Inside the Captain's Quarters.
Yang Yi had calmed Cui Xiya down.
With her intelligence reduced, she was easy to soothe, which counted as an advantage of another kind.
"...Tomorrow, I'll build you a safe house with two bedrooms and a living room. I guarantee only you'll be able to get inside. Su Na, Xiaoji, and I won't be able to enter!" Yang Yi told Cui Xiya.
"Really?"
"Of course!"
Yang Yi answered truthfully and finally managed to settle Cui Xiya's emotions.
After all, if she insisted on escaping, it would be quite troublesome. Once she got away, finding her again would be next to impossible.
Fortunately, she no longer wanted to flee. Filled up on Yang Yi's promises, she decided to stay aboard the Nightmare Star.
Yang Yi stared at Cui Xiya.
She was sitting on the table, wearing a crudely made cloth garment resembling a burlap sack. Beside her was a makeshift tent of yarn, cloth, and wooden sticks, where she planned to make do for the night.
Tomorrow, Yang Yi planned to build a house by hand out of lumber and fasten it to the wall for Cui Xiya to live in.
He had also given her the Pocket Money Pouch, though to Cui Xiya, it was more like a backpack. She wore it directly on her back.
"The more I look at you, the more you look like a figurine."
"A figurine? What's that?"
Cui Xiya had never heard the word before and suddenly looked up.
"Nothing." Yang Yi changed the subject. "By the way, where did you hear about the Great Blasphemer? You kept shouting that name earlier."
"The Great Blasphemer...?"
Cui Xiya looked puzzled at first and sank into thought. Then her eyes widened, as though she had remembered something.
"I remember that dream!
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