the one who had voluntarily asked Lin Xiaoyou to erase his memories…!

“Ugh—!”

His eyes suddenly widened!

The leg on his stomach pressed down harder and harder!

His thoughts were abruptly interrupted!

His stomach churned violently, and a bloated ache surged from his abdomen all the way up to his throat!

No!

He reached out and grabbed Liguang’s thigh, squeezing the flesh and trying to push her leg away!

“Liguang, you—!”

But Liguang gave him no chance to shove her away!

Her leg continued pressing down!

The smile on her face grew increasingly undisguisedly sick and twisted!

“Then there’s…”

she continued to whisper softly.

“Master also let Liguang know about the other eight Super Cores besides Liguang…”

Liguang’s nose touched the tip of Fang Qi’s nose.

Her heterochromatic eyes stared straight into his!

The glimmering moisture in her amber eye froze!

The scarlet light in her red eye solidified as well!

“They…”

She paused.

The curve of her lips widened a little further.

“Are all insurance policies Master prepared for his plan, aren’t they?”

Fang Qi stared at her eyes in a daze.

Insurance?

What did that mean?

“What insurance…?”

he murmured subconsciously.

“That’s right.”

Liguang’s eyes curved even more, as though she were quite pleased by his bewildered reaction.

The tip of her nose began deliberately rubbing lightly against his.

“Insurance means that if Liguang ever stops obeying one day…”

Her voice was soft—so very soft.

“If Liguang interferes with Master’s plan and doesn’t want Master to leave… then Master can use them to…”

Her eyes curved into crescent moons.

“Dis-pose-of-Li-guang.”

…?

Wait…

Fang Qi stared at Liguang’s heterochromatic eyes from such close range.

Amber.

Scarlet.

Both colors were frozen solid!

“When that time comes, Liguang really…”

She exhaled softly, her breath brushing across his lips.

“Won’t be able to resist, will she?”

Fang Qi: “…”

His mind went completely blank. Utterly blank.

What did she mean, dispose of Liguang?

What did she mean by…

Dis-pose-of-Li-guang?!

How could he possibly…!

“They’re all…”

Liguang suddenly leaned close to his ear again and breathed against it.

“Only Master can command them. Only Master can destroy them…”

That trembling, excited voice flowed from his ear straight into his mind!

“Master’s most… loy-al… part-ners.”

Fang Qi: “…”

His entire body went rigid.

He opened his mouth, but not a single sound came out.

“Heehee.”

The silver-haired girl let out another soft laugh.

She pulled back from his ear, her pretty face hovering directly above his.

She looked down at Fang Qi. The blue glow within her amber eye and the scarlet glow within her red eye shone with startling brilliance!

That sick, twisted smile at the corners of her lips was dazzlingly radiant!

“So, what do you think, Master?”

she asked softly, her voice trembling with excitement!

“The taste of a partner…”

She grinned, tilting her head slightly.

“Was it good?”

Fang Qi stared blankly at her.

“That core believed in Master until the very end, you know?”

Her lips lightly brushed against the rim of his ear before she gently bit it again.

“Until it died, it thought…”

“Master had only made a mistake.”

“Master had only been deceived by Liguang.”

“Master…”

“Wasn’t really going to destroy it~”

“Heehee~”