"Hey, tell me honestly, are you really bisexual?"

"Hey, that's enough already."

Faced with the Second Madam's question, Xu Shi, sweating profusely, replied, "Your apprentice is a little fool, so are you a little fool too?"

From this perspective, it's not Pan Feng who has unhealthy ideas; it's clearly her seemingly respectable master.

"I'm not a little fool!"

Xia Wuyou absolutely refused to admit it. Although she knew that her silly apprentice didn't think before he spoke, she was still a little annoyed to hear him say that.

You know, it's one thing for this scumbag to be a womanizer, but if he develops other hobbies, she'll really have a hard time accepting it. (omitted)

"Okay, okay, you're not, you're not."

Xu Shi nodded. "Speaking of which, I have something to ask you. Have you ever heard the story of a smart person saying yes and a little fool saying no?"

"No... Xu Shi!"

Xia Xiaomao subconsciously shook her head, but realized something was wrong halfway through her sentence, "You just know how to set me up! You weren't satisfied with bullying your apprentice, so now you're bullying me, aren't you?"

Xu Shi raised his hands in surrender, thinking to himself, "You can still fall for such an old trick? You're not stupid."

Besides, bullying a silly disciple and bullying a kitten feel completely different, okay? Although Pan Ling has now learned to fight back instead of simply being submissive, she is not as furious as Xia Wuyou in front of her, which is quite amusing.

Of course, if you're talking about who you get the most fun bullying, it has to be Xie Qingyan.

"snort."

Xia Wuyou wouldn't really hold it against him; they were an old married couple, so a symbolic little fight would be the end of it.

But she was genuinely curious, "What were you talking about just now?"

In terms of mental strength alone, she might not be higher than Xu Shi now, and since she hadn't paid any attention, she naturally didn't know what interesting things had happened earlier.

Xu Shi didn't hide anything from her and told her the general story.

"...Oh, I see."

Xia Xiaomao listened with great interest and gave a similar evaluation, "Looking at it this way, Xiaoling has indeed made great progress. If she really goes to the City of Night Sin in the future, she will be more than capable of taking over your job."

"How did you know I wanted her to take over my job?" Xu Shi raised an eyebrow.

"Otherwise what? Are you going to let that little empress take over your position?"

Xia Wuyou rolled her eyes at him, "Besides, I discovered a long time ago that you are inherently lazy and will never bother yourself with things that can be delegated to others."

As the second most diligent member of the team after Jiang Chengcheng, Ms. Xia Wuyou, the head of the "Snake Ring" field operations department who has been working in the City of Night Sin for ten years, expressed strong contempt and condemnation for this.

Lying down isn't shameful... Xu Shi didn't even bother to argue, because he genuinely had that thought.

Pan Ling's silly apprentice is truly a treasure. She's diligent, eager to learn, and quite capable... Through this period of subtle nurturing, both her supernatural abilities and personal skills have made a qualitative leap. With such a good child, I can rest assured that I'll entrust the company to her in the future.

Is this irrefutable proof that everyone around the protagonist is exceptionally talented? Although we haven't discussed similar topics in a long time, this principle seems to apply universally.

However, even so, this matter is still far from being settled. Not to mention that the mess in the Hualan Empire has not yet been cleaned up, the environment in Night Sin City is also worlds apart from here. If they really want their foolish apprentice to take over, that will be a long time from now.

Well, it seems my plan to retire at 26 is out of the question. *crying*

"But to be honest, you really value that Lu Baiyan."

Xia Wuyou continued, "I've never seen you so interested in the other people here... Are you interested in his abilities?"

"...My wife understands me best."

Xu Shi smiled, thinking to himself that after so long, someone had finally noticed this blind spot.

Pan Ling's previous analysis was actually correct. Lu Baiyan's identity, his personality, and the impact of successfully winning him over were indeed very attractive.

But if that's all there is to it, it's really not enough for me to take the initiative to try and win him over. The reason I did that was because of his rather special ability.

"Time Reversal"

Despite the many limitations of this ability, such as it only works on inanimate objects and the rewind time is only half an hour, it is still a top-tier superpower that is one in a million.

First of all, abilities involving time and space are already rare, especially time-based abilities, which are even rarer—after all, his own "threshold space" and Gu Yi's "consciousness datafication" can both be considered within the space-based domain. Once you see them often, you won't find them particularly rare.

However, the time-related superpower has only been seen in Lu Baiyan so far, making it even more precious in comparison.

"Now that you mention it, it does make sense."

Xia Wuyou remained noncommittal. It has to be said that recently everyone's mind has been focused on outwitting the royal family and the papacy, and their thinking has inevitably become a bit rigid. When faced with any situation, they will first consider the pros and cons, or other strange things, and subconsciously ignore their own abilities.

However, this also demonstrates Xu Shi's remarkable ability to manipulate people's hearts. Regardless of the circumstances, it's all your doing that he brought this up...

Fortunately, things had come to this point. If Xia Wuyou still didn't understand, she would truly be a fool. After a moment, she looked up in surprise, "So, you want to use his ability..."

Xu Shi did not deny it, and nodded calmly.

Neither of them explicitly stated what they intended to do with Lu Baiyan's abilities, but it was an unspoken understanding.

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