Seeing the boy's lips move, a trace of guilt showed through his vacant eyes.
After a long pause, he finally muttered:
"I should've realized it earlier... When you used your methods to stop the rules from temporarily stripping away my equipment and items, I should've realized it then..."
"If you really wanted me dead, you could've acted while I hadn't regained consciousness."
"Although I still haven't figured out the full story and can't completely regard you as a friend, for now, I have to apologize for my previous attitude... whether you accept it or not!"
Having said that, Black Star's eyes suddenly filled with utterly sincere remorse. He stepped back half a pace, bent at the waist, lowered his head, and gave Lu Li a deep bow.
"I'm sorry!!"
Lu Li was dumbfounded.
He hadn't expected Black Star to have this kind of personality.
He had secretly judged the other man to be shallow-minded before, and he'd fucking overestimated him?!
Well, damn!
Put nicely, Black Star had the heart of a child—pure and innocent.
Put bluntly, he was utterly guileless and ignorant of the ways of the world!
How had someone this easy to fool even survived until now?
Good luck and never running into bad people was one factor.
The other was probably that his strength was overwhelming enough to make up for his lack of brains...
This completely unexpected turn of events nearly made Lu Li lose his composure.
Fortunately, he had seized a Silver Grade Talent Ability called [Forced Calm] from Bai Chunfeng, the head of the Bai Family. After quietly activating it, he finally managed to steady his expression again.
He coughed twice to cover it up, then waved his hand with the tolerant air of someone saying, "I'll spare you this time," and said:
"Fine.