Chapter 1951: Year-End Assembly (2)

Su Qin looked at Wei Li in confusion.

"Wei Li, what happened to your voice?"

"My voice? Nothing's wrong with it."

"But when we fought together, your voice wasn't this quiet at all. The whole pack of ghouls took your commands. I thought you'd hurt your throat."

Wei Li quickly said, "That's different. Commanding ghouls requires shouting. This isn't that, so naturally I have to keep my voice down…"

"Oh~" Su Qin nodded.

If it were only that reason, her voice would only have grown softer.

It wouldn't have become this gentle.

But Su Qin didn't press the matter any further.

After all, her status gave her no right to manage Zhao Chi, and she genuinely didn't mind such things.

One more woman by Zhao Chi's side made no difference to her, and Wei Li had left her with a decent impression.

Wei Li had been perfectly at ease at first.

After Su Qin's question, she became a little self-conscious.

"Th-then I'll head back first. In another month I should be able to finish converting all those ghouls, and my combat power will definitely jump by a lot. If you need me to support a fight, I'll come anytime."

After saying that, Wei Li instinctively glanced at Su Qin.

Su Qin smiled without a word.

Zhao Chi said, "Alright, no problem."

Wei Li let out a breath of relief. "Then I'll head back first. Reach out anytime if you need anything."

"Alright."

"Goodbye, Zhao Chi. Goodbye, Sister Su Qin."

Zhao Chi watched her retreating back and said to Su Qin, "Wei Li really has changed a lot. When I fought alongside her before, she came across as especially cold and not very polite. I didn't expect her to be this decent a person."

Su Qin laughed. "What you said isn't wrong. She really is colder toward other people. Only toward me, Lu Yi, and Yang Xiong's little group is she friendly."

"Is that so."

"Yes, and they're all people connected to you."

"Oh…"

"Zhao Chi, are you playing dumb?"

"No, I'm not."

"You don't know what Wei Li is thinking?"

"Honestly, I can guess."

"You're not dumb after all."

"She's just too obvious…"

"Then… do you have any thoughts? She's not bad-looking, reliable in combat, and clean despite using ghouls—her body even smells nice. I feel like as long as you give her a hint, she'd throw herself into your arms."

"No thoughts. What she likes is the me with a 10-point appearance, not the current me."

"No, you've got her wrong there."

"I don't think so. On this point I'm still sure."

Su Qin shook her head. "I actually asked her about it, and she denied it very clearly."

Zhao Chi was a little surprised. "You asked her about that?"

Su Qin laughed. "We've been fighting together a lot lately. During the lulls in battle we of course chat about some gossip. We're women, after all—we naturally talk more about matters of the heart."

"Did you talk about me?"

"No, how could we be that blunt? You're my man. Even if she has her eye on you, she'd never bring you up directly in front of me."

"Then what did she say?"

"Just idle chatter, with Lu Yi, Xiang Yuan, and a few other female lords. She never mentioned you by name, but everything she said was about you, and she looked at me guiltily."

"Then why does it feel like you don't mind at all? And you even seem to be speaking up for her?"

"Hehe. Wei Li respects me a great deal—she really treats me like an older sister, checking in on me every day, which actually makes me feel a bit bad. Whatever I entrust to her, she does it very seriously for me. She's really sincere. The more I think about it, the more I feel this Miss is easy to get along with."