"Ah yo~! Brother! Why are you hitting me!"
"Still dare to defy your elder brother?"
"No more... ah yo! It hurts! Don't hit me anymore… please spare me..."
Smack~!
Ye Li landed another slap.
"Ah~! Why are you still hitting me..."
The girl's eyes brimmed with tears, pitifully pleading, "I can't take it, it hurts so much… why don't you just [ ] me instead..."
Ye Li found her expression unexpectedly cute and tempting, so he paused, "You sure?"
Jessica swallowed hard, a little scared, "You… you can't go too far though..."
"Sigh, forget it."
Ye Li's heart softened, letting her off, "I'll call Gwen and the others over."
"Yay~!"
Jessica, hearing she didn't have to fight alone, jumped up happily and hugged him, "Brother is the best~!"
…..
That night—
No, wait... there was no "night" in this place.
Anyway— when it came to the time that counted as nighttime,
Ye Li gathered everyone aboard the Ghost Spider and officially announced the start of the interstellar voyage—
Wuen~——!!
With an instant spatial jump, the massive vibranium mothership, like rolling mountain ranges, was teleported from the divine realm straight into the vastness of space.
"Wow, it really started~"
"We're going into space, I'm so excited~"
"Mom, I'm going on a long voyage~"
"What do aliens look like, do they resemble the Chitauri..."
The girls, hearing they were going to travel the cosmos, were thrilled and full of anticipation.
Ye Li seized their excitement and went ahead with the newcomer's welcome party as well.
Aside from Alita, Matilda, Medusa, Jane, and Rachel, who retired early to their rooms, everyone else enjoyed themselves at the party.
A dozen silhouettes danced gracefully, swaying to the music, their voices and laughter filling the ship for hours until it gradually calmed down.
Even Lewis was coaxed by the others into joining the group dance, and finally fulfilled a long-held wish—consummating her relationship with Ye Li.
…..
"I'm so happy~"
Lewis, tired out, leaned against Ye Li's solid chest, looking at him with affection. "If not for this opportunity today, who knows when you would have finally..."
Ye Li pressed a finger to her full lips, cutting her off. "You've always served so diligently. Of course, I wouldn't let you feel lonely..."
"I'm not that lonely anymore~"
Lewis smiled mysteriously and pulled out a pink little item. "See? I still have this token of love between us~"
"Pfft—!!"
Ye Li immediately sprayed out the water Wanda had given him!
'Who would use that thing as a token of love?! This is way too twisted...'
…..
"So, you've gotten mischievous too? Put that away right now."
Ye Li hurried her to hide it—couldn't let the others see this...
Lewis obeyed sweetly, "Okay, I've put it away~"
"..."
Ye Li was dumbfounded.
'Where the heck did you just put it...?'
...
"Um... Lewis, let me teach you something..."
Ye Li spoke earnestly, "Girls should be a little more reserved..."
"Really?"
Lewis stretched out her hand in front of him, "Then return the console to me~"
"Cough... well..."
Ye Li was reluctant...
But thinking about it, with the versatile web-weave suits, he didn't really need that thing anymore.
So, in the end, he pretended to be generous and returned it to her. "Fine, I'll give it back to you~"
"You really gave it back?"
Lewis looked at Ye Li differently now, secretly thinking, 'Could it be he actually cares for me...?'
If Crystal had heard her thought, she would definitely have told her—
You're overthinking. It's just that you haven't experienced the web tendrils yet.