Even the Abyss Wants a Wife 2

Chapter 2

“Hello, new neighbor. First of all, thank you very much for the fertilizer last time, and then… and then I want to confirm, does your Abyss really eat… eat… eat people…?”

Lin Ling, holding a bouquet of beautiful white flowers in his arms, practiced in front of a tree in front of his house. But every time he recalled the scene of the Abyss devouring things, he would tremble and stammer.

After all, as a little flower demon, seeing the giant hole of the Abyss swallow even the land in one bite was simply the nemesis of plants!

“Maybe we should forget it.” A parrot in the tree next to him made a loud noise. “Yes, yes, that’s too dangerous.”

Because of the rain yesterday, the three-headed parrot that had said it was leaving somehow came back. After listening to Lin Ling explain the cause and effect, it immediately became a spectator, offering various bad ideas.

“What do you know!”

The middle parrot head pecked the other two heads with its beak, then said mysteriously, “I heard humans say that the Abyss has always existed, it was just dormant, and it has only become active in recent years.”

“All mutated creatures become active for two reasons: foraging and courtship.”

The middle parrot head looked at Lin Ling, lowered its voice, and said with extreme certainty, behind the little flower demon’s back, “The Abyss didn’t hurt the little flower demon, and even gave him food. Isn’t this courtship behavior?”

Feeling the admiring gazes of the other two heads, the middle parrot head puffed out its chest proudly: Ah, how should I put it, after all, it was the original brain, unlike these mutated ones.

“Lin Ling, just go to your new neighbor with confidence.” The three-headed parrot seemed to have reached a consensus, and said to Lin Ling, “He won’t hurt you, after all, you’re so good-looking.”

Little flower demon: …?

Although he didn’t understand what this had to do with being good-looking, he had been hesitant. Seeing the three-headed parrot so confident, he also became bolder.

Wasn’t it just going to ask the new neighbor to clarify? He was a polite little flower demon, and the new neighbor seemed easy to talk to. It would be fine.

After brainwashing himself, Lin Ling set off happily, “Then wait for my good news!”

The little flower demon’s excitement didn’t last ten minutes before it crumbled. He had just reached the vicinity of the small woods when he saw from afar that the Abyss seemed to be expanding again, and he turned and ran in fright.

Help—the Abyss seems to be expanding again!!!

As the little flower demon ran, he looked back. In his peripheral vision, he saw his new neighbor, who was holding something in his hand.

Of course, Shi Changyuan also saw Lin Ling. He didn’t understand why the little flower demon was hiding and unwilling to show himself. As he was about to follow, he suddenly saw a bouquet of flowers placed on a nearby stone, extremely conspicuous.

This bouquet seemed to have been carefully prepared. It was still the same white little flowers as before, with the stems wrapped in a small vine and tied with a beautiful bow.

It was placed upright, not a single flower wilting from being pressed. There were even small water droplets on a few of them, looking as vibrant and energetic as the person who sent them.

This was a gift.

Shi Changyuan suddenly understood. Imitating the little flower demon, he placed the fertilizer and water in his hand on the stone, then picked up the bouquet, turned around, and carried it back to the Abyss.

In the deepest part of the Abyss, Shi Changyuan placed the bouquet into a vase. Next to this vase were a clear glass jar and a flowerpot with soil.

The transparent glass jar also contained the small flower Lin Ling had given him before, and the flowerpot with soil seemed to be much older. The soil in the middle was somewhat sunken, as if something had been planted there before.

In addition, there were many other things scattered in various corners of the space, including various fertilizers, watering cans, flowerpots, shovels… It looked like they had been piled up for a long time without being used.

When Shi Changyuan had put the bouquet away and came out of the Abyss, he saw the returning little flower demon at first glance.

Lin Ling was peeking from the bushes in the distance, wearing a flower crown, trying to blend in with the bushes he was hiding in. But on his head, besides the flower crown, there was also a colorful mutated parrot.

“Do you really think the new neighbor will get along with me?” Lin Ling asked in a small voice.

Just now, the three-headed parrot flew over to observe and confirmed that the Abyss was not currently expanding, but Lin Ling was still a little apprehensive.

“Don’t worry.” The three-headed parrot was a bit noisy, but it always considered itself reliable.

It looked at the man who was already looking over, suddenly took off, extended its claws, and pushed Lin Ling on the back, pushing him out of the bushes and into a face-to-face encounter with the new neighbor not far away.

The little flower demon opened his mouth, but didn’t seem to know what to say. His ears suddenly flushed pink.

In the silence between the two, the little flower demon’s new neighbor considerately looked away first. Lin Ling followed his gaze and saw a familiar large stone, except that before, there were flowers placed on it by Lin Ling, and now it was a familiar jar of fertilizer and water.

The little flower demon immediately understood what the other party meant and quickly waved his hand, saying, “No… no need, I still have some.”

