Mu Li had just emerged from his fantasy and finally saw their faces clearly.
“Eh? Eh?? Eh???” Mu Li, doubting his eyes, looked at Fu Peiyao and asked incredulously, “So you’re Fu Peiyao? Pei Pei?”
Fu Peiyao nodded quickly, showing a well-behaved expression.
“And you…” Mu Li then looked at Mu Qingqing, “Qingqing, you’re Mu Qingqing?”
“That’s right!” Mu Qingqing snorted, “Did it take you this long to recognize me?”
“What else?” Mu Li felt it was absurd, “Didn’t you say you were an eighteenth-tier female singer and an eighteenth-tier female actress? I thought you were like me, a newcomer.”
Mu Qingqing almost couldn’t hold back her laughter, but she managed to suppress it with her many years of acting experience: “You didn’t suspect anything at all?”
“What was there to suspect?” Mu Li was a bit puzzled.
Seeing that she didn’t get any gossip, Mu Qingqing pouted and snorted, then remained silent.
The scene fell into an awkward silence once more.
“Um…” Fu Peiyao couldn’t help but ask first, “Why did you suddenly decide to come to Magic City?”
Mu Li was startled, then immediately explained, “Isn’t it because I’m debuting? It’ll be more convenient in Magic City.”
“Just for that?” Mu Qingqing couldn’t resist interjecting.
“Yeah, what other reason would there be?” Mu Li was a bit puzzled.
Mu Qingqing sighed, feeling disappointed, and the light in Fu Peiyao’s eyes also dimmed a little.
“But I did want to find you guys,” Mu Li added, “It’s just that recently, with the graduation ceremony, recording shows, and recording audio, I’ve been too busy. I haven’t even had time to log into the game, which is why…”
“Is that why you haven’t contacted us for so long?” Mu Qingqing questioned him again, as if reading his mind.
Mu Li let out a long breath, his originally shy demeanor gradually disappearing, and a spark of fire appeared in his eyes: “Ah! Mu Qingqing, have I been too good to you? When did you dare to speak to your master like that?”
Mu Qingqing’s expression stiffened. One second she was arrogant, the next she completely changed, leaving only a fawning expression: “Master, wasn’t I just worried about you? You haven’t contacted us for so long, we all thought you’d been kidnapped.”
“Is that why you betray your master and act so arrogant?” Mu Li extended a finger and poked Mu Qingqing’s fair forehead directly, “Let you betray your master, let you be arrogant, let you be conceited…”
Every time Mu Li criticized her, he poked Mu Qingqing slightly harder. After a few pokes, Mu Qingqing’s forehead was a bit red.
The next second, Mu Qingqing’s tears came out. She buried her head in Fu Peiyao’s arms, letting out a sobbing cry: “Pei Yao Jie, Master is bullying me…Woohoo…He even poked my forehead…”
“Wasn’t I just worried about him? I didn’t expect him to be so heartless…” Mu Qingqing’s voice became more and more choked, and by the end, she couldn’t even speak clearly.
Fu Peiyao glared slightly at Mu Li and said, “That’s enough, she’s a girl after all, how can you talk to her like that?”
“Exactly…exactly…” Mu Qingqing quickly echoed.
Fu Peiyao couldn’t help but pat Mu Qingqing, saying irritably, “You’ve had enough, stop acting. If your eyes get swollen from crying, how will you go out and see people!”
Seeing her act exposed, Mu Qingqing’s body stiffened, but her mouth was still making a last struggle: “I’m not acting, I’m really sad…”
“Hehe…” Fu Peiyao sneered, “If your makeup stains my clothes, Mu Qingqing…”
Before Fu Peiyao could finish, Mu Qingqing immediately sat up from Fu Peiyao’s embrace, her small cherry lips pouting high: “Hmph, you two heartless people…”
However, after Mu Qingqing’s little scene, the atmosphere between the three of them eased, somewhat returning to how it was when they communicated online.
“Why did you decide to become a singer?” Fu Peiyao asked.
Mu Li shrugged and explained, “I’m not really sure myself, I just suddenly felt like I liked it, that feeling on stage.”
Fu Peiyao nodded thoughtfully, then suddenly smiled and said, “I listened to your song, it’s really good.”
The moment he saw Fu Peiyao’s smile, Mu Li felt his heart melt and subconsciously said, “I like your songs very much too.”
“Oh? Really?” Mu Qingqing suddenly asked, “Which one do you like the most?”
Mu Li was startled, a hint of panic flashing in his eyes. In truth, he had never listened to Fu Peiyao’s songs at all.
To cover his panic, Mu Li glared at Mu Qingqing, feigning fierceness: “What’s it to you? Can’t I just like all of them?”
Who knew that Mu Qingqing was completely unmoved, and sneered: “Really? I think you can’t even name one, can you?”
Mu Li froze completely; Mu Qingqing’s words had him cornered.
“Ah! That’s right!” Mu Li suddenly looked as if he had just realized something, a wide smile on his face, “To meet you two, I even specially prepared some gifts. If some people don’t want them, then never mind.”
Mu Qingqing blinked: How could someone be so shameless? Not only was he so stiffly changing the subject, but he was also threatening them?
“Cough cough…” Mu Qingqing deliberately coughed, feigning indifference, “Then I’ll see what kind of thing you’ve brought.”
