96: Chapter 95: Falling into the Trap

Just as Li Fan nodded in agreement, Qian Zhenzhen, who was already prepared, pulled out a tablet from her Magic Treasure storage.

Looking closely, even the account recovery agreement page was already open.

"Li Fan, is a signature all it takes?"

He was somewhat suspicious.

"Is it really that simple?"

He had looked into this later; recovering an identity account was extremely troublesome, requiring a mountain of verification Materials, and the process had to go through several departments.

In official terms, this was considered bringing a dead person back to life. This was also part of the reason why he had never inherited his old account.

Qian Zhenzhen nodded slightly.

"That's right, just sign it."

Li Fan caught a hint of nervousness in her eyes.

Something was off! Could there be some hidden, mandatory clause in this?

Although Qian Zhenzhen seemed a bit more normal now, she had a prior record of mischief with Li Fan.

So, he picked up the terminal on the table, opened the agreement terms, and began to read them carefully.

After a long while, Li Fan finally finished reading everything.

He put down the terminal and lightly tapped his fingers on the table.

The agreement really was the official inheritance agreement, completely unaltered, with no suspicious points whatsoever.

"Could I be overthinking things?"

He glanced up at Qian Zhenzhen one last time. She was quietly sipping her tea with her head down, looking quite indifferent.

Shaking his head, Li Fan wrote his name on the terminal screen and pressed his fingerprint.

Three large characters immediately popped up on the page: Verifying.

Qian Zhenzhen, who was pretending to sip her tea, saw out of the corner of her eye that the agreement had been signed.

She immediately put down her teacup and snatched the terminal tablet away.

The prompt on the page had changed to: 'Verification complete, please wait patiently for identity account recovery.'

With everything settled, the corners of Qian Zhenzhen's mouth curled up.

She raised her teacup, downed the tea in one go, and a joy she couldn't hide surfaced in her eyes.

Seeing this, a bad premonition suddenly surged in Li Fan's heart.

Right then, his terminal began to beep repeatedly with notifications.

[Identity Account Recovering]

...

[Account Asset Permissions Restored]

Li Fan opened his terminal to check. Sure enough, there were a few hundred more units of official currency from his previous account.

[Account Privacy Permissions Restored]

...

...

[Account Social Permissions Restored]

Flipping through his friends list, Li Fan scrolled up and down. There were indeed quite a few more names.

However, he noticed something was wrong. Why wasn't there a single female friend?

"That shouldn't be..."

Only after he finished looking through the entire restored friends list did he realize it.

Li Fan looked up, his gaze fixed on her with a deep, quiet intensity.

"So this was your goal all along, Qian Zhenzhen?"

As if caught red-handed doing something guilty, Qian Zhenzhen quickly lowered her head and took another sip from her teacup.

"Speak up."

Only then did she put down her teacup, her gaze drifting around aimlessly.

Finally, she focused on Li Fan's terminal, seemingly waiting for something to appear.

Li Fan caught her expectant look, and the bad feeling in his heart grew stronger.

"There's another motive. If I had known, I wouldn't have signed the agreement."

Li Fan didn't know what kind of scheme Qian Zhenzhen was cooking up, so he could only watch as his terminal continued to pop up notifications.

[Account Profile Permissions Restored]

[Received the 'Three Good Students' honor from the Xuan Nu Authority]

Seeing this, Li Fan's mouth twitched. That Foundation Establishment Cultivator from the General Management Bureau had actually managed to apply for it for him...

[Account Judicial Permissions Restored]

[Loading]

Seeing this, Qian Zhenzhen's eyes gleamed. She had finally gotten what she was waiting for.

[You have two wager duel invitations, please proceed to participate in a timely manner]

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[Warning: The wager duel time has expired. Since you failed to participate in time, you have been automatically declared the loser]

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[You have two wager duel conditions. Please confirm and fulfill them with the following individuals: Qian Zhenzhen, Wen Xinran]

Li Fan, who had been leaning lazily against the back of his chair, suddenly sat bolt upright, staring wide-eyed at the prompt on his terminal.

