Gu Qiu'er: This Is the End of Me

Sea God Island, food street.

Inside a private room at an upscale restaurant overlooking the sea.

Lu Xueqi sat at the table, delicately peeling a plump braised shrimp. She removed the shell in one perfect piece, then ate the meat in slow, graceful bites.

Across from her, Gu Qiu'er was a different story.

She tore through the food like a whirlwind.

Her chopsticks blurred, crab shells flew, and shrimp shells piled into a small mountain. Sauce nearly splashed onto her face.

The table looked as though a battle had just swept through it, its wreckage somehow full of swagger.

An incense stick later.

Lu Xueqi had put down her chopsticks and ordered a fresh pot of tea. She leaned by the window, quietly reading an ancient text.

Before Gu Qiu'er, fresh piles of shrimp and crab shells had appeared. She was still bent over her work, peeling with terrifying efficiency.

Two plates of peeled shrimp and crab roe were heaped high, ready for her to attack once she had room in her stomach again.

Gu Qiu'er looked up mid-peel, half a crab leg still in her mouth. "Senior Sister, where are we going to play later?"

Lu Xueqi kept her eyes on the page. "I've already spoken to Sea Dragon Douluo. We can go anywhere on Sea God Island, as long as you don't do anything monstrous."

Gu Qiu'er's eyes lit up. She nearly sprang out of her chair.

"Really?!"

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"No."

The voice hadn't come from Lu Xueqi.

Gu Qiu'er froze. The crab leg dropped from her mouth onto her plate.

That voice... wasn't Senior Sister's!

She turned stiffly—

Zhang Qingxuan had somehow taken the empty chair beside her. He held a peeled shrimp between his fingers and ate it at his leisure.

Gu Qiu'er: "..."

She looked at