He lives on another planet and is majoring in Earth Science.

Li Ji was taken aback: "That last sentence was quite revealing. What do you mean by saying your mother is under house arrest?"

Dailulu put her hands on her hips: "Looks like you care about my mom, meow? You have four and a half minutes left, are you sure you want to use them to listen to my mom's story, meow?"

"Let's get down to business. How's the thing I asked Shark Baby to do coming along?"

Li Ji leaned closer to the glass, but Dai Lulu said, "It's better to catch up, meow. You stay in there and try to get your sentence reduced. You'll be released in over 1000 years, meow. Your brain can live forever, so I'll just give you a new body then, meow."

"What's wrong with you? Are you angry about that again?"

"No, meow. I'm just stating the facts, meow."

Li Ji noticed that Dai Lulu was wearing a blue bracelet on her left wrist.

Now that she's acting rationally, Delulu has no reason to say such sarcastic things. She must be saying this because of eavesdropping, and there's something else going on.

"I brought you what you wanted, meow. It passed all the tests, so you can send it in, meow."

Delulu pulled out a pack of pump syringes: "I can't stand you, meow. The pressure inside is too high, so you need something like this to keep going, meow? Each drug has different ingredients, to add some color to your boring prison life, meow. Note that TKG-45 contains silicon, so don't inject too many at once, or you'll go crazy, meow. That way you won't live to see a thousand years from now, meow."

Li Ji carefully memorized every word Dai Lulu said; there was definitely something wrong with the Tkg-45 syringe.

Dailulu put the syringe away.

"You just stay inside and wait for the day you come out. I'll be outside tidying everything up and waiting for you to come out, meow."

Li Ji asked gravely, "Can you wait until that day?"

"You think I won't live to see that day, meow?"

"No, I feel that before I even got out, your mother put you under house arrest again. After all, I didn't keep my promise to her."

Delulu took off her bracelet: "What promise, meow?"

Li Ji sighed: "I can't tell you now. I'll tell you everything when I get out, okay?"

Delulu pressed her palm against the glass, her pink paw pads deforming from the pressure.

"Put your hand up here, meow."

Li Ji looked at that palm, but he just couldn't lift his own hand.

Why don't you lift the cat?

Li Ji's nervousness vanished instantly, and he quickly argued, "This isn't called 'impotence,' it's called 'not lifting,' 'not releasing,' anything is fine, just not 'impotence'!"

Delulu tilted her head: "What's the difference, meow?"

"The difference is huge!"

"Then why don't you lift meow?" Delulu looked at the time anxiously; only one minute remained. "We don't have much time left, meow."

“I—” Li Ji hesitated, “I have no choice.”

He felt a strong sense of powerlessness.

Having become a prisoner with little hope of getting out, what right did he have to give Delulu even a sliver of hope?

If I give it to them, I'm afraid it will only leave them disappointed.

He had promised Diana that he could never confess his feelings to her until the murderer who hurt Delulu was caught.

If they reveal even a little more of their feelings now, how will they deal with each other?

If I were to spend my entire life inside, how would I explain it to Delulu?

Overturning the verdict and escaping from prison are just plans, but the chances are slim.

If one's own life is hopeless, why give Dailulu any false hope, lest it only delay others?

At this moment, he was like a poor boy who couldn't make a promise, and it was best to keep his words to himself.

He could vaguely hear his breath coming from the other side of the glass.

Delulu breathed out air, her lips trembling slightly, her sharp claws gripping the glass with a piercing sound.

Lee Ki apologized: "I'm sorry—"

"Don't talk, meow! Listen to me, meow!" Li Ji froze, staring silently at the girl on the other side of the glass. She was breathing on the glass as usual, but it was different from usual.

"I don't know what you and Mom promised each other, but I know what you're worried about, meow."

What I want to tell you is that I, Dailulu, the vibrant, passionate, and energetic Dailulu, will take responsibility for the decisions I make, meow.

I don't need you to consider things for me, and I don't need anyone else to consider things for me, meow.

If I'm determined to do something, I will definitely do it; if I'm determined to do something, I will follow it to the end.

I kidnapped my mom without thinking about the consequences, meow.

I'm standing here today without considering the consequences, meow.

I don't care if you put your hand on this glass or not, I'll do what I'm going to do, meow.

I don't care about tomorrow. Even if the universe explodes tomorrow, I'm going to follow my burning impulse today, meow.

"Li Ji, unless I die, you'll never get rid of me in this lifetime, meow."

As soon as he finished speaking, the entire glass wall turned a resolute white, and his lover's figure disappeared from his sight, leaving only endless paleness.

Li Ji placed his belated hand on the wall, but felt no warmth at all.

The two leaned against the wall, unable to leave for a long time.

The walls were too thick to transmit warmth between us.

But the wall is too narrow, not enough for two passionate hearts to resonate.

At this moment, all the thoughts in Li Ji's mind coalesced into a thick rope. He looked at the wall and seemed to see Dai Lulu's firm gaze, a gaze as firm as a frozen lake in winter, unshakable by wind and rain.

All his retreat, cowardice, and timidity were sealed in that icy lake, never to be tainted by it again.

He now had only one firm thought—get out!
Delulu leaned against the wall, her belated tears welling up like a spring, wetting her downy fur.

She kept wiping away her tears, but they just wouldn't stop flowing.

She quickly put the bracelet on, but tears were still flowing.

She slapped her cheeks: "Cheer up, we're in a hurry, meow!"

The two people on the other side of the wall stood up, touched the wall, and whispered to each other.

"Wait for me to go out."

"Waiting for you to come out, meow."

As Li Ji walked out of the visiting room, Nini came up to him and said, "You look very sad, like you're about to cry."

Li Ji wiped his eyes: "The Barbaradu aliens don't have tear ducts, so they won't cry no matter how strong their emotions are."

"Looks like you and Shark Baby really are brothers. How's your progress outside? Don't hold me back."

"It should be fine."

Li Ji received the bag of items that Dai Lulu had given him from the jailer.

He remained patient until he returned to his cell before opening it.

The bag contained 12 colorful pump syringes, 20 high-end energy bars, an inflatable heating blanket, a crystal-clear purple gem, and a tuft of white cat fur.

He held the cat's fur for a while, then carefully put it away and hid it inside his body, in the middle of the sixth tentacle. This tentacle was not used very often, so he felt safe keeping it here.

He quickly looked for the TKG-45 syringe, which was a red-packaged pump syringe.

"What does this mean? Silicon-based drugs? Why is Delulu emphasizing silicon-based drugs? What does this have to do with what I asked her to do?"

"Silicides?"

"chip!"

"There are silicon compounds inside the chip!"

"She must have hidden the case files inside the chip." (End of Chapter)