Don't Try and Guess the Eunuch's Thoughts

　　"General Manager Bai, I won."

　　I glared at Bai Ling to provoke her.

　　General Manager Bai who was pa.s.sionately discussing martial arts with me just a moment ago grunted softly. Her eyes that looked like the most breath-taking mountain and river on an autumn day looked beautiful no matter how I looked at them. Even though their owner was furious, there was still a tinge of gentleness in her eyes.

　　General Manager Bai turned her head around, revealing her ice-cold beautiful face. In her unique yet unhappy tone, she said: "Yeah, you won, but do you need to be so satisfied with yourself? Shame on you for being a man." But Eunuch Bai held her two hands with her back to me. The only thing she had yet to do was puff her cheeks while stamping her feet while telling the whole world she was using aegyo.

　　She was pa.s.sionately and excitedly talking to me about each and every move before. It was the happiest I'd seen her be. But now that she was no longer smiling, I felt it was a real pity.

　　I asked: "You want to make another bet?"

　　"Bet again?" She sounded gleeful. I could virtually see two cat ears appear on her head. Bai Ling turned her head around to look at me, pointed at my chest with her spring onion-like finger and said: "No lie? You're not going to be under-handed?"

　　"I'm a professional better that does not swindle children or the elderly." I smiled helplessly as I said: "As long as you're happy."

　　That was when the referee from the ring next door could be heard making his announcement: "Qilin Guards' Yi Yixian versus Liu Shan Men's Su Xiao!" After the announcement was made, voices cheered out like a wave. Su Xiao had established himself as the top-idol of many girls in the palace these last few days.

　　I looked over to the ring and blankly said: "It's Su Xiao's turn."

　　"Let's bet on him then!" A sly look appeared in Bai Ling's eyes, "Su Xiao is your friend, right? When you heard he was in trouble the other day, you ran for dear life. I'm betting on Yi Yixian winning. You wouldn't bet on your brother losing now, would you?"

　　Hey! That was on purpose, wasn't it?! Having supervised the venue here for the last few days, you've seen Su Xiao's skills, and that's why you're making that call, am I right?!

　　"Glad we agree! Let's go, let's go, let's go!" Bai Ling quickly dragged me and ran to the other side of the ring. The maids and eunuchs all made way for us as if they'd encountered a ghost.

　　Hey, hey! Who's Liu Shan's Plague, huh?! Can you people please stop listening to bulls.h.i.+t?!

　　But then I slowly realised that they weren't looking at me, but General Manager Bai who was holding my hand. It seems that people fear approaching General Manager Bai. Everybody turned cold when they saw her. Of the ten people I asked, all of them said that she wasn't an approachable individual. But since she's holding my hand and walking intimately with me, I guess it's only normal she scared off the group of people……

　　But I'm a happy chappy.

　　General Manager Bai shouldn't be angry with me anymore nor should she still want to send me to the castration room. My proof is that someone as meticulous as her didn't state what was on the line for this bet. Based on people's reactions, everybody is afraid of her and kisses up to her. My guess is that she usually doesn't have any friends. Having somebody who would talk to her about something she was interested in, even if it were about martial arts, or even if it was just her talking while I listened was enough to put a smile on her face. Since that's the case, I might as well go along with her.