Chapter 349 Creating a World for Her

Someone did this in the last life.

Xia Xinyan didn’t know specifically who it was because she didn’t really pay attention to these things—after all, one can’t expect someone who doesn’t even care about their own subordinates to pay attention to what others are doing with theirs.

However, she was aware of the influence this alliance would have once established. It would be like a large guild, where each force operates as relatively independent yet interconnected individuals, truly embodying the idea that when one person is in trouble, help comes from all sides—of course, benefits must be provided.

Including what she previously mentioned to the fat guy about setting up bounties, that was also worked out by this alliance. Anyone could post bounty tasks, and those capable could undertake and complete them to receive corresponding rewards, all managed transparently by the alliance, with interests clearly spread out.

The advantage of this approach is that it condenses the power of a group of scattered sand into something stronger. Even three cobblers can exert unexpected strength. After the alliance was formed, even all the major forces back then didn’t dare to confront them head-on.

But, of course, this method also has clear drawbacks—chaos can easily arise at the managerial level, and power conflicts can occur between different forces within the alliance, which will depend on the leader’s ability.

In simpler terms, Xia Xinyan’s idea is to treat those small and medium forces as individuals. The way they expanded the Chicks can be used to achieve this kind of alliance.

This is a considerably large ambition and also quite difficult to realize.

For example, the most crucial point and the first step—how to establish a highly commanding presence among these small and medium groups so that one call will rally a myriad of responses.

If this isn’t achieved, even if they want to establish an alliance, no one would pay it any mind.

So, Xia Xinyan said she was waiting for an opportunity.

After hearing her plans, Ling Mo couldn’t help but be somewhat surprised.

After spending so much time together, he always thought Xia Xinyan was quite… laid-back, as most of the time she merely pointed him in a rough direction for him to strive towards. Perhaps this was everything she learned about his growth from her past life.

But this matter was entirely different.

It was the first time he saw Xinyan’s ambition.

Yet it was also for him: “Mo Mo, this is an opportunity to witness your abilities; perhaps only you can make the Chicks the absolute leaders of this alliance.”

She was inspired by Ling Mo’s mobilization of the rescue team during his mission to save Tiger Hall.

That kind of direct, money-flinging stimulation often works better than any other persuasion tactic.

As long as Ling Mo could fully showcase this point, letting others see the benefits of following him, they might not even need to say much, and a bunch of people would willingly join them as vassals.

This was definitely a lavish move that the previous alliance builders couldn’t pull off.

Ling Mo paused for a few seconds and suddenly asked, “Is Xinyan unable to wait any longer?”

“Huh? Unable to wait for what?” Xia Xinyan momentarily didn’t follow his train of thought.

Ling Mo began to laugh, “Unable to wait to marry me.”

He wanted to strengthen the Chicks.

But compared to merely making the Chicks a force under his control, he currently valued the voice it would represent after they grew big enough.

In truth, he had always been quite simple-minded, even his desire to save the world didn’t surpass wanting to bring Xinyan home.

It was just that to bring Xinyan home, he must be strong enough and control a force comparable to the Summer Family, which is why he worked so hard.

One could say he had no grand ambitions, but in his eyes, figuring out how to take Xinyan home was his greatest ambition.

His secondary ambition was saving the world.

So now, seeing Xinyan putting so much effort into helping him strengthen the Chicks and even letting him obtain the position of core controller of the Chicks made him unable to help but think of this point.

Xinyan… could she also want to marry him?

—Not at all.

Xia Xinyan simply wanted to roll her eyes at him for being out of his mind.

But then she thought that saying that might be somewhat hurtful.

So she remained silent for a while and changed her wording: “… right now, the world situation is unstable; let’s talk about marriage after everything settles down, okay?”

“No need,” Ling Mo disagreed, “I spoke with Jincang a while ago; he… and your family have always been very concerned about you. Xinyan should know that boyfriends and husbands are completely different. The former can be close but remain separate interests, while the latter becomes a single interest. So I think, if we get married… maybe that will put your family’s minds at ease.”

Xinyan should be the only one from the Summer Family living outside; even Summer Jincang moved back to the Summer Family Villa Area after the Cataclysm broke out. Though they were not too far apart, it isn’t her family home. To her family, Xinyan might still appear to be an outsider in the Chicks.

So he just needed to turn her into a complete member of the Chicks.

By then, Summer Jincang probably wouldn’t say much, right?

Xia Xinyan: “…”

No, Summer Jincang would absolutely try to annoy Ling Mo about whether she was married or not; this should be due to these two having a cosmic mismatch that has transcended time and space.

She couldn’t wrap her head around why Ling Mo suddenly brought this up.

Seeing her dazed, Ling Mo thought she was hesitant, gently saying, “Perhaps by then, we won’t be able to hold a wedding amidst the chaos… but believe me, Xinyan, once everything settles down, I will give you a grand wedding, letting the whole world know that Xinyan belongs to me.”

While saying this, his gaze was sincere, as if swearing an oath to himself.

However, it sent chills down Xia Xinyan’s spine.

She felt like they couldn’t continue this conversation any longer.

Ling Mo was serious, of that she could sense.

But his seriousness made it hardest for her to respond; if she denied him, it would surely hurt his feelings, which was something she didn’t want to see. But if she affirmed… that would just be digging her own grave.

So after pondering for a moment, she still gave a middle-ground response: “Let’s talk about it after you reach that level.”

Ling Mo took her words as a challenge to his abilities, reminiscent of what she said earlier, and a spark of fighting spirit ignited within him: “Don’t worry, Xinyan, I won’t let you down.”

He brought this up not only because the thought crossed his mind inexplicably but mainly to gauge Xinyan’s feelings.

This was essentially the final step to winning over Xinyan, the last step to tie her tightly in his embrace.

But he also needed to ask if she was truly willing.

He liked Xinyan but wouldn’t resort to underhanded methods to tie her to him. Instead of breaking the wings of a fledgling bird to lock it in a cage, he preferred to create a world for the bird, allowing it to enjoy freedom without flying away from this world.

And this world was nearly complete.