"Ah?"
At Yao Wan's slightly bewildered murmur, no one else beside her could sit still any longer.
"Eh? Eeeeeeh?!!!"
"No! I veto this! I don't agree!"
Nalan Yanran practically sprang up from the ground like a spring while still sitting cross-legged. It would have been one thing if this were some unspoken special benefit shared by everyone, but anyone who could ignore this situation would be practically divine.
"No cutting in line!"
"Cutting in line? This is openly competing for favor now, isn't it?"
Medusa folded her arms across her chest. She did not particularly care for it herself, but people did not fear having little—they feared having less than others. If others had something she did not, that simply would not do.
Or rather, competitiveness was simply human nature. There might be slight differences in how it was expressed, but at its core, it was all more or less the same.
As she spoke, Medusa could not help glancing at Yao Wan, who had already begun rubbing her forehead. The meaning behind that look could not have been clearer.
"You're showing your unpleasant nature rather quickly, aren't you? Or is it that without her father's care and discipline, the Young Miss of the Gu Clan can easily turn into this? Then you must have had a hard time back at Jia Nan Academy."
Sensing Medusa's gaze, Yao Wan slowly raised her head and smiled.
"Isn't this just making reasonable use of the resources at hand? Besides, you were the one who refined those pills. I had to eat so many plums along the way before I figured it out."
Xun Er refused to back down.
"So you mean there's something wrong with my pills?"
Veins bulged uncontrollably on Yao Wan's forehead. She had never had much interest in alchemy