<h4>Chapter 592: 588</h4>
As dusk fell and the lights began to twinkle, the Modu Bund was aze with brilliance, the colorful neon lights twinkling with an intoxicating glow. Couples walked hand in hand along the streets, enjoying the enchanting night scenery and listening to the sound of the sea breeze and the waves.
Lu Tianxing, Bai Zhiqing, and the rest of the group, one man and three women, walked on the street, immediately attracting countless gazes from around them. After all, wherever beauties strode, they were the center of everyone’s attention. The men around Lu Tianxing looked at him with envy, jealousy, and hatred, wishing they could rece him on the spot.
Lu Tianxing’s current situation was every man’s dreame true – surrounded by beautiful women, his happiness reached the heavens.
To his left, a tall, stunning woman exuded a strong, independent aura, seemingly aloof. To his right, a youthful, lively beauty upied his arm unabashedly, while next to them there was an innocent and pretty woman, a typical urban fashion beauty. For a man to have three such exquisite women was something all men yearned for, an act that could provoke the envy of the gods.
At the same time, unlike the other men, most of the women’s eyes were on Lu Tianxing, wondering what special qualities he had to win the favor of these beauties, especially the aloof one who clearly didn’t look like she wascking money.
Could it be that he had a rge caliber," "exceptional endurance," or a "strong constitution"?
It must be said that sometimes women can be even scarier than men when they start thinking like hooligans.
As for the various gazes cast upon him from all directions, Lu Tianxing didn’t care in the slightest. To him, having a beautiful wife was all about showing off their love. Otherwise, what was the point of marrying a beauty? Bai Zhiqing didn’t care about the gazes either; she had faced such attention since she was young and had long since grown ustomed to it.
"Wife, what would you like to eat? I’ll take you to have something nice," said Lu Tianxing, wrapping his arm around Bai Zhiqing’s waist, admiring the scenery around them with a smile.
"Whatever you like, I don’t mind."
Bai Zhiqing shook her head gently, a slight smile on her lips, not too fussy about food.
"Whatever I like? No problem. Today, I’ll act as your tour guide and let you taste the street food of the Bund. You’ll experience the capability of a gourmet’s rmendations."
"Ah, brother, please spare me and Sister Zhiqing, can’t you? I can’t take it anymore."
Before Bai Zhiqing could reply to Lu Tianxing’s words, they heard a wail rise up next to them, "Brother, can you spare me and Weiwei? I know the two of you just made your rtionship official and are in that lovey-dovey phase, but could you please consider the feelings of me and Weiwei, the single dogs? Your tant public disys of affection could attract lightning strikes, cursed by the grudges of single folks."
Mand looked at Lu Tianxing and Bai Zhiqing with indignation, her beautiful big eyes filled with usation. Since Bai Zhiqing epted Lu Tianxing’s diamond ring and the proposal was sessful, she and Bai Weiwei had be as good as invisible. Lu Tianxing and Bai Zhiqing’s asional disys of affection felt like a hammer blow to her, giving her the urge to cough up blood and die.
"Exactly, exactly, Manman is right. Sister, I know you and brother-inw are sweet on each other, but can you spare us two? We’ve endured a whole day of your love attacks and are about to be done in. Please have mercy on us just this once," Bai Weiwei said with a pained expression.
"Go y on your own."
Lu Tianxing nced at Mand and Bai Weiwei without much enthusiasm and said, "If you’re feeling ufortable, just stay wherever it’s cool. If that doesn’t work, you two can just hug each other and im to be a couple."
Upon hearing Lu Tianxing’s words, Bai Zhiqing immediately pinched him on the waist with a ck line across her face. How could this guy be so thoughtless with his words, always spouting nonsense?
"Wife, why did you pinch me?" Lu Tianxing looked at Bai Zhiqing with a pitiful gaze.
"Hmph, pay more attention to what you say in the future and stop talking nonsense."
"Hehe, wife, I wasn’t talking nonsense. They’re just jealous of us, so I was making a suggestion to them."
Watching Lu Tianxing and Bai Zhiqing talk as if no one else was around, Mand couldn’t help but frantically scratch her head, "Ah! I can’t stand it, I need to be in love, I need to start dating. C’mon, Weiwei, let’s go. From now on, we’re a couple. Let’s do our own thing, let those showoff lovebirds y by themselves. Hmph, what’s the big deal? When I find a boyfriend in the future, I’ll also unt our love in front of them daily."
With that, Mand decisively ran over to Bai Weiwei’s side, then unhesitatingly wrapped an arm around her waist and triumphantly nted a kiss on Bai Weiwei’s delicate cheek. They sprinted off ahead as if they were a real couple.
"I can’t believe it!"
Lu Tianxing’s eyes almost popped out of their sockets as the two little devils actually nned to form an official couple.
