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"Hmm... Consider it a gift for my two little wives."
Lin Qi seemed to be joking, and the other person was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then also thought that Lin Qi was joking.
"Okay, it's nothing to me. The main thing is having nightmares every day. It must feel terrible."
"This thing won't cause this problem, and those of you who came from there have more or less been affected by the curse."
"In this situation, you can only say you're lucky, or that there's a 90% chance you'll be fine, but a 10% chance you'll be targeted by something else. After all, your own nightmares already speak for themselves, and Ellie is having the same nightmares. Do you really think it's just a coincidence?"
Maria was stunned when she heard this, her eyes filled with disbelief.
"You mean our nightmares are related to that curse?"
"Don't you see the kind of equipment your school can't even use? Do you think this is a small matter? Of course, it depends on luck. There's a high probability nothing will happen, and as time goes on, they won't do it anymore. But if you have the ability, it's always better to be safe than sorry. You can't just gamble on the probability of nothing happening, right? Ideally, you should be 100% sure nothing will happen..."
"
So please accept it.
Maria hesitated for a moment after hearing this, but still lost weight. After all, she was okay, but she didn't want her sister to be in real trouble.
It was as if a completely new door had been opened for us.
"Isn't this very valuable?"
After Maria put it on, her fatigue disappeared, her mind cleared, and the effects of the nightmares she had been experiencing vanished instantly. She also felt a warm, comforting sensation all over her body. This was probably what they called a magical artifact, and it must be very expensive. After all, ordinary people couldn't possibly have access to such things, and the feeling she got just from wearing it already indicated how precious it was.
"Hmm, I can make it out of thin air, but for those rich people, they can't buy it even if they go bankrupt."
The other person seemed to feel a bit pressured after hearing this.
"that.."
Maria had originally thought about seeing if there was any way to offset the debt, since it's not good to take something for free, but after listening to her story, she realized that she couldn't offer anything equivalent to her 1.0.
"It feels too expensive. If you're embarrassed, how about we just let it go like we did when we were kids?"
Maria blushed deeply upon hearing this. After all, how could she act like that when they were children? It was alright before, but now that she was older, thinking back, he had always been a handsome, ruthless rogue.
Lin Qi wasn't teasing the other person. He simply wanted to help, like a way of expressing his childhood longing, since he used to ask for kisses when he was a child.
Chapter 389 Me? A Marriage Contract? One of Them?
Lin Qi suddenly remembered that he had fooled both sisters before, but this time it was really real. His reaction was a bit too strong back then, and it took him a lot of effort to finally fool them completely, and they kissed each other many times. To be honest, he never thought he was that kind of person before. He had to admit he was amazing.
In the end, the other party felt it was getting late and had to leave.
"Qi Jun, it's getting late, I have to leave now."
"Okay, you can go now. There's still one guest."
The other person was stunned for a moment after hearing this, but did not ask any questions. When he stood up to leave, he suddenly bent down and lowered his head. It was supposed to be a smooth action, and he planned to clean his face and run away. But someone else reacted faster. Just as the other person was about to touch him, he turned his face away. The two soft parts of his face touched each other. The other person's eyes widened immediately, and then he quickly separated them and ran away with a red face.
Lin Qi said, "So you still remember? But I'm not a good person, nor am I one of those slow-witted guys. You've already come to my doorstep, so let's make it a little coincidental. There's definitely no problem with a small accident happening."
Lynch07's behavior was tantamount to shamelessly manipulating the other party's personality, and it has to be said that he really succeeded, since he didn't call anyone a hooligan or anything, and ran away with a red face, which proved everything.
About a minute after the other person left, someone else came in.
Lin Qi was somewhat surprised to see the other person come in alone.
"Oh ho, so even those who weren't invited to be with you are coming in? I don't care."
Upon hearing this, Suoh Yuki smiled sweetly and said:
"These are some private topics, so it's fine to talk about them outside."
The other party was not surprised at all that Lin Qi knew there were people outside. In fact, they already knew some things about Lin Qi. After all, although the family had declined and was becoming increasingly dangerous, it still had a foundation.
