—Lucian & Fu Xuan - Marriage Registration Status: Approved (Star Year 8072)
Upon reading the line written on the marriage certificate, Fu Xuan's lips curled upward instantly, looking relieved as well as happy.
In the next moment, her fingers tapped swiftly on the phone screen, replying to Jing Yuan.
[Fu Xuan: Thanks, General. You really saved me a lot of trouble!]
Right after sending this message, Fu Xuan lifted her head proudly, swinging her phone toward Jingliu's face with a smirk, her eyes curling into crescents as she looked at the face of her 'rival.'
"Look at this solid proof! I'm really Lucian's lawful wife!"
Upon hearing this, Jingliu's frost-cold eyes narrowed slightly before she reached out to take Fu Xuan's phone, her fingertips gliding across the screen as she scanned the marriage certificate back and forth three times.
"...One picture doesn't prove anything." Jingliu said after a moment of silence—her tone calm, but her fingers tightening around the phone. "Who knows if it's fake? I want to hear him say it himself."
"Makes sense!" Baiheng chimed in, her fox ears perking up as her tail flicked lightly.
As if on cue, Lucian suddenly appeared in the room, carrying five cups of milk tea in his hands, a smile on his face.
However, the moment he saw Fu Xuan and Jingliu standing chest to chest, facing off like rivals, while Baiheng sat off to the side, looking like a spectator watching the show, his smile slowly faded.
He immediately realized what this was—a love battlefield, something that definitely wouldn't end well if it wasn't handled properly.
"What's... going on here?" Lucian asked slowly, trying to appear calm.
As soon as Jingliu saw him, she stepped forward, her lips brushing close to his ear.
"Master, she said you two registered your marriage in the Yuque..." Jingliu whispered, her breath faintly warm. "Is that really true? Not a lie?"
Hearing her question, Lucian understood immediately—his marriage to Fu Xuan had already been exposed.
"Yeah..." Lucian admitted frankly, not bothering to hide it, since he knew lying would only make it worse. "In her dream, that's how it happened."
"I see..." Jingliu let out a quiet sigh, finally relenting. "Alright, since you said so, I'll believe it."
Seeing Lucian back her up and admit their marriage without hesitation, Fu Xuan smiled in victory.
"Heh~ From now on, I'm the one who—"
"In that case, let's just rank by height and bust size."
Just as Fu Xuan was about to brag again, Jingliu calmly cut her off.
Fu Xuan and Baiheng fell silent, left momentarily speechless, while Lucian blinked in surprise, looking at Jingliu as if she were some strange creature.
He couldn't help but question whether that was really something Jingliu would say—he couldn't quite believe his ears for a moment.
"Wh-What?! Y-You're so shameless! You'll do anything just to get ahead of me!" Fu Xuan exclaimed in irritation, stomping her foot angrily.
Height and bust—they were her two greatest weaknesses.
If they were really ranked like that, wouldn't she always end up last?
"Is that really okay?" Baiheng asked, tilting her head slightly.
"It's final." Jingliu replied without hesitation, her tone firm. "In other words, I'm first, Baiheng second, Fu Xuan third."
In the next moment, she turned to Lucian.
"Master, what do you think?" Jingliu asked calmly, clearly wanting to hear his opinion.
Lucian sighed helplessly.
Wasn't this just forcing him to take sides?
All of them were precious to him—how could there possibly be a first, second, or third?
"Enough."
Lucian declared, then pulled Jingliu into his arms while simultaneously gesturing with his right hand, causing an invisible force to draw Fu Xuan and Baiheng toward him—with one swift motion, he embraced all three of them at once.
Holding three women in his arms, Lucian continued with a serious expression.
"You're all my wings—equally important."
"I'll love you all the same, so there's no ranking between you."
"If you really love me, then don't make things hard for me, okay?"
"We're one family, with no one above or below, so let's get along and support each other."
It was undoubtedly a perfect scumbag cheesy speech—even Lucian himself couldn't help but cringe a little at his own words.
On ordinary women from his original world, it definitely wouldn't have worked, but on the women of this world—especially those who were already madly in love with him—it worked far too well.
