She was standing right beside him, and her lotus leaf was right next to his. There was no one else in the immediate vicinity aside from the two of them.

"You, you're not just passing by, are you?" After blurting out that question, even Xu Lizhi was struck by the urge to slap himself.

Ye Xinglan raised a hand and pinched his cheek before twisting it. "Do you want to die?"

Xu Lizhi's mouth was hanging open as he urged, "Pinch a little harder; I think I'm feeling some pain. If it hurts, then I'm not dreaming, right? I've been dreaming every day for the past few days that you'd choose me during the Sea God Fate Match-making Convention."

"Are you an idiot?"

"Ow, that really hurts! Haha, it hurts so much, haha!" Xu Lizhi suddenly burst into excited laughter before abruptly jumping up into the air.

"Splash!"

What did it mean for extreme elation to breed sorrow? One only had to turn to Xu Lizhi for the definition of that phrase. After jumping up into the air, he forgot...