Guan Liang kept his grip clenched around the combination case, his ears ringing.
A dozen or so children with personalities like Xianyu's...
Guan Liang's eyes went blank.
Forget the Xianzhou Alliance...
Even the entire universe probably wouldn't be enough for them to divide among themselves!
Would they lead fleets beyond the edges of the Starsea into other universes, ultimately conquering countless worlds and becoming the rulers of all creation?!
Utterly despondent, Guan Liang instinctively looked at the knife and fork gleaming coldly on the dining table.
With his eyes wide open, he could see no future for the Starsea.
When he looked up again, Xianyu's expression was just as grim.
Xianyu said stiffly, "Zandar, don't worry. Everyone who knows about this-"
Zandar gave him a smile that never reached his eyes and immediately interrupted:
"Is one of us? What? Does Jingliu know about this too?"
Xianyu shook his head gently. "She doesn't."
He did want to tell her.
He just hadn't found the opportunity.
Maintaining a relationship required effort from both sides.
Jingliu had already been more than accommodating toward him.
He couldn't keep hiding it from her, could he?
Fortunately, Xianyu was very good at putting himself in other people's shoes.
Suppose he was about to become mara-struck, and Jingliu tried to kill herself. He finally managed to stop her and proposed to her.
If, at such a romantic moment, Jingliu kissed him over and over, trying to make him bite her hard enough to draw blood, then turned around and told him her flesh and blood could cure the mara-struck condition...
Xianyu would be furious.
By the same token, Jingliu would be furious too.
Xianyu could only give up.
Zandar scrutinized his student and said with feigned nonchalance:
"Oh, I thought you just hadn't found an opportunity to