Chapter 89: Special Materials
Of course, the others present didn’t understand what Little Can was roaring.
But Chu Jiu understood.
His face flushed, and he quickly scooped Little Can into his arms, scolding softly, “Stop it.”
Having said that, he raised his head and said to Prince Halsin, “Thank you for your kind intentions, Your Highness, but I have no plans for marriage.”
He spoke frankly and directly, a refusal with no room for negotiation.
Prince Halsin hadn’t expected this pioneer to be unwilling to even consider it, and he was quite surprised.
Seeing this, Clara immediately smoothed things over for both sides: “Although Chu Jiu is not yet married, he already has someone in his heart, doesn’t he?”
Chu Jiu was taken aback, and for some reason, someone’s ice-blue eyes suddenly flashed in his mind.
He pursed his lips and mumbled vaguely, “Ah, this, this… I haven’t thought about it.”
Compared to his previous unhesitating refusal, the tone of this sentence sounded very guilty.
Although it was a vague answer, in the eyes of a group of experienced middle-aged people, it was equivalent to “acknowledging” it.
Clara smiled knowingly and shrugged at Halsin, meaning: Look, this child has someone else in his heart, you wouldn’t force them apart, would you?
Prince Halsin then burst into laughter and said, “So that’s how it is! It was inconsiderate of me!”
He raised his glass to Chu Jiu and said, “In that case, I also hope you can come to the royal capital and work directly for our royal family.”
Chu Jiu breathed a sigh of relief and said a few polite words, managing to get through this awkward situation.
*
They finally boarded the carriage back to Bean Village.
As soon as they got in, Little Can couldn’t help but poke its head out: “Purr purr! Meow meow!”
Chu Jiu’s face flushed again, and he lowered his voice again, “No talking! Go to sleep properly!”
Little Can: “??!!”
The little guy fiercely meowed and curled itself into an angry cat ball, thinking, fine, if you don’t want me to talk, I won’t! Humph!
Lauren sat opposite Chu Jiu, somewhat curious: “What’s wrong with this little black cat? Why does it seem so angry?”
Chu Jiu: “…Nothing. It… it didn’t rest well, it’ll be fine after sleeping more.”
Lauren wasn’t too curious about Chu Jiu’s little pet. He changed the subject: “Speaking of which, Little Jiu, your performance just now really surprised me.”
Chu Jiu: “Uh?”
Lauren: “If it were anyone else, let alone not being engaged, even if they were engaged, they wouldn’t have refused the prince’s proposal so cleanly. They would have weighed it in their hearts for a long time, maybe even agreed on the spot and would be following the prince to the royal capital by now.”
“After all, Prince Halsin has a very good reputation and is very capable. How many people would eagerly try to curry favor with him?”
Chu Jiu: “…”
Douglas couldn’t help but say, “Alright, alright. Little Jiu doesn’t need to gain anything through marriage.”
“What’s more, although Little Jiu isn’t engaged, he already has someone he likes—he wouldn’t do something like abandoning the other person for personal gain.”
Chu Jiu was shocked and hurriedly said, “What? No, I…”
Seeing Chu Jiu’s flushed and embarrassed expression, Douglas was also surprised:
What?! Hadn’t he confessed to Mr. Lu yet?!
No way! It’s been so long! Haven’t these two made any progress at all?!
What on earth is Mr. Lu doing?! Didn’t he used to live at Little Jiu’s house?
Douglas was full of questions.
But at least he hadn’t forgotten Irene’s reminder, knowing that others absolutely couldn’t interfere in this matter.
So he quickly laughed it off: “Oh, right, right, Lauren actually has something else, quite important, to tell Little Jiu.”
Already flustered and not knowing what to say, Chu Jiu immediately seized the opportunity and said to Lauren, “Ah, what is it?”
Lauren then truthfully told Chu Jiu how they had discovered a person of unknown origin with abilities in the village and how they had determined that this person had been thrown in by a demon beast.
So, throughout the journey, the few of them didn’t discuss the topic of “Chu Jiu’s beloved” or “Chu Jiu’s marriage partner” anymore.
Only the little black cat in Chu Jiu’s pocket kept glaring angrily: Humph, Chu Jiu’s future spouse could only be someone other than Lu Qingyan!
*
Night fell.
Since the group had only set off at noon, no matter how fast they rode, they couldn’t possibly return to Bean Village that day. So they decided to rest for the night in Emerald Town and planned to continue their journey early the next morning.
