My Space Connects to the Apocalyptic World

After her conversation with Zhou Huai’an, Chi Wan was still a little lost in her thoughts.

Li Xingye didn’t interrupt her train of thought, instead looking at the mechanical puppy that was already approaching them.

But when the puppy opened its mouth, it left Li Xingye speechless: "Master, welcome home~ Lili missed you so much~"

Li Xingye: ’Why do I feel so embarrassed all of a sudden?’

Chi Wan, on the other hand, was snapped out of her deep thoughts. Looking at Lili rubbing against her calf and thinking of the big Li in her space, she couldn’t help but smile, patting the puppy’s smooth little head. "Good girl, Lili. I missed you too~"

Li Xingye didn’t even have to look to know that Chi Wan was smiling like a little fox again. He sighed almost inaudibly. "Wanwan, come in for a second. I have something for you."

A little curious, Chi Wan entered the space, only to see Li Xingye sitting under a large tree with his legs casually bent, fiddling with something in his hands.

She leaned in, bending down to grab the thing in Li Xingye’s hand without a second thought, and said in pleasant surprise, "A pendant?"

Li Xingye’s hand moved slightly, and the pendant wrapped around his wrist. With a slight lift of his hand, he dodged Chi Wan’s grasp and chuckled. "To be precise, it’s a superpower weapon modified by Qianyu. What’s the rush? I’ll help you put it on."

’A superpower weapon? They can already be made into the shape of a pendant?’

Come to think of it, Chi Wan had once asked Chi Yuanshan if their Superpower Seed Jars caused any problems at security checkpoints. He’d told her they didn’t have any effect at all.

’So now that they can be made into various shapes, couldn’t they develop a business selling life-saving equipment in the future? It would definitely be a bestseller abroad.’

Chi Wan grew even more curious about the pendant. She huffed softly and, refusing to be denied, tried to pry it from Li Xingye. "No way. I want to see what it looks like first."

For once, Li Xingye didn’t go along with Chi Wan’s wishes. Instead, he smiled and blocked her hand. "It’ll be the same if you look at it after you put it on."

Chi Wan narrowed her eyes. Forgetting everything else, she grabbed the fingers he was using to block her and tried to push forward. "Why do I get the feeling you really don’t want me to see what the pendant looks like? Nope. The more you hide it, the more I want to see it. Are you going to give it to me or not?"

Li Xingye just chuckled without saying a word, leaning against the tree in an act of passive resistance. Although Chi Wan had grabbed his fingers, he cleverly restrained her in turn, cunningly using a vine to move the pendant away.

He even covered the pendant completely with leaves, acting as if he were about to put it directly on Chi Wan.

Chi Wan, refusing to be defeated, suddenly let go of his hand when the pendant was close and tried to snatch it.

But she forgot that she was already leaning over, and the only thing keeping her balanced was their linked hands.

Now that she had suddenly let go, she naturally lost her balance in an instant and tumbled toward Li Xingye!

Although Li Xingye reached out in time to steady her by the shoulders, at the same moment she grabbed the pendant, Chi Wan crashed right into him.

"Oof—my nose..."

At that moment, Chi Wan had only one thought: ’How can someone’s abs be as hard as iron?!’

She didn’t know that Li Xingye had already tried his best to relax, but some subconscious reactions were uncontrollable.

For instance, he clearly could have used a vine to catch Chi Wan, but for some reason, he froze for a moment, and her face ended up buried against his chest and stomach.

Although the impact wasn’t heavy, Li Xingye suddenly found it a little hard to breathe.

And the next second, a hand suddenly poked his abs gently through his clothes!

Li Xingye shuddered slightly and quickly grabbed Chi Wan’s mischievous hand, the tips of his ears turning bright red. "Wanwan, you..."

Chi Wan had only meant to complain that his abs were too hard and had hurt her nose. But somehow, when the words were on the tip of her tongue, she inexplicably ended up poking him twice with her finger instead.

"I..."

Chi Wan was originally a little sheepish, but after a glance at Li Xingye’s slightly flustered expression, she suddenly felt emboldened.

’Yes, yes, yes. A shy Li Xingye is a good Li Xingye.’

’Since you’re the one who’s shy, then I don’t have to be.’

Chi Wan instantly became self-righteous. "What about me? It’s clearly a gift for me, so why be so mysterious about it? And your abs are so hard, they made my nose turn red, hmph!"

Li Xingye had never met anyone like Chi Wan, who was such an expert at playing the victim.

Besides, he’d discovered that every time he gave an inch, she would take a yard. She just loved bullying honest people.

But what could Li Xingye do, looking at Chi Wan with the tip of her nose red and her eyes watery, yet still glaring at him relentlessly?

He could only hide his smile and admit defeat with a sense of helplessness. "Okay, okay, it’s my fault. I just..."

"Just what?"

"I was just afraid you’d think the pendant was too ugly and wouldn’t want to wear it..."

Chi Wan hadn’t expected that to be the reason. She found it a bit funny. "Do you think I wouldn’t notice after I put it on?"

It was rare for Li Xingye to act so roguishly, so he was still a little embarrassed. He coughed lightly, his voice unconsciously dropping a little lower. "Once you put it on... you can’t take it off."

Chi Wan’s eyes widened. ’So that’s your game, Li Xingye! You, with your thick brows and big eyes, playing the "act first, report later" card?’

In the end, Li Xingye couldn’t win against Chi Wan and had no choice but to hand her the pendant to look at.

It was a clavicle-length chain, and the pendant was only about the size of a pinky ring.

A delicate, emerald-green vine formed the outer circle, its exquisite leaves arranged neatly, as if carved from warm, lustrous jade.

Inside the hollow ring floated a half-opened flower bud, its petals lustrous and radiant, looking as if it could bloom at any moment.

But upon closer inspection, one could see it wasn’t a real flower, but something carved from some kind of crystal.

A thought struck Chi Wan. "Is this a Crystal Core?"

Seeing Li Xingye nod, she asked curiously, "Didn’t someone say before that Crystal Cores were unstable and could only be used whole? You can carve them now?"

’Does that mean Crystal Cores can now be used as a stable energy source?’

However, looking at Li Xingye’s expression, she suddenly realized, "It looks like a Lixiao Flower... Did you carve this yourself?"

Chi Wan suddenly recalled that when facing enemies, the vines of the Lixiao Flower seemed to appear most frequently. ’So, is this Li Xingye’s primary vine?’

She looked at Li Xingye, who was watching her intently, seemingly worried she wouldn’t like the pendant, and suddenly realized he had already made his feelings very obvious.

Chi Wan smiled and handed the pendant back to Li Xingye. She turned around, casually gathering her loose hair and motioning for him to help her put it on. "I love it. Thank you, Brother Xingye~"

Li Xingye looked at the nape of her neck, which appeared exceptionally pale and slender against her dark hair. He steadied himself and fastened the pendant for Chi Wan. "This... it can protect you if you’re in danger, and it will also let me sense it immediately."

Unexpectedly, upon hearing this, Chi Wan turned her head slightly. Her profile was as beautiful as a painting, and the fine, soft strands of her hair brushed lightly against Li Xingye’s palm, bringing a faint ticklish sensation.

"Brother Xingye, can you tell me now why you disliked Xiahou Yu so much before?"