Then, Let Them Offer Their Loyalty! Chapter 1661 687: Promise to Zhao Ji Exceeded

Seeing this, Guan Xiao's lips curved up slightly, a faint smile on her face.

Ever since she started getting along with Qiu Tu's several women, Guan Xiao gradually picked up a little new hobby—teasing them.

As Qiu Tu's most trusted sidekick, Guan Xiao knew perfectly well what Qiu Tu liked, and what he looked forward to.

Dudes, you know, the more games they play, the more they want to squad up—three stack, four stack, hell, five stack if they could.

But the women around Qiu Tu, even though they're all great at games, they have one issue—they just can't really let loose.

Maybe it's Confucian rules, maybe they just can't deal with other women's presence. At most, they'd duo queue with Qiu Tu, but never three or four stack. When a topic came up about his other girlfriends, they'd all instinctively avoid it.

The whole vibe was super ostrich-like: if they just pretended ignorance, then nothing actually existed.

And Guan Xiao, sharp as she was, picked up on this—so whenever she chatted with them, she'd deliberately, just subtly, remind them of the other ladies' existence.

Guan Xiao believed, if you drip water on a stone long enough, it breaks through—keep reminding them, and those ladies will get used to the others' existence.

That way, Qiu Tu could really enjoy the "all-harem-blessed" life.

And once that goal was accomplished, it'd be a huge achievement for her! If Qiu Tu got happy, who knows, he might reward her big time.

Of course… she didn't deny, she just enjoyed seeing those women get flustered, faces all red—some wicked fun in that.

After all… Qiu Tu might be a bit of a player, but at least his taste's on point. Those women are real lookers, and they've all got their own style and killer charm.

So Guan Xiao would tease them whenever she was bored, just to see their various reactions—honestly, pretty entertaining.

And obviously… hanging around Qiu Tu, she'd picked up plenty of tricks on flirting and yanking at people's emotions—knew not to push things too far.

That's why… when she noticed Tang Feifei and Princess Xi both looking awkward, she decided to quit while she was ahead. Then, she proactively changed the subject,

"The reason I'm so sure Qiu Tu's interested in Si Yuan Pavilion, is because not only did he imprison the Pavilion Master's daughter-in-law, but he's also captured Pavilion Master's son, Shu Xia."

As she spoke, she paused, then added, "These days, our Ministry of Internal Affairs has just been following Qiu Tu's orders, working on brainwashing Shu Xia."

"We're making Shu Xia accept our human culture, and inside her heart, we're building up a godlike image of Qiu Tu."

Guan Xiao glanced at Tang Feifei and Princess Xi, then said, "At the very least… judging by Qiu Tu's arrangements, he's definitely got bigger fish to fry."

"I'm guessing, once he's consolidated Northwest and Southwest Regions, he's most likely heading for Northern Kingdom next."

"After all… Northern Kingdom is the Divine Country closest to us. And among the Four Divine Kings, Northern Divine King is also the weakest."

"Once Zhao Ji ascends to Heavenly God, the Northern Kingdom would basically fall right into his lap."

"So after taking Southwest, Qiu Tu's second target should be Northern Kingdom."

"The only question is… how he's gonna integrate the Northwest and Southwest Regions."

"Because… the controller of Southwest Region is Tian Qi's Fog Hidden Association. Not the easiest to deal with."

And at that moment, while Guan Xiao was analyzing all this, suddenly, a "thud thud thud" sounded at the office door.

The noise clearly interrupted the three women's thoughts, so they stopped talking and all looked toward the door.

The three exchanged glances, and finally, it was Guan Xiao who called out toward the entrance, "Come in."

Next second, the door was pushed open from the outside, and Shen Lingshuang, dressed in a woman's blouse and uniform skirt, appeared lively at the door.

Lately, both Shen Lingshuang's strength and abilities had been upgrading at lightspeed—she was now Guan Xiao's assistant, basically Deputy Director level at the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Her rapid progress had made her once mischievous temperament gain a touch of maturity.

But since she was still pretty young, that touch of maturity mixed with her own greenness made her like a half-ripe apple—even more tempting.

Pushing open the door, Shen Lingshuang nodded at Tang Feifei and Princess Xi, then quickly walked over to Guan Xiao.

Coming up, she leaned close to Guan Xiao's ear and, using her silver-bell voice, quietly said, "Two pieces of news."

"First one's from Northern Kingdom: After coming out of Crimson Territory, Zhao Ji flew straight to Northern Kingdom and directly challenged Northern Divine King to a fight."

"Northern Divine King pretended to be dead, just ignored it, and the whole Northern Kingdom is in an uproar."

Hearing Shen Lingshuang's report, Guan Xiao couldn't help but look up at her, as if trying to judge whether she was for real. Clearly, she was a little shocked at Zhao Ji's strength and the Northern Divine King's way of handling things.

And when she saw Shen Lingshuang give a tiny nod and confirm the intel, a thoughtful look appeared in her eyes.

After a moment, she continued, "And the second thing?"

Shen Lingshuang heard that, and whispered, "The second thing is… just now, Zhi Yan Heavenly King from Second Sanctuary reached out to us directly."

"They're representing the Fog Hidden Association for liaison with us."

"According to her, Fog Hidden Association has already sided with Zhao Ji and Qiu Tu, so we're all part of the Human Camp now."

"Following Qiu Tu's instructions, they're about to hand over everyone in Southwest Region, as well as all the people from Fifth Sanctuary, and the remaining people from Third and Fourth Sanctuaries, all into our hands."