232: Birthday Gift

"You will know how to repay me in the future!"

"Oh, right, if Prince Yi throws you a birthday banquet, don't bring me along. I don't like those kinds of occasions.

You should also be more careful, don't go eating anything you shouldn't again!"

Gu Xiaoyue specifically instructed White Gaze, then shooed him back to his own room to rest.

Her consciousness entered the Yu Beast Space, wanting to check on how Qingqing's poison was doing.

Xiao Lan gestured, indicating that Qingqing was deeply poisoned, but there was no danger to its life, and it just needed a period of recuperation.

It's good that it's fine. Gu Xiaoyue's heart calmed down a little.

Meanwhile, Fire Phoenix, who was in the original timeline, felt an inexplicable suffocation!

"Did something happen to Qingqing?!"

He sent a message to Chu Li. After being silent for three months, he had just barely sensed the feeling of Qingqing being on the verge of death today!

Ever since Gu Xiaoyue disappeared, Chu Li and Shui Lingyu had not been able to find any news about her.

Now, the message sent by Fire Phoenix couldn't help but ignite a glimmer of hope in Chu Li.

He immediately sent messages to find Ye Wanrou, Chen Yixuan, and Shui Lingyu, gathering them at Chu Li's private training ground to tell them the news.

"I knew it, Xiao Yue must still be alive!"

After Ye Wanrou finished speaking, tears flowed down uncontrollably.

Shui Lingyu's expression was somewhat grave. During this period, not only had he been searching for Gu Xiaoyue's whereabouts, but he had also spent a lot of energy managing his family's business.

In just three short months, he, who was originally gentle, had become two points colder and sterner.

"I have a way to bring Xiao Yue back."

Shui Lingyu lowered his eyes and spoke slowly.

"Senior, what method do you have?"

Ye Wanrou asked with a tearful voice, her eyes filled with hope.

Chu Li couldn't help but frown. "If you had a way, why didn't you say it sooner?"

He felt that there was something strange in Shui Lingyu's words.

"In the Shui family's treasure vault, there is a collection called blood jade coral.

If a pet beast eats it, it can upgrade a skill from Perfect to Mastery!"

Shui Lingyu looked up at Chu Li; he knew that by saying this, Chu Li would understand immediately.

"Then eat it, and bring Xiao Yue back!"

Ye Wanrou wanted to smile, but choked on her tears; this appearance made Chen Yixuan feel even more heartache.

He patted Ye Wanrou's small hand. "Don't rush, listen to what Senior has to say."

Shui Lingyu took a deep breath and continued.

"But this is a top-tier collection of the Shui family; I currently don't have the qualifications to steal it out.

If we want it, I need to have enough say in the Shui family!"

Chu Li and Ye Wanrou immediately understood.

"I will use all the resources in my hands to help you—"

Chu Li stated his stance first, while Ye Wanrou was a bit nervous.

"I have little influence in the Ye family, but I will talk to my cousin and ask him to help you out more—"

After the few of them had discussed and decided properly, Chu Li planned to get up and leave.

"Junior, wait a moment. Once the blood jade coral is in hand, I will give it to you, but I also hope you will agree to one condition of mine."

Chu Li had his back to Shui Lingyu; he could guess Shui Lingyu's exchange condition.

"Let's talk about that once the blood jade coral is in hand!"

He dropped these words and left, having calculations in his heart.

Not only did he have to help Shui Lingyu seize power, but he also had to dispatch some people to investigate the blood jade coral.

As long as there was news of the blood jade coral, even if it cost ten billion star coins, he would buy it to summon Gu Xiaoyue back!

Gu Xiaoyue, who had been living in Damon Country for half a year, did not know that the two time tracks were not synchronized.

On Chu Li's side in the Dragon Country, only three months had passed. During the time when school was supposed to start, she hadn't participated in the National Team training either.

Coach Huo had also been depressed for a long time because of Gu Xiaoyue's disappearance.

Gu Xiaoyue was also thinking about the World Championships, but she had no way to return, so she could only stay in Damon Country with peace of mind.

