I'm a Professional at Making Up Stories

"So, you know me because you're from the future???"

"Mhm!!!"

"No, wait, you gotta let me process this. This is way beyond my knowledge."

Inside Qi Lin's home in a upscale apartment complex in Feiliu District.

Although Qi Lin had only been a patrol officer for two or three years, her family was wealthy. Her parents had bought her an apartment when she joined the Feiliu District police department. It was a two-bedroom, one-living room place, not too big, not too small.

Right now, the two of them were sitting on the sofa, facing each other.

Long Qian, naturally, was spinning a yarn. He'd concocted a whole story. Time travel seemed somewhat plausible, but world-hopping? That was pure nonsense.

Never mind that Qi Lin didn't believe him; even he himself wouldn't have believed it back then.

"Hold on, so you're saying that before you time-traveled, meaning in 2022, you were only 25? That means you're only 18 this year. But that kind of goes against the grandfather paradox – two of you in one timeline?"

As Qi Lin's soul-piercing question landed, Long Qian froze. There were holes in his story, and they were huge, gaping holes.

But he'd already committed. The story was out there. Trying to change it now was too late and would just make Qi Lin think he was a complete fraud. How was he supposed to fool her then?

Qi Lin was exactly the kind of girlfriend he dreamed of. He needed a foolproof plan.

"System, Dad needs your help."

Unable to think of a solution, Long Qian decisively called for backup. This damn system was meant to be used.

System: "Host, couldn't you just say that before you time-traveled, you were caught in a Taotie invasion, she saved you, and you barely survived? Then, in the future, she died, and you happened to time-travel back to save her?"

"Tsk, tsk, tsk. The system is the system, indeed. What a touching story!"

System: "???"

Following the system's suggestion, Long Qian embellished the story with his own dramatic flair, making it even more perfect and moving.

He even wondered if he was possessed by an actor, he was acting so passionately.

He thought he had the potential to be a scumbag.

After toiling for more than a decade in the real world, he'd already transmigrated. Couldn't he enjoy himself in another world?

He'd already transmigrated, so why be so timid? Love is love, liking is liking, no need to hide it.

"You're saying you've always liked me, and I never showed you any affection. But I shouldn't like a boy so much younger than me. Plus, the time travel you mentioned, I'm surprised. Some of the things you said don't add up, there are huge loopholes!!!"

Qi Lin was clearly shocked by Long Qian's impassioned story. What shocked her was the future war.

The aliens' invasion this time was just a probing attack.

But she also believed Long Qian's words. After all, when he held her that day, she felt so secure. She really liked that feeling; she could feel its reality permeating her entire being.

"Qi Lin, you already possess a Super Gene. You're the successor of the Divine River Civilization's first-generation Super Gene, a Shenhe Sniper. Isn't that itself defying common sense? Furthermore, as far as I know, Super Gene possessors have lifespans of at least several thousand years!

I managed to come back by chance, and I'm just an ordinary person. I might only live for a few decades, maybe this time it'll be a peaceful passing too!!!"

Long Qian said with a sigh, shaking his head as he spoke, his voice very low.

"You... don't you have an Angel protecting you? How can you only live for a few decades?"

Qi Lin knew Long Qian had protection from an Angel. That beautiful, moving Angel. She asked with curiosity.

"I'm just a normal human. I'm not a Super Gene carrier. She and I just have a contract. If I die, she'll naturally leave."

"Ah... I... I'm sorry. You need to give me some time to think. I... I don't know how to accept this right now. You must have suffered a lot in those future years!!!"

Under Long Qian's sweet talk, Qi Lin couldn't resist. His romantic words were centuries ahead of this world, and he'd used them on his ex-girlfriends so often that he could say them without batting an eyelid.

"Yes, it was very painful!!!"

Long Qian's reply was brief, trying to reveal as little information as possible. After all, he'd made it all up. Who knew what really happened in the future? Besides the major events, he'd forgotten everything.

"I'm very sorry. Maybe I wasn't intentionally stringing you along back then. You know, protecting the country comes first, and romance comes second. I..."

"Don't say it. I understand. It's just that as an ordinary person, all I can do is think of you suffering in the war!!!"

"It was warm and secure in your arms that night, so real. Can you... hold me again?"

Qi Lin blushed. She really wanted to experience that feeling again. As the saying goes, when feelings arrive, they can't be stopped. Moreover, Long Qian was quite handsome, which directly reduced her IQ by half.

(Guys, I think love at first sight really exists. Even if it's lust at first sight, it probably exists, right? I think it's perfectly reasonable in a novel.

Someone suddenly appears and reveals many secrets, secrets only she knows, plus a perfect and touching story. It's normal to be fooled, right?

As for what secrets, I just made them up. Don't pay too much attention to the details, otherwise I'll have to revise chapters one and two, and that's too much trouble.)

"System, what's going on!!!"

Hearing Qi Lin say that, he was stunned. "Warm and secure in my arms, so real" – what did that mean?

System: "Host, you yourself are real. In a world created virtually, naturally, their souls lack nothing. In front of a creature from a real world, it's only natural to feel this way. In this world, it's normal for their favorability towards you to be high."

"Holy crap!!!"

After understanding the details from the system, Long Qian breathed a sigh of relief. He hadn't expected that he actually had the potential to be a harem king.

However, the only thing that displeased him was that he was an ordinary person with no real power.

By rights, a transmigrator should be the main character, possessing the protagonist's halo.

In the world of Super Seminary, he should be like the protagonists in fanfiction, transmigrating with a "Certain Divine River Civilization Super Gene," "Certain Pangu Civilization Super Gene," or perhaps an Angel Gene, a cheat that can copy Super Genes. That would be the proper way for a male lead in a wish-fulfillment story.

If a transmigrator isn't the male lead in a wish-fulfillment story, what's the point of transmigrating?

Is it satisfying for a supporting character to watch the protagonist have all the fun?

However, after he truly transmigrated, he realized whether other transmigrators were like him, ordinary people, or if some died on their first day.

The thought that he didn't have some ridiculously awesome system and had to develop stealthily like an ordinary person, hiding his strength, made him feel terrible.

But what comforted him was that he knew some things that would happen in the future. Here, there would probably be a few girls who were infatuated with him. It would be even better if a few Angels came to protect him.

As for the goal of "if you're bold enough, the Three Kings will take maternity leave," he only thought about it in his heart.

"I'm a professional at making up stories."

Afterward, just like he had held Qi Lin that night, he held her in his arms.

"It's truly warm, truly comforting."