Watching the back of his unreliable old uncle, who had dashed away in a streak, leaving their entire family here, despite being from the Void Race...
After a long, speechless silence, Ximen Lang turned around and asked the seemingly long-accustomed-to-this Kai'Sa.
"Your old uncle... no, our old uncle... has he... has he always been this unreliable?"
"Unreliable? Who are you talking about? Old Uncle?"
Hearing Ximen Lang's words, Kai'Sa furrowed her adorable brows and carefully thought back over all these years, recalling how her old uncle acted like a child whenever he was with her...
It was true. Her old uncle really was exactly as unreliable as Ximen Lang had described.
Kai'Sa shrugged.
"Do you really need to ask? You could have guessed it just from how he acted today. He must have always been unreliable!"
Good grief, she said it so smoothly.
Both Ximen Lang and Leng were stunned into silence.
But considering Kai'Sa's family status in the Void Race—cherished so dearly that they feared she might break if dropped or melt if held in their mouths, and even held in higher regard than Queen Consort Bel'Veth...
Ximen Lang and Leng decisively abandoned the idea of saying a few words in Old Uncle's defense.
Judging from Kai'Sa's tone, this was clearly how they had always interacted before.
Besides, they were only this far away. If he really disliked Kai'Sa talking about him like that, he would have come back to deal with the little girl long ago.
Since there had been no reaction, he clearly did not care.
If he himself did not care, why should Ximen Lang meddle?
Once he figured that out, Ximen Lang decisively gave up on defending Old Uncle and instead said calmly,
"If that's the case, let's stop delaying, lest..."
Originally, Ximen Lang had