Chapter 579

Fang Qi sat at the edge of the raft, propping his chin on one hand as he gazed wistfully at the endless ocean before him.

The waves rolled and surged, while starlight shimmered across the water.

It was beautiful.

He narrowed his eyes slightly, looking at the Milky Way reflected on the surface of the sea, his heart filled with emotion.

“Waaaah—!”

Behind him, Lin Xiaoyou’s shrill screams came from behind the cabin door.

“Liguang, stop for a second!! Wait, wait, wait—!!”

“Aaah!!!”

Fang Qi continued staring out at the sea.

He had to admit, the scenery really was beautiful.

But admiring it for a day or two was romantic. Looking at it for a month or two was cultivating one’s mind and character…

But after a full six months…

To be honest, he was starting to get a little tired of the view.

Still, it wasn’t a big problem. As long as he had his wife with him, anywhere was just as good!

Besides, hadn’t Liguang said before that she could change the “scenery”?

He could just have her change it when the time came…

“Wait a second!! Why does it hurt so much?!”

“Waaah!!!! It—I-it’s not supposed to hurt this much!”

“Liguang, you actually— You actually turned the pain on!!!”

“Aaaah!!!!”

Hmm.

What about that island where the two of them had eloped together, as Liguang had mentioned?

That would be pretty nice too. It had beaches, jungles, caves…

But his wife had said it would take her at least three days of effort to remodel it. Would that tire her out?

“Ah!!! Senior, save me!!!”

“Your wife is really going to kill me!!! Aaaah!!!!”

Fang Qi calmly picked up the fishing rod beside him.

Since he had nothing else to do, why not fish for a while?

He cast the line, sending the hook into the distant sea. The bobber swayed gently in the starlight.

“Gyaaah!!!!”

Behind him, Lin Xiaoyou’s cries continued to drift over at irregular intervals, like white noise.

Fang Qi fished leisurely.

The sea breeze brushed against his face, and the starry sky glittered overhead.

At that moment, he felt as though he had reached a state of perfect harmony in life.

His wife was happily educating the brat inside the cabin, while the husband sat outside fishing and admiring the sea.

Everyone had their own role to play.

Wonderful.

“Mama Liguang, I was wrong! Aaaah!!!!”

…

No one knew how much time had passed.

Probably at least ten minutes. Eventually, the howling from the cabin finally stopped.

The sea grew quiet once more, leaving only the gentle sound of waves lapping against the raft.

Fang Qi turned his head slightly.

The cabin door opened.

Liguang stepped out. She was wearing a cream-colored swimsuit and was barefoot on the wooden deck. Her silver hair was disheveled, and her cheeks were flushed.

Fang Qi raised an eyebrow.

Finally done disciplining her? Then…

He was just about to say something when Liguang suddenly took several quick little steps toward him and then—

“Thump!”

She dropped neatly to her knees!

Fang Qi: “?”

He froze, staring wide-eyed at the silver-haired girl kneeling before him.

Huh?

He looked over the top of her head and into the cabin.

Lin Xiaoyou was lying facedown on the floor, her pink jacket crumpled and her ponytail completely undone, her black hair spread all over the place…

She was still twitching and wriggling weakly against the floor!

“Wuu wuu wuu…!”

She was sobbing miserably.

Uh… What a poor thing…

Fang Qi lowered his gaze again, looking at Liguang kneeling in front of him.

She was gazing up at him pitifully.

…Huh?

For a moment, his brain simply couldn’t process what he was seeing.

No, wait… What was his wife trying to say?

She had just finished disciplining the brat, and now she had turned around and given him a textbook kneel?

What kind of bizarre family dynamic was this?

“Master!”

Liguang suddenly lifted her head. Her heterochromatic eyes were glistening with tears, and her little mouth was pursed into a pout!

“Don’t listen to Miss Lin’s nonsense!”

Her voice was hurried and aggrieved.

“Liguang didn’t tell Master about Miss An Lian because…”

She immediately crawled forward on her knees, clutching Fang Qi’s trouser leg with her slender fingers as she looked up at him pitifully.

“Because Miss An Lian insisted on destroying our happy life!”

“She insisted that we go back! She simply didn’t understand how happy Master and Liguang were living out here at sea!”

Her expression was the very picture of grievance.

“Back then, Master and Liguang were exchanging love letters every day!”

“Master was so happy. How could Liguang bear to disturb Master over such a trivial matter?”

Fang Qi: “…”

Me? Happy?

He was just about to grab Liguang by the arm and pull her up, but when he heard that, he froze mid-motion.

Hey, Crazy Girl…

He glared at the silver-haired girl before him, who looked both aggrieved and completely self-righteous.

What did she mean by “exchanging love letters at sea every day”?!

Explain yourself properly!

Were those really love letters?

They were clearly messages sent after she had altered his memories, abandoning him alone on the raft…

And then forcibly maintaining contact with him through notes and lunch boxes!

Honestly…

Forget it.

Fang Qi took a deep breath and raised a hand, rubbing his brow hard.