Back in the inn room, Chu Jiu finally released Little Can, placed it in front of him, and said very seriously, “Little Can.”
Little Can: “Hmph.”
Chu Jiu: “Those words you said today… were they because Lu Qingyan helped me write the book?”
After Prince Halsin asked that question, Little Can had been howling: Don’t talk nonsense! Chu Jiu’s future spouse is Lu Qingyan!
Chu Jiu thought about it and could only conclude that Elder He’s joking remark, “Let your future spouse come and help,” had misled Little Can.
Little Can: “Meow.”
Chu Jiu thought to himself, as expected.
He said seriously, “Little Can, for humans, ‘who to marry’ is a very serious matter, it won’t just be decided by a single sentence or a joke.”
Little Can: “………Meow?”
Just then, Glup-Glup beside them raised its tentacles: “Glup glup glup, but later, in Elder He’s letter, it also said that he and his wife got married because they wrote a book together…”
Chu Jiu: “!”
Crap, although Lu Qingyan and Little Can hadn’t seen Elder He’s letter, the other spirit beast babies had!
Little Can became even more self-righteous: “Meow, meow meow!”—”See! Anyway, Lu Qingyan is your spouse!”
Chu Jiu felt his temples throbbing: “Alright, alright. This is just a small misunderstanding…”
Seeing that Chu Jiu refused to answer directly no matter what, Little Can became extremely anxious and meowed loudly, “You even secretly said you missed him last night!”
Chu Jiu: “!!”
His ears turned red in an instant: “Y-you heard that?”
Shouldn’t you have been sleeping soundly?!
Chu Jiu suddenly panicked a bit and blurted out, “Don’t tell Lu Qingyan!”
As soon as the words left his mouth, Chu Jiu regretted it: This wasn’t a matter of whether Little Can told him or not.
As long as Little Can knew, then the next time it “summoned” Lu Qingyan, Lu Qingyan would naturally know…
This, this, this… this was too embarrassing!
Chu Jiu’s face instantly became even redder than Rawr Rawr Rabbit’s newly grown tomatoes: “Anyway… whatever…”
“That was just a casual remark!”
Little Can: “Meow???”
Chu Jiu gritted his teeth and finally put on his least favorite “adult act”: “Little Can, don’t worry about adult matters, you—you should lie down and go to sleep!”
Having said that, he glared at the spirit beast babies who were tilting their heads and watching him and Little Can “argue”: “You all should go to sleep too!”
Chu Jiu decisively blew out the candle and pulled the uncomfortable blanket over his head.
Leaving Little Can in the darkness with wide open eyes: W-what?!
Deep into the night.
From Chu Jiu’s disheveled sleeping posture, Little Can judged that this guy was indeed asleep.
While angrily re-covering Chu Jiu with the blanket, it fiercely woke up the other spirit beasts one by one:
“Get up! Get up! Something big has happened!”
Rawr Rawr Rabbit yawned: “Roar roar roar, is there a demon beast…”
Kakaba rubbed its eyes: “Dang dang dang? Little Can, what’s wrong? You seem very anxious…”
Glup-Glup: “Glup glup glup… snore… snore…”
Little Can: “It’s not a demon beast! It’s something much bigger!”
“Did you hear what that Prince Hal said? He actually wants someone else to be Chu Jiu’s spouse!”
Kakaba: “Dang dang dang? But didn’t Chu Jiu refuse him?”
Little Can: “……”
“Al-although he refused, Chu Jiu didn’t acknowledge that his future spouse can only be Lu Qingyan!”
Rawr Rawr Rabbit looked completely bewildered: “Roar roar roar? How do you acknowledge that, roar roar roar?”
Kakaba started scratching its head with both paws: “Dang dang dang? Why does his future spouse have to be Lu Qingyan…?”
Little Can was stumped by the question.
The little black cat’s tail swished back and forth behind it agitatedly, its claws constantly extending and retracting, clearly extremely anxious.
But if it had to say “why Chu Jiu’s future spouse must be Lu Qingyan,” it couldn’t articulate it.
It could only huff angrily in the end: “If, if Chu Jiu’s spouse isn’t Lu Qingyan, I’ll be very, very sad.”
It couldn’t even imagine how sad it would be.
Rawr Rawr Rabbit and Kakaba exchanged a look, and Glup-Glup, its eyes closed, raised its tentacles.
