Song Chuxia knew that too.
She was just clinging to a sliver of hope, unwilling to give up completely.
Maybe... the monster would succeed.
After all, monsters were miracles in their own right, weren't they?
Then creating another miracle... didn't seem so impossible.
"...Lulu~"
A trace of coolness spread across its tongue, and only then did Shan Gao realize it had been standing there with its mouth open the whole time.
It smacked its lips a few times.
Its tongue felt icy cold.
A wisp of chill seeped into its brain.
It shook its head.
So all this time... it had been putting pressure on itself.
It had been scaring itself.
So that's what it was...
Shan Gao carefully studied Lord Xiao Xiao's expression.
Lord Xiao Xiao was being serious, right?
It couldn't help checking again and again.
It knew Lord Xiao Xiao had no reason to lie...
But what if Lord Xiao Xiao was just playing a joke on it?
Forgive it for being so suspicious.
What if Lord Xiao Xiao had said all that on purpose, and then, once it believed him, used it as an excuse to give it a hard time?
Maybe that was what Lord Xiao Xiao wanted to see... its expression when that happened?
Shan Gao's expression kept changing.
Xiao Xiao watched with some amusement, once again feeling a little rueful.
This monster really knew how to let its imagination run wild.
Or was it just overly cautious?
Was that why it kept overthinking everything?
Perhaps he shouldn't have said what he had earlier.
Because... it seemed his words had only confused the monster even more.
"Then I won't interrupt your walk any longer."
Xiao Xiao smiled.
He thought that his very presence was putting pressure on the monster.
Once he