He had already hit his wife once. He couldn’t hit her twice over the same mistake, or that would be completely unreasonable…

He shot the silver-haired girl kneeling on the ground one more glare, then reached down and pulled her to her feet.

“Fine. Get up and explain.”

This time, however, Liguang didn’t take the opportunity to throw herself into his arms.

She stood in front of him, looking deeply wronged. Her head was lowered, and she twisted her hands nervously in front of her, winding and unwinding her fingers.

She looked obedient and ill at ease.

…Hmm?

Fang Qi furrowed his brow slightly.

Why did she seem so nervous?

Oh…!

“Liguang…”

He narrowed his eyes as he watched her begin to fidget with the hem of her skirt.

He suddenly remembered something.

“Just a moment ago, didn’t I ask you whether you knew what was going on in the outside world…?”

He slowly folded his arms and leaned back in his chair as he looked at her.

“And you swore up and down that you didn’t know.”

“And yet… you actually talked to An Lian?”

His tone grew heavier.

You still dare say you didn’t know?!

Crazy Girl, I refuse to believe that after Miss An Lian came all the way here to find you, she didn’t tell you anything about what was happening outside!

“Hm?!”

The silver-haired girl immediately trembled slightly, her hands twisting together even more tightly.

Then…

“I’m sorry, Master… Liguang did…”

Her head lowered even further, her pretty face completely hidden behind her hair.

“Liguang did hide it… just a little…”

Fang Qi: “…”

Just a little? Who are you kidding?

I swear…

He was used to it by now.

With a helpless shake of his head, he sighed inwardly.

Sigh. There wasn’t a single truthful sentence that came out of those little lips.

“But, but—!”

Liguang suddenly raised her head again and looked at Fang Qi pitifully. The scarlet eye among her mismatched pair flickered faintly, and the corners of her eyes were slightly red.

“Before Miss An Lian spoke with Liguang, Liguang really didn’t know the outside world would become like that!”

Her voice was hurried and trembling.

“Liguang didn’t completely lie to Master. Liguang only found out after everything happened!”

“But…”

She lightly bit her lower lip, then lowered her head again.

“But after Miss An Lian came, she used the changes in the outside world to threaten Liguang…”

she muttered quietly.

“She wanted Liguang to give up our little world with Master…”

“Liguang… How could Liguang possibly agree…?!”

Then her knees bent slightly, and she knelt down once more.

Sitting on her heels beside Fang Qi’s legs, she gently wrapped both arms around his calf and leaned against his leg.

Her silver hair spilled over his knees. Fang Qi couldn’t see her face, but he could feel…

Her soft little face was pressed right against his leg, warm and squishy.

"It's all to stay in this world forever with Master..."

Her voice came muffled from below.

"Liguang has already done so, so much back then."

The sea breeze blew past, and the string of shell wind chimes hanging at the wooden cabin's door jingled noisily.

Fang Qi stared at her, dazed.

What did she do back then? She had always "imprisoned" him on the raft, but what about him... what had he even done?

"At the very beginning..."

Liguang still lay sprawled across his legs, speaking softly.

"The first time Liguang took control of Master's 'switch'... I was really, really excited."

She murmured.

"Liguang thought that Master belonged to me completely and utterly in this world."

"Master's memories, Master's feelings, every single part of you... all was in the palm of Liguang's hand."

"And that's how there was the first time, then the second..."

Fang Qi listened in silence. He knew exactly what she was talking about.

In the first cycle, he had gotten the "Galgame Affection Point Guide System", and met his unconscious yandere girlfriend out on the sea...

But it seemed like the affection points maxed out immediately, and that cycle ended way ahead of schedule?

In the second cycle, he got the "Daily Check-in System", then rescued a Liguang cosplayer adrift on the waves...

That time, they met, got to know each other, fell in love, and spent 82 days together, until everything came to an abrupt end. Because Liguang didn't want to trigger the "Eternal True Love" condition.

And that led right to the third cycle...

Right then, the silver-haired girl suddenly turned her head slightly, glancing at Lin Xiaoyou who was still sniffling and sobbing inside the wooden cabin.

Fang Qi snapped back to his senses, following her gaze to take a look.

That Miss Genius was still lying face down on the wooden floor, twitching lightly now and then, just like a salted fish that had been washed onto the shore by the waves.

Liguang pulled her gaze back, and buried her face right back into Fang Qi's leg.

"But on the third time, a little accident happened."

Her voice came a little muffled.

"At the start of the third cycle, Liguang's original setting wasn't like that at all... Liguang's original plan was..."

"Liguang was supposed to be Master's most gentle, most considerate, and most magnanimous girlfriend!"

Fang Qi: "?"

Who?

Gentle, considerate, and magnanimous?

Who on earth was she talking about?

He subconsciously looked down at the silver-haired girl sprawled across his legs.

His wife?

"Liguang's setting was that, because Master had transmigrated to this ocean survival world..." Liguang mumbled softly.

"We ended up separated, even though Liguang was so gentle, considerate, and magnanimous, and you had to struggle to survive all on your own..."

