Yu Sheng stood there, eyes wide, watching Baili Qing and the Hunter greet each other. Then the scene fell silent for a moment. After another two or three seconds, he finally couldn't hold back. "Wait, I have a question!"
Baili Qing turned to look at him.
"The Hunter called you Director?" Yu Sheng looked at the female director, who appeared to be only a few years older than him at most. "Their team disappeared in 'Fairy Tales' seventy years ago, and you were their director?"
Baili Qing blinked. Perhaps it was only his imagination, but Yu Sheng even thought he saw the faintest hint of a smile at the corner of her mouth. Her ice-cold face seemed to carry a subtle air of triumph as she replied calmly, with a hint of teasing, "That's right. I've held this position for a hundred years."
"...How old are you?!" Yu Sheng blurted out.
Baili Qing said nothing. She merely looked at him with that faint, questionable smile, clearly having no intention of answering.
Yu Sheng gradually came to his senses. He realized that neither of the Baili sisters was remotely normal after all. The woman before him, one of the five councilors of The Crossroads who controlled the entire Special Operations Bureau, might no longer count as a pure "human."
Was it because of some special ability? Had she been affected by some kind of force? Her bloodline? Or had some sort of "transformation" occurred while she was dealing with the Otherworld and entities?
There seemed to be countless possibilities. In any case, Yu Sheng had instantly imagined five or six different plotlines, amounting to at least forty episodes, plus two bonus episodes on the side—but clearly, asking her directly wouldn't get him anywhere.
So he didn't press further. He merely spread