Ling Qianhe glanced at Franklin.
He said slowly.
"No."
A flicker of strange curiosity flashed in Franklin's eyes.
"Why? What, do you think I'm not suitable to meet her?"
"Are you worried I'll scare her?"
"No, you should know, as long as it's in daily life, I'm very normal, and I won't scare your darling."
Ling Qianhe shook his head.
"No."
His attitude was still firm.
"I won't let you meet her."
The more he said this, the more curious Franklin became.
"What, are you afraid I'm too handsome and she'll fall in love with me? Otherwise, I really can't think of any reason for you to stop me from seeing her."
"Or are you afraid I'll tell her about your hidden secrets?"
"Yes, she probably thinks you're a well-behaved and cute boy."
"I can't imagine you having such a terrifying side, that you would research forbidden potions."
Ling Qianhe continued to shake his head.
"No. I'm not worried about you telling her my secrets."
"These things won't scare her."
He knew Lin M uci too well.
She wasn't someone who would be frightened by such things, and she had her own fair share of secrets, even more so than could be revealed!
"What I'm worried about."
He looked at Franklin.
"If you meet her, and fall in love with her."
"Then we can no longer be friends."
Franklin was utterly shocked!
His pale, handsome face was filled with astonishment.
He slowly opened his mouth, finding it incredible.
But looking at Ling Qianhe's extremely serious eyes.
He finally realized that what Ling Qianhe had said was true.
Ling Qianhe genuinely believed it.
He still couldn't believe it.
"You think I'll fall in love with her?"
"Impossible… my life is dedicated to supreme science."
"There is no woman in this world who deserves someone as outstanding as me."
"I will never be moved by anyone."
"In this world, I am unique. Like a god, how could I fancy an ordinary woman? Unlike you, you can be swayed by women, but I absolutely won't."
Franklin was quite narcissistic.
"Why are you worried about that?"
Ling Qianhe snorted.
"I don't trust you."
"Do you have more of the super-god potion? Give me a sample."
Franklin looked at him with some vigilance.
"What are you going to do?"
"You madman, you won't inject it into yourself – don't do anything reckless."
"And the super-god potion is already a weakened version of the potion on you. Injecting it into your body, although it won't immediately cause your body to collapse, can still have a strengthening effect, but that's assuming you can survive the initial backlash, which is quite terrifying."
"Don't be reckless, Ling Qianhe!"
"You're human, not some experimental machine."
Franklin's eyes were quite sincere.
"And, to be honest, you're the only friend I have in this world, and I don't want anything to happen to you."
Ling Qianhe pursed his lips.
He knew, of course.
But—
He had a guess in his heart.
He wanted to try.
If that girl really had a system.
He really wanted to know what the system's limits were.
Because.
He had to confirm some things.
Only then could he know.
What price he would have to pay, what efforts he would have to make.
To keep her, and make her never leave him again!
…
Lin M uci had just finished appearing on the promotional show with Yang Weiyang and the others. She was sitting in the car returning to the hotel.
The little system, with a very vigilant voice, reminded her.
"Host?"
"You should pay attention, Ling Qianhe's life force seems to be decreasing."
"His life force had stabilized above fifty percent before, but now it has suddenly dropped to thirty percent… I suspect there might be some changes on his end."
Lin M uci felt her heart clench in an instant.
Ling Qianhe's life force?
Decreasing?
What happened to him?
Self-harm?
Car accident?
Drugged?
Several possibilities flashed through her mind. Her eyelashes fluttered, and she instinctively reached for her phone to call Ling Qianhe.
She clutched her phone, her heart pounding.
Yang Weiyang noticed Lin M uci's absentminded look.
She couldn't help but turn to look at Lin M uci.
"Xiao Ci? What's wrong?"
Yang Weiyang looked a bit nervous.
"Xiao Ci?"
"Don't scare me, why are you suddenly spacing out? Are you too tired?"
Lin M uci shook her head.
She gently comforted Yang Weiyang!
"I'm fine."
Everyone was in the car now, and it wasn't convenient for her to contact Ling Qianhe.
However, her mind was in a turmoil. As soon as she got out of the car, she rushed into her room and quickly called Ling Qianhe via video call.
He didn't answer for a long time.
Lin M uci was considering whether to book a flight immediately to go to him.
He answered the video call.
The man with crimson lips and skin like snow looked up at her.
"What's wrong?"
Lin M uci looked at him as he answered the call, but then she didn't know how to ask.
