Looking down at the hand extended towards him, Wu remained silent, simply lowering his head to gaze.

Bi Xia, puzzled, also lowered her head to look at her own hand, noticing it was covered in dust from when she’d been lying on the ground, picking stones, and searching for an exit. Thinking of this, Bi Xia glanced at Ji Qiutang’s coat, and sure enough, there was a small handprint on it.

With a twinkle of amusement in her eyes, Bi Xia looked at Wu again and teased, "What, feeling disgusted? Then forget it."

As she was about to pull her hand back, it was grabbed by a pair of cold hands. Wu looked at Bi Xia with tension in his eyes, "I didn’t mean that, it’s just..."

He looked at his hand, clasped with Bi Xia’s, with a mix of curiosity and uncertainty, "It’s my first time shaking hands with someone using Wu’s identity, feels a bit peculiar..."

Pausing slightly, Bi Xia lowered her head and gently brushed aside the strands of hair on her forehead. Beneath the shadow of her hand, her star-like eyes flashed with complexity. After a moment, she faintly smiled, took a deep breath, and with Wu still holding her hand, she used force to pull Wu close and wrapped an arm around his shoulders.

"You’ve got a lot of firsts, so everything feels peculiar now. Later, you’ll probably be saying ’It’s really too peculiar’ to me with wide eyes every day," she said, noting Wu’s bewildered gaze toward her. Bi Xia laughed, "Alright, take it slow."

Reaching out with the other hand once more, Bi Xia repeated, "Hello, Wu, nice to meet you, I’m Bi Xia."

After saying this, she gently urged Wu, "Go on, introduce yourself to me too."

Wu paused briefly, "I’m actually the same as Ah Wu."

"But there must be something different between you and Xiao Wu," Bi Xia chuckled, "I know Chu Wu, I’m familiar with Chu Wu, but now, I want to get to know you, this silly Wu."

Listening blankly to Bi Xia’s words, Wu opened his mouth. Though his face usually appeared mischievous, at this moment, it bore the innocent bewilderment of a child, like a kid being praised, eager to cheer but mindful of maintaining composure in front of others.

After a while, Wu softly said, "Hello, Nine, nice to meet you, I’m... Wu."

Bi Xia gently ruffled the top of Wu’s head and smiled, "Good..."

[Your Majesty, please don’t smile so... sleazily!] Observing Bi Xia increasingly resembling a trafficker, 007 finally couldn’t hold back and jumped out.

As Bi Xia led Wu inside, he slipped his hand leisurely into his pocket and said, ’Jealous? Envious? Ha, can’t help it, you can’t understand what it feels like to be surrounded by beauties, let alone that Wu is much more obedient than Xiao Wu.’

[Ha, I bet you’re scared of Chu Wu confronting you.] 007 bluntly exposed, [If Chu Wu were here, you’d definitely be exchanging insults by now, starting with calling you a fool, coming here solo to die, what else is that but foolishness.]

’Oh,’ Bi Xia said with a deadpan face, ’But unfortunately, it’s Wu now, not Chu Wu.’

007: ...Why does the majesty’s skin seem to grow thicker by the day?

’Thick-skinned?’ As Bi Xia repeated the words, 007 realized he had inadvertently spoken aloud, only to hear Bi Xia say, ’Tsk, probably because not a single person around me has thin skin, it’s something that happens subtly, you know.’

007: ...Oh haha...

"Xiao Wu is here," watching as Bi Xia pulled Wu along, Ji Qiutang squinted his eyes slightly and smiled faintly, "Why didn’t your big brother come along?"

Wu cast a cold glance at Ji Qiutang, "He went out."

Bi Xia: ...Hey, hey, hey, this personality difference is too obvious...

"By the way," Wei Ming suddenly interjected, giving Wu’s shoulder a pat, "I never thought our Xiao Wu would show up so timely, like a lifesaver rain, come on, call me big brother—ah!!!!"

Wu swiftly twisted Wei Ming’s hand from his shoulder to behind his back, with eyes cold and indifferent. She looked down at Wei Ming condescendingly and smirked, "Call you big brother? Heh, by ranking, I’m your big brother!"

"Ahem..." Bi Xia cleared her throat gently, slightly turning away as if she hadn’t seen the sparks flying between Wu and Wei Ming. Tsk, even though their personalities differ, both are equally particular about their ranking...

This must be... never forgetting the mindset of being the boss.