Watching Mand and Bai Weiwei dash away, Bai Zhiqing frowned and said, "Tianxing, should we follow them? I’m worried Weiwei and the others might run into trouble."
"Don’t worry, they’re not children, this is the Modu Bund; there’s nothing to worry about. Besides, isn’t Manman with them? Nothing bad will happen after all."
Lu Tianxing shook his head. Trouble, what a joke. The little devil of the Netherworld Mercenary Corps, Mand, being troubled by others wasughable—just having Mand not cause trouble for others was already a stroke of luck.
"This..."
Bai Zhiqing didn’t finish her sentence, as Lu Tianxing interrupted her, "There’s nothing to ’this’ or ’that.’ Don’t you trust what I say? Besides, today is our date. It’s perfect that those two light bulbs are gone. Let’s go enjoy some street food and our time together as a couple."
With that, Lu Tianxing reached out and grabbed Bai Zhiqing’s hand, walking forward.
Bai Zhiqing’s body trembled, and she nced around like a thief. The moment Lu Tianxing grabbed her arm, her heart rate increased as if a frightened deer was bouncing inside, a flush of heat reddening her pretty face. Was this what being in love felt like?
Bai Zhiqing didn’t understand, but she felt as though she had fallen deeply in love with Lu Tianxing—thoroughly, profoundly in love with him. Perhaps it was because of the confession he made that afternoon, or maybe it was from the moment she put on the ring, she had acknowledged in her heart that Lu Tianxing was her husband.
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The night was as dark as ink, the ck sky seemed covered by a swath of cloth, with sprinkles of starlight dotting it. The lights on both sides of the Bund were brilliant, and the dazzling lights revealed the splendor of this international metropolis.
Lu Tianxing, holding Bai Zhiqing’s hand, strolled along the street, enjoying the beautiful scenery around them while sampling delicious foods.
Bai Zhiqing, looking affectionate, clung to Lu Tianxing’s arm like a curious baby, observing her surroundings. She held a skewer of beef balls in her hand, savoring them with relish. At this moment, Bai Zhiqing hadpletely lost the air of a powerful woman; she was indistinguishable from any ordinary woman in love.
"How is it, tasty? There seems to be grilled squid not far ahead, want to try it?" Lu Tianxing said with an affectionate smile, wiping the grease from the corner of Bai Zhiqing’s mouth.
"No more, if I eat any more, I’ll have to do extra hours of yoga tomorrow to lose weight."
At this moment, Bai Zhiqing’s pretty face was slightly red. Since Mand and Bai Weiwei had left, Lu Tianxing had been taking her around to taste various foods. In just over twenty minutes, she had tried more than a dozen different foods—enough for her whole day’s meals if it were any other day.
Lu Tianxing lit a cigarette for himself, his lips curled in a faint smile: "Then let’s not eat anymore. Let’s just walk around instead!"
"Great idea, I need to digest a bit, and it’s the perfect opportunity to see what the Bund has to offer."
Bai Zhiqing nodded. Speaking of which, it had been a long time since she had taken a leisurely walk like today. Before meeting Lu Tianxing, her life had always been monotonous—getting up in the morning to go to work, waiting for the day to end at the office, going home, dealing with various work issues, essentially a life rotated just between home and the office.
It was only after meeting Lu Tianxing that she realized life wasn’t just about work. Aside from work, there were many other things worth cherishing—family, love, all cherished and worth protecting.
Lu Tianxing and Bai Zhiqing walked hand in hand, slowly moving forward, their eyes taking in the enchanting scenery around them, looking no different from any other couple there.
"Hey, Lu Tianxing, look there, there’s an olddy telling fortunes. Do they do fortune-telling here too?" Bai Zhiqing suddenly pointed in a direction, surprised.
Lu Tianxing followed Bai Zhiqing’s gaze and saw beneath a streetlight an olddy with graying hair sitting there. In front of her, there was no table for fortune-telling or tools for divination, just a white clothid out with the words "Fortune Telling" written inrge letters.
Around the olddy were many young couples, pointing and talking—a fortune teller’s presence at the Bund was surprisingly out of the ordinary.
It seemed that the olddy felt Lu Tianxing’s gaze, for she turned and gave Lu Tianxing and Bai Zhiqing a faint smile. However,bined with her almost pupil-less, whitish eyes, it sent an involuntary chill through them.
"A master."
Upon making eye contact with the olddy, Lu Tianxing inwardly shuddered. Although the olddy showed no aggression, she gave him an eerie feeling. In his perception, it was as if she did not exist at all.
In other words, it was as though she had perfectly merged with the surroundings. This feeling was even more terrifying than the one Liu Ang had given him, and he had the ominous feeling that this olddy was even more dreadful than Liu Ang.
Moreover, when the olddy’s gaze fell upon him, he felt as if all his past and present lives wereid bare before her.