A'Ping held the incense burner in both hands and turned around trembling, seeming to struggle to calm herself. She set it down on the Eight Immortals table in the main room.
Jiang Yue and Lin Yifei stared at her woodenly. Neither reached out to take it, nor made any move to do anything else.
A'Ping felt a little awkward, so she reached into the burner and rummaged around. After a while, she pulled out a paper packet covered in incense ash.
"It's still in there. It's still there," A'Ping said delightedly.
But Jiang Yue remained expressionless, showing no sign of interest.
A'Ping couldn't help asking, "You two... why do you look like you're not interested at all? Why did you ask me to bring you here, then? It was so dangerous."
Lin Yifei said coolly, "Why waste time talking? Open it. Let us see what the fruit that made Zhu Yindong stronger looks like."
A'Ping was speechless. She could only nod dejectedly, shake the incense ash off the packet, then slowly unwrap it.
Inside were indeed two green fruits. They were small, about the size of longans, and their jade-green color made them look especially delicate and eye-catching.
A'Ping carefully held them in her hands as if they were priceless works of art, afraid she might drop them.
"Here. These are the two fruits. If you want to see them, come take them yourselves. That way you won't keep suspecting me, as if I'm trying to hurt you."
Lin Yifei smiled meaningfully and raised her arm, lightly flicking her index finger upward. A current of invisible air lifted the two miraculous fruits and slowly carried them toward the pair.
A moment later, the fruits came to a stop in front of Jiang Yue and Lin Yifei, about a foot away,