After traveling through the book, I conquered the male protagonist Long Aotian!

Qingyun Sect, Trading Peak——

"Junior Brother Gu, you're here." Shen Mengli seemed to have anticipated Gu Qingze's arrival. She stood at the door of the exchange and greeted him with a smile.

Gu Qingze responded with a smile and nodded gently: "I came here specially to chat with you."

Shen Mengli smiled knowingly, led Gu Qingze into the basement, and then sat down on the sofa comfortably.

Gu Qingze touched the sofa, his eyes revealing curiosity, as if he was savoring its texture: "Senior Sister Shen, where did you get this sofa...?"

"Oh, this one was redeemed from the system mall. It only cost 30 points. And there happened to be an event going on at the time, and a water cup was given away when you bought a sofa." Shen Mengli explained.

"That's really a good deal..." Gu Qingze commented.

Shen Mengli heard this and sighed softly, as if she was regretting something: "It's a pity... It's a good deal, but because it doesn't match the background setting of this world, it can only be placed in the basement to collect dust."

"However, I will still come here to sit occasionally, otherwise it would be a shame if it becomes a decoration," she added.

Gu Qingze didn't know what to say for a moment. After thinking for a while, he spoke in a somewhat dry voice: "Senior Sister Shen... you are in a really good mood."

Shen Mengli didn't care about his slightly blunt words at all, she smiled and continued, "This is for celebration, so I bought it on impulse."

"Celebrate?" Gu Qingze caught this key word, his eyes lit up, and he muttered, "Could it be that what I said to him worked..."

His voice became lower and lower, and in the end it was almost like he was talking to himself. Shen Mengli could only hear it vaguely.

"It works? What do you mean by it works?" She asked directly, with confusion in her eyes. "Can you explain it more clearly?"

Gu Qingze hesitated for a moment, picked out only the parts closely related to Shen Mengli, and then began to explain.

After Shen Mengli heard this, her expression became complicated: "Of course it's not what you mentioned."

"In fact, he had already negotiated with me before you. Otherwise, more than ten years after you left Qingyun Sect, I would have left this small world long ago and would not have stayed here until now."

"Have you negotiated?"

Gu Qingze recalled what Feng Ying had said to him before, mentioning that Shen Mengli had a better use besides recruiting her. This made him curious, so he asked:

"Senior Sister Shen, please let me know the specific content of the negotiation..."

Shen Mengli didn't wait for him to finish his words, she winked at him and said:

"It's a secret. But overall, it's not a bad thing. In other words, the result is much better than expected. You don't have to worry."

"Moreover, he specifically told me not to tell anyone else about the content of the negotiation, especially you."

Gu Qingze nodded silently after hearing this. It turned out that Feng Ying had expected him to ask these questions....

Since Shen Mengli said so, Gu Qingze immediately changed the subject and stopped asking further questions:

"Senior Sister Shen, what is the relationship between you and Lan Yue like now?"

When Shen Mengli mentioned "Lan Yue", she seemed to think of something happy and joyful, and she couldn't stop smiling: "Well, it's good."

"Although...oh, never mind, let's not talk about that." She hesitated to speak, but still smiled. It was obvious that the unsaid things did not affect her good mood.

"I am already very satisfied with the current result. Not only can I be with Lan Yue, but I can also..."

Her words were full of gratitude and happiness. Although she did not elaborate, her satisfaction and joy were evident.

Gu Qingze looked at her and felt happy for her. He just wanted her to be happy....

Judging from her words and expression, the result of her negotiation with Feng Ying... should have both good and not-so-satisfactory aspects, but overall, the good aspects are obviously greater.

He speculated so, and then sat quietly, acting as a listener, listening carefully to the various details of her and Lan Yue's daily life.

Although they sound like just some trivial things in life, as long as two loving people do them together, even those trivial things in life will become interesting and happy things.

Gu Qingze couldn't help but feel a little emotional. He listened quietly, but his thoughts couldn't help but think of Ling Xiao. Without Ling Xiao, he always felt a little lonely and lonely...

However, he did not let his emotions show and just listened silently.

When Shen Mengli talks about those things, she is always infectious, as if she can pass on her happiness to the listeners. She exudes a unique charm when she tells the stories.

When Shen Mengli finished speaking, Gu Qingze smiled slightly, and then heaved a long sigh of relief, as if a big stone in his heart had finally fallen to the ground: "I am really happy to see that you can be happy."

Shen Mengli turned to look at him, with a hint of ridicule in her eyes: "You care about me so much?"

"Yeah." Gu Qingze admitted it without hesitation, which surprised Shen Mengli.

She frowned slightly, looking a little confused: "Huh?"

Gu Qingze noticed her confusion and explained, "We are friends, aren't we? Isn't it normal for friends to hope that each other can live well?"

"Oh, that's right." Shen Mengli nodded in agreement.

"And..." Gu Qingze looked at her seriously, "If it weren't for the system energy you gave me, which automatically formed a protective shield when I was in danger, I would definitely have suffered more damage."

"So, I am very grateful to you, and I hope you can live a good life."

"Well..." Shen Mengli said, "I originally wanted you to use those system energies as bargaining chips when negotiating with him... But it doesn't matter now."

Gu Qingze nodded in agreement: "Indeed, none of that matters now."

"By the way..." Shen Mengli was silent for a while, then spoke again, "I just wanted to ask, is that little transparent ball floating next to you your system?"

"Hey? So you can see it?" Gu Qingze seemed a little surprised. "I saw that you didn't mention it, so I thought you couldn't see it."

Shen Mengli explained: "It's just that we were talking about more important things just now, so I didn't have time to ask about the little ball."

"Something more important?" Gu Qingze seemed to have thought of something and couldn't help laughing. "Are you referring to the matter between you and Lan Yue?"

Shen Mengli looked at his surprised expression and asked dissatisfiedly: "Why? Isn't that important enough?"

Gu Qingze quickly explained: "No, no, of course it is very important. I just... didn't expect you to take it so seriously... But it is indeed very sweet."

After hearing what he said, Shen Mengli stopped caring about it and brought the topic back to the small ball: "So...is this transparent small ball really your system?"

Gu Qingze gently held up the small ball and showed it to her: "Well, isn't it cute?"

Shen Mengli looked at it carefully for a while before she said, "Hmm...it looks like transparent slime, but it's really cute."

After hearing her evaluation, Gu Qingze reached out and touched the small ball again. It felt like jelly and was very comfortable to touch.