Thinking of this, Ilya had originally planned to brush it off with a few vague words and protect Lu Li's privacy.
Just then, their acquaintance Qian Tongda walked over from behind the young man and introduced his identity with a smile.
Upon learning that the young man truly was an acquaintance of Lu Li's and had not seen him for quite some time, Ilya immediately understood.
She promptly lowered her guard and roughly described the appearances of the four women accompanying Lu Li.
Yet after she finished, Ilya did not see the expected expression of relief on Qian Tongdan's face.
Instead, the young man's expression grew increasingly ugly as he nearly gritted his teeth and said:
"That guy Lu Li really is never satisfied! He actually found two new ones again!"
"Who knows what kind of love potion he fed the Fairy Sister? She's actually this devoted to him..."
"Huh? What Fairy Sister? Are you talking about me?" Ilya blinked her four eyes in turn, utterly bewildered.
Qian Tongdan froze at her words, looked her up and down, and said with considerable disdain:
"You? Are you worthy?"
The sudden personal attack left Ilya extremely awkward. She could only glare at Qian Tongdan twice in anger before ignoring him.
She simply turned and headed toward Qian Tongda to discuss a potential partnership.
After all, he was backed by Beaconfire Wild Hall. Like traveling merchants, they both made their living in the universe through trade.
And not long ago, Ilya had just negotiated a deal with Ao Zhan from Earth.
Uh, more accurately, she had just been robbed by Ao Zhan from Earth...
So, with her pockets now empty, she urgently needed to rebuild her wealth!
Naturally, Qian Tongda would not refuse a partnership request delivered right to his doorstep.
As he