“In that case, it’s not an unreasonable marketing strategy.”
Fu Xuan pondered for a moment and approved of his actions.
Ultimately, this was just Lin Shuo’s business strategy, and she had no need to interfere.
Fu Xuan stood up and walked to the neatly stacked trash bins. She did not directly open the trash bin Lin Shuo had brought, but rather wanted to choose one herself.
Although observing with her eye of insight had caused her pain with just a glance, she clearly remembered that these trash bins emitted several kinds of light.
Relying on that momentary memory, she chose a trash bin that had emitted purple light; it was her favorite color.
She unfastened one of the latches and pulled open the lid.
A beam of purple light shot out from inside the bin, and then the trash bin slowly dematerialized. In a trance, it was as if she saw a trash bin person with limbs, taking a bow before turning and leaving.
Then, something fell to the ground.
It was an antique pistol and three bullets.
“A muzzleloader?”
Fu Xuan picked up the old-fashioned wooden-handled pistol and examined it carefully, but she couldn’t see anything different about it.
“Emperor Time: Sixth Bullet.”
Looking at the item in Fu Xuan’s hand, Lin Shuo chuckled, “The method of use is simple: shoot yourself, and your consciousness will return to the past, thereby changing history. If used well, its potential is limitless.”
“It can turn back time?” Looking at this weapon, so different in style from the Xianzhou, Fu Xuan mused, “It seems you are not from the Xianzhou.”
“My home is where my heart is.” Lin Shuo laughed, “My hometown is quite similar in style to Luofu. If you’re interested, you can try to guess.”
“Someone from another Xianzhou?” Fu Xuan murmured to herself.
She doesn’t resemble a kitten at all anymore. Lin Shuo silently reminisced about the Diviner from two minutes ago.
“Does this gun have any limitations?” Fu Xuan continued to ask about the main topic, then glanced at Lin Shuo again, “Why do you look so disappointed?”
“Within a few days, the time cannot be too long.” Lin Shuo shook his head, “Disappointed? I am always healthy, sunny, and positive.”
“A few days… that’s enough. If we were to fight the Abundance Followers again, this item might achieve a surprise victory.” Putting away the scroll, Fu Xuan said disdainfully, “If I can’t even read a person’s expression, then I am unworthy of being the Luofu Diviner. You clearly look so regretful it’s giving you a stomach ache.”
Lin Shuo shrugged, “Hmm, is discussing two topics at once like this a bit too much for our brains?”
“Oh?” Fu Xuan crossed her arms, a beautiful curve forming on her lips, “You can’t handle this? Managing Xianzhou affairs and communicating with various commissions simultaneously is child’s play for me, let alone this little trick of multitasking.”
Fu Xuan felt a small release of the frustration in her heart. Having made a fool of herself in front of him just now, she now felt she had gained an advantage.
Looking at the smug Fu Xuan in front of him, Lin Shuo’s earlier dejection vanished.
Indeed, the Diviner is very much like a kitten. If she were truly a cat, her pink cat tail would probably be gently wagging with pleasure right now.
Thinking this, Lin Shuo couldn’t help but lean forward, then shook his head.
Can I make the Diviner even cuter? Hmm… I think so.
Fu Xuan felt a hint of strangeness and said with a touch of annoyance, “What are you doing?”
Lin Shuo, with a mischievous smile, said, “Fu, um, Fu Xuan, has anyone ever told you… you are… truly… adorable.”
After Lin Shuo finished speaking, Fu Xuan stood frozen, as if she hadn’t heard him.
Then she felt a rush of heat surge to her head, and if she had looked in a mirror, she would have seen that she was flushed from her neck to her forehead.
“Eh? Eh eh eh eh eh eh? What are you saying!”
The lives of the Xianzhou people are long, far exceeding that of ordinary short-lived humans. Although Fu Xuan was over a hundred years old, as a Genius girl chosen by the Matrix of Prescience, she had grown up in the Divination Commission, with her eyes always fixed on the future of the Xianzhou. In terms of emotions, she was still a blank slate.
No, rather, in order to surpass her master, she simply had no time to think about other things; and by the time she truly surpassed her master, she had already grown accustomed to life as the Diviner.
But today, someone finally uttered a sentence that broke into her blind spot of knowledge.
“I said, Fu Xuan is very adorable.” Lin Shuo sat up straight, his attitude earnest, his expression very serious, though what he said seemed to conflict with his expression.
“You, you mustn’t talk nonsense!” Fu Xuan stammered, scolding him.
“No, I’m telling the truth, Fu Xuan is truly adorable!”
“Ah ah, shut up at once!” Fu Xuan scolded in exasperation, stamping her small foot on the ground, making a crisp sound.
“Alright, alright, adorable Fu Xuan.”
“You!”
Don’t get angry, don’t get angry. Looking at that guy’s enjoying expression, he’s doing it on purpose.
This guy… is indeed a bad egg!
After quite a while.
