Time travel is risky, and love requires caution

Lu Cheng tried to calm himself down, sat back in his chair, and tried to remain calm while negotiating with Ling Qiqi:

"Okay, then I'll make a gentleman's agreement with you. We'll get engaged, just engaged. After the engagement, I'll go back to Ximo and you'll stay in Beikui. When I've established myself in Ximo and you've made enough money in Beikui, we'll cancel the engagement. This way, you don't have to marry that sickly guy Pei Chufeng, and you don't have to worry about anyone urging you to get married or deceiving you. And you'll be more valuable. You have a best friend in Nanshen and a fiancé in Ximo. You can travel to three countries at once. Isn't that cool?"

"It's not that I can't marry Pei Chufeng, but doesn't this mean that I will be cut off from handsome guys forever? Besides, a woman who is engaged may be disliked by others. It will delay my search for a man in the future, which is not worth it."

"I can't just be the one to be sacrificed. I have to drag you down with me. Sacrifice both of us for the happiness of thousands of families."

"Why don't you consider the Sixth Princess again? She's actually a nice person. You're just getting engaged in a fake relationship, so it doesn't matter who you're engaged to."

"Because it's fake, I have to find someone who knows me well to work with me, and I can't waste their time."

"So you can delay me?"

"Yes, you are not afraid of delaying others. It's good enough if you don't delay others."

"But I am a very simple person. I don't tell lies very often. It would be easy for you to find out and implicate you."

"You are naive. Don't forget what you did outside the palace. I don't mind reporting it to the Northern Emperor in your real name before returning to Ximo."

"No, no, please let me think about it."

"I'll give you three seconds."

"You are blackmailing me again. This is my lifelong event."

"Three seconds is up."

"It's just an engagement, right?"

"Yes."

"You can cancel the engagement, right?"

"Yes."

"Are you really for world peace?"

"Yes!"

"How long do you expect it will take to gain a foothold in Ximo?"

"As little as three years, as much as five years."

"Five years? In five years I'll be twenty years old."

"What's wrong with twenty? It's not old."

"Five years is too long. I will give you three years at most. After three years, no matter how things turn out for us, we must divorce."

"Row."

"It's a deal?"

"It's a word."

"It's not enough to just say it, we need to put it in writing."

"Okay, let's sign an engagement agreement."

"Forget about the engagement agreement. Let's just sign the divorce agreement."

"He Lishu?"

"Well, if one of us changes our mind halfway through, signing a divorce agreement is the safest option."

"Thank you for thinking it through."

“Have I been working in HR for nothing for all these years?”

"What does HR have to do with engagement and divorce?"

"It's the same thing. For example, if an employee violates discipline, the company could have fired him directly, but the employee wants to give him another chance. In this case, there is no need to sign a letter of commitment or anything like that. Just let him sign a self-resignation application. First, it allows the employee to prove his sincerity. Second, it ensures that if the employee does not repent, HR does not need to talk nonsense with him and can let him leave immediately."

"You have schemed against people before, right?"

"good."

The two said nothing more and began to carefully draft the divorce agreement.

The content of the divorce agreement is not complicated, and they are not involved in property division and child custody, so it is equivalent to a breakup declaration.

Ling Qiqi has read a lot of gossip about celebrities breaking up and divorcing in the entertainment industry, and she can easily come up with breakup copywriting:

"Two hearts are different, it is difficult to come to one mind. Let's part ways and live happily ever after."

Lu Cheng had no objection to the contents of the divorce agreement, so they both signed their names, kept two copies, and then left the study together and went to the backyard.

Pei Chufeng and his sister, as well as Bei Yihou in the backyard, had been waiting a little anxiously, and they were relieved to see the two finally come back.

After the two of them sat down, A'ran couldn't wait to ask:

"What took you two so long? Where's the wine?

"Ah? Look at my memory. I forgot about the wine." Ling Qiqi just remembered about choosing the wine.

