CHAPTER 133: CHAPTER 47: STAR

The stem of the edamame is thick and hard, and coupled with its flat pods covered with fine hairs, people call it edamame; it is also a type of soybean.

When edamame is fresh, the pods are tender green, and the beans inside are a lovely verdant color. Although eating them raw could lead to poisoning, once cooked, they have a soft and tender texture.

Moreover, this protein-rich food is not difficult to prepare. Simply boil them in water with their outer skin or make them five-spice flavored; both ways are delicious.

Ke Lian accepted this bag of slightly heavy edamame from Rob and casually had 2569 beside him take it to the kitchen. But seeing Rob still kneeling on one knee on the ground, Du Xixi frowned and asked, "Did my brother ask you to tell me something?"

Rob has always been very courteous to Du Xixi, afraid of neglecting her somehow. Du Xixi was already accustomed to this, but it was the first time he had remained kneeling like today.

Rob smiled gently and reached into his shirt pocket, retrieving a small, deep blue box. The box opened in front of Du Xixi, revealing the necklace inside.

Du Xixi’s gaze immediately fixated on the pendant of the necklace—a globe-shaped pendant, about the size of a fingernail, but extremely exquisite, with its deep blue surface sporadically adorned with patches of dark brown, pure white, deep green, and verdant green.

It was a miniature version of the Blue Star!

Seeing Du Xixi’s overwhelming astonishment, Rob placed the box in her hand, speaking with a respectful and gentle tone, "This is a gift the master personally made for you, Miss, hoping you will like it."

"I love it, I really love it." Du Xixi appeared relatively calm, but the slight redness at the corners of her eyes and the choked tone of her voice were unmistakable, "Brother is so busy, yet he still prepared this for me..."

Du Xixi felt moved, not just because of her special feelings for the Blue Star, but even more so by Chen Yin’s thoughtfulness.

She knew how busy Chen Yin was, often working overnight every few days, and during the rare video calls, he always appeared exhausted and unshaven.

Yet such a delicate little pendant, for Chen Yin to make by hand, must have taken quite some time out of his already scarce rest moments!

"Is he trying to kill himself!" An ordinary person pulling all-nighters might die suddenly, and Chen Yin overworking himself so much, isn’t he afraid of dying young! Du Xixi thought, her eyes reddening further.

Rob pulled out a handkerchief, beating Ke Lian to wipe away the tear trailing down from the corner of Du Xixi’s eye. It gently said, "The master said, as long as it makes you happy, Miss, anything is worth it!"

Du Xixi was, of course, deeply touched upon hearing this, but Ke Lian beside her couldn’t hold back anymore, directly pulling Du Xixi’s head onto his shoulder and giving Rob a look signaling him to stop.

In the years before Du Xixi, Chen Yin had harassed him for various strange reasons, making the outside world think he had some unspeakable relationship with Chen Yin.

Now, with Du Xixi around, Chen Yin, this annoying Your Majesty, was again drawing Du Xixi’s attention by acting as her brother, nearly driving Ke Lian to storm into the palace!

Rob, naturally siding with his own master, knew many of the "grudges and enmities" between his master and the Marshal standing before him, so he smiled "obliviously" and asked lightly, "Does Marshal have any orders?"

Du Xixi turned to look at Ke Lian after hearing this, just in time to catch him frantically giving Rob looks, and asked curiously, "What’s wrong with you?"

Ke Lian coughed, awkwardly patting Du Xixi’s head, and replied gently, "Nothing much, I was just thinking that since your brother is so busy, he probably can’t do without Rob, so it’s better for him to head back earlier."

Du Xixi thought about it and found Ke Lian’s words to make sense, so she nodded towards Rob, "Rob, you should head back sooner; I’m sure my brother has a lot of matters needing your help."

Rob: ...

Rob almost couldn’t maintain the smile on his face, even as a mecha cursing Ke Lian for being cunning. Clearly, the master wanted it to stay here longer to keep Ke Lian away from the young lady!

But since Du Xixi had "dismissed" Rob, it naturally wouldn’t insist on staying, expressing concern for Du Xixi once more before taking steps to leave.