Chapter 37

Qiao Suisui didn't avoid this question, because Zongfang's personality was extremely self-centered. Unless he was willing to actively accept cognition outside his own logic, others simply couldn't change his thoughts, so Qiao Suisui knew that no matter how she explained, it would be useless.

She weighed her words, pondering what could change the current situation. Little did she know that this appearance of hers was default in Zongfang's eyes. He looked at those long, curled eyelashes hanging down, still wet with tears, her palm-sized little face pale, only her lips crimson and crystal clear, looking like she had been bullied. He only glanced at her, and felt his lower abdomen dry and hot, his lower body aching from being held back.

"I did lie to you." She looked up, looking straight at the person in front of her, "Have you ever thought about why I did this?"

Zongfang frowned, stared at her, and said, "What do you want to say?"

"I was forcibly kidnapped by you to a completely strange environment, and I was studied by you and your assistants all day long. Have you ever thought about how I felt?"

Zongfang was silent, with no expression change on his face, but in fact, his heart was slightly shaken by her words.

He recalled the period when he first locked her up. The two did have some disagreements, but didn't he compromise step by step later? He did everything according to her wishes for what she didn't like, except for the matter of setting her free.

However, Zongfang couldn't understand that what Qiao Suisui wanted most was precisely freedom.

"My world was only that floor you built. Except for you and your assistants, I couldn't see anyone else, couldn't make friends, let alone live a normal life."

Hearing this, Zongfang's eyes suddenly turned cold.

"Who do you want to see?"

"It's not about who to see, it's that I want to establish my own social relationships. I have no family anymore, I need teachers, friends... like the relationship between you and your assistants, not too far or too close is also good. I am a person, I need normal interaction. You only know how to lock me up, I really can't stand this kind of life."

She finished in one breath, getting more excited as she spoke, panting slightly. Zongfang looked at her serious appearance, the more he looked, the cuter he felt. Reminded by her, it made him remember that Qiao Suisui was a human, different from the artificial females in the Interstellar.

Females here were used to being kept in captivity, and they recognized this way of "being loved." But Qiao Suisui was not; she thought this was a deprivation.

At this point, Zongfang finally figured out what was blocking them.

"Do you like it here?"

"What?" His head-scratching question confused Qiao Suisui. She heard the man ask again: "Do you like Aosilan? Do you like this building?"

"Mm. There are people I know here, and this building can also be decorated according to my preferences."

Zongfang held her on his lap, smoothed her messy long hair for her, and wiped the tear stains on her cheeks with his fingers gently.

"Then live here."

Qiao Suisui widened her eyes, a bit unbelievable.

That's it?

"The premise is that I am your primary mate."

?

The man decided on his own: "I'll move in and live with you."

??

Who agreed? This is her house!

Qiao Suisui was a bit anxious, but knew she couldn't say what was in her heart, so she said euphemistically: "You still have a lot of important research in Sote, work is more important."

"Running back and forth, it doesn't matter."

"..."

Zongfang saw her looking unhappy and flicked her forehead.

"I'm not living for free."

After speaking, he opened his palm. Qiao Suisui saw a mini cube suddenly appear on his large hand that was originally empty, and the cube radiated a faint silver light.

"This is?"

Zongfang took her hand and put it to his lips. His teeth, which had retracted their venom, bit her index finger. Qiao Suisui shrank her shoulders in fright at this unexpected move. His tongue then wrapped around her white and tender fingertips, his silver eyes dark and heavy, staring at her firmly, the teasing in his eyes self-evident, and he also cooperated by licking her fingers.

Seeing Qiao Suisui shrink her hand back, he wasn't angry, pinched her index finger, and squeezed a drop of blood onto the cube.

Instantly, a blinding white light made Qiao Suisui lose all her vision.

The next second, she was in a vast space.

"This is... a mobile space?"

Zongfang gave a lazy "Mm," took her hand, and led her to a pile of containers.

"See which one you like, just take it."

Qiao Suisui opened her eyes curiously, too surprised to speak. Later, she thought that on the day at the Huangting, Zongfang could suddenly disappear with the cub. Was it because he was hidden in this space, and then returned to the modern world when no one was around? This way it made sense why Luka's forces couldn't find his whereabouts for so long.

Does that mean her cub is also here?

Thinking of this, she turned her head to look at him, wanting to speak but stopping. Zongfang knew what she wanted to ask, didn't even lift his eyelids, and said: "The little one is not here, you don't have to waste your effort."

After speaking, he saw her disappointed eyes, pursed his lips, and added: "As long as you stay by my side honestly, I won't let anything happen to her."

Qiao Suisui knew the cub was his tool to threaten her, so he definitely wouldn't hand her over easily, so she forced herself not to think about it anymore.

Zongfang took her for a stroll. In the containers, there were military supplies, daily necessities, mountains of star coins, and various pharmaceutical raw materials that were scarce and expensive on the market. It seemed he had hoarded them for his research.

Among a pile of miscellaneous things, Qiao Suisui noticed a shiny stone. She picked it up gently and weighed it in her hand. It wasn't heavy, a bit like crystal rock, just transparent.

"What is this for?"

Zongfang looked at the thing in her hand, the gloom in his eyes deepened a few points, and he spoke neither salty nor light: "Mental Power Origin Stone, useless."

Useless is for someone like him who is 3S. For someone like Qiao Suisui who hasn't even awakened Mental Power, it's simply a cheat.

Although Zongfang said this thing was very cheap, she had seen it when she was bored browsing the Nebula. Mental Power Origin Stones are extremely rare, only one is conceived every few hundred star years, and they can help beastmen improve their Mental Power level. There was a post specifically for trading Mental Power Origin Stones, and a small piece of scrap was hyped up to hundreds of millions of star coins. Many low-level beastmen would even go to the black market to find sellers.

If... she could also awaken Mental Power using the Mental Power Origin Stone, not necessarily very high-level, at least she wouldn't be controlled by others everywhere, how good that would be...

Zongfang saw she was a little excited, his face sank, and what he said was also neither yin nor yang.

"If you want to use it for that blind man who is like trash, I advise you to save it. This thing violates the Federation's management laws. Once your little blind man uses it, he will be immediately expelled from the Federation. By then, don't talk about any noble royal family member; he will be cut and bled by the beastmen of the Stray Alliance, because a male who has fused with a Mental Power Origin Stone is the best nourishment, even the refining process is saved."

I'll drive the car as appropriate in the next chapter.

(End of chapter)