"Bai Hao used to wake up two hours before dawn to carry entire boulders up a mountain just to warm up his shoulders for kneading dough! Besides, you have absolutely nothing to complain about regarding your workload. I practically gave you a vacation by delegating the cleanup!"
Ji'an peeked one eye open, shivering in the cool morning air. "Delegating the cleanup? What cleanup?"
Jiu Zui grinned with a wicked, fiercely smug smile. "You didn't think we could just blow up an auction podium, steal fifty million spirit stones, and walk out of Cloud-Burst City without leaving a massive bureaucratic nightmare behind, did you? The city guards were mobilizing before we even hit the stratosphere."
Ji'an sat up, her eyes widening. "Oh, MSG. You're right. We are going to be arrested. The Sect Leader is going to execute us for starting a diplomatic incident with the underground syndicates!"
