Why did Aventurine keep staring at Chengdu?
Could it be that he had discovered Russell's Wolf Body?
But—
Aventurine was a pure Preservation Follower. If he knew Russell was one of the Buli people, shouldn't he have attacked him straight away with the resolve to "drag the entire Market Development Department into Hell if necessary, just to kill him"?
Why did this feel so wrong?
Maybe you've recently lost your charm over canine beauties. As compensation, the heavens transferred your charm over wolf girls and sweet doggy types onto gay men.
The Prompt Device fanned the flames, making Russell's face darken.
What the hell was this shitty system babbling about?
He took a full step back, yet while Russell's eyelid twitched, Aventurine actually took another step forward.
Let alone Russell.
Even Topaz felt intensely uncomfortable. She hurriedly stepped between Russell and Aventurine, her expression as frosty as a winter dawn.
"What is wrong with you today?"
Topaz spoke coldly. Aventurine seemed seriously off today.
"Sorry, sorry..."
"For just an instant, I saw the shadow of an old acquaintance in this gentleman."
Aventurine smiled, his eyes full of nostalgia.
"Which old acquaintance?"
"You've been having those kinds of illusions these past few days too?"
The displeasure on Topaz's face eased considerably at that—she had indeed been numb lately. Whenever she saw a fox, she felt it looked like Tingyun; whenever she saw a little girl, she felt it looked like Herta.
Honestly, she suspected there was something wrong with her mental state.
But if Aventurine had encountered something similar...
Then perhaps the Creator had simply gotten lazy and started copying and pasting everywhere?
"How could smelling this scent not remind me of my fierce and strange gray wolf acquaintance?"
Aventurine continued staring at Russell, as though hoping to see a deeper