He was incredibly shocked. He had never expected that even this kind of thing could be inherited.

He immediately looked up at Qian Zhenzhen, who was not far away.

She was also looking down at her terminal at the moment, seemingly verifying the relevant information.

A moment later, Qian Zhenzhen flipped her terminal screen around, displaying the interface directly to Li Fan.

Written clearly on the screen was:

[You have emerged victorious in the wager duel against Li Fan. Please input the conditions you require the other party to fulfill]

Qian Zhenzhen finally revealed her true colors. Leaning forward with her legs apart, she stomped one foot directly onto the table.

"Li Fan, what do you think I should fill in~?"

Li Fan's gaze landed on the crevice barely covered by the hem of her cheongsam, and his mouth twitched.

"Young Miss Qian, please mind your privacy."

"I suddenly remembered I have an urgent matter. I'll take my leave first."

Having said that, he stood up to make a run for it, but Qian Zhenzhen's faint voice floated over.

"Where can you possibly run? Just accept reality obediently."

Right before Li Fan's eyes, Qian Zhenzhen typed into her terminal:

[Li Fan and Qian Zhenzhen shall become Dao Companions, jointly fulfilling the Dao Companion obligations of the Xuannü Civilization]

After confirmation, the terminal continued to respond:

[Background search in progress... Li Fan currently has no Dao Companion, Qian Zhenzhen currently has no Dao Companion, cultivation bases match, ages match...]

A moment later, prompts popped up on both of their terminal interfaces simultaneously:

[Congratulations to you both on becoming Dao Companions! May you be united in harmony for a hundred years and be blessed with a child soon!]

As the series of prompts ended, Qian Zhenzhen glanced sideways at the stiff-faced Li Fan, speaking with feigned confusion.

"Back in the inner hall, Chief Wen kept calling you 'husband.' I thought the two of you already had a contract."

"I didn't expect that I would be your first legally certified Dao Companion."

She lightly patted the seat beside her, a sly smile dancing in the corners of her eyes.

"Come sit, husband."

"Only my calling you by this title is legal now~"

Li Fan felt his scalp go numb. The thought of returning to the inner hall later to face Wen Xinmei left him at a loss as to how to explain this sudden Dao Companion.

Without waiting for him to decline, Qian Zhenzhen stood up of her own accord, reached out to drag him down to sit beside her, and smoothly wrapped her arm around his shoulder, smiling radiantly.

"You've finally fallen into my hands. You should be clear about the obligations a Dao Companion of the Xuannü Civilization must fulfill, right?"

Li Fan had indeed heard a bit about this.

Every month, the government distributed a large amount of Medicinal Pills, spiritual Materials, and Cultivation subsidies to support Dual Cultivation partners.

In return, the contracted Dao Companions had to regularly engage in Dual Cultivation and procreate, breeding offspring with outstanding natural talent.

In addition, the government also strongly advocated for Dao Companions to remain faithful and devoted to each other, maintaining their mutual affection with care.

If either party among the Dao Companions showed signs of unfaithfulness or infidelity, they would face severe punishment.

As for why there were such strict regulations, it all started with the continuous plunge in birth rates after the revival of Spiritual Qi...

Qian Zhenzhen said with a sly look in her eyes,

"Husband, the laws of Xuannü explicitly state that Dao Companions must not harbor divided loyalties or be unfaithful."

"So why did I seem to hear another woman calling you 'husband' just now?"

Li Fan's heart sank, and he secretly cried out that things were looking bad.

Wen Xinmei would be considered a third party. If Qian Zhenzhen reported her, she would absolutely be arrested on the spot by the General Management Bureau.

Looking at his somewhat panicked expression, Qian Zhenzhen slowly continued,

"I can tell that Chief Wen is indeed genuinely devoted to you."

"I'm not an unreasonable person either. As long as you behave yourself and properly fulfill your duties as my Dao Companion..."

Seeing Li Fan's still hesitant expression, Qian Zhenzhen leaned in close and whispered in his ear.

"Husband, you wouldn't want Chief Wen to lose her job and be locked up in the General Management Bureau, would you?"