Righteous Saint Lin Shuang and Demon Saintess Xia Yubing shake hands and make peace, calling a temporary ceasefire tonight.
A night of world peace!
It’s really a big, happy family ending with making dumplings together.
Lin Shuang gazes at the brilliantly lit streets of Hai City, thinking to himself that he’s really sacrificed so much for world peace.
He’s been thoroughly ’nourished’ by the evil Demon Saintess!
Ah, but it’s all worth it.
Let him endure even more storms! Bring it on with more force!
Ah! Demon Saintess, please lash him harshly!
For world peace! Let him bear all of this!
At this moment, Lin Shuang and Xia Yubing are sitting on a bench by the river, enjoying the gentle evening breeze.
Xia Yubing practically hangs all over him, suspiciously observing his expression.
"Hmm? What’s hubby thinking about? Another girl?"
Lin Shuang snaps out of his wild thoughts, "...Would you believe me if I said I’m pondering world peace?"
Xia Yubing smiles and nods, "I believe whatever hubby says, you know?"
"...I’m thinking about how I saved the world and billions of lives from the hands of the Demon Saintess."
Catching on to the phrase "billions of lives," Xia Yubing pulls his hand and rubs her belly.
"There are indeed several billion, seems like some haven’t come out yet... really so many, hubby really is something!"
Lin Shuang draws circles on her belly, "You’re the one who held on too tightly, and kept shouting something..."
Xia Yubing immediately covers his mouth, not letting him continue.
The Demon Saintess blushes, "Hubby, don’t talk about such things on the street!"
Having absorbed the Righteous Saint’s energy, her complexion is indeed very rosy.
Lin Shuang chuckles, "You were the one who brought it up!"
"It’s all your fault anyway, hubby!"
Their laughter is carried far away by the evening breeze.
There are many people by the river enjoying the wind.
Groups of two or three, families out for an after-dinner walk, tourists celebrating their successful travels, and couples, too.
Some are reminiscing about the magnificent fireworks by the river yesterday, "Yesterday’s fireworks were so beautiful and romantic... I went out for a walk and unknowingly ended up here again, hoping to see it one more time."
"It’s been years since Hai City had such beautiful fireworks, and it was a declaration-of-love kind too, so rare to see!"
A girl whispering with her hands on her cheeks, "If I were proposed to like that, I’d surely faint on the spot from being so touched! My heart races just thinking about it!"
"Such a grand event, it must be a Prince and Princess level!"
The people speaking seem to notice something simultaneously, their voices getting lower, eventually falling silent.
Pursing their lips, they stare blankly at a couple, obviously in love, walking past them on the street.
The girl in the couple clings to the boy’s arm, gazing unwaveringly up at him.
The boy, with a gentle smile, is talking about something with the girl.
After they walk away, the group covers their mouths, whispering excitedly.
"There are really Prince and Princess!"
"Such a handsome guy!"
"Such a beautiful girl!"
"Yesterday’s fireworks, it takes such a couple to make it perfect, ahhh!"
"Lock it down! Lock it down for me!"
Throughout the journey, there were many who paid such admiring glances to Lin Shuang and Xia Yubing.
Xia Yubing giggled, "So, do you feel the pressure, hubby? Everyone is jealous of you for having such a beautiful wife, aren’t they?"
"Isn’t everyone jealous of you for snagging such a handsome husband?"
Lin Shuang spoke with a smile, "It’s as if we’re celebrities."
Xia Yubing touched her cheek, "Speaking of celebrities, there seem to be a couple of celebrity music festival tickets on the desk in your room, right?"
Reckoning time has arrived!
"Er... I met Yu Zhishui at the hotel yesterday afternoon, and she gave me two tickets, inviting us to watch her performance."
Xia Yubing nodded thoughtfully, "I see, I wasn’t around yesterday afternoon, and you managed to snag that big celebrity in just one afternoon."
She pecked Lin Shuang on the cheek, "Truly worthy of being my husband~"
Lin Shuang raised his hands in surrender, "Nothing happened, I’m telling you!"
He thought to himself that he had withstood a severe test! And preserved his innocence for this Demon Saintess to absorb!
That was a close shave!
"Hmph, it’s up to you, hubby. After all, I, as the Empress, won’t be checking on you."
Xia Yubing wouldn’t actually check up on him; she was more likely to devour him entirely, leaving nothing behind!
This Xia fairy blinked and continued, "So, are we planning to go watch your new crush’s music festival performance tomorrow?"
"Really, nothing happened! She’s not any new crush!"
"Husband~ the strict get resisted, the lenient get confessed to, okay?"
"There really is nothing to confess!"
Xia Yubing shook his arm, "Alright, alright, let’s drop it. Are you still good to go now, hubby?"
How could a man admit to being unable?
But instinctively, Lin Shuang still reached to support his lower back, "Another battle on the horizon?"
He wasn’t sure if he could withstand it.
The situation changes once more! How could one remain stagnant!
Right now, Lin Shuang was immensely missing his little maid’s super kidney-nourishing soup.
Xia Yubing jumped onto his back, wrapping her arms around his neck, "Truce, truce! I want hubby to carry me back... I can’t walk anymore!"
Lin Shuang gripped her thighs, "I definitely still have the strength for this."
They hadn’t walked far when Xia Yubing received a phone call.
As she spoke, her tone shifted to that of the Xia Family’s young lady and President Xia.
The person on the other end of the line couldn’t possibly imagine that President Xia was now lying on a man’s back, her cheek resting on his shoulder, could they?
President Xia even snuggled up against Lin Shuang’s cheek while maintaining a cold tone, "Alright, I’ll check if I have any other plans tonight."
The person on the phone sounded a bit anxious, "Niece, it’s a big business deal. If you’re free... you should come and take a look."
After hanging up, her voice instantly returned to a soft, seductive purr.
Lin Shuang pinched her thigh and hoisted her up a bit, "Busy tonight? Let’s go check it out then."
"Mhm, need to go to my aunt’s, a potential partner happens to be visiting, and we have a deal to discuss."
Xia Yubing nestled into Lin Shuang’s neck, "Hmm... I don’t want to go, I want to be with husband~"
Lin Shuang also nuzzled her cheek, "There will be plenty of time for us in the future, if there’s important business, better take care of it first."
"Okay, okay, then hubby, rest well tonight~ Pick me up tomorrow and we’ll go watch the music festival together?"
"Sure~ A truce tonight~"