The entire room seemed to fall silent in that instant.
Long Tianyu's mouth hung wide open. His round, staring eyes blinked stiffly, his face filled with shock and disbelief.
Unwilling to give up, he asked, "You're... a stutterer?"
He hoped the answer would be no.
Zhuang Fan was mortified. He squeezed his eyes shut, pressed his lips into a thin line, and lay rigidly on the floor without a word, looking even more like a "corpse" than Wu Buyu once had.
Zhuang Fan had stuttered since childhood.
He had never deliberately hidden it, but speaking one word at a time was easier, and he had grown used to doing that.
Over the years, aside from having no friends and being disliked for his perceived arrogance, it had hardly affected his life.
Just now, Ji Yani had suddenly taken him running. His mind had gone blank, and he had momentarily lost control, exposing his stutter.
Zhuang Fan lay flat and rigid on the floor, his eyes tightly shut, not moving a muscle.
Long Tianyu: "..."
That reaction said it all.
A Superpower Person with a word spirit superpower, someone who used his power through his mouth...
Was a stutterer!
That was fucking on par with a hair Superpower Person going bald!
Sure enough, opening his mouth had caused "massive damage." It just wasn't remotely the kind of damage they had imagined.
Everyone present was stunned.
Long Tianyu raised his voice. "How is that possible?! His résumé didn't mention it! How did nobody know he stuttered?!"
If anyone had known, it would have been in his file.
This directly affected his superpower.
Hao Jingye fell silent. After a long pause, he murmured, "His file says he's quiet and reserved. The background check says he has no friends, is aloof, and doesn't like