How had these people, in the blink of an eye, collectively turned into his "elders," surrounded him, and started nagging him to get married while promoting themselves and their daughters?!
Just as Qianyi was wondering what excuse he could use to slip away, a voice full of belated shock—like its signal had lagged behind by more than a dozen versions—suddenly cut in from beside him.
"Wait—!!!" Bai Heng's blue eyes widened, her fluffy ears standing straight up in surprise. She pointed at Qianyi, her face filled with the shock of someone who had just missed some earth-shattering secret. "Qianyi, you... you're actually an Aeon?!"
"That topic's already passed, Bai Heng. You're way behind." Qianyi was speechless. After the marriage and childbearing talk, why were there still people losing connection?
However—
"What?!" Another energetic, even higher-pitched cry immediately erupted!
March 7th suddenly sprang up, her pink hair seeming to puff up slightly. Her ice-blue eyes went round as she looked from Qianyi to the people around them, who all seemed to have tacitly accepted it. Her face held shock no less genuine than Bai Heng's. "Qianyi, you're actually an Aeon?! Seriously?! Oh my god, I've been chatting with an Aeon at such close range this whole time?!"
Qianyi: "..."
How was there someone even more behind the times?
March 7th and Bai Heng really were quite the pair of smiling tigers, two crunchy sharks.
Their carefree appearances were truly delightful. There was no need to even talk with them much; simply watching their sunny, cheerful, lively expressions made one feel warm all over.
"What's so strange about that? Don't forget, the Stellaris Train used to often follow Akivili on expeditions." Qianyi tried his best to downplay the Aeon aspect. Compared to people gathering around him because he was an Aeon, he