The two looked at each other quietly, calming their emotions. In the inky night and the deep blue sea, at this moment, there was only her and him.

Xilan Meng slowly released his hand, then opened his arms and asked, "Lolo, can I hug you?"

Still the same eyes, still the same smile, still the gentle tone.

Ye Luoxing looked at him, but before she agreed, she saw those hands hugging her again. He held her in his arms, his head resting on her abdomen. His dark blue hair tickled her skin through her clothes. He snuggled in her arms: "Lolo, your embrace is so warm and fragrant. I feel so safe. Can you please take good care of me from now on..."

Ye Luoxing stood there motionless, the hot breath he exhaled easily penetrating the clothes and falling on her skin.

"I'm curious, are mermaids considered orcs?" she murmured in a low voice.

Xilan Meng heard it clearly. Even though a dark color flashed in his eyes, he still answered her softly: "If you say yes, then yes. If you say no, then no."

At this time, besides Xilan Meng, Yueshang was also panicked, even more panicked than Xilan Meng, because he didn't know the meaning of Captain Ye's question.

Ye Luoxing raised her hand and placed it lightly behind Xilanmeng's head. Just when Xilanmeng froze, she slowly sat back down beside the nest. Xilanmeng's head moved away from her as her hand moved away from her. Ye Luoxing looked straight at the mermaid. He looked like a beast, but in some ways he was very much like a human.

Ye Luoxing curled his lips and smiled: "Xilan Meng, you really do understand me better than many orcs. This is the first time I have met an orc like you. Just as you said, let's cooperate."

She responded with a sincere invitation, her hand still resting behind his head.

"You said you didn't have any conditions," she added.

"Of course I don't have any conditions." Xilan Meng looked at her deeply, and when he came back to his senses, his tone was firm.

"I will follow my heart." The room was filled with silence as his voice drifted.

After a long time, Ye Luoxing withdrew her hand and stood up again. When her hand was withdrawn from his cheek, Xilan Meng once again grabbed her hand reluctantly. He looked up at her and called softly: "Lolo..."

"The sun has set. I'm leaving now. I'll come back tomorrow." She saw that it was getting dark outside.

Ye Luoxing saw the expectation in Xilanmeng's eyes, but he slowly let go of her hand. Suddenly, Ye Luoxing placed her hand behind his head again. She leaned over and applied a little force with her hand. Xilanmeng leaned forward. Ye Luoxing left a kiss on his forehead, and the dark blue became bright again.

The wind lifted the subtle fragrance from her body and swept it into his nose, then slowly invaded his heart. All his disguises were shattered at this moment.

The soft touch made Xilan Meng's heartbeat slow down, then started beating wildly again...

"However, this is how we say goodbye. Goodbye." Ye Luoxing stopped talking, looked at him closely for three seconds, let go of him, turned around and left completely, her back disappearing in the wooden house illuminated by the moonlight.

Xilan Meng stared blankly at the direction she left, not even daring to raise his hand to touch the warmth she had just left behind...

In such a short day, a series of unexpected events occurred, and it seemed that many things had changed.

Yue Shang couldn't help but ask anxiously: "Captain Ye, what did you just do?"

It hesitated, then changed the subject: "You're not really attracted to that mermaid, are you? What do you mean by asking him if a mermaid is a beast?"

Yueshang knew that Captain Ye had always only considered the orcs as targets for her collection missions. They were beasts, and she was human, so it was impossible for her to like them, the kind of "like" between lovers. It was even more impossible for her to form a partnership with them. Beasts and humans were reproductively isolated, although they were not ordinary beasts...

But whether it was for the mission or because of the difference in species, Captain Ye never had that kind of thought, at most he just "played around".

But why did she ask the mermaid that question...

"Xilan Meng is very cunning. I want to use him, and he is also plotting against me. I have to at least be sure of his true thoughts. No, I have to be sure of the real him. I can't say I see through him completely, but I have to understand him a little bit." He was testing her, and she was also testing him. If they were really sure that they could cooperate with each other, then having an extra helper in Yancheng would not be a bad thing.

Besides, this was her purpose.

The moon was silent. It didn't speak for a long time. It always felt something was wrong.

It thought for a moment, then suddenly spoke in a strange tone, "Captain Ye, you're twenty-five years old. In the past few years, you've been busy struggling to survive. After the apocalypse, you quickly took on new missions. It seems... you've never been in a relationship."

"It seems so..." Ye Luoxing recalled casually and replied.

Yueshang's mood was even more complicated: "Captain Ye, your hormones are controlling you. Do you want to fall in love?"

Ye Luoxing thought for two more seconds this time: "If you hadn't reminded me, I would have forgotten it, maybe..."

The little man in my head widened his eyes: "Huh?!"

"Haha." Ye Luoxing chuckled twice, "Don't worry, I won't affect the progress of the mission. Besides, I'm just talking."

Yue Shang was full of doubt and muttered, "Although the male beasts in the Beast World are quite good-looking, just looking at them is enough. If you really want to..."

You are not the right breed for them, and even in the 29th century, the Leafs never lacked followers.

"Don't think too much. Think about collecting information first. The collection progress in Yancheng is too slow." Ye Luoxing began to worry about this matter. She had thought that since she couldn't escape for the time being, she would stay in Yancheng to collect information, but the progress has been too slow in the past few days.

Yueshang was still thinking about the previous topic. After a moment of silence, he suddenly said, "Captain Ye, if you really want to fall in love, let's switch to an orc. That mermaid just now wasn't very good..."

“…” Ye Luoxing felt helpless seeing Yue Shang still struggling with this issue.

However, she asked curiously, "Why do you say that?"

Yue Shang shook her head and said, "He gave me goose bumps. Huh..."

Yue Shang showed his disgust, which made Ye Luoxing laugh. Thinking about Xilan Meng's appearance, not everyone could stand it.

"How can you have goose bumps?" Ye Luoxing continued walking along the river, his steps slow and not in a hurry.

"It's not important. The key is that I feel uncomfortable all over when he talks to you." Although Yueshang is a harsh talker, as a robot, he is much more straightforward than Ye Luoxing. He has never seen a beast or a human like Xilan Meng.

Ye Luoxing looked at the starry sky in the distance. She chatted with Yueshang and deliberately asked it, "Who do you think is good?"

Yueshang was immediately excited: "I think Sister Manling is great!"

Ye Luoxing: “…”

Yueshang thought for a few seconds and said, "Little Snow Owl is also fine, or Beiyan, that beautiful flamingo. He's the most beautiful. It's so fun to look at him every day..."

"Are you choosing a partner for yourself?" Ye Luoxing could already hear the excitement in its tone. It would be terrible if this guy had a physical body.