Lin Qi was taken aback when he heard this. He handed the other person a cup of tea, and the other person took a sip with great elegance and then expressed his admiration, which was genuine.
"It tastes so good."
After seeing that the other party had drunk the tea, Lin Qi got straight to the point.
"I'm quite curious, why did you contact me? I don't think we know each other."
"Don't tell me you just wanted to get to know me. If that were the case, you wouldn't be watching me all day, or even coming here specifically to wait for someone, only to come looking for me after they've left. It's obvious you have something else to say."
Lin Qi didn't waste any more words and asked directly.
Yuki Suoh didn't seem to mind what she heard; instead, she smiled and said:
"As expected of you, nothing I look like can escape your notice."
Although Suoh Yuki knew some information, she didn't have such a real feeling. She never expected that the other party knew everything about her outside.
"Tell me, what do you want from me?"
Upon hearing this, Suoh Yuki spoke with a smile, which almost made Lin Qi spit out his tea.
"Of course, it's about our engagement."
"My fiancé."
"Cough cough cough."
Lin Qi was slightly taken aback by these words, and then, with a look of confusion in his eyes, he spoke with a bewildered expression.
“I recognize each word you say individually, but I don’t understand the combination of words.”
"A marriage contract? Are you kidding me? I've never heard of such a thing."
Lin Qi was truly shocked this time; he really didn't understand what kind of situation this engagement was.
"Didn't Uncle Lin mention it to you before he passed away? When he came here, he arranged a marriage for you, and one of the people involved was from our family."
Lin Qi caught another key word, and these two words made his eyes look even more strange.
What on earth did his deadbeat father do behind his back? At the same time, he remembered something: when Liu Mei was talking about these people, she seemed to have something to say, but she held back. Thinking of this, Lin Qi instantly understood that the other party did it on purpose, leaving a bomb for him to defuse.
“Tell me everything from beginning to end. Don’t ask me why I don’t know about this. Let me tell you this: I’ve never met that old geezer more than 50 times in my entire life. And that number is an exaggeration. So I don’t know anything about these things.”
"Of course, don't try to lie to me. After all, I can tell that you've checked some of my things before you came to me for money, so lying to me won't work. I don't want to use mind-reading or anything like that, because that's too disrespectful."
Lin Qi, unusually serious this time, spoke in a very earnest tone.
Yuki Suoh was somewhat surprised to hear Lin Qi's words. It turned out that the other party genuinely didn't know, and that the father and son had met less than 50 times in their entire lives. Just how unreliable was the other party's father, the person who had once come to arrange the engagement?
After all, he had inquired about the other party's information before his death, and his family had also collected information. After the other party came here, Hou Yi ran out every day. To put it bluntly, he went out to have fun with all sorts of anxieties. After remarrying, he took his remarried partner and went out to have fun everywhere.
He's a complete playboy, but the truth is he's seen his son less than 50 times in all these years, and that's an exaggeration. How ridiculous is that?
It's no wonder that Lin Qi knew nothing at all.
Yuki Suoh also began to speak out about what she knew. After all, the other party had said so, so there was no need to lie. Besides, she had never intended to boast about these things. She would just tell the truth.
"Lin Qijun, do you know what kind of family your family, or rather, the family your father came from before he came here, was?"
Lin Qi was stunned when he heard this. He really didn't know, or rather, he simply didn't want to know. After all, he grew up here and had people around him. As for that old man, he hadn't seen him much, let alone the Lin family in Daxia.
To put it bluntly, my mindset is to never see each other again. You go your way, I'll go mine. No, wait, it should be the other way around. I'm the one going my way, so just leave me alone.
Chapter 390 The Dragon King's Script? Even a dog wouldn't take it!
Lin Qi was asked about his family, or rather, what kind of family the old man had left, the Lin family. This was a real question for him.
Lynch shook his head at this.
"To be honest, I've only heard that the old man left his family and joined a large family, but I have no idea why he left or anything like that."
