My wife is the stand-in.

So Amanosaki stopped hoping for Li Junzi's help.

Feeling like he had been granted a pardon, Li Junzi grabbed a glass of iced cola and gulped down several mouthfuls of it.

He had no desire to get involved in the love-hate entanglement between Miss Lin and his elder brother. He was nothing but a landowner of Amber Lord, and he had a beloved girl to cherish.

"Can you still hold on?"

Amanosaki squatted down next to Lin Shuyu and asked with concern.

Lin Shuyu frowned, shook her head, and bit her lip, refusing to speak.

Amanosaki glanced at her, then carefully reached out and pressed down on Lin Shuyu's shoulder. Lin Shuyu immediately raised her hand to try and push Amanosaki's hand away.

But that large hand remained motionless, like a rock. Amanosaki lowered his eyes and murmured to himself.

"Synchronize, begin."

In the cool-toned light, Amanosaki's serious face softened.

"Wait a mininute."

He picked up a scaler, magical patterns appearing on his palm, and hung it like a gecko on the outer edge of the ship's gunwale, squinting as he examined it.

Spielberg and Karenina both looked at him curiously.

Now, with the death of the King Fish, the clouds where the demons had gathered have disappeared, revealing a sky scorched red by flames.

Amanosaki lay close to the water's surface, with flames flickering beneath him.

He carefully used magic to sense the life underwater, and two minutes later, the scale scraper pierced through the flames and river water.

Amanosaki's back was bent like a full moon, and amidst a powerful "Hey!", a scale-scraping knife was inserted between his spine and brain.

Karenina couldn't understand how a scale-scraping knife so thin it would bend upon hitting a wall could have been inserted into the monster's body.

The four-clawed fish was still twitching. Amanosaki dipped his hand in the fish's blood, quickly drew a magic circle, and took out a piece of broken jade, pressing it onto the fish's head.

Under the horrified gazes of two foreigners and the rest of the filming crew on deck, the fish, its nerves severed and paralyzed, rapidly desiccated into a mummified corpse, beneath which billowing water emerged.

Passersby saw the water overflowing and chickens and dogs scattered in panic.

Only after Amanosaki repeatedly assured them that everything was alright did they dare to use a brush to wash the water away.

The gem that had absorbed the life force of a fish glowed with a faint light. Amanosaki then took out two more similar gems and placed them around Lin Shuyu.

There was no miraculous reaction, but Lin Shuyu's face quickly regained its color, and her spirits improved significantly.

Spielberg reached out his hand, then withdrew it the instant it got close to Lin Shuyu, his expression incredibly interesting.

Upon seeing this, Karenina tentatively reached out her hand as well, feeling a fresh, cool sensation on her fingertips.

"This is...?" Karenina stared at Amanosaki in shock. This man, after displaying his intelligent superpower, had shown a completely different new superpower.

But Amanosaki just smiled calmly, ignoring the whispers of these ordinary people, and continued eating.

Protected by the barrier, Lin Shuyu saw Spiegelberg sweating in the high temperature and invited him to come in and enjoy the coolness.

Karenina was about to nod when Spiegelberg, with a strange smile, grabbed her arm. "I want to feel this temperature a little longer; I'll need it for the reshoots later."

He politely declined, and Karenina, not understanding why, could only mutter to herself that she was "taking a sauna."

Lin Shuyu glanced at Amanosaki, who was wolfing down his food and covered in sweat. Feeling the cool breeze blowing on her body, the resentment she felt from her inexplicable confession that morning dissipated in that one glance.

Amanosaki, who was enjoying his meal, smelled a delicious aroma, looked up and saw Lin Shuyu scratching her cheek, blushing as she looked at him. "Here you go."

Those were several skewers of grilled chives, soaked in oil and emitting an enticing aroma.

"You don't want to eat?"

"Seeing you eat so heartily makes me feel like I've already eaten too."

“…Then I won’t be polite.” Amanosaki took the chives and slurped them clean.

Lin Shuyu naturally reached out and plucked the scallion from Amanosaki's lips, then pressed a tissue to his mouth.

"Wipe it off," she said, a gentle smile on her face.

On the distant shore, by the campfire, Kanna, who was having a great time playing with her new friend Aping, suddenly shuddered and looked behind her with some confusion.

Chapter 168: Saeko Busujima

Lin Shuyu's actions were quite bold. Even though the two were considered close comrades-in-arms, a lady from a respectable family would not have taken such an action.

Amanosaki Gulu swallowed the chives, and his back began to burn.

He finally sensed something was wrong.

Does this girl really like me?

Yesterday, Kasumigaoka Utaha wasn't trying to refute her rumors, but rather it was actually true?!

broken!

Amanosaki took a bite of a roasted potato, her mind a jumbled mess.

The concept of marriage in this world is slightly different from that on Earth, because people with superpowers have existed throughout history, and these superpowers have a chance of being passed down through bloodlines. For example, the Lin family's "Celestial Human Appearance" was passed down from their great-grandmother.

Therefore, even in modern society, in addition to the restriction of "one husband and one wife", the Marriage Law has added a special clause that "people with special and important supernatural abilities may retain de facto marriage after approval by the court and Qunxia Mountain".

Because certain superpowers play an exceptionally important role in maintaining national stability. For example, the chief hero [Fragrant Goddess], who is stationed in the capital, has the superpower [Rouge Box] which can hide an army of thousands of people in her makeup box. Once opened, it can instantly create an army of a thousand people.

If these thousand men were all chivalrous heroes, they would be a special forces unit capable of conquering cities and seizing strongholds.

As a result, the Goddess of Fragrance became the head of security for the capital's government.

In other words, according to the law, Amanosaki is allowed to have a harem.

