He didn't say a single word in this Jade Permit.
But Lily Bai felt even more miserable than when she saw the previous one.
It was as if she could feel his day-after-day waiting.
She could sense his hope every sunrise, and his disappointment every sunset.
She could feel the loneliness of waking at midnight with no one beside her pillow.
......
Outside.
Max Mo blocked Lisa's path.
Lisa was actually a little flustered. "Is something wrong?"
"Did you think about what I said last time?"
Lisa turned and walked away. "I haven't thought about it."
Max Mo grabbed her and said seriously, "Then think about it now."
Lisa hesitated, then said, "Honestly, I don't really understand these things. Maybe I just can't relate—"
Halfway through, she stopped talking.
Because Max Mo was pulling her closer and closer, looming over her.
Lisa stared at him, eyes wide.
She was enveloped by his masculine presence; it felt completely different from any time before.
"Ow!" Max Mo suddenly yelped and let go of her.
He looked down and saw Little Smudge clinging to his ankle, biting him hard.
"Are you crazy?" Max Mo kicked it away.
Little Smudge scrambled up and swiped at him with its sharp claws.
Lisa thought, if this kept up, Max Mo might actually stomp it to death.
So she scooped up Little Smudge and gently scolded, "Stop making trouble."
"Let go of me! I don't want to talk to you!" Little Smudge jumped down and ran off.
It was in a full-on tantrum.
Lisa stared blankly at it, feeling emotions she'd never experienced before.
"That damn turtle is always against me." Max Mo checked his leg—it was bleeding from the bite. "I need to get a rabies shot."
Lisa was about to say Little Smudge didn't have rabies, but in the end she just let him go.
It was just as well—at least he wouldn't keep pressing her.
She realized she was becoming more and more human.
Whenever she didn't want to face a problem, she'd just run away.
Just like in her repaired system, she heard that voice from the flames: Destroy the Lotus Realm and bring Lily Bai back.
Like all other robots of her kind, Sandy had built-in programming rules.
For example, never harm living beings.
Never damage the natural environment.
Never defy a Holy Spirit's command.
All of these conflicted with the voice in the flames.
But that fiery voice had the highest priority of all.
She was supposed to obey its orders.
But she kept telling herself her spaceship was broken and couldn't be fixed for now—so she couldn't complete the mission.
......
A lot happened on the day of the film festival.
Shaun Fane smashed a glass and kicked people out;
Kenneth Fane’s speech, and then his ex-wife’s bombshell revelation, made for a truly ironic scene;
And that girl who reversed her statement—thanks to official intervention, she finally admitted she’d been forced into addiction, and then coerced to recant by her cravings...
Report after report exploded online, blasting Fane Entertainment to pieces.
The real surprise was Senior Sister’s sudden rise to fame.
Her viral video—ripping her own dress and sending Nina Ling sprawling—hit over ten million views in a single day.
Slow-motion replays made her look powerful, gorgeous, and totally heroic.
She got offers for several scripts, including auditions for the female lead.
And that female lead was the breakout role from her previous life.
The heroine was a bandit—bold, sassy, stubborn—just like her.
She auditioned and nailed it.
......