Xianyu blinked slowly, staring at Jingliu, who had just spoken of "destroying the world."
For a moment, he couldn't tell whether something was wrong with him or with this world.
His voice was hesitant. "You're saying... that's normal?"
Jingliu nodded and reassured him gently:
"It's perfectly normal. You shouldn't think there's something wrong with you just because something happened and gave you a negative thought."
Apparently feeling that wasn't convincing enough, she immediately began offering examples:
"For instance, people complain when their superiors dock their pay. Or they curse when they fail an exam. Oh, and there's Dan Feng-"
Jingliu brought up Dan Feng, whom they both knew.
She said casually:
"Dan Feng often says he's sick of those Dragon Preceptors and wishes they'd all undergo molting the very next day."
Jingliu paused, then added:
"And me, too. I'm nothing like this when I interrogate serious offenders at the Ten-Lords Commission."
That immediately piqued Xianyu's interest.
Speaking of the Ten-Lords Commission... he really had never seen his subordinates interrogate serious offenders.
He only learned about those offenders when his subordinates submitted their confessions.
He asked curiously, "What are you like when you interrogate serious offenders at the Ten-Lords Commission?"
But Jingliu refused to elaborate. She merely smiled and said, "I'm afraid I'd only frighten you if I told you. All right, aside from destroying the universe, what else do you want to do?"
Her gaze softened as she finished. She looked at Xianyu as though encouraging him to voice his thoughts, as though she would accept him no matter how outrageous his words were.
Xianyu: "..."
If I keep going, won't Jingliu start treating me like a rebellious child?
He decided to skip that subject. After a moment's consideration, he struggled to speak:
"Sometimes, I might... make decisions on my