Even if his special ability "Ideal Type" is not approved, he can still use Lin Shuyu's special ability to exploit legal loopholes, since her special ability is on the whitelist.

All she needs to do is admit that she is bisexual.

Even if we take a step back and assume that superpowers are a human right, they are not recognized by the sovereignty of any country. Only a few religious countries include special types of superpowers on their lists, but that is not a human right, but rather a form of religious idol worship.

Therefore, it was perfectly legal and reasonable for Amanosaki to accept Lin Shuyu's words.

The problem is that even if Amanosaki were a thousand times willing, he wouldn't dare take the risk.

Who knows who my "ideal type" will become tomorrow? If it's Rem or Yukino Yukinoshita, that's fine, but if it's Yuno Gasai or Kotonoha Katsura, who knows what kind of heinous crime might happen? Not only would I die, but I'd also drag Lin Shuyu into trouble.

Therefore, he could only pretend not to understand Lin Shuyu's gentleness.

Lin Shuyu had anticipated Amanosaki's feigned ignorance. She had been preparing to steal him away from the beginning, reporting her progress to her great-uncle every day. The sudden confession and failure in the morning made her flee in panic, but her great-uncle gave her a lecture on the experience over the phone. Now, she has made significant progress.

Although I'm still shy, just as Grandpa said:

"You've already said it, which proves you're hopelessly in love with him. What girl doesn't dream of love? Is it wrong to like a heroic young man? No, what you need to do now is boldly show your affection. If he's determined to reject you, then have a good cry and cut all ties with him from now on."

"If he pretends not to understand, that's even better. It shows he's interested, and you still have a chance!"

Now Karenina and Spiegelberg both had meaningful smiles on their faces. They saw right through his thoughts. How could Amanosaki not know?

'Lin Shuyu, keep going, you have a chance!'

The girl clenched her fists, silently encouraging herself.

So, in the scorching heat, after nearly an hour of dinner, the director gathered his filming crew and, before the sun had set, began reshooting everyday scenes.

Some of the knights-errant and fishermen's boat captains, having finished filming close-up shots, continued their barbecue dinner with some leisure time.

Kanna was also able to drive her friends around to various campsites along the river, where they could eat and drink for free.

During filming, Lin Shuyu fully utilized her privileges as the head of the Knights' Fleet, managing all the extras' affairs in an orderly manner, which earned high praise from Spielberg, who was in a hurry.

Throughout the process, after each of Amanosaki's scenes ended, she readily fulfilled her duties as an assistant, handing Amanosaki towels and drinking water, and explaining the script to her from a professional perspective.

The last item was something she learned and summarized quickly by communicating with the entire directing team during filming and using the "Heavenly Man Physiognomy" method.

“There are many ways to win someone over, but the most lasting way is to make them feel that you are irreplaceable. This works for anyone. Kobayashi, if you want to win over Amanosaki, you need to provide him with technical support. He has great ambitions; he wants to make movies and promote culture. You can start from that point.”

“Use your career as leverage, and he will make a choice under the pressure of reality, so you don’t need to do it yourself.”

This was the suggestion Lin Zhonghe gave to Lin Shuyu after learning that Amanosaki was about to launch a film project.

Hit the nail on the head.

Lin Shuyu's behavior in public has undoubtedly caught everyone's attention. Everyone can see that the eldest daughter of the Lin family is taking advantage of the fact that Amanosaki's girlfriend has turned into a child to abandon all moral principles.

Amanosaki once tried to call Kanna back to see if she could restrain Lin Shuyu and alleviate the awkwardness of having no one to talk to him.

Unfortunately, Kanna, now a child, only has a theoretical understanding of love; her insatiable appetite and boundless desire to play, once fully charged, are what truly matter.

Furthermore, after Spielberg captured the breathtaking scene of the white dragon carrying Ah Ping amidst the reflection of the colorful sunset and a few lingering flames, he interrupted Amanosaki's plans with a strange laugh, using the excuse of reshooting some everyday scenes.

So the two of them, one on the boat and one on the water, split into two filming locations and worked until late at night.

Time quickly came to 11:55.

Amanosaki's heart grew uneasy as dawn approached. He hoped to finish today's scenes quickly, but he also hoped that Kanna wouldn't become a yandere.

Otherwise, their lives would be on a countdown.

Despite her feigned composure, Lin Shuyu's calves trembled slightly, revealing a far cry from her outward calm.

This afternoon, she did her best, even abandoning all pretense of decency, and was just short of shouting "I like you" in public.

Amanosaki's attitude towards her also changed from initially not daring to even look at her, to the point where she would go and get the water when Amanosaki tactfully put a handkerchief on the table, allowing Amanosaki to be stared at without blinking.

'As long as you accept your own existence, all your efforts today haven't been in vain!'

Lin Shuyu slapped her face, feeling uneasy as she thought about what she had done to Kanna that day.

At a campsite by the river, next to a tin can with burning gasoline, A-Ping and Kanna were playing cat's cradle. Just as A-Ping took the cradle down, a pair of chubby little hands on the other side emitted a burst of white light.

It quickly grew up.

As if she had traversed nine years from kindergarten to junior high in just a few seconds, Kanna's figure and her fingers became exquisite in a very short time.

She has a curvaceous figure, her hair has grown longer and falls smoothly down her back, giving her a more mature look.

The loose clothes were replaced by a white shirt and a green knee-length skirt, with a wooden knife tucked into her waistband.

Kanna, no, she had completely changed from beginning to end. The girl stroked the dazed A-Ping's face, untied the flower rope, and said in a gentle yet irresistible tone:

"Could you give me this as a souvenir?"

A-Ping nodded blankly, looking at the beautiful older sister in front of her, unable to believe that this was Kanna-chan in disguise.