Zi Yan returned at midnight without a single hair missing, though she might have gained a few pounds.
She swaggered in, striding along as though she answered to no one.
She had no justification, but she was still brimming with confidence.
She had figured it out, too. After she had been gone so long, Chen Cang must have already realized she had sneaked out.
So there was no need to creep back in. That would be no different from covering her ears while stealing a bell.
"Hehe, come take a look! I brought you something tasty."
Meeting Chen Cang's gaze, Zi Yan's little mind whirred, and she promptly pulled three fist-sized, fiery-red fruits from her Storage Ring.
Crimson Flame Fruit, a medicinal ingredient found only in the desert.
The fruit was sweet and delicious, and could be eaten directly. It was not particularly valuable, but it was a supplementary ingredient in several fifth-grade pills.
After tossing one each to the Void Pegasus Beast and the Snow Demon Heavenly Ape, Zi Yan flickered over to Chen Cang. Just as he was about to speak, she stuffed the last one into his mouth.
A crafty gleam flashed in her large, blinking eyes, as though she were saying, Now that you've eaten my fruit, you can't scold me!
Chen Cang glared at her and slapped away the small, fair hand that seemed determined to choke him, then took the fruit himself.
"You'll put anything in your mouth. Aren't you worried someone else's food might be poisoned?"
"What is there to worry about? You're an Alchemist! Besides, Sister Medusa is a good person. She wouldn't hurt me. She gave me all of these."
"Sister Medusa?" Chen Cang's expression turned rather interesting.
He had already known Queen Medusa was very fond of this girl, and