Finally, Kakaba hopped forward and placed its front paws on Little Can’s shoulders:
“Dang dang dang, Little Can…”
“Although we don’t quite understand why you would be very, very sad…”
“But in that case, we’ve decided—”
“If anyone dares to try to be Chu Jiu’s spouse in the future, we will definitely beat them flat!”
“That way, in the end, there will only be Lu Qingyan left!”
Little Can’s eyes suddenly lit up: That’s right!
That’s a good idea!
Who cares who it is, just beat them all flat!
It extended its little paw and shook Kakaba’s: “Good brother!”
Rawr Rawr Rabbit also placed its fluffy white paw over theirs. Glup-Glup, while snoring, didn’t forget to extend a tentacle.
The spirit beast babies looked determined and focused: “Beat everyone else flat! Only leave Lu Qingyan!”
Chu Jiu, completely unaware of all this, rolled over on the bed again.
*
The next day.
Chu Jiu was still a little worried that Little Can might still be in a bad mood after he ended their conversation so “rudely” yesterday, and he wondered how to coax the little guy.
Unexpectedly, Little Can woke up early in the morning and very proactively nuzzled and rubbed against him, clearly in a good mood.
Only then did Chu Jiu feel relieved: What a good baby! It got over it all by itself without needing any coaxing!
*
That afternoon, the group returned to Bean Village.
To prevent the ability user from playing tricks, Reg locked him in the cellar, with himself and another ability user taking turns to guard him.
Seeing Douglas and Chu Jiu finally return, Reg quickly recounted everything that had happened during this time:
This ability user rarely ate or drank, his memory was confused, he couldn’t say who he was, and he didn’t know why he had come here…
They had given him some herbs and also some of the “cough syrup” Chu Jiu had made, but neither had any effect.
In short, from the time Lauren had left to report until now, they hadn’t gotten any new information and still didn’t know what the association was planning.
Douglas then took Chu Jiu to the cellar, wanting Chu Jiu to take another look, hoping he might see some new clues.
Unexpectedly, after Douglas held up a candle to illuminate the ability user’s appearance, he took two steps back and exclaimed, “Eric!”
Chu Jiu: “…? You know him?”
Douglas stood still for several seconds before speaking, “This is… this used to be my senior.”
“He used to be in the Sea Moon City Patrol Team, a very capable high-level ability user… he saved many people…”
“Later he disappeared. We thought he had sacrificed himself. Why… why…”
“Someone so brilliant back then… how could he…”
Listening to Douglas’s words and looking at the middle-aged man sitting in the corner, disheveled and covered in blood, Chu Jiu felt a pang in his heart. He took the candle from Douglas and placed it aside, then made [soap] and a [cloth], poured out a jar of clean water, and handed it to Douglas: “Anyway… first, let’s wipe his face?”
Douglas silently took the soap and cloth, squatted down in front of Eric, and wiped the dirt from his face.
As he wiped, he said softly, “Senior Eric… I’m Douglas, I used to be the captain of the Emerald Town Patrol Team.”
“Do you remember? On my first day joining the Patrol Team, you came to see us, you said…”
“‘You are all people with abilities beyond the ordinary, bearing heavier responsibilities than ordinary people.'”
“‘Whether you are a high-level ability user or a low-level ability user, you must take saving civilians as your duty…'”
As he wiped, Douglas’s hand paused—
Because he noticed Eric’s lips twitching, and a slight light flickered in his eyes, as if he was reacting to his rambling words.
Douglas’s hand trembled with excitement.
He continued to speak, talking about his days in the Patrol Team, about Eric’s various deeds, and about his few interactions with Eric…
As he spoke, he heard Eric utter a vague word: “…Patrol Team…”
Douglas’s eyes turned red, and he choked up, “Yes, yes, you are Eric, you used to be the vice-captain of the Sea Moon City Patrol Team…”
*
From that afternoon onwards, the high-level ability user who had lost his memory slowly remembered some things.
Douglas moved Eric from the cellar to another empty room and went to see him every day, chattering away.
Chu Jiu wasn’t in a hurry to go to the wilderness either, deciding to wait and see how much information Eric could recall.
About a week later, Douglas found Chu Jiu: Eric remembered.
Chu Jiu quickly followed Douglas.
At this time, Ireen had helped Eric trim his hair and change into clean clothes, and he had eaten some food, looking much more energetic.
