The two held each other's gaze for a moment. In that standoff where neither was willing to yield, Yu Qing's momentum ultimately fell slightly short.
She pursed her lips and asked, "Are you throwing a tantrum at me?"
Xiang Changge curled her lips. "Can't I?"
Yu Qing: "..."
Could she?
...Perhaps she really could.
After all, she had bluntly told her to her face that she could become the boss too.
Yu Qing looked away, her gaze drifting vaguely toward the ceiling.
She felt so tired.
Not just physically exhausted—her heart was tired too.
So tired that she often thought, maybe this was enough. Let it be like this. Just forget it.
"Give me the contract."
Yu Qing's voice was distant and hollow.
The contract?
Xiang Changge frowned.
What contract?
Since she had no idea what Yu Qing meant, Xiang Changge could only ask the system in her mind.
The system, which had spent another day crying its eyes out, was just as confused as Xiang Changge. "What contract? I don't know either."
It only knew that Baby Yu Qing still loved it. The clearest and most powerful proof was that, despite being so weak that morning, upon learning that it had not eaten, she had resolutely gotten up to find it food, even collapsing from exhaustion because of it.
Tongtong had been both worried and deeply moved at the time.
Baby Yu Qing was the person Tongtong-chan swore to protect with its life!
Neither woman nor system knew what Yu Qing was talking about, so in the end, they could only choose the most basic approach—if the enemy did not move, neither would they—and respond with silence.
Yu Qing had already taken the initiative to tell Xiang Changge to give her the contract. Yet after waiting for a long