I'm Your Wife

"Who's talking?!"

Lin Tianyi jumped in fright and swiftly raised the Dragon's Roar Sword before him, his pitch-black eyes warily scanning his surroundings.

There was no one around, not even the shadow of a bird. Only dense trees stood tall.

The tension and vigilance on Lin Tianyi's childish face grew even stronger.

I'm talking.

The ethereal, adorable little girl's voice rang out again.

Lin Tianyi's body tensed, every hair on his body standing on end as a bone-chilling cold surged into his heart.

He clearly hadn't seen a single person. Where was this little girl's voice coming from?

Just then, a faint white light suddenly shone from the center of Lin Tianyi's chest. At first, he did not notice it, until the light grew increasingly intense and caught his attention.

Lowering his head in shock and seeing his chest flashing like an Ultraman timer, Lin Tianyi panicked.

What was going on?!

Suddenly, when the white light on his chest reached its peak, nearly overwhelming the daylight, the dense white radiance detached from Lin Tianyi's chest and gathered directly in front of him.

Very quickly, the white glow gradually formed a human figure. As the white light slowly faded, an adorable little girl appeared before Lin Tianyi.

The little girl was only slightly shorter than Lin Tianyi, probably around 1.2 meters tall. She had thick, lustrous black hair cascading down her back like a waterfall, reaching all the way to her waist.

She wore a pure, holy white dress that fluttered gently in the breeze. Her entire being resembled the child of a celestial maiden, carrying the same otherworldly air.

Her childish face was like a meticulously crafted work of art—delicate and adorable, like a beautiful porcelain doll. Her deep-purple eyes shone as brilliantly as amethysts.

Her skin was as snowy white and smooth as flawless jade. Under the sunlight, her entire body seemed covered in a luminous glow, sparkling brightly.

Lin Tianyi's eyes widened as he stared at the little girl before him in shock, almost unable to speak.

There was actually someone living inside his body!

Seeing Lin Tianyi widen his eyes, the little girl also tried hard to widen hers. Her beautiful dark-purple eyes stared unblinkingly at Lin Tianyi.

In the small forest, Lin Tianyi and the girl stared wide-eyed at each other.

After a long while, Lin Tianyi finally came back to his senses and gritted his teeth, suppressing the nervousness in his heart.

"Who are you?"

Hearing Lin Tianyi's question, the little girl lightly tapped her lips with a finger. Her clear, bright eyes flashed with thought as she put on a serious thinking expression.

After a while, as though she had finally figured out who she was, the little girl looked at Lin Tianyi with utmost seriousness on her exquisitely sculpted little face.

"I'm your wife."

Lin Tianyi swayed, nearly falling to the ground. He stared dumbfoundedly at the little girl before him, his face full of bewilderment and disbelief.

"Y-you, what did you just say?"

The little girl seriously repeated, "I'm your wife."

It was as though Lin Tianyi's head had been struck by a heavy blow, leaving his mind completely blank.

Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?

Even the three questions of the soul could not stop Lin Tianyi's shock and confusion. How had a wife suddenly appeared out of nowhere?

Lin Tianyi clenched his teeth hard, his jaw muscles bulging as he forcibly calmed down and looked at the little girl claiming to be his wife.

"Why do you say you're my wife? I don't know you at all. Where did you come from?"

The little girl answered seriously, "I'm your system. I've lived inside your body from the very beginning, but I was always staying in a dark, dark room. I could only come out after you awakened your martial soul."

"What?! A system?!! I have a system too?!!!"

Lin Tianyi was both shocked and delighted. Then, realization dawned on him as he looked at the little girl.

"So you're the wife that came with the system I bound?"

The little girl nodded, then vigorously shook her head like a rattle-drum.

Lin Tianyi could not make sense of it. What did it mean to nod and then shake her head?

The little girl corrected him seriously, "The wife came first, then the system..."

As she spoke, confusion flashed through her clear eyes. "That doesn't seem right either. It was, it was the system first, then the wife. No, the wife came first. Um... I wasn't given away..."

The little girl tilted up her face with a serious expression, but the more she spoke, the more muddled she became. Her beautiful eyes had begun spinning in confusion.

This wife doesn't seem very smart... Lin Tianyi thought to himself, then looked at the little girl struggling over how to explain herself.