The three of them looked at the Seventh Princess in surprise, then looked at the Sixth Prince. Ah Ran was so curious that he couldn't help but ask:

"So what did you two do just now?"

"I was doing some personal stuff." Ling Qiqi answered perfunctorily. She felt hungry again and was concentrating on searching for her favorite skewers on the plate, intending to reheat them on the small stove.

Seeing that the Seventh Princess was too busy to answer, the three of them turned to look at the Sixth Prince.

Lu Cheng felt a little uncomfortable being stared at by them. He coughed and then said seriously:

"The Seventh Princess and I just discussed our marriage."

The three of them were stunned again. Ah Ran continued to act as a spokesperson and asked:

"What was the result of the discussion?"

Lu Cheng didn't know how to answer for a moment, and Ling Qiqi interrupted:

"We have decided to spend our lives together privately."

Time seemed to freeze suddenly, and the three of them stood there in a daze, while Lu Cheng held his breath and waited for the three people's reflexes to take effect.

Ling Qiqi seemed like a person with super powers who could control time and space, moving freely in front of several still people.

Ah Ran was the first to come to his senses, and asked Ling Qiqi in a tearful voice:

"Are you serious? Have you two secretly decided to spend your lives together?"

"Oh, that's right." Ling Qiqi responded while heating the skewers.

"Didn't you just say that your destiny hasn't arrived yet, you haven't had enough fun, and you don't want to get married? Didn't you say that if you want to get married, you would consider my third brother first? Why don't you keep your word?"

"Well, it's fate that has come and I suddenly want to get married. And I first considered your third brother, but I felt that we were not suitable, so I considered the sixth prince who was second in line. The sixth prince promised me that I could do whatever I wanted after we got married."

Lu Cheng felt uncomfortable no matter how he listened. He felt like getting married was like being molested.

"Who is ranked third?" asked Bei Yihou.

"Ah? The third one didn't even have time to line up, and it was tied with the second one." Ling Qiqi said with a grin.

"Do you want to reconsider it?" A'ran asked unwillingly.

"Okay, then I'll reconsider it. You wait until I'm full first. With food in my stomach, I feel at ease. I can't think when I'm hungry." After Ling Qiqi perfunctorily answered A'ran's question, she started to eat the skewers with relish, not caring about the different looks from others.

Lu Cheng said sarcastically:

"You want to reconsider?"

"Ah? Well. I reconsidered it and I think my choice just now was the right one."

Ah Ran was so angry that his eyes turned red, and he shouted:

"You two are really treating marriage as a joke."

Seeing that Ah Ran was really anxious, Ling Qiqi quickly comforted him:

"Didn't I tell you that it doesn't matter if we can't be sisters-in-law, we are just as good as sisters. The Sixth Prince can't affect our relationship. You will have a prince brother-in-law from Ximo to serve you in the future. How great is that?"

A'ran was unable to refute and turned to look at Pei Chufeng.

Pei Chufeng was a little embarrassed by A'ran's sudden look in front of everyone, so he could only politely say to the Seventh Princess and the Sixth Prince:

"Congratulations to both of you in advance."

"Thank you." Lu Cheng replied politely.

"From now on, should you follow me and A'ran and call the Third Prince "Third Brother"? " Ling Qiqi asked Lu Cheng recklessly. Before Lu Cheng could answer, she turned to A'ran and said:

"Look, from now on we are all a family."

"You are a family now, so I am the only outsider, right?" Bei Yihou asked Ling Qiqi provocatively.

"How can you be an outsider? Aren't you from my mother's family? From my perspective, the Sixth Prince has to call you his cousin. Or you can get married to A'ran, which will make the relationship even closer. I think you two get along pretty well."

Before Ling Yi and A'ran could say anything, Lu Cheng directly handed Ling Qiqi a handkerchief to wipe her mouth and said:

"Mind your own business and stop messing around with other people. Also, we should talk about our own business."