I Am the Only Fertile Woman in the Game-Chapter 160 - Conditions

“I will order the ceremony to be hastened, and out of respect, I thought to inform you beforehand.”

It took a while for Ruka to regain his voice, and he asked, “Has she agreed?”

Leberli chuckled and said, “She agreed in person.” With that, he strode past Ruka, brushing by his shoulder.

If she had remained as before, unwilling to accept any man as her partner, perhaps Ruka’s inner balance could have been maintained. The vast rooftop was left with only elongated shadows for company.

Leberli did not tell him that, before departing from the Southern Battlefield, he had used Zong Fang’s release order as a bargain to make Qiao Suisui agree to be his partner.

He knelt on one knee, took out a navy blue velvet box and opened it, revealing a meticulously crafted, pigeon egg-sized diamond ring. It was clear that a lot of thought had gone into this ring, which he had personally designed and had made by the top team.

“Suisui, I’ve kept this ring for a long time. I thought I could wait indefinitely, but it seems I cannot anymore…”

Leberli lifted his head, his eyes filled with tender anxiety as he looked directly into hers.

“Marry me, will you? I will treat you well with all that I have.”

Qiao Suisui was somewhat confused by Leberli’s sudden decision. She wanted to pull him up, but he insisted on kneeling before her.

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“I know this is despicable of me, but there are no rules in love.” He took out the ring, slipped it onto her middle finger, and coaxed, “Marry me, become my Queen. In doing so, Zong Fang can be freed from the Southern Battlefield. I promise you, as long as you like, he can always stay with you at the Imperial Court.”

Qiao Suisui hesitated, wanting to withdraw her hand, but Leberli caught it before she could, saying, “And Sikoses, if you and Zong Fang were together, would he accept Sikoses? If you went back to Soter with him, what about Sikoses, what about the children?”

“But I don’t want to be with anyone… and Ruka will be so sad if he finds out…”

Even though he was her first man.

Leberli said soothingly, “Don’t worry, I have already discussed it with him before coming here. And after our ceremony, you can also register with him; I absolutely won’t mind.”

Qiao Suisui asked hesitantly, “He already knows?”

“Yes, this time it’s me bringing you back, not him. Doesn’t that clearly show his attitude?”

Leberli saw a trace of loss in her eyes and held back his own pain, chuckling, “Suisui, I grew up with Sikoses, and I know him well. As long as you are happy, he doesn’t mind. And this is currently the best way to handle things. When we go back, everything will stay the same. If you like staying at the Imperial Court, you can live here. Go wherever you want to, I will never constrain you. Here, Sikoses and I will always be your support, and the children can receive the best education.”

He saw Qiao Suisui still hesitating and dropped a bombshell.

“Do you really want to drag us along like this indefinitely?”

Qiao Suisui’s back tensed up, and the guilt she felt over Carl’s situation resurfaced at his words. She had always felt a bit of self-reproach, even though the rules of this world allowed a female to have multiple spouses, the training and education she received over the past ten-plus years constantly reminded her—

You are a harlot.

What you are doing is wrong.

You can’t have so much goodness and happiness at the same time.

You shouldn’t string along so many people just to feel loved yourself.

Even though she had reached a point where she was very selfish and hardened, she couldn’t help but hear a voice that slipped out from her thoughts because it was the collective subconscious that society had instilled in women.

Leberli’s words made her feel like she had thorns in her back; she clutched the ring, the hard, sharp edges of the diamond digging painfully into her palm.

“…I promise you.”

It was just a ceremony, nothing would change. Qiao Suisui consoled herself with that thought.

Leberli hugged her tightly with joy, and they wrapped their arms around each other’s necks. But of the two embracing, one was ecstatic, while the other was lost.

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Qiao Suisui hurried back to her palace, searching through the luggage she brought back. Important items like these she would typically store in the System’s storage compartment, but it was full, and keeping them in her space she feared Zong Fang would see and get angry, so she had carefully hidden it in a box.

When Carl walked in, he saw her belongings strewn all over the floor and resignedly picked them up one by one. As Qiao Suisui threw them ahead, he picked them up behind her.

“Found it!”

She opened the box and saw the Wolf Teeth intact, and she breathed a sigh of relief.

Carl tidied up her things and muttered from the side, his words laced with a hint of jealousy, “What if it really got lost? Just grab any passing dog, knock out one of its teeth, and do you believe I can still command the Wolf Clan and stir up trouble just as well?”

“You don’t need dog teeth to command; you’re most powerful with that mouth of yours.”

“Disagree?”

Carl caught her and gave her a fierce kiss, whispering deliberately close to her ear, “Do you believe this mouth of mine can make you cry and beg me to stop?”

Qiao Suisui’s face heated up several degrees in an instant, pushing against his sturdy abs, pushing away the man who was sticking close, then pushing away only for him to stick close again.

Blushing, she rebuked coyly, “I think you’re also a ‘dog,’ as sticky as a plaste.”

Carl chuckled naughtily, not loosening his grip on her hand in the least.

“Actually, it doesn’t matter; we both have fur. Do you want to feel it?”