For the past few days, Jiang Zheyu had been utterly bored, either sitting on the sofa or lying on it asleep.
Yin Si’s butterfly wings had also healed considerably after he’d applied so dication, and he could now retract them.
Jiang Zheyu was now just vegging out on the sofa. With no livestreaming quotas, no System missions, and no threat to her life, she was completely relaxed, sprawled out like a corpse. She couldn’t have been more chill.
"Guest, here is your nutrient solution," a small robot said, holding out a vial to Jiang Zheyu.
"Oh, thanks." Jiang Zheyu casually took the nutrient solution, poured it into her mouth, and swallowed. She then handed the glass vial back to the little robot. "Thank you for the trouble."
She even gave the little robot’s head a pat.
On the other side, Yin Si watched the female’s relaxed state, his pair of purple-gold eyes filled with confusion. ’Aren’t all females supposed to be delicate?’
’How can she look so content lying on such a small sofa? How could she accept it so easily?’
Of course, he didn’t know about Jiang Zheyu’s recent life of drudgery—stuck in a prison cell and forced to get up before dawn every day to livestream.
A noise ca from the boy on the adjacent sofa.
Yin Si imdiately turned his attention to Xiao Xuan. "Xiao Xuan, are you feeling better?"
Xiao Xuan sat up and gave a slight nod.
He tilted his head to look at Jiang Zheyu, who was still lying on the other sofa.
Yin Si paused and also glanced at Jiang Zheyu. She had been watching a movie the System was playing, but even she wasn’t so dense as to not notice two pairs of eyes on her.
She turned her head slightly. Seeing the little boy was awake, she sat up properly and gave a wave. "Hey, kid. You’re awake?"
’After shalessly grabbing people’s hands over and over again for my purification missions, I’ve experienced so many monts of social death that I think I’m becoming less socially anxious.’
’To be able to just lie flat and relax on the sofa with people I barely know around... maybe it’s because my spiritual power has gotten stronger? Is this so kind of newfound, mysterious confidence?’
Xiao Xuan’s gaze rested on her. He gave a faint smile, his purple-gold eyes curving into crescents as he nodded slightly.
Yin Si coldly pinched Xiao Xuan’s cheek, twisting the boy’s smile out of shape.
Xiao Xuan pressed his lips together and looked up at Yin Si.
"Even if she was the person in black who saved us, that doesn’t change the fact that she’s also that vicious female, Jiang Zheyu. So don’t get too close to her," Yin Si said, staring coldly at Xiao Xuan. "We’ll drop her off on the Imperial Capital Star and then we’re leaving."
Xiao Xuan lowered his gaze and nodded lightly.
Hearing this, Jiang Zheyu, who was on the other sofa, asked in surprise, "How did you know I was the mysterious person in black?"
’It’s understandable that Yin Si might have recognized since I healed his spiritual power, but how did the kid figure it out?’
They seed to notice her confusion.
Xiao Xuan looked toward Yin Si.
Yin Si turned to Jiang Zheyu and explained, "Besides your ability to heal spiritual power, there’s also your scent. Purple Gold Butterflies are very sensitive to slls."
"So you recognized back then?" Jiang Zheyu’s eyes widened slightly.
Yin Si seed to hesitate before shaking his head. "I didn’t recognize you then. My nose was full of the sll of blood, and the spiritual shock had dulled my sense of sll."
’So Yin Si only just figured it out, but the kid recognized from the start.’
"System, does my scent change when I use Illusion Form?" Jiang Zheyu silently poked the System.
"It does not, dear," the System replied.
’Then isn’t this Illusion Form disguise pretty useless?’
’Well, maybe it’s still useful. Only butterflies have such a keen sense of sll. Other Beastn probably don’t, right?’
"Host, the System Mall also has pills that can change your scent," the System chid in, eager to make a sale.
Jiang Zheyu noticed that with no daily missions, the System had started aggressively marketing items from the System Mall, determined to get her to spend her points.
’Well, even so, the scent-changing pills the System is pushing do seem useful. I’ll consider it next ti I need to use Illusion Form to make a getaway.’
Hearing Yin Si’s explanation, Jiang Zheyu nodded lightly. "I see."
"Do you have anything to disguise spiritual power?" Jiang Zheyu suddenly asked the System.
"We do, dear," the System answered.
"Great, great! System, you’re a lifesaver." ’Next ti I need a disguise, it’ll be absolutely foolproof!’ Jiang Zheyu thought.
The Starship sailed through the Cosmic Star Sea.
Jiang Zheyu noticed that on many occasions, the kid tried to co over and play with her, only to be rcilessly dragged away by the collar by Yin Si.
The boy could only press his lips together, angry but not daring to talk back to Yin Si.
"By the way, for you Butterfly Beastn, how co a child’s beast form is already so large?" Jiang Zheyu asked, walking over to Yin Si out of curiosity and patting him on the shoulder.
Perhaps because she hadn’t lacked for nutrient solution these past few days and Yin Si hadn’t done anything to her, Jiang Zheyu had grown bolder. She actually dared to walk right up and pat his shoulder.
Yin Si’s brow twitched, and he frowned deeply. "Insect-type Beastn are different from mammalian-types. In the Purple Gold Butterfly clan, as long as soone awakens their spiritual power, their beast form can shift between its adult and child forms."
After his quick explanation, he added coldly, "And don’t touch my shoulder."
With that, he took a few steps away from Jiang Zheyu.
"Oh, so that’s how it is." Jiang Zheyu nodded thoughtfully. "Back then, I actually thought that Purple Gold Butterfly was you."
Yin Si shot her a cool glance and walked away, unwilling to speak with her any further.
Xiao Xuan had just started to walk toward Jiang Zheyu when his collar was yanked, pulling him backward.
"How many tis have I told you? You’re not allowed to play with her," Yin Si said with a frown.
Xiao Xuan hung his head and pressed his lips together.
Jiang Zheyu thought, ’Backing away, backing away...’
A few days passed—Jiang Zheyu lost track of how many—and the Starship finally arrived at the Imperial Capital Star.
Yin Si was very quick to show his guest the door.
Regardless, since Yin Si and Xiao Xuan had brought her back to the Imperial Capital Star, she felt she should thank them. "Thanks, you two."
Yin Si gave an extrely awkward and cold "mhm" in response.
’What’s with this female? Does she think that by pretending to have turned over a new leaf, she can hide all the wrongs she’s committed?’
Xiao Xuan gazed at Jiang Zheyu with his beautiful, pleading purple-gold eyes.
In the end, Yin Si turned and headed back into the Starship, tacitly allowing Xiao Xuan to say goodbye. ’I have no idea how that female got my little brother to like her so much. How vexing.’
Xiao Xuan dashed toward Jiang Zheyu.
Flattered, Jiang Zheyu crouched down and opened her arms, waiting as Xiao Xuan flew into her embrace.
Xiao Xuan couldn’t speak, so he could only express himself through his actions.
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