“Big Sis, where are you planning to go later?”
Inside the hotel, Aili asked Yun Ruoxi curiously.
The War Camp had only given them two days of leave—obviously, there was no way to visit every spot in the Holiday Zone.
Under these circumstances, it was naturally best to find a place to rest and relax.
“Hmm… let me think.” Yun Ruoxi tapped her chin. “How about we go to the Seaside?”
“The Seaside? Sure!” Aili nodded excitedly. Honestly, she didn’t care if they went to the Seaside or the jungle; as long as she could play with her big sister, it would be perfect.
“We’ll need swimsuits if we’re going to the Seaside, but I think they should provide some here, right?”
Yun Ruoxi took Aili to the hotel’s front desk—a standard War Camp cylindrical robot.
This kind of robot was probably manufactured by the Saint’s Guild itself.
On the Asa Star System, they were as common as cockroaches, having replaced most human staff.
“Two swimsuits!” Yun Ruoxi said, then added after a thought, “One needs to be a children’s size.”
“Big Sis, I’m not a kid anymore!”
Aili puffed her cheeks, a little dissatisfied. She wanted to wear the same swimsuit as her sister.
“No… you got it wrong…” Yun Ruoxi’s gaze swept over Aili’s already budding chest and sighed, “The children’s swimsuit is for me.”
“Then I want a children’s swimsuit too,” Aili said quickly.
“Alright, two children’s swimsuits.”
“Understood!” The cylindrical robot’s eyes flashed blue as it scanned Yun Ruoxi and Aili from head to toe.
***
A moment later.
A metal panel on its chest opened, revealing two brand new swimsuits still in their packaging.
Yun Ruoxi used telekinesis to take them out and examined them.
Thankfully.
They weren’t bikinis that barely covered anything, but rather bandeau-style with frills.
Although she’d already decided to try out a swimsuit show for some popularity, she still couldn’t handle something too revealing.
At heart, Yun Ruoxi was still a fairly conservative person.
“Feels a bit small!”
Back in their room, just after changing into their swimsuits, Yun Ruoxi heard Aili grumbling softly.
“Where does it feel small?”
She went over to take a look and saw Aili tugging worriedly at the fabric over her chest.
“Should I change into another one?”
Yun Ruoxi was silent for a moment, then asked.
“It’s fine, really.”
Aili’s eyes lit up when she saw the blue-haired girl. She bounced over and hugged her sister’s arm, swaying it gently.
“Big Sis, you look beautiful.”
“You’re not bad yourself.”
Yun Ruoxi tapped Aili’s nose and went downstairs with her.
The hotel was built right on the beach; after just a few steps outside, they could see the endless line of the sea and sky.
The water was clear and blue, glimmering with sunlight, and now and then, cute aquatic creatures would leap out.
The sand was golden, with some trainees already running around and having fun.
Hand in hand, Yun Ruoxi led Aili to a row of empty beach chairs, and they lay down side by side.
They basked leisurely in the sun.
***
At the same time, Lin Zhen was discussing with Zijiu and the others where to spend their holiday.
Lin Zhen was well aware this leave was the War Camp’s sugar-coated bullet.
But if free time came, why not use it?
Even if it was a sugar-coated bullet, couldn’t you just eat the sugar and throw the bullet away?
“How about going to the Snowfield? I see they offer skiing,” Chaos said, flipping excitedly through the hotel’s first-floor map projection.
“Don’t you think flying a ship is more exciting than skiing?” Lin Zhen shook his head. “We’ve been exhausted for two months. I just want to stay in one place and get some sleep.”
“Then let’s go to the beach! I haven’t been to the Seaside in ages,” Zijiu pointed outside at the hotel’s sandy shore.
“My home planet doesn’t have a sea at all, I want to go to the Seaside too!” Anvil quickly raised his hand.
“I’m fine with anything,” Yun Che turned away, looking over the hotel interior.
“Three to one, Seaside it is,” Lin Zhen laughed.
Chaos looked frustrated, pointing at Yun Che. “Don’t you ever go along with your roommates?”
“I said I’m fine with anything. Snowfield is fine, Seaside is fine too,” Yun Che shrugged, looking innocent.
“Then come to the Snowfield with me right now!”
Without another word, Chaos dragged Yun Che toward the Personal Skimmer parked outside the hotel.
This type of Personal Skimmer was a simplified version of a spaceship—extremely fast, but unable to enter space.
“Ah, Zhen…” Zijiu watched the two of them leave, hesitating to speak.
Lin Zhen smiled. “Let them be. Anyway, it’s just for fun. They can rest wherever they want.”
“Let’s go change into swimsuits!”
After some commotion, the main cast’s trio changed into their swimsuits as well.
Unlike Yun Ruoxi, Zijiu wore a three-piece swimsuit.
Not only did she have fair skin and long legs, but her figure among peers was exceptional, looking quite impressive in her swimsuit.
“I’ll lick, I’ll lick!”
“Everyone keeps praising Xiao Xi, but I think Zijiu looks great too. If nobody wants her, I’ll take her.”
“Where’s the cold beauty? Where’s the queenly big sister?”
“I want to see Xiao Xi in a swimsuit. Production team, please, don’t mess it up, give some fanservice, otherwise there’s no such Xi to be found!”
Speak of the devil and the devil appears.
The main trio left the hotel and walked onto the beach.
Their gazes were instantly drawn to the figure reclining on a beach chair nearby.
The petite blue-haired girl lay with her eyes closed, long hair spilling over the side of the chair.
Her skin was so fair, it almost glowed.
Her impossibly long legs were casually crossed.
A blonde girl cradled her delicate feet in her palms, carefully painting her toenails.
The pink nail polish on those jade feet looked like strawberries decorating a cake—simply irresistible.
“I mean, I’m drooling, seriously.”
“Even if you’re not a foot fan, you can’t resist this.”
“I declare Xiao Xi the absolute winner.”
“Winner how? I think each has her own strengths.”
“As a loli connoisseur, I have to say Xiao Xi wins by a landslide—so young, so beautiful, so alluring. Only in the two-dimensional world do such perfect girls exist.”
Lin Zhen paused at the scene.
But after what happened that night in the Central Chamber, his resistance was much stronger than Anvil’s.
Instead, he remembered the girl’s aggrieved expression after she misunderstood him that day.
“It’s Xiao Xi. Should we go over?”
Zijiu looked at the blue-haired girl and asked softly.
Even as a fellow girl, she had to admit, Yun Ruoxi wasn’t just more beautiful—at heart, she was an extremely likable little lady.
Even Zijiu herself could only feel pity for Yun Ruoxi, never any jealousy or hostility.
Still, she didn’t expect—
Lin Zhen’s answer would completely surprise her.
“Let’s… not go over,” the boy said.
She glanced at Lin Zhen in surprise, but he smiled wryly. “She misunderstood something about me before. Let’s give her some space for now—it’s better for the team, too.”
Lin Zhen was worried Yun Ruoxi would question what he had in his pocket that day, or worse, give him that look again.
So, for today, he decided not to approach her at all.