"Junior sister, why are you still here? Don't you have other matters to attend to?" Xiang Yu asked, glancing over his shoulder as he organized the cooking ingredients for the massive feast ahead.
Li Yao, who had been sitting quietly on a wooden stool near the cooking area, looked up with innocent eyes. "No, I'll just stay here and watch senior brother," she spoke.
"Okay," Xiang Yu replied with a slight shrug, turning back to focus on the preparations.
Inside Li Yao's consciousness, however, [What do you mean "no"? You still have tons of paperwork to go through. You need to allocate budget for the reconstruction efforts, review the alliance agreements, assign patrol schedules for the outer disciples, evaluate the injured members for compensation...] The Empress's voice carried a note of exasperation as she listed the piling up administrative responsibilities.
But Li Yao cut her off. "It's okay, I can do it later. Can't I just watch senior brother for a while?"
