Elina gazed absently at the dark blue night sky. The moon hung at the horizon like a pale, blurry silhouette against the fiery red sunset, with a few dim stars scattered hazily across it.
"There should be... some, right?"
Elina remained in her half-serpent form. In any case, the Lingyun Academy students were basically all customers of Origin Mall, so there was no need to hide her identity. Her beautifully patterned snake tail lightly tapped against the ground.
"I think so too." Luo Chuan nodded.
"Didn't you say before, Boss, that every star in the sky was similar to Tianlan Continent?" Elina explained why she thought so. "In such a vast world, it's perfectly normal for there to be outsiders."
After thinking for a moment, Luo Chuan could not help correcting her. "The world I meant was the entire universe, not a planet."
Elina fell silent and quietly looked at Luo Chuan.
Luo Chuan grew a little uncomfortable under her gaze and lowered his head to inspect himself. "What is it? Is there something on me?"
The gray-haired sea demon girl seemed somewhat hesitant, but in the end, she voiced what was on her mind. "No, I just think that sometimes, Boss, you're pretty bad at talking."
Elina was rather shy by nature, only becoming much livelier after getting familiar with people. Even so, her cheeks were still a little flushed after saying that.
Luo Chuan: "..."
He scratched his head and seriously considered Elina's words.
"Am I?" Luo Chuan was rather unwilling to believe it and asked again.
"Mm-hmm." Elina nodded repeatedly, utterly certain.
"Fine, I understand." The boss seemed to sigh helplessly before continuing onward.
Elina hurriedly caught up with him, her voice sounding a little uneasy. "Boss, you're not angry, are you?"
Seeing the sea demon girl's