Calculating the Golden Lotus with a Mosquito

Chapter 713

What had Senior Brother been doing before this? Why did he seem so exhausted? He hadn't even said much to me.

On the little path to the Game Room, Ling'e hugged the now-empty jade tray as she rode a cloud close to the ground. Her slightly puffed cheeks carried a trace of displeasure.

Inside the Game Room, Xiong Lingli was playing Simulated Immortal Life with Big Sister Chaos Bell, while a large assortment of items the two could play with lay beside them.

Ling'e had barely approached when Bell Spirit let out a snorting laugh.

"Why are you back so soon?"

"Senior Brother needs to rest. Sigh..."

Ling'e sighed softly, then remembered to put away the tray. Listlessly, she sat beside the low table, tucked her little hands beneath its hanging cloth, and pressed her face against the tabletop of warm jade.

Ding~ Your senior brother value balance is insufficient.

Bell Spirit smiled, shaking the wooden box in her hand as she said casually, "Didn't I tell you to be more proactive? Help your senior brother bathe or something.

You really don't know how to coax a man."

"Hmph!"

Ling'e rolled her eyes and tossed her head toward the other side, her carefully arranged hair bun trembling lightly.

"Senior Brother and I aren't like what you're imagining."

Bell Spirit's eyes immediately crinkled with amusement. Beside her, Xiong Lingli made a funny face, looking as though she understood everything.

Bell Spirit said, "Ling'e, your senior brother really should be tired. After all, the last time he went out, he went to contend with a Sage. Before that, though, I don't know what he went out to do."

"A Sage?" Ling'e instantly grew nervous.

"Your senior brother and Zhao Gongming killed one together."

Ling'e immediately relaxed, then flopped weakly back