At Undying Path's words, Lao Bai's pupils suddenly contracted.
"Mister Undying Path, did you sleep yourself silly? You've been sleeping in the refrigerator these past few days. You never came out at all. And we never received President Xu Zhao." Lao Bai lowered his voice even further, but his speech sped up more than twofold.
"Sleep... sleep myself silly? That does seem to be..." Undying Path froze for a moment and scratched his head.
Xu Zhao's expression stiffened.
What did he mean by sleeping himself silly? What did he mean by saying he'd been sleeping in the refrigerator these past few days?
I don't believe it.
You said those 1.8 billion Credits yourself.
What? Was he saying dreams could be linked online too?
"Mister Undying Path, we should hurry and leave." Lao Bai tugged on Undying Path's trench coat again, the urgency in his voice practically overflowing.
"Why are you in such a hurry? It's not often that we get to meet President Xu Zhao. We can ask whether she has any commissions while we're at it. Like a commission to help her deal with that guy wearing a yellow mascot costume." Undying Path casually brushed Lao Bai's hand away.
After hearing Undying Path's words, Lao Bai took a deep breath. Then he turned toward the person behind Xu Zhao wearing the Golden Honkai-Moe King costume, forcing an extremely respectful smile onto his furry monkey face.
"Mister Miraculous Forger... cough, cough, Mister Chen Li, please don't hold it against our detective, whose head got caught in a refrigerator door. He didn't mean it."
Upon hearing Lao Bai's words, Xu Zhao froze in place as though someone had pressed pause on her, the hand holding the crown stiffening in midair.
Xu Zhao slowly turned her head and looked again at the