"I understand what you mean. You're saying you're the wife heaven dropped into my lap, so the system was included as your dowry. Right?"

The little girl's eyes widened, and she nodded repeatedly like a pecking chick. She looked at Lin Tianyi with worship in her eyes. He's so smart.

Then Lin Tianyi looked eagerly at the little girl.

"Where's my system?"

The little girl pointed at herself. "I am."

"Stop messing around."

"I'm not messing around."

"..." Lin Tianyi stared blankly at the little girl before him. "You said you're the system. What kind of system are you?"

The little girl merely smiled without answering, then transformed into a streak of white light and rushed into Lin Tianyi's body.

Just as Lin Tianyi stood there stunned, a cold mechanical voice echoed through his mind, and lines of information appeared before his eyes.

Detected that the host is a useless person with Innate Soul Power Level 0. Binding the Worthless Counterattack System now...

10%...30%...60%...90%...100%

Binding successful.

The cold mechanical voice disappeared. White light then lit up from his chest again, rushing out of his body and transforming into the adorable little girl, exquisite as a porcelain doll.

Looking at the smiling little girl before him, Lin Tianyi asked blankly, "I bound the Worthless Counterattack System?"

"That's right."

Lin Tianyi pointed at himself in bewilderment. "I'm a useless person with Innate Soul Power Level 0?"

"If I remember correctly, I should be a genius with Innate Soul Power Level 9, right?

What the hell is the Worthless Counterattack System?! Who are you looking down on?!"

Lin Tianyi glared at the little girl indignantly.

This time, it was the little girl's turn to be confused. She carefully sensed Lin Tianyi, then a puzzled expression appeared on her adorable face.

"Why do you have Innate Soul Power Level 9? You were clearly supposed to be a useless person with Level 0, suffering everyone's ridicule and humiliation before rapidly rising under the system's help and slapping everyone in the face."

The little girl could not understand it no matter how hard she thought.

After thinking for a while, the little girl smiled.

"Forget it, I won't think about it anymore. I'll issue your Main Quest now."

As soon as she finished speaking, the cold mechanical voice rang out in Lin Tianyi's mind once more, and information appeared before his eyes.

Main Quest: Break through to Level 99 within twenty years.

Quest Reward: Supreme God of Space-Time Throne (Upon inheriting the Supreme God of Space-Time Throne, you can bury God Kings with a single thought.)

Quest Penalty: XX shortened by half.

The indignation on Lin Tianyi's face vanished, replaced by deep shock.

"Inheriting the Supreme God of Space-Time Throne lets me bury God Kings with a single thought!"

God Kings were already the most badass beings in the God Realm. If he could bury God Kings with a single thought, then once he inherited the Supreme God of Space-Time Throne, wouldn't he be invincible in heaven and on earth, able to screw the sky, screw the land, and screw the air?!

Lin Tianyi's eyes burned with excitement, but the instant he saw the requirement to "break through to Level 99 within twenty years," his enthusiasm went out.

When he saw the quest penalty, his entire body shuddered.

Fuck! This is going too far. I only have Innate Soul Power Level 9, not Innate Soul Power Level 20.

Tang San, that lucky child with Twin Martial Souls and endless fortuitous encounters, had only barely broken through to become a Level 91 Title Douluo after nineteen years. Then, relying on the advantage of his Twin Martial Souls, he broke through to Level 100 and became a god in less than a year!

But Lin Tianyi did not have Twin Martial Souls. He had no way to rapidly increase his strength by absorbing soul rings.

One had to know that even for a genius like him with Innate Soul Power Level 9, once he reached the Soul Douluo rank, increasing his Soul Power by even one level took years!

Breaking through to Level 99 in twenty years was fucking impossible!

You might as well just directly make my...

Wait!!

Lin Tianyi suddenly froze as inspiration flashed through his mind.

He had nearly forgotten—the system was his wife! What was he afraid of?!

Thus, Lin Tianyi turned his gaze toward the little girl in front of him and gave a wicked smile.

"Wife, you wouldn't want your husband to..."

PS: I'm numb. This chapter didn't even contain much, yet it still got flagged for review. I had no choice but to change the penalty line, but those who get it, get it. Please understand!