When he saw Chu Jiu, he could even prop himself up to give a salute and greeted apologetically, “You must be the pioneer.”
Eric sighed and first told Chu Jiu:
“My previous mission was to find the source of the river flowing through Bean Village and then ‘pour offerings’ into it.”
Chu Jiu: !!
Eric: “Don’t be anxious.”
“I don’t know what the ‘offerings’ are, but I can imagine they must be a poison that could completely destroy your village.”
“But I didn’t have time to do that…”
“A giant beaver appeared, and then… well, it defeated me.”
Chu Jiu: “…Huh?”
He tentatively asked, “May I ask how that beaver ‘defeated’ you?”
Eric carefully recalled, “It slapped me first…”
“After I was knocked to the ground, I didn’t feel any particular emotion, I just thought about continuing to fight it…”
“As a result…” Eric frowned, “it started spitting at me.”
Douglas: “???”
Chu Jiu: …
As expected, it really was that grumpy beaver.
The conscious Eric tried hard to recall the situation at that time: “It’s strange to say…”
“Ever since we’ve been taking the potions the association gives us day after day, we ability users, no matter what enemy we face, what situation…”
“We don’t have our own thoughts anymore.”
“We no longer distinguish between good and evil, nor do we know what is right and wrong. All we know is: we must complete the mission.”
“At the same time, we have no emotions.”
“Even watching our own arms being cut off, watching our comrades die in front of us, we don’t feel pain, and we don’t feel sadness.”
“But when it spat a mouthful of saliva on my face, I started to feel… very angry, very upset.”
“I even roared.”
“This… was very unusual.”
“And it was after this burst of anger that I seemed to… become a bit clearer.”
“How to describe it, it was like along with that anger, I began to be able to feel other things.”
“Like pain, like sadness…”
Chu Jiu: “Hmm…”
Eric continued to describe what happened afterwards.
The gist was that he was tossed around repeatedly by the beaver, and in the end, he was picked up, wrapped in vines, and thrown in.
Chu Jiu nodded: “I understand. I know that beaver, I’ll go ask it.”
He would also investigate whether that fellow’s “saliva” had any special effects.
Chu Jiu thought for a moment and then asked, “Do you know why the association is so determined to destroy Bean Village?”
Again and again, from locusts to poisoning, the methods were becoming increasingly sinister.
Was it just because they didn’t sell honey to them and made them lose face?
That reaction seemed too extreme.
Eric: “I’ve vaguely heard something.”
“Initially, it seems the Chairman noticed that you had an unusual tool for artificially raising bees.”
“He ordered the Vice-Chairman to bring these tools back to the association as soon as possible, as he wanted to inspect them personally.”
Chu Jiu: “Wait, are you saying that the Chairman’s initial goal wasn’t honey, but the tools?”
Eric: “The order he gave to the Vice-Chairman was indeed to ‘requisition both the honey and the beehives.'”
“But the Chairman himself never consumes honey and has no interest in any food.”
“I can only speculate that what he really wanted were the beehives.”
Chu Jiu and Douglas exchanged a look, both with expressions of astonishment.
Chu Jiu thought for a moment and whispered, “Could it be… that this Chairman wants to raise bees and collect honey himself to increase the association’s income?”
Such a hardworking and down-to-earth leader?
Eric shook his head: “No.”
“The Vice-Chairman of the association is greedy for money and will do everything possible to accumulate wealth and power.”
“But this Chairman doesn’t seem to value money at all.”
“His only interest… I heard he likes raising insects. All kinds of insects.”
“The locusts the association sent to Black Wheat Village before were also raised by the Chairman.”
“So… perhaps, he just wants to raise bees.”
Chu Jiu: ….
W-what a unique interest.
Eric: “Also… it’s possible that he doesn’t want to see these ‘things that haven’t appeared before’ or ‘tools passed down from before the demon beast invasion.'”
Chu Jiu: “…How do you understand that?”
Eric: “I heard Douglas say that your village now has a ‘water-powered mill’?”
Chu Jiu: “Yes.”
Eric: “This kind of thing, this ‘labor-saving tool,’ is also something he cannot tolerate.”
Eric’s voice lowered as he spoke here: “I once, with people… went to destroy a ‘wind-powered mill.'”
“I even forced them to hand over all the blueprints…”
“I remember, the Chairman’s order at the time was, ‘If anyone dares to design such a thing again, burn their village to the ground directly.'”
