My Endless Life.

Chapter 572: Only Good at Talking
"Stop talking nonsense and do what you have to do, locksmith."

Sutina said to the locksmith indifferently, and while speaking, she brought Li Qi to the front, revealing his hands locked with bracelets, and then said:
"This child is locked up with a forbidden bracelet. See if you can help him open it. You will get the money."

"Oh?"

Seeing that Sutina actually came for someone else, the locksmith couldn't help but look at Li Qi a few more times.

He walked down the stairs while drinking, and when he came in front of Li Qi, he looked up and down at the bracelets.

Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh.

After reading it, the locksmith took another sip of wine and said to Li Qi with a smile:

"Kid, what crime have you committed? Why did they use the latest power-blocking bracelet to lock you up?"

"..." Li Qi remained silent.

Sutina interrupted with an even colder voice: "I said, stop talking nonsense, you just need to tell me whether you can open it or not."

"Tsk tsk, it's rare to see you so nervous..." The locksmith wanted to make a joke, but seeing Soutina's increasingly cold face, he couldn't help but hold back his voice and said seriously:

"This pair of bracelets uses the Empire's latest technology. Currently, only the Empire and the Renaissance Society have them. To open them, you need a specific key and consciousness frequency..."

"So you mean it can't be opened?" Sutina's eyes became dangerous.

The locksmith grinned: "Hehe, what a coincidence, this lock... I can really open it, but the price is..."

"Are you insulting me? Do you think I can't pay?"

Sutina raised her head proudly.

The locksmith looked at Sutina in surprise, then looked at Li Qi, with more doubt in his eyes:
"It's not that I doubt you, but... you are willing to spend money on someone else? Who is he to you?"

"Future Queen."

"...Ha, interesting."

Hearing Soutine's answer without hesitation, the locksmith suddenly laughed.

Sutina has been traveling through the dark starry sea for decades, but has never been tempted by love. Today, she suddenly brought her lover here.

If this news gets out, it will probably become big news in the Dark Star Sea.

Thinking that this news should be able to sell for a lot of money, the locksmith smiled even more deeply. He didn't ask any more questions and waved to Li Qi:

"Well, since the White Queen has said so, then follow me."

After the locksmith finished speaking, he was about to take Li Qi to his workshop.

But Sutina took a step forward and said, "I want to watch."

"…It seems like you really care about him. Okay, okay, just watch from the sidelines. There's nothing shameful about my studio anyway."

The locksmith said this indifferently and threw the empty bottle in his hand aside.

A cleaning drone on standby flew over, accurately caught the empty wine bottle, and put it into the trash can in its stomach.

Li Qi glanced at the drone that suddenly appeared, then looked around and found more than one similar drone and mechanism.

It’s just that before, they were all suppressed and closed by Sutina’s powerful consciousness, and now they have only recovered a little.

Perhaps because he was drunk, the locksmith walked unsteadily, which made Li Qi very worried whether he could unlock his bracelet.

But there’s no point in worrying. As the saying goes, since we’re here now, we might as well give it a try first.

The locksmith's workshop is on the first floor.

He took Li Qi and Sutina with him and pushed open the door of a room after just two steps. A bright and complex scene appeared in front of them.

This was not the first time Sutina came to the locksmith's place, and she had no reaction to anything in the room.

Li Qi looked at this small room of less than 70 square meters with some curiosity.

This is a 'locked' collection room.

All Li Qi saw were locks, all kinds of locks, ancient, modern, Eastern, Western, and many strange shapes that didn't look like locks at all, all locked in display boxes.

These display boxes are scattered all over the room, giving people a dazzling feeling.

Li Qi was looking at him, and the locksmith said without turning his head:

"Don't look at them. They are all my collection. I will unlock your lock later and you can sell me your bracelets to offset the price. When you come again in the future, you can see these bracelets and locks here."

"So, all the locks here have been opened by you before?" Li Qi said the first sentence since entering the manor.

Hearing Li Qi's voice, the locksmith paused. He turned his head and looked at Li Qi in surprise, with a flash of deep thought in his eyes. Then he looked at Sutina meaningfully, and then explained slowly:
"Of course, all the locks here, whether they are magical, Taoist, or high-tech, as long as I have unlocked them, are hidden here."

"No mistakes?"

"Haha, who do you think I am?" The locksmith pulled over a metal table and sat on one side of it. "I am the 'locksmith'. Come on, kid, come and sit opposite me."

The locksmith said and waved to Li Qi.

Listening to the locksmith's confident words, Li Qi also looked at the locksmith several more times.

Is such a powerful lock-picking ability really something that can be achieved by "superpowers"?

Thinking about Sutina's introduction to himself, Li Qi always felt that the locksmith's identity might not be that simple. However, now was not the time to think about these things. Li Qi was anxious to untie the bracelet and sat opposite him as the locksmith said.

