Chapter 1567: Heart Dead Is Also Dead

Amidst the wildly excited calls, a tall figure suddenly swept in from the side, bumping the Third Generation old man into a stumble, then threw herself solidly into Hearing Hearing Hearing Hearing Hearing Li Ang's arms.

When she was previously rescued from the City of Regret, Emma had already imagined what she would say when they met again, but when that familiar figure appeared, her prepared response instantly collapsed, leaving only an instinctive embrace.

"Hearing Hearing Hearing Hearing Hearing Li Ang……"

After giving Hearing Hearing Hearing Hearing Hearing Li Ang an incomparably tight embrace with a force that seemed to want to knead him into her own body, Emma, her eye rims slightly red, nestled against his shoulder and said in a trembling voice:

"Thank you…… Thank you! I…… If it weren't for you……"

"It's nothing."

Sensing the violent turbulence in Emma's heart lake, Hearing Hearing Hearing Hearing Hearing Li Ang couldn't help but reach out and pat her back twice comfortingly, then replied in a gentle voice:

"Even if it were……"

"Even if it were me in trouble, you would definitely come save me too."

Beating Hearing Hearing Hearing Hearing Hearing Li Ang to it, the Third Generation old man spoke those words in a weird tone, then gave Hearing Hearing Hearing Hearing Hearing Li Ang a sidelong glance as he looked up, pursed his lips with a face full of disdain, and said:

"Back when my wife was still alive, I used to say that to her too, then she'd break into a smile through her tears, and insist on marrying me…… It's been so many years, how are you still using my old trick?"

"……"

Wait…… your mouth used to just be foul, how did it suddenly become so annoying too?

Feeling the atmosphere maliciously ruined, and sensing Senior Emma's body go slightly stiff, Hearing Hearing Hearing Hearing Hearing Li Ang could only let go and look at the square-skulled old man opposite, saying with a somewhat speechless expression:

"Lord Third Generation, you look much more spirited than last time."

"Alright, cut the crap!"

Glancing at Hearing Hearing Hearing Hearing Hearing Li Ang's cufflinks, the Third Generation old man said with an impatient look:

"The stuff! Quick quick quick! Hurry up and bring out all the materials! I've waited until I'm practically moldy!"

"The materials are with Jin Niu Ge down there, she'll be here any moment, I just came over first to……"

"Fine, whatever you came for doesn't matter, take your mistress and chat over there! Don't delay me waiting for people!"

Waving his hand in a shooing gesture, the Third Generation old man directly dragged over a tombstone, set it up as a stool next to his big pot, then sat on someone's unknown tombstone, scratching his ears and cheeks as he stared intently at the big pot, completely ignoring the two of them.

This milk-is-mother old…… Director, really is just as annoying as before!

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Faced with the Third Generation old man's terrible attitude, Hearing Hearing Hearing Hearing Hearing Li Ang couldn't help but click his tongue, then wanted to take Senior Emma and walk further away, to get some distance from this old man who loved to run his mouth.

However, even though Hearing Hearing Hearing Hearing Hearing Li Ang had let go long ago, the arm around his waist didn't let go, and instead unknowingly tightened a bit more.

"Senior Emma?"

"Call me Emma."

"Uh……"

"Emma."

"……"

Even without deliberately probing Senior Emma's thoughts, her heart lake was churning too violently, and pressed right up against him completely defenseless; as a half-step True God who grasped the Heart Lake Authority, Hearing Hearing Hearing Hearing Hearing Li Ang really couldn't not perceive it.

And if at the beginning, what surged in this heart lake was only intense joy and gratitude, as the two embraced ever more tightly, the waves in this heart lake had already undergone some profound changes.

First to emerge was a touch of sudden clarity from understanding her own heart, followed immediately by a vast, seemingly boundless scorching wave; within this newborn wave, there was neither knotted sorrow nor lingering tenderness, only a stubborn and fervent determination to break everything and continue forward.

"Emma…… Senior."

Not changing his address as Emma requested, Hearing Hearing Hearing Hearing Hearing Li Ang hesitated for a moment, then lowered his head and said softly:

"You…… perhaps should calm down first; right now you've just survived a brush with death and received no small shock, so your emotions are a bit too agitated; decisions made at a time like this are generally not very rational."

