After Su Ling left, Gu Shangse didn't stay seated. He also got up.
While Xu Lin was still energetically absorbing the crystal core energy, Gu Shangse was already standing with Su Ling.
Su Ling didn't look at Gu Shangse, she just said, "You can guide them, you don't need to help me."
Upon hearing this, Gu Shangse glanced at the three of them, Xu Lin, and then his gaze returned to Su Ling. He smiled, his voice clear and elegant, "I think they can manage without me saying anything."
In the adult world, everyone understands the meaning of restraint and self-awareness.
As the first person to absorb the crystal core energy, going over to lecture them, though well-intentioned, would be a form of showing off to Xu Lin and the other two who hadn't succeeded yet.
Such behavior needed to be avoided.
Su Ling, with her sharp mind, quickly understood Gu Shangse's unspoken meaning.
Without further words, Su Ling handed the bowl to Gu Shangse, who took it.
Gu Shangse placed the cleaned bowl aside and looked at Su Ling, "Last night's big apple, can I have it again?"
Gu Shangse still remembered the taste of the apple.
Before the apocalypse, his family was well-off. He had tasted rare and expensive fruits, not daily, but he had tried them.
However, none of those rare and expensive fruits could compare to the big apple Su Ling had given him.
After eating it, he couldn't forget it.
Su Ling handed the bowl to Gu Shangse, her eyes calmly fixed on the foam in the basin. She thought for a moment and said coldly, "Perhaps there will be, and perhaps there won't be."
This condition depended on whether Gu Shangse and the others could pass the assessment, and whether they made her feel reliable.
Gu Shangse understood Su Ling's meaning from her words.
For now, she had accepted them, giving them a chance to integrate, but the issue of trust had not yet been resolved.
Whether he could taste the big apple again depended on whether they could pass the subsequent assessment and break through the barrier of trust.
"If it's possible, I am willing to give my heart for yours, so that you can know what I think in my heart." He had fallen in love with her at first sight, seen her and couldn't forget her, which was why he had sought her out after the apocalypse, solely to protect her and become her support in this new world.
It was just that he had arrived too late, missing too much time.
"I wish you could read minds," Gu Shangse looked at Su Ling, lowering his voice, "I actually have a small secret that I haven't told everyone."
He hadn't said it because he felt it would make things too awkward.
But for some reason, when he was alone with Su Ling, he wanted to be completely honest with her.
"What?" Su Ling turned her head, looking up at Gu Shangse slightly.
Gu Shangse's voice softened, just loud enough for the two of them to hear, "I can hear other people's thoughts."
Upon hearing this, Su Ling's expression remained unchanged, but her heart was greatly astonished.
Was this Gu Shangse so powerful?
Others awakened at most one or two abilities, but he had three. Any one of them on its own was a game-changer.
This person, if not an ally, would be truly terrifying.
Thinking that Gu Shangse could read minds, Su Ling quickly suppressed her thoughts.
Gu Shangse looked at Su Ling, whose expression was still unchanged. His eyes were filled with a smile, and his voice was gentle, "But it's strange, I can hear the thoughts of Xu Lin and the other two, but when it comes to you, I can't hear anything."
Su Ling's first thought was that Gu Shangse was lying to her.
But then she considered that Gu Shangse had no reason to do so.
Since he chose to tell her, it was an attempt to build trust with her.
So, was it because she had the space ability?