While everyone's attention was on the little girl, Jiao Hongmiao quietly slipped back to his place.
After giving the colleagues casting admiring looks his way a composed smile, he asked softly, "How far have we gotten?"
His colleague turned slightly toward him. "She only just finished coaxing 'System Bro' into a good mood. Now she's reading the information..."
Jiao Hongmiao nodded. "Oh, right, right."
His colleague paused, but ultimately couldn't contain his overflowing curiosity and leaned closer again. "How did the Little Highness... and that 'System Bro' start squabbling?"
The little girl had spent ages finding all sorts of ways to coax "System Bro," her soft, sweet voice pouring out one lovely phrase after another. Listening to her, they had almost wanted to sulk themselves!
"..." Jiao Hongmiao's voice came out strained. "It's a long story-"
While the little girl's demonic wails drilled through their ears, she had also kept crying to "System Bro" inside her head. With those two voices layered together, they had broken down right alongside "System Bro."
But "System Bro" had proved truly valiant. Before the little girl had wailed in her mind for very long, he had spoken up to stop her.
They had gained a brief moment of peace, while "System Bro" had briefly lost the little girl's friendship.
His colleague asked again, "Then what about those shops you gained?"
"..." Sympathy filled Jiao Hongmiao's eyes. "Another brokenhearted soul has been added to this world."
"???"
His colleague was about to say more when the little girl, who had been reading the information for quite some time, happened to raise her head-
[Huh?!!]
Her childish inner voice brimmed with astonishment. Both men went on alert and hastily ended their conversation.
[The officials in Linyan Prefecture...] Her brief words trembled. *[How could they be so