"Is that so?"

Emma blinked at those words. "What decision did I make?"

"……"

"So you sensed it all, you know what I'm thinking, right?"

The arm around Hearing Hearing Hearing Hearing Hearing Li Ang's waist loosened slightly, creating a tiny gap between them; Emma's upper body leaned back a little, looking at Hearing Hearing Hearing Hearing Hearing Li Ang's somewhat evasive eyes, her previous gentle-as-water demeanor completely gone, her eyes unblinking as she said softly:

"My emotions are agitated, but that doesn't mean I'm not rational…… Hearing Hearing Hearing Hearing Hearing Li Ang, don't you have the Authority to probe heart lakes? Why don't you just directly feel my heart?"

Reaching out to grab Hearing Hearing Hearing Hearing Hearing Li Ang's hand, she pressed it hard against her own chest; with her ears burning completely red, Emma listened to her own deafening heartbeat while asking seriously with eyes full of sincerity:

"Hearing Hearing Hearing Hearing Hearing Li Ang, you tell me, what is my heart like right now?"

"……"

"You tell me, is it because I'm too agitated and lost my judgment, mistaking gratitude for you as something else, or is it that after nearly dying once, I finally understood what I truly want?"

"I……"

"I can't see your heart lake, but I can see your eyes."

No mistakes, no omissions, every word, every line, all in one look!

Watching Hearing Hearing Hearing Hearing Hearing Li Ang turn his head slightly away, unwilling to meet her gaze, Emma stubbornly continued:

"Hearing Hearing Hearing Hearing Hearing Li Ang, you can see your own heart lake; you tell me, what is your heart lake like right now?"

"This…… human emotions are very complex, so…… what I say isn't necessarily right……"

"That doesn't matter."

Emma tilted her head up slightly, her beautiful eyes gazing at the Hearing Hearing Hearing Hearing Hearing Li Ang before her, and said with utter stubbornness:

"As long as you say it, I'll believe it!"

"……"

But this isn't a matter of believing or not believing……

Lips moving slightly, Hearing Hearing Hearing Hearing Hearing Li Ang couldn't help but sigh, then raised his left hand to block Emma's view, turned his head away, and said:

"Senior Emma, I'm already married."

"I…… I know……"

After glancing at Hearing Hearing Hearing Hearing Hearing Li Ang's hand, where the ring shone with an incomparable, blinding brilliance, under the influence of the 【Married Person】 effect, Emma's turbulent heart lake involuntarily froze for a moment, then receded like a tide.

Seeing that he was clearly guilty and dared not meet her eyes, yet still insisted on raising his left hand, ring-adorned, to block between herself and him, Hearing Hearing Hearing Hearing Hearing Li Ang, Emma couldn't help but press her lips tightly together, feeling as if a piece had been gouged from her heart.

And as that icy, soul-dead sensation surged to her heart, Emma's heartbeat, which had just been pounding like a drum in her ears, suddenly paused for an instant, plunging into a brief, silent void, and then……

Boom!

A storm laden with heavy chill erupted from her chest, and after carefully circling around Hearing Hearing Hearing Hearing Hearing Li Ang, it rapidly spread outward in all directions, directly sending the three-generation-old eavesdropper sprawling head over heels.

Immediately after, the gray-brown soil of the Sage's Cemetery quickly turned deathly pale in the chill, the originally slightly green plants instantly turned gray, and a large amount of silent, cold aura surged all around; in just a few breaths, the surrounding tombstones were all coated with a thin layer of pale frost.

"Death Authority?!?!?!"

After propping herself up on the nearby tombstone and standing, seeing Hearing Hearing Hearing Hearing Hearing Li Ang opposite her with his head slightly lowered, the corners of Emma's eyes already glazed with tear-frost, the three-generation-old man couldn't help but stare at Hearing Hearing Hearing Hearing Hearing Li Ang with a bewildered expression, literally sucking in a breath of cold air.

"You…… she just wanted to date you, how did you make her into a death god?"

(End of Chapter)