Chrono, Don't!

Apponia finally calmed down a bit. Meanwhile, Zhu Bajie·Li Ming and Tathagata Buddha·Adam were busy with the children, tasked with discarding anything that didn't belong in the convent.

As for those plum blossom piles, Apponia didn't even want to look at them, afraid that a single glance would make her unable to resist making the two of them explode.

No, hold it in, you must hold it in. These are the children you raised. It wasn't easy raising them this far. The kindness of nurturing is greater than water, greater than who? The kindness of nurturing is as light as water.

As she thought, Apponia's heart suddenly calmed. She had already seen the choice of the goddess of fate. The star of death was shining above your head, Li Ming.

Then, Apponia smiled at Li Ming. Hua heard the commotion and also came out of the kitchen.

"Apponia." Apponia nodded at Hua. Seeing a Zhu Bajie and a Tathagata Buddha busy, Hua knew what was going on.

After finally finishing cleaning up those things and eating dinner, Li Ming was about to slip away when Apponia walked over with a smile, cupped Li Ming's face in her hands, and sighed, "I shouldn't restrain you, not like in the past. But you need it, so the threads of fate are connected at this moment."

Feeling the softness of the hands holding his face, Li Ming felt that Apponia's eyes were full of warmth and affection (killing intent).

Then, he was held by the head and thrown out by Apponia. As for Adam, fortunately, Apponia didn't kill him. Otherwise, Li Ming guessed he would have witnessed Yang Guifei uprooting the willow trees.

Rubbing his neck and backside, he had to admit that Apponia was really strong. All that flesh on her wasn't for nothing.

Hua didn't come out with him. Perhaps the children were helping. Back in his room in the Golden Courtyard, Li Ming lay on his bed. Although he had turned into Zhu Bajie, Apponia hadn't been too rough. At least the injuries on his face were just red and swollen, without panda eyes or bruises.

Rubbing his face, Li Ming began his day of "lying flat." However, he wasn't completely slacking off. He started preparing to make a doll costume for Pardo.

Li Ming had been preparing for Pardo's "strategy" for a long time. First, he found channels to order fabric from Apponia, then he started designing. Although he didn't remember many details, what was the biggest characteristic of canned food? It was round, wasn't it?

Li Ming had prepared everything to make the doll costume. However, Li Ming was a bit curious. He seemed to have never spent any money since arriving in Elysian Realm. He basically mooched off others for meals. The fabric he ordered from Apponia was also free.

"It seems I need to find time to ask how to make money. Otherwise, always mooching like this doesn't seem right."

After sewing a cat head, Li Ming felt a sore back and aching waist.

He stretched, and just as he entered the system, he found that the task he had just completed was finished.

Helped Apponia take care of the orphanage children. Apponia's favorability increased by 10 - Completed.

Obtained Imprint [Precept], second, No Deception. Each second in combat increases the [Discipline] count by 5, up to a maximum of 200. Increases the character's all-damage reduction by 0.3% of the [Discipline] count. Using summoned creatures deducts 50% of the current [Discipline] count.

Li Ming read it carefully and felt something was not quite right. Increasing damage reduction, calculated, the maximum reduction could reach 60% in the end.

But using summoned creatures would reduce the points by 50%. This made Li Ming feel – that's great!

To be honest, Li Ming didn't have any summoned creatures yet, nor did he know how they were determined.

Perhaps he would have to wait until the system opened the doll supply. Right now, let alone supplies, Li Ming had basically never obtained any crystals. And he wanted to save his gift pack coins. He could only say, wait for later. Maybe the shop would refresh with doll fragments in the future.

However, Mobius seemed to have some understanding of armed doll technology. He could ask her then. Perhaps Professor Mobius would know.

But this imprint didn't have any effect. After all, when he didn't have any summoned creatures, it was a pure buff. It had no effect on Li Ming at all.

But where was this imprint? Li Ming looked at his hands, his body, his backside. None were there. Finally, he went to the bathroom and looked in the mirror, only to find that the imprint had appeared on his neck, slightly below his chin, above his nape. The intricate patterns emitted a faint light.

Looking at the imprint on his hands and face, Li Ming felt – it was incredibly cool!

After admiring himself in the bathroom for a while, Li Ming went downstairs when he felt his stomach rumbling.

As soon as he went downstairs, he saw Chrono lying on the sofa watching TV, with a face mask on and two cucumber slices on his eyes. What? You say Chrono could see with cucumbers on his eyes? How would I know?

Brother Jie is an alien. Would aliens be unable to see?

When Li Ming saw Chrono, his eyes lit up because he knew dinner was sorted for today.

When Chrono was usually at home, there would be a feast in the Golden Courtyard. When Chrono was not around, Hua or Sakura would usually cook. As for Su, sometimes he wasn't sure if his cooking was edible.

