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"This…"
Hearing Ah Xue's words, Fang Mo also visibly started to get a headache.
The other party verbally asked him to come clean, but if he were to really confess all the trivial misdeeds he'd done, he guessed explaining them would be quite troublesome.
Let's not talk about the others.
Just that loli Devil, Sex Devil alone.
Tell me, how the hell should I explain this?
Am I supposed to tell Xiao Yao that because Makima was too fiery, I kept using the Thousand Years skill to attack her, and in the end, I even turned her into a Christmas tree, and literally played her to death?
While Fang Mo was worrying about this, Xiao Yao also spoke up.
"Alright, Ah Xue has left now."
She fiddled with he teacup in her hand and said calmly, "Let's have a talk then, about your thoughts."
"Thoughts?"
Fang Mo was a bit confused: "What thoughts?"
"Ah Xue has told me everything she knows," Xiao Yao slid her fingertips back and forth on the rim of the cup, speaking in a light tone, "whether you were frozen into an ice sculpture by her, or you wanted to eat beef stew with radishes after blowing up the planet Ego..."
"What the hell?"
Fang Mo couldn't help but be surprised: "She even said that?"
"It's not just these."
Xiao Yao said: "I also know about Kobayashi's affairs, the Loli Sex Devil, right? Sounds pretty interesting."
"This..."
Fang Mo suddenly felt a headache coming on.
But just then, as he was fretting, Xiao Yao who was curled up on the sofa suddenly raised her head, her face bearing a somewhat complex expression: "So, I also have a question I really want to ask you."
"Uh."
Fang Mo touched his head: "Then... why don't you try asking?"
"Do you think I should be angry?"
Xiao Yao crossed her legs, one hand holding a teacup, the other propped under her chin looking at Fang Mo: "Or rather, what kind of reaction do you think I should have?"
"...Ah?"
Hearing this, Fang Mo suddenly felt a bit puzzled.
"Should I be angry?"
The expression on Xiao Yao's face was a bit strange, as if she were smiling, but it somehow made Fang Mo inexplicably nervous: "Or should I just ignore everything? Give me a correct answer."
"This..."
Fang Mo instinctively touched his head, instinctively wanting to quip, "No, that should be your problem, why should I care..."
But he had only started to say this.
When Fang Mo suddenly saw Ah Xue stealthily peeping out from the kitchen.
And here I should mention that since Xiao Yao was sitting with her back to the kitchen and she was petite, she couldn't see Ah Xue in the kitchen at all, but Fang Mo, sitting opposite her, saw Ah Xue's actions clearly.
"…?"
Fang Mo saw this and was also a bit puzzled, not knowing what Ah Xue was up to.
"Why aren't you talking?"
Xiao Yao didn't know what had happened, and she looked up and asked: "Keep talking, you said it's not your problem… so?"
But just as Xiao Yao began to speak.
Behind her, not far in the kitchen, Ah Xue suddenly raised two large white porcelain plates.
Fang Mo looked over and saw that these two pristine plates had the words "Confess" and "Go" written on them in red tomato sauce.
"???"
Fang Mo was stunned when he saw this.
As for Ah Xue, noticing that Fang Mo saw her, she quickly put away the plates and then even gave him an encouraging thumbs-up gesture.
"Why aren't you talking? Mute?"
Fang Mo's silence also puzzled Xiao Yao, so she subconsciously turned to look behind the sofa, but Ah Xue had already walked into the kitchen, humming a song as if nothing had happened, and started washing the pots.
"Ah…"
It was not until then that Fang Mo seemed to have finally come to his senses.
Yes, he finally understood.
The question she had just asked him obviously had a deeper meaning, and from Fang Mo's perspective, she was likely testing him.
She was ostensibly asking if he should be angry.
In reality... she was probably asking if he had any right to be angry?
Considering Ah Xue's divine assistance, as well as the topics the two had secretly discussed before, honestly, even if Fang Mo was stupid, he would have realized by now, since his partner, no matter how similar to him, was still a girl, so it's normal for her to occasionally act petulant.
The two had been ambiguously together for too long, even transcending this cycle of reincarnation.
And now.
It really was time to break through this... barrier.
"Um, I've figured it out."
