"What did you say?"
Christina stared blankly at Lin Yu as she spoke.
"I said I'd like to ask you for a favor!"
Lin Yu calmly repeated himself. This time, even the thick-skinned Huangfu Long gave him a strange look.
A moment ago, Lin Yu had been questioning her motives at every turn, even wanting to place her under house arrest, and Huangfu Long himself had helped put pressure on her. Now Lin Yu wanted to ask her for a favor? Had all that just been to mess with her?
Christina stared at Lin Yu for a long time before speaking coldly.
"Lin Yu, how did I never notice how shameless you were? Did your clone rub off on you?"
"What makes you think I'll help you? Didn't I just say that I won't do anything beyond protecting you? Doesn't doing you a favor count as something beyond that?"
"Heh..."
Lin Yu chuckled, then fixed his gaze on Christina. Only after he had stared long enough to make her thoroughly uncomfortable did he speak calmly.
"Chris, do you want freedom?"
"Huh?"
Christina's expression changed at his words, and she stared intently at Lin Yu in disbelief.
Why? Why does he know what I'm thinking? How is that possible?
Lin Yu's brief question struck the depths of Christina's heart like a thunderbolt.
But Christina was, after all, a powerful domain expert with an exceptionally strong will. She soon steadied her emotions and regained her cool demeanor, looking at Lin Yu impassively as she spoke.
"I don't understand what you mean. Freedom? Am I not free now? If you think you can persuade me with baseless claims like that, you're dreaming!"
"If there's nothing else, I'll return to your shadow. I'll continue carrying out my mission. If you encounter danger, I'll