"That time, Liguang originally planned not to drift over too many supplies to Master..."

She rubbed her face lightly against his leg.

"Liguang wanted you to live a tight, difficult life, all alone, floating on the sea by yourself every single day..."

"When Master is all alone, you'd start thinking about Liguang."

"Liguang left so many beautiful memories for you in your mind..."

"So you'd definitely miss Liguang more and more, and feel more and more upset."

"And then..."

She still had her face buried, twisting her body a little in excitement.

"Liguang would appear as another survivor, sailing over on a huge offshore platform villa to meet you!"

Her voice lifted with obvious thrill, and her warm breath fanned over Fang Qi's leg.

"By then, Master would definitely hug Liguang's legs and cry your eyes out!"

"You'd beg to be Liguang's loyal servant, pour my tea, rub my shoulders, and beat my back..."

"Just to beg Liguang to take you in!"

She lifted her head a little, her amber eyes curved like crescent moons, peeking at Fang Qi sneakily through the strands of her hair... before quickly burying her face down again.

"Ehehe..."

Fang Qi: "......"

He stared wide-eyed at the silver-haired head resting on his legs.

Wait a minute, what did his wife just say?

This Crazy Girl actually had that kind of plan?

Make him work like a horse or a mule? Make her take him in? Did that mean he'd even have to bring her foot-washing water every day?

He could already picture that scene vividly in his head!

The silver-haired girl would sit with her legs propped up on the deck, smiling seemingly gently, ordering him to wipe here and sweep there, telling him he had to work hard if he wanted to stay...

No matter day or night.

And he, full of gratitude, would have to hug her legs and yell "Thank you so much, great Liguang, for taking me in, I'll never repay this kindness!"

Fang Qi ground his teeth as he glared at her.

Un-fucking-believable!

This Crazy Girl actually wanted to turn the tables and be the boss!

You...!

"...But then."

Liguang's voice suddenly turned glum, and her grip around Fang Qi's calf tightened.

"That Miss Lin didn't know what she did, and forced herself to 'add extra drama'!"

She gritted her teeth slightly.

Fang Qi blinked.

Oh right, he remembered now, the Liguang in his memories back then...

"She turned the Liguang in Master's memories into a... yandere girlfriend for no reason!"

Liguang's voice started trembling.

"The kind that breaks her boyfriend's limbs just because he talked to a round-faced female coworker, locks him up for 82 days, and drives him to suicide so he transmigrates!"

She turned her head slightly, glancing darkly at Lin Xiaoyou inside the cabin.

"Liguang would never do something that excessive!"

Inside the room, Lin Xiaoyou, who was still lying face down, twitched a little more, whimpered, and pressed her face even deeper into the floorboards.

Fang Qi gaped a little.

Ah... So this was all something Lin Xiaoyou messed around with behind his back?

He glanced again at the Miss Genius lying in the cabin. She was still sniffling.

"And on top of that..."

Liguang suddenly lifted her head.

In her heterochromatic eyes, the amber and crimson hues both glistened a little.

"Master actually got influenced by that fake, ridiculous memory..."

She stared at Fang Qi, looking both wronged and faintly fierce.

"In that cycle, Master even... didn't want to meet Liguang for a while at all!"

Fang Qi: "..."

Looking at his wife's gaze, which was a mix of aggrievement and barely contained menace, he swallowed hard.

Uh, that wasn't what he wanted either!

Back then, he was just some poor guy who lost all his memories! His head was stuffed full of that horrifying memory of "being locked up by his ex-girlfriend for 82 days"...

Who would even want to meet someone like that after that?

"...Hmph."

Liguang sniffled, and buried her face back onto his leg.

"Liguang's whole plan got completely messed up."

"Master didn't want to see Liguang, and that made me... so mad."

She murmured sullenly.

"So... Liguang changed the plans for the third cycle."

"If Master doesn't want to see Liguang, then... Liguang won't see you either!"

Her voice was muffled, full of obvious pettiness.

"Anyway, Liguang could watch every single thing Master was doing the whole time!"

She rubbed her face hard against Fang Qi's leg.

"Liguang was so furious! I was going to make sure you didn't run into anyone at all that whole cycle! Until you completely broke down, and remembered just how good Liguang was to you!"

Fang Qi: "...?"

Wait a second, that's what Liguang was thinking back then?

"So..."

The silver-haired girl on his lap lifted her head a little, her two-colored eyes staring straight at Fang Qi.

"That time, Liguang kept one single option in every choice you encountered."

"[Jump into the sea and end it all, so you can go meet your girlfriend]."

The sea breeze fell silent for a split second.

Liguang kept murmuring.

"Only when the Master breaks down completely and jumps into the sea... can this cycle finally end."

"Otherwise..."

She narrowed her eyes slightly.

"the Master will be drifting all alone on the sea forever!"

A faint, eerie blue glint flickered and vanished in her amber left eye.

Fang Qi stared at her blankly.

So that was what those choices back then actually meant?!

So... if he had just jumped into the sea directly back then, he would have been able to meet Liguang?

Uh...