Even the Abyss Wants a Wife 18

Chapter 18

Just as Little Flower was about to ask, the guard fumbled in his pocket and pulled out two candies, offering them to Lin Ling.

“Here, consider this my wedding gift.”

Little Flower had never heard the term “wedding gift” before, but he knew the candies were for him and the Abyss.

Little Flower never refused offered treats. Although he didn’t understand the term, he knew there was no malice, so he happily accepted them.

“Okay, thank you!”

Little Flower’s eyes crinkled into crescents as he took the candies and gave one to Shi Changyuan. After sharing, Lin Ling peeled his candy and popped it into his mouth, his cheeks puffed out.

The Abyss watched as Lin Ling licked the candy, his bright red tongue flashing.

“Why aren’t you eating yours?” Little Flower’s voice was muffled, accompanied by a slight slurping sound.

Shi Changyuan met Little Flower’s clear, beautiful eyes and quickly looked away again, his voice hoarse.

“I don’t feel like eating it right now.”

“Okay.” Lin Ling nodded, not pressing further, then took Shi Changyuan’s hand and swaggered into the city.

Lin Ling was relatively well-known in the Seventh Base, thanks to his distinctive face. When Little Flower and the Abyss appeared together in the base, almost everyone came out to greet them.

“Oh, Lin Ling is back?” The old woman who lived near the gate poked her head out, beaming, and offered Lin Ling a baked flatbread. Then she saw the person Lin Ling was holding hands with.

A man.

A tall man… holding hands with their Lin Ling!

The old woman’s expression instantly changed, and she began to scrutinize Shi Changyuan, asking tentatively, “Lin Ling, I haven’t seen this young man before. How old is he? Where is he from? Where does he live? What does he do in the base?”

Little Flower, listening to the old woman’s familiar questions, gave half of the flatbread to Shi Changyuan, then nibbled on his half and obediently answered her questions, “He’s my new friend… no, he’s family now! His name is Shi Changyuan.”

“Age… I’m not too sure, but he’s a little older than me.”

“He came from the north.”

“We just moved into that beautiful house behind the base!”

“What he can do in the base…” Lin Ling hadn’t thought about this question yet and could only honestly say, “I’ll have to ask Sister Mo. She’ll definitely know what Shi Changyuan can do in the base!”

With just a few words, the old woman had basically figured out Shi Changyuan’s background.

From a northern base, probably the First or Third Base, lived in the best house in the Seventh Base as soon as he arrived, and knew Team Leader Mo from the research institute. He must have some background.

The old woman nodded.

A talented man and a beautiful man, a good match.

She just didn’t know about his character yet.

Then, the news that “Lin Ling brought his partner back” spread like wildfire, even faster than the two of them could explore the base.

Everyone who saw them would say “Congratulations, congratulations” and give them snacks.

Most of the snacks were plant seeds, like sunflower seeds, peanuts, and even two beautiful red dates.

Lin Ling didn’t know what everyone was congratulating him on, but he received a lot of food, which was indeed worth celebrating.

The two first went to the villa Mo Cheng had prepared for them and found that it was indeed well-lit, just a little empty, unlike their Abyss, where the entire space was filled to the brim, which felt very secure.

“But I love this swing!” Lin Ling nestled into a hanging basket chair on the large terrace.

The swing had been decorated with fake flowers and vines, which Lin Ling had the Abyss devour as soon as he saw them. He then used real vines and small white flowers as decorations.

There were also rows of planters on the terrace, swaying in the wind along the edge of the eaves.

Some humans indeed had sophisticated taste. This villa seemed tailor-made for Little Flower, perfectly suited to both Lin Ling and the Abyss, as if it were naturally their home.

“Does Ling Ling want to decorate it?” Shi Changyuan looked around, observing the things Little Flower liked, trying to memorize them all so he could recreate them in the Abyss.

But if Little Flower really liked this place, he could also enclose the entire villa within the Abyss.

“Yes!”

Lin Ling looked at the house, imagining living there with the Abyss. For some reason, he felt a strange sense of unease.

This strange feeling made him feel that living here with Shi Changyuan was different from living in the Abyss, but he couldn’t quite put his finger on why.

Especially when Lin Ling took Shi Changyuan shopping for interesting trinkets to decorate the house, the words and expressions of the people they met amplified this feeling.

“Everyone is saying that the new friend Lin Ling brought back is very handsome. Congratulations, Lin Ling.” The owner of a craft shop winked at Little Flower and Shi Changyuan, as if teasing them.

Little Flower didn’t quite understand what this sentence meant. It felt disjointed, but everyone was saying it today.

The craft shop owner was a good friend of Little Flower’s, always selling strange and unique handmade items. It was this human friend who initially taught Little Flower many things and helped him integrate into human life.

“What are you all congratulating me on?”

Little Flower finally found someone he could comfortably ask.

“Congratulations on finding a partner! Aren’t you picking out decorations for your wedding room right now?”

The shop owner didn’t beat around the bush because she knew that if Little Flower asked, he genuinely didn’t know.

“For wedding room decorations, the custom is to lean towards something more festive.”

The owner glanced at Shi Changyuan, moved a little closer to Lin Ling, and gossiped, “By the way, with such a handsome boyfriend, did he pursue you, or did you pursue him?”

But Little Flower was dumbfounded by the answer. He blinked, his face blank.

…What partner? What wedding room? What boyfriend?!

Why did Little Flower understand even less now?

Did the humans who congratulated him before all think that Little Flower had found a partner?!

“Oh, but personally, I don’t think the key to a wedding room is festive decorations,” the shop owner whispered mysteriously, “The most important thing is the mood and atmosphere. Lin Ling, do you want to try…”

Little Flower didn’t hear the rest of her words, and neither did the Abyss.

Both Little Flower and Shi Changyuan felt as if a lightning bolt had struck their heads, instantly sobering them up.

One sentence had enlightened them both.