"And then?" Li Qi asked.

The locksmith pointed to the table and said, "Put your hands up."

Li Qi did as he was told. When Li Qi placed both of his hands in front of the metal table in front of him, the locksmith waved his hands, and several virtual images similar to workbenches suddenly appeared above Li Qi's hands.

Then he waved his hand, and these phantoms perfectly clasped Li Qi's rings, and also clasped Li Qi's hands.

In less than two seconds, the phantom gradually solidified and became a real object. The locksmith also stretched his hands into the other two holes, closed his eyes and began to operate.

With his hands handcuffed, Li Qi could not sense any movement inside and could only hear a series of clicking sounds.

He wanted to stare at the locksmith to see how he unlocked the door, but then he found that his ability was not enough to see through the device that held his hands.

Just as Li Qi was about to ask, he suddenly felt warmth behind him, and something soft was against his back. The next moment, Sutina's head came over, rested on Li Qi's shoulder, and her cheek touched his.

"!"

Li Qi's body suddenly stiffened when Sutina suddenly hugged him.

In this life until now, except for Sophie Yuna, he has never been hugged like this by anyone. Sutina is the first.

Li Qi felt somewhat uncomfortable.

"You seem nervous."

Sutina's voice sounded in Li Qi's ears. Li Qi didn't look at him, but looked at the locksmith opposite.

The locksmith closed his eyes and concentrated on unlocking the door, but there was no response.

Sutina continued, "Don't look at him, he can't hear what we say... Boy, who are you? Your charm ability is so strong, are you from the succubus tribe?"

"..."

Li Qi's expression remained unchanged.

Sutina then answered herself: "No, even if they are succubi, their charm can be traced, but you... you are like the sun in my eyes, making me obsessed... This is not something a succubus can do..."

"Are you saying sweet words?" Li Qi asked back softly.

Sutina's voice was still indifferent, without any emotional ups and downs: "If you think it is, then it is. Anyway, no matter who you are, whether you are a succubus or not, since you dare to seduce me, then you must be prepared to be my queen... Boy, you are really amazing, I like you."

Soutine is outspoken.

Even though she noticed that something was wrong with Li Qi, Sutina fell in love with him in less than half a day.

Not only did she acknowledge this, she also accepted this relationship calmly.

Li Qi was startled when he noticed the change in Sutina's emotions.

(Xinlian, Soutine...)
(This is the heart of love.)
Xinlian simply said this, leaving Li Qi completely silent.

When a person is influenced by love, even if he or she realizes something is wrong later, that person will never be able to get rid of the influence of love.

This is the heart of love.

An ability that, in Li Qi's opinion, is extremely weird.

Sutina rubbed Li Qi's cheeks against hers, and her hands moved restlessly on his body, which made Li Qi very passive.

Fortunately, Sutina did not go too far and did not continue to touch Li Qi.

Because the locksmith suddenly raised his head with an unhappy expression on his face.

Sutina stopped moving, and Li Qi also looked at the locksmith.

Li Qi thought that the locksmith was unhappy with himself and Sutina for showing their affection in front of him, but Li Qi soon found out that it was not the case.

"Damn it, why are there people coming at this time?"

The locksmith muttered and stood up, not even glancing at the two people being so 'intimate' in front of him.

Seeing that he gave up unlocking the door, Sutina frowned and asked, "Where are you going? The lock has not been unlocked yet."

"Almost there. Next, just let it unlock automatically. In fifteen minutes at most, you'll be free."

The locksmith's last words were addressed to Li Qi, and then he left the room in a hurry, not knowing what he was doing.

Only Li Qi and Sutina were left in the room.

Sutina looked at the locksmith's back, and finally didn't care where the locksmith went. She lowered her head and turned to look at Li Qi's face, looking at him carefully for a while, and suddenly laughed:

"Speaking of which, I once heard an interesting story... It was told by the people of the Renaissance Society. They said... There is a duke's family in the empire, and the direct descendants of the family all have natural white hair and red eyes. Could you be the young master of that duke's family?"

"What if I say I am?" Li Qi's expression remained unchanged, and his eyes no longer had the innocence and fear he had shown before.

Sutina moved a little closer to Li Qi, still smiling: "That's even better, your status is just right for being my queen."

As she said this, she moved closer to Li Qi and wanted to kiss him.

Just at this moment, hurried footsteps were heard outside, and the locksmith walked into the locksmith room with a group of people.

Li Qi was also stunned when he saw the locksmith bringing people over. He looked at Sutina again, only to find that Sutina had been standing behind him obediently without him knowing when.

Li Qi couldn't help but smile when he saw that serious look.

Sutina's skilled look just now almost made Li Qi think that she was a veteran in this.

As a result... this woman is only good at talking.

Not even as good as Sophie Yuna.

(End of this chapter)