At that moment, the Great Yin Empress's thoughts raced faster than ever before!
In the end, only two viable solutions surfaced in her mind!
If she wanted to maintain their cooperation, she either had to preserve her image of putting benefits first or argue that she was not the kind of person who would abandon the common people!
Time was pressing. Less than half a second had passed since those two options appeared in her mind when Xu Lang paused, then continued speaking.
"Besides, aren't you being far too disrespectful toward me?"
The moment Xu Lang said this, it was as if thousands upon thousands of pear blossoms had bloomed in the Great Yin Empress's heart. She was ecstatic!
He wasn't some pure-hearted righteous zealot!
There was still hope for this situation!
"She was merely a maid. Must I apologize to you over her?" The Great Yin Empress kept her expression neutral as she looked calmly at Xu Lang, outwardly maintaining the bearing of a sovereign. Little did she know that her inner thoughts had already been exposed beneath the Nightmare Eye's scrutiny.
Xu Lang frowned at her words.
The Great Yin Empress's heart immediately skipped a beat.
Could Xu Lang be the sort of person who treated his subordinates like family? She was finding his personality increasingly difficult to grasp.
Bai Ze was said to be a wise demon who upheld justice. It would not be strange if he held ideals akin to the Mohist School's "Universal Love."
But he had clearly been ruthless toward Titan Building...
"I mean, you don't respect me enough!" Xu Lang said with a frown. "Ever since you entered this room, you've been acting like this. Yinglong, what exactly did I do to make you so arrogant and overbearing?"
Xu Lang became completely serious,