The next morning, at the docks of Deep Blue Capital.
Sunlight dyed the sea around Deep Blue Capital a pale gold, waves slapping against the hull and scattering fine droplets of water.
Tiandao leaned against the railing on the passenger ship's deck, leisurely eating a tuna rice ball he had just bought from the small store in the cabin.
Just then, Jing Liuli suddenly ran over.
"Tiandao! Look at this!"
Jing Liuli came to Tiandao's side, holding up a palm-sized seashell.
Though the shell looked ordinary, its interior shimmered with rainbow-colored light.
Holding it up, Jing Liuli said happily, "I happened to pick this up by the ship just now. Isn't it super pretty?"
"Sister Caroline said it's called a 'Rainbow Shell.' It can bring good luck to whoever finds it, so I'm giving it to you."
Hearing that, Tiandao instinctively reached out to take the Rainbow Shell Jing Liuli claimed could bring good luck.
But the moment he extended his hand, the rice ball in his other hand was suddenly ambushed.
Jing Liuli snatched his rice ball, took a quick bite from it, then smugly made a face at him.
"Hehe! It tastes great, even better than the takoyaki at the Amusement Park yesterday!"
Looking at Jing Liuli's smug face, Tiandao said irritably, "Childish."
As soon as the words fell, Tiandao prepared to give this "rice ball bandit" a small punishment.
For example, messing up the hair she had worked so hard to tie.
But just as Tiandao was about to make his move, the well-prepared Jing Liuli hugged the rice ball, turned, and ran toward the awning, hiding behind Caroline to seek protection.
Not only that, she even struck first and accused him instead.
"Caroline, look! Tiandao wants to bully me again!"
Caroline stood beneath the awning with