"Of course not. What I meant was, for such a trivial matter, there was no need for a genius like you, Little Herta, to handle it personally. Screwllum would be more than enough." Chen Li smiled as he spoke.
"That's more like it." Hearing Chen Li's praise, Little Herta nodded in satisfaction and leaned back into his arms.
"Alright, then it's settled." Chen Li patted Little Herta on the head.
"Wait... what exactly is settled?" Little Herta immediately sensed that something was off.
"Since you think you're better than Screwllum, you'd definitely handle this more efficiently. Alright, work hard and go help them." Chen Li patted Little Herta's shoulder, his tone perfectly natural.
"Hey, hey, hey! How can you value women over friends like that?!" Little Herta sprang out of Chen Li's arms, her face full of indignation.
"That's quite an unusual expression..." Chen Li rubbed his chin, seemingly savoring the novel phrasing.
"And just because that Intelligent Machine's computing power is useful, mine isn't?" Little Herta choked for a moment before retorting unwillingly.
"Oh? What use is your computing power?" Chen Li looked at Little Herta curiously.
"I... don't you worry about what my computing power is for!" Little Herta's voice was noticeably less confident.
"Anyway, just consider it helping her out. Put in a little hard work. Once this is done, I'll give you an extra reward." Chen Li spoke in the tone one might use to coax a child.
"Fine, fine... Honestly, wasting my precious computing power on something so boring again." Little Herta grumbled as she hopped out of Chen Li's arms, then stomped out the door in a huff.
"Dear, wasn't that a little too hurtful to Little Herta?"
After Little Herta's figure disappeared from the room, a gentle voice suddenly spoke from nearby.
Chen