277 Why are you annoyed at me again?

Her last remarks were the sign that Lyrick Jiang and Nico Zhuang's presence were no longer needed anymore. Hence, they dismissed themselves after bidding their farewells. 

"Wait—!"

However, just as Lexi watched the two's retreating backs, she spoke— causing them to stop in their tracks and they turned around to look at her with a questioning gaze. 

"Nico, you said you've been guarding us from the shadows all this time— then, who's watching us whenever you have to eat, sleep, and bathe?" Lexi tilted her head to the side as her curiosity about this skilled man grew bigger and bigger just by watching him. 

"Most of the time I bring snacks with me. About sleeping and bathing, there's a person who has to take my place during my absence." In a polite manner, Nico Zhuang answered her easy question with full honesty.