Her intuition told her that these things must be important to Ao Cang.
Otherwise, they wouldn't have been stored here for so long.
Judging from his tone, he had no intention of using this thing if she hadn't appeared.
Ao Cang took her small hand in his large one, guiding her to hold tightly the repaired fragment, its weight supported by the seawater. His voice was gentle:
"This is the eggshell I once lived in, containing my purest power."
"An eggshell?" Qiao Mei examined the fragments more closely and, finding that they did indeed resemble an eggshell in shape, asked him in confusion, "Then why don't you absorb this power yourself? Are you trying to give it to me by letting me touch it now?"
What does she need his power for? She might as well give it to herself.
Ao Cang shook his head: "The main purpose is not to give you the power, but to strengthen the bond between us. Once you have absorbed all the power inside, I will be able to sense your condition at all times. In times of crisis, you can also directly call upon all my divine power. And there is one more important point."
The young man's golden eyes reflected Qiao Mei's surprised face. He pressed his forehead against hers, as if whispering to a lover: "Most importantly, your lifespan can now be officially shared with mine. As long as I live, you can live as long as I live."
They will no longer face unnecessary worries about the length of their lives.
He will do everything in his power to share everything he has with her.
Whether it's immense divine power or boundless lifespan.
The original book did not describe that Ao Cang's lifespan could be shared with others. After a long silence, Qiao Mei asked the Book of Worlds in her mind: If that's the case, can she leave the world in the book after she completes her mission?
The Book of the World hadn't expected Ao Cang to like Qiao Mei to this extent. After a few dozen seconds of silence, it gave a somewhat uncertain answer: "This is the first time I've encountered a situation like this. We'll have to see what the higher-ups say, but according to the normal procedure, you'll need to leave here after completing the mission."
Qiao Mei grasped the key point: "You mean, there's still a possibility that I can stay in the world of the book, right?"
The Book of the World: "Theoretically speaking, that is indeed the case."
Whether it works or not depends on how the higher authorities judge it after the task is completed.
Given this slim possibility, Qiao Mei no longer resisted Ao Cang's request for her to draw power from the eggshell, and instead obediently allowed him to channel the power into her body.
This process lasted a long time, until all the eggshells turned to ashes and disappeared into the seawater. A dragon wing-shaped mark disappeared from the center of Qiao Mei's forehead. Only then did Ao Cang, looking a little pale, stop and lead her to the surface of the sea.
By the time I went out, a whole day had already passed.
It was foggy outside, and a light rain was still falling. In the distance, the first rays of dawn could be seen.
When she realized it was a sun shower, Qiao Mei was just about to mention that the clothes drying outside hadn't been brought in yet when she noticed something.
She didn't feel anything when she was still in the deep sea.
But now that she has surfaced in the sea and is floating on the surface, she realizes that her five senses and six perceptions are much more sensitive than before.
She could hear everything clearly, from the sound of the wind and rain to the angry shouts against the injustice of death from a distant garbage planet.
Furthermore, this ability can be weakened at her own discretion.
After adjusting the volume to a level similar to her previous audibility range, she told Ao Cang about it as he carried her away from the sea.
Ao Cang didn't seem surprised and told her that if she wanted, she could try using his divine power directly.
"Forget about divine power. You're not in a good state right now, and you don't have much of this left anyway, so I won't waste it."
"It would be a waste to give it to you, but it's okay, you'll need it someday."
Before that, he still had a debt to settle with Lai Tan.
If he hadn't accompanied Qiao Mei when they went to the interstellar monster battlefield, he really couldn't imagine what she would have gone through, or whether she would have survived.
While he was thinking about settling scores with Lai Tan, Qiao Mei was also considering when to make her move against Qiao Yingying.
The fact that Ao Cang recovered so quickly is something that people outside probably don't know.
If she goes now, she can definitely catch her off guard.
The question remains: how to keep it from Ao Cang.
She was 100% certain that Qiao Yingying wouldn't bring Lai Tan along this time, so there was no need for Ao Cang to know as well.
If he found out, he would definitely use his divine power to help her.
After returning to the villa with their own thoughts, Qiao Mei first spoke with Xu Hui and Xu Wenfeng, telling them not to worry about her and Ao Cang's situation.
"Cangcang and I have almost recovered. You should go back and get some rest. This matter has really troubled you a lot."
Xu Wenfeng said with dissatisfaction, "We're all family, so don't talk about trouble. It's good that you're all okay. If anything happens in the future, just tell your grandfather. If your grandfather can help you solve it, he will definitely help you solve it. If he can't, he will try his best to find a way."
Xu Hui and Xu Wenfeng were together, and upon hearing this, Xu Hui leaned closer and said something similar.
"Also, remember to make time to come with Ao Cang for your brother's 100th birthday celebration."
Li Wuyou is almost two months old now, and his 100-day celebration is just over a month away.
Qiao Mei calculated the time, agreed to Xu Hui's request, and then told Ao Cang about it.
"Let's get engaged after his 100th birthday celebration."
According to the normal trajectory, it should have been decided by the end of last year.
However, the plot of the book took an unexpected turn, causing all the storylines to be delayed considerably.
Furthermore, her soul returned to the modern world, causing her engagement to Ao Cang, which had been agreed upon, to fall through.
Ao Cang had assumed Qiao Mei had forgotten about it, but upon hearing her say this, he was stunned for a long time before quietly asking, "Really? Can we really get engaged normally this time?"
She won't suddenly leave him again like before, leaving him with nothing but disappointment?
Qiao Mei understood his meaning, and feeling guilty, she hugged his neck and kissed his lips: "Really, I promise you."
"Okay, I believe you." Ao Cang returned her kiss, but unlike her, he didn't just give her a quick kiss.
He was so aggressive, as if demanding payment for breaking his promise, that Qiao Mei was breathless, but she didn't dare say anything to him.
After all, she was indeed in the wrong.
As the two entered a tender moment, she remembered that her soul had merged with the original body and asked the Book of the World, "Is my current body more likely to conceive than before?"
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