It left the assistant's charge stupefied as she watched all this pan out from the side.
Upon noticing the dumbfounded look on her face, Mu Xi asked in bafflement, "What's wrong, Shishi? Why this look?"
"Wow, that's impressive! I didn't know that you could be so savage."
The amused assistant stuck her tongue out in response when she heard that. "Of course! I evidently picked up a thing or two from working with Qin Zhou for so long."
"Thanks for speaking up for me, but really, you needn't bother with those people."
"Shishi, you—"
"I'm not trying to be a hypocrite here, but you never know what consequences you'll bring yourself for provoking them; being the cultured person here, there's no need for you to stoop to a bunch of nitwits' level."
She did not quite understand what her artist was trying to tell her.
