After the award ceremony, Ji Jue handed the remaining affairs to the staff, and then directly took the Tong family's Flying Airship back to Cliff City.
Little Ox loaded the gifts that the staff at the relay stations along the way helped buy, with big and small bags, and first ran to Continental Auto Repair for 'unloading'—rice, pearls, handicraft decorations, root carvings... piled up into a little mountain enough to bury the Little.
Considering Lu Ma's habits, he bought local specialties that weren't expensive but were rare outside.
"Going out is such a hassle, and you brought so many things that there's no place to put them, it's just a waste of money."
Lu Ma didn't even look at those things, grabbing Ji Jue's hand and looking him up and down, finding he hadn't lost or gained weight, she smiled with her eyes squinted: "You've become quite spirited after going out, though you're a bit tanned."
"Tanned?"