After understanding all this, Fang Mo's expression finally became serious: "I just suddenly thought of something, we need to have a serious talk today."
"Oh."
Xiao Yao casually averted Fang Mo's gaze, but her hands holding the teacup involuntarily tightened: "Go ahead, I'm listening."
"I've been liking you for a long time."
Fang Mo spoke, and his demeanor suddenly changed, becoming aggressively assertive as he stared into the other person's eyes and said, "Before, you were too far away to catch, but now it's different. You've fallen right into my mouth... I order you to accept my confession within three seconds."
"What if I don't agree?"
"Then I'll keep you locked up in the MC world as a Jiao..."
Fang Mo had only begun to speak with a domineering tone when his expression suddenly froze, and he awkwardly stumbled over his words, remaining stuck in place: "Hiss, what's that again, Jiao... uh... Jiao..."
"Gulan."
Xiao Yao gave him a disapproving look.
"Oh, hehe."
Fang Mo laughed awkwardly, then continued smoothly: "Looks like you've already done your homework, so I'm saving some effort... Anyway, I'm a person who really cares about face, and I've said so much, if you don't agree, don't blame me for losing my temper."
"Then throw a fit and see?"
"Uh..."
Seeing Fang Mo's embarrassed face, Xiao Yao nearby also sighed deeply: "Alright, I agree then."
"...Oh shit, really!?"
Hearing this, Fang Mo suddenly felt his heartbeat accelerate.
Seeing Ah Xue curiously peering into the kitchen, he quickly signaled with his eyes that she had done a great job.
"But I have a few conditions."
As Fang Mo and Ah Xue exchanged glances, Xiao Yao suddenly raised her head and looked at Fang Mo: "You must agree to these points."
"Don't ask, I'm originally from Jiangxi, let's do it the way they do it back home, I'll send a dowry of ten million tons of gold directly to your family, plus a habitable planet, and three billion slaves."
Fang Mo spoke without hesitation: "As for the house, we can build whatever we like, the MC main world is infinitely large, and all dimensions are at your disposal, I'll give you full permissions, and as for the kid's name, it's simple, just combine one character from each of our surnames, I'm Fang and you're Mo, so it's Fang Mo... wait, how did I become your son?"
"..."
Xiao Yao covered her face at his words.
"Cough, that... what."
Fang Mo coughed: "I got a bit excited just now, but I've calmed down now, continue."
"I... I might need a little time to adjust, so that's not possible."
Xiao Yao's gaze was evasive: "But however you want to play, I don't really want to control that, after all, we're no longer ordinary people... no, perhaps we're not even humans anymore, so I don't want to bind you with those mundane rules and ethics, but you should at least tell me or Ah Xue, right?"
Suddenly hearing a topic related to apricot.
Fang Mo felt like his IQ had suddenly returned.
It was quite clear what she meant, since neither of them were ordinary people, they might as well discard ordinary people's rules.
That's really good, that's truly an emperor-level treatment!
"Oh, I get it."
Fang Mo thought for a moment, then made an OK gesture: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty the Empress, you are my only kind, no matter what, this will not change, I promise."
"What kind of title is that..."
Xiao Yao couldn't help but complain, but she soon calmed down and sighed: "And the second thing, if we can go back to Earth, let's hold a ceremony there."
"That's a must!"
Fang Mo immediately waved his hand: "I'll buy the whole of Jiangxi and give it to you, let those troublemakers see what a real sky-high bride price looks like!"
"...Why would I need your hometown of Jiangxi?" Xiao Yao said with a headache, then suddenly raised her head seriously: "And the last thing, and the most important one, you're not allowed to lie to me anymore, especially not using pooping as an excuse, it's so stupid, you know?"
"Haha, I know."
Fang Mo immediately laughed out loud: "Don't worry, I no longer need to lie to you, do I?"
"Alright."
Xiao Yao sighed deeply, then slowly stood up from the sofa.
"What are you doing?"
Fang Mo asked, a bit puzzled.
"Helping with the dishes."
Xiao Yao said irritably, then walked directly into the kitchen.
However, it was only a few seconds later when a slightly puzzled voice came from the kitchen: "Hmm? This plate... what's the deal with it?"
