Chapter 228

What replaced it was the haughty bearing that belonged solely to the Empress!

Hancock swept her gaze across the crowd,

and said slowly:

"I am the reigning Emperor of Amazon Lily. If I say it's allowed, then naturally it is allowed!"

"Besides, no matter what I do, I will be forgiven—because I am simply too beautiful!"

As Hancock flipped her hair,

the dissenting voices on the ship vanished without a trace in an instant,

and the crowd frantically expressed their worship and adoration toward Hancock!

Seeing this,

Hancock nodded with satisfaction,

then turned to look at Li Xiao,

and once again resumed that nervous, girlish manner,

continuing to ask:

"Mr. Li Xiao, is it alright?"

Faced with Hancock's sudden invitation,

Li Xiao was momentarily caught off guard!

After all,

when all was said and done,

he and Hancock were strangers with no connection whatsoever,

this didn't fit Hancock's usual style at all!

Coupled with that wildly imaginative, shy girlish demeanor of Hancock's,

Li Xiao immediately felt even stranger about it!

Why does this feel like she's fallen into a romantic state!

But the key point is,

this is only our first meeting!

For a moment,

Li Xiao's mind couldn't quite process it,

no matter how he thought it through, he couldn't figure it out!

Until he happened to notice the wanted poster in his hand,

and suddenly realized!

Could it be,

because of how he killed two Celestial Dragons in a row on Sabaody Archipelago?

Coupled with Hancock's special childhood experiences,

the more Li Xiao thought about it, the more likely this seemed!

As for Hancock's childhood experiences,

others might not know,

but Li Xiao knew them inside and out!

When Hancock was twelve years old,

she was abducted along with her two sisters by slave traders and sold to the Celestial Dragons,

and was later forced by the Celestial Dragons to eat a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit—the Love-Love Fruit!

Until four years later,

Fisher Tiger, in order to rescue the fish-men同胞 who had been enslaved by the Celestial Dragons,

climbed the Red Line with his bare hands,

and caused a massive commotion within the Holy Land of Mariejois,

freeing countless slaves along the way,

and Hancock was one of them!

In the end,

with the help of Lei Li and others,

Hancock was finally able to return to Amazon Lily!

Therefore,

for Hancock,

the Celestial Dragons were the source of her fear,

as well as the source of her hatred and loathing!

And now,

Li Xiao had slain two Celestial Dragons in one go on Sabaody Archipelago,

and after fighting two Admirals alone, had departed safely!

Hence,

Hancock seemed to have developed some special feelings toward him!

Case closed, folks!

Thinking this way,

Li Xiao suddenly felt that everything made sense now!

Speaking of which,

Only now did Li Xiao suddenly recall,

because Hancock had never had any experience with romance,

therefore,

when faced with this kind of situation,

she would constantly fill in the blanks herself and conquer herself!

Hmm…

With Hancock's extremely mature-sisterly appearance,

paired with this shy, blushing little-girl posture of constant overthinking…

Hiss!

That's really a bit foul play!

Fortunately, I, Li, am a 2.8 cultivator,

my state of mind is sufficient!

If it were those LSPs from the previous life who surfed the internet all day,

I'm afraid by now they would already be unable to type with both hands to prove their innocence!

For these LSPs,

Li Xiao suggests they read more of "Great Voyage, Don't Disturb This Old Man's Cultivation,"

and exchange more with all the distinguished readers in the comment section,

to elevate their spiritual realm!

At this moment,

seeing that Li Xiao had remained silent all along,

Hancock's face couldn't help but reveal a look of disappointment!

In her view,

Li Xiao's lack of response,

probably meant he was unwilling!

Just as Hancock was about to continue speaking,

she saw Li Xiao nod his head,

and replied with a smile:

144