There was really no one better at doing business than Snow-White Star.
It took Lin Sanjiu a long time to recover from her shock. When she turned around and saw the person behind her, she couldn't say a word for almost a minute. She was like a frozen rock in the winter.
It had been a year or two since they had last parted, but he was still the same as she remembered.
His eyes were like a lake that had just thawed in early spring. His long eyelashes drooped, reminding one of the reflection of clouds on the surface of the water. A few strands of his hair fell from his ears, making the skin above his ears look like a piece of white jade. It was almost transparent.
When it came to transparency, there was probably no one with a clearer smile than him. Sometimes, after he smiled, he would bite his red lips with his white teeth as if he was embarrassed, just like now. Then, he would call out softly, "Sis."
Only someone like Lin Sanjiu, who knew him as well as she did, could vaguely sense a deeper layer of darkness in that soft, trembling, and homesickness of the word "sister".
Lin Sanjiu blinked a few times before she remembered that she was in her human form. No wonder he could recognize her. She knew that she would see him sooner or later, but she never thought that it would be at this place and at this moment. Even though she knew everything, the moment she saw him, all the wariness, guesses, worries, and struggles that she had built up over the years suddenly receded like a tide, leaving behind only a shivering longing and reluctance.
"You're here," she said softly as she looked at Ji Shanqing. She didn't even realize that she was smiling. "Grand Prize, you found me."
She did not ask about the war with the Veda, whether he was alright, or whether he was in danger. She also did not ask about the identity of the person who pretended to be the grand prize to contact her. Many of her questions had already been answered.
Instead, Lin Sanjiu asked, "Did you know that I would come to the Astral Plane?"
Ji Shanqing nodded.
"I heard that Magus is still here. I knew that you would come sooner or later, "his voice was still like a breeze blowing through the leaves of the forest." So, I came to wait for you. "
Lin Sanjiu nodded. She looked at the snow-white star not far away from her and began to understand. No matter how powerful the grand prize was, he couldn't have sensed her presence the moment she entered the Astral Plane. "Shouldn't you pay him now?"
This Snow White Star was really a born businessman. They had only met for five minutes, and he had already made three deals. Pig-Eyes was his first customer, Lin Sanjiu was his second, and Ji Shanqing was his last. Noticing Lin Sanjiu's gaze, White Star laughed. Then, like a child who refused to admit defeat, he defended himself, "I sell whatever I have. Since your brother is your brother, isn't it? He has always wanted to buy your whereabouts, and I happen to know it. How could I not sell it? This is business … By the way, does Mr. Mo belong to me now? "
Even though he was the only one who was benefiting from both sides, his candid attitude was not to be disliked. Lin Sanjiu waved her hand at him, indicating that he could take the man away. Unexpectedly, White Star was not in a hurry to leave. First, he went to the grand prize and received his payment. It was a small ball of light. Although he didn't know what it was, he was very excited about it. Then, just like J7, he left a trace of Higher Consciousness in Lin Sanjiu's memory as his contact method. "If you need my help in the future, I will give you a VIP discount!"
Lin Sanjiu hoped that she wouldn't need his service in the future.
After he disappeared with the pig-eyes, Bohemia murmured, "I didn't know you had such a... brother."
"Is he my sister's friend?" The grand prize turned his eyes to Bohemia, and Lin Sanjiu's heart skipped a beat.
"Yes," she added after some thought, "Without Bohemia, I wouldn't have been able to enter the Astral Plane."
The grand prize's eyes lit up, and he smiled like the spring sun, "Thank you!"
Bohemia hovered in the air hesitantly. She didn't even return to her human form. She was still in the form of a golden brown star, half-hidden behind Lin Sanjiu's shoulder. She looked at the person in front of her again and again before she said with reservation, "... You're welcome."
She had never been able to control herself when it came to beauty and charm, but for some reason, she suddenly became very cautious in front of the grand prize. She didn't even want to talk to him. Perhaps, this was the instinct of a beast.
"Sister."
Just when the thought crossed Lin Sanjiu's mind, the grand prize's voice pulled her attention back to reality. "It took me a lot of effort to get here from the Data Stream Library … because I have something very important to tell you."
His small, jade-like face was gradually covered by a layer of shadow, as if there were clouds floating over it.
"... What is it?"