"Ah, Madam, let me take care of this!"
Soon, Ah Xue's somewhat nervous voice also sounded: "Madam, please go back and rest!"
"F*ck!"
Seeing this, Fang Mo's heart sank, and he quickly connected with the Sword of Time stored in his storage space, activated the time stop, and dashed into the kitchen like lightning.
As soon as he entered the kitchen, Fang Mo saw Xiao Yao holding a plate.
The word "Go" was still awkwardly written on it.
So Fang Mo hurriedly walked over, took the other plate with the word "Confess" on it, erased it, and replaced it with the word "Snow."
And after doing all this.
Fang Mo finally took a deep breath, then returned to the sofa and undid the time stop.
"Madam... eh?"
Almost the next second, Ah Xue's surprised voice rang out.
"Go Snow?" And very quickly, Xiao Yao's voice also sounded in the kitchen: "Who's got such a twisted sense of humor... Fang Mo, was this your doing?"
"No choice."
Lying on the sofa, Fang Mo deliberately shouted: "After all, I'm just too skilled..."
After this tense yet harmless interlude, the two quickly cleaned up the kitchen.
Afterward, Ah Xue started the routine post-meal mopping.
As for Xiao Yao, after greeting Fang Mo, she dove headfirst into the basement, saying she wanted to research some experiments about realization.
In fact, if things were normal, the two who had just confirmed their relationship should obviously be sticking close together all day, but honestly, Fang Mo and his partner were just too familiar with each other, their understanding was almost like family, it felt weird to be too clingy, so things stayed as usual... everyone doing their own thing.
On the other hand, Ah Xue, Fang Mo was almost moved to tears by this maid, voluntarily helping her master strategize how to get a girl... this great favor was simply beyond repayment, he could only treat her better in the future... like researching something to warm the palace and giving it to her.
And it was only until this moment.
That the crisis in Fang Mo's backyard was truly resolved.
So he finally relaxed a bit, casually pulled out a small clump of Shoggoth and held it in his arms, petting it while he started watching TV.
An uneventful night.
Time quickly moved to the next morning.
Ah Xue was busy in the kitchen for half the day, preparing a big table of breakfast, then went around knocking on doors to call everyone out to eat.
Ancient One was already an old thing, naturally got up quickly, but it was a bit difficult with Doctor Genus on this side, Ground Dragon and Armored Gorilla had to pull and persuade him, finally dragging him out of bed, then accompanying him to wash up.
"Hmm? Where's Xiao Yao?"
At the breakfast table, Fang Mo chewed on the fluffy star-studded toast, curiously asking Ah Xue.
"Madam seems to have gone back temporarily."
Ah Xue said: "When I knocked on the basement door, I found no one inside... Master, do you need to specifically leave a breakfast for Madam? What kind of breakfast does she like?"
"Oh, no need."
Fang Mo thought for a moment and shook his head: "That loli works herself to death, who knows when she'll be back next time, no need to specifically leave her food, but you've been busy all morning, hurry up and eat something."
"Mm-hm."
Ah Xue nodded, then also sat down to start eating.
The whole breakfast table quieted down for a time, only the occasional clinking of utensils, but it wasn't long before Fang Mo suddenly noticed a hidden gaze.
Curiously turning his head to look.
Fang Mo found Ancient One staring at him.
"...What are you looking at?"
Since it was just their own people, Fang Mo didn't bother being polite, directly asking while chewing.
"This thing you're eating..." Ancient One stared at the star-studded toast in Fang Mo's hand, his face a bit hesitant, but he still quickly asked: "This thing should be the core of a Dimensional Demon, right? You're just eating it with bread?"
"Yeah."
Fang Mo was quite nonchalant, continuing to chew loudly: "Otherwise, what?"
"How many have you eaten..."
"Do you remember how many slices of bread you've eaten?"
"...Then never mind." Ancient One directly moved his gaze away from Fang Mo, starting to spoon up the rice porridge.
After silencing Ancient One, Fang Mo then turned to look at Doctor Genus on this side.
At this moment, he was struggling to stuff the fifth sesame ball into his mouth, while the Armored Gorilla beside him helplessly held the soy milk, and sure enough, the next second he choked, the Armored Gorilla immediately passed the soy milk over.
