Bai Yujian's gaze shifted back to Su Xiaobai, catching the mischievous glint in his eyes.
"!"
Without warning, she marched up to him, grabbed his face with both hands, and stretched his cheeks mercilessly. "You! Stop smirking like a fox that just raided the chicken coop! Speak! What happened there!?"
"..." Su Xiaobai, his face pulled in ways that would make a lesser man cry, narrowed his eyes. Seeing the faint twitch at the corner of Bai Yujian's lips, he muttered under his breath, "Elder, if you weren't the peak lord, I wouldn't let this disrespect slide."
He grabbed her hands and pulled them away, his grip firm.
"Eh?" Bai Yujian froze, a flicker of embarrassment crossing her face before she quickly masked it. Was that… inappropriate? Did he hate it?
Trying to play it cool, she said, "Good, then. Act like I'm your friend and not your peak lord—except during training." She expected this magnanimous offer to make him smile.
