Ji Jue shrugged regretfully, "What a shame, I can't hear at all."

"It's okay, the affinity of fate isn't about words."

Bao Dacai waved his hand, walking away with his hands behind his back, "Take a break first, Mr. Ji. If there's anything later, just come find me. As you age, you get greedy for sleep, and your energy wanes..."

He yawned and pulled out a turkey-like doll from his pocket, tossed it out, and it instantly expanded under the sunlight.

Soon, a peculiar-looking tree structure rose from the ground, with strange pillar styles resembling chicken feet.

If he was somewhat mindful of his frail and helpless old persona before being exposed by Ji Jue, now he simply didn't bother to act at all.

He touched it directly.

While everyone was bustling around the camp, rebuilding enthusiastically, Ji Jue sat quietly on the side watching, suddenly feeling directionless.

Out of idle boredom, he casually wandered, looped around twice, and then noticed the absence of a familiar figure among the crowd.

Wen Wen.

Only from afar on a hill could he see the solitary silhouette of the girl.

Ji Jue stared for a long time, finally realizing how fast the update was... he hadn't caught up... speaking of which, looking at Wen now, all small and petite, quite cute actually.

She's not even as tall as his shoulder.

Though he's still in his synthetic body state.

He never imagined that one day he'd see her like this.

"Wen? Wen!"

Ji Jue carrying his belongings walked over, shouted, and after a while realized she wasn't responding, so he patted her shoulder, "Hey kid sister, come around."

"..."

Finally, after the crisp collision sound, Wen Wen seemed to come back to her senses, as if waking from a dream, then turned to glare, "What did you just call me?"

"Wen."

Ji Jue blinked his innocent big eyes, looking perplexed yet secretly holding back laughter.

Can't help it, that young face showing the old expression gives a feeling of a child mimicking an adult's temper, "Fierce, so fierce..."

Poof!

It wasn't until he was hammered that Ji Jue realized he seemed to have accidentally voiced his thoughts.

Whether intentionally or unintentionally, it's hard to say.

Seeing Wen Wen ready to tighten her iron fists again, he quickly raised both hands to plead, "Wait, sis, wait, look at this first."

Saying that, he shook the glass bottle in his hand.

Rich foam swayed from the freshly molded glass bottle, with a tinge of coldness and fresh fragrance.

"Beer?"

Wen Wen was shocked, forgetting to smash Ji Jue's head, "Where did this come from?"

"Just picked up a dirty bag of wheat, cleaned it, stimulated it a bit, anyway, with alchemy... managed to get some results. But, I haven't researched brewing, just followed the fermentation process, so don't expect too much taste."

Ji Jue lifted the beer glass in his other hand and handed it over:

"At least, there's plenty of ice."

Wen Wen wasn't polite, tilted her head and drank it all, wiped the foam off her lips, and after a long time, lightly sighed, releasing a slight Breath, "Really, it's been a while..."

Heaven knows how many years she's been holding back in this place, a cup of beer could make one's eyes well up with tears.

"What are you doing here?" Ji Jue asked curiously.

"Just..."

Wen Wen paused for a moment, hesitating to speak, then smiled bitterly, "Just trying to escape reality, have some quiet... Being alone before always made me headache thinking of anything. Now that I can unload the burden, I'm so tired I don't want to do anything..."

"Normal."

Ji Jue lifted his homemade beer, took a sip, "After all, you were never good at it, holding it together like that, still managing for so long, really commendable."

"Hey, nothing good ever comes out of your mouth, huh?!"

"Just telling the truth."

Ji Jue asked curiously, "Wen, did you think you're the kind of person with superb leadership who can rally everyone like Tian Yuan superman?"

"Forget it..."

Wen Wen rolled her eyes first, laid down, resting on the grass, "Someone stubborn like me tends to swing whenever things happen. Can't distinguish the situation, can't tell good from bad... achieving that level would harm others and oneself."

"Whether it's good or bad, let's not dwell on it, but personally, I think it's nice." Ji Jue shrugged, "At least trustworthy, comforting."

"Tch, now you start with the sweet talk."

Wen Wen squinted her eyes, voicing disdain but couldn't help the smile.

In the lengthy silence, several times she hesitated to speak, while Ji Jue waited quietly until she finally seemed to make a decision, sighed, propping up her body, looking intently at Ji Jue.

"I'm sorry, Ji Jue."

Wen Wen apologized solemnly, "Very sorry for dragging you into this mess."

Yet, that young face paired with such a serious look always had a comical effect.

Ruined, turning into the kid sister, her authority vanished, only the cuteness remained.

Ji Jue smiled, saying nothing.

Didn't mind.

Even if he hadn't meddled, if it wasn't directly related to him, if it was because of Wen Wen being involved, he wouldn't care.

In fact, he was quite happy to be of help.

Seeing Ji Jue's indifferent look, Wen Wen grew increasingly guilty, "Actually, I was planning to..."

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