The two were finally knocked out of their daze when two guards inappropriately entered the room. These two guards looked very drunk.
"So you see, my wife is better than your stupid wife!"
"No, my wife is!"
"Hahahaha!"
They had an extremely unintelligent conversation, talking about whose wife was better.
Hou Ju almost snapped and punched them! These guards, what are they doing? She then thought of an idea. They were in her office, which means they should have fallen under the effect of the "Scary Formation, Phase II"! She planned to ask them why they were so drunk early in the morning.
"Men!"
The two drunk guards heard this terrifying voice and slowly turned their heads to look - it was Boss Hou! They were weirdly more frightened than usual.
"B-Boss Hou! Hehehe..."
One of the drunk guards immediately went sober and laughed wryly, as if they had nothing to do with the incident concerning themselves. The other was still drunk. The sober guard was anxious that his drunk friend would do something stupid.
Hou Ju found the guards' reactions quite amusing. The "Scary Formation, Phase II" actually works! She felt like she had all the power when inside this room. She sat down on one chair, leaving Li Bai near the entrance.
"Sit down."
The sober guard saw Boss Hou being more frightening than usual and sat down instantly. Unfortunately, there were only two seats around the round wooden table and Hou Ju was already sitting on one of them.
The drunk guard thought of a way to sit and got an idea. He pushed the sober guard off and sat there himself. The sober guard got angry and stood up, taking a stance to punch his drunk counterpart, but he remembered that the boss was watching them. He then just cursed at his drunk friend in his mind and kneeled on the ground with both his knees to match the sitting people's heights.
Hou Ju almost laughed when she saw the scene unfold in front of her. She now didn't know if it was the "Scary Formation, Phase II" or her presence that was making them act this way. But she found a flaw in this formation. So this doesn't work against drunk people, eh?
Knowing this, Hou Ju asked the sober guard instead of the drunk one. Why would she ask the drunk one? It would be a futile effort.
"Why are you drunk so early in the morning?"
This straightforwardness made the sober guard terrified! Even the drunk guard got uneasy. The sober guard slowly opened his mouth, when the drunk guard covered it with his hand and put a finger of his other hand over his lips, a gesture to keep quiet.
"Shhh, don't tell her."
Hou Ju foretold that this would happen as the guard was still drunk. She almost burst out laughing again. This drunk guard, how shameless would he be if he was sober?
However, even though Hou Ju thought it was funny, this was also disrespecting her. She would be sure to fire this drunk guard. As for the other guard, she would punish him lightly.
Li Bai was getting fed up with this slapstick duo of guards. He started to stomp his feet impatiently in hopes that Hou Ju would notice. Even though inside he was mature, he would act like a child when he needed to. After all, his body is still young.
Hou Ju noticed Li Bai's mini-tantrum but dismissed it as he was trash. He was there because she allowed him to be, why would she give him any special treatment?
Hou Ju ignored Li Bai and continued interrogating the two guards. Her mind was intoxicated with power right now, being inside this room, that she didn't notice that Li Bai wasn't affected at all!
Li Bai himself didn't know why he was unaffected, but he guessed it might have something to do with his weird mark.
.....
After a lot of waiting, the guards were sent off, both with depressed faces. One was even more downcast than the other, being fired. The other had a slight feeling of luck inside. He felt like he was lucky that he went sober instantly.
