Hearing that nightmare-like voice, La Riluo froze in shock.
Her body stiffened. Then, wearing an incredulous expression, she slowly turned toward the source of the voice.
There, she saw Qiu Tu reclining on a broad wooden raft, eating translucent, jade-like grapes while looking at her with a faintly mocking smile.
What was even more outrageous was that a huge Sunshade Wooden Umbrella stood on the raft. Its shade shielded him from the scorching sun.
Paired with Qiu Tu's casual short-sleeved shirt and shorts, anyone who knew better would know he had come to capture La Riluo. Anyone who did not would think he had come to the Dock Sea Area for a seaside vacation!
Meanwhile, in order to find Earth Vein Nodes before he caught her, La Riluo had climbed mountains and plunged into the sea in frantic haste. She had not even had time to dry her soaked clothes.
Even La Riluo felt sorry for herself.
She looked at Qiu Tu and asked in disbelief, "How did you get here?"
Qiu Tu propped himself up on the raft, leisurely popped a grape into his mouth, and said casually, "I came looking for you, Your Highness."
"During the dozen-plus hours you left without saying goodbye, I couldn't eat or sleep. I didn't feel like doing anything. After thinking it over, I decided to drop everything and come find you."
La Riluo:
Honestly, if Qiu Tu had set out to chase La Riluo the moment he learned she had escaped, it was indeed possible for him to reach the Dock Sea Area within a dozen hours.
But La Riluo did not believe she was that important to Qiu Tu.
And even if Qiu Tu could reach the Dock Sea Area within a dozen hours, there was no way he could have