In the magnificent hall, on a classical sofa inlaid with gold and silver, two handsome men with different styles sat opposite each other.
Xu Qingran crossed his legs with most of his body sunk into the sofa.
The other person opposite him, with one hand on the communicator beside his ear, lowered his eyes and replied, "Yes, I have something to deal with at home today, so I won't be participating in the evening activities."
Her delicate fingertips unconsciously rubbed the black glove on her left hand for a few times, until the busy man finally hung up his last call and raised his eyes to look him in the eye.
The atmosphere in the living room was inexplicably tense.
Mrs. Song held the bowl, stirring the eggs inside, while standing at the kitchen door and peeking into the distant hall, then frowned in confusion.
This doesn't seem like the atmosphere of a young couple.
After a long while, Shen Tingyu took the initiative to speak: "Congratulations, Master Xu, you have finally walked out of the evil tower."
Shen Tingyu had thought of various scenarios of meeting Xu Qingran again, but such an explosive one was a little unexpected.
Normally, he would not go home so early. If he needed to carry out a mission, he might not be home for a week or half a month. However, Yinlong had also started to actively take action during this period. He had no important tasks in the past few days, and he came back early because he still had to deal with Xu Qingran's affairs.
It just happened to be the same time as Mrs. Song was going out.
Moreover, the room that Mrs. Song arranged for Xu Qingran was the room that was rumored to be the 'future hostess' in the house, so that room could share a bathroom with him.
Shen Tingyu began to hesitate.
As an E-type, he has a strong sense of territory, and Shen Tianyi alone is his limit. But the Shen family has also received a notice from the empire. If Xu Qingran is not allowed to stay, if something unexpected happens later, it will be difficult for him to deal with it.
While he was thinking, Xu Qingran on the other side responded with a wry smile: "Yes, thanks to my dear examiner, who customized a speed-pass route for me, otherwise I don't know how long I would have to stay in there."
He looked much less energetic than when we first met.
The fight in the arena left him with many external injuries, and he lost a lot of weight, but the only thing that did not diminish was his unyielding spirit. The bandage on his neck was finally removed, but the bruises on his skin had not completely faded, and they were of varying depths, with one patch on the left and one patch on the right.
With that pair of peach blossom eyes that are a mixture of coldness and affection, it is easy to arouse people's imagination.
Shen Tingyu came back to his senses and understood the hidden meaning in his words.
I thought to myself, this person really has a bad temper just as the rumors say.
And he holds a grudge.
He smiled and replied, "You're welcome."
He is quite thick-skinned.
Xu Qingran had just been poured cold water by the system in the room.
He felt that what the system said was quite right, Shen Tingyu was his upgrade tool. So when he saw him now, he only felt that his left face was written with a full-level spirit pool, and his right face was written with his thunder ability.
Instantly calm.
Besides, he tried to think about it from another perspective.
If he were Shen Tingyu today and encountered such a situation, he would probably do something similar. Maybe he would be even more violent if he was unhappy.
After all, there can't be two tigers in one mountain, unless they are one male and one female.
They are both men and cannot get along.
The system quietly reminded: "One top and one bottom is also possible."
"Shut up." Xu Qingran replied, "How do you think I look like a bottom?"
The system thought that the host was wearing a peerless treasure receptor, which looked exactly like it.
But it dare not say it.
When Xu Qingran thought of his special abilities, he couldn't suppress his good mood and didn't bother with the system.
Even when he looked at Shen Tingyu again, the smile on his face seemed more genuine.
The seductive smile made Shen Tingyu subconsciously alert.
Xu Qingran asked knowingly, "General Shen went to so much trouble to invite me to his home. What did he want to discuss?"
Shen Tingyu was silent for a while, then pulled out an exquisite beige letter from under the coffee table and placed it on the table.
The envelope was printed with a pink and blue picture of two souls meeting on the Magpie Bridge, which was both romantic and tacky.
It's even dynamic and very advanced.
"The Shen family received a notice from the empire, and the content happens to be related to you." He glanced at the letter on the table and said, "This is a confidential letter that should have been sent to your family, but I don't want anything to be missed before both parties have reached an agreement, so I brought it to you personally."
Xu Qingran did not take it and open it immediately. After all, the love symbol of the soul mate system was clearly marked on it. Even if he did not know it in advance, he could roughly guess what the relevant content was.
"General, what you mean is that I and one of your Shen family have been successfully matched?"
"So? What are you going to do?"
Xu Qingran was very calm, and Shen Tingyu was rarely able to tell his true mood and thoughts.
He moved his clasped hands and replied, "The Shen family is not an ordinary small family. Whether it is children or adults, marriage cannot be rushed. Even if the official high match result is provided, it needs to be confirmed again and again before it can be implemented."
Xu Qingran pretended to be embarrassed again: "You suddenly informed me like this, and I am also in a very confused mood."
"I remember that even if it's a highly compatible match, you can still reject it, right?"
