The fact that she still worried over things like this in the dead of night.
She was supposed to be a coldhearted merchant, yet a moment of sincere confession from him had left her tossing and turning, even imagining him sitting right across from her... How unbecoming.
Tingyun's loose, silky pajamas slipped from her shoulder, revealing an alluringly pale collarbone.
"...No, this won't do. I have no idea how I'm supposed to face my benefactor tomorrow..."
"Is someone talking to herself in there? It sounds kind of scary... But... hmm, I like it! I know what the word 'like' means! Is the benefactor Tingyun mentioned Liu Bai?"
"Hmm... Liu Bai? Probably."
Star scratched her head, thought for a moment, then nodded in agreement.
"But it looks like Liu Bai isn't here..."
"Huh? You just call him by name?"
"I wanted to call him something like Brother Liu Bai too, but Sister Pellervy... Uh, the sister who taught me before, doesn't like it when I call Liu Bai that."
"Huh... I don't get it."
"Yeah, I don't get it either..."
"Guh... ngh...!!"
Muffled gasps came from inside Herta's room.
"...No, it's still not enough."
Herta took a deep breath.
"Damn it, why is the difference so huge..."
Herta was currently playing with a very perverse toy—while Herta could not match Ruan Mei in biological research...
Ruan Mei could not match her in mechanical toy manufacturing either.
What Herta was using was a prototype Liu Bai Type I Pile Driver.
A-after all, she was a genius. No matter what, she could not keep running around looking for Liu Bai like some kind of sex addict every day, the way she had during the daytime, right?
As the saying went, relying on yourself was better than relying on others.
But... it felt