Ye Chuqi: She could be quite heartless, actually.
"Can you let go now?" Jelous had been holding her hand for so long that her palm was sweating. She refused to believe he hadn't noticed. "We still don't know where Big Black landed, and Xiaojiu and Joshua are missing. There's so much to do... can you please let go first?" By that last sentence, Ye Chuqi was speaking through gritted teeth.
Yet Jelous's smile only grew brighter. He hadn't forgotten that Ye Chuqi was a girl with monstrous strength. Back when she had found him severely injured, she had pinned him back down with a single finger to stop him from moving. He still vividly remembered that crushing force, as though a boulder had been pressing down on him.
But now, despite repeatedly telling him to let go, she hadn't actually shaken him off—it would have been effortless for Ye Chuqi to shake him off, yet she hadn't. That realization alone was enough to keep Jelous happy for a long time.
He couldn't push her too far. If she retreated into her shell again, he would lose more than he gained. Jelous obediently released her hand and took a step back, putting some distance between them. Only then did Ye Chuqi realize how outrageously close they had been standing.
Yet Jelous stood before her with such an innocent smile.
Ye Chuqi gave a huff, turned, and walked off to discuss finding Big Black Fish with San San.
Watching Ye Chuqi's "hasty retreat," Jelous thought that if her ears hadn't turned red, he really wouldn't have been able to tell whether she was genuinely angry.
Although Ye Chuqi had been absent for the past three years, efforts at the Beast Abyss had never slackened. Not only had their initial results given