The Bull Demon King, as the elder brother, found this absolutely unacceptable.
So he wanted to advise her, but he had not expected that Qiqi's words had merely come from rumors she had picked up outside.
At this moment, Uchiha Hikaru absolutely could not let the Bull Demon King vent his anger on Qiqi, because he knew that Qiqi's self-esteem was very fragile.
So he quickly stepped forward and said to the Bull Demon King with a smile:
"Alright, alright, Big Brother Niu. Qiqi didn't mean it, and besides, there's no harm in me knowing about these things.
"In fact, I think Qiqi makes a very good scout. She's small, and when the adults around her talk, they don't seem guarded around her at all. That's allowed Qiqi to gather a great deal of information."
After saying this, Uchiha Hikaru turned to look at Qiqi. He tried his best to arrange his facial muscles into a gentler expression, then smiled at her and said:
"Qiqi, you did very well. Even your master feels that if I were outside, I wouldn't be able to make everyone in every village open their hearts to me.
"Yet you only took a stroll outside and learned what the people in the village usually talked about. That's a wonderful talent of yours."
Originally, Qiqi had thought that both her father and her master were going to scold her, especially before she had become Uchiha Hikaru's disciple.
Her father had always treated her very well, but whenever Qiqi made a mistake, he would always glare at her coldly.
It hurt her pride deeply, but her master had never been like that.
Whenever she encountered any problem, Uchiha Hikaru would always be the first to appear, and the same was true whenever she made a mistake.
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