Chapter 124: Wife-Controlled

"Do you still remember when you first escaped from Suote to the Imperial family?"

"You mean that time during my pairing ceremony?"

Luka coughed somewhat unnaturally when he heard her say this, hooked his fingers around her fingertips, and kissed the corner of her lips. "That time doesn't count."

He said slowly, "At the time, in exchange for rescuing Aili, Laiboli made Aiven do one thing, which was to go and lure Zongfang away. And Aiven knew that if he did this, it would be hard to survive, so he asked Laiboli to take care of his younger sister, using his own life to trade for his sister's future life of peace and worry-free existence. He wrote all of this into a letter and kept it in a safe at home along with his savings. It was when I sent Angsi to investigate that I learned the ins and outs from his letter."

"So Aiven really died back then?"

"Yes."

Qiao Suisui lowered her eyes, somewhat speechless. In the past, she had treated this place as a Game World, so she had automatically blocked out the feelings of others' deaths. But as time passed, she found that she was completely unable to treat the people around her as paper cutouts or virtual avatars, especially after hearing about Aili's plight; she was even more at a loss as to how to evaluate Zongfang's behavior of treating human life as nothing.

Luka noticed her complex emotions, patted her head, and continued, "It's all in the past. What's important now is that you are fully capable of helping Aili."

He knew that the original intention behind Sui Sui founding Zizai was the hope that the weak could band together to obtain protection, and Aili was a very good case study; she needed an event that would accumulate prestige to tell everyone the beliefs she truly wanted to convey. It was precisely out of planning for her that Luka put Aili's name on the list.

"Aren't females all protected by the Female Protection Association? Why is no one looking after Aili?" Qiao Suisui asked.

"Logically speaking, the Female Protection Association should step in, but due to the endless emergence of inferior artificial females over the past two years, the Female Protection Association hasn't been very attentive in their management."

What Luka said was still embellished; he didn't tell her just how dirty the world outside really was. But Qiao Suisui understood; in fact, once she thought about it carefully, she understood. Females with inferior genes were not within the consideration of males hatching cubs, and coupled with intellectual deficiencies or various other problems, they were of little value to males, leading to the high probability that females like Aili would end up as playthings for venting lust.

"Aili is very likely not an isolated case," Qiao Suisui's eyes were full of determination, and she said, "I must find a way to change their current situation."

Luka responded, gazing at her tenderly, his eyes carrying a hint of pride when he looked at her. His hand rested on her back, stroking those clearly defined butterfly bones. He often felt that Sui Sui was magical; clearly, she was thin and delicate, yet inside her small body, there seemed to be immense energy.

Qiao Suisui was lost in thought, then suddenly asked, "Since Ashi agreed to Aiven's conditions, how could Aili still fall into this kind of situation?"

Luka paused for two seconds and said, "He did indeed fulfill the promise he made back then."

It was just in the most time-saving and effortless way. At the time, he ordered people to give Aili a large sum of pension money, and after that, he never bothered with her again. He knew that if he spoke about Aili's situation, it would inevitably involve Laiboli; there was no point in covering for his good brother at this moment, thinking that, anyway, he had plenty of ways to vie for favor.

It was indeed as Luka had expected; Qiao Suisui was somewhat surprised by Laiboli's act of killing the donkey after it had finished grinding the grain.

One had to know that this man was always gentle and attentive in front of her, the best at coaxing people and pestering them, and even frequently seduced her without a sound, without half the posture of a powerful superior, which led her to almost forget that Laiboli was someone who had emerged victorious from a struggle for the throne. And such a person rarely had compassion; decisive killing was his true nature.

The aftereffects of this matter extended directly into the evening.

Qiao Suisui's Dian was divided into an outer Dian and an inner Dian; the inner Dian was where she usually lived. At this time, Laiboli, who had been busy all day, stood before the door of the inner Dian and called for the door in a soft voice.

"Sui Sui, let me in. Today was supposed to be my turn to accompany you, wasn't it?"

Qiao Suisui sat on the bed with her arms crossed and said to the door, "Can't I change my mind? I want to sleep by myself tonight."

Laiboli leaned against the door frame, and in the few seconds of silence, he quickly reviewed everything he had done over the past few days, confirming there was nothing that had made her angry.

"Baby, I was wrong." No matter what the problem was, admitting fault first was never wrong. "What were you wrong about?"

"I was wrong about everything."

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Qiao Suisui was speechless. She ran over barefoot with small steps, pulled the door open with force, and seeing the man with a face full of smiles, her anger flared up.

"You admit your faults quickly enough, but you don't even know what you did wrong."

Laiboli scooped up the small hand she was pointing at him in anger, kissed it by his lips, and said, "Alright, then tell me, where did I do poorly? I promise I won't do it again in the future."

So Qiao Suisui told him about Aili's situation. Laiboli's hand hooked her hair, winding it around his fingertips, listening absent-mindedly, his eyes filled only with her skin, which was as white and smooth as jade. Finally, after hearing her finish with great difficulty, he first said "Oh," and then slowly raised his eyes and asked, "Who was Aili again?"

Qiao Suisui took a deep breath and slammed the door shut with a 'bang'.

"You go sleep by yourself today!"

From then on, no matter how the man stood at the door and coaxed her, she paid no attention, simply covering her head and sleeping soundly.

The next day, the sun of the Ausilan Empire, having been shut out, was under extremely low pressure throughout the entire meeting with the Council.

"."The situation this year is roughly like this, in the future we... will have new breakthroughs. Sun, do you have any other instructions?" One person asked respectfully, and after waiting for a long while, they heard the voice from above drift down gloomily.

"Elder, I heard that you seem to be very loving with your spouse?"

That person was stunned, not understanding what this had to do with the report just now, but still answered cautiously, "Ah, yes, yes."

Laiboli leaned forward and asked, "What method is there?"

"Ah? It's just that females are delicate; just coax them more. When she throws a tantrum, listen more and talk less, and you definitely won't go wrong."

Laiboli thought, what a lousy trick; wasn't that exactly what he did last night, and he didn't even get through the door. "Then what if she talks to you about another female at this time? Should you say you remember or you don't remember?"

The Elder was bewildered; governing the country hadn't been this difficult. He stammered for a long time, and Laiboli, seeing that he couldn't get any constructive advice, ended the meeting quickly. He first ordered people to check all the females named 'Aili', pondered deeply, and finally discovered the source of the problem.

Laiboli held the photo given by his subordinate, saw Angsi entering and leaving Aili's house in the photo, and what else was there to not understand? He swirled the ice cubes in his wine glass and laughed in anger.

So he had been 'backstabbed' by his brother.

Laiboli signed with a flourish, directly approving the entire year's workload to the Military Department in one go. He didn't believe that Xikesaisi would still have the energy to accompany her this month.

On the other side, Qiao Suisui ordered people to secretly guard around Aili's house, and once they saw the brown bear Beastman appear, they were to detain him. She herself used a Phantom Face Pill to transform into Aili's appearance. Gone was the dull, foolish expression, and added to Qiao Suisui's unique liveliness, the 'Aili' at this moment was truly a little beauty.

Qiao Suisui intended to sneak into the Female Protection Association, but she was followed halfway there.

(End of chapter)