"It's about Yu Yuan."
"Yes, yes. It should be about Yu Yuan." She had thought about everything that had happened to the grand prize countless times. She blamed herself for her carelessness over and over again, but today, it had finally come.
"What's wrong with him?" Lin Sanjiu could hear her voice trembling.
"He wants to emigrate." The grand prize tilted his head, and his black hair fell from behind his ears and fluttered in the air. He observed her expression and said every word carefully, "He wants to become a part of the Veda."
Lin Sanjiu took a deep breath and did not say anything.
"I... I thought it wasn't a good idea at that time. I'm afraid you won't let him go without even meeting him once." Seeing that she did not respond, the grand prize looked at her and seemed a little surprised. He probed, "He's your friend, right? So, I advised him to wait for a while and decide whether he wants to emigrate after talking to you. So... Sister, do you want to go back with me to meet him? "
He used the word "go back" as if that was where Lin Sanjiu belonged.
No matter how powerful he had become, he would always be cautious and tentative when he faced Lin Sanjiu. He was like a stray dog circling around her feet, afraid that he would be chased out of the house if he was not careful. He knew that Lin Sanjiu always cared about her friend the most, so he did not even dare to act coquettishly when they reunited after such a long time. Instead, he brought up Yu Yuan's matter. Lin Sanjiu's heart ached when she thought of this, but she did not know why.
"You go out first," she turned to Bohemia and said, "Wait for me outside for a while. I have something to talk to him about. "
Bohemia was the only way for her to leave the Astral Plane. If there was any problem, she hoped that Bohemia would be there to pull her out.
Sometimes, Bohemia's senses were sharp enough to baffle people. Before she left, she whispered to Lin Sanjiu, "Be careful." In the eyes of others, it was a reunion between a sister and a brother.
When there were only the two of them, Lin Sanjiu could not help but 'sit' down. She was floating in the void, so it did not matter whether she sat or stood. However, she was mentally exhausted, so she felt that she would feel better if she sat down.
When he saw that she 'sat' down without saying a word, the uneasiness on Ji Shanqing's face deepened.
"How did you enter the Astral Plane?" Lin Sanjiu raised her head after she pondered for a few seconds. She did not mention Yu Yuan. "You don't have any higher consciousness, right?"
"No." After a pause, he continued, "However, as long as you know how and what forms a higher consciousness body, it is not difficult to write a higher consciousness body."
"In other words … this is not your real body?"
When the grand prize heard that, he laughed as if he had heard a funny joke, revealing a row of pearly white teeth. "Sis," he sounded normal and cheerful, "when have I ever had a real body?"
"That's true …" Lin Sanjiu exhaled slowly.
She did not mention Yu Yuan, which seemed to be a signal to the grand prize. He looked at Lin Sanjiu and did not mention Yu Yuan again.
"I want to apologize to you." After a long time, she suddenly broke the silence between them.
"Why?"
"It's not that I'm not worried about you. In fact, I'm very worried about you. " Lin Sanjiu lowered her head and looked at her crossed fingers on her thighs. They were as real as her real body. "You must have been very sad at that time, right?"
Ji Shanqing's smile slowly disappeared. Lin Sanjiu could not tell what he was feeling. "Sis, what are you talking about? When? "
"You called my communication device and used your original voice to talk to me. However, you purposely left a loophole so that I would think that someone was pretending to be you. It was that time. "Lin Sanjiu still did not raise her head. She did not dare to look at the grand prize. "After that, I did not rush to the Data Stream Library like you expected … I even turned my communication device into a card so that you could not contact me. Are you sad? "
Ji Shanqing stared at her and blinked a few times. Mimicking Lin Sanjiu, he sat down on his heels in the void.
"You know about it?"
"Yeah."
"Don't you blame me?"
Lin Sanjiu shook her head and did not look at him. "I promised you before we parted that I would visit you in the future … You just wanted me to fulfill my promise."
Ji Shanqing did not say anything.
"The Veda … should be fine now, right?" Since the grand prize was here, it meant that the war between him and the Veda had come to an end.
"You can say that." He chuckled softly. "After all, I learned most of the things I know from them. The result of using one's own spear to attack one's own shield is that in the end, we can only be separated, and no one can do anything to the other. Recently, they seem to have forgotten about my existence. After all, the universe is vast. "
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