Mu Li directly pulled out a pink gift box from below and handed it to Mu Qingqing.
Mu Qingqing quickly tore open the gift box and took out the gift inside—it was a small pink bag, very small in size, appearing to be for a child to wear.
Mu Li explained, “This is for your Jigglypuff. Let her come out and try it on.”
Mu Qingqing nodded and summoned her Jigglypuff.
“Bori?” Mu Qingqing slung the backpack directly over Jigglypuff’s body; it was the perfect size, and Jigglypuff’s face also showed a surprised smile.
“What is it? Isn’t it just a small bag?” Mu Qingqing said disdainfully, but her lips were already smiling so wide they almost couldn’t close.
Mu Li said helplessly, “Jigglypuff, open that bag and look.”
Jigglypuff curiously opened the bag and took out a small microphone from inside. This microphone was also inlaid with sparkling gems.
“Bori!!!” Jigglypuff looked at the microphone in surprise, not hiding her delight at all.
Mu Li smiled and explained, “Doesn’t your Jigglypuff also not want to evolve? I custom-made a small microphone for her using an Everstone. She can wear it at all times, so even if she accidentally touches a Moon Stone, she won’t have to worry about evolving.”
Mu Qingqing shrieked and bounced up, reaching out to hug Mu Li, but the next second, she was directly pressed back into her chair by Fu Peiyao.
“Be modest! You’re an actress, aren’t you?” Fu Peiyao glared fiercely at Mu Qingqing.
“Alright! I was just excited!” Mu Qingqing pouted and replied. The next moment, she turned her head and went to study the microphone with Jigglypuff.
Fu Peiyao looked at Mu Qingqing and couldn’t help but sigh, “She really is like a child.”
Mu Li couldn’t help but laugh, “You’re only two years older than her, why do you talk like her mother?”
Fu Peiyao glared at him with her beautiful eyes, and Mu Li immediately used his topic-changing tactic: “Oh right, there’s also a gift for you.”
With that, Mu Li pulled out a dark blue gift box.
“There’s one for me too? I thought someone had forgotten about me.” Fu Peiyao seemed to be hinting at something.
Mu Li’s face immediately fell: “How could I dare? I’ve been thinking of you all along, you see, these gifts were prepared in advance.”
Fu Peiyao didn’t answer, she just focused on unwrapping the gift.
The gift box contained a wooden box wrapped in velvet. Even through the velvet, Fu Peiyao could smell a refreshing woody fragrance.
After the box was opened, deep blue light waves suddenly seeped out from inside, swirling around Fu Peiyao’s fair skin. At this moment, she seemed to enter a deep-sea world, and she was like a mermaid in that deep-sea world.
“So beautiful!” Fu Peiyao couldn’t help but exclaim. She subconsciously reached out to touch the deep blue light in the air, but the next moment, her attention was drawn to the item in the box.
Inside the box lay a silver-white necklace, with a deep blue, teardrop-shaped gem the size of an adult’s index finger hanging in the center of the necklace.
“This is…” Fu Peiyao subconsciously looked at Mu Li.
Mu Li explained, “This is made from Mystic Water, specially nurtured. Don’t you have a Milotic? When Milotic wears it, she can survive out of water for a long time, and it can enhance Milotic’s water control abilities.”
“I gave it a special name—ocean heart.”
“ocean heart…so beautiful!” Fu Peiyao unconsciously pouted her red lips, “I’m a little reluctant to give it to Milotic…”
Mu Li was startled; he wasn’t foolish, Fu Peiyao’s meaning was clear: “How about you try it on first? A necklace isn’t really suitable for a Pokémon to wear.”
Fu Peiyao’s red lips pursed slightly, she didn’t speak, just gently raised her chin.
Mu Li paused, and quickly understood Fu Peiyao’s meaning.
He carefully took out the “ocean heart” and gently walked behind Fu Peiyao.
Fu Peiyao’s neck was long and very fair, and even more alluring, there wasn’t a single visible vein on her fair neck. From Mu Li’s angle, his gaze swept over her proud neck, vaguely catching a glimpse of a cleavage.
In that instant, Mu Li’s mind went blank; he even forgot to breathe.
Fortunately, Mu Li quickly regained his senses. He couldn’t help but swallow, and placed the necklace on that perfect neck.
The light shone on the Mystic Water, directly transforming into a deep blue glow, constantly shifting with Fu Peiyao’s movements.
Mu Li was mesmerized. Mu Qingqing, who happened to look over from the side, was also deeply captivated by this scene. The live stream seemed to have been paused; no one spoke, everyone quietly watching this stunning moment.
After a long while, the bullet comments finally started to scroll wildly.
【Sea God! The Sea God has descended!】
【Oh my goodness, she really is a goddess!】
【I’m getting goosebumps.】
【Almost suffocated.】
【The necklace is beautiful, the person is even more beautiful. This Mu Li is too good at giving gifts.】
【If anyone gives me an ocean heart, I’m willing to give myself in marriage.】
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The afternoon sun shone through the window into the coffee shop. Separated by this sunlight, Fu Peiyao seemed to be in the deep sea.
At this moment, the human world and the ocean seemed to have achieved coexistence.
This moment felt like eternity.