Bibi Dong Actually Apologized? She's Breaking Character!

Li Mubai really did know something!

From the assembly until now, everything Li Mubai said suggested that Spirit Hall's days were numbered.

Why did he dare make such a judgment?

Could he actually see the future?

Bibi Dong shook her head lightly, dismissing the far-fetched notion.

If such a person really existed, the balance of power in this world would likely have been rewritten long ago.

Or...

A brand-new superpower would have emerged in this world.

Bibi Dong was deeply troubled at the moment.

She wanted to ask Li Mubai some questions directly, but he refused to give her a straight answer.

She couldn't very well reason with him and put her questions to him plainly, either. She could only beat around the bush.

Otherwise, it would be all too easy to expose the fact that she could hear his thoughts.

"Elder Mubai, do you think Spirit Hall could become the hegemon someday?"

She hadn't gotten the answer she wanted.

Bibi Dong was unwilling to give up, so she asked again.

"Your Holiness, isn't our Spirit Hall already the hegemon? In the Soul Master World, our word is law!"

"Isn't that the kind of standing only a hegemon could have?"

Li Mubai asked with a smile.

That wretched brat was still beating around the bush!

Bibi Dong grew even angrier.

Her voice involuntarily turned cold:

"You're very clever. You should know what I mean by hegemon."

"You wrong me."

Li Mubai cried out,

"Your Holiness, how could I know if you don't make yourself clear?"

Bibi Dong's brows lowered:

"Stop beating around the bush with me. Today, you must give me a full account of this matter! Otherwise..."

"Is that a threat?"

Li Mubai's tone suddenly went flat, and the smile vanished from his face.

The abrupt change made even Bibi Dong pause in surprise.

"Yes, you can take it that way!"

Her tone remained icy and her attitude unyielding.

A threat showed in her eyes.

Li Mubai's sudden change couldn't affect her in the slightest.

She, Bibi Dong, was the Pope of Spirit Hall, the foremost power in the entire Soul Master World!

She had a temper and a disposition of her own.

If something like this could frighten her, would she still be Bibi Dong?

A deathly silence fell over the room.

The "big waves" maid who had been standing nearby had long since taken the hint and gone outside.

Before leaving the room,

She had thoughtfully lowered the shutters on the door and windows.

Then she had closed the door tightly behind her, in case any special sounds from inside carried out into the street later.

Li Mubai was a little angry.

Something had been off about this woman since this morning.

First, she had suddenly changed her question at the morning assembly. Now she had even come to his house, asking all sorts of strange questions.

So what if she asked him those questions?

So what if he answered truthfully?

Would this woman believe him?

Most importantly, she even dared to threaten him now!

He, Li Mubai, had lived two lives.

As a young man of the twenty-first century who had received nine years of compulsory education and spent four years at university,

How could he be cowed by her threats?

Even if you're an immortal from the heavens, I could never submit to your tyranny!

And "otherwise," she says...

At worst, I'll tear off all pretense, resign as an elder of Spirit Hall, and walk away.

With my strength as a Titled Douluo,

And my thorough knowledge of this world,

The world is vast. Where could I not go?

As for threatening me...

She's simply pushing her luck too far.

If she dares threaten me, Li Mubai, today, she'll dare take a knife to me tomorrow. Her intentions are sinister!

The atmosphere in the room remained oppressive and silent; a pin could have been heard dropping.

And yet,

Bibi Dong, who looked composed and certain she had Li Mubai in her grasp,

Was inwardly like a boundless ocean, with immense waves surging ten thousand feet high.

She had heard a piece of information that would leave anyone utterly astonished.

That was:

Li Mubai had lived two lives and knew the course this world would take!

The revelation was like a heavy hammer, striking her little heart and making it stop for a moment.

Not only that.

His thoughts also contained a great many terms she couldn't make sense of.

The twenty-first century, nine years of compulsory education, university life... what did any of that mean?

She couldn't figure it out.

Bibi Dong had no intention of dwelling on it any longer.

Right now,

She had something more important to do.

That was:

To placate Li Mubai.

What Li Mubai had revealed had shaken her too deeply.

He had come from a future time and descended here.

If she could make use of Li Mubai's foreknowledge, could she truly achieve the ambition in her heart?

He had repeatedly insisted that Spirit Hall would be destroyed under her watch.

Was that really true?

Of course,

She would have to verify all this before she could know.

But her first priority wasn't to verify whether the thoughts in his heart were true.

It was to comfort him.

So that he would abandon the idea of leaving Spirit Hall.

She couldn't let someone like him leave Spirit Hall, no matter what.

Leaving aside whether Li Mubai came from the future and whether he could be of great value to her,

The fact that she could hear his thoughts alone

Made it all the more important that she not let him leave Spirit Hall.

Being able to hear his thoughts meant she could exercise greater control over a powerful Titled Douluo.

At the very least,

She could know whether this man was truly working for Spirit Hall's development and whether he would betray her for his own gain.

Although Spirit Hall seemed powerful now, and she alone made its decisions,

She knew

That many of its high-ranking members were of divided loyalties.

Though they outwardly agreed with and supported her, how could she know what they really thought?

You can see a person's face, but not their heart!

"Elder Mubai, my words were a little harsh just now. I hope you won't be angry."

Bibi Dong broke the silence, her tone softening.

The cold severity on her face also faded as a trace of apology appeared.

She was like a mountain of ice that had stood frozen for years, suddenly melting at this moment.

What's going on? This woman actually knows how to apologize... The sudden apology left Li Mubai at a loss.

It really didn't match the cold and ruthless Bibi Dong he knew!

In his memory,

Even when Bibi Dong made a wrong judgment or decision,

Though she might feel a trace of regret in her heart,

Getting her to apologize aloud was utterly impossible!

And yet,

Bibi Dong had just apologized to him.

I... did I hear that right?

Li Mubai stared in disbelief at Bibi Dong, whose face showed her apology.

It's confirmed.

The apology I heard just now wasn't a hallucination. Bibi Dong really did apologize to me!

Did the sun rise in the west today?

Li Mubai was utterly stunned.

This really doesn't fit Bibi Dong's character!

Now that she's apologized, I feel like I don't even know her anymore. She's breaking character!

Could it be that I didn't understand this woman before?

Li Mubai couldn't help doubting himself.

Meanwhile, Bibi Dong, listening to Li Mubai's jumble of thoughts, was grumbling inwardly.

If it weren't for the fact that you might indeed be vitally important to me,

You'd want me to apologize?!

Dream on!