He sighed silently, "I wish I could, but the match result this time is as high as 99%, which is a number that no citizen of the empire can refuse."
The Empire would not only force the marriage, but would also personally arrange it, complete the marriage in the temple in the presence of all the citizens of the Empire, and conclude a soul contract on the spot. So considering that Xu Qingran could not be released directly, he could only push it to his nephew who was not yet of marriageable age.
If any abnormality is found during this period, you can stop the loss in time.
After a pause, he continued, "Both parties' soul information samples were extracted not long ago, and the fastest time to re-examine them is one year later. And judging from your age, you are not suitable for marriage yet. In order to ensure other accidents and to observe you, you need to move out of the Xu family and live with me for one year."
Xu Qingran did not express his opinion immediately after hearing this, but asked the system in his mind: "If they extract my soul information again in a year, can you still help me modify it?"
System: “No.”
"So the host only has one year of safety! In the worst case, if you don't have time to completely defeat him within a year, you must find a way to conquer him to the point where you can still keep in touch with him!"
For the hundredth time, Xu Qingran asked himself why the mission was not to assassinate Shen Tingyu.
—Is this a serious sadomasochistic story
After thinking for a long time, he responded.
"I have no problem with moving." He said, "But can Admiral Shen guarantee that I won't have any 'accidental death' in this year?"
Xu Qingran said, and smiled: "After all, the admiral doesn't seem to be very satisfied with this news."
The smile floating in his eyes never reached his eyes.
Of course Shen Tingyu was not satisfied.
This year was not actually for him to observe Xu Qingran, but to find an opportunity to take action and completely eliminate the possibility of their high compatibility. Besides, if Xu Qingran became an extremist in the future, wouldn't he be fighting every day if he stayed in one place
Shen Tingyu generously admitted: "It happened suddenly, and I don't know anything about you. It is normal for me to be hesitant. I hope you can understand."
"As for personal safety, there is probably no place safer than here in the entire Tianlang system, except for Jinwu City."
Xu Qingran wondered, is he worried about other people
He was afraid that he would kill someone to silence them.
But Xu Qingran was not afraid. If Shen Tingyu dared to invite him into the house, he would dare to move: "Okay, I will go back and pack my things tomorrow."
It was just an ordinary conversation, but Shen Tingyu, who was forced to face all these changes, felt more tired than the Type I devil who went to clean up the area.
He hid his emotions and spoke softly: "Then let me introduce myself again. My name is Shen Tingyu, and you..."
Before he could finish the sentence, the sound of a door opening was heard outside the house. Soon after, a little boy carrying a small backpack with a mecha style design ran into the living room.
It was the little nephew who lived under the same roof with him.
Shen Tingyu paused, and simply waved to the child who had just returned: "Come here."
Xu Qingran also noticed the child.
She was about four or five years old, with dark hair, but it looked lighter than Shen Tingyu's under the light. Her face was white and tender, with some baby fat that was easy to pinch, and her eyes were big and round, looking a bit innocent and easy to bully.
Then Shen Tingyu called the child over, and then turned around and said to him: "You came just in time."
"Let me introduce you. This is my nephew Shen Tianyi, who is also the 99% compatible match you found in the Soul Mate System."
"It's just that he's only five years old. It's too early for him to get married or engaged. Besides, you two have never met. After discussing with the Shen family, I decided to arrange for you to live with him during the year of waiting for the reexamination, starting with the basics of cultivating your relationship."
After listening to this, Xu Qingran had a huge thought rising in his head:
At the same time, from the kitchen far away, there was the sound of pots and bowls falling to the ground.
Shen Tingyu was not distracted by the noise, and the smile on his face even deepened.
He said: "Anyway, it's still uncertain, you can call me normally during this period."
"Of course, you can also follow Tianyi and call me uncle."
I don’t know if it was coincidence or intentional, but I always felt that there was a hint of teasing in the slightly rising tone of his last sentence.
The system was so shocked that it almost crashed.
What's up Fat Four?!
How come its host's capture target suddenly changed from future top to uncle? !
When Xu Qingran was wondering if he had heard it wrong, Shen Tingyu's little nephew blinked and suddenly walked up to him.
Then she puffed up her cheeks, put her hands on her hips and asked him proudly, "You, are you the one my uncle was talking about, my future wife?"
Shen Tianyi remembered that his uncle said yesterday that someone who might be his future wife would come to their house today.
He asked his uncle at the time, what is a wife? Can it be eaten
His uncle told him that wives are not good people, and some of the more terrifying ones can even eat people.
He asked his classmates again during class, and a female classmate told him that his wife would be the one who would take care of him for the rest of his life.
This sounded so terrible that on the way back he had already made up his mind that when this person called 'wife' came, he would not give her a good look!
As a result, he was almost slapped in the face when they first met.
This brother is very handsome.
Shen Tianyi pretended to be angry, but couldn't help thinking in his heart.
If you don't eat people, it seems that it is not impossible for you to be my wife
(End of this chapter)