Because she had given a heads-up beforehand, she was not invited to White Gaze's birthday banquet.

Gu Xiaoyue was happy to be at ease; that kind of occasion with intricate interpersonal relationships and fawning flattery was not as free and easy as being on the arena.

Unfortunately, not many days after White Gaze's birthday, it was Prince Yi Bai Jin Yi's birthday.

It wasn't that she hadn't noticed, but as the teacher of Prince Yi's third son, Prince Yi Bai Jin Yi had specifically sent her an invitation letter.

Gu Xiaoyue couldn't decline at all, so she had to bite the bullet and accept the invitation.

This birthday banquet was not a good place to go, and she still had to think about preparing a gift for Prince Yi Bai Jin Yi.

"For your father's birthday, what gift are you giving?"

During dinner, Gu Xiaoyue asked White Gaze.

Although she was White Gaze's master, her status was actually equivalent to a family retainer.

She couldn't possibly give a gift to Prince Yi that was better than what the master gave.

She had to control the scale well.

"Older Brother and Second Brother have both prepared it for me."

"They are so thoughtful?"

Gu Xiaoyue found it a bit strange. Would Bai Rongxuan and Bai Shengrui be so kind? They weren't digging a pit for White Gaze, were they?

She hadn't forgotten that Bai Shengrui had bullied White Gaze since he was young.

Bai Rongxuan was probably much older than White Gaze and had been sent to school by Prince Yi Bai Jin Yi early on.

He had teachers supervising him, which was why he hadn't played dirty tricks on White Gaze.

"Older Brother said that since I just came back from the grasslands and don't have any assets, he helped me prepare it.

Sister, what are you going to give? You still have 70 million star coins with me, how about we go shopping?"

"Forget it, how can I take out ordinary things?"

Can you show me the birthday gifts your Older Brother and Second Brother prepared for you?"

White Gaze nodded obediently and took out the gifts that Bai Rongxuan and Bai Shengrui had given him from the Yu Beast Space.

What Bai Rongxuan prepared for him was a piece of high-quality mutton-fat jade, while Bai Shengrui's was a 'Hundred Longevity' painting.

Gu Xiaoyue frowned. Both the mutton-fat jade and the 'Hundred Longevity' painting were emitting a strange fragrance; it definitely wasn't their original scent.

"These two items have a strange smell, can you smell it?"

White Gaze picked them up and sniffed them up close.

"It is a bit fragrant, but I find it quite comfortable to smell. It gives me a feeling of physical and mental ease, and an itchy feeling deep in my heart."

"Then let's keep these two things with me, just in case they really are traps they dug for you."

Gu Xiaoyue rolled her eyes and thought; she still had more than half a box of attribute jewelry in her Yu Beast Space.

She asked clearly about the attribute of Prince Yi Bai Jin Yi's pet beast, then picked out three pieces that were suitable for him, looking both luxurious and practical.

"Give this at the birthday banquet."

Gu Xiaoyue handed the attribute jewelry to White Gaze. "Oh, right, there's also yours!"

She picked out several more pieces suitable for White Gaze and handed them to him together.

"Thank you, Sister, but why did you give me three pieces?"

White Gaze put the attribute jewelry into the Yu Beast Space and put the ones that matched his pet beasts on them directly.

"Gifts for three consecutive years of birthdays. As for after that, it will be up to you!"

White Gaze was again moved to the point of wanting to cry, but was stopped by Gu Xiaoyue.

"Stop it, don't you cry! A real man, acting like a little crybaby all day long!"

"You are already eighteen years old, it's time for you to stand on your own!"

She threw White Gaze out of her room; he was always moved back and forth over trivial matters.

Compared to these items that couldn't be eaten and could only be exchanged for star coins, she preferred hoarding food and spirit fruits.

The spirit fruits in her hands would absolutely not appear in Damon Country.

Although the previous assassin had been repelled by her, there was no guarantee that there weren't experts in Damon Country even more powerful than her!