"Stop making baseless guesses. Big Orange does possess some extraordinary quality, but that doesn't mean she has ulterior motives," Bai Ye said calmly, vouching for Little Tangerine.
He was actually quite fond of this ugly duckling of a little girl.
As the saying went, comparisons were cruel. At first glance, Little Tangerine looked a little ugly, a little ordinary. But after looking at the New Humans, then looking at her again...
She was a goddamn heavenly beauty!
"Fu Yao, right? I came to find you mainly to learn exactly what has happened across the East Continent over these past ten years.
"For certain special reasons, I know absolutely nothing about this ten-year gap in history."
Seeing that Bai Ye offered no details, Fu Yao did not pry. In her view, perhaps this Mr. Bai had hidden deep in the mountains and forests after Judgment Day and stayed there for ten years, which explained why he knew nothing of the present.
That was hardly unusual. Many Old Humans had gone into hiding after Judgment Day. Few, however, had shut themselves away as completely as Mr. Bai, spending ten years oblivious to the outside world.
"Mr. Bai, this isn't the place to talk. Please come inside."
Fu Yao led Bai Ye and Little Tangerine to a bedroom in the rear courtyard.
The others went back to work. They ran a restaurant, after all. They could hardly have all their cooks and waiters stop working.
In the tastefully furnished bedroom, Fu Yao brewed tea for them both, then asked solemnly, "What would you like to know, Mr. Bai?"
Bai Ye considered it, unsure where to begin. There was too much he wanted to know, and too much had happened over those ten years. The world had changed beyond recognition.
Most importantly, he suspected