"Hehe, you're in luck. The Lin Family gave me some time off, so I've been pretty free lately."
Ma Han seemed to have noticed the change in Xu Xiao's mood. He dropped his sentimental tone and returned to his original grinning, goofy self.
"Let me stay and help you out!"
Xu Xiao opened her mouth to speak, but Ma Han cut her off again.
"If you chase me away, that means you think I'm not strong enough. I'll be heartbroken."
Xu Xiao paused, then sighed helplessly.
"Fine."
"But I can't pay you a salary... If you help out here, Earth probably won't count contribution points for you either, right?"
Ma Han smacked his lips, seeming to realize that only now, and spoke with some regret.
"Seems so... Looking at it that way, I really am taking quite a loss."
"How about this? As long as you feed me three meals a day, I'll work for you for free!"
Ma Han's amusing manner chased away the gloom in Xu Xiao's heart, and she could not help teasing him.
"Wouldn't that make you lose your shirt?"
"Can't be helped." Ma Han spread his hands.
"Who told Brother Ma to be bored out of his mind and kind-hearted?"
"If I'm losing out... then I can only make up for it by eating a little more at every meal."
"Let's make this clear first—you're not allowed to secretly cut corners, Class Monitor..."
The woman smiled, delicate as a weeping begonia.
Scorching Domain.
Within an inconspicuous asteroid belt.
The intense battle had already turned this uninhabited stretch of deep space into utter chaos.
Black mist and purple arcs of lightning filled the entire asteroid belt, isolating it from the outside world.
The occasional flickering figures and bursts of silent fire revealed that the battle