Sakura only knew how to make sushi and tempura. The last time Li Ming proposed to try Sakura's homemade kuchikamizake, Sakura shouted "pervert" and gave him a seven-day sword technique training plan.

And for the next seven days, whenever Sakura heard anything related to alcohol, her first reaction was to deal with Li Ming.

Later, after meeting Ling, Ling told him, "Not all shrine maidens can make kuchikamizake. Their ancestral shrine doesn't have that part."

Li Ming glanced at Chrono. As expected, Chrono also had a cursor above his head, and the cursor clearly covered Chrono's face.

However, Li Ming's top priority at the moment was not to complete the commission, but to solve his dinner.

Chrono was already annoyed watching TV, thinking about how to handle the upcoming banquet. Everyone in the Golden Courtyard was quite busy, and he didn't have any other friends. After searching for a long time, he managed to get Hua to help, and even tricked two kids who didn't want to do their summer homework into helping.

But he still needed more mature people to help. Seeing Li Ming approach, it was like a pillow arriving just as he was dozing off.

"Brother Jie, what are we eating tonight?" Li Ming grinned and squeezed next to Chrono.

Chrono suddenly laughed, his face mask visibly deforming. "Hehehehehe, then we're eating very well today!"

He was laughing, but Li Ming had a feeling that Chrono had some ill intentions.

Swallowing, Li Ming mustered his courage and said, "Brother Jie, let's just say it as it is. Don't be like this, okay? I'm a little scared!"

"Hahaha~ Kid, you want to get dinner for free and you dare to ask me? You're brave!"

Li Ming felt something was off, but his hunger overcame his reason. His already not-so-clear mind became even more muddled, feeling a bit lightheaded, "Please, I'm super brave, okay!"

"Oh, you're that brave?" Chrono took off the cucumber slices from his eyes, revealing a pair of perfectly halved boiled eggs underneath.

The boiled eggs even moved slightly. What the heck, are you Ultraman?

But to Li Ming's surprise, as Chrono spoke, he kept leaning closer to Li Ming. Li Ming could clearly feel the heat radiating from Chrono.

"Brother Jie, Brother Jie, what are you doing? Brother Jie, no!"

Then, just as Hua returned from the orphanage, she saw two grown men, Li Ming and Chrono, "cuddling" in the living room.

Hua hugged her arms, looking at the two of them with some confusion. "What are you guys doing?"

"Hua, help! Brother Jie is up to no good with me!" Seeing a savior, Li Ming quickly called for help.

Seeing Hua approaching, Chrono quickly adjusted his attitude. After all, Hua was someone he had finally managed to bring over; he didn't want her to get scared away.

Li Ming: Well, well, it's fine as long as you scare me!

Hua walked over helplessly. "Alright, Chrono just wants your help. Everyone's going on holiday in a few days, so Chrono wanted to prepare a banquet. But there are too many people, and Chrono can't handle it alone, so he wanted to ask for your help."

Li Ming breathed a sigh of relief. "So it's a banquet. Brother Jie could have just told me directly, no need for such a big fuss. I thought you were going to do something to me. I've taken advantage of your meals so many times, it's only right that I help."

"Hmph!" Chrono crossed his arms and turned his head away from Li Ming. Clearly, our Brother Jie was being tsundere.

Your friend Chrono has sent you a white-eye.jpg.

Li Ming could guess that Brother Jie was probably shy. After all, he always maintained the persona of a very refined, cool, and handsome male god.

"Alright, let's get ready to eat!"

Hua interrupted their emotional exchange and brought out the prepared dinner from the microwave. "Ming, go call Cosmo and Griseo."

"Okay!" Li Ming went upstairs and first walked to Griseo's room. "Little Griseo, it's time to eat, stop playing!"

He knocked twice on the door, but Li Ming didn't hear a response from the girl inside.

"Griseo?" He knocked twice again, but still no response. Then he heard some movement from Cosmo's room.

Strange noises came from the slightly ajar door. Li Ming knocked. "Cosmo, Griseo, it's time to eat!"

"I shall banish your sins, by magic I swear!"

"Cosmo, it's time to eat."

As soon as Li Ming pushed the door open, he saw Cosmo holding a magic wand, wearing a purple wizard hat with cat ears, and striking a pose with his back to the door.

Griseo, who was using Cosmo as a model, saw Li Ming instead. She clapped her hands, a little paint smudged on her face.

Wearing a light blue dress, she fidgeted with her hands, clearly a little flustered. "Brother Ming, Cosmo said he bought a super magical girl costume."

"So why is he wearing it himself?"

"Um, Cosmo said he wanted to try it on first."

"No, I didn't!"

Cosmo finally reacted and quickly took off the hat and other items.

But when he saw the look in Li Ming's eyes, he knew his image was completely ruined. Cosmo felt his life suddenly turn bleak.

"Alright, let's eat first."

"Okay, Brother Li Ming!" Griseo skipped downstairs on her tiptoes, while Cosmo floated down like a lonely ghost.