Suoh Yuki was somewhat surprised to hear this, but just as he was about to speak, Lin Qi spoke first.
"Of course, I myself will not deliberately try to find out, or rather, it makes no difference to me whether this lousy family exists or not. I have never been there for a second, nor have I seen any of the people inside, so it doesn't matter to me whether they exist or not."
"As for being from some big family, if you think that's something everyone desires, then you're overthinking it. I myself represent everything."
The fleeting aura emanating from Lin Qi as he spoke caused the other person to instinctively lower their head, unable to look at Lin Qi at that moment.
Lin Qi instantly returned to normal, handed a cup of tea to the person who had bowed his head, and then spoke with a smile.
"What I just said was just me stating my position. You can continue."
"I'll just listen to it as a story at most."
Yuki Suoh took a sip of tea to calm herself down, and then poured out everything she knew.
After hearing this, Lin Qi couldn't help but sigh inwardly, feeling utterly helpless. How did he end up with such a melodramatic plot?
The old man's own lineage was the direct line, but they were tricked by the collateral branches, leaving them with no choice but to flee far away.
Of course, even if he didn't flee far from his family, he wouldn't be the one with an uncle above him. The other party is the heir, but he was also tricked. As for the rest of the situation, it's all internal family business and he can't find out anything about it.
However, Lin Qi was not surprised at all that the other party was not the heir. What kind of inheritance is that?
At the same time, that family is a very large family, with branches in all walks of life.
Lin Qi was stunned when he heard this, realizing that he was actually from a previous generation.
"Wow, who would have thought there was someone with such a wealthy background?"
"Tsk tsk tsk, after hearing what you said, should I just do what those novels say, play dumb and pretend to be weak while actually being strong, and then make a triumphant return?"
Lin Qi thought of those melodramatic novel plots, like a low-key return, then showing off, slapping faces and picking up girls, and then appearing in the family's sight, gradually revealing his identity, making the family regret or destroy the family, etc. That's a plot from so many years ago, and he would rather die than have that kind of crappy plot.
After all, he wasn't one of those crooked-mouthed dragon kings, or those good-for-nothings or live-in sons-in-law. If they dared to cause trouble here, he would immediately wipe them out. Don't talk to them about blood ties or anything like that; he wasn't familiar with them.
Seeing Lin Qi's ability to joke about such a thing, Suoh Yuki understood that he really didn't care. However, according to the information, he hadn't replied at all, and it seemed that he didn't even know about the engagement. After all, he probably didn't know a lot about the number of times they had met. They were just complete strangers, or at most, strangers with blood ties.
At this moment, Lin Qi seemed to remember something, and immediately rested his chin on one hand, looking at the other person with great interest.
"Actually, I'm quite curious. What did that old man do? How could someone who escaped here in this situation be able to arrange a marriage with your family, and it sounds like there's more than one family involved?"
"Has your family lost their minds or something? If I were in that situation, I would definitely kick that old man as far away as possible, since there's no benefit in it according to your family's model."
Suoh Yuki's smile faltered slightly at that moment, after all, this was clearly the speech of a filial son. However, considering the other party's attitude and what he said, it seemed quite understandable.
If we had to define our relationship, we'd be like strangers with a father-son relationship at best.
Although my parents are divorced, I used to see my father very often, almost every day.
So it's really hard to say about the other party's situation, after all, they are the heir to the family. Many things are better left unsaid if you haven't experienced the suffering of others. If you don't know the other party's situation, it's best to keep quiet about such matters!
"The main thing is that the matter was quite simple. At the time, our family did not know anything about the other party. We only knew that the other party was a direct descendant of a very powerful family in the building."
"So we got engaged."
"I'm not too clear about the situation at the time, but you can think of it as something like the other side's arrival. Uh, the news on that side was kept under tight control, and some people recognized your father's identity, so they wanted to curry favor and get closer to him. For example, my grandfather wanted to get closer to him, so he set the stage for our marriage, since in a sense, you and I are the same age."
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