"Oh?" Eternal Night deliberately put on a surprised expression, his gaze fixed on Pan Xiaoxiao's conflicted face.
After watching her for a long while, he finally said in a teasing tone:
"Has power become this centralized already?"
"I have to say, the plan 'I' devised really is quite thorough—and quite convenient..."
Pan Xiaoxiao pressed her lips together, her eyes growing several shades more solemn.
Ever since Lu Li and the others had secretly told her the entire plan, she had constantly imagined what it would be like to meet Eternal Night.
Day and night, in every spare moment, whenever her thoughts did not need to race at full speed.
She had envisioned countless possibilities and prepared multiple contingency plans for them.
But in the end, the encounter had come so abruptly.
"In the end, I can only do as Mr. Lu said from the very beginning—respond to all changes by remaining unchanged..."
With a silent bitter laugh in her heart, Pan Xiaoxiao refocused on the all-too-familiar face before her and spoke seriously:
"Don't misunderstand. Though I bear the title of Earth's person in charge, I am not actually a dictator who controls all power."
"Strictly speaking, I am only responsible for handling trivial miscellaneous matters."
"Is that so?" Eternal Night raised an eyebrow, the teasing smile on his face turning back into surprise.
"Doesn't controlling you mean controlling the entire Earth?"
"Of course not." Pan Xiaoxiao shook her head.
"On today's Earth, all important arrangements are handled single-handedly by the Lin Family. Power is not concentrated in one person's hands."
"If we really had to say who was in charge, who played a role akin to an emperor's, then it could only be Lin Qinyue."
"I am merely a little eunuch who handles affairs for the emperor."
After saying that,