The doctor tilted his head back and gulp, gulp, gulp, you could see his throat obviously bulge out a bit, then slowly slide down, successfully forcing the food down.
"Phew..."
After swallowing the food, Doctor Genus also sighed deeply.
"That thing, Doctor."
Fang Mo smiled, actually finding his foodie traits quite amusing: "What did you all talk about last night, care to tell me?"
"Oh, right."
Doctor Genus grabbed another soy sauce pork bun, hearing Fang Mo's words, he stuffed it into his mouth while saying: "Fang Mo, after your constant reminders, I finally understand my mission, my mission is to use my abilities to protect this world."
"Is it to guard this land?"
Fang Mo stroked his chin: "That's indeed a good idea... so what do you plan to do?"
"I want to use my technology to try to enhance the strength of the Gorilla and Ground Dragon." Doctor Genus said a bit naively excited: "If I can set up a modified team, I'll definitely become the strongest hero, right?"
"That does sound quite reasonable."
Fang Mo heard this and also laughed: "The team you're creating is to protect those living lives, so how about we call it the Whole Activity Movement?"
"Very good suggestion."
Doctor Genus quickly swallowed the meat bun, then slurped up a bowl of steaming beef noodle soup: "But now I have a problem, I need your help."
"Let's hear it."
"According to what the Gorilla told me last night, my experimental equipment seems to have been destroyed." Doctor Genus said: "So now I urgently need a batch of equipment, oh right... Fang Mo, I remember your research level is also very high, can you lend me your lab?"
"Ah?"
Hearing Doctor Genus's words, Fang Mo also clearly paused: "My lab..."
"Not convenient?" Doctor Genus curiously asked.
"It's not that it's inconvenient."
Fang Mo scratched his head, joking, where did he have a lab.
However, just as he was feeling a bit of a headache, suddenly a light "squeak" came from beneath his feet, Fang Mo instinctively looked down, and found it was the Shoggoth he had thrown on the sofa earlier.
Since the TV program had already ended, this little guy had jumped down and started looking for him.
"Hmm?"
But just as Fang Mo saw Xuges, he suddenly paused, an idea popping into his head: "Oh... right, I actually do have something I can give you."
Saying this.
Fang Mo had already started contacting his partner in his mind.
After a few brief exchanges, soon, footsteps came from the basement.
Fang Mo turned his head to see Xiao Yao carrying several bottles of something dark coming over, and this stuff was exactly what he needed.
"That fast?"
Fang Mo asked when he saw her, unable to help but speak up.
"Your materials were all ready-made, just needed a little work." Xiao Yao said as she handed the chemical X to Fang Mo: "What are you suddenly using this stuff for?"
"I'll show you a magic trick."
Fang Mo smiled, then directly handed one of the bottles to Doctor Genus: "Doctor, this is an ultimate enhanced invincible snake skin genetic liquid researched by my partner, drink it and you'll become stronger."
"Oh wow, awesome."
Doctor Genus took the flask without any doubt, then handed it to the Armored Gorilla: "Gorilla, try this ultimate enhanced... uh... what gene liquid."
"..."
The Armored Gorilla took the flask, then looked at Fang Mo's expectant face, then at Xiao Yao's confused face beside him, and instantly realized the riskiness of this stuff.
So he thought for a moment, directly handed it to the nearby Ground Dragon.
"Ground Dragon's strength isn't as strong as mine, Doctor."
The Armored Gorilla sincerely said: "If you really want to get stronger, please let my companion get stronger first, I don't want to see anyone get hurt in front of me anymore."
"Gorilla... you're too kind..."
Doctor Genus was obviously a bit moved, then turned to look at Ground Dragon: "Then you drink it, Ground Dragon, don't let the Gorilla's good intentions go to waste."
"I..."
Ground Dragon felt like he had been set up, not knowing what to say.
He actually didn't want to drink this stuff, but seeing Fang Mo gesturing a throat-slitting motion at him, he finally gritted his teeth, took the flask, and tilted his head back to drink it down.
Then, in the next second, a large cloud of white vapor suddenly burst from Ground Dragon's body.
"What... what the hell!?"
Very quickly, a panicked female voice came from within the vapor.