"Don't go, we were just getting to the good part..."
Seeing Liu Wenjian suddenly drop the subject as if he had lost interest, Vladimir immediately tried to keep him talking:
"I've got even juicier news!"
Liu Wenjian discreetly glanced to the side, lowered his eyelids, and pretended not to hear.
At the same time, Vladimir felt as though a cold wind had blown across his back.
A sinister female voice drifted into his ears:
"Tell me. Just how juicy is it?"
"Hey, let me tell you, it's really quite..." Thinking he had found another kindred spirit, Vladimir grinned broadly and turned around, about to launch into a grand tale.
But the next second, when he met the emotionless gaze behind him, he immediately fell silent.
"Quite what?" Dai Li tilted her head, a cruel smile pulling across her delicate face.
"...Quite, quite boring!!" Vladimir slammed on the brakes at once, cold sweat pouring down his forehead as his attitude made a complete one-eighty.
"Those are all rumors, Your Highness! I was clearing them up for Brother Liu Wenjian... right, Brother Wenjian?"
Like a rusty puppet, Vladimir stiffly turned his head and frantically winked at Liu Wenjian.
Liu Wenjian looked at his nose, his nose at his heart, and sighed softly without answering.
It looked as though he was not helping.
But in truth, not exposing him was already the greatest kindness.
Fortunately, Dai Li had no intention of pursuing the matter.
She merely shot Vladimir a vicious glare before saying to Liu Wenjian:
"There's a problem with the intelligence. This hunt may have to end early."
"Your advancement may have to be postponed for now."
Hearing this, Liu Wenjian raised his head. His gaze at Dai Li remained calm and indifferent, without any change in emotion.
"It doesn't matter. I