Lu Li returned to Joseph Manor, the wind echoing through the desolate corridor like the lament of lost souls.
The liveliness by Agate Lake seems unable to infect the solitude of the manor.
Soon after, Lu Li walked out of the manor, sat in a wooden boat by the shore, and rowed to create ripples as he reached Lake Heart Island, where one could enjoy both tranquility and noise.
After a moment of silence, Lu Li decided to set his new residence here.
"Do you want to build it under the tree..."
The twisted figure listening to Lu Li's plans spoke.
"Next to the tree, Annie isn't tall enough yet."
The bottom of Annie's canopy was barely two meters tall, making it too low for a roof height. But as soon as Lu Li finished speaking, Annie swayed her branches, the roots beneath the soil writhed, and the tree trunk expanded at a visible speed, the crown extending outward as the leaves shook—