“Not just mills, but other things… like making clocks.”
“If Clara hadn’t issued a protection order, saying that clocks were special royal necessities and had to be preserved, I’m afraid the mechanical clocks in Sea Moon City would have been smashed to pieces.”
Chu Jiu: !!
What’s going on?
What kind of strange religious belief is this? Banning the use of tools? Not even letting clocks remain?
But using these tools and promoting them would ultimately bring them more money—
Wait, this person isn’t interested in money?
Huh?
Not interested in money?
The more Chu Jiu thought about it, the more he felt that this association Chairman was something else entirely, probably not even human.
Completely unable to figure out the other party’s thoughts, Chu Jiu scratched his head and suddenly thought of something else. He took out a glass bottle from his backpack and gave it to Eric: “Then if he saw this kind of thing, would he also demand ‘destruction’?”
In a while, Grandpa Du and the others would use these crystal-clear, beautiful bottles to pack honey and send it to Sea Moon City.
Eric looked at the transparent glass, slightly surprised: “This is… crystal?”
Chu Jiu: …
“No, this is glass. We made it by melting quartz sand in a furnace.”
“We plan to use it to hold honey.”
Eric thought for a moment, and his face became very serious: “No, it’s too dangerous.”
He looked at Douglas and Chu Jiu:
“Do you know that the Chairman has planted a great many spies on this continent? We don’t know exactly how he does it, but his information is very well-informed.”
“Whenever something special appears on this continent, he will receive intelligence.”
“But why has your Bean Village, for example, this ‘water-powered mill,’ been able to use it for so long without attracting the Chairman’s attention…?” “It’s probably because the Vice-Chairman has kept everything completely hidden.”
Chu Jiu: “…The Vice-Chairman is hiding things from the Chairman?”
Douglas was also somewhat surprised, but he quickly understood.
Eric continued:
“I heard that since the first failed ‘requisition of honey,’ the Vice-Chairman, fearing the Chairman’s punishment, has never truthfully reported the situation in your village.”
“The Vice-Chairman probably wanted to ‘resolve’ your Bean Village privately before the Chairman discovered the truth.”
“As a result, this inadvertently shielded Bean Village from the Chairman’s eyes.”
“But if you use such special bottles to hold honey, it will definitely attract the Chairman’s attention—”
“So, it’s too dangerous.”
Douglas thought for a moment and said, “In that case, we must be extra careful about this matter. When transporting the honey, we cannot use ostentatious containers, there can be no publicity, and it must be escorted by ability users throughout.”
Eric nodded heavily.
He wanted to say something else, but he was too weak and couldn’t even sit up straight, constantly sliding towards the ground.
Douglas and Chu Jiu quickly told him not to speak anymore and to go back and rest properly.
*
Having figured out “which demon beast threw the person into the village,” Chu Jiu rode Bodo bird towards the source of the Bean River that day.
Arriving at the water source, he indeed saw the box containing the “offerings” that Eric had mentioned.
And beside the box, the grumpy beaver was squatting!
As soon as it saw Chu Jiu and Kakaba poking its head out of Chu Jiu’s backpack, the grumpy beaver stood up straight: “Squeak squeak, squeak squeak squeak squeak!”
Kakaba hopped out of the backpack and scurried over to the grumpy beaver: “Dang? Dang dang dang? Dang dang dang dang?”
To Chu Jiu’s surprise, the grumpy beaver actually raised a paw and covered its face.
That action actually had a hint of… shyness?
Kakaba, however, nodded happily.
Then, Kakaba jumped onto a large tree, leaned out, reached out a paw, and gently patted the grumpy beaver’s head, saying very softly, “Dang dang dang!”
Grumpy Beaver: “Squeak!”
Chu Jiu: ……?
What on earth was going on…?
Fortunately, Kakaba had returned.
Kakaba told Chu Jiu: Yes, it was indeed this giant beaver that had defeated Eric.
Because it had “very patiently” told it last time that “it must protect the environment here, and that neither arbitrarily building dams to block water nor dumping garbage into the river would damage the downstream ecosystem.”
It remembered, remembered very well.
It would no longer build dams here itself, and it wouldn’t allow other creatures to come here and cause damage.
So, when the beaver saw Eric preparing to “dump garbage,” it taught him a lesson.
Chu Jiu: “Wow…”
“What an awesome beaver!”
Kakaba: “Dang dang dang! I already praised it!”