She couldn't directly ask Ling Qianhe, "Why is your life force constantly decreasing…"
Asking like that was too strange, so she could only vaguely say.
"I suddenly had a feeling and worried something happened to you, so I called you."
"Why are your lips so red?"
Did he spit blood?
Ling Qianhe smiled.
"I'm wearing makeup. What, are you worried I kissed someone else? Impossible. My lips will only kiss yours."
At this juncture, he still had the mood to joke?
Lin M uci's eyes widened like a rabbit's.
She stared at Ling Qianhe with her round eyes. Ling Qianhe's fingers seemed to be able to touch her skin through the phone screen.
"Don't worry about me."
"When I'm done here, I'll come to find you right away."
Lin M uci was still a little uneasy.
"Is it really okay?"
Ling Qianhe gave a smiling affirmation.
"Yes. I'm fine. Don't worry about me."
"Oh, right, I have a friend who's a bit interested in you. His name is Franklin. If he appears before you, don't pay attention to him."
"That guy is quite crazy."
"No matter what he says, don't take it to heart, just think of him as talking in his sleep."
Franklin?
Lin M uci was slightly stunned.
She seemed to be hearing this name for the first time.
Even in the background information of this world, she didn't seem to have encountered anyone named Franklin.
He wasn't a famous movie star either.
So how did Ling Qianhe know him?
Lin M uci was still racking her brains to figure out this person's origins.
Then Lin M uci heard the little system say in her mind.
"The reason you don't have an impression of this person is because he was supposed to die under the butterfly effect but survived."
"So in the initial world background information provided to you."
"His name was not included."
Lin M uci froze.
"Huh?"
Her instinctive reaction.
"Is he considered to have defied fate?"
"Can I earn a hundred points from him? Isn't it said that if you change the fate of a key character, you get a hundred points?"
The little system flatly denied.
"Of course not. And…"
The little system thought for a moment and explained carefully.
"And it wasn't you who changed his fate, it was Ling Qianhe who changed his fate."
"He was supposed to die, but by chance, Ling Qianhe saved him. However, this guy is very special. Look, even Ling Qianhe told you to stay away from him, telling you this guy is a lunatic…"
"Even Ling Qianhe calls him crazy, so you can imagine how crazy he really is, right?"
The craziness Ling Qianhe spoke of.
Was probably real madness.
Lin M uci immediately pressed further.
"Then I want to see Franklin's detailed information."
The system, however, put on a righteous demeanor at this moment.
"Fifty points."
Lin M uci had learned her lesson this time.
"I'm not going to give it to you obediently."
"Can't I ask Ling Qianhe next time? Since this guy is his friend, he should know a lot about him, right?"
The system chuckled foolishly.
"You don't have to give it if you don't want to."
"Anyway, this guy should find you soon. He's Ling Qianhe's friend, and he's probably very curious about you too."
Lin M uci felt a little depressed.
Qianhe's friend?
Then why before…
Did he not mention this friend to her?
Did he think she wasn't important enough?
And… she looked at the pitch-black screen.
Ling Qianhe actually hung up her call after mentioning Franklin's name.
Why?
Why did he hang up so quickly?
…
After mentioning Franklin's name, Ling Qianhe hung up the phone.
It wasn't that he was in a hurry to hang up the phone, but because the moment he hung up, a wisp of blood flowed from the corner of his lips!
If he didn't hang up immediately.
Lin M uci would have seen it.
It was out of necessity.
That's why he hung up the phone.
He wiped the bloodstain from his lips. The crimson lips curved upward slightly.
As if discovering a secret.
Ling Qianhe murmured to himself.
"As expected, she would know… I'm injured?"
"So."
"She can't let me die?"
After injecting the sz637 potion, injecting the super-god potion again was indeed too much for his body.
But he had a reason to do so.
Ling Qianhe's smile widened.
"There must be a loophole."
"That I can grasp."
He wanted Xiao Ci to stay.
To stay by his side forever.
He would definitely find a way to achieve this.
He slowly wiped his lips. On his crimson lips, in the depths of his eyes, there was ambition.
He slowly clenched his palm.
"So."
"I can't die?"
"She is the one who saves me."
"Then if I will definitely die if she leaves…"
"What will happen."
"Interesting things."
The light in his eyes grew brighter!
"Is there any way to completely bind my fate with hers?"
No matter what method it was.
No matter what price he had to pay.
He would find it.