[CG check failed; converted to Wish Power: 34%]
The panel prompt popped up at the worst possible moment. Chen Xi could only dismiss it with a glance.
Yet in that split second, Lin Yue had caught her movement again.
"Was it that thing again?" Lin Yue asked curiously.
"Mm-hmm." Chen Xi shrugged helplessly. "When luck comes knocking, I can't exactly turn it away."
"No wonder you went to such lengths to get close to me back then."
"If I were in your shoes, I wouldn't be able to resist the temptation to pursue you either."
"Give it a rest."
The two of them played around in the sea for a while longer. When it was past one in the morning, Chen Xi used the currents to rinse their bodies clean, then used her ability to strip the droplets from their skin and dry their hair in no time.
After they got home, Chen Xi changed her clothes, flopped onto the bed, and fell asleep.
"Is everything ready?"
"Reporting, ma'am. I'm all packed." Gu Yu finished speaking and gave a rather sloppy salute.
Downstairs from Chen Xi's apartment building, a group of girls stood with big and small bags on their backs, looking ready for a long journey.
Of course, to be more precise, Gu Yu was the only one who had "brought the whole household along."
"Where did you get all that stuff?" Chen Xi remembered that Gu Yu had arrived in Tianhai City practically empty-handed.
"Didn't you say you were going to stay in Tianhai City for ten days?" Gu Yu chuckled awkwardly. "I figured I couldn't let my quality of life suffer for those ten days."
Compared to Chen Xi, Lin Yue was much more forceful. "Throw it all away. We might have to fight