Xu Le also took a bite of the fruit in his hand and nodded to Ai Li.
"Yes, it's a fruit, but to be precise, it's a knockoff fruit."
"A knockoff?" Ai Li seemed to have heard Xu Le use that word before, but she didn't know what it meant.
Xu Le could only explain it again.
"A knockoff means an imitation, but usually a poor-quality one."
"A poor-quality imitation?"
Ai Li looked at the fruit in her hand and roughly understood what Xu Le meant, but she was still puzzled.
Usually, Xu Le was very confident about his own things. Why would he describe these fruits that way?
"Are these fruits poor quality too? They taste pretty good."
Hearing Ai Li praise him, Xu Le couldn't help smiling. He did appreciate that kind of compliment.
But he remained clearheaded and didn't let it go to his head.
"If a knockoff can surpass the original fruit, there are only two possibilities. The first is that I'm too good. The second is that the original powerhouse has grown weaker."
He brought Ai Li back to his residence, where Ding Ke had long been waiting for him.
Someone Ding Ke worried about hadn't come home all night... wasn't that enough cause for concern?
While waiting for Xu Le, Ding Ke had barely felt like eating and had only eaten three small bowls...
But seeing Xu Le return with Gouzi, Ding Ke knew all that worry had been unnecessary.
"This guy most likely went off to get a room..."
"Meow!~!"
Ding Ke gave a very disgruntled cry, then slowly walked up to Xu Le and rubbed against him.
Then... Ding Ke began pawing at the fruits Xu Le had brought back.
"These fruits smell strongly of you. Don't tell me you fertilized them