Chapter 120: Why Do You Have So Many Whys?

With Mo Si staying at the small castle recently, the Left and Right Guardians would occasionally go out to handle matters from on high.

Early this morning, Zuo Kai and the Right Protector hurried back. The moment they opened the door, they were met with Mo Chengyu’s maniacal laughter.

A question popped into both of their minds. ’What’s going on? Is the Admiral not here? How come Minister Mo is acting so wild all of a sudden?’

However, as they drew closer, they realized something seemed a little off.

In the grand hall, the Admiral was seated, and across from him, Minister Mo was roaring with laughter. The Admiral’s own face, however, was completely devoid of joy.

The sight was truly bizarre.

The pair didn’t know what to say, hesitating to speak. Mo Si looked up. "Minister Mo and I have something to discuss. You may leave for now."

"Alright..."

The two left the small villa together. For the first time, a look of anxiety crossed Zuo Kai’s resolute face. "What’s gotten into Minister Mo? Don’t tell me her spiritual power collapsed and it scrambled her brains?"

"I don’t know. That doesn’t seem to be the case."

"But that laugh—"

-

’I just made a terrible decision,’ Mo Si thought.

Of course, he couldn’t bring himself to punish his sister while she was still ill. ’She finds it so funny? Fine. Her punishment is to keep laughing. Don’t stop.’

He’d assumed she would laugh for a little while before she couldn’t anymore and would give in. As it turned out, her bar for humor was just that low. She had been laughing nonstop this entire time.

"Is it really that funny?"

"Heh, yeah, it is. It’s hilarious."

"..."

"Stop." Mo Si’s gaze was steady and dead serious. "Stop laughing."

The moment he became serious, Mo Chengyu finally tapered off her laughter. "Big Brother, why are you suddenly so serious?"

"I have some questions for you."

"Oh? Go ahead, ask away."

"Did she tell you herself that she’s a livestreamer?"

"Oh, you mean Qiuqiu? Yeah." Mo Chengyu nodded. "She was cooking every day, so I got curious about what she did for a living."

"You’ve eaten her food many times these past few days. Have you noticed anything... different about it?"

’Different?’

Mo Chengyu might have sounded flaky, but when it came to important matters, she was quite dependable. "Yes. I actually wanted to tell you about it earlier, but you never seemed interested, so I dropped it."

As the conversation turned serious, the atmosphere grew heavier. "I noticed that Qiuqiu uses a significant amount of spiritual power when she cooks. Plus, her food has the same effect as Spirit Nourishing Liquid. My guess is that she’s a Spirit Healing Master."

"I suspected as much."

"You too? But Big Brother, you’ve only had the virtual—" A thought struck Mo Chengyu, and she asked in surprise, "Does the virtual food have that Spirit Healing effect too?"

"A little, but it’s very faint," Mo Si said. "On the virtual network, her food’s primary effect is alleviating fatigue."

"I see..."

’So things are even more complicated than I thought.’

But she was more interested in another question right now. "So, Big Brother, the only reason you’ve been watching her streams is because her cooking is special?"

’Was that the only reason?’ Mo Si knew the answer in his heart. There were many ways to conduct an observation, many people he could have assigned to the task. But when it came to observing Jiang Jiujiu, he had handled it himself from start to finish.

’That thrill every time her stream started, the joy in the split second he managed to snag an order, the... anticipation for her broadcast—it all came from the heart.’

’But why would I ever tell Mo Chengyu that!’

"Why do you have so many questions?"

"Why is your condition getting worse the more you rest? Why do you need so many guards? Why is their primary concern not someone else hurting you, but you hurting yourself?"

"Why does your direct superior constantly complain to Father that you weren’t taught to cherish your own life? Why—"

"Stop!"

"Bro, I’m begging you, stop asking, stop asking! I won’t ask anymore either!"

’No need to ask any more. If the answer was yes, he would have just said so. The fact that he unleashed that whole barrage of questions means the answer is definitely no!’

Seeing her fall silent in embarrassment, Mo Si, who sat opposite her, also stopped talking.

The two stared at each other. Finally, Mo Si was the first to break the silence and get back to business. "Spirit Healing Masters are a precious resource to the Federation. We need to find out why Jiang Jiouqiu is living alone here at such a young age, whether she graduated from school, if she has any family or friends, and if she’s even aware of her own abilities..."

"Oh, by the way, Big Brother, I have something to report on that. Qiuqiu never went to school."

His words came to an abrupt halt. Mo Si frowned. After all the hassle that morning, he was now genuinely angry. "Never went to school?"