Chen Yanran felt an instinctive flicker of displeasure at the boy standing up for an "outsider."
It was the instinctive concern of an older sister for her younger brother.
But then she thought it over carefully and realized that Chen Shunli's reasoning seemed sound.
If the other person was a swindler,
there wasn't much about Chen Shunli worth swindling.
If the other person was just teasing Chen Shunli,
then he wouldn't have given him such crucial information.
It did seem a little unbelievable,
but there was indeed some chance that Chen Shunli had actually made a capable new friend!
It was just that no one knew how long this friendship would last.
"By the way, was it your new friend who told you that Li Tiange's disappearance had something to do with a Death Starship?"
Chen Yanran suddenly seized on a key point.
"That's right. Big Brother Li told me that Li Tiange's outrageous behavior got him into trouble with a Death Starship.
"So he was taken away.
"He also told me I didn't need to worry about Li Tiange anymore.
"Because Li Tiange would never appear before us again!"
Chen Shunli said excitedly.
The boy was an avid user of the Star Domain Network.
Lately, because his older sister, Chen Yanran, and the Chen Family had fallen on hard times, his peers had been subtly excluding him.
And because he was powerless to do anything about their real-life predicament,
he'd become even more immersed in the virtual world of the Star Domain Network.
As it happened, he'd met "Big Brother Li," who was just passing through the Zhongli River System.
Big Brother Li was steady and perceptive, and he quickly earned the boy's respect and tentative trust.
The boy had confided in Big Brother Li about the predicament he