Of course, what he said was not a lie, but something that truly came from the bottom of his heart—he genuinely loved them all the same.
Jingliu, Baiheng, and Fu Xuan, who had been with him for centuries, understood this very well, so instead of feeling anger, they all blushed and instinctively leaned closer into his embrace.
Even though it was a little crowded, it somehow felt warmer.
"Mm, I get it..." Fu Xuan responded softly.
"Alright, I'll listen to you!" Baiheng chimed in with a cheerful smile.
"I'll always listen to whatever you say, Master. I won't throw tantrums anymore." Jingliu, though the most competitive of them all, couldn't help but yield as well.
Hearing their responses, Lucian smiled in relief.
Thankfully, he had read a lot of harem novels, so he knew what to do and what not to do in this kind of situation.
"Well then, here's your reward."
Right after saying this, Lucian kissed them one by one on the lips—starting with Jingliu, then Fu Xuan, and finally Baiheng—each kiss carrying a different kind of sweetness that lingered on his lips.
Caught off guard by the sudden kisses, the three women felt as though they were melting, flushed and dizzy, their earlier tension completely gone.
*Ding-ing-ling~*
Just as Lucian wanted to flirt, his jade abacus phone suddenly rang, and when he checked it, it was a message from Feixiao.
[Feixiao: Come to the Yaoqing right now to get our marriage certificate!]
Immediately after, Yueyu's message also came, surprisingly with the exact same wording.
[Yueyu: Come to the Yaoqing right now to get our marriage certificate!]
Reading these two messages, Lucian sighed inwardly.
Of course, one got a marriage certificate, and the others all wanted one as well.
What did he expect?
'Hope the System's storage space is big enough to hold all my marriage certificates...'
He could already picture the future—an enormous stack of marriage certificate papers from every civilization across the cosmos, piled up like a mountain.
"I told you that I'll love you all equally, so now we're going to get your marriage certificates too." Lucian said with a gentle smile, turning to Jingliu and Baiheng. "Whatever Fu Xuan has, you'll have as well."
"When?" Jingliu asked hurriedly, her dilated eyes full of impatience.
Who would've thought that the cold, untouchable ice queen everyone admired was actually a woman who couldn't wait to get married the moment she had the chance?
"But... where should we go to get it done?" Baiheng asked with a troubled expression. "Even though the Alliance is united, each Xianzhou ship has its own family registration system. I'm from the Yaoqing, so can we go there to register?"
"Of course." Lucian nodded without hesitation. "Let's do it on any Xianzhou ship you want."
"Go on. I wish you all good luck." Fu Xuan said, crossing her arms as she calmly watched her own husband preparing to obtain marriage certificates with other women.
In the past, something like this would have been completely unthinkable and utterly absurd to her, yet now it was actually happening right before her eyes—and, surprisingly, she was fine with it.
"Hahh..."
Fu Xuan couldn't help but sigh at her current life.
Who could she even blame?
Now, she had truly fallen in love, so deeply and thoroughly that she couldn't let go of her beloved husband, no matter what.
In the end, she could only choose to compromise.
"Little Xuan, I'll go first. Love you..."
Lucian whispered sweetly right into Fu Xuan's ear, his words clinging to her face like honey.
"Ugh, you're being way too cheesy..." Fu Xuan said exasperatedly, her ears turning bright red as she pushed him away. "Go get their marriage registrations done already before the office closes!"
With that, Lucian went with Jingliu to register their marriage on the Xianzhou Cangcheng, then went with Baiheng to the Xianzhou Yaoqing to register another marriage.
Of course, while on the Xianzhou Yaoqing, he didn't forget to register his marriage with Feixiao and Yueyu as well—and somehow, he even succeeded in convincing them to accept his other wives in the process.
In just one day, he ended up with four more marriage certificates.
Looking at the five marriage certificates belonging to him and his five different wives, Lucian couldn't help but feel a wave of emotion.
If this were back in his original world and country, he would probably be convicted of bigamy—but thankfully, there was no such crime in this world.
===
Several hours after Lucian left, at the Divination Commission of the Xianzhou Luofu, Fu Xuan immediately ordered the withdrawal of her clarification statement regarding the so-called 'scandal' with Lucian.
