Instead of responding to Hua Xiao directly, Lai Mingyan only hummed to himself. "Maybe I should stop channeling fairy essence. Someone's getting very honest."
Hua Xiao narrowed his eyes before laughing out, but his laugh was neither insulting nor deriding. It was the kind of villains did when they were being amused by the person they were speaking with. Right, Hua Xiao laughed like an amused villain. "Oh, wow, sorry… you should blame Qin He for telling me things about you. Are you less interested in me now that I am beginning to see past the reverent image?"