As soon as these words were spoken, Lu Ban was taken aback. How did it happen that, in the middle of their conversation, the rabbit was coming to him?
But once spoken, words are like spilled water—you can't take them back. And a promise assured to the Jade Emperor couldn't be retracted, even if he wanted to.
The Jade Emperor nodded and said, "Agreed!"
Li Jing was also startled. He hadn't slept all of last night, pondering how to kick the rabbit out of Shushan to give his child a quiet place to study. Throughout the night, he thought of all sorts of ideas and had gone through every argument and countermeasure of Wenqu he could envision. He racked his brain with the help of a group of strategists until it nearly fried…
In the end, when he brought it up today, he didn't need to say much. Lu Ban came over and caused a bit of chaos, and just like that, it was settled…