Chu Jiu: “Then can you get it to spit one more time? I suspect its saliva has a special effect.”
So Kakaba scurried over again.
However, the grumpy beaver covered its face again and shook its head vigorously.
Its expression seemed to say: What? Spit? Such an uncivilized thing, I would never do that!
It wasn’t until Kakaba gestured, danced, and patted its head for a while that the grumpy beaver reluctantly nodded.
Chu Jiu quickly handed over the wooden bucket he had prepared early in the morning.
“Puff puff!”
Some liquid appeared in the bucket.
And Chu Jiu received a system notification:
[Special Material Discovered—Beaver Saliva!]
[Beaver Saliva: From the Giant Forest Beaver, it is one of the Giant Forest Beaver’s “attack weapons.”
Any creature, once drenched in this saliva, will enter a state of “incompetent rage.”
However, if a creature that has lost normal emotional responses comes into contact with its saliva… perhaps it will briefly experience what “anger” is?
Note: This material is extremely volatile and cannot be collected.]
The system said “extremely volatile,” and indeed, after only a few minutes, the liquid in the bucket had all turned into “useless wastewater.”
Chu Jiu looked at the wastewater in the bucket and the grumpy beaver, which was trying hard to act cute towards Kakaba, and fell into thought.
Hmm… he had a feeling this material could be very useful…
According to Eric and Douglas, there should be quite a few people in the association like Eric, who had taken special potions and completely become “tools.”
His cough syrup didn’t seem to help these people.
But this “beaver saliva” could awaken their emotions?
If those ability users were all sprayed in the face, would they gradually wake up like Eric?
However, this material couldn’t be collected, so how could he use it…?
Did he have to move the grumpy beaver to Ancient Linburg?
No, no, impossible…
The more he thought, the more engrossed he became, and even his brows furrowed.
“Meow?” A furry little paw pressed against his face.
It was Little Can, Little Can was worried about him.
So Chu Jiu held Little Can as before, stroking it while explaining why he was frowning.
As he stroked, Chu Jiu suddenly noticed that Little Can extended a paw and pressed down on his hand, as if telling him to “stop stroking.”
This strength…
Chu Jiu’s heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly looked down at Little Can—
Sure enough!
The look in those eyes had changed!
The one he was holding in his arms had changed from Little Can to Lu Qingyan!
Chu Jiu’s ears turned red instantly.
Lu Qingyan version Little Can jumped out of Chu Jiu’s arms, landed on a bush, looked Chu Jiu directly in the eyes, and said in a low voice, “Awakening the emotions of ability users—a very good idea.”
Although it was all “meow meow,” Chu Jiu could immediately tell that it was Lu Qingyan speaking.
Knowing that the other party was talking about something important, Chu Jiu hurriedly put away his embarrassing little thoughts and replied very seriously, “But it’s quite difficult to actually use it.”
It was like the mouse trying to bell the cat. A good idea, difficult to put into practice.
Lu Qingyan: “I can only stay for a few minutes this time, so I can’t go back to Bean Village with you.”
“Chu Jiu, when you go back, tell everyone that the honey will be packaged in glass bottles as you initially planned.”
“And don’t be low-key, don’t hide it, promote it as much as possible: Bean Village not only has honey, but also unique glass.”
Chu Jiu’s heart tightened as he listened: Hadn’t Eric warned them not to do this under any circumstances?
But Chu Jiu knew that since Lu Qingyan had arranged it this way, there must be a reason.
Therefore, Chu Jiu obediently nodded: “Okay.”
Lu Qingyan: “Before that, find a way to make the beaver settle near Bean Village.”
Chu Jiu: “Okay.”
Chu Jiu’s answer was without the slightest hesitation, but Lu Qingyan paused: “Thank you for your hard work.”
Chu Jiu: “Ah? No, no, not at all. It’s you, you, how are you?”
Lu Qingyan: “I’m fine.”
Chu Jiu bit his lip, thinking that if he was really fine, he wouldn’t only appear for a few minutes.
Lu Qingyan: “Chu Jiu…”
Chu Jiu: “Hmm?”
Lu Qingyan: “I have to go.”
Chu Jiu: “Ah… okay.”
This wasn’t even a few minutes…
Lu Qingyan: “One more thing.”
Chu Jiu: “Huh?”
The black cat raised its paws and touched Chu Jiu’s face: “Also, I miss you very much.”
