A teachable child, truly a teachable child.
Hearing Pan Ling's answer, Xu Shi's smile could not have been more gratified.
Wasn't that exactly what she should do? That little bit of intensity just now was nowhere near enough. It seemed his silly disciple had finally learned a tiny fraction of his craft. Wonderful.
That was just the kind of scoundrel he was. His words sounded nice enough, and he would not care if his disciple chose to be a kind-hearted saint, but in truth, he still preferred molding the little girl into someone more like himself. Naturally, he was happier to see her develop such thoughts.
And this also proved something else. Deep down, she had completely come to regard her Brother Luo Yu as a stranger. If one wanted to put it more severely, she could even consider him an enemy.
At least between Xu Shi and Luo Yu, she would choose the former. She was also more willing to figure out what her master wanted and act accordingly.
If there was any fault to find, it was probably that she herself was from the Hualan Empire, yet she was now helping outsiders like Xu Shi deal with the Empire. That did seem a little improper...
But on second thought, her origins were rather delicate too. She was not from the Empire's core territory, but from the outlying Silver Pine Island. Even if she considered herself an imperial citizen, whether the Empire acknowledged her was another question. Before this, they had forced them to go die without a word, and even dragged the sisters' father into it. The Empire had been heartless first.
So they could hardly blame others for settling old scores.
"Th-There shouldn't be a problem with that, right?"
But the little girl was still somewhat uneasy.