"Hic..."
Su Ling hiccuped directly as she cried. Tears still clung to her eyelashes as she looked up at Shang Qi, sniffling.
"Even if something happens to me in the future, I hope you can live well, don't—"
"Nothing will happen," Shang Qi interrupted Su Ling before she could finish. "This life, I'll be with you. I'm not going anywhere and will stay by your side, inch by inch. This life, we will both be well."
Su Ling nodded, her eyes red. "I know."
Shang Qi took her hand and stroked her head. "Let's go. We've been out too long, they'll be worried."
Su Ling and Shang Qi left the vegetable shed and returned to the front yard.
The hail had lessened. Everyone had moved their chairs to sit under the eaves, cracking melon seeds and chatting.
The hail in the yard had been cleared away, leaving the ground damp.
When the two returned, everyone heard the movement and instinctively turned to look.
What was meant to be just a glance turned into an inability to look away.
Su Ling, who had a short, heroic hairstyle, now had waist-length hair, as dark as ink and flowing like a waterfall, smooth and shiny, incredibly beautiful.
Coupled with her inherent good looks and fair complexion, she walked out from the light, a radiant vision of beauty.
When everyone had first met Su Ling, she had short hair. Though her features were striking, her entire demeanor was aloof and quiet.
Because of her detached temperament, people often felt she was difficult to get along with.
But upon getting to know her, they realized she was actually warm on the inside, a good person.
Su Ling with her long hair retained her usual aloofness, but it now seemed softer.
Long hair significantly enhanced her aura. Su Ling, with her long hair, her formidable presence was greatly reduced. She looked gentle and soft, like a hothouse flower that had been exceptionally well-protected, an unblemished white flower untouched by the bloody carnage of the apocalypse.
Beautiful!
So beautiful!
Truly dazzlingly beautiful, captivating everyone's gaze.
A beauty that grew more captivating the longer you looked, more astonishing, truly a sight to never tire of.
Bai Heqing, Lin Enxin, and Rao Can, the trio, had already stood up and rushed to Su Ling's side. The three circled her, then gave her a thumbs-up, saying in unison, "A celestial fairy descended to earth."
Bai Heqing touched Su Ling's hair, exclaiming, "Your hair quality is amazing, so black and smooth. How did you achieve this?"
Su Ling didn't hide anything and told Bai Heqing how Shang Qi had done it.
Upon hearing Su Ling's words, Bai Heqing clicked her tongue and shook her head repeatedly. "Sister Ling is an overlord, and her boyfriend is an overlord among overlords. Truly awesome and mind-blowing."
Rao Can and Lin Enxin nodded in agreement.
Meanwhile, Shang Qi had already moved to sit in an empty spot beside Gu Shangse and Wen Shangsheng when Bai Heqing's trio rushed over.
Wen Shangsheng shifted his gaze from Su Ling back to Shang Qi. He looked at Shang Qi and praised him generously, "Third Brother, my Third Sister-in-law is so beautiful. Can you find me a girlfriend as beautiful and powerful as Third Sister-in-law too?"
Gu Shangse, just snapping out of the daze caused by Su Ling's long hair, took a sip of water upon hearing Wen Shangsheng's words, a smile in his eyes.
Shang Qi looked at the wet cement floor and said without reservation, "In this world, there is only one person like your Third Sister-in-law."
He had exchanged his life for hers, how could there possibly be a second person like her?
Even if there were, it wouldn't be his A Ling.
Wen Shangsheng wasn't involved in the events, so he couldn't possibly know the story.
Hearing Shang Qi's words, he deflated like a balloon. "What bad intentions could your fifth brother possibly have? He just wants a beautiful, strong, and fierce girlfriend so he can cling to her and live off her."
Shang Qi and Gu Shangse: "Useless trash!"
Wen Shangsheng: *Owooo, I've been scolded by my brothers!*