72: Junior brother, thank you so much!

Qin Feng spoke with such righteous indignation that it could move the heavens and earth.

Li Xiaoxiao was completely dazed by his sudden, unexpected maneuver.

This Junior Brother... how is he... even better at acting than me?

Her brain, which was always running at high speeds and filled with countless rune formations and precise Puppet structures, seemed to have been struck by an invisible bolt of lightning at this moment, completely crashing.

All preset scripts, all deduction paths, and all backup plans turned into a blank slate in the face of Qin Feng's unpredictable actions.

"Then..."

As if possessed, Li Xiaoxiao followed his lead and responded.

Her voice was very soft, carrying a trace of trembling that she herself hadn't even noticed.

"Then what should be done?"

The moment she asked that, she regretted it.

Doesn't this mean handing over all the initiative to this scoundrel?

The corner of Qin Feng's mouth curled into an arc.

"Senior Sister..."

She finally understood.

Her little tricks had been seen through clearly by this bad Junior Brother from the very beginning!

He was simply acting along with her!

From the moment he entered the door and took out that pot of tea, he had been quietly digging a pit, waiting for her to jump in!

"You... you scoundrel!"

"Hmph! Since you've seen through it!"

She simply stopped pretending, lifting her flushed little face and staring at him righteously.

She stiffened her fair neck, adopting a posture of a dead pig not fearing boiling water.

In those bright eyes, a light of refusal to admit defeat flickered.

"That's right!"

Looking at her adorable appearance—clearly asking for a favor, yet making it seem like a forced transaction.

Qin Feng was greatly amused.

"So that's how it is."

The gravity on Qin Feng's face instantly faded, replaced by an expression of sudden realization.

"Senior Sister, why didn't you say so earlier?"

"For science!"

"For research!"

..."Perfect..."

"It's simply too perfect!"

"As long as you're satisfied."

Today, he wasn't here as a guest at all.

He was just a beast of burden that Second Senior Sister had taken a fancy to.

And that Rank Three Great Restoration Pill she gave him wasn't compensation at all, but wages for hiring him as manual labor!

This woman's heart is too black!

"Junior Brother, seeing how hard you've worked."

Li Xiaoxiao was clearly in a great mood. From the Storage Bracelet on her wrist, she fished out another exquisite white jade bottle and tossed it over.

That movement was elegant and free, looking very much like a wealthy merchant tipping a servant.

"This is for you too."

Qin Feng subconsciously caught the jade bottle; it felt warm in his hand.

"This is my latest improved Great Strength Pill.

"As for the medicinal effects, they are thirty percent stronger than the previous Rank Three Great Restoration Pill."

"Consider it... a prepaid deposit for our next collaboration."

Qin Feng took the jade bottle, originally intending to refuse with righteous words.

But he opened the cap and just brought the bottle to his nose, taking a light sniff.

Boom!

An incredibly domineering and majestic medicinal fragrance, mixed with the sounds of dragon roars and tiger howls, rushed toward him, instantly permeating his entire body!

Good stuff!

Qin Feng's eyes instantly lit up again.

That bit of backbone and dignity that had just risen collapsed instantly in the face of these solid "benefits."

Just as Qin Feng was happily and carefully tucking this new bottle of Great Strength Pills into his Storage Pouch, calculating how to raise the price for the next collaboration.

Inside his mind.

That long-awaited, cold, mechanical voice without a shred of emotion rang out without warning...