"Master Diviner!" A young diviner exclaimed with a worried expression. "Your post's been shared over a million times! If we take it down now, public opinion will flip—it'll hurt your reputation!"
"Who cares?! Can't I change my mind if I want to?!" Fu Xuan snapped, her expression stern, though her earlobes flushed pink.
She naturally knew exactly what would happen as a result, but there was no other way to handle it.
Now that the two of them had officially become husband and wife, she wanted the scandal itself to be confirmed—to decisively shut down those online pseudo-historians who kept making up wild, groundless rumors about her and her husband.
At this moment, rumors like 'They were childhood fiancés,' 'She picked him up off the street,' 'They met over cold noodles,' and 'They were blind-date partners' were spreading everywhere—so many ridiculous rumors.
Fed up with all the nonsense, Fu Xuan directly posted their official marriage certificate on the Divination Commission's website, complete with the official seal of the Xianzhou Yuque.
In that instant, every rumor online was completely obliterated.
[ThotSlayer69: What the hell? Master Diviner's already married?! Looks like they had been married for over twenty years already!]
[IDontCareFR: I always thought Lady Fu was single! I even studied hard, hoping to get into the Divination Commission just to meet her! Goddammit, she's already been taken for a long time!]
[FartKing_X: You know, their height difference is kinda cute though.]
[NapQueen20: Dammit, I wanna steal her husband!]
[SorryNotSorryGirl: I've got bigger boobs—let me go first!]
[BrokeBoi66: Wishing them 99 years of happiness~]
In the end, Fu Xuan and Lucian shot straight to the very top of the Xianzhou Luofu's trending list, as everyone—from the streets to social media—was talking nonstop about their relationship.
It was only natural.
After all, both of them were not just anyone—one was the leader of the Divination Commission of the Xianzhou Luofu, and the other was the leader of the Xianzhou Cangcheng—this was definitely headline news.
===
Xianzhou Luofu, Seat of Divine Foresight.
"General! Master Diviner Fu just withdrew her statement!" Qingzu burst in, holding a jade abacus. "Now the social media is going crazy! And the most trending post says Master Diviner Fu and the Cangcheng General have actually been married all along!"
Upon hearing this, Jing Yuan's lazy golden eyes flickered with amusement before a sly smile curved his lips.
"Well, well, should we prepare a wedding gift then? But what gift..." Jing Yuan rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "Maybe something that helps with height growth?"
He couldn't help but feel that fate really had a twisted sense of humor.
Who would've expected Fu Xuan to suddenly get married, and that the one she married turned out to be the man of his former master, of all people?
===
Night, Lucian's Room.
It was already night when Lucian, Jingliu, and Baiheng finished their marriage registration and returned to the Xianzhou Luofu.
"Does papaya milk actually work?"
Baiheng, tilting her head, asked innocently as she watched Fu Xuan gulp down papaya milk like her life depended on it.
"Hahh..."
*Clunk!*
Fu Xuan let out a satisfied sigh, then slammed her glass down hard on the table, puffing her cheeks in irritation, a bit of milk foam still on her lips.
"I have a powerful blessing of Abundance now, so I have to try whatever method I have!" Fu Xuan exclaimed with a serious expression. "Worst case, I'll just let Lucian fondle—"
As she realized what she was about to say, she suddenly paused. Her whole body froze, and her face turned crimson in an instant, looking like a boiled lobster.
"Here, drink more." Jingliu chuckled softly and slid a carton of milk toward Fu Xuan. "Maybe you'll finally break one hundred fifty centimeters, and your bust size will really increase?"
Just as Jingliu's words fell, Lucian suddenly wrapped his arms around Fu Xuan from behind—his fingertips glowed faintly green.
"Actually, my Abundance power can promote growth, y'know." Lucian said with a chuckle.
"Really?" Fu Xuan asked eagerly, her eyes lighting up.
"Really. I never lie to you, do I?" Lucian replied with a smirk, then leaned closer to Fu Xuan's burning ear, his voice dropping to a teasing whisper as he continued, "But... for it to succeed, you'll have to cooperate properly tonight... Are you going first, or...?"
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