30 Chapter 34: Fishing

Luo Shang was originally the fake young master in a danmei novel. Due to an unexpected accident, he was pulled into the Infinite Reincarnation Game for hundreds of years and rose to become a top-tier infinite flow powerhouse.

Recently, after quarreling with the Captain of the Reincarnation Game, he took leave and returned to his Native Plane for a vacation.

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Luo Shang had assumed he'd need to take matters into his own hands to escape the tragic fate laid out in that melodramatic novel, but reality proved him wrong.

At the Recognition Banquet, Luo Shang announced that he wanted to change his surname to Luo, altering his original name from Su Shang to Luo Shang.

The Su Family Members chimed in immediately. "Yes, yes, absolutely no problem! Luo sounds so much better! Whatever surname you want is fine—Su on odd days, Luo on even days, we don't care!"

The other guests at the Birthday Banquet were baffled. ?

When had the Su Family ever treated their playboy scion with such indulgence?

Unbeknownst to them, the Su Family Members were listening to Luo Shang's Heart Voice in abject terror:

"What if they don't agree? Should I brainwash them? Warp their memories? I'm not great with mental powers... What if I accidentally turn them all into vegetables...?"

Su Family Members: "We have zero objections to your name change!"

They had no intention of becoming vegetables!

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When the discussion turned to marriage alliances, Luo Shang spoke up from the side. "Since I'm not the Su Family's real young master, why not give Mr. Shen to my second brother?"

Old Master Shen was on the verge of scowling. Was his grandson some piece of merchandise, to be handed off so casually? What did they think the boy was?

But before he could react, his grandson—the original male lead, Shen Changqing—responded at once. "Sounds good, no issues here. I'll make a great life with your second brother. Don't worry, I won't come after you anymore!"

Old Master Shen: ?

Was this still his proud, aloof grandson?

What he didn't realize was that Shen Changqing was trembling beneath Luo Shang's Heart Voice: "Such a pain. Just cancel it already. Why isn't he saying anything? He has to want out, right? If not, I'll wipe him from existence and impersonate him to turn it down..."

Shen Changqing: "You want me dating your second brother? Consider it done!"

Compared to the threat of death, what was a little romance?

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After the engagement was dissolved, the Xu Family Elders paid a personal visit, eager to arrange a marriage alliance with Third Young Master Luo Shang. Luo Shang ignored them completely, dismissing the overture with one line: "I have a boyfriend."

A boyfriend? But you'd had no intimate entanglements with anyone since breaking things off with Shen Changqing!

Before the Xu Family Elders could frown, Shen Changqing piped up righteously from nearby. "Exactly right! He does have a boyfriend—that's precisely why I ended the engagement so cleanly!"

Xu Family Leader: ?

Why the intense reaction? I'd heard the real story behind your breakup was something else entirely...

The Su Family Members and Shen Changqing all exhaled in relief.

Just seconds prior, Luo Shang's Heart Voice had laid it bare:

"Are they really pushing this marriage thing? My boyfriend can't find out—he's the jealous sort. If he does, he might sneakily obliterate this whole world."

They shared a glance, a knowing glint in their eyes that only fellow survivors could appreciate.

Yes—they'd just saved the world!

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One day amid Luo Shang's idyllic vacation, where everything was unfolding perfectly, his Cross-Dimensional Contact Earpiece crackled to life with the Squad Members' panicked howls.

"Deputy Captain, get back here now! If you don't, the Captain's going to level the Fifth World—we can't stop him anymore, aaah!"

The earpiece voice shifted suddenly to a man's rich, magnetic tone. "Sorry. My mistake. Can we drop the cold shoulder? Come back?"