Gu Qing smiled. "My mom is especially health-conscious about food. Growing up around her, I picked up her habits, so I've always been pretty averse to anything high in sugar."
"You're a Transcendent now. Your physical constitution is far beyond an ordinary person's. No matter how much sugar you consume, it won't put the slightest extra strain on your body. There's no need to keep living by an ordinary person's physical limits."
Liu Zhiyi took a bottle of juice for herself as she spoke.
Then she gently closed the refrigerator and unhurriedly walked over to the kitchen counter, filled a kettle with water for Gu Qing, and brought it to the coffee table to boil.
The night gradually deepened.
There were no pedestrians outside the shop, and it was quiet enough to hear a pin drop.
Inside, the two Transcendents' need for sleep had already dropped to an absolute minimum.
Even though it was already past one in the morning, neither felt the slightest bit sleepy.
The man and woman stayed alone together like that, sitting face-to-face on the sofas, training the shop's various small animals while chatting on and off.
"How did you end up getting on those Wu siblings' bad side this late at night?"
Liu Zhiyi made specific hand gestures, directing a little tabby cat in front of her to do backflips as she casually asked Gu Qing.
Gu Qing briefly explained what had happened.
"Sister Zhiyi, here's what happened. I was bored at home tonight, so I decided to go out for a stroll to clear my head. But the moment I stepped outside, I got a notification from the Magic Mirror saying there was an opportunity at the Great Fortune Gold Shop..."
In just a few minutes, Gu Qing clearly recounted the whole sequence to