After listening to Gu Li's detailed explanation, Lu Yuan slowly nodded, committing the hierarchy of cosmic currencies firmly to memory.
He lifted his eyes slightly and looked at Gu Li's petite, charming figure. He hesitated for a moment, then asked rather awkwardly but with complete frankness:
"Sister Li... about how much money do you have on hand right now?"
Even Lu Yuan felt embarrassed asking the question.
He knew full well that he had only just entered the universe, with no one to rely on and not a penny to his name. He couldn't even scrape together a single Galactic coin, let alone an Azure Dragon coin.
Once they reached Rogue Star to buy a Demon Fruit, they would inevitably need money. Right now, the only person he could count on was Gu Li.
He silently hoped—
He hoped Sister Li was secretly a little rich lady. Please, don't tell me she's broke too!
But as soon as the thought crossed his mind, Lu Yuan suddenly froze.
Wait...
The way things were now, didn't he look more and more like...
Some pretty boy about to be kept by a rich woman?!
At the thought, Lu Yuan's cheeks warmed slightly. A rare trace of awkwardness crossed his face. He fidgeted with the hem of his clothes, his eyes wandering as he avoided Gu Li's clear, luminous gaze.
Gu Li's attention remained fixed on the flight parameters displayed on the virtual screen. Her fingertips glided lightly as she calibrated the ship's energy output. She hadn't noticed Lu Yuan's fleetingly wavering gaze or the turmoil in his heart.
Without turning around, she replied in a tone as casual as if she were discussing some everyday matter. Her clear voice rang through the quiet cabin. "As for cash, I have about one million Azure