"This was a souvenir they gave me after I reached an agreement with them. Just as some people in the livestream chat guessed, Shuhu had indeed been released once beforehand—his memories had simply been erased." Chen Li felt his scalp prickle under their stares and instinctively leaned his head back slightly.
But then Chen Li remembered that he was the lord here, so he straightened his back.
"Hmm." Pearl nodded, but her gaze remained fixed on Chen Li, as though waiting for him to continue.
"Anyway, I thought you might be interested in this longevity fruit, so I brought it over for you. Take it." Chen Li decisively tossed the longevity fruit in his hand toward Pearl.
Pearl raised both hands, her slender mechanical fingers steadily catching the longevity fruit in her palms. The instant its smooth, warm skin touched her icy metal joints, an intense vitality, nearly tangible, spread from her palms to her fingertips, causing even her processing to fluctuate slightly.
Yet after catching the longevity fruit, Pearl continued looking at Chen Li.
Meanwhile, Undying Path's eyes were wide with anticipation as he watched.
Say it already! Scold him! Ask Chen Li whether he had "no lofty ambitions"!
"Thank you, my lord." Pearl merely curved her eyes slightly, revealing a gentle, poised smile. She lightly cradled the longevity fruit in her hands and dipped her head toward Chen Li.
"Hey! That wasn't your attitude just now!" Undying Path could not help muttering under his breath.
"I'm very glad that when you obtained such a treasure—one that the entire universe would go mad over—you thought of me first, my lord." Pearl ignored Undying Path's complaint entirely. Instead, she turned to Chen Li and spoke with sincerity, even a trace of admiration.
"In my view, living in the moment is