I turned around, but Sheng Ji had no intention of letting go of me. In my arms, she clung to me like a little bird nestled against its companion.
I had experienced this kind of helplessness far too many times. Living too long was not necessarily a good thing; people would eventually grow numb to such matters.
I merely stroked her head and did not stop her from relying on me.
"So what are you planning to do next?" I patted her back.
"Of course I'm going to beg Master for a child. I want a girl. That way, I feel she wouldn't be so hard to raise..." Sheng Ji murmured, then lifted her head with a delighted expression. "Does Master think that would be good?"
Bonk.
I gave her a knock on the head right then and there. "I'm asking you what you want to deal with first after being surrounded for over a hundred days, with even Sheng Yue still trapped inside the Holy Domain! Who asked whether you wanted a boy or a girl, or whether you wanted to have a child at all?"
"Ah... I... Master, I know I was wrong. Don't keep knocking on my head—it hurts, you know?" Sheng Ji rubbed her head and complained coquettishly.
"I thought you were the one who understood etiquette best. When I first met you and Sheng Yue back then, that boy Sheng Yue offered me his respects first, while you instead saluted your elder first. Who would have thought that after so few years, you would make a full circle and become even worse than before?" I reached out and rubbed her head for her.
Sheng Ji muttered, "Master, one thing is one thing. How can you compare them? Besides, although you're my master in name, it's