Fu Xuan finally recovered from her indignation.
Lin Shuo watched the young loli try hard to control her actions, feeling very happy inside.
This was probably the first time since his transmigration that Lin Shuo felt this strange yet familiar world was quite nice.
No matter how exquisite the wife in his phone was, she could never compare to a single strand of a real person’s hair.
Fu Xuan glared at Lin Shuo defiantly, and Lin Shuo returned her gaze with a smile.
The two were at a stalemate for a while before Fu Xuan asked, “Why aren’t you speaking yet?”
“Didn’t you tell me to shut up?”
Fu Xuan’s recently calmed state of mind almost exploded again. She gritted her teeth and said, “My meaning was to give you a chance to apologize.”
Her anger, which she had just suppressed, was subtly threatening to erupt again. Did this person not understand hints? No, looking at his smiling face, he was clearly doing it on purpose.
Lin Shuo seemed genuinely puzzled, “Why should I apologize? I was speaking from the heart, Fu Xuan is truly…”
“No, don’t say those two words!” Fu Xuan now felt as if her heart was being scratched by a cat just thinking of those two words, and she absolutely dared not hear them again.
But Lin Shuo didn’t listen; he really wanted to know what would happen when the Diviner reached her absolute boiling point.
“Truly… adorable.”
“Ah!!!” With those two words, Fu Xuan’s brain, which had operated perfectly for over a hundred years without a single error, finally crashed.
Lin Shuo only saw the pink loli, like a cat pouncing on its prey, headbutt him and swiftly crashed into his arms.
“Hey, hey, hey.” Accompanied by the clinking of her hair ornaments, Lin Shuo was knocked to the ground, and then a cup of tea was forcefully poured into his mouth. It must have been Fu Xuan’s subconscious action to stop him from speaking.
Fu Xuan came to her senses, realizing she had acted extremely ungracefully.
But what she didn’t know was how grand and dramatic the predicament she was about to face would be.
“Diviner, are you alright? Was that you just now?”
Fu Xuan’s scream just now had pierced through the walls, and the Cloud Knights downstairs, true to their training, rushed to the second floor in less than ten seconds.
The onlookers were even more shocked. Had something happened to the Diviner? Hundreds of people squeezed into the small shop, surging towards the second floor.
Guinaifen, with her years of quick reaction speed for hot topics, took the lead. She shouted in her live stream, “Families, emergency! The Diviner, she…”
The Cloud Knights burst through the door, “Cloud Knights! Open up! Ah?!?!?!” The Cloud Knights, long sabers in hand, froze at the doorway, motionless.
“Families, the Diviner is actually experiencing, mmph!!!” Guinaifen stopped halfway through her sentence.
“What happened, what happened? Wow wow wow, go!” Tens of thousands of viewers in the live stream almost dropped their jaws.
What, what, what, what did I just see?
The live stream’s bullet comments once again flooded the screen.
Wu Zheng Kai Feichuan: “That pervert! Let go of the Diviner, let me do it!”
Drowned Fish: “Above, give up on that idea. And, it seems the object that should be let go isn’t quite right.”
Gold Medal Proxy: “How interesting. But it seems the authenticity of this matter no longer needs to be doubted.”
Little Yelena: “I never thought the Xianzhou would use such aggressive methods to keep someone.”
Ciyu: “But it also shows that person is a desired target, hmm, perhaps a positive asset.”
I Am A Flexible Dog In The Mountains: “I am Diviner Fu Xuan’s dog! That position is mine!”
Fu Xuan, as the head of the Divination Commission, always exploring possibilities, for the first time felt what it meant to be at a dead end.
Their posture was far too awkward; anyone who saw it would jump to conclusions.
Lin Shuo lay on his back, with Fu Xuan straddling him, and to make matters worse, there was spilled tea on both of them.
Looking at Lin Shuo beneath her, Fu Xuan didn’t know whether to move or stay still.
The air solidified for a moment.
“You, you mustn’t misunderstand, there are many coincidences in this matter.”
“Don’t misunderstand, this was an accident!”
Fu Xuan and Lin Shuo spoke almost simultaneously. They exchanged glances, and Fu Xuan truly wanted to cry. What kind of cursed synchronicity was this?
Guinaifen turned off her jade amulet, covering the back of her head with one hand, and chuckled awkwardly, “Oh dear, I came looking for the Trailblazer. Where did she run off to? Honestly, leaving Xiao Gui Zi to search alone. I won’t disturb you anymore, I’m leaving now.”
The Cloud Knights captain, his face ashen, waved his hand and shouted powerfully, “Retreat!”
The crowd receded like a tide.
Only one man and one woman remained.
Looking at the almost petrified Fu Xuan, Lin Shuo tentatively asked, “Fu, Fu Xuan, are you alright?”
Fu Xuan remained in a daze for a long while, then she punched Lin Shuo in the chest and said, puffing her cheeks, “You, you big bad guy!”