With a blank face, Xianyu mechanically entered book information into the office's Large Jade Abacus.
Instinctively, he wanted to look away. He didn't want to investigate any further.
He didn't want to find out who this protagonist with such an absurdly overblown edgelord streak was...
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Teng Xiao, who shared his sentiments, was suffering just as much.
Unable to escape reality, Teng Xiao could only steel himself and watch Xianyu's expression, doing his best to figure out what this esteemed figure was thinking.
Was he unhappy with the title? Or the promotional band around the book?
Teng Xiao had originally wanted a more conservative title, but he wasn't sure what Xianyu liked. Remembering that Xianyu was only twenty now, he had consulted Cloud Lieutenant Jing Yuan, who was around the same age.
Jing Yuan had read practically every storybook on the Luofu and was an expert at coming up with titles and blurbs. He had immediately thumped his chest and promised to give the general something guaranteed to catch the eye.
When Teng Xiao first saw Jing Yuan's title, he was deeply shocked. You could describe things like that? Wasn't it a bit over the top?
He didn't understand it, but out of trust in his Cloud Lieutenant, he ultimately went with Jing Yuan's proposal.
On tenterhooks, Teng Xiao deftly employed the rhetoric of the art of blustering to fob Xiao Lin off while carefully observing Xianyu's expression.
Afraid someone would notice if he stared too obviously, he could only pretend to survey the Library and steal one glance after another.
Teng Xiao had to watch out for not only everyone else but Xianyu himself, terrified that their eyes might meet.
Xianyu, who could plainly tell Teng Xiao was watching him: "..."
*I don't get it. It's