Chapter 268

So she pushed her chair back a few inches,

not like last time,

when she had been locking feet with Su Yu under the table.

Today, for whatever reason,

though she usually liked bare legs, she was wearing a pair of jeans.

The tight jeans

showcased the beautiful curves of her legs to perfection.

Su Yu was already used to those legs,

and had thought nothing of it.

But under the cover of the jeans,

because they were hidden from sight,

it only added a touch of restless itching.

He glanced casually,

then turned his gaze out the window,

at the illusory horizon,

and said softly, "Didn't I say I'd give you what you need?"

"You're calling me brother?"

"Fair trade."

Seeing Su Yu's pretended seriousness,

Lin Luoyue immediately burst out laughing.

With the corners of her eyes slightly raised, she said, "Then what have you prepared for me?"

Su Yu did not answer,

but simply took out a few items from his Lord Terminal.

Advanced · Population Expansion Decree ×10,

each one increasing the territory's population cap by +100.

"Advanced · Lord's Heart of Benevolence,"

a territory item.

After use, it increases the population cap provided by all farmhouses in the territory by +1.

The effect is extremely exaggerated; the later the game, the more useful it becomes.

Su Yu's territory already had tens of thousands of farmers,

and their productivity far exceeded the rate of resource acquisition,

so there was no need to expand the farmer population indefinitely.

Lin Luoyue had told him last time that she needed something to expand her population cap.

He had kept it in mind.

Such items were of little help to his own territory,

so gifting them to Lin Luoyue was the best option.

"I didn't expect... you could even obtain such precious items."

Lin Luoyue looked surprised,

"Then I shall not decline your kindness, Brother Su Yu."

She smiled,

and took the item that had already been fused with the 【Cross-Domain Stone】

into her possession.

That "Brother Su Yu"

made Su Yu feel extremely comfortable, body and soul.

It was as if every pore in his body had opened up.

"Brother, may I ask you something?"

Lin Luoyue's eyes sparkled with laughter.

"Ask away."

Su Yu waved his large hand.

"I went out of my way to inquire."

Lin Luoyue put down her crossed legs and crossed the other one.

She continued, "The reward for ranking first in the Monster Tide calculation is a gift box."

"That gift box has a high chance of yielding... a Legendary Hero Recruitment Card."

As she spoke, her eyes narrowed,

"You wouldn't happen to be the new Lord Yue Luo, who crushed all races and caused such a stir, would you?"

"Yue Luo... Luoyue. You deliberately chose such a name. Could it be that you have a secret crush on me?"

A few words,

made Su Yu stop breathing.

"How is that possible?!"

"I have a secret crush on you?"

Su Yu pouted and denied, "I'm just an unknown nobody from Blue Star; how could I use a hammer to crush all the races?"

"And Yue Luo? Isn't she from the Divine Kingdom of Light?"

"Oh?"

Lin Luoyue's delicate brows arched: "That Legendary Hero Recruitment Card of yours... I'm afraid it hasn't even been sold yet, right?"

"After all, how could our Lord Yue Luo possibly take an interest in a Legendary Hero?"

"I've already said I'm not," Su Yu argued desperately,

trying to offer some explanation,

but since Lin Luoyue knew he possessed a Legendary Hero Recruitment Card... he truly found no reason to explain.

"Isn't that so?"

Lin Luoyue leaned back slightly,

raising her jade hand.

On her wrist,

hung a black Long Lin bracelet.

"It feels so magical; a bracelet of no rank yet possessing the power of Light."

Lin Luoyue rotated her hand, displaying her bracelet.

This 'Blessing of Light'—some fellow who gave it to me even called it an eternal flashlight."

"Hiss... Could it be that the person who gave it to me is from the Divine Kingdom of Light?"

Lin Luoyue put on an exaggeratedly surprised expression.

"Uh, well, I did indeed ask someone from the Divine Kingdom of Light to help grind that bracelet."

Su Yu's face remained unblushing and his heart unshaken as he lied.

"How could a mere peripheral figure from tiny Blue Star possibly contact someone from the Divine Kingdom of Light?"

Lin Luoyue chuckled.

"Then that's none of your concern... Everyone has their own secrets, doesn't everyone?"

"True."

Keep pretending, you.

Having reached this point,

Su Yu still had not admitted it.

Lin Luoyue no longer pressed the matter,

stood up, and prepared to return to her territory.

"Today, I truly thank you, Brother Su Yu; these items will be of great use to me."