The Gossipy Angel Yan, A Zhui's Embarrassment

As Ye Chen gazed at the vast world map, pondering the empire's next steps for development...

Blue Star, outer space.

A Zhui's figure silently appeared. A century had passed, and she had come once again to observe the development of Blue Star's civilization.

Gazing at the azure Blue Star before her, A Zhui thought of the man in her memories. "I wonder how that guy is doing now. He probably hasn't died, right?

Though the unknown model gene inside him might only lean toward extending lifespan, not excelling in combat."

A century ago, when she discovered that Ye Chen's lifespan had broken past mortal limits, A Zhui had simply assumed that his body might contain some Super Gene left behind by the Shenhe Civilization, scattered across the universe, and that he had awakened it by chance.

This kind of situation wasn't something A Zhui had never seen before.

After all, before the Shenhe Civilization fell, its peak influence spanned the entire known universe. The countless assembly-line Super Genes it produced were beyond counting.

And after the Shenhe Civilization's destruction, many weak, nameless genes drifted across the cosmos. Occasionally, a lucky individual would activate the hidden genes within them—this was perfectly normal.

A specific example would be Qilin. She carried an assembly-line Super Gene created by the Shenhe Civilization.

Blue Star, Yanhuang Empire, Xuanhuang City, central Imperial Palace.

A Zhui's figure appeared above the palace. The black night made her silhouette hard to discern.

Standing in the air, A Zhui's gaze pierced through the walls of Qiankun Hall, landing on Ye Chen inside. She saw him dressed in a fitted black Star Robe, hands clasped behind his back, staring at the enormous world map before him.

"Heh, this little man has grown much more composed after a hundred years. He's now a mature Emperor."

Toward Ye Chen—this man who had suddenly barged into her simple life—A Zhui's feelings were complicated.

Though she was already several thousand years old, the lifespan of angels was far too long. As a Battle Angel, her millennia of existence had been spent either taking missions or carrying them out.

Her thousands of years of life were too simple—she could see the end at a glance.

At first, when she discovered that Ye Chen had not only kissed her, stolen her first kiss, but also treated her like a warm bundle, holding her as he slept through the night, A Zhui truly wished she could cut him down with one sword strike.

But in the end, her heart softened. The angelic justice education she had received wouldn't allow her to kill a mortal so rashly.

She had originally thought that mortal lives were far too short—they would wither in a mere hundred years. Perhaps after the next century, Ye Chen would die of old age, and he would only be a fleeting passerby in her long life.

But what she hadn't expected was that when she returned to Blue Star a century later, she found that not only was Ye Chen still alive, but he had built a vast empire with his bare hands, step by step.

At the time, learning of this stirred a trace of curiosity in A Zhui's heart.

And that single trace of curiosity sent ripples across the once-calm lake of her heart.

Standing in the air, A Zhui watched Ye Chen inside Qiankun Hall, and a joy she herself hadn't noticed rose within her.

"A Zhui, I knew you were hiding something from me. Rushing all the way to this Red Crow Star System—so it's to visit your little boyfriend, huh?"

Suddenly, a teasing voice rang out in her ear. A Zhui, who had been somewhat lost in watching Ye Chen, was startled, and her face flushed red.

She turned her head to look behind her, where two angels stood—one with a mischievous smile, the other with a steady, composed demeanor.

These two angels were Angel Yan and Angel Mo Yi, who had secretly followed A Zhui here.

Some time ago, Angel Yan had noticed something off about A Zhui—she seemed unusually fixated on this ordinary Red Crow Star System.

Curious, Angel Yan had brought Mo Yi along, tailing A Zhui as she sneaked her way here.

Then, they saw that after arriving at this blue planet, A Zhui didn't scan Blue Star's Dark Data from space as usual. Instead, she went straight to the skies above a nation on the planet's surface.

Seeing this, how could Angel Yan not understand? A Zhui had rushed here for someone.

At Angel Yan's teasing expression, A Zhui's face reddened further, like a child caught doing something wrong.

"Sister Yan, don't talk nonsense. I... I just came to check on the development of civilization in the Red Crow Star System, to prevent any demonic forces from infiltrating."

"Oh, is that so? Hahaha, A Zhui, has anyone ever told you that you really can't lie? Your face is so red right now.

Alright, stop hiding it. Tell me what's going on. I refuse to believe that an ordinary mortal on a common planet could make you this concerned."

With that, Angel Yan moved to A Zhui's side, her face full of gossipy curiosity.

Beside them, Angel Mo Yi also widened her eyes, blinking at A Zhui.

Faced with the gossipy stares of her two close sisters, A Zhui felt utterly mortified. This was too awkward.

She couldn't exactly say that she had once been kissed by an ordinary man, had her first kiss stolen, and had been held like a warm bundle while sleeping through the night.

"Sister Yan, I really just came to take a look, and to see how the civilization here is developing. I have no other purpose."

Seeing A Zhui like this, Angel Yan couldn't help but shake her head with a smile.

Then, she activated her white eyes and began scanning Blue Star's Dark Data from the past few centuries.

Seeing this, A Zhui opened her mouth to stop her, but felt that doing so would only be a guilty admission.

"Tsk tsk, this mortal Emperor is quite interesting. Not only did he steal our A Zhui's first kiss, but he's also stolen her heart. Isn't this love at first kiss? Hehe."

[Setting note: Ye Chen's complete Dark Data information has been supplemented by the system. In other words, to outsiders, Ye Chen is a native of Blue Star.]

After scanning the Dark Data from two centuries ago, Angel Yan couldn't help but click her tongue in admiration.

She also couldn't help but marvel at fate—how coincidental that she had happened to find A Zhui, who had been knocked unconscious by an unknown attack.

He had muddle-headedly held A Zhui like a warm baby all night as they slept, and in the end, he even took her first kiss, leaving a deep mark on her otherwise monotonous life.

If she were truly just an ordinary mortal, it wouldn't have mattered—a mere hundred years, and after Ye Chen died, the impression he left on A Zhui's heart would gradually fade away.

But the problem was that not only could Ye Chen live a long time, he could also stir up trouble, and he actually managed to build a vast empire.

This only deepened the mark he left in A Zhui's heart.

He successfully sparked a trace of curiosity in A Zhui, and then slowly, she sank into it.