Once the conversation started, the atmosphere between the two immediately became natural. Lin Ling went forward and handed the fertilizer and water back, but the new neighbor just glanced at it, didn’t speak, and didn’t take it, the meaning very clear.

“Then… tha… thank you?” The little flower demon said as he secretly observed his new neighbor. Only after seeing Lin Ling thank him and accept the gift did the other party slightly nod.

What a nice person! The little flower demon, whose eyes were glued to the fertilizer, immediately stamped the other party with his approval.

As the saying goes, there’s no quicker way to a person’s heart than through their stomach, and no one bites the hand that feeds them. The little flower demon felt around himself before finding something that could be used as a return gift.

He ran to the new neighbor in a few steps, took off the flower crown on his head, and handed it to him.

“A gift in return!” Lin Ling said with sincerity and a bright smile, “This is for you.”

This flower crown was originally his stealth prop, mainly made of green leaves, with only a few scattered small flowers. But as he handed it to his neighbor, the flower crown, in Lin Ling’s palm and between his fingers, suddenly burst into many, many small flowers, so many that they overflowed, petals fluttering in the air.

Vines twined around his pale, slender fingers, surrounded by flowers. The delicate young man stood among the flying petals, like a flower elf.

Beautiful and dreamy.

Seeing that his good neighbor just stared down without any reaction, Lin Ling boldly reached out, stood on tiptoe, and directly placed the flower crown on his head.

The other party’s figure seemed a bit too tall, and coupled with the little flower demon’s worry that the other party didn’t like being touched, the first attempt was slightly off.

Looking at the other party’s indifferent appearance, Lin Ling, who was a bit of a perfectionist, stared intently for a long time, then stood on tiptoe again and quickly adjusted the position.

“Good! That’s right!”

Lin Ling clapped his hands, his eyes bright and curved, looking at the new neighbor in front of him.

The other party was wearing a mysterious and majestic black robe, but on his head was a beautiful flower crown that seemed a bit small. Although it looked a bit incongruous, the flower crown was too cute. Against this cuteness, the new neighbor’s sharp features softened.

The little flower demon looked at his masterpiece with great satisfaction. “By the way, I don’t know your name yet.”

“I also don’t know where you moved from, and I don’t know if there will be a language barrier, but it doesn’t matter, I know many foreign languages!” Lin Ling said proudly.

[Shi Changyuan.]

The man’s thin lips parted slightly, his voice low and deep. In response to Lin Ling’s expectant gaze, he uttered words in a very ancient language, like a low-chanted magic spell, mysterious and… incomprehensible.

Lin Ling, who had just said he knew many human languages: “…”

Oh no, I’ve reached my knowledge blind spot.

After the apocalypse arrived, the base officials had unified most languages, but Lin Ling had also met many people who insisted on using their own languages.

Seeing Lin Ling’s bewildered expression, Shi Changyuan stretched out his hand and conjured a book out of thin air. With a wave, the pages automatically flipped to a certain page.

The man pointed to three places.

The little flower demon, having grown up among humans, recognized many characters. He leaned his head closer and slowly identified them in order, “Shi, Chang, Yuan…?”

“Shi Changyuan?”

“Is that your name?” Lin Ling looked up, his eyes sparkling as he looked at the tall man beside him.

The other party nodded.

“Then what’s your relationship with this big black hole?” Lin Ling followed closely behind his new neighbor named Shi Changyuan, casually asking the question that had been bothering him.

His new neighbor paused, seemingly not expecting Lin Ling to ask this. As he was thinking about how to answer, he heard the little flower demon making a bold guess.

“Is that your territory? To prevent others from entering?”

Shi Changyuan shook his head.

“Then is it your protective layer? Like some mutated plants that produce miasma.”

The other party shook his head again.

“Ah…” The little flower demon seemed unable to guess, closing his eyes and saying casually, “It couldn’t be your main body, could it?”

“Mm.” Shi Changyuan nodded in response.

He seemed to be trying out Lin Ling’s language. Although a bit slow, his pronunciation was very standard, giving the little flower demon the most accurate answer.

Lin Ling’s brain crashed. He asked himself uncertainly in a small voice, “…What did I just say?”

Under Shi Changyuan’s calm gaze, the little flower demon also fell silent.

He seemed to have never considered that his kind new neighbor would be the terrifying Abyss itself.

In his mind, the Abyss was a giant mutated creature, but so far, Lin Ling hadn’t seen any mutated creatures that also had a human form.

The little flower demon suddenly became nervously at a loss, unable to distinguish between friend and foe, feeling like a little lamb being stared at by a wolf. He stammered and babbled, “Then… then you gave me fertilizer, and watered me…”

“Was it to fatten me up before eating me?”

The more the little flower demon thought about it, the more likely it seemed. His eyes immediately welled up, so heartbroken that his flowers were about to wilt.

“…Don’t QAQ”